Advisory Business:
The Bollard Group, established in 1995 and located in Boston, Massachusetts, is a multi-family office that provides investment advising; bookkeeping and other accounting services; income tax advising and tax return preparation; financial and estate planning services; and other wealth management and business advising services to its clients. Our clients primarily include high net worth individuals, trusts, charitable foundations and client family-centric companies.

Spinnaker Capital LLC (“Spinnaker Capital”), established in 2000 and located in Boston, offers private funds (hereafter “Spinnaker Funds”) to certain eligible clients to invest in one or more of the following alternative investments: private equity, venture capital, hedge funds and real estate investments. Spinnaker Capital LLC is an affiliate of The Bollard Group and sponsors certain private funds. Spinnaker Capital LLC, as well as the other managing members of the related private funds, are relying on The Bollard Group’s registration with the SEC as an investment adviser.

References to the “Firm” shall include The Bollard Group, Spinnaker Capital and the other relying advisers described in this Brochure.
Firm Ownership:
The Bollard Group is wholly owned by members of its senior management team and is controlled by Anastasios Parafestas (the “Principal”). At present, there are no outside ownership interests of the Firm.

Spinnaker Capital and each of the managing members of the Spinnaker Funds are wholly-owned by the Principal.
Advisory Services Offered:
We provide both discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory and portfolio management services to individuals, trusts, charitable foundations and companies. In providing these services we tailor our advisory services to the individual needs of our clients. For each client, we formulate an investment objective, direct and manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the portfolio and provide portfolio performance and other reporting to the client. The core of our investment advisory and portfolio management services includes the design and implementation of equity portfolios, fixed income portfolios and highly liquid cash equivalent positions to meet our clients’ individual needs. As part of our service, we allow clients to instruct us in writing, if they wish to impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities. Where appropriate for the client, we offer access to alternative investments and through our related person, Spinnaker Capital, an opportunity to invest in the Spinnaker Funds. These types of investments involve additional risk and they will only be recommended when consistent with the client’s stated investment objectives, tolerance for risk, suitability and liquidity. Please see Items 5 and 10 for additional information regarding the Spinnaker Funds and the types of fees associated with an investment in a Spinnaker Fund. At present, we do not provide portfolio management services in any wrap fee programs.
Assets Under Management:
As of December 31, 2019, the Firm had $5,570,525,000 in total assets under management. Of this amount, $5,504,247,000 is managed on a discretionary basis and $66,278,000 is managed on a non-discretionary basis. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group:
We are a fee only investment adviser and investment management fees are charged either as a percentage of assets under management or on an hourly basis unrelated to assets, or a combination of both, as agreed with the client.

Fees based on a percentage of the asset value for each account are charged monthly in arrears based on account balance as of the close of the calendar month. The fees will be deducted directly from client accounts as authorized by the client agreement, or if not directly deducted, are paid directly by the client. In the case where investment management services are provided for a partial month period, the fee will be charged pro rata based on the portion of the period the services were performed. Fees based on account values are generally charged at an annual rate of 0.80% or less as determined by account value.

Fees based on hourly charges for services rendered are charged in arrears, and the hourly fees generally range from $70 to $800 based on the expertise and experience of the adviser. Invoices for hourly charges are sent to the client directly for payment.

Fees are negotiable at the option of the Firm. Our minimum annual fee for assets under management is $75,000. Exceptions to the minimum annual fee may be made at the discretion of The Bollard Group. We will group certain related client accounts when determining account size or annual fees. Similar advisory services may be available from other registered or unregistered advisers for similar or lower fees. We do not charge fees in advance of investment management services provided.

