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Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

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Client assets under management

$575,777,133

Clients

227

66% high-net worth

Advisors

8

of 8 employees

Firm type

Team

4-10 advisors or $500M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

28

Very Low

Average account size

$2,536,463

About

Sapere provides discretionary investment management and financial planning to a mix of individuals (including high-net-worth clients), pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and business entities. In addition to separately managed accounts, the firm serves as investment manager to privately offered pooled investment vehicles and offers consulting on employer-sponsored plans and non-custodied products.

The firm’s investment approach emphasizes top-down global macroeconomic analysis and an absolute-return orientation, favoring value-driven, mean-reversion ideas with a one-to-three-year time horizon. Model portfolios combine equities, mutual funds, ETFs and privately offered funds (including vehicles managed by an affiliate), with explicit liquidity targets (e.g., seeking at least one-third of portfolios available monthly) and a stated aim to limit peak-to-trough drawdowns.

Distinctive features include acting as the investment manager and having an affiliate serve as general partner to private funds offered under Regulation D, with allocations to those funds sometimes made alongside individual accounts. Sapere also disclosed a prior SEC settlement that has led to enhanced, formalized due diligence (including retention of third-party due diligence consultants for certain non-traditional transactions) and maintains custodial relationships with Axos, CNB and Northern Trust, arrangements the firm identifies as creating potential conflicts of interest.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy

Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for financial planning and consulting services generally range from $1,000 to $15,000

Percentage

1.00% annually

Project-based

$125 to $500 per hour for financial planning and consulting services

Other

Account minimum: $50,000 Minimum fee: Minimum quarterly fee of $250 (equivalent to $1,000 annually) if fees would otherwise be below $1,000 per year Fee-only: Fixed fees generally range from $1,000 to $15,000 for standalone financial planning; hourly fees range from $125 to $500

Main office location

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

130 Matthews Station St., Suite 2 A

Matthews NC 28105, United States

Number of offices

2

Most active in

California · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Maryland · Minnesota · North Carolina · South Carolina · Texas · Virginia

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Kevin W

Series 65

Charlottesville, VA

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Kevin Wells is a financial advisor at Chilton Investment Services, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and previously worked at Sapere Wealth Management, LLC for eight years before joining Chilton in 2020. Chilton Investment Services, LLC offers discretionary and non-discretionary investment management, family-office support, and advisory services to private fund investors, high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and institutional clients. The firm employs a long-term investment approach combining bottom-up fundamental research with top-down macro and relative-value analysis across equity and fixed-income strategies, and manages a notable private-fund business alongside trust company affiliations and institutional sub-advisory roles.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Louise H

Series 65

Charlottesville, VA

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Louise Hopkins is a financial advisor at Sapere Wealth Management, LLC in Charlottesville, VA, holding a Series 65 designation with 16 years of industry experience. She has been with Sapere Wealth Management since 2008. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach with an absolute-return focus, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered vehicles while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Jeffrey B

Series 63, Series 66

Charlottesville, VA

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Jeffrey Burton is a financial advisor with Sapere Wealth Management, LLC, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 20 years of industry experience. He has been with Sapere Wealth Management since 2008. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach with an absolute-return focus, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered vehicles while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Matthew S

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Matthews, NC

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Matthew Spear is a CFP® with 24 years of experience and the sole advisor at Sapere Wealth Management, LLC, where he has worked since 2002. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach with an absolute-return focus, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered funds while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Kathleen F

Series 63, Series 65

Matthews, NC

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Kathleen Focht is a financial advisor at Sapere Wealth Management, LLC with 21 years of industry experience. She holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Sapere Wealth Management since 2005. Her prior experience includes roles at Sapere Wealth Creation, LLC and Carlton Dixon. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach focused on absolute returns, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered vehicles with an emphasis on active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Carlton D

ChFC®, Series 63, Series 65

Matthews, NC

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Carlton Dixon is a Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC®) with 22 years of industry experience. He has been with Sapere Wealth Management, LLC and Sapere Wealth Creation, LLC since 2004. In addition to his advisory role, he is also licensed as a life insurance agent. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach focused on absolute returns, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered investment vehicles while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Scott T

Series 63

Matthews, NC

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Scott Trease is the sole advisor at Sapere Wealth Management, LLC in Matthews, NC, holding a Series 63 designation and bringing 39 years of industry experience. He has been associated with Sapere Wealth Management and affiliated entities since 2002. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach with an absolute-return focus, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered funds while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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Joseph B

CFP®, Series 63, Series 66

Matthews, NC

Sapere Wealth Management, LLC

Joseph Brooks is a CFP® professional with 26 years of industry experience. He is currently with Sapere Wealth Management, LLC and has prior experience at Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Company and Nfp. Sapere Wealth Management provides discretionary portfolio management and financial planning to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as institutional and trust entities. The firm employs a top-down, global-macro investment approach with an absolute-return focus, combining public equities, registered funds, and privately offered vehicles, while emphasizing active liquidity management.

Private / alternative investments Wealth management Cash flow / budgeting Charitable giving & philanthropy
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