Our firm is dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of
investment advisory services. Our firm is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the
State of Nevada in 2017. Our firm is primarily owned by Brian J. Buckley.
Our firm provides asset management and investment consulting services for many different types of
clients to help meet their financial goals while remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time
horizons. As a fiduciary, it is our duty to always act in the client’s best interest. This is accomplished
in part by knowing the client. Our firm has established a service-oriented advisory practice with open
lines of communication. Working with clients to understand their investment objectives while
educating them about our process, facilitates the kind of working relationship we value.
Types of Advisory Services Offered Comprehensive Portfolio Management:
As part of our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service clients will be provided asset
management and financial planning or consulting services. This service is designed to assist clients
in meeting their financial goals through the use of a financial plan or consultation. Our firm conducts
client meetings to understand the client’s current financial situation, existing resources, financial
goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what is learned, an investment approach is presented to the
client, that may consist of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, mutual funds and other public and private
securities or investments. Once the appropriate portfolio has been determined, portfolios are
continuously and regularly monitored, and if necessary, rebalanced based upon the client’s individual
needs, stated goals and objectives. Upon client request, our firm provides a summary of observations
and recommendations for the planning or consulting aspects of this service.
As part of our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service, our firm may utilize the sub-advisory
services of a third party investment advisory firm (“Sub-Adviser”) or separately managed account
(“SMA”) to aid in the implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our firm. Before
selecting a Sub-Adviser or SMA, our firm will ensure that the chosen party is properly licensed or
registered.
Financial Planning & Consulting: Our firm provides a variety of standalone financial planning and consulting services to clients for the
management of financial resources based upon an analysis of current situation, goals, and objectives.
Financial planning services will typically involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial
consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, assisting with Estate
Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, assisting with Corporate and Personal Tax
Planning, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit
Evaluation, or Business and Personal Financial Planning.
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Written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients.
Implementation of the recommendations contained within the financial plan or consultation will be
at the discretion of the client. Our firm provides clients with a summary of their financial situation,
and observations for financial planning engagements. Financial consultations are not typically
accompanied by a written summary of observations and recommendations, as the process is less
formal than the planning service. Assuming that all the information and documents requested from
the client are provided promptly, plans or consultations are typically completed within 6 months of
the client signing a contract with our firm.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an ongoing
basis. Generally, such consulting services may consist of assisting employer plan sponsors in
establishing, monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement plan. As the
needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising could include: investment options, plan structure
and participant education. Retirement Plan Consulting services typically include:
• Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development of a
statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad
strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
• Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset allocation
models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time
horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk.
• Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and
notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility.
In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory services
with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate (excluding real estate
funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded securities or assets, other
illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively, “Excluded Assets”). All retirement
plan consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state laws regulating retirement
consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or other employee benefit
plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide
services to such accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section
3(21) or 3(38) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to
the provision of services described therein.
Referrals to Third Party Money Managers: Where appropriate, our firm may utilize the services of a third party money manager for the
management of client accounts. Investment advice and trading of securities will only be offered by or
through the chosen third party money manager. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities
or other investments in connection with this service. Prior to referring clients, our firm will provide
initial due diligence on third party money managers and ongoing reviews of their management of client
accounts. In order to assist in the selection of a third party money manager, our firm will gather client
information pertaining to financial situation, investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions to be
imposed upon the management of the account. Our firm will review third party money manager
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reports provided to the client at least annually. Our firm retains the authority to terminate or replace
third-party money managers as we deem appropriate. Our firm will contact clients from time to time
in order to review their financial situation and objectives; communicate information to third party
money managers as warranted; and, assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services
provided by the third party money manager. Clients will be expected to notify our firm of any changes
in their financial situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions that could affect their
financial standing.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
Our firm offers individualized investment advice to our Comprehensive Portfolio Management
clients. General investment advice will be offered to our Financial Planning & Consulting, Retirement
Plan Consulting, and Referrals to Third Party Money Management clients. Each Comprehensive
Portfolio Management client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of
investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of
securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
Our firm does not offer or sponsor a wrap fee program.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2019, our firm manages $463,307,169 on a discretionary basis and $0 on a non-
discretionary basis.
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Compensation for Our Advisory Services Comprehensive Portfolio Management:
The maximum annual fee charged by BWM for this service will not exceed 1.25%.
Fees are negotiable and will be outlined in the advisory agreement to be signed by the client.
Annualized fees are billed on a pro-rata basis quarterly in advance based on the value of the
account(s) on the last day of the previous quarter and will be deducted from client account(s). Fees
may be deducted wholly by our firm, or by both our firm and the chosen Sub-Adviser or SMA.
Adjustments will be made for deposits and withdrawals during the quarter in excess of $50,000. If
accounts are opened during the quarter, the advisory fee due will be calculated on a pro-rata basis.
