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Titan Global Capital Management USA LLC (“Titan”), an SEC registered investment adviser, is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Titan Global Capital Management, Inc. (“Titan Global”) and has
been in operation since 2020. Titan is a privately held company headquartered in New York,
New York. Information about Titan’s organizational and ownership structure is provided on Part
1 of Titan’s Form ADV, which is available online at
http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. We aim to
offer a modernized, convenient investing experience for our Clients with access to a
comprehensive array of managed and automated strategies. All of this is provided through an
easy-to-use mobile app and web interface. Titan provides discretionary investment advisory
services to separately managed accounts of individuals (each a “Client,” and collectively,
“Clients”) in a program that bundles or “wraps” services together and charges a single fee based
on the value of assets under management (the “Wrap Program” or the “Program”). The Program
seeks to provide personalized, long-term oriented investment portfolios. The services provided
under the Program are advisory, trade execution, clearance, settlement, custody and reporting.
Titan offers these services to individual taxable accounts and individual retirement accounts
(“IRA”), specifically Roth and traditional accounts. Titan also offers personal financial planning,
at its sole discretion, through the Program. In addition, Titan provides Clients with retirement
account rollover recommendations in compliance with the U.S. Department of Labor's Prohibited
Transaction Exemption 2020-02. From time to time, Titan intends to introduce additional
products or services under the Program to continue to enhance our personalized, long-term
oriented investment portfolio offerings. Future offerings will contain additional terms and
conditions applicable to each such offering and additional disclosures describing associated risks.
The Wrap Program does not provide comprehensive financial or tax planning or legal
advice, and Clients are advised and afforded the opportunity to seek the advice and counsel
of the Client’s own tax, financial, and legal advisers. Neither Titan nor any of its affiliates are
responsible for establishing or maintaining any Client’s compliance with the requirements of the
Internal Revenue Code for a traditional IRA or Roth IRA, or any other type of account that may
be offered through the Wrap Program or determining any Client’s individual tax treatment
regarding such account. Furthermore, neither Titan nor any of its affiliates are responsible for
withholding any tax penalties that may apply to Clients’ Titan accounts or for any state or federal
income tax withholding, except as may otherwise be required by applicable law.
The Wrap Program seeks to provide personalized, long-term oriented investment portfolios that
are invested in a personalized blend of Titan proprietary and automated equity strategies,
Exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), US Treasury money market funds, and registered investment
companies (“RICs”), as applicable based on personal information, including investment risk and
financial parameters.
Titan’s proprietary equity strategies are actively managed, with the exception of Automated
Bonds, Automated Equities, and our Crypto strategies, which are passively managed and may be
rebalanced quarterly.
Depending on a Client’s investment risk profile and financial parameters, investing in one,
several, or all strategies available on the Titan Platform may not be a complete investment
program and Titan does not recommend that Clients use them as the sole component(s) of
their investment plan.
Advisory Business – Program Description
Titan’s Wrap Program interacts with its Clients through a software application that is available
through mobile platforms (the “Titan App”) and the Firm’s website,
www.titan.com(collectively
known as the “Titan Platform”). The advisory services are delivered through the Titan Platform.
Titan may occasionally provide advice in person or over the phone. Each Client provides
personal information about themselves, including financial resources, investment goals and
objectives by answering a questionnaire. Titan utilizes the information from the questionnaire to
create an investment portfolio that is customized to each Client’s risk tolerance, financial
parameters and investment objectives. For each Client’s portfolio plan, Titan may consider the
Client’s employment status, income, investment goals and reasons to invest, investment time
horizon and investable assets. Titan evaluates each Client’s responses and proposes a portfolio
plan from among conservative, moderate and aggressive growth portfolios. The portfolio
recommendation created by Titan for each Client is based largely upon the information provided
by the Client. As such, the suitability of the investment plan recommendations is limited by and
relies on the accuracy and completeness of the information provided by the Client. Titan does not
capture any additional information not covered in the questionnaire in making its risk assessment
and providing its investment advice. A Client may specify the degree of risk level (conservative,
moderate, and aggressive risk tolerance) associated with their Client account, and the amount of
assets in the Client account. A Client is able to restrict the purchase of specific securities, subject
to certain limitations as stated in the Titan Platform. Each Client is able to update his/her risk
profile or select a recommended portfolio with a different risk profile. Clients are obligated to
update their information promptly if there are changes to their financial situation, goals,
objectives, personal circumstances, time horizon or if other relevant information changes or
becomes available.
