ML WEALTH, LLC


A. General Description of the Firm MLW is an automated internet and mobile phone-based investment advisory service, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as of September 20, 2017, and wholly-owned by MoneyLion, Inc. MLW provides portfolio management services for client accounts exclusively through an online interface and mobile phone application.

B. Summary of MLW’s Advisory Services

MLW utilizes its online platform to collect personal investment criteria with respect to client profiles, with a view toward assessing clients’ risk tolerances to determine appropriate investment strategy. This profile information is used to determine overall client suitability for the MoneyLion Credit Builder Plus (“Plus”) or MoneyLion Core (“Core”) programs (described below in this Item 4B). Potential clients deemed not suitable for the Plus program or the MLW investment adviser are denied membership.

MLW will invest client assets into Exchange Traded Fund (“ETF”) model portfolios that reflect the clients’ stated risk tolerances (the “Personalized Allocation Strategy”). The Personalized Allocation Strategy will recommend one of five ETF model portfolios based on a client risk profile (conservative, moderately conservative, moderate, moderately aggressive, aggressive). Clients can also override the recommended Personalized Allocation Strategy and choose a different one of the five portfolio models, or clients may opt into an equity only model or a fixed income only ETF model. In addition to the Personalized Allocation Strategy, clients may also choose to invest in one or more of MLW’s offerings of thematic portfolios described below.

MLW’s selection of portfolios will be based on clients’ responses to a risk questionnaire and, although MLW will gather additional information as part of the membership application process, for many clients the Personalized Allocation Strategy is currently based on stated risk tolerance. MLW will provide detail to clients with respect to the allocation of securities in the ETF portfolio MLW has recommended.

The Personalized Allocation Strategy described herein utilizes highly liquid, low-fee ETFs and takes into consideration historical and projected risks and rates of return. Clients may not impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities, but may modify the portfolio strategy into which they have been allocated. In addition to the Personalized Allocation Strategy, clients may also elect to invest in various strategic thematic portfolios (the “Thematic Portfolios”), which are composed by MLW to address specific investment interests or themes (i.e. innovative technological or disruptive consumer trends, sustainable and socially responsible behavior, a focus on distribution of dividends, etc.). Any Thematic Portfolios selected by the client will be implemented along with the client’s Personalized Allocation Strategy in a single account. Clients choosing to invest in Thematic Portfolios have the option to identify their desired thematic models and modify the target weightings for their selected allocation (both in their Thematic Portfolios and Personalized Allocation Strategies). Clients will have discretion in the selection of any Thematic Portfolios, which will be in addition to the Personalized Allocation Strategy recommended by MLW or selected by the client. MLW has discretion with respect to how each Thematic Portfolio is managed, and the ETFs into which each Thematic Portfolio invests. MLW does not identify or recommend particular Thematic Portfolios, and not all Thematic Portfolios will be available for all clients. Over time, MLW may choose to increase or decrease the number and types of Thematic Portfolios that are available to clients.

The Plus and Core Membership Programs: MLW’s automated internet and mobile phone-based investment advisory service is offered as just one of many components of ML Plus LLC’s (“ML Plus”) Plus or Core membership programs, which provide access to MLW’s affordable, professional portfolio management and other tools (provided by ML Plus and not MLW) to enhance clients’ credit, financial well- being and financial literacy. ML Plus is a non-adviser entity under common control with MLW.

Additional deposits may be made at any time. ML Plus examines each customer individually to determine whether they are suitable to join the Plus membership program.

Additional services in the Plus and Core programs are not provided by MLW, and may include, but are not limited to, access to low-APR loans (“Credit Builder Plus Loans”) that are originated by non-MLW, non-adviser entities which may be under common control or otherwise affiliated with MLW (“Lenders”), free credit monitoring analytics tools, monthly credit reporting to credit bureaus, financial literacy materials, low or no-fee bank accounts and debit cards, and other rewards opportunities. For a more complete description of ML Plus and other related entities, please refer to Item 10.

