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Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc.

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Client assets under management

$218,505,300

Clients

190

32% high-net worth

Advisors

3

of 7 employees

Firm type

Supported

1-3 advisors or $200M+ in AUM

Clients per advisor

63

High

Average account size

$1,150,028

About

Vaughan & Co. Securities, Inc. advises individuals (including high-net-worth clients), pension and profit-sharing plans, and small businesses, offering discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, pension consulting, and retirement-plan related services. The firm also provides selection and oversight of third-party advisers and acts as a solicitor/referrer to independent registered investment advisers.

The firm’s investment process combines fundamental, cyclical and quantitative analysis with asset-allocation and both long- and short-term strategies, using individual securities, mutual funds and ETFs and periodically rebalancing client portfolios. For retirement-plan clients Vaughan prepares investment policy statements, assists with fund selection and may provide participant education, and it conducts due diligence on third-party managers when recommending external managers.

Noteworthy distinctions include an affiliated retirement plan administrator (Pension Administrators, Inc.) that provides recordkeeping and administrative services referenced in the brochure, and the firm’s use of referral/solicitor arrangements and occasional performance-based compensation for qualified clients — features that are less common among peers. The brochure also discloses a past NASD disciplinary action involving supervisory deficiencies and notes a firm principal is a licensed attorney who does not provide legal services to advisory clients; these are material items prospective clients should consider.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Consulting services

Expertise

Concentrated stock management

Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees typically ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 for Financial Planning and Consulting Services

Percentage

$0 - $500,000: 1.50% Over $500,000 - $1,000,000: 1.40% Over $1,000,000 - $2,000,000: 1.30% Over $2,000,000 - $3,500,000: 1.20% Over $3,500,000 - $5,000,000: 1.10% Over $5,000,000 - $7,500,000: 1.00% Over $7,500,000 - $10,000,000: 0.80% Over $10,000,000 - $15,000,000: 0.60% Over $15,000,000 - $20,000,000: 0.40% Over $20,000,000 - $30,000,000: 0.30% Over $30,000,000 - Negotiable: Negotiable

Performance-based

10% of investment gains on Dividend Growth Program; performance fees apply only to qualified clients with $1,000,000+ under management or $2,100,000 net worth

Other

Fee-only: Fixed fees typically ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 for Financial Planning and Consulting Services

Main office location

Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc.

68 Passaic Street

Ridgewood NJ 07450-9901, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

Florida · Massachusetts · New Jersey · New York · Texas

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Kevin L

Series 63, Series 66

Ridgewood, NJ

Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc.

Kevin Leeds is a financial advisor at Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. with 25 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has maintained a long-standing accounting practice, Kevin L. Leeds, CPA, PC, since 1980. Leeds also has extensive experience in academia, having been associated with St. Peter’s College and St. Peter’s University for multiple decades. Vaughan & Co. Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension and profit-sharing plans and other businesses. The firm employs a comprehensive investment process that incorporates fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, emphasizing asset allocation and both long- and short-term strategies.

Concentrated stock management
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Tyler K

Series 65

Ridgewood, NJ

Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc.

Tyler Kennedy is a financial advisor at Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Vaughan and Company Securities in various capacities since 2019, with a brief tenure at Betterment in 2023-2024. Prior to his advisory career, he held positions in the retail and hospitality sectors. Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses. The firm manages approximately $280 million in assets using a combination of fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, with an emphasis on asset allocation and both long- and short-term strategies.

Concentrated stock management
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James V

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Ridgewood, NJ

Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc.

James Vaughan III is a CFP® professional with 40 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has been with Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. since 1986 and also served on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University for 14 years. In addition to his advisory role, he oversees the day-to-day operations of Officer Pension Administrators Inc., a retirement plan administration firm. Vaughan is also an attorney-at-law. Vaughan and Company Securities, Inc. provides investment advisory and financial planning services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, and businesses, managing both discretionary and non-discretionary assets. The firm employs a diversified investment approach incorporating fundamental, cyclical, and quantitative analysis, and offers services including portfolio management, pension consulting, and 529 education account management.

Concentrated stock management
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