Summit Wealth Partners, LLC (“Summit”) is a national, SEC Registered Investment Adviser, headquartered in
Orlando, FL. While many client relationships have existed for more than 20 years with predecessor firms that
Summit’s current Investment Adviser Representatives (“IAR’s”) previously worked for, Summit has been in business
since 2005. Mr. Chad Warrick and Mr. Jason Print are Summit’s Co-Presidents & CEOs. Mr. Warrick is also Summit’s
Chief Compliance Officer. Mr. William Kovacs is Summit’s General counsel.
Summit is majority owned and controlled by Fiduciary Professionals LLC, a financial services holding company that
is 100% owned by Investors Advocate LLC. Messrs. Warrick, Print and Kovacs own 100% of Investors Advocate LLC.
Norland LLC, an affiliate of Stratos Wealth Holdings, LLC owns a minority, non-voting interest in Summit.
Summit’s wrap fee program provides comprehensive wealth management services to individuals and families.
Our Investment Adviser Representatives provide our wealth management services. Information about each of our
Investment Adviser Representatives is available in our “Supplemental Brochures.”
Our comprehensive wealth management process for individuals often and preferably involves developing a lifetime
financial plan based on the client’s particular circumstances. The personalized financial plan defines financial and
personal goals and recommends and implements investment strategies to achieve the desired goals.
Financial planning is primarily an analytical process designed to organize financial data, identify financial and
personal goals, needs and opportunities and evaluate alternative courses of action. A specific client’s financial plan
may address current sources of income and net worth; income tax strategies, cash flow and budgeting strategies;
specific investments, asset allocations and locations; retirement income planning; employee benefit plan analysis;
estate and charitable gift planning; education pre-funding; and risk management focusing on life, health, long-term
care and disability insurance products.
Clients who engage Summit for our comprehensive wealth management services enter into a Financial Services
Agreement (“FSA”) that establishes the terms under which Summit will provide its services. Summit provides clients
with a copy of this SEC Form ADV disclosure brochure, the IAR’s supplemental brochure, and any applicable
additional disclosures and agreements, either before or at the same time that the FSA is signed.
Clients may also engage Summit to only provide financial planning services by entering into a Financial Planning
Agreement. Summit’s fees are determined based on the scope of the financial planning services provided.
Our Wrap Fee Program includes the transaction fees charged
by broker/dealers associated with the trading of
securities in investment accounts. Such fees may include commissions, odd- lot differentials, transfer taxes, wire
transfer and electronic fund fees and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions.
Summit’s annual fees for this Wrap Fee Program are calculated and billed monthly or quarterly in arrears or forward
based on the fair market value of the assets under management on the last day of the month. Fees are assessed
pro rata if our services commence on any date other than the first day of a calendar month.
Our annual fee schedule is as follows:
Asset Level Annualized Fee
First $999,999 1.35%
$1,000,000 - $2,999,999 1.30%
$3,000,000 - $4,999,999 1.25%
$5,000,000 1.15%
In limited circumstances and in our discretion, our advisory fees may be negotiated with the client or bundled.
Negotiated fee schedules vary based on the type of client, investment objectives, account size and individual
circumstances. Finally, some legacy accounts may have different fee provisions. Summit may allow investment
accounts of members of the same household to be aggregated for purposes of determining annual fees. For
example, we may allow such aggregation when we separately manage investment accounts for the minor children
of current clients. The total fee is paid to Summit because Summit is the sponsor of this wrap fee program
Our fees are stated in the Financial Services Agreement or the Financial Planning Agreement each client signs.
These Agreements define our relationship with the client. They describe the services we will provide and the
client’s obligations to us. A new client may terminate any Agreement within five days of the date of acceptance
without any cost to the client. After the five-day period, an Agreement may be canceled by either party, for any
reason, with 30 days prior written notice to the other party. Upon termination of any account, any unpaid but
earned fees will be due and payable.
Rather than direct billing and payment for our services, our clients usually have the custodian for their investment
account(s) deduct our fees from the investment account. The client provides written authorization permitting
Summit to directly bill the custodian for Summit’s fees. If our fees are going to be directly debited from a client’s
custody account, the custodian will send to the client a quarterly account statement that indicates all amounts
disbursed from the account including fees paid directly to Summit. Clients are informed that it is their responsibility
to verify the accuracy of the custodian statement and fee calculation. The investment account custodian does not
determine whether the fee is properly calculated.