In rare cases, our firm will agree to directly invoice. As part of this process, Clients understand the
following:
a) The client’s independent custodian sends statements at least quarterly showing the market
values for each security included in the account(s) and all account disbursements, including
the amount of the advisory fees paid to our firm;
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b) Clients will provide authorization permitting our firm, Sub-Adviser and/or SMA to be directly
paid by these terms. Our firm will send an invoice directly to the custodian; and
c) If our firm sends a copy of our invoice to the client, a legend urging the comparison of
information provided in our statement with those from the qualified custodian will be
included.
Financial Planning & Consulting: Our firm charges on an hourly or flat fee basis for financial planning and consulting services. The total
estimated fee, as well as the ultimate fee charged, is based on the scope and complexity of our
engagement with the client. The maximum hourly fee to be charged will not exceed $350. Annual flat
fees will not exceed $25,000. The fee-paying arrangements for this service will be determined on a
case-by-case basis and will be detailed in the signed consulting agreement. Our firm will not require
a retainer exceeding $1,200 when services cannot be rendered within 6 months.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our Retirement Plan Consulting services are billed on an hourly or flat fee basis or a fee based on the
percentage of Plan assets under management. The total estimated fee, as well as the ultimate fee
charged, is based on the scope and complexity of our engagement with the client. The maximum
hourly fee to be charged will not exceed $350. Annual flat fees will not exceed $25,000. Fees based
on a percentage of managed Plan assets will not exceed 1.00%. The fee-paying arrangements for this
service will be determined on a case-by-case basis and will be detailed in the signed consulting
agreement.
Referrals to Third Party Managers:
Our firm may utilize the services of a third party manager (“TPM”). You will be charged, separate
from and in addition to BWM’s advisory fee, a fee to be paid to the TPM. This fee will be outlined in
the TPM’s advisory agreement to be signed by the client. Clients will be provided with a copy of the
chosen TPM’s Form ADV Part 2, all relevant Brochures, a solicitation disclosure statement detailing
the fees to be paid to both firms and the TPM’s privacy policy. The billing procedures for this service
vary based on the chosen third party money manager.
Other Types of Fees & Expenses
Clients will incur transaction fees for trades executed by their chosen custodian, either based on a
percentage of the dollar amount of assets in the account(s) or via individual transaction charges.
These transaction fees are separate from our firm’s advisory fees and will be disclosed by the chosen
custodian. Fidelity recently eliminated transaction fees for U.S. listed equities and exchange traded
funds for clients who opt into electronic delivery of statements or maintain at least $1 million in
assets at Fidelity.
Clients may also pay holdings charges imposed by the chosen custodian for certain investments,
charges imposed directly by a mutual fund, index fund, or exchange traded fund, which shall be
disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (i.e., fund management fees, initial or deferred sales charges,
mutual fund sales loads, 12b-1 fees, surrender charges, variable annuity fees, IRA and qualified
retirement plan fees, and other fund expenses). Our firm does not receive a portion of these fees.
For more information on brokerage arrangements, please refer to Item 12 of this Brochure.
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Termination & Refunds Either party may terminate the advisory agreement signed with our firm for Comprehensive
Portfolio Management services in writing at any time. Upon notice of termination our firm will
process a pro-rata refund of the unearned portion of the advisory fees charged in advance at the
beginning of the quarter.
Financial Planning & Consulting clients may terminate their agreement at any time before the
delivery of a financial plan by providing written notice. For purposes of calculating refunds, all work
performed by us up to the point of termination shall be calculated at the hourly fee currently in effect.
Clients will receive a pro-rata refund of unearned fees based on the time and effort expended by our
firm.
Either party to a Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement may terminate at any time by providing
written notice to the other party. Full refunds will only be made in cases where cancellation occurs
within 5 business days of signing an agreement. After 5 business days from initial signing, either
party must provide the other party 30 days’ written notice to terminate billing. Billing will terminate
30 days after receipt of termination notice. Clients will be charged on a pro-rata basis, which takes
into account work completed by our firm on behalf of the client. Clients will incur charges for bona
fide advisory services rendered up to the point of termination (determined as 30 days from receipt
of said written notice) and such fees will be due and payable.
Commissionable Securities Sales
Our firm and representatives do not sell securities for a commission in advisory accounts.
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Our firm has the following types of clients:
• Individuals and High Net Worth Individuals;
• Trusts, Estates or Charitable Organizations;
• Pension and Profit Sharing Plans;
• Corporations, Limited Liability Companies and/or Other Business Types.
Our firm does not impose requirements for opening and maintaining accounts or otherwise engaging
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Methods of Analysis We may use the following methods of analysis in formulating our investment advice and/or
managing client assets:
Charting: In this type of technical analysis, we review charts of market and security activity in an
attempt to identify when the market is moving up or down and to predict how long the trend may
last and when that trend might reverse.
Cyclical Analysis: The statistical analysis of specific events occurring at a sufficient number of
relatively predictable intervals that they can be forecasted into the future. Cyclical analysis asserts
that cyclical forces drive price movements in the financial markets. Risks include that cycles may
invert or disappear and there is no expectation that this type of analysis will pinpoint turning points.
