Robinson Nelson

Robinson Nelson provides discretionary asset management, standalone financial planning, and retirement-plan advisory services, including both limited-scope ERISA 3(21) fiduciary advice and full 3(38) investment-manager arrangements. Its stated client types include individuals, high-net-worth clients, trusts, estates and plan sponsors, and the firm also offers participant education and implementation support for qualified plans.

The firm documents client goals and risk tolerances in investment policy statements and manages portfolios under discretionary authority, using a mix of fundamental and technical analysis, charting, cyclical analysis and Monte Carlo planning to inform asset selection and allocation, with quarterly account reviews. For custody and execution it requires use of an institutional custodian and aggregates trades across client accounts to allocate executions and related costs.

Notable differences from many peers include an explicit emphasis on pension consulting and ERISA plan management, with written processes that exclude employer securities, private real estate and other illiquid “Excluded Assets” from plan engagements. The firm’s principal holds CFP and long-term care credentials and maintains licensed insurance and real estate activities and significant outside employment, all of which are disclosed and described as potential conflicts that the firm intends to manage through disclosure and fiduciary procedures.