A Client is required to enter into an investment advisory agreement with Titan (“Advisory
Account Management Agreement”), which discusses the services the Client will receive, the fees
charged to the Client, and the conditions of the Client’s relationship with Titan. Our advisory
relationship begins upon the effective date of the Advisory Account Management Agreement
with a Client. Any preliminary information provided to a Client before we accept the Advisory
Account Management Agreement does not constitute investment advice under the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), and should not be relied on as such.
Clients enter into an agreement whereby Apex Clearing Corporation (“Apex”) will act as the
clearing broker and qualified custodian for Client accounts and Titan Global Technologies LLC
(“TGT”), Titan’s affiliated SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA member, acts as an
introducing broker (such agreement, the “Customer Agreement”). Under the terms of the
Customer Agreement, the Client authorizes (i) TGT to introduce all securities trades and
transactions from Titan to Apex and (ii) Apex to establish and carry the Client’s account that
holds the Client’s securities and cash and records the Client’s transactions in the Wrap Program.
Using Apex’s application program interface (“API”), the Titan Platform allows Clients to create
an investment account instantly on any mobile device, tablet, or computer. All account opening
functionalities, including identity verification and approval, are handled digitally and instantly by
TGT in coordination with Apex. The investments in each Client’s account are held in a separate
account in the name of the Client at Apex, and not with Titan or TGT.
Investment Discretion
Titan has fully discretionary authority to manage assets on behalf of Clients who enter into the
Titan Wrap Program, as described above. Discretionary trading authority permits Titan to select
which securities to buy and sell and when to place orders for the execution of securities in Client
accounts on the Clients’ behalf, so that Titan may maintain the Client’s portfolio and make
ongoing changes as Titan believes appropriate. Titan trades in Client accounts for any number of
reasons, including in response to Client actions such as deposits or withdrawals. Titan also trades
in order to rebalance Client accounts, to change investment options, or otherwise to further the
investment objectives that Clients specify via the Titan Platform. See how the portfolio is
constructed under
Investment Strategies and Methods of Analysis in Item 6 below.
The equity shares purchased or sold on behalf of a Client and/or held in Client accounts may be
either whole shares or fractional shares. Titan enables dollar based investing, whereby Titan can
buy a fixed dollar amount rather than whole shares. Titan aggregates all dollar based purchases
and places whole share orders for execution. TGT introduces whole share orders to Apex for
execution. Thereafter, Titan allocates the fractional shares to the individual Client accounts. To
the extent that TGT will trade fractional shares of any ETF or equity on behalf of Clients, it does
so by allocating any excess fractional shares to Titan’s fractional facilitation account carried by
Apex. In turn, Titan accumulates fractional shares and manages its fractional facilitation account
through trades in whole share quantities in accordance with Titan and Apex’s policies and
procedures as they pertain to the management of such accounts and positions. Titan, TGT, and
Apex each reserve the right, at any time and each in its sole discretion, without prior notice to
Clients, to change the details of the policies and procedures governing the mechanics of trading
fractional shares, including, without limitation, allocation calculation and rounding procedures.
Fractional shares, however, are typically not transferable outside of a Client’s account because
the financial system in the U.S. currently is structured only to accommodate transfers of full
shares. As a result, fractional shares may not be marketable or transferrable to another brokerage
account. In the event of a liquidation or transfer of the assets in a Client’s account to another
account, Titan may convert such fractional shares to cash.
