Clifford Swan Investment Counselors

Clifford Swan Investment Counselors provides investment supervisory and wealth-planning services to individuals (including high-net-worth clients), charitable institutions, foundations, private corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, and business owners. The firm manages about $4.48 billion in client assets and offers portfolio management, ongoing financial and tax-aware planning, access to private investments for qualified clients, and administrative services for deferred charitable gift vehicles.

Investment decision-making is driven by proprietary, security-level fundamental research for equities and credit-focused fixed-income analysis, with portfolios typically constructed for long-term, diversified exposure across equities, fixed income and selected private investments. The firm selectively delegates portions of client mandates to sub-advisers when appropriate, applying formal due diligence and continuous oversight while tailoring portfolios to each client’s objectives, liquidity needs and tax considerations.

Clifford Swan publishes periodic client reports and a firm newsletter on investment topics, a communication practice that is relatively uncommon among multi-team peers. The firm also recently added a sub-advised Single Stock and Portfolio Risk Management program that uses exchange-traded options to manage concentrated equity positions and continues to provide specialized private-investment sourcing and charitable trust administration.