Sumnicht & Associates, LLC

Sumnicht & Associates is a boutique, fee-based family wealth manager that primarily serves high-net-worth families, trusts, foundations and related entities with family office services including investment management, financial planning, trust and estate planning, and fiduciary administration. As of December 31, 2025 the firm managed about $107.9 million for a small client base and is no longer accepting new investment advisory clients, continuing an ongoing family-office relationship with one family.

The firm implements portfolio management predominantly through separately managed, ETF-based allocation models, many of which are proprietary strategies delivered via an affiliated adviser and implemented on the Envestnet platform; model-level rebalancing is handled by the model manager while portfolio-level rebalancing and IPS review are performed with clients, typically on an annual basis. Sumnicht & Associates tailors services through client information and risk-tolerance questionnaires, offers discretionary authority in practice when timing requires, and coordinates with outside specialists (tax, legal, trust companies, therapists) as part of a multidisciplinary approach.

Distinctive features include an affiliation with an SEC-registered investment adviser that licenses and manages the firm’s proprietary ETF allocation models, and the use of bundled wrap arrangements on the Envestnet platform that include sponsor and model licensing fees, which can create potential conflicts when recommending affiliated models. The firm’s principal also maintains an insurance license and may receive commissions on insurance products, and the firm provides trust administration in instances where a firm trustee serves, reflecting a concentrated, family-office orientation uncommon among similarly sized supported advisers.