Other investment related fees and expenses may be incurred, such as custodian fees and mutual fund expenses. Clients with publicly traded security positions will incur brokerage and other transaction costs associated with securities portfolios. In addition, if a client engages a third-party investment adviser to manage the client’s account(s), the client will pay the fees and expenses set forth in the client’s agreement with the third-party investment adviser. Refer to Item 12 – Brokerage Practices for further details. Clients of The Bollard Group frequently invest in Spinnaker Funds. In such cases, The Bollard Group does not charge any advisory fees on amounts invested by its clients in the Spinnaker Funds as disclosed below in Item 10. Fees for services not related to investment advisory service are billed to the client based on hourly rates and reimbursable expenses. These services include consulting fees related to estate and tax planning, income tax compliance and preparation, cash flow planning and consolidated reporting and other services of a consultative nature as well as related reimbursable expenses. Invoice billings for such services are prepared periodically as needed and are sent directly to the client.
Spinnaker Funds:
Where suitable for our clients, we frequently recommend investment opportunities in Spinnaker Funds where our related entity, Spinnaker Capital or its affiliates, manages the investments. Spinnaker Capital and its affiliates charge the Spinnaker Funds for administrative management services based on hourly rates and reimbursable expenses, as provided under a separate agreement. In connection with these services, Spinnaker Capital and its affiliates will also earn a performance- based fee for a limited number of funds. This performance based fee is typically known as a “carried interest” and is normally paid as a percentage of profit (generally up to 20%) determined after the capital contributions and any preferred return have been paid to investors. Any such performance based fees that are charged by the affiliate are explained in the Spinnaker Funds’ organizational documents. In addition to the foregoing, each Spinnaker Fund will pay costs, expenses and liabilities associated with its organization and operations. As most of the Spinnaker Funds are “fund of funds” that invest in underlying funds, the Spinnaker Funds will pay their pro rata shares of an underlying fund’s management and performance fees payable to the underlying adviser, as well as the underlying fund’s organizational and operational costs. please register to get more info

As described in Item 5 above, Spinnaker Capital accepts performance based fees, known as a “carried interest” for exceeding pre-determined investment returns. Details of those performance based fees are disclosed separately in the Spinnaker Funds organizational documents.

A potential conflict of interest will arise where the Firm receives different fees from different clients. As The Bollard Group and its related entities and affiliates expect to receive greater compensation from those Spinnaker Funds that charge performance-based fees, the Firm might be incented to make investments on behalf of the Spinnaker Funds that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of a carried interest. In addition, the Firm may be motivated to favor the Spinnaker Funds over other client investment accounts that it manages. For example, the Firm could have an incentive to allocate favorable or limited opportunity to the Spinnaker Fund or structure the timing of investments to favor the Spinnaker Funds. In order to mitigate these conflicts of interest, The Bollard Group and its affiliates follow principles for allocating investment opportunities with the goal of preventing these conflicts from influencing the allocation of investment opportunities among clients. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group provides investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and other family-centric business entities, partnerships and limited liability companies. The Bollard Group generally requires that each client maintains a minimum aggregate portfolio account size of $25 million. Exceptions to the minimum aggregate portfolio may be made at the discretion of The Bollard Group. Spinnaker Capital provides investment advisory services directly to the Spinnaker Funds and not individually to the investors in the Spinnaker Funds. please register to get more info

As we evaluate investment opportunities for client portfolios, we utilize several methods of analysis. Among them are charting, fundamental analysis and technical analysis. Each of these methods is designed to help identify trends, financial worthiness and opportunity for appreciation of securities within acceptable risk parameters. In spite of analysts’ best efforts to identify securities with appreciation potential and seemingly acceptable containment of risk, unidentifiable risks are always present. External factors such as geopolitical risk, global health crises, interest rate risk, systemic risk and other factors can negatively impact the value of any particular security. As a result, investment in securities involves the risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Investing in any securities involves a risk of loss of both income and principal.

We make an assessment of our clients’ risk tolerance and develop an appropriate investment strategy based on that tolerance as well as other factors including, but not limited to investment horizon, diversification of holdings and client financial goals. When we formulate and recommend an investment strategy with an underlying asset allocation appropriate for the client’s needs and expectations, we discuss the strategy with the client and assess whether the client agrees with the strategy and the perceived level of risk. We explain to all current and prospective clients that investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.

Certain eligible clients, such as ultra-high net worth individuals, seek potentially high return investment opportunities for some portion of their portfolios. For these clients, we employ investment strategies involving long-term, limited liquidity, privately offered pooled investments that offer potentially high returns accompanied by high risk of loss of part or all of the investment. While not appropriate for all clients, these opportunities offer appropriate alternatives for some investors.

Our investment strategies utilize a number of different approaches including active management of U.S. and global equity and fixed income securities, options and futures, ETFs, concentrated holdings and hedging as well as management of liquid cash balances. At times we use leverage, short sales, margin and other trading strategies based on the client’s financial condition and tolerance for risk. Clients approving the use of leveraged strategies should be prepared to deliver additional capital to satisfy account deficiencies in unfavorable markets. In some limited situations, we use derivative vehicles to hedge risk associated with concentrated securities positions. Following is a description of various investment risks that could affect a client’s account. Clients should note that the following does not summarize all of the risks that apply to their investment(s): Stock market and interest rate risk. The securities markets are volatile and the market prices of the portfolio securities held in a client’s account may decline generally. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in a company’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. The value of a client’s fixed income portfolio often declines when interest rates rise. A rise in rates tends to have a greater impact on the prices of longer term or longer duration securities. The financial crisis of the last decade initially caused a significant decline in the value and liquidity of many securities. In response to the crisis, the U.S. and other governments and the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks interceded to provide support to financial markets. While the value and liquidity of many securities have responded positively, future withdrawal or material reduction of support could negatively affect the value and liquidity of equity and fixed income securities in general.

