White Plains, NY Office
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Hightower Advisors
Enterprise
Firm-wide stats for Hightower Advisors
Clients per advisor
60 TypicalAvg AUM per client
$2,848,795 Very HighHNW client ratio
46% Very HighAbout
Hightower provides investment advisory and planning services to a broad mix of individual and institutional clients, including pension and profit-sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations, trusts, registered and private pooled investment vehicles, insurance companies and other financial institutions. These services are delivered through its network of Advisor Practices and include discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, retirement plan consulting and access to pooled vehicles and private funds as described in the Form ADV.
The firm’s advisory model emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions: Advisors may use Affiliated Managers (including Hightower’s Investment Solutions and the Hightower One program) and Third Party Managers, and Hightower discloses the use of proprietary research (including NEPC) and portfolio construction that can include mutual funds, ETFs, alternative investments and custom/direct indexing. The ADV also details operational features of the programs (monitoring, rebalancing and home-office trading for Hightower One) and discusses investment considerations for international and non‑U.S. exposure, tax-managed strategies and use of margin when appropriate.
Compared with many peers, the brochure highlights several less-common attributes: Hightower’s affiliated broker‑dealer, Hightower Securities, receives placement, distribution and other transaction-related compensation for certain products (including alternative investments and insurance), and the firm discloses commission-related activities and revenue-sharing arrangements. The ADV further shows experience with large pooled and institutional mandates (including sub-advisory and co-advisory roles for private funds) and describes managing cross-border exposures and related country/currency risks, which aligns with the firm’s disclosure of a notable non‑U.S. client presence and relationships with large institutional investors.
Based on Hightower Advisors
Location
44 South Broadway, 11th Floor
White Plains NY 10601
Advisors at this office
3
Advisors at this office
John B
Series 63, Series 65
White Plains, NY
Hightower Advisors
John Buffa is a financial advisor with Hightower Advisors in White Plains, NY, holding Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and possessing 28 years of industry experience. He has worked at Hightower Advisors since 2017 and previously spent nearly a decade at Morgan Stanley in various capacities, including Morgan Stanley Private Bank and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base, including individual and institutional investors. The firm employs a multi-manager approach with access to affiliated and third-party managers, proprietary research, and a range of investment vehicles, serving clients through discretionary and non-discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and retirement plan consulting.
Justin P
Series 66
White Plains, NY
Hightower Advisors
Justin Perrotta is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with one year of industry experience. He holds a Series 66 designation and has prior work experience at JP Morgan Chase and Tufts University. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a wide range of individual and institutional clients, utilizing a manager selection approach and multi-manager solutions that include proprietary research and access to various investment vehicles.
Joel T
Series 63, Series 65
White Plains, NY
Hightower Advisors
Joel Talish is a financial advisor at Hightower Advisors with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 credentials and has been with Hightower since 2017, following prior roles at Wells Fargo Advisors and Wells Fargo Clearing. Outside of his advisory work, he serves as Chair of the Development Committee for the public charter middle school School in the Square in New York City. Hightower Advisors provides investment advisory and planning services to a diverse client base that includes individuals, institutions, pension plans, and charitable organizations. The firm emphasizes manager selection and multi-manager solutions, offering access to affiliated and third-party managers across various investment vehicles, with a focus on portfolio construction and risk management.
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