Titan receives a portion of the Wrap Program Fee (as defined below) for its services. Titan does
not receive any performance-based compensation for its services.
Brokerage and Custody Services
Titan has an arrangement with Apex, a third-party qualified custodian, through which execution,
clearing, settlement and custody services are provided to Clients. Brokerage services are
provided through Titan’s affiliated broker-dealer, TGT. Apex and TGT are FINRA and Securities
Investor Protection Corporation (“SIPC”) members, and SEC-registered broker-dealers.
Additional information about these entities and their services is noted in further detail in Item 9
of this Brochure.
Fees
The Wrap Program charges Clients a single “wrap” fee for investment advisory services (the
“Wrap Program Fee”), as described below. The Wrap Program Fee is not based upon transactions
in a Client account, but rather is a bundled fee, which includes the costs for advisory services,
execution, clearance, custody and account reporting.
Except as noted below Titan employs a tiered AUM advisory fee (the “Advisory Fee”) in which
the total cumulative deposits (net of withdrawals and liquidations but not taking into account
market fluctuations) since inception of a Client’s account through the end of the applicable
billing cycle (“Net Deposits”) determines the applicable percentage charged as follows:
Net Deposits
Advisory Fee Based on Eligible Assets
Under Management (“Eligible AUM”)
Up to $24,999.90% of Eligible AUM
$25,000 to $99,999.80% of Eligible AUM
$100,000 or more.70% of Eligible AUM
Net Deposits are calculated from the date of inception through the last day of the applicable
billing cycle. The Advisory Fee is prorated and charged monthly, in arrears. The Advisory Fee is
assessed based on the daily average market value of assets under management (“AUM”) in a
Client’s portfolio over the previous month’s billing cycle. Titan may from time to time, in its sole
discretion, offer lower fees through promotions, referrals and other discounts to and/or negotiate
separate fee and billing arrangements with some
Clients that differ from the Wrap Program Fee.
In calculating a Client’s Eligible AUM value to which the above Net Deposit amount is applied
to determine a Client’s monthly advisory fee amount, certain assets are not counted because we
do not charge an Advisory Fee on these assets. Assets for which we do not charge an Advisory
Fee include assets held in our automated strategies, including Automated Bonds, Automated
Equities, Titan Crypto and investments in ARK Venture Fund. Not including these assets in your
total AUM means you do not pay an Advisory Fee on these assets. All other assets held in your
Titan Account, including the cash you invest, the value of the securities and appreciation thereon,
and assets acquired through dividend reinvestments, are subject to the Advisory Fee outlined
above.
Effective January 2, 2024, Clients invested in Titan Treasury and/or Smart Cash are charged a
fixed .25% Advisory Fee on total AUM in Smart Cash and/or Titan Treasury in lieu of a tiered
pricing model.
Since the asset-based fee is determined by average daily account balance, if assets are deposited
into or withdrawn from an account after the inception of a month, the base fee payable with
respect to such assets is adjusted accordingly. For the first billing period of our advisory
relationship, the Wrap Program Fee is calculated on a pro rata basis. In the event the Advisory
Account Management Agreement is terminated, the Wrap Program Fee for the final billing
period is prorated through the effective date of the termination and the outstanding portion of the
Wrap Program Fee is charged to the Client. Clients authorize Titan and TGT, through the
Advisory Account Management Agreement to deduct fees directly from Client custodial
accounts at Apex or from their funding source.
See “Direct Fee Debit of Titan’s Fee” below.
Titan imposes a minimum cash reserve requirement (the “Cash Reserve”) on certain investment
strategies. The Cash Reserve is a minimum allocation of cash in a Client’s account used to pay
your Advisory Fee and any other fees and expenses. Titan will sell assets in your Titan Account
from time to time to facilitate a withdrawal request, replenish a Client’s Cash Reserve, and/or to
pay the Advisory Fee and any other fees and expenses as applicable. If a Client is invested in any
illiquid strategies, (including, but not limited to, Apollo Diversified Credit Fund, Apollo
Diversified Real Estate Fund, and Carlyle Tactical Private Credit Fund) the Client will not be
able to withdraw the liquid portion, except in the process of a full liquidation and account
termination. If you are enrolled in Titan’s Cash Sweep Program (described below), the funds held
in Cash Reserve will be automatically “swept” into an FDIC-insured account maintained by
Apex Clearing at a
participating bank. Your Cash Reserve will therefore earn interest pursuant to
the terms of Titan’s Cash Sweep Program.
