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James W. Ferrell

BEACON POINTE ADVISORS
Winter Park, FL 32789
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CRD#: 2776651
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Professional summary


James William Ferrell, CFP®, who also goes by James Ferrell, is a registered financial advisor currently at BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC located in Winter Park, Florida.

James is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 1996. James has worked at 5 firms and has passed the Series 65, SIE and Series 7 exams.

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Small Business Planning
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Business Succession Planning
Life Transitions
Divorce Planning
Inheritance
Social Security Planning
Socially Responsible Investing
Insurance Planning
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Retirement Planning
Long-term Care
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Estate Planning
Tax Planning
Are you a "fiduciary"?
Yes

Aliases


James Ferrell

Other business activities


Outside business activity is any business or activity undertaken by an advisor that is outside the scope of their relationship with their firm (e.g., consulting services, real estate, freelance work, teaching, etc.). Investors should stay informed about these activities to ensure no conflicts of interest.
1- Beacon Pointe Insurance Services; Non-Investment Related;Address: Main Office located at 24 Corporate Plaza Dr., Ste. 150, Newport Beach, CA 92660; Title/Position: Licensed Insurance Agent; Nature of Business: Insurance Agent; Start Date: 04/2020; Hours/Month: 5 Hrs/Mo all during securities trading hours; Duties: Sale of insurance products (Life and/or Accident/Health Insurance). 2-Ferrell Realty Inc.; Residential Real Estate Brokerage; Title/Position: President; Start date: 04/15/2018; Hours/Month: 5-10 hrs/Mo; Duties: Licensed broker of record. 3-Ferrell & Kelly, LLC; Non Investment-Related; Address: 1400 W. Fairbanks Avenue Suite 204 Winter Park, Florida 32789; Nature of business: CPA firm; Title/Position: Member; Start date: 11/01/2011; Hours/Month: 5-10 hrs/Mo; Duties: Licensed broker of record. 4-Ferrell Business Services; Non Investment-Related; Address: 1400 W. Fairbanks Avenue Suite 204 Winter Park, Florida 32789; Nature of Business:Business consulting and brokerage; Title/Position: Director and Shareholder; Start Date: 04/01/1999; Hours/Month 0-5 Hrs/Mo; Duties:Maintains Real Estate Brokerage License 5-Winter Park National Bank; Non Investment-Related; Address:201 New York Avenue Winter Park, Florida 32789; Nature of the Business: Community Bank; Title/Position: Director; Start Date:08/01/2017; Hours/Month:10-15 Hrs/Mo; Duties:I attend monthly board meetings and weekly loan committee meetings. 5-1731 Oakhurst Avenue Investment Fund, LLC; Investment-Related; Address: 1400 W. Fairbanks Avenue Suite 202 Winter Park, Florida; Nature of Business: LLC is building a residential home for speculative sale.; Title/Position: Member; Start Date:09/10/2018; Hours/Month: 5-10 Hrs/Mo.;Duties:Meet with other members quarterly. 6-Winter Park Investment Group, Inc.; Investment-Related; Address: 1400 W. Fairbanks Avenue Suite 202 Winter Park, Florida; Nature of Business: Owns Office Building; Title/Position:President; Start Date: 04/22/1987; Hours/Month: 0-5 Hrs/Mo; Duties: Meet with Management Company occasionally.

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CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA


BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC - Registered Investment Advisory firm

Version Date: Wed Oct 02 2024

Beacon Pointe Advisors, LLC (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand these differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing.

Types of Services Offered:

We offer advisory services to retail investors. We manage a portion or all of your assets, which typically include equities, bonds, exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, or other securities. We monitor each account on an ongoing basis and make adjustments consistent with your investment objectives and goals. Additionally, we may recommend unaffiliated third-party investment managers (“Independent Managers”) to manage all or a portion of your assets. We monitor/review each Independent Manager on an ongoing basis. In some cases, we allocate a portion of your assets among individual stocks and bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, real estate investment trusts, interval funds, or private funds. We offer investment advisory services on a discretionary basis, meaning that you authorize us to hire/fire Independent Managers and choose the securities to be bought or sold, subject to your stated investment objectives and restrictions you place on the account. We will provide financial planning advice to clients upon request and subject to a minimum account size in accordance with the Advisory Agreement. Generally, our minimum account size is $1 million, but we reserve the right to reduce or waive account minimums at our discretion. We may also offer advisory services through our Unified Managed Account (“UMA”) structure on a discretionary basis, which may consist of any combination of separately managed accounts, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, and/or third-party strategies in a single account.

Additional Information: Please also see Items 4, 5, 7 and 13 of Form ADV, Part 2A.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Why or why not?
  • How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
  • What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education, and other qualifications?
  • What do these qualifications mean?

We charge a fee based on the total assets in your account, subject to a minimum quarterly program fee of $1,250. This fee is generally payable quarterly in advance. The more assets in your account, the more you will pay in fees, and we may have an incentive to encourage you to increase the assets in your account.

