Ballston Spa, NY Office

Avestar Capital is a SEC‑registered investment adviser managing approximately $2.06 billion for a mix of individual and high‑net‑worth clients, private investment funds, accredited and qualified investors, charities, and corporate entities. The firm offers financial planning, discretionary and non‑discretionary portfolio management through in‑house ETF strategies, third‑party model portfolios, due diligence services, and access to privately offered funds and SPVs.

The firm deploys a mix of proprietary, ETF‑based models and outsourced model providers: internally managed strategies (for example, the Avestar Global Equity ETF and Tactical Risk Allocator) are overseen by an Investment Committee, while 3Alpha sources third‑party managers and model portfolios that Avestar reviews and implements. Portfolios may combine passive and active managers, use options for hedging, and—where appropriate—employ borrowing or other derivatives and margin; clients can impose certain restrictions but some model portfolios limit per‑holding customization.

Avestar’s business includes several activities that are less common among peer team firms: it serves non‑U.S. clients through affiliated entities in India and Singapore, acts as investment manager and general partner for Proprietary Funds and SPVs, and partners with firms such as Crystal Capital and Aqua to offer pooled private‑fund and SPV structures. The firm also recommends affiliated ETFs and offers private placement life insurance and annuity solutions; these relationships and its use of pooled vehicles, leverage, and derivatives give rise to conflicts the firm discloses and manages through its compliance and conflict‑review processes.