Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC (Dallas)

Name: Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC
Address: 5001 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, TX, 75244
Telephone: 800-282-4032

Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Dallas. It manages $1.73 billion of regulatory assets for 3,213 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2013 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Arizona, Arkansas, California, and 18 other states.

Visionpoint Advisory Group provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It prepares financial plans for more than 25 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Visionpoint Advisory Group: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC is $1.73 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 1006% since the beginning of its operation, and the company doesn't manage any assets belonging to foreign clients.

The firm manages $701.04 million in discretionary accounts and $1.02 billion in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $223.83 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $12.65 million.

Visionpoint Advisory Group has custody of $7.83 million in cash and securities for 15 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 75% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 16% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 5% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Visionpoint Advisory Group serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Visionpoint Advisory Group is pension and profit sharing plans with 146 clients and $1.23 billion of assets under management. Among the 9 most similar advisory firms, Visionpoint Advisory Group has the highest percentage of pension and profit sharing plans out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $1.73 billion for 2,053 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. None of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Visionpoint Advisory Group doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC

The company employs 51 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 65 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 33 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There’s a single person with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees don’t receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Direct owners and executive officers

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Inc. The Scott Munger Agency	Member	1 Jan 2007	Other	20-8181228
Matthew Gerard Stahr	Chief compliance officer	1 Aug 2013	Other	2689806
James Marshall Mars	Managing principal	1 Aug 2013	75% - 100%	1492554
Andrew Hughes Susanin	Partner	1 Aug 2013	Other	2991266
Jimmy Edward Waggoner	Partner	1 Aug 2013	Other	2211077
Donald Pete Peterson	Partner	1 Aug 2013	Other	4402496
James Marshall Llc	Member	1 Dec 2014	50% - 75%	81-1258767
Peterson Corporate Planning Llc	Member	1 Dec 2014	Other	47-2813438
Jw Financial Llc	Member	1 Dec 2014	Other	47-2645210
A.H. Susanin Llc	Member	1 Jan 2015	Other	47-2814385
David Michael Suntken	Partner	1 Jul 2018	Other	2214499
Dicyple Llc	Member	1 Aug 2018	Other	83-1736041
Scott Michael Munger	Partner	1 Sep 2018	Other	4177601
Kirsten Saggau Beaudoin	Chief compliance officer	1 Jun 2019	Other	4692679

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 6 indirect owners.

Name	Entity	Date acquired	Ownership	Employer ID
Scott Michael Munger	Managing member	1 Jan 2007	75% - 100%	4177601
James Marshall Mars	Managing member	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	1492554
Jimmy Edward Waggoner	Managing member	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	2211077
Donald Pete Peterson	Managing member	1 Dec 2014	75% - 100%	4402496
Andrew Hughes Susanin	Managing member	1 Jan 2015	75% - 100%	2991266
David Michael Suntken	Managing member	1 Aug 2018	75% - 100%	2214499

Based in Dallas

The principal office where Visionpoint Advisory Group, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 5001 Spring Valley Road, Dallas, TX 75244, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Dubuque, IA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 800-282-4032 or by fax 888-400-8955. The normal business hours are 8:00 am - 5 pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at vpadvisor.com and its LinkedIn profile.