The United States Securities and Exchange Commission granted the investment adviser registration of
Access Wealth (“
Access Wealth”) on July 1, 2001. The owners of the company are Darren Zagarola (CRD
Number 5121491), Howard Hook (CRD Number 4199828), Howard Milove (CRD Number 3230483),
Lawrence Zagarola (CRD Number 4411966), Bruce Michael Milove (CRD Number 1145479), and Access
Financial Planning, Inc. (EIN 22-2829383). Tracy A. Hagberg (CRD Number 1841992) is Chief Compliance
Officer of the firm. The firm is not publicly owned or traded. Our services are tailored to the individual
needs of our investment advisory and financial planning clients. Clients may impose reasonable
restrictions by discussing any such proposed restrictions with the Firm and agreeing with the Firm on
any such restrictions. The firm does not sponsor wrap programs. As of December 31, 2018, the firm
managed assets on a discretionary basis in the amount of $296,873,798 which represented 337 clients.
Investment Advisory Services
Our investment advisory services are designed to construct portfolios that are intended to achieve the
highest returns possible without exceeding the client's tolerance for risk.
Access Wealth shall be
responsible for the review of the client's allocation of assets, and shall provide the client with advice in
respect thereof, including, but not limited to, quarterly reports, continuous and regular supervisory
and/or management services, telephone consultations regarding financial affairs, monitoring of
investments being overseen by the adviser, economic advisory letters, articles of interest and other
written materials which the adviser may send out from time to time, and advice with respect to the
investment and reinvestment of those assets of the client designated by the client to be subject to the
advisor’s monitoring.
We will not require an account minimum for investment advisory services. The annual fee for these
services shall not exceed 1.5% of the market value of the assets and shall be negotiated and agreed
upon at the time the
Investment Advisory Agreement is executed. The fees shall be paid on a quarterly
basis, in advance. Both the client and
Access Wealth shall have the right to terminate the
Investment
Advisor Agreement, at any time, upon written notice. This service is offered on a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis, pursuant to the terms of the
Investment Advisory Agreement. We will utilize
discretion in determining the securities to be bought or sold and/or the amount of the securities to be
bought or sold for the client's account if the client has authorized such discretion in the
Investment
Advisory Agreement. If the client has not given authorization to have such discretion, we will provide
the client with recommendations and will execute transactions only with the client's prior
authorization.
Prior to engaging
Access Wealth to provide investment advisory services, the client will be required to
enter into a formal
Investment Advisory Agreement setting forth the terms and conditions under which
we shall manage the client's assets. The client may authorize the account custodian to debit the
account for the amount of the investment management fee and to directly remit that management fee
to us in accordance with applicable regulatory procedures.
The Investment Advisory Agreement
between
Access Wealth and the client will remain in effect unless and until terminated by either party
by written notice. The investment management fee shall be prorated through the date of termination,
and the remaining balance of any unearned fee shall be promptly refunded to the client in the event
of a termination of the
Investment Advisory Agreement.
In performing our services, we shall not be required to verify any information received from the client
or from the client's other professionals, and are expressly authorized to rely thereon. The client is free
to accept or reject any recommendations made by
Access Wealth. Moreover, each client is advised that
it remains the client’s responsibility to promptly notify us if there is a change in their financial situation
or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or revising our previous
recommendations and/or services, or if they wish to impose any reasonable restrictions upon our
investment advisory services.
Financial Planning
Access Wealth may provide its clients with a broad range of financial planning services. These may
include cash management, tax planning, risk management, retirement planning, education planning
and estate planning. Our investment advisory representatives meet with clients to gather pertinent
information; as well as assist them in determining their financial goals and objectives. As further
discussed in Section 5 of this disclosure brochure,
Access Wealth charges an hourly fee or fixed fee,
based on the complexity of the financial plan. The fee will be negotiated between the client and their
investment advisory representative and will be incorporated into the
Financial Planning Agreement. In
the event the client terminates our financial planning services, the balance of any unearned fee shall
be refunded to the client. The client is free at all times to accept or reject any financial planning or
investment recommendations. The client is free to obtain legal, accounting and/or brokerage services
to implement any of the recommendations. If requested by the client, we may recommend the services
of other professionals for implementation purposes. However, the client is not obligated to engage the
services of any recommended professional. Client retains absolute discretion over all such
implementation decisions. Clients are encouraged to renew
Access Wealth’s financial planning services
on an annual basis for the purpose of reviewing and updating our previous recommendations and/or
services.
