Quadrant offers a variety of advisory services, which include financial planning, consulting, and
investment management services. Prior to Quadrant rendering any of the foregoing advisory
services, clients are required to enter into one or more written agreements with Quadrant setting
forth the relevant terms and conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory Agreement”).
Quadrant Capital is a DBA of Quadrant Private Wealth Management, LLC is the successor firm
of Quadrant Private Wealth, LLC, a registered investment adviser since May 2014. As of
December 31, 2023, Quadrant had $1,625,145,373 in assets under management, $1,621,672,480
of which was managed on a discretionary basis and $3,472,893 of which was managed on a non-
discretionary basis. The term “registered investment adviser” does not imply a certain level of
skill or training.
Focus Financial Partners
Quadrant is part of the Focus Financial Partners, LLC (“Focus LLC”) partnership. Specifically,
Quadrant is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus Operating, LLC (“Focus Operating”
),1 which
is, directly and indirectly, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus LLC. Focus Financial Partners
Inc. (“Focus Inc.”) is the sole managing member of Focus LLC and has 100% of its governance
rights. Accordingly, all governance is conducted through the voting rights and the Board of
Directors at Focus Inc. Focus Inc. is the managing member of and owns, directly and indirectly,
approximately 99% of the economic interests in Focus LLC.
Focus Inc. is majority-owned, indirectly and collectively, by funds affiliated with Clayton,
Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”). Funds affiliated with Stone Point Capital LLC (“Stone Point”)
are indirect owners of Focus Inc. Because Quadrant is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary
of Focus Inc., CD&R and Stone Point funds are indirect owners of Quadrant.
Focus LLC also owns other registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, pension
consultants, insurance firms, business managers and other firms (the “Focus Partners”), most
of which provide wealth management, benefit consulting and investment consulting services
to individuals, families, employers, and institutions. Some Focus Partners also manage or
advise limited partnerships, private funds, or investment companies as disclosed on their
respective Form ADVs.
While this brochure generally describes the business of Quadrant, certain sections also discuss the
activities of its Supervised Persons, which refer to the Firm’s officers, partners, directors (or other
persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), employees or any other
person who provides investment advice on Quadrant’s behalf and is subject to the Firm’s
supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Quadrant offers clients a broad range of holistic financial planning and consulting services, which
include any or all of the following functions:
• Business Planning
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• Trust and Estate Planning
• Financial Reporting
• Investment Consulting
• Insurance Planning
• Retirement Planning
• Risk Management
• Charitable Giving
• Distribution Planning
• Tax Planning
• Manager Due Diligence
• College Funding
• Loan Facilitation
In performing these services, Quadrant is not required to verify any information received from the
client or from the client’s other professionals (
e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.,) and is expressly
authorized to rely on such information. Quadrant could recommend clients engage the Firm for
additional related services, its Supervised Persons in their individual capacities as insurance agents
or registered representatives of a broker-dealer and/or other professionals to implement its
recommendations. Such insurance services are offered through an affiliate, Quadrant Insurance
Wealth Structuring, LLC. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists if clients engage
Quadrant or its affiliates to provide additional services for compensation. Clients retain absolute
discretion over all decisions regarding implementation and are under no obligation to act upon
any of the recommendations made by Quadrant under a financial planning or consulting
engagement. Clients are advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify the Firm
of any change in their financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing,
evaluating or revising Quadrant’s recommendations and/or services.
Investment Management Services
Quadrant manages client investment portfolios on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis.
Quadrant primarily allocates client assets among various mutual funds, exchange-traded funds
(“ETFs”), stocks, municipal and corporate bonds, alternative investments, structured notes and
external investment managers (“External Managers”) in accordance with their stated investment
objectives.
When we allocate client assets to External Managers, we, the client-facing adviser, are responsible
for assessing the client’s needs, communicating with the client, allocating (or recommending the
allocation of) the client’s assets and conducting due diligence and monitoring of the client’s
investments, while the External Manager is responsible for managing certain of the client’s assets
that we allocate to them in a manner consistent with the manager’s stated investment strategies
and in accordance with the guidelines we provide. We recommend the allocation of client assets
to an External Manager who, like us, is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Focus LLC
and Focus Inc.
Quadrant also manages the Quadrant Enhanced Equity Strategy. In the Quadrant Enhanced Equity
Strategy, we purchase equity securities of individual companies we believe to be attractively
priced and generate income from writing options (usually “put” options) on those securities.