This method can also be used in conjunction with other methods of analysis.
Fundamental Analysis: We attempt to measure the intrinsic value of a security by looking at
economic and financial factors (including the overall economy, industry conditions, and the financial
condition and management of the company itself) to determine if the company is underpriced or
overpriced. Fundamental analysis does not attempt to anticipate market movements. This presents
a potential risk, as the price of a security can move up or down along with the overall market
regardless of the economic and financial factors considered in evaluating the stock.
Technical Analysis: We analyze past market movements and apply that analysis to the present in
an attempt to recognize recurring patterns of investor behavior and potentially predict future price
movement. Technical analysis does not consider the underlying financial condition of a company.
This presents a risk in that a poorly-managed or financially unsound company may underperform
regardless of market movement.
Investment Strategies We Use
We may use the following strategies in managing client accounts, provided that such strategies are
appropriate to the needs of the client and consistent with the client's investment objectives, risk
tolerance, and time horizons, among other considerations:
Asset Allocation: Rather than focusing primarily on securities selection, we attempt to identify an
appropriate ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash suitable to the client’s investment goals and
risk tolerance. A risk of asset allocation is that the client may not fully participate in sharp increases
in a particular security, industry or market sector. Another risk is that the ratio of securities, fixed
income, and cash will change over time due to stock and market movements and, if not corrected,
will no longer be appropriate for the client’s goals.
Exchange Traded Funds (“ETF”): An ETF is a type of Investment Company (usually, an open-end
fund or unit investment trust) whose primary objective is to achieve the same return as a particular
market index. The vast majority of ETFs are designed to track an index, so their performance is close
to that of an index mutual fund, but they are not exact duplicates. A tracking error, or the difference
between the returns of a fund and the returns of the index, can arise due to differences in
composition, management fees, expenses, and handling of dividends. ETFs benefit from continuous
pricing; they can be bought and sold on a stock exchange throughout the trading day. Because ETFs
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trade like stocks, orders can be placed just like with individual stocks - such as limit orders, good-
until-canceled orders, stop loss orders etc. They can also be sold short. ETFs are bought and sold at
the market prices on the exchanges, which resemble the underlying net asset value (“NAV”) but are
independent of it. Arbitrageurs will ensure that ETF prices are kept very close to the NAV of the
underlying securities. Anyone can buy any ETF no matter where in the world it trades.
One of the main features of ETFs are their low annual fees, especially when compared to traditional
mutual funds. The passive nature of index investing, reduced marketing, and distribution and
accounting expenses all contribute to the lower fees. Individual investors, however, must pay a
brokerage commission to purchase and sell ETF shares. For those investors who trade frequently,
this can significantly increase the cost of investing in ETFs. An actively managed fund, however,
selects its stocks and the weightings in any given company or industry. This means that the actively
managed fund has the opportunity to outperform the index as well as the ability to underperform the
index.
Fixed Income: Typically, the values of fixed-income securities change inversely with prevailing
interest rates. Therefore, a fundamental risk of fixed-income securities is interest rate risk, which is
the risk that their value will generally decline as prevailing interest rates rise, which may cause your
account value to likewise decrease, and vice versa. How specific fixed income securities may react to
changes in interest rates will depend on the specific characteristics of each security. Fixed-income
securities are also subject to credit risk, prepayment risk, valuation risk, and liquidity risk. Credit risk
is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest and principal in a timely manner, or that
negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of a bond to
decline.
Long-Term Purchases: When utilizing this strategy, we may purchase securities with the idea of
holding them for a relatively long time (typically for at least a year). A risk in a long-term purchase
strategy is that by holding the security for this length of time, we may not take advantages of short-
term gains that could be profitable to a client. Moreover, if our predictions are incorrect, a security
may decline sharply in value before we make the decision to sell. We typically employ this sub-
strategy when we believe the securities to be attractively valued; and/or we want exposure to a
particular asset class over time, regardless of the current projection for this class. The potential risks
associated with this investment strategy involve a lower than expected return, for many years in a
row. Lower-than-expected returns that last for a long time and/or that are severe in nature would
have the impact of dramatically lowering the ending value of your portfolio, and thus could
significantly threaten your ability to meet financial goals.
Mutual Funds: A mutual fund pools money from many investors to construct a portfolio of stocks,
bonds, real estate, or other securities based upon the objectives of the fund. The portfolio is
professionally managed, and each share represents an investor’s proportionate ownership of the
portfolio and the income it generates. The price that investors pay for mutual fund shares is the fund’s
approximate NAV per share plus any fees that the fund imposes at the time of purchase (such as sales
loads). Investors typically cannot ascertain the exact make-up of a fund’s portfolio at any given time,
nor can they directly influence which securities the fund manager buys and sells or the timing of
those trades. With an individual stock, investors can obtain real-time (or close to real-time) pricing
information with relative ease by checking financial websites or by calling a broker or your
investment adviser. Investors can also monitor how a stock’s price changes from hour to hour—or
even second to second. By contrast, with a mutual fund, the price at which an investor purchases or
redeems shares will typically depend on the fund’s NAV, which is calculated daily after market close.