Short Sales. Short selling, which involves selling securities not owned by an account, necessarily involves certain additional risks. These transactions expose the account to the risk of loss in an amount greater than the initial investment, and the losses can increase rapidly and without effective limit. There is the risk that the securities borrowed by an account in connection with a short sale must be returned to the securities lender on short notice. If a request for return of borrowed securities occurs at a time when other short sellers of the security are receiving similar requests, a “short squeeze” can occur, and the Firm may be compelled to replace borrowed securities previously sold short on behalf of the client portfolio.

The Firm’s ability to execute a short selling strategy may be materially and adversely impacted by the introduction of temporary and/or new permanent rules, interpretations, prohibitions, and restrictions adopted by governments in the countries in which the Firm invests. Temporary restrictions and/or prohibitions on short selling activity may be imposed by regulatory authorities with little or no advance notice and may impact prior trading activities of the Firm.

Leverage. While the use of margin borrowing can substantially improve the return on invested capital, such use may also increase the adverse impact to which the client portfolio may be subject. Borrowings will usually be from securities brokers and dealers and will typically be secured by the portfolio’s securities and other assets. Under certain circumstances, any such broker-dealer may demand an increase in the collateral that secures the account’s obligations and if the account were unable to provide additional collateral, the broker-dealer could liquidate assets held in the account’s portfolio to satisfy the account’s obligations to the broker-dealer. Liquidation in that manner could have adverse consequences. In addition, the amount of the account’s borrowings and the interest rates on those borrowings, which will fluctuate, will have a significant effect on the account’s profitability.

Option Writing. The Firm may write covered and uncovered options on behalf of a client account. The “writer” of a call option which is uncovered (i.e. the writer does not hold the underlying stock or stock index) assumes the risk of an increase in the market price of the underlying stock or stock index above the premium received and the exercise price of the option. Accordingly, the account may suffer unlimited losses should the price of the stock or stock index underlying an uncovered call option increase above the exercise price of the option. Credit risk. If an issuer or guarantor of a security held by a client or a counterparty to a financial contract with the client defaults or is downgraded, or is perceived to be less creditworthy, or if the value of the assets underlying a security declines, the value of the client’s investment will typically decline. Non-investment grade fixed income securities (commonly known as or “junk bonds”) have a higher risk of default and are considered speculative. Liquidity risk. Some securities held by a client may be difficult to sell, or can become illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities can also be difficult to value.

Cash management and defensive investing risk. The value of the investments held by a client for cash management or defensive investing purposes may be affected by changing interest rates and by changes in credit ratings of the investments. If a client holds un-invested cash it will be subject to the credit risk of the depository institution holding the cash. For particular risks associated with an investment in a Spinnaker Fund, potential investors should consult the offering materials, including the subscription agreement for the applicable fund. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group, its management persons, advisory affiliates and relying adviser personnel have not been involved with any legal or disciplinary events in the last ten years that, in the opinion of The Bollard Group, are material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of the firm’s advisory business or the integrity of its management, including but not limited to:

o Any criminal or civil action in a domestic, foreign or military court of competent jurisdiction; o Any administrative proceeding before the SEC, any other federal regulatory agency, any state regulatory agency, or any foreign financial regulatory authority; o Any self-regulatory organization (SRO) proceeding. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group is under common control with Spinnaker Capital. Spinnaker Capital, a relying adviser, is a Delaware limited liability company. In addition, the Spinnaker Funds’ managing members are also relying advisers and under common control with The Bollard Group. The managing members are:

 Macintosh II LLC  Spinnaker Capital 2007 GP LLC  Spinnaker Capital 2011 GP LLC  Spinnaker Capital 2014 GP LLC  Spinnaker Capital 2018 GP LLC; and  Spinnaker Capital LLC.

