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Bauer Wealth Management Inc.

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Client AUM

$202,864,881

Clients

160

Advisors

4

across 2 offices

About

Bauer Wealth Management, dba Bauer Heitzmann, is an SEC-registered advisory firm with a four-advisor team managing roughly $206 million for about 160 clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, family office and concierge wealth management, pension consulting, and financial planning to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, small businesses and charitable organizations, typically serving clients with net worths between roughly $500,000 and $15 million and many retirees and busy professionals.

The firm’s investment approach emphasizes long-term asset allocation using passive index-based products together with tactical rebalancing informed by fundamental and tactical analysis and modern portfolio theory. Portfolios may include ETFs and mutual funds as well as alternatives (private equity, private credit, real estate, venture capital), structured/market-linked notes and cryptocurrency, and the firm may employ hedging strategies, options and other derivatives — including the use of borrowing (leverage) and derivatives in separately managed accounts, an approach that is uncommon among peers.

Distinctive features include recommending and sponsoring private funds (including affiliated vehicles) and disclosing related conflicts of interest, with mitigation measures such as waiving advisory fees for clients who invest in an affiliated fund and deferring certain management fees on outsized private-fund markups until liquidation. The firm also offers integrated family-office services (e.g., FLLC/FLP structures and consolidated reporting), manages held-away retirement plan accounts through a third-party platform, and maintains institutional custodian relationships that provide operational and reporting benefits.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Concentrated stock management General retirement planning Income planning Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive

Demographic focus

Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Dual Income Family

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $10,000,000: 1.25% $10,000,001 - $30,000,000: 1.00% $30,000,001 - $50,000,000: 0.75% $50,000,001+: 0.50%

Other

Account minimum: $1,000,000 for Concierge Wealth Management; $250,000 for Investment Management Only platform; negotiable or waivable minimums

Main office

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5755 Mark Dabling Blvd, Suite 245

Colorado Springs CO 80919

Advisors at this office

3

Most active in

Colorado · Texas

Also doing business as

Bauer Heitzmann · Bauer Wealth Management · Bauer Wealth Management Inc. · Bauer Wealth Management LLC · Bauer Wealth Management, LLC.

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Advisors at this firm

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Daniel B

Series 63, Series 65, Series 66

Colorado Springs, CO

Bauer Wealth Management Inc.

Daniel Bauer is a financial advisor at Bauer Wealth Management Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO, holding Series 63, 65, and 66 licenses with 23 years of industry experience. His career includes roles at Charles Schwab from 2000 to 2010 and as principal at Altruistic Investing, LLC from 2017 to 2020. Bauer Wealth Management is an SEC-registered advisory firm with a four-advisor team managing approximately $206 million for about 160 clients. The firm serves individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations, focusing on long-term asset allocation using passive index products and tactical rebalancing, with portfolios that may include alternatives and derivatives.

Concentrated stock management General retirement planning Income planning Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Dual Income Family
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Tristan S

Series 63, Series 66

Colorado Springs, CO

Bauer Wealth Management Inc.

Tristan Smith is a financial advisor at Bauer Wealth Management Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials with five years of industry experience. His work history includes roles at Fidelity Investments and Bauer Wealth Management. Bauer Wealth Management, operating as Bauer Heitzmann, manages approximately $206 million for around 160 clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, family office services, pension consulting, and financial planning primarily to individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs a long-term asset allocation strategy focused on passive index-based products combined with tactical rebalancing and utilizes a range of investments, including alternatives and derivatives, with some unique approaches to private funds and integrated family-office services.

Concentrated stock management General retirement planning Income planning Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Dual Income Family
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Chris F

Series 65

Colorado Springs, CO

Bauer Wealth Management Inc.

Chris Franz is a financial advisor with Bauer Wealth Management Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO, holding a Series 65 designation and six years of industry experience. He is the Managing Director of the Pioneer Fund, a private equity fund he founded in 2016 that focuses on sourcing, acquiring, and managing small manufacturing companies and limited partner investments. Prior to this, he has been associated with IPS, Inc. since 2005. Bauer Wealth Management (dba Bauer Heitzmann) serves individuals, high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth families, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations. The firm employs an investment approach centered on asset-class allocation combining passive index-based products with tactical rebalancing and customized Investment Policy Statements, and utilizes both traditional and private investment vehicles.

Concentrated stock management General retirement planning Income planning Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Dual Income Family
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Stephen H

Series 66

Colorado Springs, CO

Bauer Wealth Management Inc.

Stephen Heitzmann is a financial advisor at Bauer Wealth Management Inc. in Colorado Springs, CO, with 14 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has worked at Bauer Wealth Management since 2017, previously serving at Altruistic Investing, LLC, TIAA-CREF, and T. Rowe Price Advisory Services, Inc. He is the CEO of Altruistic Investing, LLC. Bauer Wealth Management, dba Bauer Heitzmann, is an SEC-registered advisory firm with a four-advisor team managing approximately $206 million for around 160 clients. The firm provides discretionary portfolio management, family office and concierge wealth management, pension consulting, and financial planning, primarily serving individuals, high-net-worth families, trusts, small businesses, and charitable organizations. Their investment approach focuses on long-term asset allocation using passive index-based products combined with tactical rebalancing and may include alternatives, derivatives, and leverage.

Concentrated stock management General retirement planning Income planning Tax-loss harvesting Private / alternative investments Founder/Business Owner Retired Executive Approaching retirement Mid-Career Professionals Dual Income Family
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