Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC (Hixson)

Name: Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC
Address: 4700 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN, 37343 4806
Telephone: 423-870-2140

Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Hixson. It manages $199.63 million of regulatory assets for 1,852 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, California, Florida, and 5 other states.

Innovative Advisory Partners provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, selection of other advisers, and educational seminars and workshops. It prepares financial plans for more than 25 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Innovative Advisory Partners: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC is $199.63 million, all of which is managed in discretionary accounts. The firm's AUM has grown by 3% since the beginning of its operation, and $149.27 thousand of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $199.63 million in discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $107.79 thousand each.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 75% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 14% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 9% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed 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.

What kind of clients Innovative Advisory Partners serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Innovative Advisory Partners is pension and profit sharing plans with 1,035 clients and $116.88 million of assets under management. Among the 3 most similar advisory firms, Innovative Advisory Partners has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $197.66 million for 1,307 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.

Innovative Advisory Partners doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC

The company employs 9 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 100 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 9 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.

Robert Leonard Pragnell joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Joe David Franklin	Managing member/chief compliance officer	1 May 2010	75% - 100%	2673133
Robert Leonard Pragnell	Chief operating officer	1 Feb 2018	Other	3105233
Llc Franklin Wealth Management	Owner	1 Jul 2018	50% - 75%	27-2574201
Joe David Franklin	Chief executive officer	1 Aug 2019	Other	2673133
Robert Leonard Pragnell	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2019	Other	3105233
Llc Solomonwood	Owner	1 Aug 2019	25% - 50%	46-2950533

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
William Stuart Wood	Owner	1 Aug 1996	75% - 100%	2788497

Based in Hixson

The principal office where Innovative Advisory Partners, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 4700 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343 4806, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Signal Mountain, TN. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 423-870-2140 or by fax 423-870-2164. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at franklin-wealth.com.