Grand Rapids, MI The Waters Office

International Assets Investment Management (IAIM) provides investment advisory services to individuals, high‑net‑worth clients, retirement plans, corporations and other business entities, offering discretionary and non‑discretionary portfolio management, financial planning, and referrals to third‑party wrap and manager (TPAM) programs. Services are delivered through a national network of independent investment adviser representatives (IARs) who work with clients to define goals and implement strategies.

IAIM’s IARs generally pursue customized, long‑term portfolio construction using mutual funds, ETFs, individual equities and fixed income, and may recommend cash positions, options hedges, or rebalancing as appropriate to client objectives and risk tolerance. For some clients IAIM implements strategies via third‑party money managers, sub‑advisers or wrap programs (and may act as a compensated promoter for certain TPAMs), while also offering retirement plan advisory and standalone financial planning engagements.

What distinguishes IAIM from many peers is its complex affiliate structure and its promoter/placement activities: the firm is affiliated with multiple broker‑dealers, a clearing/custodial broker (ETCB), a trust company (Equity Trust), and other registered advisers, and principals have economic interests in a private fund (Mill75) that IAIM promotes to accredited investors. Those affiliations drive disclosed conflicts of interest (including cash‑sweep and clearing‑related payments to its affiliated broker‑dealer) and were the subject of an SEC consent order in 2024 concerning disclosure of clearing‑broker incentives; IAIM also recently revised its custody practices and no longer reports custody of client assets as of January 1, 2026.