Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC

Stratos Wealth Advisors is an SEC‑registered enterprise advisory firm with approximately $5.54 billion in discretionary assets under management and a network of about 66 investment advisory representatives serving individuals (including high‑net‑worth clients), retirement plans, trusts, corporations, and nonprofit or institutional clients. The firm offers advisor‑managed wrap and non‑wrap portfolios, access to third‑party manager programs, financial planning (flat‑fee, subscription, and hourly options), insurance consulting, and outsourced CIO (OCIO) services.

Advisory services are delivered through a distributed IAR model in which most IARs are independent contractors who design client‑specific asset allocations, implement model portfolios or select third‑party managers, and provide ongoing monitoring and rebalancing. Custodial and platform options include Fidelity, Schwab and SEI Private Trust Company, and IARs may use subadvisers, tax‑overlay services, unified managed account platforms and other third‑party program solutions to implement strategies.

A notable characteristic of the firm is its indirect common ownership with SEI‑affiliated entities following an ownership change in December 2025, which gives SWA access to SEI’s manager platform, the SEI Access Marketplace (including a vetted Select List of alternative investments), and the SEI Integrated Cash Program via SEI Private Trust Company. Those affiliations affect custody treatment for certain accounts (SWA is deemed to have custody when assets are held at SPTC), create potential economic incentives to use affiliated products, and support SWA’s combination of retail IAR distribution with institutional OCIO and alternative‑investment capabilities.