Account Aggregation Services
We also offer Account Aggregation services, whereby a client contracts with
Access Wealth to track the
client's existing investments. The client must provide statements or consent to have their statements
downloaded directly to our systems. We will maintain the investment data and produce Portfolio
Management reports on a monthly or quarterly basis. There is an hourly fee for this service. This fee is
negotiable and will be agreed upon between the client and the investment advisory representative.
Our Account Aggregation Services do not include financial planning or management of assets.
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Investment Advisory Services
The annual fee for these services shall not be more than 1.5% of the market value of the assets under
our management and shall be negotiated and agreed upon at the time the
Investment Advisory
Agreement is executed. The fees shall be paid on a quarterly basis, in advance. The client may elect to
have the fees deducted from their investment advisory accounts under
Access Wealth’s management
or be billed. Both the client and
Access Wealth shall have the right to terminate the
Investment Advisory
Agreement, at any time, upon written notice. This service is offered on a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis, pursuant to the
Investment Advisory Agreement.
The investment advisory fee is exclusive of, and in addition to, brokerage commissions, transaction
fees, and other related costs and expenses which are incurred by the client. However,
Access Wealth
does not receive any portion of these commissions, fees and costs. For further information about
brokerage and custodial relationship, please see Section 12 of this Disclosure Brochure.
For partial periods of a calendar quarter the investment advisory fees will be calculated on a pro rata
basis. If assets are deposited into or withdrawn from an account after the inception of a quarter, the
fee payable will be prorated based on the number of days remaining in the quarter.
Financial Planning Services
Access Wealth may charge a fixed or hourly fee for financial planning services. These fees are
negotiable, but generally range from $1,500 - $5,000 on a fixed basis or $350 per hour on an hourly
rate basis, based upon the complexity of the client’s situation. One-third of the fee is due upon
engaging
Access Wealth and the balance is due upon presentation of the written financial plan. We will
refund any unearned fees paid in the event the client notifies us, in writing, that they are not satisfied
with the financial plan, within 10 business days of the client receiving the plan. We will also refund any
unearned fees paid in the event that the client terminates our relationship prior to delivery of the
financial plan.
Investment Advisory and Financial Planning Services
We also offer a flat fee that combines the fee for financial planning services and investment advisory
services. These fees are negotiable, but generally range from $8,000 - $18,000/annually and are
payable on a quarterly basis, in advance. The client may elect to have the fees deducted from their
investment advisory accounts under
Access Wealth’s management or be billed. Both the client and
Access Wealth shall have the right to terminate the advisory agreement, at any time, upon written
notice. In the event of a termination our services or agreement, we will promptly refund any unearned
portion of the fee to the client.
Account Aggregation Services
The hourly fee for this service is currently $350. The client will be billed based upon the number of
hours worked.
Commissions or Sales Charges for Recommendations of Securities
Clients may implement securities transactions through certain of our supervised persons in their
respective individual capacities as registered representatives of Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
(“PKS”) an SEC registered broker-dealer, Member of FINRA and SIPC.
PKS may charge brokerage
commissions to effect these securities transactions and thereafter, a portion of these commissions may
be paid by
PKS to such supervised persons. Prior to effecting any transactions, clients are required to
enter into a new account agreement with
PKS. The brokerage commissions charged by
PKS may be
higher or lower than those charged by other broker-dealers. In addition, certain of our supervised
persons may also receive ongoing 12b-1 fees for mutual fund purchases from the mutual fund company
during the period that the client maintains the mutual fund investment.
Access Wealth will not earn
commissions in an account that has earned an investment advisory fee.
A conflict of interest exists to the extent that we or our supervised persons recommend the purchase
or sale of securities where the supervised persons may receive commissions or other additional
compensation as a result of
Access Wealth’s recommendations in that the prospect of receiving such
commissions or such other additional compensation gives us or our supervised persons an incentive to
recommend investment products based on the compensation received rather than on a client’s needs.
Clients are under no obligation to engage such persons and may choose brokers or agents not affiliated
with
Access Wealth. The client is free, at all times to purchase investments recommended by us
through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated with
Access Wealth. Also, any products that are
purchased by or through a supervised person must also be on commercially reasonable terms.
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Performance-based fees are fees based on a share of capital gains on or capital appreciation of the
assets of a client.
