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Stirling Financial Group

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Client AUM

$170,784,679

Clients

288

Advisors

2

across 2 offices

About

Stirling Financial Group is a registered investment adviser that serves individuals (including high-net-worth clients), pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and other entities. The firm offers wealth management, financial and pension consulting, and participates in LPL Financial’s Optimum Market Portfolios (OMP) in addition to operating its own wrap fee program.

The firm typically manages client accounts on a discretionary basis, using asset-allocation models and a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis to construct and supervise portfolios. Its disclosures indicate portfolios may include a wide range of securities and that the firm may use options and warrants and employ borrowing strategies such as margin or securities-backed lines of credit where appropriate.

Distinctive elements include acting as the sponsor and portfolio manager of its own wrap fee program while executing and custodial services are provided through LPL, and offering both in-house and LPL-sponsored managed options. Stirling Financial Group operates with a small advisory team overseeing approximately $179.7 million in discretionary assets for 288 clients, producing a comparatively high client-to-advisor load, and its personnel also include licensed insurance agents and registered representatives affiliated with LPL.

Client services

Financial planning Portfolio management Pension consulting

Expertise

Wealth management

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Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 1.50% $1,000,001+: 1.00%

Commissions

Insurance commissions earned by certain associated persons are separate and in addition to advisory fees. Registered representatives of LPL Financial receive commission-based compensation for securities transactions.

Project-based

Financial consulting services charge fixed fees up to $10,000 depending on scope.

Main office

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402 West Broadway, Suite 1100

San Diego CA 92101

Advisors at this office

1

Most active in

California · Florida · New Hampshire · Texas

Also doing business as

Leeds Capital Group, LLC · Stirling Financial Group

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Ian W

CFP®, ChFC®, Series 63

Hemet, CA

Stirling Financial Group

Ian Weeks is a financial advisor at Stirling Financial Group with 17 years of industry experience. He holds the CFP® and ChFC® designations and has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and LPL Financial, among other firms. Stirling Financial Group is a registered investment adviser serving individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, and other entities. The firm manages client accounts on a discretionary basis using asset-allocation models combined with fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, and it sponsors its own wrap fee program alongside LPL Financial’s managed options.

Wealth management
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Thomas D

Series 63, Series 66

San Diego, CA

Stirling Financial Group

Thomas Dudley is a financial advisor with Stirling Financial Group in San Diego, CA, holding Series 63 and Series 66 licenses and bringing 27 years of industry experience. He has previously worked at Northwestern Mutual and LPL Financial and is currently a managing member and Chief Compliance Officer at Stirling Financial Group. He also provides investment advisory services through Leeds Capital Group, LLC. Stirling Financial Group serves individuals, including high-net-worth clients, as well as pension plans, trusts, and other entities, offering wealth management and financial consulting. The firm manages client accounts on a discretionary basis using a combination of fundamental, technical, and cyclical analysis, alongside asset-allocation models, and sponsors its own wrap fee program with custodial services provided through LPL.

Wealth management
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