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Brennan W. Fontana

LIDO | Wealth Advisor at Lido Advisors
San Diego, CA 92130
CRD#: 5702742
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Professional summary


Brennan William Fontana, who also goes by Brennan Fontana, is a registered financial advisor currently at LIDO located in San Diego, California.

Brennan is registered as an IAR (Investment Advisor Representative) and started their career in finance in 2018. Brennan has worked at 2 firms and has passed the Series 65, Series 66, SIE and Series 7 exams.

Biography


Brennan W. Fontana joined Lido in 2023. Brennan’s focus is on working closely with individual families, business owners and corporate executives by utilizing the comprehensive capabilities of the firm to deliver a holistic wealth management approach that meet their overall investment objectives. Prior to joining Lido, he had a successful career as an investment advisor with Merrill Lynch where he held his Series 7 and 66 as well as working with several different real estate investment firms. Brennan is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and a minor in Business Administration. Originally from San Diego, Brennan has a passion for participating and volunteering at his local church and community outreach programs. Outside of work his hobbies include surfing, fly fishing, hiking, mountain biking, and snowboarding.
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Question & Answer


What are your service offerings?
Investment Management
Financial Planning
Do you have an area of expertise or specialization?
Investment Management
Are you a "fiduciary"?
Yes

Aliases


Brennan Fontana

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.
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CRS (Client Relationship Summary) - RIA


LIDO - Registered Investment Advisory firm

Version Date: Thu Mar 28 2024

Lido Advisors, LLC, d/b/a Lido, Colorado Financial Management, A Lido Company, and Oakhurst Strategies, LLC, is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Advisory and brokerage services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand the differences. Free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which is an SEC-sponsored website that provides educational information about investment advisers, broker dealers and investing.

Types of Services Offered:

We offer investment advisory services to retail investors, including financial planning, asset allocation and discretionary investment management services, including advising on stock, bonds, and alternative investments such as private funds that include real estate, hedge funds, private equity funds and trust deed funds. These services primarily include proprietary investments or products, such as specific strategies that are comprised of publicly traded equities or fixed-income securities, which are reviewed and evaluated by our investment management team. In addition, we recommend private funds, illiquid securities typically in limited partnerships, which are exclusive or otherwise not widely available to retail investors. We exercise investment discretion when managing your account, which means we have full authority to make other decisions to buy and sell investments in your account without asking you in advance. A retail investor may, at our firm's sole discretion, impose parameters to this discretionary authority, including, but not limited to, restrictions in certain companies or industry sectors or directed brokerage. In these instances, retail investors are solely responsible for informing our firm in writing of these parameters, changes to these parameters, or their overall investment goals and objectives. Retail investors may also direct our firm to execute certain trades or purchase certain investments, for which the retail investor makes the ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of investments. As part of our standard services, we routinely monitor and manage your investments and provide customized reporting on at least an annual basis. We typically require a $1 million minimum in managed investments for you to open an account with us, which may be waived at our discretion.

For additional information about the services we provide, please refer to our Form ADV, Part 2A disclosure by clicking on the following link: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/269866. Refer to items 4, 7, 13 and 16.


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 an asset management fee to manage your investments, which is a percentage of your total investments managed by us, calculated based on the percentage of your managed investments' value as of the average daily balance in your accounts. A schedule of fees is included in the firm's Form ADV, Part 2A (Item 5), which can be found here: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/269866. The asset management fee is prorated by quarter and is paid per quarter in arrears in four quarterly increments. We generally negotiate fixed rate management fees for certain ultra-high-net-worth clients on a case-by-case basis. Although we believe that our asset management fee is competitive, you should be aware that lower fees for comparable services may be available from other investment advisers. Depending on your investments, you may also pay other third-party fees, including brokerage, custodian, performance and account maintenance fees, fees related to mutual funds and ETFs, as applicable. Because our asset management fee increases as we manage more of your investments, we may be incentivized to encourage you to add more investments for us to manage on your behalf. 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. More specific information regarding fees is available in Item 5 of our Form ADV, Part 2A, which may be found here: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/269866. The asset management fee is prorated by quarter and is paid per quarter in arrears in four quarterly increments. We generally negotiate fixed-rate management fees for certain ultra-high-net-worth clients on a case-by-case basis. Although we believe that our asset management fee is competitive, you should be aware that lower fees for comparable services may be available from other investment advisers. Depending on your investments, you may also pay other thirdparty fees, including brokerage, custodian, performance and account maintenance fees, fees related to mutual funds and ETFs, as applicable. Because our asset management fee increases as we manage more of your investments, we may be incentivized to encourage you to add more investments for us to manage on your behalf. 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. More specific information regarding fees is available in Item 5 of our Form ADV, Part 2A, which may be found here: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/269866.


