Capital Design Associates Group, LLC (Greenville)

Name: Capital Design Associates Group, LLC
Address: 619 Halton Road, Greenville, SC, 29607
Telephone: 864-235-1428

Capital Design Associates Group, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Greenville. It manages $398.78 million of regulatory assets for 1,184 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Capital Design Associates Group provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, and estate planning, life insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance. It prepares financial plans for more than 250 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Capital Design Associates Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Capital Design Associates Group, LLC is $398.78 million. The company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 46% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is state and local bonds, which make up 25% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in exchange traded securities form 22% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Capital Design Associates Group, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Compensation based on assets under management promotes a long-term relationship between a client and the adviser and helps align mutual interests. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Donald Lawrence Reichert serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Donald Lawrence Reichert is high net worth individuals with 91 clients and $313.5 million of assets under management. Among the 8 most similar advisory firms, Capital Design Associates Group has the 4th highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $398.78 million for 298 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Capital Design Associates Group doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Capital Design Associates Group, LLC

The company employs 9 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 22 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 2 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Donald Lawrence Reichert has been acting as President since 1 Jan 2001. Jeffrey Kent Giguere joined the executive team most recently as the Coo/Member.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Donald Lawrence Reichert	President/ceo/chief compliance officer	1 Jan 2001	Other	2163596
Inc. Capital Design Associates	Owner	1 Jan 2015	50% - 75%	47-2688001
Inc. Giguere Financial Management	Owner	1 Jan 2015	Other	47-2685678
Llc Schofield Capital Management	Owner	1 Jan 2015	25% - 50%	47-2831680
Jeffrey Kent Giguere	Coo/partner	1 Jul 2017	Other	5700633
Joseph David Schofield	Cco/ceo/partner	1 Jul 2017	Other	2496116
Donald Lawrence Reichert	Chairman emeritus	1 Jul 2017	Other	2163596
Jeffrey Kent Giguere	Coo/member	1 Jun 2018	Other	5700633
Joseph David Schofield	Cco/ceo/member	1 Jun 2018	Other	2496116

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 3 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Donald Lawrence Reichert	Owner	1 Jan 2015	75% - 100%	2163596
Jeffrey Kent Giguere	Owner	1 Jan 2015	75% - 100%	5700633
Joseph David Schofield	Owner	1 Jan 2015	75% - 100%	2496116

Based in Greenville

The principal office where Capital Design Associates Group, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 619 Halton Road, Greenville, SC 29607, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Salem, SC. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 864-235-1428 or by fax 864-235-9975. The normal business hours are 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at capitaldesignassociates.com.