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Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

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Client AUM

$589,988,366

Clients

324

Advisors

6

across 2 offices

About

Meritas Wealth Management provides fee-only investment management, financial planning, and consulting to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm manages discretionary portfolios under written Investment Policy Statements and reports it oversees over $618 million for a few hundred client relationships.

Meritas’ investment approach emphasizes strategic asset allocation and long-term, buy-and-rebalance portfolios built primarily from no-load mutual funds and institutional share classes, with rebalancing reviewed around a 20% drift trigger and discretionary adjustments for tax or cash-flow needs. Financial planning is delivered as a written plan that is often engaged alongside investment management and draws on scenario modeling and input from the client’s other professional advisors.

Distinctive operational features include regular use of Dimensional Funds Advisors’ institutional funds and ongoing educational, research, and client-event support from fund providers, and reliance on Schwab’s institutional custody and technology platform for trading and reporting. The firm notes it may have varying custody arrangements — including limited fee-deduction authority and, in some instances, access via client online credentials subject to independent surprise examinations — and discloses third-party operational and trading support relationships.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management

Expertise

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees negotiated individually, typically $4,000 to $7,000 for comprehensive plans

Percentage

$0 - $2,000,000: 1.00% $2,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.75% $5,000,001 - $10,000,000: 0.50% $10,000,001+: 0.40%

Project-based

Hourly rate ranges from $175 to $500 per hour depending on personnel

Subscriptions

Consulting fees generally billed on retainer; retainer fee used for some accounts not meeting minimum annual fee

Other

Minimum fee: Minimum annual fee of $10,000 per client, may be waived at discretion Fee-only: Fee-only financial planning and investment management; no commissions or finder's fees accepted

Main office

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3950 Civic Center Drive, Suite 210

San Rafael CA 94903

Advisors at this office

5

Most active in

California · District of Columbia · Louisiana · South Carolina · Texas · Washington

Also doing business as

Clarke Financial · Clarke, Gregg · Clarke, Gregg, Eric · Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

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Advisors at this firm

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Kenneth G

CFP®

San Rafael, CA

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Kenneth Gott is a CFP® professional with 19 years of experience in financial planning and investment management. He has been with Meritas Wealth Management, LLC since 2015. Outside of his advisory role, he participates as a mentor in the Financial Planning Association’s Residency Program, where he develops and delivers financial planning case studies for CFP® professionals and candidates. Meritas Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and investment management services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term, diversified portfolios based on written Investment Policy Statements and primarily uses no-load mutual funds and passive strategies informed by academic research.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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Jacqueline R

CFP®

San Rafael, CA

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Jacqueline Remar is a CFP® professional with eight years of industry experience, currently serving at Meritas Wealth Management, LLC in San Rafael, CA. She has been with Meritas Wealth Management since 2013. Meritas Wealth Management provides fee-only investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm’s investment approach focuses on strategic asset allocation with long-term, buy-and-rebalance portfolios primarily using no-load mutual funds and institutional share classes.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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Gregg C

CFP®

San Rafael, CA

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Gregg Clarke is a CFP® professional with 27 years of experience in financial advising. He has been with Meritas Wealth Management, LLC since 2008. Outside of his advisory role, he mentors in the Financial Planning Association’s Residency Program, developing and delivering case studies to CFP® professionals and candidates. Meritas Wealth Management provides fee-only investment management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes strategic asset allocation and long-term, buy-and-rebalance portfolios primarily using no-load mutual funds and institutional share classes.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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Tiffani C

Series 65

San Rafael, CA

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Tiffani Clarke is a financial advisor at Meritas Wealth Management, LLC in San Rafael, CA, with 16 years of industry experience. She holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Meritas since 2009. Meritas Wealth Management provides personalized, fee-only financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm emphasizes long-term diversification through written Investment Policy Statements and primarily passive investment strategies informed by academic research and Modern Portfolio Theory.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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Jennifer B

CFP®

San Rafael, CA

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Jennifer Bahi is a CFP® professional with three years of industry experience, currently serving as an advisor at Meritas Wealth Management, LLC in San Rafael, CA. Her entire career has been with Meritas Wealth Management, where she has worked since 2015. Meritas Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses as a fee-only adviser. The firm emphasizes long-term diversification using primarily no-load mutual funds and passive strategies guided by academic research and Modern Portfolio Theory.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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Cristi T

CFP®

Washington, DC

Meritas Wealth Management, LLC

Cristi Tanner is a CFP® professional with five years of experience at Meritas Wealth Management, LLC. Prior to joining Meritas, she worked at the University of Georgia and Concord High School. Meritas Wealth Management provides personalized financial planning and investment management to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, and small businesses. The firm follows a fee-only model and emphasizes long-term diversification using no-load mutual funds and passive strategies guided by academic research and Modern Portfolio Theory.

General retirement planning General tax planning College savings (529s, UTMA, etc.) Wealth management Passive / index investing
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