Newport Beach, CA Office

Fiduciary Architects serves individuals, trusts, estates, and corporate clients, offering discretionary portfolio management, investment analysis, and comprehensive financial planning. The firm is a small advisory practice managing roughly $13 million in discretionary assets for under 50 clients and typically requires a $250,000 minimum for managed accounts, though it may waive that minimum.

Fiduciary Architects provides tailored discretionary investment management using multiple methods of analysis (fundamental, technical, charting, cyclical, and economic) and may employ strategies that include long‑ and short‑term equity positions, ETFs (including covered‑call and buffered ETFs), structured notes, variable annuities, and alternative investments. The firm places trades through a qualified custodian, generally implements transactions separately for each account rather than routinely blocking trades, and may recommend unaffiliated sub‑advisers to manage portions of client portfolios.

A distinctive feature disclosed in the brochure is that the firm’s representatives act as licensed insurance agents or brokers and may receive customary fees from insurance sales, a potential conflict the firm says it seeks to mitigate. The firm also states it does not accept commissions for securities, does not maintain custody of client assets, maintains a Code of Ethics, and conducts annual reviews of brokers and any recommended sub‑advisers.