Olive Tree Asset Management

Olive Tree Asset Management is a state-registered, single-advisor independent advisory firm that provides individualized portfolio management and both ongoing and project-based financial planning to households. The firm manages roughly $12.5 million in client assets across a small client base and charges asset-based advisory fees for its services.

The firm develops client-specific investment policies through one-on-one discussions and implements portfolios using fundamental analysis and modern portfolio theory, blending passive and active strategies and individual securities to match client objectives and risk tolerance. Account supervision is generally discretionary with quarterly reviews, and the firm offers holistic planning across topics such as retirement, college savings, cash flow, tax considerations, and estate planning; it may also include held-away account balances when calculating client fees.

Compared with many similarly sized independent advisers, Olive Tree’s practice is notable for serving institutional clients in addition to individuals—providing employee benefit plan services, pension consulting, plan monitoring, and participant education—and accepting plan-asset–based compensation remitted from plan custodians. The firm also discloses that its principal maintains a full-time corporate finance role outside the advisory practice, a capacity detail that may be relevant to prospective clients.