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Third-Party Money Manager Analysis: We examine the experience, expertise, investment
philosophies, and past performance of independent third-party investment managers in an attempt
to determine if that manager has demonstrated an ability to invest over a period of time and in
different economic conditions. We monitor the manager’s underlying holdings, strategies,
concentrations and leverage as part of our overall periodic risk assessment. Additionally, as part of
our due-diligence process, we survey the manager’s compliance and business enterprise risks. A risk
of investing with a third-party manager who has been successful in the past is that he/she may not
be able to replicate that success in the future. In addition, as we do not control the underlying
investments in a third-party manager’s portfolio, there is also a risk that a manager may deviate from
the stated investment mandate or strategy of the portfolio, making it a less suitable investment for
our clients. Moreover, as we do not control the manager’s daily business and compliance operations,
we may be unaware of the lack of internal controls necessary to prevent business, regulatory or
reputational deficiencies.
Active Trading: The buying and selling of securities with the intention of holding the securities for
a short duration, typically for no more than one day. Active Trading as an investment strategy seeks
to take advantage of short-term movements in price, and often focuses on financial instruments in
higher demand, such as stocks, currencies, options, and derivatives. Active Trading is considered one
of the most speculative trading strategies. Because security prices are constantly moving up and
down, active trading often requires investors to forgo in-depth analysis. Instead the investor may
focus on patterns, moving averages, break points and price momentum to determine what the
likelihood of an upward or downward movement in price will be. This practice may not be suitable
for every investor, and may involve a high volume of trading activity. Each trade generates a
commission and the total daily commission on such a high volume of trading can be considerable.
This activity may result in the loss of more than 100% of an investment.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Investment values
will rise and fall depending on economic news, industry conditions, global political activity,
management decisions and changes, and many other unforeseeable factors. It is important that
clients understand the risks associated with investing in the stock market, that they appropriately
diversify their investments, and that they feel free to ask any questions at any time.
Capital Risk: Capital risk is one of the most basic, fundamental risks of investing; it is the risk that
you may lose 100% of your money. All investments carry some form of risk and the loss of capital is
generally a risk for any investment instrument.
Currency Risk: Fluctuations in the value of the currency in which your investment is denominated
may affect the value of your investment and thus, your investment may be worth more or less in the
future. All currency is subject to swings in valuation and thus, regardless of the currency
denomination of any particular investment you own, currency risk is a realistic risk measure. That
said, currency risk is generally a much larger factor for investment instruments denominated in
currencies other than the most widely used currencies (U.S. dollar, British pound, German mark,
Euro, Japanese yen, French franc, etc.).
Economic Risk: The prevailing economic environment is important to the health of all businesses.
Some companies, however, are more sensitive to changes in the domestic or global economy than
others. These types of companies are often referred to as cyclical businesses. Countries in which a
large portion of businesses are in cyclical industries are thus also very economically sensitive and
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carry a higher amount of economic risk. If an investment is issued by a party located in a country that
experiences wide swings from an economic standpoint or in situations where certain elements of an
investment instrument are hinged on dealings in such countries, the investment instrument will
generally be subject to a higher level of economic risk.
Inflation Risk: Inflation risk involves the concern that in the future, your investment or proceeds
from your investment will not be worth what they are today. Throughout time, the prices of resources
and end-user products generally increase and thus, the same general goods and products today will
likely be more expensive in the future. The longer an investment is held, the greater the chance that
the proceeds from that investment will be worth less in the future than what they are today. Said
another way, a dollar tomorrow will likely get you less than what it can today.
Interest Rate Risk: Certain investments involve the payment of a fixed or variable rate of interest to
the investment holder. Once an investor has acquired or has acquired the rights to an investment that
pays a particular rate (fixed or variable) of interest, changes in overall interest rates in the market
will affect the value of the interest-paying investment(s) they hold. In general, changes in prevailing
interest rates in the market will have an inverse relationship to the value of existing, interest paying
investments. In other words, as interest rates move up, the value of an instrument paying a particular
rate (fixed or variable) of interest will go down. The reverse is generally true as well.
Liquidity Risk: Certain assets may not be readily converted into cash or may have a very limited
market in which they trade. Thus, you may experience the risk that your investment or assets within
your investment may not be able to be liquidated quickly, thus, extending the period of time by which
you may receive the proceeds from your investment. Liquidity risk can also result in unfavorable
pricing when exiting (i.e. not being able to quickly get out of an investment before the price drops
significantly) a particular investment and therefore, can have a negative impact on investment
returns.