Access Wealth does not charge performance-based fees.
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Access Wealth generally provides its services to individuals and high net worth individuals. However,
we may also offer our investment advisory services to pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates,
charitable organizations, corporation and other business entities.
We do not impose a minimum portfolio size but all clients are required to enter a formal services
agreement outlining the services to be provided.
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Asset allocation, diversification and rebalancing are all part of a sound investment strategy built upon
the time-tested economic concepts of Modern Portfolio Theory
(“MPT”). According to
MPT, a portfolio
(a combination of individual investments) exhibits risk and return characteristics based on its
composition and the way those components correlate with each other. For each level of risk, there is
an “optimal” asset allocation that is designed to produce the best balance of risk versus return. An
optimal portfolio will provide neither the highest returns, nor the lowest risk of all possible portfolio
combinations. It will attempt to balance the lowest risk for a given level of return for an acceptable
level of risk. The meeting point of each level of risk and reward, where optimal portfolios reside, is
called the “Efficient Frontier”.
The investment philosophy of
Access Wealth is to implement the principles of the Modern Portfolio
Theory of Asset Allocation. We construct models which have differing degrees of risk (standard
deviation). The appropriate model for each client will differ based upon many factors, including:
investment horizon, client's risk tolerance, age or current financial situation. In certain special
situations, a client specific model may be created.
The investment manager selections for each asset class are chosen after thorough evaluation by the
Investment Committee. Each current or potential investment manager presented to the committee
must meet certain requirements. Investment managers must have, at a minimum, a five year history
with that asset class. The standard deviation (risk) must be within an acceptable range for its asset
class. The historical returns must also fall within an acceptable range. The fees charged by the
investment management firm must also be within acceptable parameters for the asset class. The
investment management firm must also maintain the investment style which it has been chosen to
represent within the portfolio.
The individual money manager may charge a fee, to be paid by the client. Neither
Access Wealth nor
its associated persons receive any portion of that fee.
Investing in securities carries a risk of loss which the client must be prepared to bear.
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Access Wealth is required to disclose any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or
prospective client’s evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of our management. We do not
have any required disclosures to this Item.
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Access Wealth is required to disclose any relationship or arrangement that is material to our advisory
business with certain related persons.
Registered Representatives of a Broker Dealer
As discussed in Item 5 and Item 12 certain of
Access Wealth’s Supervised Persons are registered
representatives of
PKS. Please see those sections for additional disclosures related to this relationship.
The registered persons are: Howard Milove and Bruce Milove.
Consultants
LMZ Consulting Services LLC
(“LMZ”) is a Class A Member of
Access Wealth. LMZ provides consulting
services to
Access Wealth. The services include: attendance at quarterly board meetings, review of
annual projections of cash flow and yearly budget, review of marketing plans and assistance in
developing new business referrals, availability to meet with existing and potential clients, assist in doing
due diligence on potential acquisitions and provide other consulting services as requested and mutually
agreed upon. Lawrence Zagarola is the sole member of
LMZ.
Access Financial Planning, Inc.,
(“AFP”) is a Class A Member of
Access Wealth and provides consulting
services to
Access Wealth. The services
include: attendance at quarterly board meetings, review of
marketing plans and assistance in developing new business referrals, availability to meet with existing
and potential clients and provide other consulting services as requested and mutually agreed upon.
Bruce Milove is the sole shareholder of
AFP.
Eleanore K. Syzmanski serves as a Consultant for
Access Wealth in connection with maintaining the
client base purchased by
Access Wealth.
Other Investment Adviser
Darren Zagarola, Howard Milove and Howard Hook are the owners of DHH Advisors, LLC,
(“DHH”) an
SEC registered investment adviser that provides comprehensive financial planning and investment
advisory services.
Access Wealth and
DHH are parties to an agreement whereby
DHH has hired
Access
Wealth to provide back office and administrative services and support for a fee.
Tax Preparation
Certain associated persons of
Access Wealth are Certified Public Accountants (“CPAs”). Howard Hook
prepares tax returns for individuals who are not clients of
Access Wealth. His tax business is not
promoted through
Access Wealth. We do not believe that this outside business creates a material
conflict of interest.
