Hanson & Doremus Investment Management (Burlington)

Name: Hanson & Doremus Investment Management
Address: 431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT, 05401
Telephone: 802-658-2668

Hanson & Doremus Investment Management is a large advisory firm based in Burlington. It manages $419.09 million of regulatory assets for 999 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2010 and has operated in the jurisdictions of California, Florida, Massachusetts, and 4 other states.

Hanson & Doremus Investment Management provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, and publication of newsletters. It prepares financial plans for more than 25 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Hanson & Doremus Investment Management: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Hanson & Doremus Investment Management is $419.09 million. The firm's AUM has grown by 141% since the beginning of its operation, and $247.16 thousand of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $386.26 million in discretionary accounts and $32.83 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $395.76 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $1.43 million.

Hanson & Doremus Investment Management has custody of $102.74 million in cash and securities for 95 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in exchange traded securities the most. They account for 74% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is state and local bonds, which make up 10% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in investment grade corporate bonds form 6% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Hanson & Doremus Investment Management 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 Eric Haldore Hanson serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Eric Haldore Hanson is high net worth individuals with 109 clients and $280.07 million of assets under management. Among the 11 most similar advisory firms, Hanson & Doremus Investment Management has the 2nd highest percentage of high net worth individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $415.3 million for 452 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Hanson & Doremus Investment Management doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Hanson & Doremus Investment Management

The company employs 11 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 64 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 7 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.

Eric Haldore Hanson has been acting as President since 1 Jul 1995. Arthur Pipit Wright joined the executive team most recently as the Partner.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Eric Haldore Hanson	President/chief compliance officer	1 Jul 1995	75% - 100%	1533493
Anne Williams Doremus	Vice president	1 Sep 1996	Other	2266814
Anne Williams Doremus	Vice president	1 Sep 2010	Other	2266814
Eric Haldore Hanson	Partner/chief compliance officer	1 Oct 2013	50% - 75%	1533493
Anne Williams Doremus	Partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	2266814
Julie Anne Won	Partner	1 Oct 2013	Other	2974746
Eric Sven Eklof	Partner, chief compliance officer, & head of operations	1 Feb 2017	Other	4279878
Arthur Pipit Wright	Partner	1 Sep 2019	Other	5192031

Based in Burlington

The principal office where Hanson & Doremus Investment Management performs its advisory services is located at 431 Pine Street, Burlington, VT 05401 The mailing address of the firm is P.O. Box 819, Burlington, VT 05402 0819. An additional office of the firm is in Palo Alto, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 802-658-2668 or by fax 802-658-1027. The normal business hours are 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at hansondoremus.com.