Questions to ask your 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 have minority owners that are also our clients. As a result, we may be perceived to favor these owners, all of whom are ultra-highnet-worth clients, in providing investment opportunities that would not be available to other clients. These owners, by virtue of their investment experience, sophistication, risk tolerance, and substantial net worth, can and do invest in certain investments that would not be suitable for all but a few of our clients.

In addition, when suitable and appropriate, we recommend that our clients invest in investments that are managed by our affiliates, Palladius Capital Management, LLC (“Palladius”) and Oakhurst Capital Management ("OCM" or collectively "Affiliates"). Our Affiliates, while sharing common ownership, are separate and independent firms and charge fees that are in addition to our asset management fee. We may be incentivized to recommend that you invest in Affiliates-managed investments in order to receive these additional fees. In certain cases, we reduce our asset management fee or have negotiated a reduction of our Affiliates-related fees to mitigate these incentives. In all cases, we disclose these conflicts in detail and monitor and evaluate the performance of these Affiliates-managed investments consistent with our fiduciary duty to you. Nonetheless, you may find other comparable investments with lower fees from unaffiliated third parties.

For additional information concerning all of our material conflicts of interest in managing your investments, please refer to Items 6, 8, 11 and 12 of Part 2A of our Form ADV, which can be found here: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/269866.


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

Our advisors are either employees or partners of our firm. Your advisor typically receives a portion of the asset management fee as compensation for his or her services to you. Partners are further compensated by sharing in our firm's overall profits, which are derived largely from the asset management fee charged to you and our other clients. Your advisor may also be compensated by sharing in a portion of any fees relating to consulting services provided to you.

Certified licenses


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None

Experience


Current

August 29, 2023 - Present

LIDO

Office #1: 11988 El Camino Real Suite 350, San Diego, CA 92130
RIA
CRD#: 269866
San Diego, CA
Past

August 13, 2018 - December 9, 2019

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

RIA
CRD#: 7691
FRISCO, TX
Past

July 3, 2018 - December 9, 2019

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

BD
CRD#: 7691
FRISCO, TX

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".
LIDO
LIDO
COLORADO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, A LIDO COMPANY | OAKHURST STRATEGIES, LLC | LIDO ADVISORS, LLC | LIDO ADVISORS | LIDO

CRD#: 269866 / SEC#: 801-100433

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (7/1/2015 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
California
(8/29/2023)

Exams


State Security Law Exam
IAR
Series 65
Date: 8/25/2023
Uniform Investment Adviser Law Examination
State Security Law Exam
RR
IAR
Series 66
Date: 8/10/2018
Uniform Combined State Law Examination
General Industry/Product Exam
General Industry/Product Exam

Current Firm


LIDO
LIDO
COLORADO FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, A LIDO COMPANY | OAKHURST STRATEGIES, LLC | LIDO ADVISORS, LLC | LIDO ADVISORS | LIDO

CRD#: 269866 / SEC#: 801-100433

RIA
Registered Investment Advisory firm - (7/1/2015 Approved)
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Contact information


Main Address
1875 Century Park East Suite 950, Los Angeles, CA 90067
Mailing Address
Phone number
(310) 278-8232
Established
Firm type
Fiscal year end
# of Employees
320

SEC notice filing (53 States and Territories)


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Documents


Customer Relationship Summary (CRS / SEC)Latest Form ADV

Part 2 Brochures

LIDO ADV PART 2A 9.26.25 (9/26/2025)

Regulatory assets under management


Total Number of Accounts27,931
AUM (Assets Under Management)$ 29,080,337,946

Accountant surprise examination report


Filing DateForm ADV-E CoverForm ADV-E Report
10/28/2025
Cover Page
11/26/2024
01/26/2024
02/28/2023

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Company Information


LIDO

LIDO

Wealth Advisor at Lido AdvisorsCRD#: 269866San Diego, CA 92130

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