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Marc Bernstein

Stone Creek Advisors, LLC

8899 Lake Glen Court
Clarence Center, NY 14032
716-247-4448

About Marc Bernstein

As the President and Co-Founder of Stone Creek Advisors, LLC, a fiduciary investment management firm headquartered in Western New York, I am focused on developing and maintaining relationships with individuals, plan sponsors, endowments & foundations, and other professionals in the Western New York region and around the country. I am committed to providing real-world solutions to help individuals and organizations reach their goals and objectives over meaningful time periods through thoughtful data driven active asset allocation with risk management as the top priority.

I have been working in the investment industry for two decades. My focus is on creating custom solutions to meet the individual goals and objectives of each client. I take great pride in my work and continuously strive to add value for my clients. It is extremely fulfilling to be able to help interested parties find the most suitable solutions to meet their needs. My deep respect for and commitment to my clients has allowed me to build many meaningful and lasting relationships.

I greatly enjoy spending time with my family, and my hobbies include reading, watching movies, and being a huge Buffalo Bills fan.

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General Information

Firm Start Year
  • 2022
No. of Employees
  • 5-9
CRD#
  • 4821898
Firm CRD#
  • 283087
Name of Custodial Firm
  • Schwab
States Licensed in
  • All
Years of Experience in Financial Services
  • 22
Number of Years with Current Firm
  • 3
Work Experience
  • I spent 13.5 years as Vice President-Client Consultant for Manning & Napier, a Rochester, NY based investment management firm and the largest in New York State outside of Wall Street in which I was responsible for servicing approximately $1.1B in client assets and ensuring my clients were positioned appropriately to achieve their respective goals and objectives. I was then recruited by and joined Sandhill Investment Management, an asset manager located in Buffalo, NY, as a Partner and Investment Advisor. I had great success in my approximately 5 years with Sandhill. Following the pandemic, after extensive study and research and study, I came to the inevitable and painful conclusion that the macroeconomic environment had/has fundamentally changed and that I no longer had the necessary tools to help my clients to successfully navigate the new environment we now live in. This lead my Partner and our Chief Investment Officer, Kasey Wopperer, whom was a colleague of mine at Manning & Napier to form Stone Creek Advisors in July 2022. We believe that as a result of the massive shifts in the macroeconomic environment, economic and market cycles will be significantly shorter than they have been for the past four decades and as a result, investors have to be much more active and nimble with a focus on risk management in order to successfully achieve their respective goals and objectives.
Work with the following types of clients
  • Businesses, Individual Investors, Non-Profit Organizations
Advisory Services Provided
  • Financial Advice & Consulting, Investment Advice & Management, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Retirement Planning, 401K Rollovers, Wealth Management, Money Management, Risk Management, Financial Planning for Individuals, Financial Planning for Businesses

Compliance

Investment Advisor Representative
  • Yes
Acknowledged fiduciary
  • Yes
Compliance Disclosures in Last 5 years
  • I have a clean record
Criminal Disclosures in Last 5 years
  • I have a clean record

Qualifications & Membership

Securities Licenses
  • Series 6, Series 63, Series 65

Firm Information

Firm's Number of Clients
  • 170
Firm's Number of Planning Clients
  • 100
Firm's Number of Managed Clients
  • 170
Assets Managed by Firm
  • 220
Advisor's Number of Clients
  • 170
Advisor's Number of Managed Clients
  • 170
Advisor's Number of Planning Clients
  • 100
Total Assets Under Management by Advisor
  • 220

Compensation and Fees

Fee Structure
  • Fee-Only
Minimum Portfolio Size for New Managed Accounts
  • None
Compensation Methods
  • Based on Assets
Fee % Based on Assets
  • 1

Education

BA - Psychology

State University of New York at Buffalo
8/1991 -1/1995

Disclosures

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Additional Detailed Disclosures
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Disclaimer

One Seven (One Seven) is a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Services are provided under the name Stone Creek Advisors, LLC, a DBA of One Seven. Investment products are not FDIC insured, offer no bank guarantee, and may lose value.