Activest Wealth Management, LLC is a SEC-registered investment adviser since June 14,
2018. Activest commenced active business operations as a state of Florida registered
investment adviser in 2011. Activest is organized as a Florida limited liability company and is
primarily (90%) owned by Mr. Isaac Wakszol through an intermediate holding company
named MEOD 26, Inc., which is a Florida corporation owned 100% by Mr. Wakszol. The
minority owner is Mr. Jacobo Taurel (10%) through an entity called Parnasa Lechaim, LLC a
Florida corporation wholly owned by Mr. Taurel. Mr. Wakszol also serves as Activest's
designated principal and Mr. Taurel serves as a managing director and as an investment
advisor representative of Activest.
We offer discretionary and, in limited circumstances, non-discretionary portfolio
management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our clients' needs and
investment objectives. If you retain our firm for portfolio management services, we will meet
with you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant
information at the beginning of our advisory relationship which is documented in the
Financial & Risk Profile Questionnaire (“Schedule A”). We will use the information we gather
to develop a strategy that enables our firm to give you continuous and focused investment
advice and/or to make investments on your behalf. As part of our portfolio management
services, we may customize an investment portfolio for you according to the information
provided on the Financial & Risk profile Questionnaire which includes but is not limited to
your risk tolerance, investment objectives, financial circumstances, time horizon, investment
experience and investment strategy. We may also invest your assets using a predefined
strategy, or we may invest your assets according to one or more model portfolios developed
by our firm. Once we construct an investment portfolio for you, or select a model portfolio,
we will monitor your portfolio's performance on an ongoing basis, and will rebalance the
portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in your financial circumstances.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant
our firm discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will
allow us to determine the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased
or sold for your account without your approval prior to each transaction. Discretionary
authority is typically granted by the investment advisory agreement you sign with our firm
and the appropriate trading authorization forms. You may limit our discretionary authority
(for example, limiting the types of securities that can be purchased for your account) by
providing our firm with your restrictions and guidelines in writing. If you enter into non-
discretionary arrangements with our firm, we must obtain your approval prior to executing
any transactions on behalf of your account.
Sub-Advisor/Institutional Client Consulting
Activest provides sub-advisory and/or consulting services to institutional clients. The services
we provide include: Research; Funds Lists and Follow Up; Bonds Lists and Follow Up; Market
News; Portfolio Analysis; Risk Profile Questionnaire Forms; Company Analysis; Weekly
Conference and Communications with the Firm's officers regarding markets. The assets we
advise under this service line are considered Assets Under Advisement (“AUA”). As of
December 31, 2023, we had a total of $1,869,234,494
in AUA.
Reporting Services
Activest provides reporting services when agreed to by the client, for additional accounts
and assets held by the client; however, not managed by Activest. Depending on the
agreement with each client and Activest’s role, Activest may or may not charge its agreed
fees over those accounts and may or may not include the value and performance of the
reporting assets when calculating fees payable to Activest pursuant to advisory and
management fees. Activest does charge a separate fee for its reporting services which is
identified in Schedule D of the Investment Management Agreement.
Family Office Services
Activest also offers family office services. These services include Activest representatives
attending multiple meetings with the relevant service and investment providers to assist the
client with understanding their family’s objectives and challenges, which leads to the
coordination of all the actions necessary for the family to meet their objectives and overcome
the challenges. Activest has strategic alliances with experts to mitigate the most important
challenges for affluent families such as: Estate planning, Tax planning, Legacy, Family
business & governance, and Investments. The course of action will be determined once the
needs are carefully assessed by our team and the client. Activest uses a unique platform that
includes benefits such as: special fee arrangements with multiple custodians and
professionals, open architecture, in-house reconciliation software, in depth due diligence,
credit facilities, alternative investments (Real Estate, Mezzanine Loans, Projects), as well as
professional and independent research, so that clients and their family’s investments will be
positioned to perform and achieve their goals. Activest also helps family office clients to
coordinate among their service providers and/or introduce them to our platform of
professionals including lawyers, brokers, CPAs, and other professionals which all have been
previously vetted by our organization and have negotiated fees specific to our clients.
Financial Planning Services
Activest also offers financial planning services to its client as part of the advisory services
provided. Activest utilizes a software called eMoney to execute this service. Activest
conducts interviews with its clients, gathers a series of client information and considers the
client’s goals and objectives when creating the financial planning model. These models can
be goal based or based on scenarios. Clients that choose to obtain financial planning
services from Activest will receive login details to view financial planning reports created by
Activest.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on all types of securities, and we do not necessarily recommend
one particular type of security over another since each client has different needs and
different tolerance for risk.
Additionally, we may advise you on any type of investment that we deem appropriate based
on your stated goals and objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment
held in your portfolio at the inception of our advisory relationship.
You may request that we refrain from investing in particular securities or certain types of
securities. You must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we provide continuous management services for a total of
$613,365,815 in client assets of which $564,004,477 are on a discretionary basis.