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Family Steward Wealth Consulting®

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Client assets under management

$104,762,096

Clients

63

38% high-net worth

Advisors

2

of 2 employees

Firm type

Supported

1-3 advisors or $200M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

32

Low

Average account size

$1,662,890

About

Family Steward Wealth Consulting serves individual clients — including high-net-worth households — and charitable organizations, offering comprehensive wealth consulting, financial planning, and portfolio management through its Winners Circle Wealth Consulting program as well as more limited investment and planning engagements. The firm also provides financial education via workshops and published materials and may offer limited investment advice without full financial planning.

FSWC follows a process-driven, holistic planning approach using proprietary data‑gathering forms to construct a dynamic lifetime plan and generally implements broadly diversified, passive asset‑class and index‑based allocations using institutional mutual funds and ETFs. Portfolio administration and trading support are provided through a sub‑adviser relationship that handles asset allocation guidance, rebalancing, performance reporting, and back‑office functions, with ongoing monitoring and recommended semiannual reviews.

Noteworthy distinctions include the firm’s insurance agency activities — adviser representatives are licensed to sell insurance and may receive commissions on those transactions — and an emphasis on client education through seminars, workshops, and authored materials. The brochure also discloses a historical regulatory matter (a 1997 stipulation and administrative fine related to net‑capital reporting tied to fee handling) and a disclosed minority ownership interest in its sub‑adviser, features that are uncommon among similarly supported firms.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Selection of other advisers Educational seminars or workshops

Expertise

General retirement planning Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting

Fee options

Fixed

Limited Engagement Planning Service flat fees typically ranging from $2,500 to $50,000, negotiable

Percentage

$0 - $500,000: 1.55% $500,000 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,000 - $2,000,000: 0.75% $2,000,000+: 0.50%

Commissions

Insurance commissions received by Adviser Representatives if insurance products are implemented

Project-based

Limited Engagement Planning Service at $350/hour

Other

Minimum fee: $15,000 annually ($3,750 quarterly) minimum fee Fee-only: Limited Engagement Planning Service billed hourly at $350/hour or flat fees ranging from $2,500 to $50,000, negotiable; retainer minimum $700

Main office location

Family Steward Wealth Consulting®

Hobe Sound FL, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

Florida · Texas

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

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Advisors at this firm

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Walter B

CFP®, Series 63

Hobe Sound, FL

Family Steward Wealth Consulting®

Walter Burns is a Certified Financial Planner™ (CFP®) with 40 years of industry experience. He is the principal of Family Steward Wealth Consulting®, where he has worked since 1994. The firm provides financial management, planning, wealth consulting, and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. Family Steward Wealth Consulting® employs a process-driven advisory model focused on passive, asset-class/index investing with long-term holdings and periodic rebalancing, supported by proprietary data-gathering tools and a recommended qualified custodian.

General retirement planning Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting
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Carol C

CFP®, Series 63

Hobe Sound, FL

Family Steward Wealth Consulting®

Carol Chesser is a CFP® with 30 years of industry experience. She is currently with Family Steward Wealth Consulting®, where she has worked since 1994 under Burns Financial Management. Family Steward Wealth Consulting® provides financial management, planning, wealth consulting, and investment advisory services to individuals, trusts and estates, pension and profit-sharing plans, and charitable organizations. The firm uses a process-driven advisory model with proprietary data-gathering tools to develop a Dynamic Lifetime Plan™ and emphasizes passive, asset-class/index investing with generally long-term holdings and periodic rebalancing.

General retirement planning Charitable giving & philanthropy Cash flow / budgeting
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