INTRACK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC.


A. Corporate History InTrack Investment Management, Inc., previously Sopher Investment Management, has been in business providing advisory services since 1992. In 2016 Peltzer Capital Management joined InTrack Investment Management. The advisory firm has offices in South Burlington and Norwich, Vermont. The company’s Managing Partner and principal owner is Myron R. Sopher. Partners and owners in the firm include Myron R. Sopher, Brett C. Peltzer, CFA and MBA, Matthew D. Johnson, CFA, and Jan E. Peltzer.

B. Advisory Services

Investment Management Services InTrack Investment Management (InTrack) clients and their families know our advisers are there to help them navigate change and stay on course to achieve their long-term financial goals by managing their investments. InTrack’s advisers integrate their understanding of a client’s individual circumstances and values with their expertise in finance, global economics, entrepreneurial ventures, impact investing, and socially responsible investing. Using the information collected, the adviser determines asset allocation then constructs and manages the client’s portfolio based on the stated objective. While InTrack’s goal is to help clients manage their assets and financial lives, while building and sustaining wealth, our advisers’ greatest pleasure is being an ever-present, trusted resource.

InTrack’s advisers use their expertise to manage complex trust situations, provide solutions to concentrated investment positions, oversee clients’ retirement funds and help clients balance risk with other non-retirement accounts. Advisers assist clients with planned goals (saving for college, medical expenses) or unplanned events (death of a loved one and the transition of assets from one generation to the next). If a client requests their adviser to examine retirement planning and other investments related to retirement, the adviser may provide suggestions. Advisers educate clients so they understand their investments and the factors that affect their investments. InTrack’s investment advisory services are fee based. Our investment strategies utilize publicly traded equities, fixed income and cash securities as described below.
• Stocks.
• Bonds including municipal, treasury, corporate and foreign bonds that are investment grade. InTrack cannot control bond holdings in mutual funds and inform clients of this fact. Certain mutual funds may include less than investment grade fixed income bonds.
• Exchange traded funds (EFT’s) or Spiders (Standard & Poor’s depository receipt managed by State Street Global Advisers) are used for diversification.
• Mutual funds.
• Cash, cash equivalents, certificates of deposit. The majority of clients that work with InTrack advisers due so on a discretionary basis. If a client engages InTrack on a non-discretionary investment advisory basis, the client must accept that InTrack Investment Management cannot affect any account transactions without obtaining prior verbal consent from the client. This applies even in the event of a market correction. Without consent from the client, an advisor does not have the authority to execute trades.

Financial Planning Services InTrack Investment Management offers customized financial planning services. The client can elect a one-time financial plan or a service that includes annual updates to the original plan. The financial planning service reviews personal and financial information using a fact gathering questionnaire, interview process, current financial statements, income taxes and estate planning documents. InTrack utilizes eMoney software in the preparation of the financial plan. The plan may include a spending analysis and consider the client’s goals such as retirement saving or the cash needs for a surviving dependent. If requested, advisers analyze the client’s current investments and make recommendations based on the plan’s results. It is entirely the client’s decision to implement the plan, parts of the plan or disregard the recommendations.

If the client chooses to implement any of the plan’s recommendations, InTrack advises the client to work closely with their attorney, accountant, insurance agent and financial adviser.

Consulting and Participant Directed Retirement Plan Consulting InTrack provides consulting services for some clients. The client’s financial assets are listed in the consulting agreement. Advisers review individual securities and overall aggregate allocation then offer recommendations to align the portfolio with the client’s objectives, risk tolerance and current and future financial needs. It is the client’s responsibility to choose the recommendations that meet their objectives and execute those recommendations. Consulting services also include participant directed retirement plans. In these cases, advisers review and select mutual funds offered to the plan’s participants which are consistent with the plan’s objectives, provide general information on the benefits of investing in 401k plans, show historic return information on various asset classes and offer general guidance on allocation of participant’s portfolios and specific information on the risk levels, performance and management of the plan’s mutual funds. Automated Managed Platform InTrack will be offering the Fidelity Automated Managed Platform (AMP) a digital, discretionary managed account service for advisory clients. Using eMoney (an independently operated affiliate of Fidelity) participants can onboard themselves, set goals and connect to Fidelity’s brokerage options to open and fund an account. Clients and InTrack advisers can access the same platform, allowing them to collaborate on planning and investments.

Per Fidelity, AMP is designed for investors with $5,000 or more to invest, is not available to non-U.S. trusts, foreign investors and persons who are not U.S. residents. Regular and continuous internet access is required to enroll in AMP and manage the account.

The adviser will recommend a model for the client by correlating the score on the online investor profile form, which is completed by the client, to an investment objective. These models are created and managed by a subadvisor, Geode Capital Management, LLC, (Geode). InTrack has a contractual relationship with Geode. As a part of this platform, Geode and Fidelity have agreed to Geode receiving a minimum annual fee in connection with this service. If Geode’s aggregate, annual subadvisor fees for managing the service do not exceed the minimum fee, then Fidelity will be required to pay the shortfall to Geode to meet the minimum fee. This creates a potential conflict of interest, because Fidelity will have an incentive to promote the intermediary advisor’s use of Geode as a subadvisor through the service. Neither the minimum fee nor any shortfall will be charged to any intermediary advisor or advisor client.

The investment objective determines the model managed by Geode on behalf of InTrack which is then used to construct the portfolio. The portfolio or model is composed of mutual funds and or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) including iShares ETFs. InTrack is not responsible for the selection of any model or investment management decisions on the basis of any incomplete, misleading or incorrect information provided by the AMP client. The client makes the final decision on the model selected. If a client decides to engage with AMP, an Investment Management Agreement is required which outlines the details of the program, how it functions, responsibilities of the client, adviser and platform, and important disclosure information. If there are any questions on this product, please contact Myron Sopher, Managing Partner. Miscellaneous Retirement Plan Rollovers and Potential for Conflicts of Interest A client or prospective client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement plan and may engage in a combination of the following options.
• If permitted, leave the money in the former employer’s plan.
• Rollover the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted.
• Rollover to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
• Cash out the account value which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences.

If an advisor of InTrack recommends that a client rollover their retirement plan assets into an account to be managed by InTrack, such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if InTrack will earn an advisory fee on the assets. No client is under any obligation to rollover retirement plan assets to an account managed by InTrack. If a client has any questions regarding the potential for a conflict of interest on a retirement plan rollover, please contact Jan Peltzer, CCO.

C. Customizing Advisory Services

InTrack Investment Management tailors each advisory relationship to the client’s needs by maintaining contact with each client through meetings, phone calls, e-mail and determines if the individual’s circumstances or perspectives have changed which may result in a change to their investment objective. Upon a client’s request and if the adviser believes the request can be honored, InTrack Investment Management is able to customize a client’s investments. Typically, a client might restrict the adviser from purchasing or holding certain securities, industries or sectors. If the portfolio currently includes these holdings, the adviser will act upon the client’s decision to either sell or work to reduce the holding over time. These requests are documented.

Each client is advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify InTrack Investment Management of any changes in their financial situation or investment objectives so the adviser can review, recommend and incorporate the change into the client’s accounts. D. Wrap Fee Programs This item is not applicable. InTrack Investment Management does not participate in wrap fee programs. E. Client Assets Assets under management as of December 31, 2019. Discretionary $ 180,009,252.00 Non-discretionary $ 914,685.00 please register to get more info

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