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Steven Bright

Advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC

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Location

Greenville, SC 29601

Credentials

Series 63, Series 65

Industry experience

13 years

About

Steven Bright is a financial advisor at Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC with 13 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at Beacon Pointe Advisors since 2020. Prior to that, he spent ten years at Carolinas Wealth Management Group. Additionally, he is a licensed insurance agent involved in life, disability, and long-term care insurance sales through Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC. Beacon Pointe Advisors provides investment advisory and consulting services to a diverse range of individual and institutional clients. The firm employs a manager-driven investment approach, using a proprietary “Focus List” and a combination of active and passive strategies, and is notable for sponsoring proprietary investment vehicles and serving as an operating general partner in multiple private funds.

Client services

Based on Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting Selection of other advisers Newsletters or periodicals Educational seminars or workshops Consulting services

Expertise

Based on Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC

Wealth management Private / alternative investments ESG / Sustainable investing Tax-loss harvesting

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Fee options

Fixed

Fixed fees for financial planning and educational seminars, negotiable based on complexity

Percentage

$0+: 0.50% to 1.50% annually (negotiable tiered range for Wealth Advisory Services) $0+: 0.02% to 0.04% annually platform fee for Envestnet UMA (minimum $50 per account) $0+: 0.50% to 2.00% annually for Wrap Fee Program $0+: 0.25% to 1.00% annually for American Funds F-2 Direct Program $0+: 0.05% to 0.50% annually for Retirement Plan Consulting Services $0+: 0.20% to 0.50% annually for Consulting Services (discretionary portfolios) $0+: 0.08% to 0.50% annually for Consulting Services (non-discretionary portfolios) $0+: 0.20% to 0.50% annually for Outsourced Chief Investment Officer Services (OCIO) $0+: 1.00% annual management fee for Private Funds (waived for clients of Beacon Pointe) $0+: 0.95% annual management fee for BPMAX Interval Fund

Project-based

Hourly fees typically range between $350 and $500 per hour for consulting and financial planning services

Performance-based

Performance-based fees only for certain legacy private fund investments negotiated as a percentage of profits; no other performance-based fees charged

Subscriptions

Annual retainer fees for consulting services, tiered based on assets under supervision

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 Minimum fee: Minimum quarterly fee of $1,250, waivable at discretion Fee-only: Consulting fees charged as annual retainers, project fees (minimum $25,000), or hourly fees ($350-$500/hr), financial planning fees hourly or fixed, generally negotiated

Location

135 South Main Street, Suites 900 & 1000

Greenville, SC 29601

Most active in

South Carolina

Work history

Beacon Pointe Insurance Services, LLC

2021 - Present (5 years)

Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC

2020 - Present (6 years)

Capital Design Associates Group, Inc. d/b/a CDA Group

2019 - Present (7 years)

Capital Design Associates Group, Inc. D/B/A CDA Group

2017 - 2020 (3 years)

Carolinas Wealth Management Group

2007 - 2017 (10 years)

Disclosures

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