Hudson Companies is an SEC-registered investment adviser serving families in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and throughout Bergen County. The firm manages investment portfolios for families with substantial wealth and coordinates the other financial professionals in their lives, so that a single, coherent plan guides every financial decision.
Hudson is a fiduciary. The firm manages the portfolio, and Hudson also makes sure the accountant, the lawyer, the insurance professionals, and any trustee are working from the same facts, so the family’s financial life stays in one place and still makes sense.
Chris Conover founded Hudson Companies in 2008 and still leads the firm. He started on Wall Street in 1995, and he has lived in Rockland County his whole life. He earned a BA in Economics and an MBA in Finance at Fordham University, and began doctoral coursework there in behavioral economics. That combination—a Wall Street background, a local perspective, and a deep interest in how people actually make financial decisions—shapes how Hudson works with families.
Consider a family in Ridgewood. The parents have built a successful business, sold it, and now live off the proceeds. Their children are grown, with careers of their own. The family has an accountant who handles their taxes, a lawyer who manages their estate plan, and an insurance broker who handles their policies. Each of these professionals is good at what they do. But none of them sees the whole picture. The accountant knows the tax implications of a sale. The lawyer knows the estate plan. The insurance broker knows the policies. No one is thinking about how it all fits together—until something changes.
That is where Hudson comes in. Hudson manages the portfolio, and Hudson coordinates the other professionals. When the family considers a major decision—selling a property, gifting to children, changing a beneficiary—Hudson makes sure the accountant, the lawyer, and the insurance broker are all working from the same set of facts. The family gets one coherent plan, not a collection of disconnected pieces.
The family pays Hudson directly. Hudson does not sell insurance, does not prepare tax returns, and does not review legal documents. The firm coordinates the professionals who do, so the family’s plan stays in one place and still makes sense.
This is the work. Hudson manages the portfolio. Hudson coordinates the professionals. Hudson is the one place where the family’s financial life comes together.
The firm’s office is in Pearl River, New York, just across the border from Bergen County. The work, however, is with families in Ridgewood, Ho-Ho-Kus, Allendale, Franklin Lakes, and the surrounding communities. The commute is short, but the relationship is not. Hudson works with families over years and decades, through market cycles, through life changes, through the decisions that shape a family’s future.
Chris Conover’s background matters here. He started on Wall Street in 1995, working in the heart of the financial industry. He saw how the business worked—the products, the incentives, the conflicts. He also saw what was missing. Families needed someone who was on their side, someone who had no product to sell, someone who could manage the portfolio and coordinate the rest of their financial lives without any competing interests.
That is what he built at Hudson Companies. The firm is independent. The firm is a fiduciary. The firm’s only client is the family, and the firm’s only compensation is what the family pays.
Hudson’s approach is straightforward. First, understand the family’s situation completely. Not just the portfolio, but the whole picture: the income, the expenses, the taxes, the estate plan, the insurance, the goals, the concerns. Then, manage the portfolio accordingly. And then, coordinate the other professionals, so that every decision the family makes is consistent with every other decision.
This is not a formula. It is a discipline. Hudson does not have a template that it applies to every family. Each family is different, and each plan is different. What is the same is the process: listen, understand, manage, coordinate.
The families Hudson works with have substantial wealth. They have accumulated assets through a business, through a career, through inheritance, or through some combination. They have complex financial lives. They have professionals who advise them. And they have a need for someone to make sure it all works together.
That someone is Hudson.
The firm’s work is not about products. It is not about transactions. It is about stewardship. Hudson takes care of the family’s wealth, and Hudson takes care of the family’s plan, so that the family can focus on the things that matter to them: their work, their children, their community, their future.
Chris Conover has lived in Rockland County his whole life. He knows the area. He knows the families. He knows the schools, the businesses, the community. He has built Hudson Companies on that foundation, and he has built it to last.
The firm’s office is at 1 Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, New York. The work, however, is wherever the family is. Hudson meets families in their homes, in their offices, or at the firm’s office—whatever is most convenient. The relationship is personal, and the service is personal.
Families in Ridgewood who are looking for an investment advisor should understand what Hudson offers. Hudson manages the portfolio. Hudson coordinates the professionals. That is the firm. Schedule a conversation or call (845) 920-1600. The firm works with families in Ridgewood, throughout Bergen County, and across the region.
