The Ellerson Group Inc

The Ellerson Group provides investment supervisory services and comprehensive financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth clients, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and small businesses. The firm operates on a fee-only basis and offers both ongoing advisory relationships and limited-scope hourly planning engagements.

The firm’s investment approach centers on strategic asset allocation using a core-and-satellite framework and global diversification, typically investing through no-load or low-load mutual funds and ETFs while also employing individual equities, bonds, options, margin, and short-selling where appropriate. The Ellerson Group accepts discretionary trading authority, conducts quarterly reviews and reports, and supplements investment statements with net worth summaries used for longer-term planning.

Distinctive features include a small advisor team managing nearly $300 million in client assets, the use of ByAllAccounts consolidated reporting to incorporate excluded assets into client reporting, and a strict policy of not accepting commissions or selling financial products. The firm does not vote client proxies (clients retain proxy voting responsibility), limits access to initial public offerings, and places trades under a limited power of attorney while assets remain held at independent custodians.