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Skybound Wealth Management USA
Skybound Wealth Management USA, established in 2017, is a federally registered investment adviser based in Houston, Texas. It operates within the Skybound...
Skybound Wealth Management USA
Skybound Wealth Management USA, established in 2017, is a federally registered investment adviser based in Houston, Texas. It operates within the Skybound Wealth Management Group, an international network with regulated offices in the UK, Switzerland, the EU, UAE, Cyprus, Mauritius, and Malaysia. The firm targets US individuals and families, US citizens and green card holders living abroad, and foreign nationals residing in the US — a client base whose financial arrangements rarely fit inside one country’s tax and regulatory perimeter. The firm delivers financial planning, investment management, UK pension and retirement planning, and estate and legacy planning. Its investment management approach is goals-based — portfolios are aligned to a client’s timeline and tax profile rather than benchmarked to a market index. Cross-border work is the structural spine of the practice: the firm routinely coordinates US retirement accounts with foreign pensions, multi-currency exposures, and tax treaties. The group-level affiliate Skybound Capital, staffed with professionals from institutional finance and private equity, adds oversight and strategic input to the US entity’s portfolio construction and client servicing. Skybound Wealth USA lists twelve professionals on its website, including Tom Pewtress, Kelly Van Deusen, and Jenna Cochrane, operating from its Houston headquarters and additional offices in Miami and Henderson. The firm provides quarterly reviews, continuous rebalancing, and a client-facing app for portfolio visibility. Its international DNA creates a natural pipeline for US expats and cross-border families, a demographic that often struggles to find RIAs fluent in both US and foreign financial systems. A genuine structural differentiator is the operating-company relationship with Skybound Capital, which sits on the group’s board and supplies institutional asset-management governance to a retail RIA base. That architecture gives Skybound Wealth USA a compliance and investment-review layer typically absent from standalone independent advisors — a backstop that matters when a client’s holdings span five currencies and three pension regimes.
General information
Firm type
RIA
Year founded
2017
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Houston
Corporate office
Houston, Texas, United States
Additional offices
Miami, FL · Henderson, NV
Principals
Tom Pewtress
Team Member
Kelly Van Deusen
Team Member
Jenna Cochrane
Team Member
Carla Smart
Team Member
Josh Clancey
Team Member
Taylor Condon
Team Member
Benjamin Hadley
Team Member
Jack Lamb
Team Member
Kumar Patel
Team Member
Joselyn Pfeil
Team Member
Sam Ling
Team Member
Haley Hazem
Team Member
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How is Skybound Wealth USA related to Skybound Capital?
Skybound Wealth USA is part of the Skybound Wealth Management Group. Skybound Capital, a global investment management firm, sits on the group’s board and provides institutional-grade oversight, strategic direction, and investment governance to the US RIA. The firms are separate legal entities but share a board-level relationship that channels private-markets and institutional-finance experience into the retail wealth-management practice.
Who runs investment decisions at Skybound Wealth USA?
The firm’s website does not designate a named CIO or head of investments. It lists twelve team members, including Tom Pewtress, Kelly Van Deusen, and Jenna Cochrane, without specifying individual investment authority. The advisory structure is planner-led, with group-level strategic input from Skybound Capital’s institutional team.
Does Skybound Wealth USA manage money for non-US clients?
Its US RIA primarily serves US individuals, US citizens and green card holders abroad, and foreign nationals living in the US. Clients entirely outside the US tax system are typically directed to other Skybound Wealth Management Group offices in the UK, Europe, UAE, or Asia, each regulated in its local jurisdiction.
What investment philosophy does Skybound Wealth USA follow?
The firm practices goals-based, tax-aware portfolio construction. It deliberately avoids trend-chasing and market-timing, instead aligning asset allocation with a client’s timeline, tax profile, and cash-flow needs. Portfolios are monitored quarterly with ongoing rebalancing, and the group’s institutional affiliate adds a layer of capital-markets oversight.
How does Skybound Wealth USA handle UK pensions for US residents?
The firm explicitly offers UK pension and retirement planning as a core service line. It helps US residents track legacy UK pensions, understand their value, evaluate transfer options, and integrate those assets into a broader US retirement strategy — coordinating with CPAs on tax-treaty implications and required reporting.
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