Fees for our financial consulting services may be fixed, hourly, or based upon a percentage of assets under supervision. The specific fee amount and the fee-paying arrangements are determined on a case-by-case basis and will be outlined in your agreement.

Our fee does not include management fees charged by Independent Managers or any applicable charges imposed by custodians, brokers or other third parties such as, platform fees, brokerage commissions, transaction fees, custodial fees, wire transfer/electronic fund fees, or other fees/taxes in connection with securities transactions in your account. The Independent Manager fees may be greater than our fees. Money market funds, mutual funds, and ETFs also charge their own internal management fees.

Additional Information: You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying. Please also see Item 5 of Form ADV, Part 2A.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • Ask your financial professional: Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go to fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?

When we act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you understand what this means.

  • We offer our own real estate, sustainable, and credit-oriented investment funds (“Funds”) to clients. While clients do not pay additional fees for investing in the Funds, we have an incentive to grow the assets in the Funds.

  • We may also recommend that clients invest in mutual funds managed by a related adviser, or an interval fund managed by us (“Related Funds”). We have an incentive to recommend the Related Funds because we or our related adviser receive fees based on their total assets.

  • Some of our employees are licensed insurance agents of a related insurance agency and receive commissions for recommending insurance products, which creates a financial incentive. Clients will not pay both a management fee and commission for such products.

  • We participate in referral programs in which we pay custodians a portion of our fee collected from clients they refer to us. We have an incentive to recommend that clients maintain their accounts with such custodians in order to continue receiving their products/services and participating in their referral programs.

Additional Information: Please also see Items 10-12, 14 of Form ADV, Part 2A.


Questions to ask your Professional:
  • How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?

Our financial professionals earn salaries and, when applicable, merit bonuses for performing advisory functions. Some of our financial professionals may receive compensation that is based, at least in part, on the number or amount of client referrals or new accounts brought to the firm. Some of our financial professionals earn additional compensation from insurance or brokerage commissions. For more information regarding these activities, refer to Item 10 of Form ADV, Part 2A and your financial professional’s Form ADV, Part 2B Supplement.

Certified licenses


Advisors may have various certifications and credentials from different organizations. AdvisorCheck highlights these seven certifications - AIF®, CFP®, ChFC®, CFA, CLU®, CIMA®, CPWA®
CFP®

Start date: 2007

Experience


Current

June 18, 2020 - Present

BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC

Office #1: 1400 W. Fairbanks Avenue Suite 204, Winter Park, FL 32789
RIA
CRD#: 119290
Winter Park, FL
Past

March 27, 2018 - June 25, 2018

TRILOMA SECURITIES, LLC

BD
CRD#: 173059
WINTER PARK, FL
Past

December 1, 2009 - April 7, 2016

TRIAD ADVISORS LLC

BD
CRD#: 25803
WINTER PARK, FL
Past

February 21, 2003 - December 23, 2009

CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC.

BD
CRD#: 15708
WINTER PARK, FL
Past

July 17, 1996 - April 21, 2020

FERRELL WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC.

RIA
CRD#: 106245
WINTER PARK, FL

Primary Firm SEC Registration


This SEC-registered firm can serve clients nationwide. Some states may require the firm to submit a notice filing if the firm has more than 5 clients or a physical office there. You can view these state-level filings under the section titled "State Registrations and Notice Filings".
BP
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC | BEACON POINTE INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC

CRD#: 119290 / SEC#: 801-60943

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (2/20/2002 Approved)

State Registrations and Notice Filings


Listed states reflect where the advisor is authorized to serve clients under state regulations.

IAR
means the advisor is registered as an Investment Advisor Representative in this state and is authorized to provide investment advice to clients there.

Highlighted states indicate IAR registrations

IAR
Florida
(6/18/2020)
IAR
Texas
(3/25/2025)

Exams


State Security Law Exam
IAR
Series 65
Date: 7/11/1996
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
General Industry/Product Exam
General Industry/Product Exam

Current Firm


BP
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC
BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC | BEACON POINTE INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC

CRD#: 119290 / SEC#: 801-60943

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (2/20/2002 Approved)
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Contact information


Main Address
24 Corporate Plaza Suite 150, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Mailing Address
Phone number
(949) 718-1600
Established
Firm type
Fiscal year end
# of Employees
600

SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)


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Documents


Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / SEC)Latest Form ADV

Part 2 Brochures

BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC FORM ADV PART 2 - APPENDIX 1 (3/31/2025)

Regulatory assets under management


Total Number of Accounts54,870
AUM (Assets Under Management)$ 39,839,757,384

Accountant surprise examination report


Filing DateForm ADV-E CoverForm ADV-E Report
09/26/2025
Cover Page
12/26/2024
11/28/2023

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Company Information


BEACON POINTE ADVISORS, LLC

CRD#: 119290Winter Park, FL 32789

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