Our culture defines who we are and how we operate. With integrity, commitment and collaboration, we aim to meet the individual objectives of every client.
Douglas Chamberlain, CFA
We Hear You
Appleton has built multi-faceted, multi-generational relationships through close personal engagement with our clients.
Objectivity Above All Else
As an independent firm, our advice is strictly driven by your fiduciary interests. We exercise professionalism and integrity in all that we do, and view these values as cornerstones of our business.
Clarity of Purpose
We work with you to develop well-defined and clearly communicated goals that guide each private client relationship.
Insight and Expertise
Comprehensive financial planning and investment capabilities, coupled with active coordination with outside specialists, allow us to address a diversity of private client and family needs.
Customization and Creativity
Personalization lies at the heart of everything we do, because going beyond the portfolio to understand your unique situation is the best way to achieve success.
Dynamism and Adaptability
With flexible, nimble services, we’re able to react to shifting market conditions or a change in your circumstances.
More Than Portfolio
Management
We are 100% employee-owned and operated, an organizational structure that we feel optimally aligns our interests with those of our clients. Our success is derived from yours. Since 1986, our private client services team has been dedicated to delivering the best possible financial planning and wealth management solutions.


Account Review
We emphasize sustained interaction with clients encompassing all aspects of the relationship. This approach aims to ensure that objectives are understood, and goals are clearly defined, adjusted appropriately, and regularly tracked.
Integrated portfolio systems help ensure adherence to client and strategy guidelines.
Proprietary technology links trading, settlement, reconciliation and compliance processes.
Portfolio
Optimization
Markets aren’t static, and neither are your circumstances. That’s why we closely monitor and actively manage our clients’ investment portfolios. Our wealth management process maintains the flexibility to react to changing dynamics, emphasizes time-tested buy-and-sell disciplines, and focuses on periodic rebalancing to personalized asset allocation parameters.

Onboarding and Relationship Management


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