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Institutional-grade wealth management. Built around your biggest decisions.

Fee-only wealth management for individuals and families, with a focus on concentrated company stock, acquisitions and IPOs, and the transition to retirement. Led by a former Chief Investment Officer with nearly two decades in institutional investment management.

Who runs Rubric

“For 14 years I led multifactor investing at AXA Investment Managers, and later served as Chief Investment Officer of Radiant Global Investors. The institutions I worked for had disciplined, systematic investment processes. I started Rubric to bring an institutional-grade investment approach to individuals and families, measured against an agreed rubric rather than a hunch.”

Harry Prabandham, Founder & CEO

MBA, Wharton · MS Computer Science

Our decisions are measured against an agreed rubric: tax, implementation costs, risk, and your goals.

Your portfolio, coordinated with your CPA.

Managed alongside your tax and estate picture, with your CPA and estate attorney in the loop.

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One fee.

Independent, fee-only, and a fiduciary. No commissions, no proprietary products. Fund expenses and custodian costs are separate from our fee and disclosed up front. See our fees.

Institutional toolkit.

Direct indexing, tax-loss harvesting, options overlays, and private markets access for qualified clients (typically $3M+ invested), historically gated behind institutional minimums.

Tax-aware by default.

After-tax return is what you keep. We weigh taxes in asset location, loss harvesting, and withdrawal order, and coordinate with your CPA.

Process, not intuition.

We build and rebalance by a disciplined, repeatable process, not by chasing headlines or hot stories.

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For the decisions that matter: company stock, a sale or IPO, and the transition to retirement.

What we don’t do

  • We don’t earn commissions or sell proprietary products.
  • We don’t charge performance-based fees.
  • We don’t have soft-dollar arrangements.
  • We don’t sponsor wrap fee programs or receive any part of the fees charged by the funds we use.

Transparent by design. Rubric is compensated by the advisory fees our clients pay. Underlying fund expenses and custodian or transaction costs may still apply. See the full fee schedule.

We may not be the right fit if…

You’re looking for stock tips or market-timing calls. We use a systematic, repeatable investment process, not predictions.

Where your money is held

Your assets are held at a qualified custodian, such as Charles Schwab, Interactive Brokers, or Altruist, not by Rubric. About our custodians.

See How We Think

Institutional-grade analysis, in your hands.

Free tools and 300+ plain-English guides, built on the same discipline and transparency we bring to client portfolios.

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Fee-only. Fiduciary.

We are required to act in your best interest. As an independent, fee-only RIA, not part of a bank or brokerage, we charge no commissions and sell no proprietary products, and our conflicts are disclosed in Form ADV and Form CRS.

Common questions

What is Rubric Advisors?
Rubric Advisors, LLC is a fee-only fiduciary investment adviser in San Francisco, registered with the California DFPI. It provides institutional-grade wealth management for individuals and families, with a focus on concentrated company stock, liquidity events, and the transition to retirement, plus OCIO services for institutions.
How much does Rubric Advisors charge?
Personal Advisor fees are 0.80% per year up to $3 million, 0.70% from $3 million to $5 million, and 0.60% above $5 million, applied to the whole portfolio at one rate, with a $279 quarterly minimum. Fund and custodian costs are separate. Full details are on the fees page and in Form ADV Part 2A.
Who runs Rubric Advisors?
Founder and CEO Harry (Harish) Prabandham, formerly Head of Multifactor Investments at AXA Investment Managers and Chief Investment Officer of Radiant Global Investors.

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