The Bollard Group and the relying advisers (herein after referred to as “the Firm”) share the same office space, are held under common ownership, and are each controlled by the managing member of The Bollard Group. The Firm has adopted joint compliance policies and procedures that are overseen by a single Chief Compliance Officer. All “Supervised Persons” of the Firm are subject to the same Policies and Procedures and Code of Ethics. Additionally, all “Access Persons” of the Firm are subject to the same requirements for Pre-Clearance to participate in any Initial Public Offering, Limited Offering or Private Offering.

A senior management person of The Bollard Group provides trustee or corporate management services to various clients of the Firm and to some investors in the Spinnaker Funds. The senior management person is not compensated directly for these services outside of his normal compensation from the Firm. This presents a conflict of interest as, in connection there with, the senior management person typically becomes empowered to act on behalf of such clients and investors on business and investment matters, such as the engagement of The Bollard Group, and/or Spinnaker Capital or the decision to subscribe in an investment in a Spinnaker Fund. In order to address this conflict, the Firm has implemented consent procedures that, where appropriate, require certain third-party consents prior to the engagement of The Bollard Group, Spinnaker Capital, or as discussed below, before making an investment in a Spinnaker Fund.

This senior management person of the Firm, in connection with the provision of trustee or corporate management services, and in its capacity as an investment adviser to various clients, is typically empowered to subscribe to an investment in a Spinnaker Fund. Any such subscriptions present conflicts of interest since an affiliate of the Firm will receive management fees and applicable performance-based carried interest distributions, if earned, from the applicable Spinnaker Fund as a result of such subscription. The Bollard Group does not charge any advisory fees on amounts invested by clients of The Bollard Group in the Spinnaker Funds as disclosed above in Item 5. Further, investors in the Spinnaker Funds should note that investments in a Spinnaker Fund can involve an additional layering of fees, as a Spinnaker Fund typically invests in other privately offered fund investments and pays its pro rata share of the fund’s fees and expenses. In order to mitigate this conflict, the Firm has implemented consent procedures that, where appropriate, require certain third-party consents prior to such subscription. In addition, the standard investment advisory agreements applicable to The Bollard Group where appropriate, set forth the requisite third party consents to be obtained prior to making such an investment in a Spinnaker Fund.

Allocation of available investment opportunities in the Spinnaker Funds among clients and other investors gives rise to conflicts of interest. In such an event, the Firm recognizes that it and its related entities must allocate such investment opportunities in a manner that is fair to each client of the Firm, in light of the facts and circumstances of each situation. Such allocation procedures take into account factors such as the amount of capital that each client can commit to the investment, asset allocation balancing, diversification, and the relative size of each Spinnaker Fund. If there is an oversupply of investment capital from clients for Spinnaker Fund subscriptions to make such investments, the Firm typically will institute “rotation” procedures that will provide current subscription opportunities with a priority allocation to future investments.

Investors in a Spinnaker Fund typically include persons or entities that are affiliated with The Bollard Group and Spinnaker Capital.

As discussed in Item 6 above, various affiliates of the Firm serve as a Managing Member to each Spinnaker Fund and, for a limited number of Funds, are entitled to receive performance-based carried interest distributions, if earned, from the applicable Spinnaker Fund.

The Firm recommends and selects other advisers for its clients. The Firm and/or its related entity will, if requested by its client, monitor and provide reporting and other advice with respect to investments in private funds managed by non-affiliated investment advisers. The Firm and its “Supervised Person(s)” can and do make investments in a Spinnaker Fund for their own personal or proprietary accounts. Please see Item 11 for additional information regarding the Firm’s Code of Ethics and limitations on participation in any Limited Offerings or Private Offerings. please register to get more info

Personal Trading The Firm has adopted a Code of Ethics which specifies that all employees have a fiduciary responsibility to place the interests of clients ahead of their own interests and those of the Firm. Each employee is required to conduct all personal securities transactions in a manner that is consistent with the Code of Ethics and to avoid any potential or actual conflict of interest. No employee may misuse information about client accounts, abuse his or her position of trust and responsibility or take inappropriate advantage of his or her position of trust and responsibility. The Firm has a personal security trading policy which we believe is reasonably designed to minimize potential conflicts of interest, whether perceived or real, between the Firm and its clients. A copy of the Firm’s Code of Ethics is available to any existing or prospective client upon written request directed to: Chief Compliance Officer, The Bollard Group LLC, One Joy Street, Boston, MA 02108 or by email to [email protected].

