Our Firm’s History
Kessler Investment Group, LLC (“KIG”) was formed on October 18, 2008, and
commenced operations on January 2, 2009. The firm’s primary service is offering
Investment Management where we provide discretionary portfolio management for
individuals, institutions, and ERISA Plans. The firm has seven employees, of
which three are professionals who work directly with clients.
Our Principal Owner
The principal owner of KIG is Craig Kessler, President/Chief Investment Officer.
Types of Advisory Services
KIG provides asset management services to separate accounts in accordance with
the methods described in the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk
of Loss section of this Brochure. We offer the following strategies: Capital Growth,
ETF Capital Growth, Balanced, ETF Balanced, ETF Broad Equity, Rising
Dividend and Small Cap Growth. All strategies are suitable for long-term investors
only.
KIG also provides financial planning services. Financial plans and financial
planning include topics such as, but not limited to: investment planning; life
insurance; tax concerns; retirement planning; college planning; and debt planning.
These services are based on asset-based or fixed fees as determined at the time of
engagement and documented within the Investment Advisory Agreement.
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account
or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Securities Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal
Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws governing retirement
accounts. The receipt of our advisory fee for making a recommendation
creates a
conflict of interest under ERISA/IRC with your interests, so we operate under a
special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest
ahead of yours. For example, if we recommend that you roll over assets from one
retirement account to another and we will receive increased compensation as a
result of that recommendation, we have a conflict that requires us to operate under
this special rule.
KIG also acts as sub-adviser to third party firms, including investment
management and insurance companies (note that sub-advisery services for
insurance companies will begin subsequent to this filing). As part of these services,
KIG has agreements in place to provide advisery services to clients of the third-
party firms either as a sub-adviser or as a model manager. See “Methods of
Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss” and “Other Financial Industry
Activities and Affiliations” for additional information and conflicts that these
relationships present.
Tailored Relationships
Client portfolios are managed to the above strategy portfolios. However, clients
may impose certain restrictions on investing and types of securities. In addition,
clients with tax concerns may request that their portfolio(s) be managed using tax-
sensitive investment management techniques to minimize the tax burden.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023 KIG’s assets under management are as follows:
Discretionary Client Assets: $228,710,285
Non-Discretionary Client Assets: $ 6,065,448
$234,775,733
Assets Under Advisement
As of December 31, 2023, KIG has $ 3,782,295 in assets under advisement.
In total, KIG’s assets are $238,558,028.