Metairie, LA Office

Stratos Wealth Advisors serves individual and institutional clients, including high‑net‑worth households and retirement plans, through a network of 71 investment advisory representatives across multiple teams. The firm provides financial planning, ongoing portfolio management (wrap and non‑wrap), third‑party manager programs, and other advisory services tailored to individual goals.

Investment advice is delivered primarily by IARs who construct customized asset allocations or implement model portfolios and may use sub‑advisers or platform solutions (including third‑party managers available through Fidelity, Schwab, Envestnet, and SEI). Services include discretionary account management, subscription and hourly financial planning, held‑away and retirement‑participant management using third‑party technology, and an outsourced CIO offering delivered in coordination with a sub‑adviser.

Compared with many multi‑team firms, SWA operates under indirect common ownership with SEI entities, and the brochure discloses ongoing use of SEI Investment Management Corporation as a sub‑adviser and SEI Private Trust Company as a custodian, including participation in an SEI Integrated Cash Program and related sweep arrangements that affect custody and cash management. The firm also discloses other atypical operational features — such as an insurance consulting relationship with DPL, conversion and transition support tied to its SEI affiliation, and a mix of independent contractor and employee IARs (with some equity interests in affiliated holding entities) — all of which the brochure identifies as potential conflicts of interest to consider.