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and Personal Trading
We have adopted a code of ethics that sets forth the standards of conduct expected of our associated
persons and requires compliance with applicable securities laws (“Code of Ethics”). Our Code of Ethics
contains written policies reasonably designed to prevent the unlawful use of material non-public
information by
Access Wealth or any of our associated persons.
The Code of Ethics also requires that certain of
Access Wealth’s personnel (called “Access Persons”)
report their personal securities holdings and transactions and obtain pre-approval of certain
investments such as initial public offerings and limited offerings. These requirements do not apply to
(i) direct obligations of the Government of the United States; (ii) money market instruments, bankers’
acceptances, bank certificate of deposit, commercial paper, repurchase agreements and other high
quality short-term debt instruments; (iii) shares issued by mutual funds or money market funds; and
(iv) shares issued by unit investment trusts that are invested exclusively in one or more mutual funds.
Access Wealth and its associated persons may buy or sell securities that are recommended to clients,
that are bought or sold for client accounts, or that are also held by clients. This may present a conflict
of interest in the sense that
Access Wealth personnel may benefit financially due to changes in the
market value of the holdings in
Access Wealth personnel accounts that occur from investing activities
that occur in client accounts; although such a result is unlikely given that the volume of such securities
transactions would not likely rise to the level where any appreciable impact on the market value of the
security would occur.
Access Wealth personnel may not trade their own securities ahead of client
trades. Our associated persons have committed to abide by the provisions of the
Access Wealth
Compliance Manual and our Code of Ethics.
Clients and prospective clients can request a copy of our Code of Ethics by calling us at 973-740-2400
or mailing a request to our principal office address.
Access Wealth believes that it has addressed any conflict of interest through its internal compliance
policies.
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Suggestion of Broker
Access Wealth may recommend that clients establish brokerage accounts with Schwab Institutional®
division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“
Schwab”), Member FINRA-registered broker-dealer, member
SIPC, to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to effect trades for their accounts. Although
Access
Wealth may recommend that clients establish accounts at
Schwab, it is the client’s decision to custody
assets with
Schwab.
Access Wealth is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with
Schwab.
Factors which we consider in recommending
Schwab to clients include their financial strength,
reputation, execution, pricing, research and service.
Schwab
Schwab provides
Access Wealth with access to its institutional trading and custody services, which are
typically not available to
Schwab retail investors. These services generally are available to independent
investment advisors on an unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10
million of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at
Schwab Institutional. These services
are not contingent upon
Access Wealth committing to
Schwab any specific amount of business.
Schwab’s brokerage services include the execution of securities transactions, custody, research, and
access to mutual funds and other investments that are otherwise generally available only to
institutional investors or would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment.
Schwab’s
products and 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 advisory
fees from client’s accounts; and (v) assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client
reporting.
Schwab also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our
business. These services may include: (i) compliance, legal and business consulting; (ii) publications and
conferences on practice management and business succession; and (iii) access to employee benefits
providers, human capital consultations and insurance providers. In evaluating whether to recommend
that clients custody their assets at
Schwab, we may take into account the availability of some of the
foregoing products and services and other arrangements as part of the total mix of factors we consider
and not solely the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by
Schwab, which
may create a conflict of interest. Clients should be aware, however, that the receipt of economic
benefits by the firm or its related persons in and of itself creates a potential conflict of interest (due, in
part, to the fact that
Access Wealth does not have to produce or pay for the benefits received) and may
indirectly influence
Access Wealth’s choice of
Schwab for custody and brokerage services because
Access Wealth may have an incentive to select to recommend
Schwab based on
Access Wealth’s
interest in receiving those benefits, rather than on a client’s interest in receiving most favorable
execution.
The research services offered through
Schwab may be useful in serving all clients and may not be used
in connection with any particular account that may have paid compensation to the firm providing such
service. In seeking best execution, the determinative factor is not the lowest possible commission cost
but whether the transaction represents the best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the
full range of services including the value of research provided, execution capability, commission rates,
and responsiveness. Accordingly, although we will seek competitive commission rates, we may not
necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for account transactions.
Access Wealth does not have Soft Dollar Arrangements with Schwab.
PKS
Clients may implement securities transactions through certain of our supervised persons in their
respective individual capacities as registered representatives of Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
(“PKS”) an SEC registered broker-dealer, Member of FINRA and the Municipal Rulemaking Board. PKS
may charge brokerage commissions to effect these securities transactions and thereafter, a portion of
these commissions may be paid by PKS to such supervised persons. Prior to effecting any transactions,
clients are required to enter into a new account agreement with PKS. The brokerage commissions
charged by PKS may be higher or lower than those charged by other broker-dealers. In addition, certain
of our supervised persons may also receive ongoing 12b-1 fees for mutual fund purchases from the
mutual fund company during the period that the client maintains the mutual fund investment.