Membership in the Plus program costs clients $19.99 per month. The membership fees are charged by ML Plus and not by the MLW investment adviser. Clients have the opportunity to earn back their entire membership fee each month by engaging with the app daily and making purchases with their MoneyLion debit cards. Membership in the Core program is free, but Core members will only be provided with a limited subset of the offerings available to Plus program members. Clients in the Plus program have access to Credit Builder Plus Loans, which are originated by Lenders affiliated with Adviser. In order to obtain a Credit Builder Plus Loan, clients will be required to (i) pledge the cash and securities in their investment accounts as collateral for the loan, and (ii) establish a “Credit Reserve Account” in the client’s name at DriveWealth LLC (“DriveWealth”), the clearing broker and custodian for Core and Plus program investment accounts. Depending upon the creditworthiness of the client as determined solely by Lenders, clients may be required to hold a portion of their loan principal in their Credit Reserve Account until the loan is paid off (the “Required Deposit”). Funds in the Credit Reserve Account will be held in non-marginable securities, which for this purpose may include, but may not necessarily be limited to, DriveWealth’s available FDIC bank sweep or money market sweep products. The Credit Reserve Account is an unsupervised account and the Adviser will not make any recommendations for investments in that account. Clients will not be able to access any portion of their Required Deposit until they have paid back the full principal and interest of their Credit Builder Plus Loan. The amount of the Required Deposit will differ between Plus program Clients depending upon applicable underwriting criteria and the terms of their Credit Builder Plus loans. Clients are not able to request any modification to, or impose any restrictions on, the marginable securities into which their Required Deposit is invested. Clients will not be able to identify specific securities or types of securities within their investment accounts to be pledged as collateral to a Credit Builder Plus Loan.

June 2, 2019 Pricing Changes and Migration to the Updated Plus Program

As of June 2, 2019, the terms of the former MoneyLion Plus program were modified for all new customers, pursuant to which (i) the legacy Automated Investing requirement (which had required former Plus Program members to deposit $50 each month into their investment accounts) was eliminated, (ii) the membership fee for the Credit Builder Plus program was decreased from $29 per month to $19.99 per month, and (iii) the Cashback Bonus was replaced by a new program designed to reward customers for engaging with the MoneyLion app and its various features (“Lion’s Share Rewards”).

Existing MoneyLion Plus members were initially given the option of either maintaining their preexisting MoneyLion Plus program terms, or migrating to the updated Plus program, although they were prohibited from taking out new loans from MLW affiliates until they switched to the updated Plus program.

C. Personalized Services and Investment Restrictions

MLW’s Personalized Allocation Strategy will offer an investment advisory service to identify key elements of the client’s financial profile and to determine an allocation of ETFs to best fit the client’s individual investment profile. Elements currently considered are, for many clients, limited to the client’s stated risk preference and age. More information on the Personalized Allocation Strategy can be found in Item 8. Clients may not impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities.

D. Participation In Wrap Fee Programs
Wrap Fee Programs are generally arrangements between broker-dealers, investment advisers, banks and other financial institutions and affiliated and unaffiliated investment advisers through which the clients of such firms receive discretionary investment advisory, execution, clearing and custodial services in a “bundled” form. In exchange for these “bundled” services, the clients pay an all-inclusive (or “wrap”) fee determined as a percentage of the assets held in the wrap account. Clients do not pay any investment management fees or brokerage execution fees. Brokerage execution fees are negotiated and paid by MLW. However, clients pay an Administrative Fee as explained more fully in Item 5. MLW does not presently participate in, and is not a sponsor of, any wrap fee program. Clients may pay other fees charged by DriveWealth, including but not limited to ACH processing fees or ACAT fees. E. Assets Under Management MLW manages the following amount of discretionary and non-discretionary client assets calculated as of February 28, 2020: $20,652,971 Discretionary: $20,652,971 Non-discretionary: $0 please register to get more info

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