EPG Wealth Management LLC (“EPG”) was established as a Registered Investment Adviser in
2019. Through independently owned limited liability companies, Alex Reffett and David Curry,
are the principal owners of EPG.
EPG uses a variety of models, each with different investment objectives and asset allocation
guidelines. The models are managed by an investment committee which has an investment
philosophy driven by the Prudent Investor Rule. The Prudent Investor Rule provides guidance
to investment managers regarding the standards for managing an investment portfolio in a
fiduciary relationship. This standard requires the exercise of reasonable care, skill, and caution,
and is to be applied to investments not in isolation but in the context of the portfolio and as a
part of an overall investment strategy, which should incorporate risk and return objectives
reasonably suitable to the portfolio. In implementing the Prudent Investor Rule, we implement
five basic principles:
1. Sound diversification is fundamental to risk management and is therefore ordinarily
required of the Investment Committee.
2. Risk and return are so directly related that the Investment Committee has a duty to
analyze and make conscious decisions concerning the levels of risk appropriate to the
purposes, distribution requirements, and other circumstances of the Portfolio.
3. The Investment Committee has a duty to avoid fees, transaction costs, and other expenses
that are not justified by needs and realistic objectives of the Portfolio.
4. The fiduciary duty of impartiality requires a balancing of the elements of return between
production of income and the protection of purchasing power.
5. The Investment Committee may have a duty as well as having the authority to delegate
as prudent investors would.
The portfolio construction process begins by using fundamental analysis to seek out individual
assets or asset classes that are trading below “Intrinsic Value.” Intrinsic value is the value of an
enterprise as defined by prudent investment analysis. The investment analysis focuses on stocks
which exhibit an “Economic Moat.” This is the competitive advantage that a business possesses
over companies in the same industry. (The stronger the moat, the larger and more sustainable
the competitive advantage.) Factor analysis is used to emphasize asset class characteristics
showing the most promise for future returns. Factor analysis helps in determining what asset
classes to invest, i.e., whether to invest more in large cap stocks or small cap stocks, value stocks
or growth stocks, global stocks or domestic stocks, stocks, or bonds, etc.
The investment committee, overseen by the CIO, meets regularly to discuss both macro and
micro issues. Based on the research, supported by data, we will consider our current exposures
and discuss and/or challenge our current investment thesis to make sure it stands up to rigor.
ADVISORY MANAGED ACCOUNT SOLUTIONS – CREST ACCOUNTS
EPG provides advisory services, giving continuous advice based on the client’s individual needs.
Through personal discussions in which goals and objectives based upon the client’s personal
objectives are established, the Advisor will develop a personal investment policy, which will
include recommended model allocations based upon an investment objective questionnaire and
manage the portfolio according to the criteria.
Most accounts are managed on a discretionary basis, meaning that the advisor has discretion
over what securities to buy and sell. However, clients may elect to have their account managed
on a non-discretionary basis, meaning that the client must consent to each trade in the account.
This trading discretion and any limitations on it will be set forth in the client agreement. The
services provided are the same regardless of the account structure selected.
Depending on the client’s investment objectives, the advisor may manage and provide advice on
mutual funds, stocks, bonds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), LPs, and options. Alternative
investments may be recommended to qualified investors based on the client’s objectives and
risk tolerance. Alternative investments could include real estate, Private Equity, Hedge Funds,
Commodities, etc. Alternative Investments can provide diversification benefits to traditional
portfolios of stocks and bonds.
Advisory Managed Account Solutions accounts are offered through Peak, a wrap fee program
and Crest, a non-wrap fee program. In a Peak account, the client pays a single fee that covers the
advisory services and the execution of transactions through NFS. Clients that anticipate trading
primarily in equities and ETFs are typically recommended to open a wrap fee account; clients
that anticipate trading in mutual funds with little or no anticipated trading in equities and ETFs
will be recommended to open a non-wrap fee account. More information regarding the services
and fees of the Peak accounts are separately disclosed in the Peak Wrap Fee Brochure, which is
available upon request. In a Crest account, clients pay an advisory fee plus additional
transaction- based charges (see Item 5 for more information on fees). Several other factors
influence the selection of the account structure, including but not limited to the account size;
anticipated trading frequency; anticipated types of securities to be traded; and long-term
investment goals.
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Portfolio Management is based on the individual objectives of each client portfolio and may or
may not represent the overall objectives of the clients’ total investment assets. EPG recommends
and employs various investment strategies. Portfolio Management accounts are designed to
provide discretionary management by an Investment Advisor Representative of the firm. EPG
assists each Portfolio Management client in formulating investment objectives and manages the
account within established guidelines regarding, among other matters, diversification and
designation of securities that are purchased.