Market Risk: The value of your portfolio may decrease if the value of an individual company or
multiple companies in the portfolio decreases or if our belief about a company’s intrinsic worth is
incorrect. Further, regardless of how well individual companies perform, the value of your portfolio
could also decrease if there are deteriorating economic or market conditions. It is important to
understand that the value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, in response to changes in
the market, and you could lose money. Investment risks include price risk as may be observed by a
drop in a security’s price due to company specific events (e.g. earnings disappointment or downgrade
in the rating of a bond) or general market risk (e.g. such as a “bear” market when stock values fall in
general). For fixed-income securities, a period of rising interest rates could erode the value of a bond
since bond values generally fall as bond yields go up. Past performance is not a guarantee of future
returns.
Market Timing Risk: Market timing can include high risk of loss since it looks at an aggregate market
versus a specific security. Timing risk explains the potential for missing out on beneficial movements
in price due to an error in timing. This could cause harm to the value of an investor's portfolio because
of purchasing too high or selling too low
Past Performance: Charting and technical analysis are often used interchangeably. Technical
analysis generally attempts to forecast an investment’s future potential by analyzing its past
performance and other related statistics. In particular, technical analysis often times involves an
evaluation of historical pricing and volume of a particular security for the purpose of forecasting
where future price and volume figures may go. As with any investment analysis method, technical
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analysis runs the risk of not knowing the future and thus, investors should realize that even the most
diligent and thorough technical analysis cannot predict or guarantee the future performance of any
particular investment instrument or issuer thereof.
Description of Material, Significant or Unusual Risks Our firm generally invests client cash balances in money market funds, FDIC Insured Certificates of
Deposit, high-grade commercial paper and/or government backed debt instruments. our firm tries
to achieve the highest return on client cash balances through relatively low-risk conservative
investments. In most cases, at least a partial cash balance will be maintained in a money market
account so that our firm may debit advisory fees for services related to Comprehensive Portfolio
Management services, as applicable.
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There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to the evaluation of our advisory business
or the integrity of our management.
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Representatives of our firm are licensed insurance agents. As a result of these transactions, they
receive normal and customary commissions. A conflict of interest exists as these commissionable
sales create an incentive to recommend products based on the compensation earned. To mitigate this
potential conflict, our firm will act in the client’s best interest.
Our firm maintains a business relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC (“Dynasty”), which
provides our firm with operational and back office support, including access to a network of service
providers. Through the Dynasty network of service providers, our firm has access to trading
technology, transition support, reporting, custody, brokerage, investments, compliance and other
related services. Our firm may also engage and/or recommend Dynasty’s subsidiary, Dynasty
Wealth Management LLC, a registered investment adviser, to clients for certain outsourced
investment services, such as separate account management, asset allocation strategies and externally
managed investment programs.
While our firm believes this open architecture structure for both operational and investment services
best serves the interests of its Clients, this relationship may potentially present certain conflicts of
interest due to the fact that Dynasty retains a portion of the platform or other third party fees paid
by our firm or Clients for the services referenced above. In light of the foregoing, our firm seeks at all
times to ensure that any material conflicts are addressed on a fully-disclosed basis and handled in a
manner that is aligned with Clients’ best interests. Our firm does not receive any portion of the fees
paid directly to Dynasty, its affiliates or the service providers made available through Dynasty’s
platform. In addition, our firm reviews all such relationships, including the service providers engaged
through Dynasty, on an ongoing basis in an effort to ensure clients are receiving competitive rates in
relation to the quality and scope of the services provided.
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Our firm is not registered, nor does it have an application pending to register, as a broker-dealer,
investment company or pooled investment vehicle, other investment adviser or financial planner,
futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, banking or
thrift institution, accountant or accounting firm, lawyer or law firm, insurance company or agency,
pension consultant, real estate broker or dealer or a sponsor or syndicator of limited partnership, or
an associated person of the foregoing entities.
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Client Transactions & Personal Trading As a fiduciary, it is an investment adviser’s responsibility to provide fair and full disclosure of all material
facts and to act solely in the best interest of each of our clients at all times. Our fiduciary duty is the
underlying principle for our firm’s Code of Ethics, which includes procedures for personal securities
transaction and insider trading. Our firm requires all representatives to conduct business with the
highest level of ethical standards and to comply with all federal and state securities laws at all times.
Upon employment with our firm, and at least annually thereafter, all representatives of our firm will
acknowledge receipt, understanding and compliance with our firm’s Code of Ethics. Our firm and
representatives must conduct business in an honest, ethical, and fair manner and avoid all circumstances
that might negatively affect or appear to affect our duty of complete loyalty to all clients. This disclosure
is provided to give all clients a summary of our Code of Ethics. If a client or a potential client wishes to
review our Code of Ethics in its entirety, a copy will be provided promptly upon request.
Our firm recognizes that the personal investment transactions of our representatives demands the
application of a Code of Ethics with high standards and requires that all such transactions be carried out
in a way that does not endanger the interest of any client. At the same time, our firm also believes that if
investment goals are similar for clients and for our representatives, it is logical, and even desirable, that
there be common ownership of some securities.
