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Institutional Investment Management

Where Strategy
Meets Partnership

Varium Investment Partners delivers institutional-grade investment management for independent RIAs and family offices — without the cost, complexity, or compromise.

What Sets Us Apart
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In-Sourced CIO Model
Institutional strategy + full implementation. The only true OCIO + TAMP hybrid — yours to own.
🤝
Equity Ownership
Advisor partners earn equity in Varium — aligning our success with yours.
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150+ Years of Institutional Experience
A team of PhDs, CFAs, and MBAs with deep institutional pedigree.
No Cost to Advisor Partners
Zero or minimal cost to advisor partners. For clients, a customized institutional portfolio at a competitive price.
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150+
Years Combined Experience
SEC
Registered Investment Advisor
100%
Advisor-Aligned Model
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No or Low Cost to Advisor Partners
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We took a hard look at Outsourced Chief Investment Officer services and asked one question: is this the best there is?

OCIO
Oh, CIO!

We redesigned everything to provide advisors and their clients everything they need and nothing they don't — and turned OCIO into Oh, CIO!

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The Varium Difference

Everything Your Clients Need.
Nothing You Don't.

We free advisors to focus on what they do best — client relationships and financial planning — while we handle investment management end-to-end.

01

Institutional Expertise

PhDs, CFAs, and CMTs with 150+ years of combined institutional investment strategy, portfolio management, and asset allocation implementation.

02

Complete Implementation

Strategy without execution is worthless. We deliver trade execution, rebalancing, and reporting through a state-of-the-art platform — requiring zero effort from you.

03

True Partnership

We believe your trust deserves equity. Our unique model gives qualifying advisors an ownership stake in Varium — so when you grow, you build real enterprise value.

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The Problem

Advisors Are Forced to Choose. Until Now.

When outsourcing investment management, you've had two flawed options. We built a third.

OCIO Only
  • Great strategy
  • No implementation support
  • Difficult to deploy consistently
  • High cost to execute
VS
TAMP Only
  • Great technology
  • Forces cookie-cutter models
  • Sacrifices differentiation
  • Requires advisor training

The Varium Solution

Institutional-quality investment strategy AND the technology to implement it — with no input required from you. One seamless, end-to-end investment solution at no or low cost to advisors. For clients, we deliver a customized institutional portfolio at a competitive price.

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Data-Driven Investment Strategy
Institutional-grade asset allocation across multiple risk profiles, actively managed by our investment committee.
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Seamless Implementation
Automated trading, rebalancing, and reporting — zero burden on your team.
🎯
You Stay in Control
Your brand, your client relationships, your business — we enhance it, not replace it.
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Investment Solutions

End-to-End Investment
Management

A complete suite of investment services — delivered as one integrated solution with full reporting transparency.

📐

Asset Allocation Modelling

Multiple risk-based models built on institutional frameworks, stress-tested across economic cycles.

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Manager Due Diligence

Rigorous, ongoing evaluation of investment managers using quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Trade Execution

Efficient, cost-effective execution across asset classes with best-execution standards.

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Portfolio Rebalancing

Automated, tax-aware rebalancing that keeps client portfolios aligned with target allocations.

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Performance Reporting

Transparent, institutional-quality reporting customized to your firm's brand and standards.

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Marketing Support

Investment commentary, materials, and market insights to strengthen your client communications.

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Equity Partnership

Your Trust Deserves
Ownership

We ask you to trust us with your clients' investments. That's a real risk. As believers in the principle that risk deserves reward, we offer qualifying advisors genuine equity in Varium Investment Partners.

1

Partner With Varium

Delegate your investment process. We manage — you stay focused on your clients.

2

Earn Equity

Qualifying advisor partners receive ownership stakes in Varium through our transparent partnership model.

3

Build Enterprise Value

As Varium grows, so does the value of your stake — a rare second revenue stream for your firm.

Own It.
Equity Partnership Program
A win-win-win: better outcomes for your clients, a stronger investment process for your firm, and equity ownership in the platform powering it all.
Explore the Partnership
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Our Philosophy

Focus Creates Excellence

"Advisors do better when they focus on clients. We do better when we focus on investments. Together, we deliver better outcomes for everyone."

The financial advisory landscape is growing more complex. Clients demand more. Compliance requires more. Markets demand more. It's impossible to excel at everything — so we've chosen to master one thing: institutional investment management.

This specialization is the foundation of our value. By freeing advisors to focus on planning and relationships, and letting us focus entirely on investment process, every participant gets the best version of the other's capabilities.

Advisors

Focus on client relationships, financial planning, and business growth.

Varium

Focus exclusively on investment management, research, and execution.

Clients

Receive the best of both: personalized planning + institutional investments.

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Why Varium

Six Reasons Advisors Choose Us

Built by advisors, for advisors — with institutional infrastructure that was previously out of reach.

🏛️

In-Sourced CIO

The only solution combining institutional strategy with seamless implementation in one platform.

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Institutional Rigor

PhDs, CFAs, and CMTs applying the same processes used by the world's largest endowments.

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Exceptional Value

Zero or minimal cost to advisor partners. For clients, we deliver a customized institutional portfolio at a competitive price.

⚖️

Customization at Scale

Multiple risk-based strategies with advisor-level customization — not one-size-fits-all models.

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True Equity Partnership

Advisors can earn real equity in Varium — a model designed to create shared, lasting value.

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Growth Accelerator

Free your time, enhance your investment capabilities, and maximize the value of your practice.

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Get Started

Ready to Evolve Your
Investment Practice?

Join a growing network of independent RIAs and family offices who have partnered with Varium to deliver better investment outcomes — and build greater firm value.

Let's Talk
Tell us about your firm and we'll be in touch within one business day.

