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HMS Investment Advisors

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Client AUM

$245,766,955

Clients

153

Advisors

6

of 8 employees

About

HMS Capital Management, LLC provides discretionary investment management and financial consulting to individuals, high‑net‑worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations and insurance companies. The firm offers eight model portfolios spanning growth, income and balanced strategies, and also provides financial planning and Family Wealth Advisor (family office) services such as consolidated reporting, bill payment, trustee selection and coordination with estate and tax professionals.

HMS selects securities primarily through fundamental analysis, supplemented by quantitative and technical inputs, across domestic and international equities, fixed income, mutual funds and ETFs, and rebalances portfolios at least annually. The brochure describes a Tactical Hedge overlay that can be added to equity strategies—an options-based derivative program using protective puts and speculative calls that the firm characterizes as a higher‑fee, risk‑mitigation overlay offered in separately managed accounts.

The proxy materials and disclosures note features that differentiate HMS from many team firms: as of the brochure date the firm reported $295,776,087 in discretionary assets under management and an additional $83,199,011 in assets under advisement, and it explicitly offers consulting and aggregation for client assets not managed by HMS. The combination of formal family‑office services (acting as a gatekeeper, negotiating banking relationships and facilitating trustee selection) and the documented use of options/derivative overlays in SMAs are statistically uncommon among peers and may matter to clients seeking consolidated wealth oversight together with active derivative strategies.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management
Asset allocation consulting and family office services

Expertise

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 2.00% $1,000,001 - $10,000,000: 1.50% $10,000,001 - $20,000,000: 1.25% $20,000,001+: 1.00%

Project-based

Financial Consulting Services charged at $350/hour with 4 hour minimum; Financial Planning at $350/hour up to $6,000 max

Subscriptions

Family Wealth Advisor Services (Family Office) charged minimum $25,000 per year representing 72 hours of services; additional monthly hours can be purchased.

Other

Account minimum: $500,000 Fee-only: Equity and balanced accounts fee based on tiered percentage of AUM as above. Fixed Income accounts also tiered, rates from 1.50% down to 0.50%

Main office

5130 Ashland City Hwy

Nashville TN 37218

Advisors at this office

6

Most active in

Alabama · Tennessee · Texas

Also doing business as

Harmony Investment Management, Inc. · Hms Capital Management, LLC · Hms Investment Advisors · Sterling Retirement Management

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Advisors at this firm

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Dana B

Series 63

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

Dana Brisendine is a financial advisor at HMS Investment Advisors with 19 years of industry experience. He holds a Series 63 designation and has been with HMS Capital Management, LLC since 2009. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm uses fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios, blending various asset classes and offering specialized strategies including options overlays, while also advising on assets not directly managed by HMS.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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Philip T

Series 63, Series 65

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

Philip Thomas is a financial advisor at HMS Investment Advisors with 22 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked at HMS Capital Management since 2013, following prior roles at Harmony Investment Management and Robert Baird & Co. HMS Capital Management provides discretionary investment management and financial consulting to individuals, high-net-worth clients, charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm employs a fundamental analysis-driven approach supplemented by quantitative and technical inputs, offers a range of model portfolios, and provides family office services alongside a tactical options-based hedge overlay available in separately managed accounts.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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George S

CFA®

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

George Stadler is a CFA® charterholder with 16 years of industry experience. He has been with HMS Capital Management, LLC since 2009. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm uses fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios and offers services that include financial planning, family office support, and advisory relationships involving assets not directly managed by HMS.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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Bryan F

CFA®

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

Bryan Fastenau is a CFA® charterholder with seven years of industry experience. He has worked at HMS Capital Management since 2018 and previously spent 30 years at US Trust. He is based in Nashville, TN. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm employs fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios that include a mix of domestic and foreign equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, and it also offers specialized strategies such as a Tactical Hedge overlay.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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Portia W

CFP®, Series 66

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

Portia Wells is a CFP® professional with 11 years of experience in financial advising. She has been with HMS Capital Management, LLC since 2016. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm uses fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios blending various asset classes and offers services including Family Wealth Advisor support and asset analysis beyond those it directly manages.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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Angela R

CFA®, Series 63

Nashville, TN

HMS Investment Advisors

Angela Robinson is a CFA® charterholder with 18 years of industry experience. She has been with HMS Capital Management, LLC since 2009. Robinson holds the Series 63 designation and is based in Nashville, TN. HMS Investment Advisors provides discretionary portfolio management and financial consulting primarily to individual and high-net-worth clients, as well as charitable organizations, corporations, and insurance companies. The firm uses fundamental analysis across multiple model portfolios blending domestic and foreign equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs, and also offers family office services and asset analysis for non-managed holdings.

General estate planning guidance Cash flow / budgeting Retirement income strategy
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