Schaffer & Company Asset Management

Schaffer & Company Asset Management

Schaffer & Company began in 2005 in Rochester, New York, when Gregory L. Schaffer centralized personal financial services that families typically source across five or six separate providers. The entity operates through The Gregory L. Schaffer Companies structure, with Schaffer holding concurrent licenses as a CFP, RIA representative, real estate broker, insurance agent, and IRS tax professional—a credential stack that shapes its bundled service model. The firm’s deployment combines portfolio management with an unusual emphasis on adjacent fee-generating services. It lists investment advisory, retirement planning, asset allocation, and insurance alongside accounting, payroll, and real estate brokerage. This breadth means client capital often flows into securities managed directly, property acquired through an affiliated brokerage, and trust structures executed in-house under a professional fiduciary designation. The geographic focus remains the Western New York region, with no satellite offices indicated. A four-person team executes the entire platform. Gregory Schaffer acts as CIO and President; Kelly R. Schaffer runs insurance operations and sales; David M. Cocuzzi handles compliance, accounting, and tax preparation; Theresa E. Furness manages customer service and insurance licensing. No outside LP capital, external fund commitments, or institutional co-investment relationships appear in public filings or the firm’s own materials. There is no disclosed recent operational event within the last 24 months beyond standard tax-season announcements. What separates this firm structurally is its legal posture as a professional trustee and executor—a fiduciary designation that embeds the practice directly into estate administration, not merely advisory. While on paper an RIA, the license portfolio operates as a family-office vertical for clients who want one person or entity handling their investable assets, their real estate, their insurance, and eventually their estate settlement.