Overview
A. Description of Advisory Firm
Investall, Inc., formerly known as ForeSCITE, Inc. until its name change effective November
2, 2022, a Delaware corporation formed in 2017, is an investment advisory firm that, through
the use of a computer-generated algorithmic model, provides investment advisory services to
third-party investment managers and advisers (“Investment Advisers”) who, in turn, may in
their discretion utilize such advice in advising their own clients and investors (the “Investment
Adviser’s Clients”), as well as to retail investors through a mobile app offered by Investall.
Investall is owned by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Compliance Officer Balkrishna
Shagrithaya, Jonathan Shah, and JAS Trust for which Abbas Shah serves as trustee.
B. Types of Advisory Services Offered
Investall provides advisory services to registered investment advisers and other qualified
investment managers using a proprietary “dynamic beta” algorithmic model that selects
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and other securities across various asset classes based on
relative value analysis, technological analysis and fundamental analysis and uses real time risk
monitoring and dynamic allocation to allocate assets in a portfolio and rebalance monthly
between asset classes and within sectors. The investment model makes all proposed investment
allocations for the Investment Advisers’ consideration on a monthly basis. Investall delivers
its monthly portfolio allocations and buy-sell signals to the Investment Advisers via electronic
secure file transfer protocol, application program interface or other secure arrangements. Upon
generation and delivery of such signal: (i) the Investment Adviser may use the information
delivered by the signal at their discretion in advising their own clients;
(ii) the Investment Adviser may ignore, in whole or in part, the signal and not follow it; or
(iii) the Investment Adviser can authorize Investall to submit the signals and signal-related
information directly to the Investment Adviser’s designated broker-dealer or its execution
platform so the broker-dealer can affect the reallocation. Generally, monthly trade signals are
executed for the Investment Adviser’s client accounts by rebalancing automatically through
the Investment Adviser’s execution platform.
In addition, Investall provides risk monitoring and intra-month rebalancing. The algorithmic
model includes risk analysis that evaluates various market-impacting risk factors that may
materially and adversely impact a portfolio at such time. This risk-monitoring mechanism,
when triggered, may signal an intra-month portfolio rebalancing in addition to the monthly
reallocation signal.
The services provided to the Investment Advisers are also
provided to retail investors through
a mobile app offered by Investall.
Investall has no direct contact with the clients of the Investment Advisers or users of its mobile
app and does not provide any services directly for the clients of the Investment Advisers or
users of the mobile app other than trade execution as described in clause (iii) above. In both
instances described, brokerage and custody services are provided by third parties or the
Investment Advisers themselves. Neither Investall nor its affiliates have custody of client
funds, nor does it provide brokerage services.
C. Services Tailored to Individual Needs of Investment Advisers and Retail
Investors
Investall’s advisory services are tailored to the management of each Investment Adviser’s
account to the extent that each Investment Adviser provides Investall with information
regarding securities positions, assets and cash balances of the Investment Adviser and its
clients, which Investall enters into its investment model. Investall’s investment model then
makes proposed allocations for the Investment Adviser’s consideration, and such Investment
Adviser interacts directly with its own clients. Investall does not model around an Investment
Adviser or Investment Adviser’s Client’s restrictions and does not take steps to tailor its
signals based on an Investment Adviser’s or Investment Adviser Client’s risk profile.
With regards to Investment Advisers that use Investall’s advisory services pursuant to clause
(i) in Section B above, such Investment Advisers may adjust their own portfolio and that of
their clients at their own discretion and are not bound to take Investall’s signals. In addition,
while Investall may be provided authorization from its clients to provide allocation signals
directly to the client’s broker-dealer or the applicable execution platform, Investall does
not give discretionary advice.
Investall tailors its advisory services to retail investors as well as for Investment Adviser Clients
of Investall. Retail investors receive the proposed allocations and determine whether to
implement them or not.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Wrap fees are comprehensive fees charged to a client for providing a bundle of services, such
as investment advice, investment research and brokerage services. Investall does not
participate in wrap fee programs.
E. Investment Adviser Assets
As of December 31, 2023, Investall did not have any assets under discretionary management.
Investall does not manage client funds. Investall provides portfolio allocation signals to
Investment Advisers and mobile app users. The Investall signals are being employed on
approximately $ 26,551,726 in total assets.