Basalt, CO Office

D. B. Root & Company provides financial planning, discretionary portfolio management, wealth management and investment consulting to individuals as well as institutional clients, including employer‑sponsored retirement plans, non-profits, endowments and foundations. The firm reports approximately $952 million in discretionary assets under management and advises on over $11 billion in assets under advisement, and serves clients through a multi‑advisor team structure.

DBR typically constructs client portfolios by allocating among mutual funds, ETFs, individual debt and equity securities and independent managers, using both risk‑based and outcomes‑based asset allocation and a mix of fundamental, quantitative and qualitative analysis. The firm tailors portfolios to client objectives, monitors accounts on an ongoing basis, employs model allocations overseen by an investment committee, and uses a third‑party platform to manage held‑away retirement plan participant accounts with discretionary rebalancing.

Compared with many multi‑team advisers, DBR discloses that certain Supervised Persons are licensed insurance agents and that the firm earns commissions from insurance product sales, and it documents its role as an ERISA fiduciary when providing discretionary retirement plan services. The brochure also notes aspects of the firm’s marketing and client outreach — including disclosure of predecessor performance and use of testimonials — alongside its institutional consulting and plan‑sponsor services, features that are less common among peers.