Access
Wealth does not earn commissions on accounts where an investment advisory fee earned.
A conflict of interest exists to the extent that we recommend the purchase of securities where the
supervised persons may receive commissions or other additional compensation as a result of
Access
Wealth’s recommendations. However, the client is free to purchase investments recommended by
Access Wealth through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated
Access Wealth. Clients are under
no obligation to engage such persons and may choose brokers or agents not affiliated with
Access
Wealth.
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Investment Advisory Services
For those clients to whom we provide
Investment Advisory Services, account reviews are performed
quarterly. Account reviews are performed more frequently when market conditions dictate. Other
conditions that may trigger a review are changes in the tax laws, new investment information and
changes in a client’s own situation. All investment advisory clients are encouraged to discuss their
needs, goals and objectives with
Access Wealth and to keep their investment advisory representative
informed of any changes thereto.
All Investment Advisory clients receive written quarterly portfolio reports which are reviewed by
client’s IAR (Investment Advisory Representative).
Financial Planning Services
For those clients who renew their
Financial Planning Agreement we will review their financial situation,
update budget and cash flow schedules and provide a written report outlining our recommendations.
This will be done on an annual basis, when the client renews their Financial Planning Agreement. The
client’s IAR will review these schedules and the written report.
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Access Wealth may pay referral fees to independent persons or firms (“Solicitors”) for introducing
clients to us. Whenever we pay a referral fee, we require the Solicitor to provide the prospective client
with a copy of our Form ADV and a separate disclosure statement that includes the following
information:
1. The Solicitor’s name and relationship to this firm;
2. The fact that the Solicitor is being paid a referral fee;
3. The amount of the fee;
As a matter of firm practice, any such referral fee is paid solely from
Access Wealth’s investment
management fee and does not result in any additional charge to the client.
Additionally, we receive an economic benefit from
Schwab in the form of the support products and
services it makes available to us and other independent investment advisors that have their clients
maintain accounts at
Schwab. These products and services, how they benefit us, and the related
conflicts of interest are described above (see above in Item 12 - Brokerage Practices). The availability
to us of
Schwab’s products and services is not based on us giving particular investment advice, such as
buying particular securities for our clients.
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Under government regulations, we are deemed to have custody of your assets, if, for example, you
grant us authority to move your money to another person’s account.
Schwab maintains actual custody of your assets. You will receive account statements directly from
Schwab at least quarterly. They will be sent to the email or postal mailing address you provided to
them. You should carefully review those statements promptly when you receive them. We also urge
you to compare
Schwab’s account statements with the quarterly portfolio reports you receive from us.
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Access Wealth is generally given the authority to exercise discretion on behalf of investment advisory
clients. We are considered to exercise investment discretion over a client’s account if we can effect
transactions for the client without first having to seek the client’s consent.
Clients may give us discretionary authority when they sign the
Investment Advisory Agreement and
they may limit this authority by giving us written instructions. Clients may also change or amend such
limitations by providing us with written instructions.
We will take discretion over the following activities:
• The securities to be purchased or sold;
• The amount of securities to be purchased or sold; and
• The timing of when recommendations are implemented.
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As a matter of firm policy,
Access Wealth does not vote proxies on behalf of clients. Clients are expected
to vote their own proxies. Proxies and solicitations are received by clients from either the custodian or
issuing company directly.
When assistance on voting proxies is requested, we will provide recommendations to the client with
respect to the assistance requested by the client. If a conflict of interest exists, it will be disclosed to
the client.
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Access Wealth does not have any financial impairment that will preclude it from meeting contractual
commitments to its clients.
A balance sheet is not required to be provided because we do not serve as a custodian for client funds
or securities and do not require prepayment of fees of more than $1,200 per client and six months or
more in advance.
Item 19 - Requirements for State Registered Advisers
Not applicable.
Item 20 - Additional Information
Access Wealth is the doing business as (dba) name of Access Wealth Planning, LLC.
