Old Oak Advisors, LLC

Old Oak Advisors is a small independent registered investment adviser that provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals and participant‑directed retirement plans, managing roughly $16.3 million for about 47 clients. The firm prepares an Investment Policy Statement for each client, conducts regular portfolio monitoring, and provides non‑discretionary, co‑fiduciary services to plan sponsors including vendor reviews and benchmarking of recordkeeper and TPA fees.

The adviser typically implements client plans across mutual funds, equities, bonds, ETFs, REITs, hedge funds and may use options and futures, employing both long‑ and short‑term trading as appropriate to a client’s IPS. It also offers an Alpha Strategy that combines active and passive exposure to the S&P via derivatives (collateralized by cash and bond holdings) designed to seek excess return versus the S&P over rolling three‑year periods and available only to clients who meet specified net worth and risk criteria.

Noteworthy elements relative to peers include the firm’s disclosure of third‑party ratings and published performance information, and its explicit use of derivatives within separately managed accounts through the Alpha Strategy—features uncommon among similar independent advisers. The firm additionally emphasizes retirement‑plan consulting functions (co‑fiduciary advice, vendor and fee negotiations) and has removed a general account minimum while maintaining a $500,000 eligibility threshold for the Alpha Strategy.