Argos Family Office, LLC

Overview

Argos describes itself as “a single-family office for multiple families.”¹ The firm says it helps families manage complex choices associated with multi-generational wealth and addresses comprehensive concerns across generations and asset categories.² Most client families are located outside Missouri.³ Argos says it serves families seeking simplicity in complex family governance and financial structures.⁴

Argos states that three families assembled a multidisciplinary wealth management team in 2008 to provide comprehensive, collaborative family office staffing and service.⁵ The firm says its professionals include accountants, lawyers, wealth managers and fiduciaries recruited across disciplines.⁶

Leadership

The team page lists Richard T. Kuehnle, CPA, as Managing Partner of Argos Family Office.⁷ Argos describes Kuehnle as a co-founder and Managing Partner who leads a team of more than thirty serving client families.⁸ His listed responsibilities include liquidity management, tax planning and mitigation, accounting and financial reporting, and trust and estate planning and administration.⁹

Services

Argos says each family may have dedicated full-time professionals covering tax, estate planning and trust law, insurance, accounting, information technology, investments and private investments.¹⁰ The firm reports an average of 2.5 employees per individual family.¹¹

Accounting services include bill pay, cash movement and investment funding, asset management, expense analysis and property management.¹² Family services include philanthropic analysis, family education, legacy planning, elder care, technology consulting and cyber security.¹³

Financial services include cash and liquidity management, quarterly financial reporting and planning, bank reporting and compliance, loan administration, aviation monitoring and analysis, and life insurance review and analysis.¹⁴ Legal services include real estate transactions, risk and property insurance management, management of outside counsel and contract review.¹⁵

Tax services include income and estate tax planning and mitigation, tax research, IRS audit expertise, quarterly estimated tax analysis, and preparation and review of tax returns.¹⁶ Trust and estate services include trustee support and oversight, estate planning, private family trust company management, and management of outside estate planning counsel or trustees.¹⁷

The firm also manages non-investment personal assets such as homes, planes, boats, burial plots and art. This work can include staffing, insurance, cost management, inventories and transaction support.¹⁸ Argos describes liquidity management as forecasting and managing cash needs for short-term expenses while seeking to maximize long-term investment potential and coordinating with lenders.¹⁹ The website states that tax planning is provided continuously through proactive strategies based on each family’s finances.²⁰

Argos Capital Partners, LLC provides exclusive investment management services to Argos families.²¹ The SEC identifies Argos Capital Partners, LLC as an SEC registered investment adviser with CRD 116165 and SEC file 801-69958.²²

What the firm offers

• Investment management
• Tax planning
• Estate planning
• Trust and fiduciary
• Philanthropy
• Family governance and education
• Administration and bill pay
• Risk and insurance
• Private and alternative investments

Client focus

Argos says it generally accepts a new family only once every year or two because onboarding requires several months and substantial subsequent time.²³ The firm says it focuses on families with complex governance and financial structures who want coordinated support across family, financial and personal matters.²⁴

Investment philosophy and approach

The firm says its approach connects short-term liquidity planning with long-term investment potential.¹⁹ Argos also states that its investment management services for Argos families are provided exclusively by Argos Capital Partners, LLC.²¹

Assets and minimums

Argos states that its fee structure is based on client net worth.²⁵ The firm says its schedule includes a minimum for the first $100 million and step-downs to 0.05% above $1 billion.²⁶ Tax preparation, trustee roles and certain private investments may incur incremental fees.²⁷

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