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Gerard Edwin Swienton

Advisor at Investment Leadership, LLC — Forest, VA

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Credentials

CFP®, Series 63, Series 65

Experience

41 years

Location

Forest, VA 24551

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Investment Leadership, LLC

Supported

Total advisors

2

Clients per advisor

61 High

Avg AUM per client

$681,848 Typical

HNW client ratio

23% Typical

About

Gerard Swienton is a CFP® with 41 years of industry experience, currently serving as a managing partner at Investment Leadership, LLC. His prior roles include positions at Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets, and Legg Mason Wood Walker. He participates in the Finance Council of St. Thomas More Church in Lynchburg, VA. Investment Leadership provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporations. The firm employs a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with a macroeconomic overlay to create customized asset allocation strategies and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary account management.

Client services

Based on Investment Leadership, LLC

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Expertise

Based on Investment Leadership, LLC

Multi-generational wealth transfer

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed financial planning fees ranging from $2,000 to $15,000, negotiable

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 1.00% annually $1,000,001 - $3,000,000: 0.85% annually $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.75% annually $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.60% annually $10,000,001+: 0.40% annually

Project-based

$275 per hour for consulting services (may vary)

Other

Account minimum: $250,000 Fee-only: Financial planning fees: $275 per hour; fixed fees vary from $2,000 to $15,000 (negotiable)

Location

Forest, VA

14805 Forest Road, Suite 226

Forest VA 24551

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Texas · Virginia

Work history

41 years of industry experience

Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments

2013 - Present • 13 years

Albany, NY

Investment Leadership LLC

2013 - Present • 13 years

Forest, VA

Morgan Stanley

2009 - 2013 • 4 years

Lynchburg, VA

Citigroup Global Markets

2006 - 2009 • 3 years

Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated

1996 - 2006 • 10 years

Lynchburg, VA

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Laura O

Series 65

Forest, VA

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Laura O'neil is a financial advisor at Investment Leadership, LLC with 5 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has worked at Investment Leadership since 2013. Outside of advising, she is an administrative and office manager for Shamrock Construction Enterprises, Inc., a residential construction company. Investment Leadership provides portfolio management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, trusts, foundations, endowments, and corporations. The firm serves both high-net-worth and non-HNW clients, using a mix of fundamental and technical analysis with a macroeconomic overlay to construct individualized asset allocation guidelines and investment policy statements.

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