Or prefer a call? Book a time directly on our calendar →

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In the meantime, you're welcome to book a call directly.

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The In-Sourced CIO Model
Institutional strategy and full implementation — in one seamless solution.

Most advisors face an impossible choice: hire a full-time CIO (expensive, complex), outsource to a traditional TAMP (cookie-cutter, no differentiation), or try to manage investments themselves (time-consuming, distracting).

Varium's In-Sourced CIO Model is a fourth option — one that didn't exist before. We augment or become your full investment committee. Not outsourced, not a black box — in-sourced, transparent, and fully integrated with your practice.

  • Institutional-grade asset allocation built on the same frameworks used by major endowments and pension funds
  • Open architecture, non-proprietary investment management by a team of PhDs, CFAs, and CMTs — full access to the investment universe with zero conflicts
  • Full trade execution, rebalancing, and portfolio management with zero effort from your team
  • Customized reporting under your brand, so clients see you as their investment expert
  • Regular investment committee updates, market commentary, and client-ready materials

Your clients hired you to manage their financial future. With Varium, you can confidently say "we have an institutional investment team" — because you do. We operate as your CIO, invisible to clients but transformative to your investment process.

"The In-Sourced CIO is not a product. It's a relationship — built to make your firm better at the thing that matters most to your clients."

Ready to learn how the In-Sourced CIO Model works for your firm?

Schedule a Call
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Equity Ownership
Your trust in us deserves more than a fee arrangement. It deserves ownership.

When you partner with Varium, you're doing something significant — you're entrusting us with your clients' investments. That's not a small thing. We believe that kind of trust should be rewarded with more than a service agreement.

That's why qualifying advisor partners can earn a genuine equity stake in Varium Investment Partners itself. Not points, not referral fees — actual ownership in the company.

  • Qualifying advisors receive an ownership stake based on assets under management and partnership tenure
  • Equity is structured to grow as Varium grows — so your stake appreciates alongside the firm
  • Ownership creates a true second revenue stream for your practice, separate from advisory fees
  • Partners participate in Varium's success through distributions and long-term enterprise value

We built Varium to be a genuine partnership — not a vendor relationship. When advisors own a piece of Varium, our incentives are perfectly aligned. We succeed only when you succeed. That's the foundation everything else is built on.

"Risk deserves reward. You're trusting us with your clients. We believe that trust should come with ownership."

Interested in learning more about the Equity Partnership Program?

Explore the Partnership
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150+ Years of Institutional Experience
Six credentialed professionals. Every major asset class. Decades of institutional pedigree.
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Christian R. Hyldahl, CFA
Founder & President

32 years of portfolio management, investment strategy, and research across multiple styles. Consistently ranked as a top portfolio manager in domestic and international equity categories. Value equity investment specialist.

MBA, Finance & Economics — Fuqua School of Business, Duke University & London School of Economics
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Gerald W. Buetow, Jr.
Chief Investment Officer  ·  Ph.D. · CFA · CMT · CIPM

34 years of portfolio management, quantitative research, and multi-billion-dollar asset allocation. Former CIO and Director of Research managing large institutional portfolios. Former Chaired Professor of Finance at James Madison University and VP of Curriculum at the CFA Institute.

Ph.D., Finance and Econometrics — Lehigh University
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Bernd Hanke
Head of Quantitative Research & Asset Allocation  ·  Ph.D. · CFA

28 years of portfolio management, fundamental and quantitative research. Former Head of International Research, Quantitative Equity Group at Goldman Sachs Asset Management — overseeing investment factors, proprietary risk models, and global sector rotation strategies.

Ph.D., Finance — London Business School  ·  INQUIRE UK Member
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Brian Fischer, CFA
Head of Alternatives & Private Equity Research

36 years of portfolio management, alternatives research, and institutional risk management. Former leader of the Washington State Investment Board's Private Markets group. Built and led alternative investment teams across multiple institutional platforms.

MBA — Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
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Matthew Huber, CFA · CMT
Head of Technical Analysis & Equity Portfolio Analyst

24 years of portfolio management, investment strategy, and research. Equity investment specialist — domestic and international. One of a rare group holding both the CFA and CMT designations, combining deep fundamental and technical expertise.

BA, Business Administration, Cum Laude — Villanova University
MH
Matthew Hyldahl
Director of Trading & Trading Systems

30 years of trading, portfolio management, and investment strategy. Co-managed a $700M private wealth management group generating $6M in annual revenue. Trading specialist in equity and derivatives, serving institutional clients, money managers, and hedge funds.

BS, Government and Economics — Lehigh University

"Proven, credentialed professionals who have spent careers managing serious money at serious institutions — now working exclusively for our advisor partners."

Ready to put this team to work for your clients?

Schedule a Call
No Cost to Advisor Partners
Full-service institutional investment management at zero or minimal cost to you.

Traditional TAMPs and OCIO providers charge advisors significant fees — often eating into the economics of the relationship before a single client dollar is invested. Varium is structured differently.

Our revenue model is built around the investment management fees paid by clients — not fees charged to you. This means qualifying advisor partners access Varium's full suite of services at no or minimal cost to their firm.

  • Complete institutional investment management and strategy
  • Trade execution, rebalancing, and portfolio implementation
  • Performance reporting and client-ready materials
  • Investment committee access and market commentary
  • Marketing support and client communication resources
  • Dedicated relationship management

Your clients receive a fully customized institutional portfolio at a competitive all-in price. No hidden fees, no layered costs. Transparent, institutional-quality investment management that stands up to scrutiny.

"We designed our model so that advisors could offer better investment management — without it costing them more to do so."

Ready to see how Varium fits your practice economics?

Schedule a Consultation