In order to prevent conflicts of interest, our firm has established procedures for transactions effected by
our representatives for their personal accounts1. In order to monitor compliance with our personal
trading policy, our firm has pre-clearance requirements and a quarterly securities transaction reporting
system for all of our representatives.
Neither our firm nor a related person recommends, buys or sells for client accounts, securities in
which our firm or a related person has a material financial interest without prior disclosure to the
client.
Related persons of our firm may buy or sell securities and other investments that are also
recommended to clients. In order to minimize this conflict of interest, our related persons will place
client interests ahead of their own interests and adhere to our firm’s Code of Ethics, a copy of which
is available upon request.
1 For purposes of the policy, our associate’s personal account generally includes any account (a) in the name of our associate, his/her spouse,
his/her minor children or other dependents residing in the same household, (b) for which our associate is a trustee or executor, or (c) which our
associate controls, including our client accounts which our associate controls and/or a member of his/her household has a direct or indirect
beneficial interest in.
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Likewise, related persons of our firm buy or sell securities for themselves at or about the same time they
buy or sell the same securities for client accounts. In order to minimize this conflict of interest, our
related persons will place client interests ahead of their own interests and adhere to our firm’s Code of
Ethics, a copy of which is available upon request. Further, our related persons will refrain from buying
or selling the same securities prior to buying or selling for our clients in the same day unless included in
a block trade.
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Selecting a Brokerage Firm
Our firm does not maintain custody of client assets. Client assets must be maintained by a qualified
custodian. Our firm seeks to recommend a custodian who will hold client assets and execute
transactions on terms that are overall most advantageous when compared to other available
providers and their services. The factors considered, among others, are these:
• Timeliness of execution
• Timeliness and accuracy of trade confirmations
• Research services provided
• Ability to provide investment ideas
• Execution facilitation services provided
• Record keeping services provided
• Custody services provided
• Frequency and correction of trading errors
• Ability to access a variety of market venues
• Expertise as it relates to specific securities
• Financial condition
• Business reputation
• Quality of services
Our firm has an arrangement with National Financial Services LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
(collectively, and together with all affiliates, "Fidelity") through which Fidelity provides our firm with
"institutional platform services." Our firm is independently operated and owned and is not affiliated with
Fidelity. The institutional platform services include, among others, brokerage, custody, and other related
services. Fidelity's institutional platform services that assist us in managing and administering clients'
accounts include software and other technology that (i) provide access to client account data (such as
trade confirmations and account statements); (ii) facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated
trade orders for multiple client accounts; (iii) provide research, pricing and other market data; (iv)
facilitate payment of fees from its clients' accounts; and (v) assist with back-office functions,
recordkeeping and client reporting.
Our non-wrap clients may pay a transaction fee or commission to Fidelity that is higher than another
qualified broker dealer might charge to effect the same transaction where our firm determines in
good faith that the commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research
services provided to the client as a whole. Fidelity recently eliminated transaction fees for U.S. listed
equities and exchange traded funds for clients who opt into electronic delivery of statements or
maintain at least $1 million in assets at Fidelity.
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Fidelity may make certain research and brokerage services available at no additional cost to our firm.
Research products and services provided by Fidelity may include: research reports on
recommendations or other information about particular companies or industries; economic surveys,
data and analyses; financial publications; portfolio evaluation services; financial database software and
services; computerized news and pricing services; quotation equipment for use in running software
used in investment decision-making; and other products or services that provide lawful and appropriate
assistance by Fidelity to our firm in the performance of our investment decision-making responsibilities.
The aforementioned research and brokerage services qualify for the safe harbor exemption defined in
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Fidelity does not make client brokerage commissions generated by client transactions available for
our firm’s use. The aforementioned research and brokerage services are used by our firm to manage
accounts for which our firm has investment discretion. Without this arrangement, our firm might be
compelled to purchase the same or similar services at our own expense for the management of all
accounts.
Our firm also receives from Fidelity certain additional benefits that may or may not be offered to any
other independent investment advisers participating in the program, including transition related
expenses, client account closing fees to assist with the transition, etc. Fidelity provides this to our firm
in its sole discretion and at its own expense. Our firm’s receipt of these services raises potential
conflicts of interest. In providing these services to our firm, Fidelity most likely considers the amount
and profitability to Fidelity of the assets in, and trades placed for, our firm’s Client accounts
maintained with Fidelity. Review of soft dollars made available to our firm, and whether or not such
benefits assist with the provision of services to all clients is included in our best execution review.
Our firm may receive without cost from Fidelity computer software and related systems support,
which allows our firm to better monitor client accounts maintained at Fidelity. We may receive the
software and related support without cost because our firm renders investment management
services to Clients that maintain assets at Fidelity. The software and support is not provided in
connection with securities transactions of clients (i.e., not “soft dollars”), but is tied specifically to the
amount of Client assets at Fidelity. The software and related systems support may benefit our firm,
but not Clients directly. In fulfilling its duties to our Clients, our firm endeavors at all times to put the
interests of Clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that our firm’s receipt of economic
benefits from a broker-dealer creates a conflict of interest since these benefits may influence our
choice of broker-dealer over another that does not furnish similar software, systems support or
services. Specifically, our firm may receive the following benefits from Fidelity:
• Payments made directly to qualifying third-party service providers, including Dynasty, who
make certain transition support services, software and technology available to our firm;
• Receipt of duplicate client confirmations and bundled duplicate statements;
• Access to a trading desk that exclusively services its institutional traders;
• Access to block trading which provides the ability to aggregate securities transactions and
then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts; and
• Access to an electronic communication network for client order entry and account
information.