The minimum Cash Reserve that Clients are required to maintain in their Account depends on
their investments or asset holdings as further described in the Advisory Account Management
Agreement.
Fee Comparison
As described above, a portion of the Wrap Program Fee is used to cover the securities brokerage
commissions attributed to the management of Titan’s Clients’ portfolios. The number of
transactions made in Clients’ accounts, as well as the commissions charged for each transaction,
determines the relative cost of the Wrap Program versus paying for execution on a per
transaction basis and paying a separate fee for advisory services. Services provided through the
Wrap Program may cost Clients more or less than purchasing advisory and execution (brokerage)
services separately. Titan’s Wrap Program Fee may also be higher or lower than fees charged by
other wrap sponsors of comparable investment advisory programs. Since Titan pays the
transactions charges in the Client’s account, there is a financial incentive for Titan not to place
transactions in the Client’s account, or to place fewer trades or trade less frequently.
A wrap fee account may not be in the best interest of a Client with minimal or no trading activity
as compared to a non-wrap fee account or brokerage account where the Client would otherwise
pay trading costs as incurred but a lower fee in a non-wrap account or no advisory fee in a
brokerage account. In that case, Clients would not receive the services provided by Titan, which
are designed, among other things, to determine which investments are appropriate for the
portfolio and the Client’s account. Titan’s decision to trade or rebalance a portfolio or strategy
will largely be guided by its fundamental research process, which is driven by both proprietary
qualitative and quantitative methods. Titan may execute trades at its discretion based on this
research process, under the oversight of Titan’s Chief Investment Officer. Aside from covering
most of your fees to our broker-dealer and transaction costs, fees associated with the Wrap
Program include access to our proprietary investment strategies and in-house research, and
therefore are higher than a typical advisory fee for a traditional ETF, RIC, or similar advisory
product. Titan believes its Wrap Program Fee is reasonable considering the quality and scope of
the services it provides and the fees charged by other investment advisers offering similar
services/programs.
Fee Discretion
Titan in its sole discretion may from time to time offer lower fees through promotions, referrals
and other discounts to some accounts that differ from the Wrap Program Fee stated above.
Conversely, from time to time, Titan may in its sole discretion also raise its Wrap Program Fee.
Titan currently provides a fee discount to Clients who refer other Clients, on the terms and
conditions described on Titan’s website. Negotiated fees may differ based on factors, including
but not limited to, the type and size of the account, the historical and/or expected size and
number of trades for the account, and the services to be provided to the Client.
Any such program or initiative may be expanded, narrowed, suspended, canceled or modified at
any time by Titan. To the extent any such program or initiative is canceled or terminated, Clients
will once again be charged the then-current Wrap Program Fee on a going forward basis. Titan
shall have sole discretion in determining whether or not any existing Client or potential Client
meets the requirements to participate in and/or benefit from any such program or initiative, and
Titan shall not be liable to the Client or any other party in connection with any such decision
and/or in connection with the administration of any such program or initiative generally.
Other Fees
The Wrap Program includes all trade charges applicable to an account. However, Titan’s Wrap
Program Fee does not include other related costs and expenses. In addition to the Titan Wrap
Program Fee, Clients may incur certain other fees imposed by third-party financial institutions.
