BRAVE FAMILY ADVISORS

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 1992
Total AUM
$624M
Discretionary
$624M
100% of AUM
Avg account
$677K
Accounts
922
Employees
7
Advisory reps
6

Firm details

Headquarters
SUMMIT, New Jersey
CRD number
108512
Registered since
October 29, 1992
Custodians
PERSHING LLC
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM
Client types
  • HNWI82.92%
  • Individuals14.76%
  • Charitable Organizations1.82%
  • Pension & Profit Sharing Plans0.3%
  • Corporations / Businesses0.2%
Services
Portfolio Management for IndividualsPension Consulting

Firm profile

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Overview

Brave Family Advisors is a discretionary advisory firm that concentrates its investment program on equity exposures delivered largely through exchange-traded instruments, supplemented by selected individual stock positions and alternative allocations. The firm provides portfolio management for individuals and small businesses and offers pension consulting services, operating on a percentage-of-AUM fee model. Its public equity activity—visible in regulatory filings—shows a diversified set of positions across domestic and international markets, with a notable tilt to ETF-based core exposures and targeted stock holdings for active overlay. The firm’s client base includes high-net-worth individuals and families as well as institutional clients, which shapes a blended advice model: core passive or index-based allocations for broad market exposure combined with tactical stock positions and external alternative allocations where the firm sees potential diversification or return enhancement.

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Investments & Alternatives

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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: Exchange Traded Equities 70%, US Government Bonds 22%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 4%, Public Funds/Mutual Funds 3%, State & Local Bonds 1%70%
  • Exchange Traded Equities70%
  • US Government Bonds22%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents4%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds3%
  • State & Local Bonds1%

Contacts

3 of 6
  • Peter Van Alstyne

    Financial AdvisorCRD 7263015

  • William Swart

    Financial AnalystCRD 7630365

  • Yiorgos Georgeson

    Senior AnalystCRD 6867268

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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

$367M in ETFs

Passive

100%

$367M

Active

0%

$0

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
ISHARES MSCI EAFE VALUE ETF (EFV)BlackRockPassiveForeign Large Value$54.8M737,65914.95%

Location

Primary office

SUMMIT, NJ

UNION

Location

SUMMIT, NJ

Headquartered in SUMMIT, NJ, anchoring the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA metro in the Northeast.

Metro area
New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA
Region
Northeast
County
UNION
Address
47 Summit Ave
Time zone
ET (UTC-5)
Office locations

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