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The Pacific Group

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Client AUM

$18,247,624

Clients

28

Advisors

2

of 2 employees

About

The Pacific Group provides investment advisory services to individual clients (both high‑net‑worth and non‑high‑net‑worth), pension and profit‑sharing plans, and corporate/business clients. The firm offers discretionary and non‑discretionary portfolio management, financial consulting, and sponsors a wrap‑fee program, managing roughly $37.6 million for a small client base.

The firm constructs customized portfolios using model allocations and a range of analytical approaches — including fundamental, technical, cyclical analysis and modern portfolio theory — and may implement both long‑ and short‑term trades, options, margin, and periodic rebalancing as appropriate. Tax efficiency is not the primary management objective unless agreed otherwise, and clients receive ongoing monitoring with the ability to impose investment restrictions.

What is noteworthy for this firm is its network of affiliated entities — including another registered investment adviser, an affiliated insurance agency, and technology/consulting affiliates — and its role as a wrap‑fee program sponsor that also offers access to an automated platform (Betterment) while using Schwab for custody and execution; the brochure discloses these relationships and associated conflict‑management practices. The firm’s disclosures also report a prior regulatory disclosure involving an associated person and it provides periodic written materials and separate wrap‑program documentation to clients.

Client services

Portfolio management Newsletters or periodicals

Expertise

Life insurance needs analysis Annuities Business succession planning Debt management Wealth management

Occupation focus

Founder/Business Owner

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Fee options

Percentage

0.15% to 2.00% (negotiable based on size, scope, and complexity)

Commissions

Commissions received by licensed insurance agents affiliated with the firm for selling insurance products, including fixed index annuities.

Other

Account minimum: $100,000

Main office

Los Angeles CA

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

California · Texas

Also doing business as

Pacific Advisory Capital Group, LLC · The Pacific Group

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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David A

Series 66

Los Angeles, CA

The Pacific Group

David Adefeso is a financial advisor with The Pacific Group in Los Angeles, holding a Series 66 license and bringing 27 years of industry experience. His prior roles include positions at Axa Advisors, LLC and Pacific Advisory Capital Group, LLC. Outside of advisory work, he is involved in technology development through ownership of Sootchy, Inc. and has appeared as himself on a reality television show. The Pacific Group provides investment advisory services to individual, pension, and corporate clients with a focus on customized portfolio construction using various analytical methods. The firm manages discretionary and non-discretionary portfolios, sponsors a wrap-fee program, and offers access to an automated investing platform while maintaining affiliated insurance and consulting entities.

Life insurance needs analysis Annuities Business succession planning Debt management Wealth management Founder/Business Owner
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Nickolas W

Series 65, Series 66

Los Angeles, CA

The Pacific Group

Nickolas Waggoner is a financial advisor at The Pacific Group in Los Angeles, CA, with five years of industry experience. He holds Series 65 and Series 66 licenses and previously worked at Pacific Advisory Group from 2015 to 2018. Outside of advising, he is involved in a clothing business, 2nd Amendgents, LLC, and works with a financial technology firm, Sootchy, Inc. The Pacific Group provides investment advisory services to individual, pension, and corporate clients, managing approximately $37.6 million. The firm employs various analytical approaches to construct customized portfolios and offers both discretionary and non-discretionary management along with a wrap-fee program.

Life insurance needs analysis Annuities Business succession planning Debt management Wealth management Founder/Business Owner
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