The Putney Financial Group LLC
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Client AUMClient assets under management
$205,263,683
Clients
212
Advisors
6
of 8 employees
About
The Putney Financial Group LLC provides investment supervisory services and financial planning primarily to individual clients, including high-net-worth individuals, and charitable trusts. The firm manages about $205 million in regulatory assets across discretionary and non-discretionary accounts and delivers written financial plans, periodic planning updates, and implementation support when requested.
The firm’s investment process combines fundamental, quantitative, qualitative, and cyclical analysis and emphasizes asset allocation using mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, structured products, private placements, and options strategies (including covered calls and spreads) as appropriate to client objectives. Portfolios are generally managed on a discretionary basis with annual formal reviews and quarterly performance reports and reconciled account appraisals provided to clients.
Putney is notable among peers for its affiliations with other financial firms: it uses Arete Wealth Management LLC as an introducing FINRA broker-dealer (clearing through Pershing) and several firm advisors are also registered representatives and licensed insurance agents, a structure under which the firm documents commission-based recommendations and may waive advisory fees on those products. The firm also discloses prior regulatory actions and remediation steps in its brochure, including a 2024 SEC order addressing past disclosure and compliance deficiencies.
Client services
Expertise
Occupation focus
Fee options
$1 - $500,000: 2.00% $500,001 - $1,000,000: 1.35% $1,000,001 - $1,500,000: 1.20% $1,500,001 - $3,000,000: 1.00% $3,000,001 - $5,000,000: 0.85% Over $5 million+: Negotiable
Sales commissions on certain assets (including variable annuities, non-publicly traded securities, private placements) range from 0.75% - 10% if recommended; advisory fees are waived on assets purchased with commissions.
Principal: $1,000/hour; Senior Advisor: $550/hour; Advisor: $275/hour; Administrative Staff: $125/hour
$5,000 retainer required for financial planning services; unused portion refunded, overages billed monthly
Account minimum: $250,000
Main office
100 Smith Ranch Road, Suite 110
San Rafael CA 94903
Advisors at this office
6
Most active in
Alabama · California · Florida · Nevada · New Mexico · Oregon · Texas · Washington
Also doing business as
Lent, Raymond Lawrence · Placer Partners Xvi Xvii · Portsmouth Financial Services, Inc. · Portsmouth Smartlife Financial Group, LLC · Raymond Lawrence Lent Dba The Putney Financial Group · The Putney Financial Group LLC · The Putney Financial Group, Registered Investment Advisors
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