Quadrant offers this strategy to clients directly, where Quadrant serves as the primary investment
adviser, and also indirectly where Quadrant is retained as a subadviser.
Where appropriate, the Firm provides advice
about any type of legacy position or other investment
held in client portfolios. Clients can engage Quadrant to manage and/or advise on certain
investment products that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as private placements,
direct real estate holdings, variable life insurance and annuity contracts and assets held in
employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In the latter
situations, Quadrant directs or recommends the allocation of client assets among the various
investment options available with the product. Certain of these assets are maintained at the
underwriting insurance company or the custodian designated by the product’s provider.
Quadrant tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients and seeks to ensure,
on a continuous basis, that client portfolios are managed in a manner consistent with those needs
and objectives. Quadrant consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess their
specific risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to the
management of their portfolios. Clients are advised to promptly notify Quadrant if there are
changes in their financial situation or if they wish to place any limitations on the management
of their portfolios. Clients have the authority to impose reasonable restrictions or
mandates on the management of their accounts if Quadrant determines, in its sole discretion,
the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a management strategy or prove
overly burdensome to the Firm’s management efforts.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Quadrant provides various consulting services to qualified employee benefit plans and their
fiduciaries. This suite of institutional services is designed to assist plan sponsors in structuring,
managing and optimizing their corporate retirement plans. Each engagement is individually
negotiated and customized, and includes any or all of the following services:
• Plan Design and Strategy
• Plan Review and Evaluation
• Executive Planning & Benefits
• Investment Selection
• Plan Fee and Cost Analysis
• Plan Committee Consultation
• Fiduciary and Compliance
• Participant Education
Quadrant is a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”) with respect to investment management services and investment advice provided to
ERISA plan clients, including ERISA plan participants. Quadrant is also a fiduciary under the
Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”) with respect to investment management services and
investment advice provided to ERISA plans, ERISA plan participants, IRAs and IRA owners
(collectively, “Retirement Account Clients”). As such, Quadrant is subject to specific duties and
obligations under ERISA and the IRC that include among other things, prohibited transactions
rules which are intended to prohibit fiduciaries from acting on conflict of interest. When a
fiduciary gives advice in which it has a conflict of interest, the fiduciary must either avoid or
eliminate the conflict or rely upon a prohibited transaction exemption (a “PTE”).
Quadrant represents to Retirement Account Clients that it is registered as an investment adviser
under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and duly qualified to advise about Retirement
Account assets under applicable regulations. Quadrant acknowledges to Retirement Account
Clients that it is acting as a “fiduciary” within the meaning of Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA and/or
Section 4975(e)(3) of the Code, as the case may be, with respect to the provision of such
investment management services and/or investment advice to Retirement Account assets.
Use of External Managers
As mentioned above, in certain circumstances Quadrant selects certain External Managers to
actively manage a portion of its clients’ assets. As discussed above, when we allocate assets to
an external manager, we, the client-facing adviser, are responsible for assessing the client’s needs,
communicating with the client, allocating the client’s assets and conducting due diligence and
monitoring of the client’s investments, while the External Manager is responsible for managing
certain of the client’s assets that we allocate to the External Manager in a manner consistent with
the manager’s stated investment strategies and in accordance with the guidelines we provide. We
conduct initial and ongoing due diligence of the External Managers we select, and monitor the
performance and target allocations of the client accounts they manage.
As a fiduciary, we have duties of care and of loyalty to you and are subject to obligations
imposed on us by the federal and state securities laws. As a result, you have certain rights that
you cannot waive or limit by contract. Nothing in our agreement with you should be interpreted
as a limitation of our obligations under the federal and state securities laws or as a waiver of
any unwaivable rights you possess.
When we allocate client assets to an External Manager, clients will be responsible for paying
investment advisory fees both to Quadrant and to the External Manager. If we access the
External Manager through a platform who provides systems and administrative support related
to the selection of the external manager, clients additionally will be responsible for the platform
manager’s fee.
We offer clients the option of obtaining certain financial solutions from unaffiliated third-party
financial institutions with the assistance of our affiliate, Focus Treasury & Credit Solutions, LLC
(“FTCS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of our parent company, Focus Financial Partners, LLC.
Please see Items 5 and 10 for a fuller discussion of these services and other important
information.
We help our clients obtain certain insurance solutions from unaffiliated, third-party insurance
brokers by introducing clients to our affiliate, Focus Risk Solutions, LLC (“FRS”), a wholly
owned subsidiary of our parent company, Focus Financial Partners, LLC. Please see Items 5 and
10 for a fuller discussion of these services and other important information.