Overview
Ward & Associates was founded in 1997 and currently has two partners, William T. Ward, Jr. and
Kevin A. Ward (collectively, the “Partners”). Our firm generally provides wealth management and
investment advisory services to individuals and families and their related business entities, trusts,
estates, charitable foundations and pension and profit sharing plans.
Our mission is to provide, to the best of our abilities, the highest caliber of personal service,
financial advice and investment management while assisting our clients in seeking their financial
objectives.
We are dedicated to providing clients with the advice needed to make sound financial decisions.
We work with clients to design and implement customized wealth management strategies in an
effort to build and preserve wealth.
Our investment management and investment supervisory services are based on the client’s needs,
obligations, risk tolerances and investment objectives. We may also render advice on related areas
including, but not limited to, retirement planning, estate planning, real estate, insurance, trusts, and
alternative investments. We may provide advice to any particular client on one or more of these
financial planning issues on a situational basis or may develop a complete financial plan addressing
all aspects of a client’s financial life.
Our investment management and investment supervisory services are primarily rendered through
the construction and management of
portfolios invested in mutual funds and the selection and
monitoring of private money managers.
Additionally, we offer advice relating to investments in non-traditional investments, including, but
not limited to, venture capital funds, hedge funds, and leveraged buy-out funds.
We have our own philosophies of investing and ways of helping our clients meet their financial
goals and objectives. We seek to work with people who share similar philosophies. We recognize
that every client’s situation and needs are different than others. Therefore, we are willing to tailor
our advisory services to meet each client’s needs.
Clients are permitted to place reasonable restrictions on the manner in which their accounts are
managed. However, there may be times when restrictions placed by the clients create a conflict
and prevent us from accepting or continuing to manage the account. We reserve the right to not
accept and/or terminate the management of a client’s account if we determine, in our sole
discretion, that the client-imposed restrictions would limit or prevent us from meeting and/or
maintaining a suitable investment strategy for such client.
Please see Item 8 for a more detailed description of our investment methodologies and strategies.
As of December 31, 2023, Ward & Associates managed $179,640,917 in assets, $165,720,885 of
which was managed on a discretionary basis, and $13,920,032 was managed on a non-discretionary
basis.