Our firm manages assets for many different types of clients to help meet their financial goals while
remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time horizons. As a fiduciary it is our duty to always act in
the client’s best interest. This is accomplished in part by knowing the client. Our firm has established
a service-oriented advisory practice with open lines of communication. Working with clients to
understand their investment objectives while educating them about our process, facilitates the kind
of working relationship we value.
Our firm sponsors and offers a wrap fee program. Our wrap fee program allows clients to pay a single
fee for investment advisory services and associated custodial transaction costs. Because our firm
absorbs client transaction fees, an incentive exists to limit trading activities in client accounts.
Custodial transaction costs, however, are not included in the advisory fee charged by our firm for
non-wrap services, and are to be paid by the client to their chosen custodian. Depending on the
client’s account or portfolio trading activity, clients may pay more for using our wrap fee services
than they would for using our non-wrap services.
Our Wrap Advisory Services
Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio Management:
As part of our Wrap Comprehensive Portfolio Management service clients will be provided asset
management and financial planning or consulting services. This service is designed to assist clients
in meeting their financial goals through the use of a financial plan or consultation. Our firm conducts
client meetings to understand their current financial situation, existing resources, financial goals, and
tolerance for risk. Based on what is learned, an investment approach is presented to the client,
consisting of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs, options, mutual funds and other public and private
securities or investments. Once the appropriate portfolio has been determined, portfolios are
continuously and regularly monitored, and if necessary, rebalanced based upon the client’s individual
needs, stated goals and objectives. Upon client request, our firm provides a summary of observations
and recommendations for the planning or consulting
aspects of this service.
Fee Schedule
The maximum annual fee to be charged to the client’s account(s) will not exceed 2.00%. The fee to be
assessed to each account will be detailed in the client’s signed advisory agreement, LPL Account
Application signed by each client. Fees are billed on a pro-rata basis quarterly in advance based on
the value of the account(s) on the last day of the previous quarter. Fees are negotiable and will be
deducted from the account(s). Please note that fees will be adjusted for deposits and withdrawals
made during the quarter. If accounts are opened during the quarter, the pro-rata advisory fees will
be deducted during the next regularly scheduled billing cycle. In rare cases, our firm will agree to
direct bill clients. As part of this process, Clients understand the following:
a) LPL Financial, LLC (“LPL”) as the client’s custodian sends statements at least quarterly,
showing all disbursements for each account, including the amount of the advisory fees paid
to our firm;
b) Clients provide authorization permitting LPL to deduct these fees;
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c) LPL calculates the advisory fees for all fee schedules and deducts them from the client’s
account.
Other Types of Fees & Expenses:
In addition to our advisory fees above, clients may also pay holdings charges imposed by the chosen
custodian for certain investments, charges imposed directly by a mutual fund, index fund, or
exchange traded fund, which shall be disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (i.e., fund management fees,
initial or deferred sales charges, mutual fund sales loads, 12b-1 fees, surrender charges, variable
annuity fees, IRA and qualified retirement plan fees, and other fund expenses), mark-ups and mark-
downs, spreads paid to market makers, fees for trades executed away from custodian, wire transfer
fees and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions. Our firm does not
receive a portion of these fees.
Wrap Fee Program Recommendations
Our firm does not recommend or offer the wrap program services of providers other than LPL
Financial.