Chicago, IL Office

Searle & Co. provides discretionary (and limited non‑discretionary) portfolio management to individuals — including high‑net‑worth clients — as well as trusts, estates, pension and profit‑sharing plans, charitable organizations, and corporate entities. The firm manages roughly $630 million across about 126 client relationships and delivers services through a seven‑advisor team operating from multiple offices.

The firm tailors investment advice to client objectives and risk tolerances, using model portfolios and a mix of fundamental, technical, and charting analysis and occasionally employing options, short‑term trading, and longer‑term holdings; it monitors and rebalances accounts on an ongoing basis and does not typically provide standalone written financial plans. Searle & Co. may use margin and borrowing in separately managed accounts and sweeps uninvested cash into an FDIC cash sweep program, practices that have leverage, custody, and tax implications for clients.

Noteworthy distinctions from many peers are its dual registration as both an SEC‑registered investment adviser and a FINRA‑member broker‑dealer and the resulting commission‑based business activity (including 12b‑1 fees) for some representatives, along with the firm’s practice of directing client accounts to a specific clearing/custody relationship. The brochure also discloses past FINRA disciplinary matters and the firm’s operation from five or more offices, both items that are statistically uncommon among similar team firms and relevant when evaluating conflicts of interest and supervisory structure.