On occasion, the Firm or its related person recommends to clients, or buys or sells for a client account, securities in which we or our related person has a material financial interest. In order to address any potential conflict of interest, our Code of Ethics requires that persons associated with our firm with access to investment recommendations agree not to recommend any securities transactions for a client without having disclosed his or her material interest, if any, in such securities or the issuer thereof. Further, Pre-Clearance is required before any Access Person may participate in any Initial Public Offering, Limited Offering or Private Offering. please register to get more info

We generally do not have the discretionary authority to determine the broker/dealer to be used or the commission rates to be paid by a client, other than the Spinnaker Funds, and accordingly, clients must direct the Firm as to the broker/dealer to be used. We will, for discretionary managed accounts, recommend, but not require that the client use our approved custodian/broker-dealer for brokerage services based upon our familiarity with the web platform and services of the broker- dealer. We may accept the client’s instructions to use a client directed broker-dealer, and by doing so, we will not have the authority to negotiate commissions or obtain volume discounts and, as a result, best execution may not be achieved. Directed brokerage practices could result in higher costs to the client.

The Bollard Group participates in the Fidelity Institutional Services (“FIS”) program, sponsored by Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC (“FBS”). As part of the FIS program, the Firm receives benefits that it would not otherwise receive if it did not utilize FBS as its approved custodian/broker-dealer. FBS makes available certain research and brokerage products and services that benefit the Firm. Some of these other products assist the Firm in managing and administering client’s accounts, such as software and other services that provide access to client account data, facilitate trade execution, provide research, pricing information and other market data. Many of these services are used to service all or a substantial number of the Firm’s client accounts. FBS also makes available to the Firm other services intended to help the Firm manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services include consulting, publications and conferences on practice management, and marketing. The Firm does not, however, enter into any commitments with FBS for transaction levels in exchange for any services or products. While as a fiduciary, the Firm endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests, the Firm’s recommendation that clients maintain their assets in accounts with FBS is based in part on the benefit to the Firm of the availability of some of the foregoing products and services and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by FBS, which creates a potential conflict of interest and which we mitigate through disclosure in this Brochure. While FBS is a well-known national brokerage firm that provides discounted commission rates, other firms provide discounted commission rates equal to or less than FBS’s rates.

Whenever appropriate, we engage in aggregating buy and sell orders for multiple clients where there is a specific economic benefit expected for doing so. In the event that we are able to “bunch” orders for one or more clients, we will endeavor to ensure that no client is systematically advantaged or disadvantaged by the bunching and that trades are allocated in such a manner that all clients are treated fairly and equitably. The Spinnaker Funds invest primarily in private transactions. Should any of the Spinnaker Funds receive delivery of investments in public securities, the Spinnaker Fund typically will use The Bollard Group’s approved qualified custodian (bank or broker-dealer) for services. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group: Client accounts are reviewed for performance on a continuous basis by the portfolio manager. Portfolios are also reviewed quarterly (or other periodic review) for adherence to risk parameters and sector and industry concentration. Additional reviews may be triggered by changes in economic or market conditions, or at the request of the client.

The reviewer of client relationships is Anastasios Parafestas. Mr. Parafestas is responsible for reviewing all accounts for our client relationships.

We furnish written reports to clients regarding the performance of their accounts and the nature of the holdings of the account on an annual basis or more frequently as requested by the client.

Spinnaker Funds:

The investment portfolios of the Spinnaker Funds are generally private, illiquid and long-term in nature, and accordingly the Firm’s review of them is not directed toward a short-term decision to dispose of securities. Portfolios are reviewed regularly by teams of investment professionals to evaluate whether each investment is delivering the expected result. For Spinnaker Funds that are subject to annual financial statement audit, investors will receive the audited financial statements of the relevant Fund. In the event that any Spinnaker Fund is not subject to annual financial statement audit, the funds and securities held by any such Spinnaker Fund will be included in the annual surprise examination, and, the qualified custodian holding assets of the Fund will provide account statements directly to investors no less frequently than quarterly. The Firm and the applicable Managing Member of the Fund may from time to time in their sole discretion provide additional information relating to such Fund to some but not all investors in such Fund as they deem appropriate. This selective disclosure creates a conflict of interest, which the Firm mitigates through disclosure in this Brochure. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group, Spinnaker Capital (or a related person) does not have any written or oral agreements where it: o Is paid cash or receives some economic benefit (including commissions, equipment or non-research services) from a non-client in connection with giving advice to clients other than as described in Item 12; or o Directly or indirectly compensates any person for client referrals. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group: In many cases, The Bollard Group or a related person is empowered by the client to transact business on behalf of the client, including the distribution of funds and securities from clients’ bank, brokerage or other accounts. In such cases, we will ensure that all funds and securities of the client are held in accounts with qualified custodians (bank or broker-dealer) in the name of the clients, or in the name of The Bollard Group LLC (or its related person) as agent for the clients, or in the name of The Bollard Group LLC for the benefit of (F/B/O) the clients. We will notify the clients promptly, in writing, of the qualified custodian’s name, address, and the manner in which the funds or securities are maintained when the account is opened and following any changes to this information.

