Chesley, Taft & Associates, LLC

RIASEC RegisteredEst. 2000
Total AUM
$3B
Discretionary
$2.8B
92% of AUM
Avg account
$1.6M
Accounts
1,831
Employees
18
Advisory reps
10

Firm details

Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
CRD number
111578
Registered since
December 8, 2000
Custodians
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP.
Fee structure
Percentage of AUM, Fixed Fees
Client types
  • HNWI96.15%
  • Corporations / Businesses2.5%
  • Charitable Organizations0.75%
  • Individuals0.36%
  • Pension & Profit Sharing Plans0.24%
Services
Financial PlanningPortfolio Management for IndividualsPortfolio Management for Institutional Clients

Firm profile

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Overview

Chesley, Taft & Associates, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser organized as an LLC and registered with the SEC since 2000. The firm serves both individual and family clients as well as institutional entities, providing financial planning and discretionary portfolio management for individuals, small businesses, and other organizations. Its fees are charged as a percentage of assets under management and via fixed-fee arrangements. The adviser is not positioned as a capital allocator, does not market itself as an ESG investor, and appears to operate as a single-state practice rather than a multi-state adviser.

Assets & Accounts

Public Holdings

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 66%, Public Funds/Mutual Funds 24%, Cash & Cash Equivalents 6%, State & Local Bonds 2%, US Government Bonds 1%, Investment Grade Corp Bonds 1%66%
  • Exchange Traded Equities66%
  • Public Funds/Mutual Funds24%
  • Cash & Cash Equivalents6%
  • State & Local Bonds2%
  • US Government Bonds1%

Owners & executives

1 of 1
  • Laura Flentye

    Laura Flentye

    Chief Administrative OfficerCRD 3239104

Contacts

3 of 9
  • Matthew Szafranski

    Matthew Szafranski

    PrincipalCRD 4178432

  • Brian Zavalkoff

    Brian Zavalkoff

    PresidentCRD 5773402

  • Taylor Champion

    CRD 8315171

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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

1 of 135

Active vs passive

$662M in ETFs

Passive

92%

$608M

Active

8%

$54.3M

ETFProviderStyleCategoryValueShares% of portfolio
ISHARES CORE S&P SMALL-CAP ETF (IJR)BlackRockPassiveSmall Blend$55.1M371,7128.32%

Location

Primary office

Chicago, IL

Cook

Location

Chicago, IL

Headquartered in Chicago, IL, anchoring the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI metro in the Midwest.

Metro area
Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
Region
Midwest
County
Cook
Address
135 S La Salle St
Time zone
CT (UTC-6)
Office locations

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