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WaterRock Wealth Management

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Client AUM

$153,546,474

Clients

289

Advisors

4

across 2 offices

About

Prien Asset Management d/b/a WaterRock Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and related financial planning and basic estate-planning services to individuals and high‑net‑worth clients, overseeing roughly $153.7 million in client assets. The firm also serves as a sub‑adviser and offers a separately managed dividend strategy on a major custodial platform, in addition to assisting other advisors and managing accounts held away from its custody.

The firm constructs customized, primarily long‑term portfolios that typically emphasize low‑cost mutual funds and ETFs but may include individual stocks, bonds, and options, and it uses fundamental, technical, cyclical and charting analysis in portfolio decisions. WaterRock conducts ongoing portfolio monitoring, may recommend independent managers when appropriate, and uses tools such as an order‑management system for tax‑efficient allocation and rebalancing in accounts it does not custody (for example, 401(k)s and HSAs).

Distinctive features disclosed in the brochure include business affiliations outside of traditional advisory services: firm principals are involved with a separate insurance business and have an administrative role with an affiliated real‑estate firm (the advisory firm states it does not provide realty services), and the firm participates in solicitor/referral arrangements with a bank/credit‑union that include revenue‑sharing and co‑sponsorship of referral rewards. The brochure also discloses that the firm engages third‑party promoters under de minimis arrangements and is available on an institutional marketplace as a sub‑adviser—relationships and referral practices the firm discloses as potential conflicts of interest.

Client services

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Expertise

Income planning Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting

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Fee options

Fixed

Financial planning fixed fees ranging from $250 to $1,000; Basic estate planning flat fees from $1,500 to $2,000 plus $250 per property/entity added

Percentage

$0.00 - $50,000.00: 1.4% $50,000.01 - $100,000.00: 1.4% $100,000.01 - $500,000.00: 1.4% $500,000.01 - $749,999: 1.25% $750,000 - $999,999: 1.0% $1,000,000.00 - $5,000,000.00: 0.75% Over $5,000,000.00+: 0.50%

Commissions

Insurance commissions earned by licensed insurance professionals associated with the firm, separate from advisory fees

Project-based

Up to $250 per hour for financial planning services

Other

Fee-only: Hourly fees up to $250 per hour; Fixed fees from $250 to $1,000 for financial planning engagements; Flat fees from $1,500 to $2,000 for basic estate planning plus $250 per property/entity added

Main office

See office

6565 Americas Parkway NE, Ste 200

Albuquerque NM 87110

Advisors at this office

2

Most active in

Arizona · California · Colorado · New Mexico · Texas

Also doing business as

Prien Asset Management, LLC · Waterrock Wealth Management

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Christopher P

Series 63, Series 66

Albuquerque, NM

WaterRock Wealth Management

Christopher Prien is a financial advisor with WaterRock Wealth Management in Albuquerque, NM, holding Series 63 and Series 66 credentials and 30 years of industry experience. He is also the CEO of Prien Insurance Solutions, LLC, where he oversees fixed, fixed indexed annuities, life insurance, and disability insurance sales. Prien has been involved with WaterRock since 2018 and has prior experience at Questar Capital Corporation and Alpha Solutions Management. WaterRock Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, managing approximately $153.7 million in assets. The firm emphasizes customized, long-term portfolios primarily using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs and employs a combination of fundamental, technical, cyclical, and charting analyses in portfolio construction.

Income planning Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting
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Gifford D

Series 65

Albuquerque, NM

WaterRock Wealth Management

Gifford Davis is a financial advisor at WaterRock Wealth Management in Albuquerque, NM, holding a Series 65 credential with two years of industry experience. He previously worked at US Bank for nine years before joining WaterRock and Prien Asset Management. WaterRock Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management, financial planning, and basic estate-planning services. The firm constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, with an emphasis on tax-aware asset location and opportunistic rebalancing.

Income planning Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting
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Diana A

ChFC®, Series 63

Lincoln, CA

WaterRock Wealth Management

Diana Atha is a financial advisor at WaterRock Wealth Management with eight years of industry experience. She holds the ChFC® and Series 63 designations and has worked at Prien Asset Management since 2023. In addition to her advisory role, she has been an independent insurance broker since 1984, specializing in life, disability, and long-term care insurance, as well as fixed and fixed equity index annuities. WaterRock Wealth Management serves individual and high-net-worth clients by providing discretionary investment management alongside financial and basic estate planning services. The firm constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios using low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, continuously monitors accounts, and typically manages them on a discretionary basis with tax-aware strategies.

Income planning Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting
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Richard A

Series 63, Series 65

Lincoln, CA

WaterRock Wealth Management

Richard Atha is a financial advisor at WaterRock Wealth Management with 12 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has worked previously at Prien Asset Management, Center Street Advisors, and OnPointe Advisory and Financial Services. Outside of advisory services, he operates Atha Consulting, where he teaches debt management techniques and sells fixed insurance products. WaterRock Wealth Management provides discretionary investment management and financial planning services to individuals and high-net-worth clients, overseeing approximately $153.7 million in assets. The firm constructs customized, primarily long-term portfolios emphasizing low-cost mutual funds and ETFs, and employs various analytical methods in portfolio management.

Income planning Retirement income strategy Tax-loss harvesting
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