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Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management
Kevin M. Kennedy founded the firm in 2014 as a Connecticut-chartered registered investment adviser, locating the practice in Southbury to serve families across...
Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management
Kevin M. Kennedy founded the firm in 2014 as a Connecticut-chartered registered investment adviser, locating the practice in Southbury to serve families across Fairfield, New Haven, and Litchfield counties. The wealth-origin profile of the client base is not publicly disclosed. The firm advises individuals, high-net-worth households, and trusts, with a service model that bundles asset management with tax preparation and planning under one roof. Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management constructs portfolios across equities, fixed income, and alternative assets, with a stated emphasis on tax-efficient placement across account types. The firm advises trusts and estate structures where after-tax return sequencing matters more than gross performance. Stage and geographic coverage are concentrated in US public markets; no private-market deal activity or named co-investors have been publicly confirmed. The firm files as a state-registered adviser, not an SEC-registered one — a structure that caps regulatory assets under management below the $100 million federal threshold unless specific exemptions apply. The firm operates from a single office in Southbury. Team size and total deployment are not publicly disclosed. No adjacent vehicles — such as philanthropic foundations, real-asset arms, or operating businesses — are publicly associated with the practice. No named operational events from the last 24 months appear in public record. Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management occupies a structural niche where tax compliance and portfolio management share the same decision-maker. This integrated model means asset location, loss harvesting, and withdrawal sequencing are not outsourced to an external CPA — an architecture more common among boutique family-office practices than standard wealth managers.
General information
Firm type
Bank / Wealth / Trust
Year founded
2014
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Southbury
Corporate office
Southbury, CT, United States
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management?
Kevin M. Kennedy serves as the firm's principal, with direct responsibility for both investment management and tax advisory functions. His dual role as portfolio manager and tax preparer means allocation and tax decisions sit with the same decision-maker.
Is Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management a single-family office or a wealth management firm?
The firm operates as a registered investment adviser serving multiple clients — high-net-worth individuals, families, and trusts. It is not structured as a single-family office. Its state registration confirms a multi-client advisory model rather than a dedicated single-family mandate.
Does the firm manage truly integrated tax and portfolio decisions?
Yes. By housing both functions under one roof, the firm can coordinate asset location, tax-loss harvesting, and withdrawal sequencing directly — rather than routing advice between an external CPA and a separate portfolio manager. This matters most for clients with taxable trust structures or concentrated positions.
What is the firm's known posture on alternative assets?
Public record does not confirm direct private-market deal activity or named commitments to PE/VC funds. The firm's state-registered structure and location suggest core allocations center on publicly traded securities, fixed income, and possibly interval-fund or liquid-alternative exposures where tax reporting remains straightforward.
Why is Kennedy Wealth And Tax Management state-registered rather than SEC-registered?
State registration generally applies to RIAs with regulatory assets under management below $100 million. The filing jurisdiction — Connecticut — confirms the firm advises fewer than 15 clients from the state or operates beneath the federal registration threshold.
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