Investa Asset Management LLC

The firm provides independent, fee-only investment supervisory, portfolio and wealth management and financial planning to both individual and institutional clients, advising on a broad set of securities including equities, corporate and government debt, options, structured instruments, private placements and alternative investments. It typically manages accounts on a discretionary basis, does not accept commissions or participate in wrap-fee programs, and sets a minimum account size of $100,000.

Investa’s investment process combines fundamental and quantitative analysis with a top-down asset-allocation framework and bottom-up security selection, applying investment mathematics to estimate return distributions and inform portfolio choice. The firm emphasizes active risk management and sell discipline, often seeking less-popular or out-of-favor sectors and employing option-writing and other derivative strategies as part of its toolkit.

Noteworthy features include the firm’s very small current scale — roughly $500,000 in discretionary assets across a very small number of client accounts — and the brochure’s indication that it does not report serving high-net-worth individuals, which is uncommon among peers. Senior personnel bring long academic and statistical backgrounds, maintain outside professional and teaching commitments, and the firm highlights atypical resources such as an internal research library and a history of option-overwriting and selective participation in private and alternative investments.