Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC is a Registered Investment Adviser having registered in the
State of Washington October 14, 1998 (originally as Century Capital, LLC, and changing the
business name to Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC in December 2012) to provide financial
planning and investment management services to individuals and businesses.
Clients are provided independent representation via fee only services. By receiving
compensation only from clients, the firm’s interests are aligned with our clients and our
success is dependent upon meeting client’s expectations. Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC
delivers professional investment advisory services individually tailored for each client to
seek optimal performance, net of fees and taxes, within an acceptable risk tolerance.
Client’s investment strategies are designed to meet the goals and objectives identified
through the development of their investment profile.
In an Engagement with Discretionary Authority, we will provide the following ongoing
portfolio management services:
o Develop an Investment Policy Statement consistent with your risk profile that
will provide the guidelines to be followed in directing the investments within
your portfolio.
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Direct, in our sole discretion and without first consulting you, the investment and
reinvestment of the assets in your portfolio –in securities and cash or cash
equivalents according to your Investment Policy Statement. Your financial
circumstances, investment objectives, and any special instructions or limits that
you impose on us in managing your portfolio are described on your latest
Investment Policy Worksheet.
In an Engagement for Hourly Investment Advice, we may provide the following investment
advisory services:
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Analyze your current investment securities, including all retirement accounts,
securities held in brokerage accounts and other investments upon request. During
analysis we will review historical investment performance of current holdings,
current asset allocation and quantify the amount of risk assumed by the portfolio.
o
Develop an Investment Policy Statement consistent with your risk profile that will
provide the guidelines to be followed in making investment recommendations.
o
Prepare written recommendations consistent with the Investment Policy to be
provided to you. These recommendations will provide the guidelines necessary to
enable you to manage your portfolio consistent with the Investment Policy
Statement.
Under our discretionary investment management program, we monitor client investments
on an ongoing basis according to the fee schedule in Item 5, below. We may provide
investment management services on a one-time basis utilizing the hourly rates applicable
at the time services are provided. Investment advisory services provided on an hourly
basis do not include monitoring of: 1) client accounts, 2) suitability of asset allocations, or
3) individual positions-- on an ongoing basis.
The firm’s principal owner is Scott Moser. Scott is a CPA with over thirty years’ experience
in providing financial planning, tax, retirement, estate and business planning services.
Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC operates under the name of Moser Wealth Advisors which
includes the operations of Moser & Company, LLC, a Certified Public Accounting Firm.
Scott Moser is the majority owner of both Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC as well as Moser &
Company, LLC.
Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC was setup in response to client demand for more
comprehensive financial planning solutions including portfolio management, performance
measurement
and investment advisory services. Our clients receive portfolio management
services from an integrated team of professionals on a seamless platform that includes the
staff of our associated public accounting firm.
We tailor our advisory services for clients to address tax considerations, concentrated
holdings, restrictions on investing in specific securities or other relevant factors. Clients
communicate these limitations on our Risk Assessment survey.
Moser Wealth Advisors, LLC provides portfolio management services including identifying
and trading securities on behalf of clients. In addition to securities, we are available to
offer advice on Partnership, Trust, and LLC investments.
We do not participate in wrap fee programs sponsored by 3rd party managers.
As of December 31, 2023, our firm provides discretionary portfolio management services
on $229 million of assets under management. We do not provide trading services on a non-
discretionary basis and we do not include in assets under management-- assets for which
we only provide asset allocation recommendations, consulting or hourly planning advice.
Department of Labor’s Exemption Covering Investment Advisers When Recommending
Retirement Plan Rollovers to Address Potential Conflicts of Interest:
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan accounts, we
are acting as fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable. Since we charge you a fee for
our services, it’s possible we may give you advise that increases the overall fees you pay
when we manage your retirement accounts. When focusing only on the net fees you pay,
our interests are in conflict with your interests. These rules require us to demonstrate that
despite the potentially higher fees you could pay, our recommendations ultimately place
your best interest ahead of ours by providing you with other benefits.
Under these rules, we must:
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Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
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Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations
(give loyal advice);
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Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
o Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in
your best interest;
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Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
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Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
A client or prospective client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an
existing retirement plan:
1. Leave the money in the former employer’s plan, if permitted.
2. Roll over the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are
permitted.
3. Roll over to an Individual Retirement Account.
4. Request a distribution, often with tax consequences.
If we recommend that a client roll over their retirement plan assets into an account we
manage, our recommendation creates a conflict of interest if your management or
investment fee increases. We have an economic incentive to encourage you to transfer plan
assets into an account under our management.
We urge clients and prospects to carefully review the information regarding all rollover
options. You are not under any obligation to rollover retirement plan assets to an account
we manage. We are available to address any questions you have regarding the potential for
conflict of interest presented by such rollover recommendation and explain how our
recommendation may be in your best interest.