Our Story
Headquartered in New York City, PresCap Advisors thrives on the energy of the city and keeps our thumb on the pulse of what unfolds in the financial industry. We flourish in this fast-paced environment where we keep pace with the country’s elite – the entrepreneurs, business owners and leaders of corporate America – as their trusted fiduciary.
We deeply understand our clients, who work harder and smarter and bet on themselves to get to the top because we have done that too. We are the financial advisors devoted to protecting their legacy by defending their wealth against the predators of taxes and inflation. Our patient, risk-adverse portfolios are born from our expertise, success and proven track record.
Our clients aren’t typical and neither are our solutions. We deliver advanced, diversified, long-term financial opportunities that preserve capital while providing the cash flow necessary for the sophisticated lifestyle that allows for the finer things in life.
We’ve done two things very well for almost 40 years: Preserving capital and simplifying: preserving capital and simplifying the lives of wealthy individuals.
Our relationships are about more than protecting net worth. It’s our mission to make our clients’ lives easier – from sharing our broad network of professionals when an issue arises – to ensuring our executive summaries are transparent and concise.
Meet Our Team
Harvey Spira
PresCap Advisors Founder and Managing Director
Harvey focuses on partnering with business entrepreneurs, C-level executives, and private individuals and families, helping them to grow their assets, preserve their wealth and build a legacy for people they love and the causes about which they care deeply. Harvey has extensive experience using derivatives to help diversify investments and works with corporate executives to help manage their restricted stock and option sales using Rule 10b5-1 plans. He also assists private business owners in structuring pre-liquidity plans with trust and estate attorneys and insurance specialists to help them maximize the net sales price for a full or partial sale of their business. Before founding PresCap Advisors, Harvey was a managing director at global financial firm, UBS, for six years and before that, served in a similar role at Bear Stearns & Co. for 20 years.
Sowell Management
Registered Investment Advisor
Formed in 1995, Sowell Management is a pioneer as a fee-based fiduciary and a nationwide industry leader in the Registered Investment Advisor space. Known as an “advisor to financial advisors,” Sowell Management is a valued partner providing a full breadth of support and resources with best-in-class technology, portfolio and planning offerings and advisement, back-office services and more. Because of Sowell’s diversity of services and broad strength, Heirloom has a solid and trusted partner that helps give back the most precious commodity – more time to spend with you.
Sowell Support Partners
Abby Sowell
Transition & Advisor Specialist
Andrea Barber
Advisor Relationship Manager
Greg Lai
CO/CIO & Lead Portfolio Manager
Luke Coop
Trading Specialist
Abby is focused on advisor care and truly loves helping advisors succeed. In her role as transitions coordinator, Abby works closely with advisors to transition them onto the Sowell Management platform. As part of the advisor support team, Abby also provides daily assistance with account management including account opening, maintenance and numerous platform and back-office support.
Andrea has a passion and talent for serving others. Her extensive experience in working with financial advisors as a wealth management assistant defines the way she approaches her role in advisor support, guiding clients every step of their journey, from creating paperwork for new accounts to fortifying client relations.
Greg is CO-CIO and lead portfolio manager for Sowell Affinity, our investment management division. He works to maximize the investment team’s decades of experience to the benefit of all accounts, having developed the key quantitative stock selection, risk management, and portfolio construction models.
Luke is Sowell’s trading specialist and has been working in the securities business since 2001. He’s worked with equities and customer accounts, and later transitioning in 2006 to become an agency trader. He quickly advanced in numerous roles including equity trading for institutional and retail customers, operations responsibilities, and managed account support. He holds Series 7, 63, 55 and 24 securities licenses.
Fidelity
Investment firm
Fidelity is the largest privately owned investment firm in the US. Being a family held company allows them to be proactive and responsive, and they have earned a reputation for high integrity – making them a perfect fit for PresCap. Partnering with Fidelity gives us the flexibility we require to effectively serve our clients.
Who we serve
Entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs
Why does PresCap Advisors work with entrepreneurs? Because we relate to you. We know what it’s like to be on a mission. Entrepreneurs are the doers, the ones who wake up every day and make things happen. You energize us, and we enjoy nothing more than seeing you succeed and protecting your life’s work.
Executives
Executives
PresCap knows you are busy running companies, balancing family life and enjoying activities like sports and travel. You can depend on PresCap Advisors as a trusted partner who will simplify your life and ensure your wealth is managed and protected for generations.