Hauppauge, NY 200 Motor Parkway Office

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Firm-wide stats for OSAIC

Total advisors

7,847

Across 3,554 offices

Clients per advisor

73 Low

Avg AUM per client

$398,336 Typical

HNW client ratio

10% Low

About

Osaic Wealth serves a broad mix of retail and institutional clients through a multi-advisor platform that supports individual investors (including high‑net‑worth and non‑HNW households), retirement plan sponsors and participants, charities, and corporate clients. It offers both brokerage and advisory services across a range of programs — including comprehensive financial planning, advisor‑managed wrap and non‑wrap portfolios, Unified Managed Accounts, third‑party money manager programs, and retirement plan consulting — many of which are delivered through affiliated broker‑dealer and RIA relationships.

The firm’s investment process emphasizes model‑based asset allocation and portfolio optimization supported by risk‑tolerance questionnaires, efficient frontier analysis, and rebalancing tools; advisors can implement discretionary UMA or advisor‑managed strategies, impose client restrictions, or select third‑party managers and proprietary “Enterprise Strategist” models. Osaic also maintains multiple custodial and legacy program arrangements (including accounts transitioned from earlier mergers), and makes alternative investments available via third‑party platforms that perform initial and ongoing due diligence.

Compared with peers, Osaic is notable for its scale and recent consolidation activity, its complex affiliate network (broker‑dealer, asset managers, insurance and trust affiliates) and private‑equity ownership that influence its platform economics and product offerings. The firm also operates multiple lending and cash‑management programs and receives third‑party platform and revenue‑sharing arrangements — matters it discloses as potential conflicts of interest — and has had several recent regulatory disclosures and enforcement matters that led to enhanced controls and independent reviews.

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Expertise

Annuities Private / alternative investments

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Location

200 Motor Parkway, Sute A5

Hauppauge NY 11788

Advisors at this office

2

Advisors at this office

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Ward B

Series 63, Series 66

Hauppauge, NY

OSAIC

Ward Brickner is a financial advisor at OSAIC with 40 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and has worked at American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. and GUARDIAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of America. Brickner is a partner at Fortress Financial Services, Inc., where he provides investment advice and management and is also involved in marketing investment services to attorneys. OSAIC Wealth serves a diverse client base including retail and institutional investors, offering brokerage and advisory services such as financial planning, managed portfolios, and retirement plan consulting. The firm emphasizes model-based asset allocation and portfolio optimization, supported by a variety of managed account options and third-party investment platforms.

Annuities Private / alternative investments
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Michael P

Series 63, Series 66

Hauppauge, NY

OSAIC

Michael Palazzolo is a financial advisor at Osaic Wealth with 31 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at American Portfolios Financial Services, Inc. and Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Outside of advising, he is a co-partner at Fortress Financial Services and has authored a fiction book titled *Route 80*. Osaic Wealth serves a diverse client base including retail and institutional investors, offering brokerage and advisory services through a multi-advisor platform. The firm’s investment approach uses model-based asset allocation and portfolio optimization, supported by tools such as risk-tolerance questionnaires and efficient frontier analysis.

Annuities Private / alternative investments
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