Ascent Advisors

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2025
Total AUM
$101M
Discretionary
$101M
100% of AUM
Avg account
$161K
Accounts
626
Employees
9
Advisory reps
9

Firm details

Headquarters
Mankato, Minnesota
CRD number
335353
Registered since
December 3, 2025
Custodians
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Hourly Charges, Fixed Fees
Client types
  • Individuals80.2%
  • HNWI17.72%
  • Pension & Profit Sharing Plans2.08%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Institutional ClientsPension Consulting

Firm profile

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Overview

Ascent Advisors is an independent registered investment adviser organized as a limited liability company and newly registered with the SEC in 2025. The firm serves both individual and family clients as well as institutional clients, and lists a mix of fee arrangements: percentage of assets under management, hourly billing, and fixed fees. Its public filings and firm materials position it as a hybrid adviser/financial product provider — it is also active as an insurance broker and a seller of other financial products. Advisory capabilities reported include financial planning and portfolio management across individual, small business, and institutional client segments; pension consulting is also referenced among advisory activities. The firm does not identify as an active ESG investor, is not organized as a multi-state adviser, and describes itself as neither a capital allocator nor a related adviser. Ascent Advisors is a newly formed RIA, which helps explain the compact scale of its reported practice.

Assets & Accounts

Public Holdings

Investments & Alternatives

Investment profile

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Traditional investments used

Alternative investments used

Active ESG investor

Technology & operations

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CRM & tech providers

TAMPs used

Clients

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Client base

Client personas

Asset composition

Asset composition: Public Funds/Mutual Funds 90%, Private Funds 5%, Exchange Traded Equities 4%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 2%90%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds90%
  • Private Funds5%
  • Exchange Traded Equities4%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents2%

Owners & executives

2 of 2
  • Jared Holt

    Jared Holt

    President and CEOCRD 6043458

  • Derrick Girard

    Derrick Girard

    Chief Growth OfficerCRD 4914175

Contacts

3 of 7
  • Peter Orth

    Peter Orth

    Investment Adviser RepresentativeCRD 5195633

  • Chad Weinhold

    Chad Weinhold

    Investment Adviser RepresentativeCRD 5416537

  • James Leggott

    James Leggott

    Investment Adviser RepresentativeCRD 2201650

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Wealth teams

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Newly hired reps

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Recent M&A activity

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Recent filings

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Awards

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ETF holdings

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Active vs passive

$84.6M in ETFs

Passive

81%

$68.8M

Active

8%

$15.8M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
STRIVE 500 ETF (STXF)Strive$8.7M179,37610.23%

Location

Primary office

Mankato, MN

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Location

Mankato, MN

Headquartered in Mankato, MN, anchoring the Mankato-New Ulm, MN metro in the Midwest.

Metro area
Mankato-New Ulm, MN
Region
Midwest
County
Blue Earth
Address
1600 Madison Ave
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
Office locations

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