Columbia Strategic Wealth Advisors, LLC

Columbia Strategic Wealth Advisors is a small, independent advisory firm serving individual clients, with about $13.35 million in assets across 29 accounts. The firm provides ongoing investment management and financial planning, typically charging percentage‑of‑AUM fees and implementing portfolios composed mainly of mutual funds, ETFs and, when appropriate, individual stocks.

The firm emphasizes a personalized, holistic planning process—assessing goals, selecting an investment strategy, executing that strategy, and monitoring progress—and draws on a mix of behavioral, fundamental, technical, charting and cyclical analysis in its recommendations. Asset management is delivered primarily on a non‑discretionary basis, and the firm frequently utilizes third‑party model and managed account platforms (including AssetMark, Morningstar Managed Portfolios, Betterment, and Manning & Napier) where trading discretion or model implementation may rest with those managers or the client.

Noteworthy differences from many peers include the firm’s predominant use of non‑discretionary accounts rather than discretionary authority and a range of planning engagement options (flat‑fee, hourly, and subscription tiers). The firm also offers specialty planning services such as employee stock option planning and business succession, its principal holds advanced planning credentials (CFP, ChFC, RICP) and maintains an insurance license (accepting related commissions in a limited capacity), and the brochure discloses a prior $1,000 regulatory fine relating to an insurance replacement form.