Harrington Asset Management

Harrington Asset Management

Harrington Asset Management launched in 1993 as a fee-only investment advisory based in suburban Columbus, Ohio. The firm was founded to serve a concentrated client base of Midwestern business owners and professionals. Unlike many peers that have consolidated or sold to aggregators, Harrington remains independently owned and operated out of its original Dublin headquarters. The firm builds custom equity and fixed-income portfolios for each client, bypassing fund-of-funds structures and pooled vehicles entirely. Harrington's equity strategy favors large-capitalization US stocks held in concentrated portfolios of 25–35 names. On the fixed-income side, the firm constructs municipal and corporate bond ladders designed around the specific tax circumstances of each Ohio-based client. Harrington does not invest in private equity, venture capital, or hedge funds, instead focusing its research and trading on publicly traded markets. Harrington's core differentiator is its integrated income-tax planning service, a function typically outsourced to separate CPA firms. An enrolled agent on staff prepares client tax returns and models the downstream tax consequences of portfolio decisions in real time during the investment process. The firm also advises on employer-sponsored retirement plans for a subset of its business-owner clients. Structurally, Harrington operates as a lean, generalist RIA. It functions as a fiduciary under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, with its Form ADV filed with the SEC. The firm's narrow geographic and strategy footprint stands in contrast to the multi-office, multi-asset-class approach common among larger RIAs.