Our Firm
SP Asset Management LLC is a SEC Registered Investment Advisor located in the heart of Silicon Valley. We specialize in providing investment management and strategic wealth planning services to clients including high net worth to ultra high net worth families, estates, trusts, pension plans and foundations.
In addition to portfolio management, we help our clients with tax planning and estate/financial planning. Our areas of expertise include stock options, concentrated positions in restricted securities, complex cross border tax planning and executive compensation.
Team
President/Principal
Sandeep Pandya
Sandeep is Principal and President of SP Asset Management LLC located in Cupertino, California. He has over two decades of experience in wealth management, investing and financial markets. An entrepreneur, he started SP Asset Management, an investment advisory firm which currently has assets under management over USD $1 billion. In addition to advice on capital markets, his wealth management practice also advises many leaders of Silicon Valley on estate planning, tax planning and complex, cross border tax issues. He has mentored many CXOs and entrepreneurs on executive compensation, mergers & acquisitions and joint ventures. One key area of expertise is managing concentrated positions in restricted securities.
Sandeep is an active early stage investor in technology companies. He has invested in over 30 companies and has been on the board of several companies. In addition, he has been a mentor/advisor to many early stage ventures. Some of his portfolio companies have had strong exits via acquisition by large companies.
Sandeep is an engineer by training. He has a B. Tech degree from IIT Bombay and a Masters degree from UC Berkeley. Sandeep was awarded the institute Silver Medal by IIT Bombay. Prior to his investment career, Sandeep spent close to a decade in the software industry in various engineering, architect and leadership roles designing embedded systems and control systems for companies in the manufacturing and communications industries.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
B. Tech., Institute Silver Medal
University of California, Berkeley
M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Director of Operations and compliance
Lucas Mosher
Lucas is head of operations management and a compliance director at SP Asset Management LLC. He has been in the Wealth Management Industry for 9 years with positions at Cross Border Firms specializing in international equity compensation, and Wells Fargo Advisors supporting a variety of High Net Worth Clients through Well’s Private Bank Channel. Because of this, he has obtained extensive experience servicing the most complex of estates and portfolios in addition to being a secondary resource in helping clients understand their financial plans created for them.
Lucas obtained his B.A in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. While initially interested in a career in Public Policy, taking an initial job in Finance changed his career aspirations due to the high level of reward derived from assisting clients in navigating the complexities found in Personal Wealth Management.
Education
University of California, San Diego
B.A., Political Science
Director of Client Relations
Razvan Raicu
Razvan heads client relations and is a financial advisor at SP Asset Management LLC. With over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, he brings a wealth of knowledge to the team.
He has over a decade of experience in the areas of portfolio management, trading, and financial planning, honed through his previous role as Associate Director of Investments at Morgan Stanley. Prior to that, he spent seven years at Wells Fargo Private Bank as a Private Wealth Associate, supporting top-performing relationship management teams and managing portfolios for high-net-worth individuals. He began his career at LPL Financial, first as a mutual fund specialist and later as a trader for their overlay portfolio management group.
Razvan earned his degree in Economics from the University of California, San Diego and later received his CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER designation in 2017. Prior to entering the financial services industry, he obtained various IT industry certifications including qualifying as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer at the age of 16.
When not working, he tours various Pickleball tournaments and explores the many hiking trails available in the Bay Area and Southern California.
Education
University of California, San Diego
B.A., Economics