Account statements will be sent directly to clients by the qualified custodian at least quarterly and will identify the amount of funds and each security in the account at the end of the period and will set forth all transactions during the period. Clients should promptly and carefully review all such statements received from the qualified custodian.

Asset management fee deduction – The Bollard Group charges asset management fees directly to client accounts per written authorization from the client. For each occurrence of the charge, The Bollard Group sends an invoice directly to the qualified custodian requesting payment of the asset management fees directly from the client’s account.

Spinnaker Capital: The Spinnaker Funds will deliver annual audited financial statements to investors within 120 days of the end of the Fund’s fiscal year (or 180 days in the case of a “fund of funds”). In the event that any Spinnaker Fund is not subject to annual financial statement audit, the funds and securities held by such Fund will be included in the annual surprise examination, and, the adviser will arrange for account statements to be sent by the qualified custodian directly to the investors no less frequently than quarterly. please register to get more info

In most cases, we have the authority to determine the selection of securities and the amount of securities to be bought or sold without obtaining specific client consent for each transaction. In many cases, we execute discretionary investment powers as provided to us by the client in the account agreement and the discretionary investment advisory agreement. We also provide bill paying services as directed by our clients. In other cases, the client has granted our principal, employee or related person a limited, general or durable Power of Attorney and empowered said person to act as Attorney-in-Fact on their behalf. Further, there are cases where our related person has been appointed as trustee of a trust, and as such, makes investment decisions based upon the specific requirements of the trust. Finally, our principal, employees or other related persons may be appointed as Manager of a limited liability company (LLC) to act on behalf of the Member(s) of the LLC.

In certain cases where we have limited authority to act on behalf of the client by virtue of a non- discretionary advisory agreement, we must obtain client approval before acting on an investment recommendation or decision.

Clients providing us with discretionary authority may provide us written instruction imposing restrictions on the discretionary authority. Any such restrictions may be amended by the client at any time by providing us with written instructions amending or rescinding the previous instructions. With respect to Spinnaker Funds, investment advice is provided to the Funds, subject to the direction and control of the Managing Member of each Fund, and not individually to the investors in the Funds. Services are provided to the Funds in accordance with their Advisory Agreements and/or their organizational documents. Investment restrictions for the Funds, if any, are generally established in their organizational documents. please register to get more info

Generally, The Bollard Group will not exercise proxy voting authority on behalf of clients. Our clients receive their proxy materials directly from their qualified custodians or transfer agents. The obligation to vote client proxies shall at all times rest with those clients. The Firm will not provide advice to clients regarding how to vote proxies for securities held in client accounts. We will however, where appropriate, encourage the client to obtain advice on proxy matters from an independent party.

Where appropriate, the Firm will exercise proxy voting authority in certain cases where the client has appointed or engaged a member of the Firm to perform services for the client as LLC manager, trustee or other position of standing for client owned entities or trusts as agreed with the client.

As authorized by the client, the Firm will advise and act on behalf of the client in any legal proceedings or class actions involving companies whose securities are held or previously were held in the client’s account(s), including, but not limited to, the filing of “Proofs of Claim” in class action settlements. The client may authorize the Firm to engage the services of one or more third parties to identify and file “Proofs of Claim” or to take other actions on behalf of the client in class action and related securities litigation matters that fall within the scope of authorization provided by the client. Alternatively, if desired, clients may direct the Firm to transmit any class action notices received by the Firm to the client or to the client’s designated third party. Upon such written direction, the Firm will make commercially reasonable efforts to forward such notices in a timely manner. The Firm, subject to the direction and control of the Managing Member of each Fund, abides by our Proxy Voting Policy for the Spinnaker Funds. please register to get more info

The Bollard Group charges fees in arrears for managing portfolios and providing other services to clients. As a result, The Bollard Group does not require or solicit prepayment of fees in advance of providing services to our clients.

Spinnaker Capital charges fees in arrears for managing portfolios and providing other services to clients. As a result, Spinnaker Capital does not require or solicit prepayment of fees in advance of providing services to our clients. The Firm has no financial commitment that is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet contractual commitments to its clients, and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding at any time during the past ten years.
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers
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