About Us

Frederick M. Hanish

Founder & Managing Member

Old Drake is a boutique fee-only investment consulting firm specializing in strategies whose objectives include generating growing passive income for a select clientele. I have over four decades of investment experience as a private investor and fiduciary working in all four major asset classes. We provide expertise in niche strategies and services whose objectives include producing growing passive income for a limited clientele delivered in a consultative, tax-friendly, fee-sane, modest retainer-based relationship.

Republic Wealth Advisors was acquired by Mercer Advisors on 12-31-19.

My 40+ years of industry experience also includes Co-Owner, Portfolio Manager and Investment Committee member at Republic Wealth Advisors.

Prior to Republic, I was a Managing Director with Russell Investments and also served as a member of the firm's Global Operating Committee helping oversee more than $250 Billion in managed assets.

I authored the book/ebook Three Generations from the Outhouse as well as the foreword to The Wealth Management Edge: Unlocking the Wealth Building Secrets of America’s Most successful families.

I earned a B.A. in Business Administration and Economics from St. John’s University, Minnesota.