Sterling Capital Management Inc

Sterling Capital Management, Inc. provides discretionary and non‑discretionary investment advisory, financial planning, and consulting services to a mix of clients, including individual and high‑net‑worth investors, pension and profit‑sharing plans, trusts, corporations, and nonprofit organizations. The firm reports approximately $297 million in regulatory assets under management and generally maintains a $1,000,000 account minimum, which may be waived.

Investment decisions are informed by macroeconomic and global factors (political developments, inflation, interest rates, currencies) and implemented across a range of strategies from balanced income/growth portfolios to aggressive, higher‑turnover accounts; the firm may use ETFs, structured products, listed options (primarily covered calls and protective puts), and margin where appropriate. Trading is handled by a mix of block trades and an alphabetical rotation system intended to promote equitable execution, and accounts are reviewed at least quarterly with custodial statements provided directly by the custodian.

Distinctive features include dual business activities: certain supervised persons are registered representatives of a broker‑dealer and the firm discloses that personnel may receive commissions, 12b‑1 fees, trailing compensation and other brokerage‑related payments in addition to advisory fees, and a related affiliate sells mutual funds, annuities, and insurance products; these arrangements and the firm’s supervisory and written policies to mitigate conflicts are described in the brochure. The firm also discloses custody and prime brokerage arrangements for a fund it advises and ownership of other non‑advisory ventures, making its combination of advisory, brokerage, and insurance‑product activity more complex than many peers.