Colomb Investment Management Company, LLC (CRD # 140088) (CIMCO) is registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. CIMCO is based in
and organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Louisiana and
the United States of America. The firm has been in business since 2006.
CIMCO’s principal office and place of business is located at 3636 South Interstate 10 Service
Road, Suite 214, Metairie, LA 70001. Regular business hours are from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Monday through Friday. The firm can be contacted by phone at (504) 520-8050.
Robert Colomb is the founder and President of Colomb Investment Management Company,
LLC.
CIMCO provides personalized fee-based investment management to individuals, retirement
plans, trusts, estates and small businesses. Investment management services may be
provided by CIMCO, may be provided through third party investment managers to whom
we refer accounts, or may be provided jointly by CIMCO and third party managers in the
form of a “co-advisory” arrangement. When provided jointly in a co-advisory arrangement,
the third party manager will provide discretionary investment management services and
CIMCO will provide relationship services (including assessing investment objectives,
selecting portfolio mix, etc.) to the client.
CIMCO also provides financial planning and consulting services, which may include
reviewing financial objectives, asset allocation, cash flow management, tax preparation and
planning, accounting services, insurance, investment management, strategies for education
funding, retirement planning, and estate planning. When engaged to provide financial
planning assistance, clients are responsible for determining whether or not to implement a
recommendation, and if they decide to do so, are responsible for actual implementation.
The actual details of an engagement vary on a case by case basis depending on the
complexity of the client’s financial situation. Generally, however, an engagement involves
identification of goals and objectives, collection and analysis of data, formulation of a
strategy, and the preparation
of a written plan in some cases.
In addition, CIMCO provides nondiscretionary consulting services to sponsors of
retirement plans. In this role, CIMCO provides plan level advisory services which may
include recommending and monitoring plan investment options, assistance with
participant enrollment, participant investment education, and other plan administration
assistance.
Regardless of the services provided, each is tailored to the individual needs of a particular
client (whether an individual, a family, or a business) through an assessment conducted
prior to an engagement. Clients may impose restrictions related to the level of discretion
granted, the types of investments used, etc. Terms of an actual engagement, including
description of service, limitations and restrictions, fees, etc., are all detailed before any
engagement begins in a written client agreement and applicable account documents.
Because CIMCO is a registered investment adviser, we are required to meet certain
fiduciary standards when providing investment advice to clients. Additionally, when we
provide investment advice related to a retirement plan account or an individual retirement
account, we are considered fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are
laws governing retirement accounts. As such, we are required to act in your best interest
and not put our interest ahead of yours, even though our compensation creates some
conflicts with your interests in that the more you have us manage, the more we can earn.
Our clients however are under no obligation to use services recommended by our
associated persons. Furthermore, we believe that our recommendations are in the best
interests of our clients and are consistent with our clients’ needs.
The firm does not sponsor a wrap fee program.
As of December 31, 2023, CIMCO managed $1,600,000 in assets on a discretionary basis
and was providing general oversight on approximately $85,000,000 of assets managed by
its contracted discretionary third party managers and other assets held elsewhere.