Laredo, TX Office

KWS Advisory Group, LLC provides discretionary asset management and financial planning to individuals, trusts, estates and business entities. The firm reports approximately $18.33 million in assets under management across 224 advisory clients and offers ongoing portfolio management as well as retirement account services, including work with 403(b) arrangements.

KWS typically manages client accounts on a discretionary basis and uses a mix of fundamental, technical, charting and cyclical analysis to construct portfolios; it also leverages third‑party managers and platforms (including SEI, Gradient, Capital Group and Aspire) for custody, trading, rebalancing and model implementation. Financial planning is offered on either an hourly or fixed‑fee basis with work products delivered within the stated timelines and the firm may group related client accounts for fee determination and administration.

Noteworthy features disclosed in the brochure include that several firm principals are also licensed insurance agents and the firm may receive commissions from the sale of insurance products, and KWS maintains a solicitor/advisor arrangement with a third‑party manager for which it receives referral compensation — both of which are identified conflicts of interest and are disclosed to clients. The firm’s ownership structure includes a 25% stake held by an affiliated financial‑services LLC, it does not impose an account minimum, and it declines authority to vote client proxies, leaving voting responsibility with clients.