Portfolio Management accounts may be custodied at Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services
(“FIWS”), or Charles Schwab & Co. (“Schwab”) For these accounts, each portfolio is tailored to a
client’s particular investment needs and circumstances. This includes discretionary investment
management in accounts based on the client’s investment needs and a risk strategy (from
conservative to aggressive), which is selected in conjunction with the client and incorporated
into the account agreement.
Under the terms of the agreement with the client, the Advisor will:
• Establish the investor’s risk profile, investment objectives and time horizon through
personal discussions with the client.
• Set a relevant asset allocation policy for the investor.
• Diversify among asset classes and styles.
• Rebalance the investor portfolio as deemed necessary by the Advisor.
• Report and review investment results from time to time. Reviews may include client’s
performance in light of identified needs and objectives. They will be conducted on a
continuous or periodic basis, as agreed upon by the client and in the Agreement with the
client.
• Recommend changes in the client’s investments, investment strategy or objectives.
Recommendations may be given in connection with the review of the client’s current
investments or the client’s financial needs, or objectives as identified by the client.
• Report the current status of client holdings on a periodic basis.
THIRD PARTY ASSET MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
EPG Wealth offers access to third-party asset managers who offer a wide range of asset classes
and strategies through which our clients can invest. Our investment adviser representatives will
typically recommend and assist the client in selecting these third-party managers and will
consult with the client regarding those services. The third-party managers recommended by
EPG Wealth will typically manage accounts using investment discretion, meaning that the client
is not required to approve every proposed transaction. The client grants discretion to the third-
party manager in a separate agreement between the client and the third-party manager.
EPG Wealth may assist clients by recommending that assets be allocated among multiple
managers, but EPG does not have discretion to select the manager or to allocate or re-allocate
the client’s assets. Whenever a client selects the services of a third-party manager, the client
will receive a disclosure brochure similar to this one describing the manager and the services it
provides. The client may also receive a disclosure brochure or a brochure supplement
describing each individual portfolio manager selected. Clients should read these disclosure
brochures carefully before deciding whether to select a particular portfolio manager. The list of
third-party managers recommended by EPG Wealth changes from time to time, at EPG Wealth’s
discretion.
RETIREMENT PLANNING
EPG Wealth provides Retirement Plan consulting services to plans and plan fiduciaries as
described below. The appropriate Plan Fiduciary(ies) designated in the Plan documents (e.g.,
the plan sponsor or named fiduciary) will (i) make the decision to retain our firm; (ii) agree to
the scope of the services that we will provide; and (iii) make the ultimate decision as to accepting
any of the recommendations that we may provide. The Plan Fiduciaries are free to seek
independent advice about the appropriateness of any recommended services for the Plan.
Retirement Plan consulting services may be offered individually or as part of a comprehensive
suite of services. ERISA sets forth rules under which Plan Fiduciaries may retain investment
advisers for various types of services with respect to Plan assets. EPG Wealth acts as a fiduciary
under ERISA Section 3(21).
As such, EPG Wealth works with clients to recommend the investment choices for a plan among
which the plan participants may select. EPG Wealth does not have discretion over plan
investments, and Retirement Plan clients will retain control of the plan’s investments and will
approve the fund lineup. With respect to any account for which EPG Wealth meets the definition
of a fiduciary under Department of Labor rules, EPG Wealth acknowledges that both EPG Wealth
and its Related Persons are acting as fiduciaries. Additional disclosure may be found elsewhere
in this Brochure or in the written agreement between EPG Wealth and Client.
Under ERISA Section 3(21), EPG Wealth offers the following fiduciary services:
• Development of Investment Policy Statement
• Recommendations for selecting and monitoring the Plan’s investments.
• Investment performance measurement and analysis
•
Recommendations for allocating and rebalancing model asset allocation portfolios; and
• Individualized investment advice to plan participants.
RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES FOR ERISA 3(38) PLANS
EPG Wealth is not a fiduciary as defined under ERISA section 3(38), but does utilize a third-
party investment manager, Brinker Capital Investments (“Brinker”), an SEC registered
investment adviser, to serve as the fiduciary for 3(38) plans. In this role, EPG Wealth and its
representatives act as a fiduciary under 3(21) with respect to its recommendation of Brinker
to provide investment advisory services, (ii) assure that our representatives comply
applicable law, with respect to its recommendation of Brinker, including assuring that our fee
does not exceed a reasonable fee; and (iii) notify Brinker promptly in the event EPG is no
longer in compliance with any applicable law.
Brinker Capital Investments offers its “Retirement Plan Services” to our plan sponsors, by
utilizing Brinker's Destinations investment strategies for tax-exempt accounts, as well as
mutual fund and ETF evaluation and selection to sponsors of retirement plans covered by the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”) and other qualified
and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. The Retirement Plan Services is available to
plans with at least $250,000 of investable assets. The Retirement Plan Services Program is
provided in conjunction with a recordkeeping service provider, who may also provide Plan
administration (the “recordkeeper”) and generally is a broker dealer or investment advisory
firm.
