Johnston Investment Counsel, Ltd.
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Client AUMClient assets under management
$119,624,319
Clients
88
Advisors
1
of 2 employees
About
Johnston Investment Counsel provides comprehensive financial planning (project- and retainer-based), discretionary wealth and portfolio management, an Enhanced Cash Management program, and retirement-plan and institutional consulting for individuals, trusts, endowments, qualified retirement-plan sponsors, and business entities. The firm operates on a fee-only, fiduciary basis and offers both ongoing advisory relationships and one-time planning engagements.
The firm combines model and customized portfolios using no-load and load-waived mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds, and derivatives; the brochure specifically discloses the use of options and other derivatives in separately managed accounts to implement downside risk-control strategies. Clients are provided a written Investment Policy Statement, periodic rebalancing, and portfolio decisions informed by macroeconomic, fundamental, relative value and technical analysis.
Noteworthy for a small independent adviser, Johnston Investment Counsel actively provides pension consulting and institutional consulting to plan sponsors and endowments and lists charitable organizations among its client types—services that are less common among peers. The firm’s Enhanced Cash Management program may allocate up to 20% to equities, and the firm has filed to transition its adviser registration to the SEC, underscoring a blend of institutional offerings within a solo-advisor practice managing roughly $125 million in client assets.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
$0 - $1,000,000: 0.40% (Comprehensive Financial Planning - Retainer Based) $1,000,001 - $3,500,000: 0.30% (Comprehensive Financial Planning - Retainer Based) $3,500,001 - $5,000,000: 0.20% (Comprehensive Financial Planning - Retainer Based) $5,000,001+: 0.05% (Comprehensive Financial Planning - Retainer Based) $0 - $500,000: 0.90% (Comprehensive Wealth Management, Comprehensive Portfolio Management, Institutional Consulting) $500,001 - $3,000,000: 0.70% (Comprehensive Wealth Management, Comprehensive Portfolio Management, Institutional Consulting) $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.50% (Comprehensive Wealth Management, Comprehensive Portfolio Management, Institutional Consulting) $5,000,001+: 0.30% (Comprehensive Wealth Management, Comprehensive Portfolio Management, Institutional Consulting) $0 - $1,000,000: 0.60% (Enhanced Cash Management) $1,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.45% (Enhanced Cash Management) $5,000,001+: 0.30% (Enhanced Cash Management) $0 - $1,000,000: 0.50% (Retirement Plan Services) $1,000,001 - $3,000,000: 0.40% (Retirement Plan Services) $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.30% (Retirement Plan Services) $5,000,001+: 0.20% (Retirement Plan Services)
Project-based financial planning fees calculated based on estimated hours; no set minimum
Account minimum: $250,000 Minimum fee: Minimum fees ranging from $1,500 to $2,500 depending on service Fee-only: Fee-only; no commissions, no 12b-1 fees accepted; fees based on assets or project/retainer
Main office
331 Fulton, Suite 429
Peoria IL 61602
Advisors at this office
1
Most active in
Illinois
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