Our firm is limited to accepting up to $500 million in Assets Under Management. This limit is placed on our business to maintain high quality relationship management with our clients. Once this limit has been reached we will automatically cease to accept new client engagements.
There are approximately 21,600 SEC-Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) in the United States.* Cowan Capital Advisors is a state-registered RIA. We make no claim of being special or fundamentally different from other advisory practices. Our RIA practice is built on proprietary stock and ETF strategies which are designed for investors with a long term outlook and time horizon. We provide third party strategies at client request, but we generally do not recommend them because of the layering of cost to the client as third party managers charge their own fees.
Our custodial partner Altruist is unique in the industry in that they will not engage in cross-selling you products in competition with us, unlike many larger custodians. Our entire business model is based on simplicity, and low cost to the client.
* As of October 2025. Source: Securities and Exchange Commission.
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