Triad Advisors, LLC (Norcross)

Name: Triad Advisors, LLC
Address: 5155 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA, 30092
Telephone: 800-720-4003

Triad Advisors, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Norcross. It manages $921 million of regulatory assets for 3,342 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2018 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 49 other states.

Triad Advisors 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 publication of newsletters. It prepares financial plans for more than 50 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Triad Advisors: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Triad Advisors, LLC is $921 million. The firm's AUM has grown by 14% since the beginning of its operation, and $745.04 thousand of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $447.21 million in discretionary accounts and $473.79 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $291.15 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $262.34 thousand.

Triad Advisors has custody of $921 million in cash and securities for 3,342 clients in total and acts as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 69% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 19% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 8% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Triad Advisors, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Hourly charges are usually charged for consulting work and special projects. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Mark Christian Mettelman serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Mark Christian Mettelman is individuals with 2,952 clients and $669.7 million of assets under management. Among the 12 most similar advisory firms, Triad Advisors has the highest percentage of individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $921 million for 3,342 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.

Triad Advisors doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Triad Advisors, LLC

The company employs 199 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 62 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 123 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 compensates employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Mark Christian Mettelman has been acting as President since 1 Mar 1998. Stephen Stanley Dudas joined the executive team most recently as the Finop, Principal Financial Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Mark Christian Mettelman	Chairman/director	1 Mar 1998	Other	1159422
Robert William Bruderman	Director	1 Mar 1998	Other	843492
Marilyn Theresa Hosten	Sr. vice president/ trading & operations	1 Jul 1999	Other	843351
Nathan Miles Stibbs	Executive vice president of business development	1 Feb 2005	Other	3165039
Michael Christian Bryan	Sr. vice president, advisory services	1 Apr 2006	Other	4265093
Inc Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services	Owner	1 Aug 2008	75% - 100%	65-0701248
Philip Salvatore Blancato	Director	1 Aug 2008	Other	2122221
Brett Heath Kaufman	Director	1 Aug 2008	Other	5514420
William Carl Brand	Vice president, deputy cco	1 Apr 2012	Other	4441531
Christopher Lendell Tyner	Municipal principal, rosfp	1 May 2012	Other	4132294
Asela Mantecon	Finop	1 Apr 2014	Other	1716905
Jeffrey Lin Rosenthal	Ceo/president	1 Jan 2016	Other	2474795
Melissa Tarentino	General counsel	1 Jan 2016	Other	4470836
Bernard Andre Breton	Executive vice president/chief compliance officer	1 May 2017	Other	2030660
Hugh Mcmaster Jr. Tarbutton	Principal operations officer/coo	1 Oct 2018	Other	1837716
Joseph N/A Giovanniello	Director	1 Jan 2019	Other	3086071
Stephen Stanley Dudas	Finop, principal financial officer	1 Mar 2019	Other	4820047

Based in Norcross

The principal office where Triad Advisors, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 5155 Peachtree Parkway, Norcross, GA 30092, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Charlotte, NC. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 800-720-4003 or by fax 678-291-9706. The normal business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm est on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at triad-advisors.com.