As part of our fiduciary duty to our clients, our firm will endeavor at all times to put the interests of
our clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that the receipt of economic benefits by our firm
or our related persons creates a potential conflict of interest and may indirectly influence our firm’s
choice of Fidelity as a custodial recommendation. Our firm examined this potential conflict of interest
when our firm chose to recommend Fidelity and have determined that the recommendation is in the
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best interest of our firm’s clients and satisfies our fiduciary obligations, including our duty to seek best
execution.
In seeking best execution, the determinative factor is not the lowest possible cost, but whether the
transaction represents the best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the full range of a
broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, execution capability, commission
rates, responsiveness, and the use of additional benefits and how they’ll be utilized by the firm or
with clients, as applicable. Although our firm will seek competitive rates, to the benefit of all clients,
our firm may not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for specific client account
transactions.
Our firm receives “eligible” products and services under safe harbor as determined under the
Securities and Exchange Act, Section 28(e). These products and services include educational events
sponsored or co-sponsored by various investment management and fund companies. As a fiduciary,
our firm endeavors to act in its clients’ best interest. However, our recommendations may be based
in part on various benefits, products, services and other arrangements made available to us, and not
solely based on the nature, cost, investment offerings or quality of custody and brokerage services.
Our firm has examined this potential conflict of interest and determined the relationship to be in our
clients’ best interest, satisfies client obligations and meets our duty to seek best execution.
Client Brokerage Commissions
Fidelity does not make client brokerage commissions generated by client transactions available for
our firm’s use. Our firm does not direct client transactions to a particular broker-dealer in return for
soft dollar benefits. Our firm does not receive brokerage for client referrals.
Directed Brokerage
In certain instances, clients may seek to limit or restrict our discretionary authority in making the
determination of the brokers with whom orders for the purchase or sale of securities are placed for
execution, and the commission rates at which such securities transactions are effected. Clients may
seek to limit our authority in this area by directing that transactions (or some specified percentage
of transactions) be executed through specified brokers in return for portfolio evaluation or other
services deemed by the client to be of value. Any such client direction must be in writing (often
through our advisory agreement), and may contain a representation from the client that the
arrangement is permissible under its governing laws and documents, if this is relevant.
Our firm provides appropriate disclosure in writing to clients who direct trades to particular brokers,
that with respect to their directed trades, they will be treated as if they have retained the investment
discretion that our firm otherwise would have in selecting brokers to effect transactions and in
negotiating commissions and that such direction may adversely affect our ability to obtain best price
and execution. In addition, our firm will inform clients in writing that the trade orders may not be
aggregated with other clients’ orders and that direction of brokerage may hinder best execution.
Special Considerations for ERISA Clients A retirement or ERISA plan client may direct all or part of portfolio transactions for its account
through a specific broker or dealer in order to obtain goods or services on behalf of the plan. Such
direction is permitted provided that the goods and services provided are reasonable expenses of the
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plan incurred in the ordinary course of its business for which it otherwise would be obligated and
empowered to pay. ERISA prohibits directed brokerage arrangements when the goods or services
purchased are not for the exclusive benefit of the plan. Consequently, our firm will request that plan
sponsors who direct plan brokerage provide us with a letter documenting that this arrangement will
be for the exclusive benefit of the plan.
Client-Directed Brokerage Our firm allows clients to direct brokerage outside our recommendation. Our firm may be unable to
achieve the most favorable execution of client transactions. Client directed brokerage may cost
clients more money. For example, in a directed brokerage account, clients may pay higher brokerage
commissions because our firm may not be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs, or
clients may receive less favorable prices.
Aggregation of Purchase or Sale
Our firm provides investment management services for various clients. There are occasions on which
portfolio transactions may be executed as part of concurrent authorizations to purchase or sell the same
security for numerous accounts served by our firm, which involve accounts with similar investment
objectives. Although such concurrent authorizations potentially could be either advantageous or
disadvantageous to any one or more particular accounts, they are affected only when our firm believes
that to do so will be in the best interest of the effected accounts. When such concurrent authorizations
occur, the objective is to allocate the executions in a manner which is deemed equitable to the accounts
involved. In any given situation, our firm attempts to allocate trade executions in the most equitable
manner possible, taking into consideration client objectives, current asset allocation and availability of
funds using price averaging, proration and consistently non-arbitrary methods of allocation.
