Exemplar Wealth Advisors, LLC

Exemplar Wealth Advisors offers portfolio management and financial planning services, preparing written Investment Policy Statements and, when engaged, implementing strategies through discretionary authority or by directing assets to third‑party managers such as SMArtX and ORION. The firm reported no discretionary or non‑discretionary assets under management as of December 2024 and routinely structures client portfolios to be managed partly by external advisers and pooled vehicles rather than solely through in‑house accounts.

The firm’s investment process combines multiple analytic methods — including charting, cyclical, fundamental, modern portfolio theory, quantitative and technical analysis — and generally pursues a long‑term trading orientation while documenting risk tolerance and allocation decisions in client IPS documents. EWA advises across a wide range of instruments (equities, fixed income, mutual funds, ETFs, private equity, REITs, IPOs and private placements for accredited investors) and may use performance‑based fees for qualified clients and layered fee arrangements when third‑party managers are engaged.

What distinguishes the firm from many peers is a cluster of outside business activities and affiliations: a firm principal also acts as a registered representative of a broker‑dealer and is engaged in legal practice and litigation‑finance/private equity activities, and other personnel have real‑estate investing businesses. These outside roles and the firm’s practice of selecting and directing clients to third‑party or affiliated advisers are disclosed in the brochure and identified as potential conflicts that the firm says it addresses when recommending or allocating investments.