Brennan Asset Management

Brennan Asset Management is a small, independent advisory firm operated by a single advisor that provides discretionary portfolio management to individuals, high‑net‑worth clients, corporations, institutions, and charitable organizations, and also serves pooled investment vehicle clients. The firm offers ongoing investment supervisory services and prepares an investment policy statement for each client to align portfolios with their goals, tax considerations, risk tolerance, and time horizon.

The firm employs a bottom‑up, fundamental value approach that typically results in concentrated portfolios (generally 10–25 holdings) and a long‑term, low‑turnover orientation while retaining the ability to use short sales, margin, and options in certain circumstances. Research sources include quantitative screens, industry contacts, press and research reports, and direct company engagement, and the advisor generally requires written discretionary authority to implement client-specific plans.

Distinctive aspects include acting as an adviser and general partner/managing member to private pooled funds — including a vehicle formed to invest in a single European company and a pooled vehicle holding securities of a life‑settlement company — and managing both pooled vehicles and individual client accounts concurrently. The firm also accepts performance‑based compensation for qualified investors and discloses potential conflicts of interest (for example, board service related to an issuer held by a fund and clients potentially holding the same securities as the funds), with procedures and disclosures intended to address those conflicts.