4 Becker Farm Road Roseland, New Jersey 07068 Phone: 973-740-2400 Fax: 973-461-4717 Web Site: www.access-wealth.com March 2019 Form ADV Part 2B Brochure Supplement Howard M. Hook Howard S. Milove Darren Zagarola Lawrence Zagarola Bruce Michael Milove Tracy A. Hagberg Carl J. Cappadona Michael P. Chomiak Levan Chubinishvili Robert S. Epstein Alan S. Merker John E. Petrella Jeffrey Schwartz Eleanore K. Szymanski Mark Weisholtz This brochure supplement provides information about the above listed individuals that supplements the Access Wealth brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure. Please contact Tracy A. Hagberg, Chief Compliance Officer if you did not receive Access Wealth’s brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this supplement. Additional information about the above named supervised persons is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2 - Educational Background and Business Experience ............................................ 3
Item 3 - Disciplinary Information ................................................................................. 10
Item 4 - Other Business Activities ................................................................................ 11
Item 5 - Additional Compensation ............................................................................... 12
Item 6 – Supervision .................................................................................................... 13
Item 7 - Requirements for State-Registered Advisors .................................................. 14
Item 2 - Educational Background and Business Experience
Lawrence Zagarola, CPA Born – 1940
Formal Education after High School:
Seton Hall University – BS in Accounting
Pace University – MBA in Taxation
Fairleigh Dickinson University – Completed the CFP® (Certified Financial Planner) course
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – July 2004 – Present
LMZ Consulting Services, LLC – July 2004 - Present
J.H. Cohn, LLP – April 1964 – January 2004
Bruce Michael Milove, CPA, PFS, RFC Born – 1942
Formal Education after High School:
Pace University – BS in Accounting
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – June 2001 – Present
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments – May 2015 - Present
Access Financial Planning, Inc. – March 1989 – June 2001
Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. – December 1990 – April 2015
Howard Scott Milove, CPA, PFS Born – 1973
Syracuse University – BS in Accounting
Access Wealth – July 2001 – Present
Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments – May 2015 - Present
DHH Advisors, LLC – October 2013 - Present
Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. – December 2000 – April 2015
Access Financial Planning, Inc. – December 2000 – June 2001
Howard M. Hook, CPA, CFP® Born – 1965
State University of NY at Binghamton – BS in Accounting
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – July 2001 – Present
DHH Advisors, LLC – October 2013 - Present
Royal Alliance Associates, Inc. – August 2000 – December 2012
Access Financial Planning, Inc. – August 2000 – June 2001
Darren L. Zagarola, CPA, CFP® Born – 1971
Formal Education after High School:
King’s College – BS in Accounting
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – August 2005 – Present
DHH Advisors, LLC – October 2013 - Present
EJ Brooks Company – December 2000 – April 2007
Michael P. Chomiak, AAMS Born – 1971
Formal Education after High School:
William Paterson University – BA in Political Science
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – July 2001 – Present
Access Financial Planning, Inc. – June 1995 – June 2001
Levan Chubinishvili, CFP® Born – 1991
Franklin & Marshall College – BA in Business, Organizations and Society
Access Wealth – June 2018 – Present
Hennion & Walsh, Inc. – July 2014 – June 2018
Robert S. Epstein, ChFC® Born – 1949
City College of New York – BA in History
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – January 2007 - Present
Solicitors CohnReznick Wealth Management, LLC Registered Investment Advisor
CRD # 121519/SEC File # 801-63136
Carl J. Cappadona Born – 1942
Formal Education after High School:
Providence College – BS in Accounting
Fordham University - MBA
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – July 2006 – Present
J.H. Cohn, LLP – April 1996 – July 2006
Alan S. Merker, CPA Born – 1954
Syracuse University – BS in Accounting
Access Wealth – April 2013 – Present
Morris Merker & Co., LLC – May 1983 – Present
John E. Petrella, CPA Born – 1955
William Paterson University – BA in Accounting
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – April 2013 – Present
Morris Merker & Co., LLC – May 1983 - Present
Jeffrey Schwartz, CPA, PFS Born – 1955
Formal Education after High School:
University of Bridgeport – BS in Accounting
Business Background for the preceding five years:
Access Wealth – July 2001 – Present
Gregory and Schwartz – January 1990 – Present
Eleanore K. Szymanski, CFP® Born – 1938
Formal Education after High School:
Rider University – BS in Finance and Post-graduate accounting courses;
College for Financial Planning – CFP Designation
Business Background for the preceding five years:
The Financial Planning Answerplace, LLC – June 2012 – Present
Access Wealth – October 2007 – Present
Mark Weisholtz, CPA Born – 1947
Fairleigh Dickinson University – BS in Accounting
Access Wealth – December 2006 – Present
Mark Weisholtz, CPA – December 1982 – Present
The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®, CFP® and federally registered CFP (with flame design) marks
(collectively, the “CFP® marks”) are professional certification marks granted in the United States by
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (“CFP Board”).
