CHANGING PARAMETERS, LLC
Firm details
- Headquarters
- LOS ALTOS, California
- CRD number
- 132551
- Registered since
- September 10, 2004
- Custodians
- THE HUNTINGTON INVESTMENT COMPANY
- Fee structure
- Percentage of AUM
- Client types
- HNWI76.81%
- Individuals16.84%
- Pension & Profit Sharing Plans3.68%
- Corporations / Businesses1.94%
- Other0.73%
- Services
- Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Investment CompaniesSelection of Other Advisers
Firm profile
FINTRXOverview
Changing Parameters, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser that operates as a fee-based allocator and portfolio manager for both individuals/families and institutional clients. The firm emphasizes discretionary portfolio management and financial planning, and it also offers selection-of-other-advisers services, indicating it will place client capital with external managers when appropriate. Its stated business model is percentage-of-AUM fee billing and it is not positioned as an ESG-focused or multi-state adviser. Investment activity centers on public fund vehicles and third-party alternative managers. The firm functions as a capital allocator, blending internally managed portfolios with allocations to outside managers—particularly hedge funds—when the client mandate justifies it. The combination of direct portfolio management and adviser-selection capability suggests a hybrid approach: construction of core holdings through mutual/public funds and selective use of external strategies for diversification or specialized exposures.
Assets & Accounts
Public Holdings
Investments & Alternatives
Location & Offices
Investment profile
FINTRXTraditional investments used
Alternative investments used
Active ESG investor
Technology & operations
FINTRXCRM & tech providers
TAMPs used
Clients
FINTRXClient base
Client personas
Asset composition
- Public Funds/Mutual Funds86%
- Cash & Cash Equivalents14%
Owners & executives
1 of 1Jonathan Nakagawa
Chief Financial OfficerCRD 8215955
Contacts
2 of 2Nicholas Winstead
Vice President, Client ServicesCRD 7353567
HOWARD SMITH
PresidentCRD 2097495
Wealth teams
FINTRXNewly hired reps
FINTRXRecent M&A activity
FINTRXRecent filings
FINTRXAwards
FINTRXLocation
LOS ALTOS, CA
SANTA CLARA
Location
LOS ALTOS, CA
Headquartered in LOS ALTOS, CA, anchoring the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA metro in the West.
- Metro area
- San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
- Region
- West
- County
- SANTA CLARA
- Address
- 201 Main St
- Time zone
- PT (UTC-8)
- Office locations
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