IRON
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An Independent Multifamily Office
Wealth, kept.

Independent multifamily office for business owners, entrepreneurs, and families.

Scroll — see how it's made
I · Raw Material

It starts as weight.

Capital, before it has a shape. Concentrated, patient, waiting.

II · Multifamily Office Services

The thousand quiet things, done right.

High-touch service designed around the complexities of wealth.

IIOur Capabilities
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Multifamily Office Services

White-glove planning, trusts and estates, reporting and coordination. The details that turn complexity into clarity.

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Investment Management & Consulting

Institutionally informed portfolios built in-house, spanning public and private markets and tailored around each family's objectives.

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Advisor Partnerships / M&A

Flexible partnership and acquisition solutions for independent advisors and RIAs seeking succession, growth, or a long-term strategic partner, supported by the resources and capabilities of our multifamily office.

III · Private Investments

Investments, approached differently.

We source and evaluate opportunities directly with a focus on access, alignment and accretive terms.

IIIPrivate Investments

Access has an address.

Our private investment approach
AttributeIRON's approach
SourcingDirect, in-house
DiligenceOur own team
TermsDifferentiated
InterestsAligned
AccessBy relationship

A small number of private relationships open doors that stay closed to the broader market. Held quietly, and used carefully.

Public Investments

Backed by 30+ years of fixed income and public markets expertise, we build fully in-house, open-architecture portfolios with an emphasis on low costs, liquidity, and disciplined implementation. Our fiduciary approach is manager-agnostic, allowing us to select investments based solely on what we believe best serves each client’s objectives.

 Advisor Partnerships

Grow / Succeed with IRON.

Flexible, long-term partnerships for advisors and firms looking for continuity, resources and a permanent home.

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 Private Investments

Where we've participated.

IRON has invested in complex transactions, special situations and opportunities rarely offered to the broader markets.

Types of transactions
Acquisition FinancingAsset-Based LendingDebt Restructuring Direct & Co-InvestmentsDirect LendingDistressed Financing Joint VenturesLP InvestmentsMezzanine / 2nd Lien Real EstateStructured Debt & EquitySpecialty Financings
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Business Development Company

Part of the investor group that seeded and launched a private lending BDC.

Real Estate

Co-investor in a condo de-conversion strategy spanning roughly 700 units

Healthcare Credit

Lender to a growing psychiatric care provider, financing its expansion of outpatient and telehealth services.

Music & Entertainment

Equity investor in a platform acquiring mature music royalty rights, with an emphasis on international and underserved genres.

Asset-Based Lending

Investor in a lower middle market asset-based lending firm focused on factoring across dynamic industries.

Tax-Advantaged Energy

Investor in a drilling fund operator that partners with major oil and gas companies, using the tax-efficient structures associated with intangible drilling costs.

Representative transactions are shown for illustration only. They are not a complete list of investments, are not indicative of future results, and do not constitute an offer to buy or sell any security.

The Firm

IRON, after all.

Backed by established, patient capital. Independent by design. Built to endure.

IVOur History

The line we've held.

Different eras. Same discipline.

1994 · The Founding

The Founding. An independent standard.

Founded as an independent, fee-only fiduciary, with advice built around what clients need, not what's being sold.

From 2000 · The Institutional Era

Built to Institutional Scale.

IRON built a corporate retirement business serving institutions nationwide, applying that same investment discipline to billions in client assets. Its later acquisition by Creative Planning freed IRON to focus solely on the families at its center.

2024 — Today

The Multifamily Office.

Fiduciary-led wealth management and disciplined portfolio construction, backed by full multifamily office services.

VThe Team

The people you'll actually meet.

An introduction to IRON is a conversation with the people whose names are on the work.

At the table — the work, first-hand
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Howard Nixon

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
AI

Aaron Izenstark

Co-Founder & Chief Investment Officer
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Zach Sirota

Senior Managing Director
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Robert Cohn

Chief Financial Officer
TZ

Timothy Ziemba, CFA®, CFP®

Chief Compliance Officer
JF

Joe Fanaro

Portfolio Management & Trading
GG

George Georgiev, CFA®

Director of Research, Portfolio Manager
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Robert Sabev

Investment Operations Analyst
RL

Richard Lakin

Strategic Relationship Management
EB

Eric Bradley

IT Manager
JF

Justin Finkelman

Creative Technologist

Headshots and biographies to come.

VIInsights & Contact

Read what we're thinking.

Insights are coming soon.

For a conversation, reach us at [email protected].