(e.g., transfer fees, administrative fees, other fees). These additional fees and charges may
include:
● Brokerage, Clearing and Service Provider Charges
Titan’s fees do not cover certain charges imposed by Apex. These types of charges
include, but are not limited to, wire transfer fees, paper statement fees, and bounced check
fees. TGT shares in certain fees paid by the Client to Apex or otherwise (including,
without limitation, additional fees for the preparation and delivery of paper documents,
account transfers and other services) and anticipates sharing in certain revenue paid to
Apex for directing orders to particular broker dealers or market centers for execution,
which will create a conflict of interest for Titan in performing its services pursuant to the
Advisory Account Management Agreement. Please see Item 9 for additional information
regarding such payment for order flow arrangement. Clients also pay their own taxes on
gains and income in connection with the account and its activities.
The issuer of some of the securities purchased for Clients, such as ETFs, American
Depository Receipts, and RICs may charge product fees and expenses that affect Clients.
Titan does not charge these fees to Clients and does not benefit directly or indirectly from
any such fees. An ETF typically includes embedded expenses that may reduce the fund’s
net asset value, and therefore directly affect the fund’s performance and indirectly affect a
Client’s portfolio performance or an index benchmark comparison. RICs typically charge
management fees and other expenses, such as sales loads and/or other charges and
short-term redemption fees, as disclosed in the applicable prospectus. These fees are in
addition to the Wrap Program Fee Clients pay to Titan. Clients should review all fees
charged to fully understand the total amount of fees they will pay.
● Direct Fee Debit of Titan’s Fee
Clients authorize and direct Titan and TGT, to instruct the custodian to deduct the Wrap
Program Fee, and any other fees owed, directly from the Client’s custodial account at
Apex or linked funding source and pay those fees to Titan. Titan and TGT may also take
the Wrap Program Fee from a Client’s account by instructing Apex to deduct such fee
from the assets in the Client’s account, including by selling (liquidating) a sufficient
amount of holdings to cover the Wrap Program Fee.
Each time a Client uses our advisory services, they reaffirm their agreement that Titan, and
TGT, may charge the Client’s account, as applicable. In the event Titan cannot charge the
Client’s account or funding source, it reserves the right to terminate a Client’s access to its
advisory services. Termination of accounts will be undertaken at Titan’s sole discretion.
Each Client may also terminate its account at any time. Upon full termination of a Client’s
account, assets are liquidated as soon as practicable, unless the Client directs otherwise,
and money is returned to the Client via the Client’s funding source less any Wrap Program
Fee due and owing, if applicable. Once the account termination process is initiated, Titan
will receive the Wrap Program Fee from the Client with respect to the Client’s account,
which will be deducted from the transferring proceeds.
● Account Additions and Withdrawals
Except for certain investment opportunities discussed below, Clients may deposit and
withdraw from their account at any time, subject to Titan’s right to terminate a Client’s
account. Deposits to an account must be done via bank transfer. Titan Clients may
withdraw most account assets on five (5) days’ notice to Titan, subject to the usual and
customary securities settlement procedures. See below for limitations on withdrawals for
certain RIC investments. However, Titan designs its portfolios as long-term investments
and the withdrawal of assets may impair the achievement of a Client’s investment
objectives. Clients are advised that when cash is withdrawn, they may be subject to
transaction fees, and/or tax ramifications. Clients may request to transfer their portfolio in
kind to another financial advisor by contacting
[email protected]to initiate an
Automated Customer Account Transfer (“ACAT”). ACATs are subject to certain
limitations and a one-time transaction fee disclosed
HERE.
Certain RIC investments recommended by Titan (including Diversified Real Estate by
Apollo, Private Credit by Carlyle, and the ARK Venture Fund) have deposit minimum
amounts as well as limitations on the amount and timing of withdrawals; and in some
cases withdrawal amounts will not be allowed as they are subject to availability at the
discretion of the RIC, independent of Titan and TGT. Titan and TGT will process
approved withdrawal requests related to investments Clients hold as part of their
recommended portfolio and as self-directed investments through TGT on a first in, first
out (FIFO) basis, meaning assets approved for withdrawal will be processed in the order in
which they were invested, unless otherwise directed by the Client.