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Parkside Investments, LLC

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Client assets under management

$910,805,645

Clients

200

75% high-net worth

Advisors

5

of 7 employees

Firm type

Team

4-10 advisors or $500M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

40

Low

Average account size

$4,554,028

About

Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth management and portfolio management to individuals (including high‑net‑worth clients), families, trusts, foundations, endowments, pension plans, charitable organizations, and business clients. In addition to separately managed accounts, the firm serves as investment manager and general partner to proprietary pooled funds, including Parkside Covered Call Fund, LP and Parkside VPS Fund, LP, and offers consulting on third‑party asset managers.

The firm’s investment process emphasizes fundamental analysis, customized asset allocation, and tax‑aware portfolio construction, typically implementing a large‑cap core equity sleeve of roughly 30–40 individual positions alongside fixed‑income holdings and diversified funds. Parkside also integrates equity derivatives into its strategies — using covered call writing and put/call option trading in its pooled vehicles and applying options in some separately managed accounts — and may allocate to private investments or unaffiliated managers when appropriate.

Compared with peer team advisers, Parkside is notable for its role as a private fund adviser and fund sponsor, its management of pooled vehicles, and the presence of a performance allocation in one proprietary fund — features that are uncommon among similar firms. The firm manages roughly $1.44 billion across five advisors (a relatively high AUM per advisor), and provides regular time‑weighted performance reporting and quarterly investor communications.

Client services

Portfolio management Selection of other advisers

Expertise

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $2,000,000: 0.90% $2,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.70% $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.40% $10,000,001+: 0.30%

Performance-based

Performance allocation of 10% on annual increases up to a 50% hurdle and 20% thereafter for Parkside VPS Fund, LP; no performance fees for separately managed accounts or Parkside Covered Call Fund.

Other

Account minimum: $2,000,000

Main office location

Parkside Investments, LLC

570 Lake Cook Road, Suite 100

Deerfield IL 60015, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

Arizona · Florida · Illinois · New York · Tennessee · Texas

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Christopher E

CFA®, Series 63

Deerfield, IL

Parkside Investments, LLC

Christopher Engelman is a CFA® charterholder with 25 years of industry experience. He is currently a financial advisor at Parkside Investments, LLC, where he has worked since 2019. Prior to that, he spent 11 years at Cedar Hill Associates, LLC. Engelman is also a partner in limited partnerships managing alternative investments through Cedar Hill Partners Holdings I and II. Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management services to high-net-worth clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process focused on concentrated Large Cap Core equity portfolios, complemented by fixed income and option strategies, and manages proprietary private funds alongside separately managed accounts.

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting
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John K

CFA®

Deerfield, IL

Parkside Investments, LLC

John Kearney is a CFA® charterholder with 14 years of industry experience. He has been with Parkside Investments, LLC since 2017 and previously worked at Cedar Hill Associates LLC from 2009 to 2017. Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth clients, including individuals, families, trusts, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process focused on concentrated Large Cap Core equity portfolios complemented by fixed income and other instruments, and it also manages proprietary private funds with specialized option strategies.

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting
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Alan C

CFA®, CIC, Series 63

Deerfield, IL

Parkside Investments, LLC

Alan Cole is a CFA®, CIC, and holds a Series 63 license with 26 years of industry experience. He has been with Parkside Investments, LLC since 2016 and previously worked at Cedar Hill Associates, LLC from 2008 to 2016. Cole is also a partner in Cedar Hill Partners Holdings I and II, alternative investment holding companies based in Chicago. Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, charitable organizations, and certain businesses. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process focused on concentrated Large Cap Core equity portfolios complemented by fixed income and alternative instruments, and it also manages proprietary private funds with specialized option strategies.

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting
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Todd N

Series 65

Deerfield, IL

Parkside Investments, LLC

Todd Needlman is a financial advisor at Parkside Investments, LLC with 22 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Parkside Investments since 2018, following five years at Interactive Brokers LLC. Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals, families, and various institutions. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process focused on concentrated Large Cap Core equity portfolios, complemented by fixed income and option strategies, and manages proprietary private funds alongside separately managed accounts.

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting
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Debbiann F

Series 63, Series 65

Deerfield, IL

Parkside Investments, LLC

Debbiann Frenzel is a financial advisor at Parkside Investments, LLC with 23 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Parkside Investments since 2018, following a decade at Cedar Hill Associates, LLC. Parkside Investments provides discretionary wealth and portfolio management services primarily to high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a fundamentally driven investment process focused on concentrated Large Cap Core equity portfolios complemented by fixed income and option strategies, and it also manages proprietary private funds.

Concentrated stock management Options & derivatives strategies Private / alternative investments Tax-loss harvesting
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