Advisory Firm
Kachkovsky & Fisher, Inc. (“K&F”) is a corporation founded in 2001 by Garry Kachkovsky,
CFP® and Kristian R. Fisher, CFP® under the laws of Arizona. Garry and Kristian are the sole
equal owner partners and investment advisor representatives at K&F.
K&F provides investment management and financial planning and consulting services 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.
Advisory Services
Investment Management
K&F provides investment management services that include the development of an investment
strategy that is unique to each client, presentation and implementation of investment
recommendations, and ongoing supervision and management of client investment assets.
Investment Advisor Representatives (“IARs”) of K&F monitor accounts to identify situations
that may warrant actions be taken on behalf of a client’s portfolio. Other services include
periodic rebalancing, semi-annual and annual reviews with clients, quarterly newsletter and
periodic market commentary communications. Reviews include, but are not limited to,
suitability, performance, asset allocation, change in investment objectives and risk tolerance.
IARs review client portfolios, and communicate with clients at least annually, for conformity
with respect to portfolios, investment objectives, change in the client’s financial situation and
account performance. K&F does not provide tax or legal services.
Financial Planning and Consulting
In addition to investment management services, K&F provides financial planning and
consulting services to clients. Financial planning services are typically offered to investment
management clients at no additional charge. K&F may also from time to time offer stand-alone
planning services charged at an hourly rate. Financial planning and consulting services will
involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the
client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass one or more
of the following areas:
Cash Flow & Debt Management – This involves advice with respect to cash
accounts, financial obligations, and cash management.
Risk Management & Insurance Planning – This includes risk management
associated with advisory recommendations based on the combination of insurance
types that best meet a client’s specific needs, e.g. life, health, disability, and long-
term care, and others as appropriate.
Investment Planning – This involves advice with respect to asset selection and
allocation, as well as investment income accumulation techniques. Evaluations are
made of existing and, when applicable, potential investments in terms of their
economic and tax characteristics as well as their suitability for meeting client’s
objectives. Tax consequences and their implications are identified and evaluated in
general terms.
Retirement Planning – This involves advice with respect to alternatives and
techniques for accumulating wealth for retirement income or advice relative to
appropriate distributions of assets following retirement. Tax implications and
consequences are identified and evaluated in general terms.
Education Planning – This includes alternatives and strategies with respect to the
complete or partial funding of college or other post-secondary education
experience. Tax consequences and their implications are identified and evaluated
in general terms.
Estate Planning – This service involves advice with respect to property ownership,
distribution strategies, estate tax reduction, and tax payment techniques. It involves
a discussion of gifts, trusts, etc. and the disposition of business interests. Tax
consequences and their implications are identified and evaluated. At the request of
the Client, our firm will engage the client’s chosen personal estate attorney or
planner, with regard to advising the wealth management of the estate planning.
Tax Planning – Tax planning is referred to the client’s chosen personal tax advisor.
Our firm may offer advice as to how tax laws may affect various financial decisions,
e.g. acquisitions, pension strategy, investing in new opportunities or consolidation
of existing investments, and individual taxation issues, among others.
Business Succession Planning – This includes alternatives and strategies with
respect to continuity or disposition of the business upon the business owners’
retirement, death, disability, or decision to sell. Tax implications and consequences
are identified and evaluated.
Consolidation of Finances – As a result of performing some or all of the services
listed in points 1 through 8 above, our firm may be able to recommend strategies
or methods for consolidating the client’s financial situation in order for the client to
manage their financial situation more easily and to obtain efficiency, cost savings,
and diversification.
For clients seeking financial advice involving analysis of a particular investment, investment
portfolio, or overall financial situation, K&F through its IARs, provides financial planning and
consulting services designed to meet the client’s specific financial needs and objectives. These
consulting services include review of aspects of an individual’s current financial situation, with
emphasis on income tax planning, estate tax planning, insurance planning, education planning,
retirement planning and capital needs planning. To the extent other services are needed, the
IAR will assist the individual in those areas in which he is competent. IARs may also help the
client coordinate the implementation of any recommendations made, including referral to
other practicing professionals such as an attorney, accountant or insurance agent whose
services may be required. In preparing a financial plan for a client, the IAR gathers information
deemed relevant to the particular service provided through personal interviews with the
client and through documents and/or client profile questionnaires completed by the client.
Each service includes an analysis of the client’s financial information, which may, but is not
necessarily required to include items such as: their current assets, income, investments,
liabilities, short and long-term capital and liquidity needs, risk tolerance and short and long-
term financial goals and objectives. Should a client choose to implement the recommendations
contained in the financial plan, IARs generally make recommendations with respect to
products and services offered by K&F. However, the decision to implement any
recommendation rests exclusively with the client, and the client has the right to decide where
to implement any such recommendations.
In addition to providing individual financial planning and investment advisory consulting
services to individuals and corporations, IARs may also provide advice and consultation to
Retirement Plan Sponsors and Pension Plans. Typical services rendered include, but are not
necessarily limited to: development of an Investment Policy Statement, fund and investment
selection, participant education, fund performance monitoring and guidance on ERISA
fiduciary obligations.
Financial Planning and consulting fees are negotiable between the client and IAR. Fees charged
for these services will be dependent upon the anticipated time to provide the services and
complexity of the plan and or client’s financial situation. The fees are determined in advance
and disclosed to the client at the time the Investment Advisory Consulting Agreement is
executed.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an
ongoing basis. Generally, such consulting services consist of assisting employer plan sponsors
in establishing, monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement
plan. As the needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising may include:
Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development
of a statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the
broad strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset
allocation models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment
objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk.
Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and
notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market
volatility.
Participant Education – Our firm will provide opportunities to educate plan
participants about their retirement plan offerings, different investment options, and
general guidance on allocation strategies.
In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory
services with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate
(excluding real estate funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded
securities or assets, other illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively,
“Excluded Assets”). All retirement plan consulting services shall be in compliance with the
applicable state laws regulating retirement consulting services. This applies to client accounts
that are retirement or other employee benefit plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part
of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide services to such accounts, our firm
acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section 3(21) or 3(38) of ERISA as
designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to the provision of
services described therein.
Customized Portfolios
K&F tailors individual client portfolios in the following ways:
We review a client’s personal risk tolerance and time horizon, and then allocate
investments among stocks, bonds and cash in order to optimize the trade-off between
risk and return for that particular client.
We review a client’s liquidity needs to make sure they have sufficient cash on hand to
fund either regular or unexpected portfolio withdrawals.
We gather information about each client’s tax situation to make sure that we are
achieving the best possible investment returns on an after-tax basis.
We make accommodations for investments that a client may hold that are outside of our
normal set of recommendations. We also make accommodations for those clients who
wish to engage in Socially Responsible Investing by researching and using SRI-strategy
mutual funds.
We allow each client to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be
held in their portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of
securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in
managing the account.
Wrap Fee Programs
Our firm offers and sponsors a wrap fee program. Investment Management services are only
offered through wrapped accounts, which are managed on an individualized basis according
to the client’s investment objectives, financial goals, risk tolerance, etc. Please see our Part
2A, Appendix 1 (the “Wrap Fee Program Brochure”) for more information.
Discretionary Management
As of December 31st, 2023, K&F manages $180,797,337 on a discretionary basis and
$30,697,336 on a non-discretionary basis. Our total assets under management are
$211,494,673.