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Schwartz & Co.
Schwartz & Co. launched in 1976 when Gregory J. Schwartz, Sr.
Schwartz & Co.
Schwartz & Co. launched in 1976 when Gregory J. Schwartz, Sr. — a banking and investment veteran since 1964 — built a firm around client-focused values rather than a single product. Today the firm is run by his five sons and an extended team of more than 40 professionals from its headquarters in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with an additional office in Naples, Florida. It is registered with both FINRA as a broker-dealer and the SEC as an RIA, a dual-registration that allows it to serve a mix of individual families, business owners, and institutional retirement plans. The firm’s deployment spans three practice groups. The Institutional Services Group advises on ERISA-governed retirement plans, providing fiduciary oversight and participant education for defined-contribution programs. The Wealth Management group builds concentrated, multi-asset portfolios for individuals and families, incorporating public equities, fixed income, and alternative investments; the firm’s website and team bios point to exposure across hedge funds, private credit, and real estate. The Investment Banking group, led by Director Matt Miller, handles middle-market M&A, leveraged buyouts, and capital-raising transactions for private and private-equity-backed companies. Confirmed institutional relationships include Walbridge and PVS Chemicals, where leadership attested to the firm’s advisory role in guiding investment committees and employee participants. Schwartz & Co. names more than 40 professionals on its public-facing team page, with leadership centered on the second-generation Schwartz brothers. Edward A. Schwartz serves as CEO, concentrating on ERISA-plan consulting and institutional relationships, while Gregory J. Schwartz, Jr., Peter F. Schwartz, and Walter G. Schwartz operate as Principals across wealth management and investment advisory. The firm also employs a dedicated institutional-services director, Matthew J. Whitty, and an investment banking director, Matt Miller, signaling functional separation between business lines. A Naples, Florida office extends its physical presence to a second high-net-worth retirement corridor. The firm’s architecture blends a multi-generational family office with a retail broker-dealer, a combination that creates a structural differentiator: principals sit on both sides of the regulatory fence and can execute transactions through an in-house broker-dealer rather than routing to a third-party custodian for every trade. That dual-registration also lets the firm advise ERISA plan sponsors — a line of business that demands separate fiduciary protocols — while running an investment bank for the same Midwestern owner-operator community.
General information
Firm type
Multi Family Office
Year founded
1976
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Bloomfield Hills
Corporate office
3707 West Maple Road, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301, United States
Additional offices
Naples, FL
Principals
Edward A. Schwartz
Chief Executive Officer
Gregory J. Schwartz, Sr.
Chairman
Gregory J. Schwartz, Jr.
Principal
Peter F. Schwartz
Principal
Walter G. Schwartz
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Schwartz & Co.?
Day-to-day investment decisions are distributed across the second-generation Schwartz brothers — Edward A. Schwartz (CEO), Gregory J. Schwartz, Jr. (Principal), Peter F. Schwartz (Principal), and Walter G. Schwartz (Principal) — alongside named directors for each business line. Matthew J. Whitty leads institutional services, Matt Miller leads investment banking, and David R. Breuhan serves as Vice President and Portfolio Manager. The firm’s website lists no separate CIO, so ultimate investment authority appears to rest with the brother-led principals and their group directors.
Is Schwartz & Co. a single-family office or a multi-client wealth manager?
Schwartz & Co. operates as a multi-client wealth manager, not a single-family office. It serves individuals, families, business owners, and large institutional retirement plans. Its origins trace to founder Gregory J. Schwartz, Sr. building an advisory business in 1976 — the firm has always managed capital for external clients rather than exclusively for its founding family.
Does Schwartz & Co. participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
The firm’s investment banking group advises on direct M&A, LBO, and capital-raising transactions, while the wealth management and institutional groups allocate to public securities and alternatives — including hedge funds, private credit, and real estate — on behalf of clients. This suggests a mix of direct deal exposure through the investment bank and fund or manager commitments within client portfolios, though the firm does not publicly list specific fund investments.
What is Schwartz & Co.'s known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
The firm does not publicly disclose a co-investment program. Its investment banking group advises on transactions, but there is no indication on the website that the wealth management or institutional groups systematically co-invest alongside external GPs. The dual RIA/broker-dealer structure could theoretically facilitate co-investment access, but no specific vehicle or track record is cited.
How does Schwartz & Co. separate its RIA and broker-dealer functions?
Schwartz & Co. is registered with both the SEC as an RIA and FINRA as a broker-dealer, which allows it to give fee-based advisory and execute commissionable securities transactions in-house. The firm’s public-facing materials emphasize the ‘boutique service’ this enables, but they do not detail the specific compliance walls or supervisory procedures that separate the two regulated functions. In practice, the structure means client assets can be advised and traded through the same firm without a third-party custodian for every transaction.
Which sectors does Schwartz & Co. explicitly avoid?
The firm’s website does not publish an explicit exclusion list. Its investment banking group works across industries with public, private, and private-equity-backed clients, and its wealth and institutional groups build multi-asset portfolios. Without a published policy, any sector avoidance would be client-specific rather than firm-wide.
Where does the underlying wealth come from?
The firm’s wealth is not derived from a single family’s operating company. It was built as a fee-based advisory business founded by Gregory J. Schwartz, Sr. in 1976. The Schwartz family runs the firm, but the capital under management belongs to external clients — Midwestern business owners, plan sponsors, and individual families.
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