Sound View Financial Advisors
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About
Sound View Financial Advisors works with individuals and families as well as trusts, estates, pension and profit‑sharing plans, charitable organizations, and small businesses, providing comprehensive financial planning and discretionary investment management. The firm operates on a fee‑only basis and offers project‑based plans, ongoing planning engagements, and employee benefit plan advisory under written agreements.
Investment portfolios are constructed using a strategic asset allocation with a core‑and‑satellite approach that combines passive and active mutual funds and ETFs, and client objectives are documented in individualized Investment Policy Statements with periodic reviews. The firm accepts discretionary trading authority under a limited power of attorney and routinely coordinates implementation through third‑party platforms, including automated custodians and 401(k) administrators, sometimes in subadvisor or view‑only arrangements.
Compared with many peers, Sound View is notable for its strict fee‑only model and its range of non‑AUM planning arrangements (project and fixed‑fee ongoing services), together with a stated no‑minimum account policy. The firm also emphasizes formal credentialing for advisors and maintains public educational activities, and it has formal interested‑party agreements with automated investment and 401(k) platform providers—an operational mix that is less common for firms of its size.
Client services
Expertise
Fee options
$0 - $1,000,000: 1.00% annually $1,000,001 - $3,000,000: 0.85% annually $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.75% annually $5,000,001+: 0.50% annually
$350 per hour for financial planning services, negotiable
Fee-only: Financial planning fees between $1,000 and $10,000, negotiable; ongoing planning services fees between $5,000 and $10,000 annually, negotiable; hourly financial planning services at $350 per hour, negotiable
Main office
128 School Street
Walpole MA 02081-1802
Advisors at this office
3
Most active in
Massachusetts · Texas
Also doing business as
Brown, Susan H. · Sound View Financial Advisors
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