Operose Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Wisconsin and is
organized as a Wisconsin limited liability company. The Adviser was founded in 2017 and is
principally owned by its founder, Nicholas C. Bauer, through his interest in the Adviser’s
holding company, Beulah Holdings LLC (“Beulah Holdings”).
Advisory Services
The Adviser’s primary business is providing discretionary advisory services to individuals,
including high net worth individuals, families and family offices, trusts, closely held businesses,
foundations, retirement accounts and retirement plans. The Adviser’s discretionary advisory
services include investment policy statement (“IPS”) development, asset class assessment, third-
party investment manager search and selection, portfolio construction, performance reporting
and back-office support. The Adviser tailors its advisory services to each client’s written
investment objectives, guidelines and any reasonable investment restrictions the client may
impose on the management of the account. The Adviser also provides such services on a non-
discretionary basis.
When providing advisory services, the Adviser primarily allocates client assets among various
open-end mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and alternative investment vehicles. In
providing advisory services, the Adviser may also provide advice on legacy investments held in
the client’s account. In addition, the Adviser may select or recommend one or more third-party
investment managers (“Independent Managers”) to manage all or a portion of the client’s
account. Such Independent Managers will have discretion to determine the investments
purchased and sold for the portion of the client’s account managed by the Independent Manager.
Independent Managers may invest client assets in a variety of investments and employ various
investment techniques including, but not limited to, investments in domestic and foreign equity
and debt securities, derivatives, hedging and other alternative investment strategies. Clients will
enter into agreements with Independent Managers directly.
Each Independent Manager has an
obligation to provide clients with a copy of the Independent Manager’s current firm brochure
describing, among other items, the Independent Manager’s investment strategies and techniques,
as required by applicable federal or state securities laws.
Retirement Plan Services
The Adviser provides retirement plan services. Retirement plan services include, investment
policy statement development, selection of investment options and monitoring of such
investments, plan review and analysis, regular plan reporting, participant education, and plan
administrator reviews and searches.
Consulting Services
Additionally, the Adviser offers consulting services and financial planning services to clients.
Consulting services include, but are not limited to, IPS review and due diligence relating to
investment opportunities, including Independent Managers, performance reporting and back-
office support. Financial planning services include, but are not limited to, evaluating a client’s
current and future financial needs and objectives, making recommendations to assist the client in
determining specific investment objectives, and preparing a written financial plan. When the
Adviser performs consulting and financial planning services, we often rely on information
provided by the client and their representatives (e.g. accountants, attorneys, other advisers) and
are not required to verify such information.
The Adviser does not participate in or receive compensation from “wrap fee” programs. The
Adviser will not offer any products or services that guarantee rates of return on investments for
any time period to any client. All clients will assume the risk that investment returns may be
negative or below the rates of return of other investment advisers, market indices or investment
products.
As of December 31, 2022, the Adviser managed $574,586,928 of client assets on a discretionary
basis and $231,161,366 on a non-discretionary basis. In addition, the firm had $909,110,212 of
assets under advisement relating to retirement plan and consulting services.