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Our management personnel or financial advisors periodically review accounts on at least a quarterly
basis for our Comprehensive Portfolio Management, and Third Party Money Management clients. The
nature of these reviews is to learn whether client accounts are in line with the client’s investment
objectives, and are appropriately positioned based on market conditions, and investment policies, if
applicable. Our firm does not provide written reports to clients, unless asked to do so. Verbal reports
to clients take place on at least an annual basis when clients are contacted. Our firm may review client
accounts more frequently than described above and may suggest different asset allocations at any
time based upon market conditions. Among the factors which may trigger an off-cycle review are
major market or economic events, the client’s life events, requests by the client, etc.
Financial Planning clients do not receive reviews of their written plans unless they take action to
schedule a financial consultation with us. Our firm does not provide ongoing services to financial
planning clients, but are willing to meet with such clients upon their request to discuss updates to
their plans, changes in their circumstances, etc. Financial Planning clients do not receive written or
verbal updated reports regarding their financial plans unless they separately engage our firm for a
post-financial plan meeting or update to their initial written financial plan.
Retirement Plan Consulting clients receive reviews of their retirement plans for the duration of the
service. Our firm also provides ongoing services where clients are met with upon their request to
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discuss updates to their plans, changes in their circumstances, etc. Retirement Plan Consulting clients
do not receive written or verbal updated reports regarding their plans unless they choose to engage
our firm for ongoing services.
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Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Except for the arrangements outlined in Item 12 of Form ADV Part 2A, our firm has no additional
arrangements to disclose.
Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC
Dynasty has assisted our firm in negotiating or facilitating payments from Fidelity in the form of
credits to be applied toward qualifying third party service provider expenses incurred in relation to
transition costs or the provision of core services. This may include, but is not limited to, support of
our firm’s research, marketing, technology or software platforms. In some instances, Dynasty may
serve in an administrative capacity to support the disbursement of these funds furnished by Fidelity.
Product Sponsor Funded Events Various product wholesalers provide financial assistance to allow us to sponsor client educational
seminars, or attend such seminars hosted by the product sponsor. This money is not directly tied to
our use of their products, nor it is contingent upon any future business to be directed to their
products, nonetheless it creates a conflict of interest that may incentivize us to utilize their
products. Our firm will adhere to our fiduciary duty to act in our client’s best interest when
selecting what products to use in client accounts
Referral Fees Our firm does not pay referral fees (non-commission based) to independent solicitors (non-
registered representatives) for the referral of their clients to our firm in accordance with Rule 206
(4)-3 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
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Our firm does not have custody of client funds or securities. All of our clients receive account
statements directly from their qualified custodians at least quarterly upon opening of an account. If
our firm decides to also send account statements to clients, such notice and account statements
include a legend that recommends that the client compare the account statements received from the
qualified custodian with those received from our firm. Clients are encouraged to raise any questions
with us about the custody, safety or security of their assets and our custodial recommendations.
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The SEC issued a no‐action letter (“Letter”) with respect to the Rule 206(4)‐2 (“Custody Rule”) under
the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”). The letter provided guidance on the Custody
Rule as well as clarified that an adviser who has the power to disburse client funds to a third party
under a standing letter of instruction (“SLOA”) is deemed to have custody. As such, our firm has
adopted the following safeguards. As such, our firm has adopted the following safeguarding
procedures in conjunction with our custodian, Fidelity:
• Fidelity’s forms, used to establish a standing letter of authorization, include the name and
account number on the receiving account and must be signed by the client.
• Fidelity’s SLOA forms currently require client’s signature.
• Fidelity performs verification on all SLOA forms and sends a transfer of notice to the client
promptly following the transaction.
• Clients always have the ability to terminate (or amend) an SLOA in writing.
• Our firm has no authority, or ability, to amend the third party designated on a standing
instruction.
• Our firm maintains records showing the third party is not a related party of our firm or
located at our firm.
• Fidelity notifies the client in writing when a new standing instruction is set up. Clients also
receive an annual mailing reconfirming the existence of the standing instruction
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Clients have the option of providing our firm with investment discretion on their behalf, pursuant to
an executed investment advisory client agreement. By granting investment discretion, our firm is
authorized to execute securities transactions, determine which securities are bought and sold, when
securities are bought and sold, and the total amount to be bought and sold. Limitations may be
imposed by the client in the form of specific constraints on any of these areas of discretion with our
firm’s written acknowledgement.
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Our firm does not accept the proxy authority to vote client securities. Clients will receive proxies or
other solicitations directly from their custodian or a transfer agent. In the event that proxies are sent
to our firm, our firm will forward them to the appropriate client and ask the party who sent them to
mail them directly to the client in the future. Clients may call, write or email us to discuss questions
they may have about particular proxy votes or other solicitations.
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Our firm is not required to provide financial information in this Brochure because:
• Our firm does not require the prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees when services cannot
be rendered within 6 months.
• Our firm does not take custody of client funds or securities.
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• Our firm does not have a financial condition or commitment that impairs our ability to meet
contractual and fiduciary obligations to clients.
Our firm has never been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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