Highland Consulting Associates Inc. (Cleveland)

Highland Consulting Associates provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, selection of other advisers, and educational seminars and workshops. It prepares financial plans for less than 10 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Highland Consulting Associates: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Highland Consulting Associates Inc. is $12.18 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 65% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $25.22 million in discretionary accounts and $12.16 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $12.61 million each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $27.89 million.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 65% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is pooled investment vehicles, which make up 21% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in other assets form 14% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Highland Consulting Associates Inc. for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Richard Veres serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Richard Veres is pension and profit sharing plans with 91 clients and $10.38 billion of assets under management. Among the 3 most similar advisory firms, Highland Consulting Associates has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $12.18 billion for 141 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Highland Consulting Associates doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Highland Consulting Associates Inc.

The company employs 23 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 70 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. No employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There isn’t anyone with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Richard Veres has been acting as President since 1 Oct 1993. Christopher Paul Germano joined the executive team most recently as the Chief Compliance Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Based in Cleveland

The principal office where Highland Consulting Associates Inc. performs its advisory services is located at 159 Crocker Park Blvd., Suite 350, Cleveland, OH 44145 8132, which is also the mailing address of the firm. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 440-808-1500 or by fax 440-808-1550. The normal business hours are 8:00a.m. to 5:00p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at highlandusa.net.

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