The CFP® certification is a voluntary certification; no federal or state law or regulation requires financial
planners to hold CFP® certification. It is recognized in the United States and a number of other countries
for its (1) high standard of professional education; (2) stringent code of conduct and standards of
practice; and (3) ethical requirements that govern professional engagements with clients. Currently,
more than 62,000 individuals have obtained CFP® certification in the United States.
To attain the right to use the CFP® marks, an individual must satisfactorily fulfill the following
requirements:
•Education – Complete an advanced college-level course of study addressing the financial planning
subject areas that CFP Board’s studies have determined as necessary for the competent and
professional delivery of financial planning services, and attain a Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally
accredited United States college or university (or its equivalent from a foreign university). CFP Board’s
financial planning subject areas include insurance planning and risk management, employee benefits
planning, investment planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, and estate planning;
•Examination – Pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Examination. The examination,
administered in 10 hours over a two-day period, includes case studies and client scenarios designed to
test one’s ability to correctly diagnose financial planning issues and apply one’s knowledge of financial
planning to real world circumstances;
•Experience – Complete at least three years of full-time financial planning-related experience (or the
equivalent, measured as 2,000 hours per year); and
•Ethics – Agree to be bound by CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct, a set of documents
outlining the ethical and practice standards for CFP® professionals.
Individuals who become certified must complete the following ongoing education and ethics
requirements in order to maintain the right to continue to use the CFP® marks:
•Continuing Education – Complete 30 hours of continuing education hours every two years, including
two hours on the Code of Ethics and other parts of the Standards of Professional Conduct, to maintain
competence and keep up with developments in the financial planning field; and
•Ethics – Renew an agreement to be bound by the Standards of Professional Conduct. The Standards
prominently require that CFP® professionals provide financial planning services at a fiduciary standard
of care. This means CFP® professionals must provide financial planning services in the best interests of
their clients.
CFP® professionals who fail to comply with the above standards and requirements may be subject to
CFP Board’s enforcement process, which could result in suspension or permanent revocation of their
CFP® certification.
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) CPAs are licensed and regulated by their state boards of accountancy.
While state laws and regulations vary, the education, experience and testing requirements for licensure
as a CPA generally include minimum college education (typically 150 credit hours with at least a
baccalaureate degree and a concentration in accounting), minimum experience levels (most states
require at least one year of experience providing services that involve the use of accounting, attest,
compilation, management advisory, financial advisory, tax or consulting skills, all of which must be
achieved under the supervision of or verification by a CPA), and successful passage of the Uniform CPA
Examination. In order to maintain a CPA license, states generally require the completion of 40 hours of
continuing professional education (CPE) each year (or 80 hours over a two year period or 120 hours
over a three year period). Additionally, all American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
members are required to follow a rigorous Code of Professional Conduct which requires that they act
with integrity, objectivity, due care, competence, fully disclose any conflicts of interest (and obtain
client consent if a conflict exists), maintain client confidentiality, disclose to the client any commission
or referral fees, and serve the public interest when providing financial services. The vast majority of
state boards of accountancy have adopted the AICPA’s Code Professional Conduct within their state
accountancy laws or have created their own.
Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) The PFS credential demonstrates that an individual has met the
minimum education, experience and testing required of a CPA in addition to a minimum level of
expertise in personal financial planning. To attain the PFS credential, a candidate must hold an
unrevoked CPA license, fulfill 3,000 hours of personal financial planning business experience, complete
80 hours of personal financial planning CPE credits, pass a comprehensive financial planning exam and
be an active member of the AICPA. A PFS credential holder is required to adhere to AICPA’s Code of
Professional Conduct, and is encouraged to follow AICPA’s Statement on Responsibilities in Financial
Planning Practice. To maintain their PFS credential, the recipient must complete 60 hours of financial
planning CPE credits every three years. The PFS credential is administered through the AICPA.
Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) – The ChFC designation indicates that your financial consultant
has completed the most extensive educational program required for any financial services credential.
Each ChFC has taken nine or more college-level courses on all aspects of financial planning from The
American College, a non-profit educator with the highest level of academic accreditation. The average
study time for the program is over 400 hours, and advisors frequently spend years earning this coveted
distinction. Each ChFC must also complete a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education every two
years, adhere to strict ethical standards, and meet extensive experience requirements to ensure that
you get the professional financial advice you need.
Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS) - Individuals who hold the AAMS designation have
completed a course of study encompassing investments, insurance, tax, retirement and estate planning
issues. Additionally, individuals must pass an end-of-course examination that tests their ability to
synthesize complex concepts and apply theoretical concept to real-life situations. All designees have
agreed to adhere to Standards of Professional Conduct and are subject to a disciplinary process.
Designees renew their designation every two years by completing 16 hours of continuing education,
reaffirming adherence to the Standards of Professional Conduct and complying with self-disclosure
requirements.
Registered Financial Consultant (RFC) – The RFC is a professional designation awarded by the IARFC to
those financial advisors who can meet the high standards of education, experience and integrity that
are required of all its members. Candidates must have earned an undergraduate or graduate financial
planning degree or have earned one of the following designations: AAMS, AEP, CEP, CFA, CFP, ChFC,
CLU, CPA, EA, LUTC, MS, MBA, JD, Ph.D., or completed a CFP equivalent, IARFC-approved college
curriculum, be registered as an investment adviser and have at least four years full-time experience as
a financial planning practitioner. Each RFC must complete 40 hours of continuing education each year.
Item 3 - Disciplinary Information
Access Wealth is required to disclose the facts of any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a
client’s evaluation of its advisory business or the integrity of management.
Access Wealth does not
have any required disclosures.
Item 4 - Other Business Activities
In addition to being Investment Advisory Representatives of
Access Wealth, the following is a list of
Registered Representatives of Purshe Kaplan Sterling Investments
(“PKS”): Bruce Michael Milove and
Howard S. Milove.
PKS is a diversified financial services company registered with FINRA as a broker-dealer engaged in the
offer and sale of securities products. We may recommend the purchase or sale of securities offered by
PKS. If you purchase these products,
Access Wealth and/or the
PKS registered representative will
receive normal commissions and may receive other indirect forms of compensation which may be in
addition to the customary advisory fees. Therefore, a conflict of interest is present. However, the client
is free, at all times to purchase investments recommended by us through other brokers or agents that
are not affiliated with
Access Wealth.
In addition, some associated persons of
Access Wealth are licensed insurance agents and may
recommend that you purchase insurance products. If insurance products are purchased by the client,
Access Wealth and the associated persons may receive direct or indirect compensation, which presents
a conflict of interest. However, the client is free, at all times to purchase investments recommended
by us through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated
Access Wealth.
Darren Zagarola, Howard Milove and Howard Hook are the owners of DHH Advisors, LLC, (“DHH”) an
SEC registered investment adviser that provides comprehensive financial planning and investment
advisory services. Access Wealth and DHH are parties to an agreement whereby DHH has hired Access
Wealth to provide back office and administrative services and support for a fee.
The Members of
Access Wealth are all Certified Public Accountants. Howard Hook prepares tax returns
for individuals who are not clients of
Access Wealth. His tax business is not promoted through
Access
Wealth. We do not believe that this outside business creates a material conflict of interest.
Item 5 - Additional Compensation
Certain of the firms associated persons may receive compensation from the business activities
referenced in the section above entitled “Other Business Activities”.
Item 6 – Supervision
The investment advisory and financial planning activities are supervised by Tracy A. Hagberg, Chief
Compliance Officer and Howard S. Milove, Operations Manager. This is accomplished through random
review of client’s accounts, review of trading, email and correspondence.
Tracy Hagberg and Howard Milove are supervised by Howard Hook and Darren Zagarola in their
capacity as owners of the Firm.
The contact information for each is listed below:
Tracy Hagberg
Telephone # 973-740-2400
[email protected] Howard Milove
Telephone # 973-740-2400
[email protected]
Howard Hook
Telephone # 973-740-2400
[email protected]
Darren Zagarola
Telephone # 609-921-1016
[email protected]
Item 7 - Requirements for State-Registered Advisors
Not applicable.
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