Double Bay Management & Planning

Double Bay Management & Planning is a small independent advisory firm led by a sole advisor that provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals as well as institutional clients such as pension and profit‑sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations and small businesses. Its disclosed services include financial planning, individual portfolio management, pension consulting (including investment policy statement preparation) and the selection and monitoring of third‑party money managers.

The firm emphasizes an asset‑allocation approach and typically uses no‑load or low‑load mutual funds and exchange‑traded funds, managing accounts on both discretionary and non‑discretionary bases and documenting objectives in investment policy statements where appropriate. For retirement-plan clients it provides IPS development, ongoing monitoring of plan investment options and participant education or workshops, and it conducts searches and oversight of unaffiliated registered advisers when clients engage its selection services.

Noteworthy features relative to peers include the concentration of substantial institutional relationships alongside a small client roster: the firm reports managing roughly $127 million in discretionary client assets while advising on a materially larger pool of retirement plan assets, a mix that is uncommon for a solo independent adviser. The sole advisor holds both CFA and CFP credentials, the firm operates as fee‑only for direct advisory clients, and it discloses that it receives compensation from selected third‑party managers when acting in a selection/monitoring capacity.