Serenus Wealth Advisors

Serenus Wealth Advisors

Serenus was established in 2024 by Founder and Managing Partner Kara S. Boccella alongside partners Devon M. Galindo, CFP®, ChFC®, AIF® and Graham K. Mandl. The firm operates from a single office in Santa Monica, California, positioning itself as a fee-only, partner-owned registered investment advisor free of the product-sale conflicts common in bank-affiliated wealth management. Its founding team arrived with deep planning certifications, signaling a deliberate emphasis on integrated tax, estate, and retirement design rather than pure asset-gathering. The firm delivers wealth management through a multi-disciplinary advisory model that spans financial planning, investment management, insurance and risk review, retirement structuring, tax coordination, and estate planning. Portfolio management is executed via BNY Mellon’s Pershing custody platform, separating asset custody from advisory discretion. Client capital is deployed across public-market portfolios, though Serenus does not publicly disclose specific asset-class allocations, direct-deal activity, or fund-commitment postures. The geographic footprint remains concentrated in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. With seven professionals listed on its website — including three CFP® designees and a dedicated Chief Compliance Officer — Serenus maintains a lean team structure typical of newly launched RIAs. The firm targets individuals, high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and charitable organizations. It does not surface membership in peer networks such as Tiger 21 or R360, nor does it disclose an affiliated philanthropic vehicle or real-asset arm. In 2025, the firm’s website architecture and Pershing NetXinvestor client-login integration remained the primary visible operational touchpoints, with no public record of a distinct institutional-capital vehicle or GP seeding activity. Serenus’s structural identity turns on its partner-owned, fee-only fiduciary status. Unlike wirehouse or private-bank platforms, the RIA structure legally obligates Serenus to place client interests ahead of product-manufacturer economics. The BNY Mellon Pershing custody backbone further separates asset safety from advisory oversight, a governance architecture that institutional allocators typically prefer when evaluating RIAs. The firm’s sole office and small professional roster — combined with no disclosed AUM — place it in an early-stage life cycle where capabilities and scale are inferred almost entirely from founder credentials and regulatory posture.