Specialties
Montecito Capital Management has been dedicated to advising clients with personalized wealth management since 2004 and the firm's founder, Kip Lytel, CFA, has been an author, speaker and industry leader on financial topics for over two decades. We are an award-winning Registered Investment Advisory ("RIA") firm offering comprehensive financial advisory services to individuals, families, trusts and businesses during the accumulation of asset phase, or in retirement. Notably, we are Fiduciary advisors and therefore adhere to the highest Fiduciary standard of being legally bound to prioritize our client's "best interests" while at all times acting in good faith. You may assume that all advisors uphold the Fiduciary standard of care, but this is not accurate, as only 12% of financial advisors choose to meet this exalted standard.
Our financial advisory practice is all-encompassing from portfolio management, financial planning, retirement budget-income solutions, tax-efficient investing, estate planning, philanthropy, educational saving plans, to private asset holdings, such as real estate, private transactions and business matters.
History
Established in 2004.
It is our philosophy to work with most anyone who is sincere in the prospects of improving their asset prosperity, retirement lifestyle and estate given they value advice and guidance from an experienced financial advisor. Our goal is to help clients achieve their financial and investment objectives by providing clear guidance, reducing risks, identifying opportunities, and implementing effective strategies. This is why successful long-lasting client relationships don't happen by chance, but rather from hard work, depth of experience, earned trust and positive results. We focus on what really matters to clients, and for us that has been to spend a good amount of time identifying what is the best planning approach for each client's unique financial and personal circumstances, followed by actionable advice for improvements.
Meet the Business Owner: Kip L.
Kip Lytel has over 25 years of investment finance experience, with expertise in client portfolio management, complex wealth strategies, retirement planning and diverse investments, including equities, fixed-income, alternative asset classes, private illiquid assets and diverse real estate matters. His prior institutional work experience with private funds and investment houses includes Pegasus Group, Pacific Strategic Fund Group, Tower Asset Management and ML Stern Securities where he was involved with directing portfolio investments, including bonds, stocks and other diverse asset classes. Kip Lytel received his Master of Business Administration (MBA) as an honored Fellowship Scholar from the Peter F. Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. He also received his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Economics from The Claremont Colleges.