Bright Lantern Financial LLC
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About
Bright Lantern Financial LLC is a fee-only, registered investment adviser that serves individual clients with ongoing discretionary portfolio management and standalone financial planning. The firm provides implementation across taxable, IRA, and employer retirement accounts and accepts clients on a case-by-case basis rather than through a published asset minimum.
The firm’s investment approach is long-term, buy-and-hold and grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory, emphasizing broad diversification via low-cost index mutual funds and ETFs, cost management, and tax-aware asset placement. Portfolio implementation routinely includes periodic rebalancing and opportunistic tax-loss harvesting, and advice focuses on asset allocation and tax efficiency rather than market timing or security selection.
Compared with many solo independent advisors, Bright Lantern maintains a very small, selective client roster and a relatively high-touch service model. Other noteworthy practices include a requirement that portfolio clients establish custody at the broker the firm selects (which can affect execution and custody arrangements) and a policy of not accepting proxy-voting authority, leaving voting to clients.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
Fixed fees ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 for one-time financial planning depending on complexity
$0 - $200,000: 0.75% $200,001 - $1,000,000: 0.5% $1,000,001+: 0.25%
$200 per hour for one-time financial planning services
Account minimum: $200,000 (case-by-case basis for accounts below $200,000) Minimum fee: $1,000 per year minimum fee for portfolio management Fee-only: Fee-only investment advisor; fees are upfront and transparent
Main office
Chicago IL
Advisors at this office
1
Most active in
Illinois · Texas
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