Our History
Fischer Stralem Advisors was formed in 2020 when Stralem & Company joined the registered investment adviser firm Hightower Advisors, merging into the existing Hightower practice Fischer & Company. We provide clients with guidance to help establish the discipline they need to be able to grow and guard their wealth. Our seasoned approach provides a long term perspective on the market to help counterbalance the temptation of crowd behavior.
Fischer & Company was founded by Alan Fischer in 2002 and succeeded A.A. Fischer & Co which was established as a private investment management family office. A.A. Fischer & Co had operated continuously from 1982 until 2002 when the strategic decision was made to accept outside capital.
Stralem & Company was founded in 1966 by Donald Stralem, a partner at Hallgarten & Company, to create a firm that would better keep pace with a modernizing Wall Street. Hirschel Abelson, a partner at Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., joined him together with Philippe E. Baumann of A.L. Stamm & Co. and Coleman & Co., with whom he remained partners for 40 years. As part of Stralem’s second generation, Adam Abelson joined the firm in 1998 and became CIO of Stralem’s US Large Cap Equity strategy in 2006. Andrea Baumann Lustig joined Stralem in 2003 to lead its wealth management practice and became President in 2012.