Cibc Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. is a large advisory firm based in Chicago. It manages $22.36 billion of regulatory assets for 19,824 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.
Cibc Private Wealth Advisors provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for investment companies, portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and selection of other advisers. It prepares financial plans for more than 50 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.
The assets under management (AUM) of Cibc Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. is $22.36 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 16% since the beginning of its operation, and $26.98 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.
The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Cibc Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, fixed fees, and performance-based fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.
The firm provides services to investment companies, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Stephen John Wade is high net worth individuals with 17,222 clients and $16.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Cibc Private Wealth Advisors has the highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.
The amount of regulatory assets under management is $22.36 billion for 19,823 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.
Cibc Private Wealth Advisors also advises several private funds. Namely, one real estate fund and three private equity funds. The minimum investment commitment required of non-related persons is $100,000 for each fund.
The company employs 441 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 27 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 94 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.
There are 18 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.
Stephen John Wade has been acting as President since 1 Apr 2017. David Lazarus Donabedian has served as the Chief Investment Officer since 1 Jun 2009. Paul Carey joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Financial Officer.
The principal office where Cibc Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. performs its advisory services is located at One South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Houston, TX. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.
You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 312-368-7700 or by fax 312-368-7750. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at blubrry.com/cibcpwm_podcast.