Overview
Firm Information
Newbridge is an independent, fee-only registered investment adviser that acts in a fiduciary capacity to
clients in providing wealth management and portfolio management. We are fee for service business (i.e. -
no commissions). Newbridge is structured as a Limited Liability Company domiciled in the State of
Pennsylvania. We have two Managing Partners -- Vincent R. Barbera, CFP® and R. Christopher Wiegand,
CFA®.
Types of Advisory Services
Wealth Management and Portfolio Management Services:
Newbridge offers two ongoing forms of services: Wealth Management and Portfolio Management. A client
may engage us to provide a broad range of financial planning and consulting services (the wealth
management service) along with portfolio management of all or a portion of a client’s investment assets.
Depending on the engagement, wealth management services can include business coaching and/or real
estate coaching services.
We deliver to clients comprehensive and continuous financial planning and investment management, which
includes (but is not limited to) topics on estate planning and administration, asset protection, risk
management, forecasting for retirement and other goals, tax planning, and investing. As a foundation to
financial planning, we develop a complete picture of the client's financial circumstances prior to rendering
advice to them. We initiate every client relationship with a broad review of their current financial standing
which leads to the drafting and delivery of a net worth statement listing their assets and liabilities in detail.
We then listen to their objectives, and in combination with our assessment of their needs, define the scope
of service. The financial planning services are tailored to them.
Regarding portfolio management, we implement for clients
a prudent investment plan given their
objectives/risk tolerance and then provide support to monitor that plan and track investment results (net of
expenses). All client portfolios, with the client's express permission, are managed on a discretionary basis,
meaning we present our investment approach, present an Investment Policy Statement, receive their
endorsement, and thereafter execute the trades required to build the portfolio without requesting permission
for each investment trade. This increases the efficiency of the investment process and, in our experience,
if preferred by all participants.
In addition, we may recommend that clients who are “accredited investors” as defined under Rule 501 of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, invest in private offerings (“private placement investments”), which
can include securities of pooled investment vehicles which invest, among other things, in debt securities
and/or equity securities when consistent with the client’s investment objectives and risk tolerance and at
the client’s discretion. Certain of these private placement investments may be limited to clients who are
“qualified purchasers” under Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.
We can also render portfolio management services to clients relative to individual employer-sponsored
retirement plans (such as a 401k) and 529 plans. In so doing, we recommend an asset allocation in line with
the client’s overall investment plan and the client is responsible for implementing the recommendation.
The various investment options are typically limited within these types of accounts. In some cases, we can
incorporate these accounts into composite investment reports for the client.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, we had approximately $115,000,000.00 in regulatory assets under management
managed on a discretionary basis.