Chicago, IL Office

SEIA is an SEC-registered, multi-team advisory firm with roughly 142 advisors serving about 9,500 clients, including individuals (retail and high-net-worth), trusts, retirement plans and other institutional entities. The firm offers a broad set of services — non-discretionary and discretionary portfolio management (Signature Elite, Signature Allocation Series, Signature Targeted Strategies, Signature Custom), financial planning (modular and comprehensive), retirement plan consulting, investment consulting, and access to third‑party/technology platform solutions (AMP/AssetMark).

Investment decisions are developed by an Investment Solutions Group and an Investment Committee that combine strategic asset-allocation (modern portfolio theory) with tactical micro-allocation and both quantitative and qualitative security selection, using a six‑step investment process. SEIA delivers most advice through client-specific Investment Policy Statements and a mix of account structures: Signature Elite is non‑discretionary (client approval required prior to trading), while several programs (SAS, STS, AMP and Signature Custom in limited form) provide monitored or limited discretionary authority; Signature Targeted Strategies explicitly offers options‑based strategies, margin/borrowing implementations and a discretionary structured‑notes SMA.

Compared with many multi‑team peers, SEIA’s asset mix is notably skewed toward non‑discretionary management — as of December 31, 2025 it reported about $18.97 billion in non‑discretionary AUM versus $3.57 billion discretionary — and it has expanded a set of specialized offerings. The brochure also discloses service integrations and potential conflicts that may be relevant to clients: a Flourish Cash cash‑management program that pays SEIA a service fee, an affiliated SEIA Tax business with fee‑credit arrangements, and formal policies governing approved AI use and human oversight.