Strategic Retirement Advisors is a client driven investment advisory firm with primary office in
Sacramento, California. The firm is operated and owned by two principals, Brent Mick and Jeff
Miller. The firm has existed since 2007. Brent and Jeff have over twenty years of combined
investment experience and a similar amount of time working with individual clients and employer
sponsored retirement plans.
Education and Business Background
Brent G. Mick
Born September 18, 1975
Educational Background
Bachelor of Arts Degree, University of California - Davis
Business Background
04/2007 to Present, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Wealth Manager, Strategic
Retirement Advisors, LLC
02/2000 to 04/2007, Retirement Plan Specialist, International City Management Association
Retirement Corporation
Licenses
Series 65 (2002)
Jeff Miller
Educational Background
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Economics, University of Virginia
Business Background
05/2007 to Present, Investment Advisor, Strategic Retirement Advisors, LLC
10/1991 to 05/2007, Retirement Plan Specialist, International City Management Association
Retirement Corporation
Licenses
Series 65 (2004)
Our clients are located throughout the state of California and range from individuals to employers
sponsoring workplace retirement savings plans. We maintain a broad-based investment approach
that includes mutual funds, ETFs, individual stocks and bonds and other options suitable to
clients. Our desire is to objectively analyze the best options available for clients and suggest those
options for their accounts. Many of our clients are former or existing public sector employees
within the state of California. We maintain an expertise on public sector retirement systems such
as CalPERS and do assist clients in estimating their benefits under these programs. Many clients
maintain tax-deferred retirement accounts and non-retirement accounts to supplement their
primary pension plans and we assist them in designing their investment allocations according to
their time horizon and risk tolerance. These investment management suggestions are designed to
closely reflect the individual needs of clients. Clients are encouraged to express their return goals,
comfort with risk, and individual preferences with respect to their investments. Clients may
exclude any particular investment from consideration. Since most are coming to us for our
investment management services, it is not common for a client to place such restrictions. Our goal
is to participate with the client in the investment decision-making process. This often leads to
customized portfolios that may differ from client to client. Follow-up meetings are designed to
help clients understand the performance of investments and any changes suggested to their
existing portfolio.
We do not participate in any wrap fee programs, which include the outsourcing of portfolio
management duties to third parties.
Client Assets:
Discretionary: $ 106,583,000
Non-Discretionary: $ 84,268,000
As of 12/31/2023
Strategic Retirement Advisors, LLC offers a wide range of investment advisory services to its
Clients. Advice and services are tailored to the stated objectives of the Client(s). Clients grant
either non-discretionary or discretionary authority to SRA for the investment of client funds. SRA
executes its investment recommendations in accordance with a review of the client’s profile and
selection of their preferred risk profile.
Non-discretionary authority requires the Advisor to obtain Client's verbal or written approval of
portfolio investments. This approval generally occurs via face-to-face meeting, email or a phone
call. On an ongoing basis, clients receive investment statements that detail their portfolio holdings.
We
ask clients to contact us anytime if they do not understand or agree with an investment
holding. In addition, during periodic client reviews, we lay out the portfolio and investments
and clients attest to their agreement with the holdings.
In many circumstances, client grants Advisor ongoing and continuous discretionary authority to
execute its investment recommendations in accordance with client’s profile and selection of their
preferred investment objective. These investments occur without the Client's prior approval of
each investment. Under this authority, Client shall allow Advisor to purchase and sell securities
and instruments in this account, arrange for delivery and payment in connection with the
foregoing, select and retain sub-advisors, and act on behalf of the Client in most matters necessary
or incidental to the handling of the account, including monitoring certain assets. Unless
specifically directed otherwise in writing by the Client, Advisor is not authorized to vote proxies
on issues held in the account or receive annual reports. Client will execute instructions regarding
Advisor's trading authority as required by each custodian.
Compensation to Advisor for its services will be calculated in accordance with “Schedule A” of
the Investment Advisory Agreement, which may be amended from time to time by Advisor upon
30 days prior written notice to Client. A late charge of 1½ percent per month will be charged upon
any balance unpaid within one month of the invoice date. With client's written authorization
(included in the brokerage account agreement), such fees may be deducted by the Advisor directly
from the client's account upon submission of the request electronically by Advisor to the
custodian. SRA retains the monthly billing calculation that includes the amount of fees, value of
clients’ assets on which the fees are based and the specific manner of which the fees are
calculated. The electronic billing submission to the custodian will show the amount of fees for
each individual account. Payment of fees may result in the liquidation of Client's securities if there
is insufficient cash in the account. Client's fee activity may be reviewed on regular account
statements provided by the custodian. Client may be required to pay, in addition to the Advisor's
fee, a proportionate share of any mutual fund's fees and charges including possible short term
redemption fees and transaction charges.
Fees for partial months at the commencement or termination of this Agreement will be billed or
refunded on a pro-rated basis contingent on the number of days the account was open during the
month. Assets received in the account during the month, will be included in the fee billing for the
current month on a pro-rata basis.
Other services offered:
SRA offers financial planning and educational seminars and workshops as outlined below.
Financial Planning
Limited financial planning is included in the investment advisory fee. More extensive financial
planning requirements may require an additional fee. This planning typically takes the form of
estimating future account values along with estimates of future income that could reasonably be
expected.
Selection of Other Advisors
SRA has occasional opportunities to assist in the selection of other advisors for workplace
retirement plan sponsors. This service is only offered on rare occasions and typically less than
once per calendar year. Payment for this service is determined at the time services are requested
on a short-term flat fee contract.
Educational Seminars and Workshops
These seminars and workshops take place at workplaces where clients are employed. They cover
the broad topics of
Saving for retirement
Asset allocation
Future value forecasting
Long-term withdrawal plans
Retirement planning