In the Retirement Plan Services Program, the Plan sponsor enters into both (i) an investment
advisory agreement with Brinker, and (ii) a separate administrative and recordkeeping
services agreement with the recordkeeper. Pursuant to the investment advisory agreement,
the third-party adviser (Brinker) provides to the Plan sponsor and assists the Plan sponsor in
selecting a group of investment strategies, which may include the Destinations Funds, which
the Plan sponsor then makes available to Plan participants as investment options under the
Plan. Brinker also provides the Plan sponsor with a participant questionnaire, which the Plan
sponsor makes available to Plan participants to assist each Plan participant in determining
his or her investment goals and objectives and risk tolerance and in selecting a suitable
investment strategy for the participant's Plan account. Brinker implements certain
investment strategies selected by the Plan sponsor and made available to Plan participants.
Brinker has full discretion in selecting the funds to be included in the asset allocation models
used to implement the investment strategies. Brinker reviews the models on a periodic basis
and updates and rebalances the models from time to time in accordance with the related
investment strategy, considering the performance of the funds, market conditions and other
factors it deems appropriate, and electronically transmits changes to the models to the
recordkeeper. The recordkeeper is responsible for executing trades in the Plan participants'
accounts to reflect changes in the models provided by Brinker. Brinker also offers evaluation
and selection services to identify a limited number of unaffiliated mutual funds and/or ETFs
in which Plan participants may invest their Plan accounts. Plan sponsors who elect this
additional service authorize Brinker to select additional funds. If a Plan sponsor elects the
additional fund evaluation service, Brinker is authorized to select, add, remove and/or
replace funds available for purchase by Plan participants consistent with any written
investment policy approved by the Plan sponsor and provided to Brinker and with any
requirements under ERISA, based upon Brinker's evaluation of each fund's performance,
market conditions and other factors it deems appropriate. Plan sponsors can, however,
specify securities which cannot be purchased. If Brinker adds a new fund or replaces a fund
on the additional fund list, Brinker will notify the Plan sponsor sufficiently in advance of such
action to enable the Plan sponsor to provide any notice to Plan participants required under
ERISA. The Plan sponsor is responsible for delivering to Plan participants any change notice
required under ERISA informing such Plan participants how their accounts will be invested as
of the change if the Plan participant fails to provide affirmative investment directions. Brinker
is responsible for monitoring the relevant data on the performance of each mutual fund, ETF
and Destinations model and provides periodic reporting on the performance of each fund and
Destinations model.
RETIREMENT PLAN ROLLOVER RECOMMENDATIONS
To the extent we recommend you roll over your account from a current retirement plan to an
individual retirement account (“Rollover IRA”), managed by EPG please know that EPG and our
investment adviser representatives have a conflict of interest. We can earn increased
investment advisory fees by recommending that you roll over your account at the retirement
plan to a Rollover IRA managed by EPG. We will earn fewer investment advisory fees if you do
not roll over the funds in the retirement plan to a Rollover IRA managed by EPG. Thus, our
investment adviser representatives have an economic incentive to recommend a rollover of
funds from a retirement plan to a Rollover IRA which is a conflict of interest because our
recommendation that you open an IRA account to be managed by our firm can be based on our
economic incentive and not based exclusively on whether or not moving the IRA to our
management program is in your overall best interest.
We have taken steps to manage this conflict of interest. We have adopted an impartial conduct
standard whereby our investment adviser representatives will (i) provide investment advice to
a retirement plan participant regarding a rollover of funds from the retirement plan in
accordance with the fiduciary status described below, (ii) not recommend investments which
result in EPG receiving unreasonable compensation related to the rollover of funds from the
retirement plan to a Rollover IRA, and (iii) fully disclose compensation received by EPG and our
supervised persons and any material conflicts of interest related to recommending the rollover
of funds from the retirement plan to a Rollover IRA and refrain from making any materially
misleading statements regarding such rollover.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
EPG offers advice in the form of a Financial Plan. Clients will receive a written financial plan,
providing the client with a detailed financial plan designed to achieve their stated financial goals
and objectives. In general, the plan will address any or all of the following:
• Personal: Family records, budgeting, personal liability, estate information and financial
goals
• Tax and Cash Flow: Income tax spending analysis and planning for past and future years.
• Death and Disability: Cash needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents, estate
planning.
• Retirement: Strategies and investment plans to help client achieve their retirement goals
• Investments: Analysis of investment alternatives and their effect on a client’s portfolio.
Information on clients will be gathered by in-depth personal interviews and review of personal
financial information. Gathering data concerning current financial status, future requirements,
risk appetite and goals is essential. Based upon this thorough review, a written plan is prepared
for the client providing the client with a detailed financial plan designed to achieve their stated
financial goals and objectives. It is recommended that the client review this plan with tax
accountants, attorneys, and other professional service providers.
Clients are not under any obligation to engage EPG when considering implementation of
advisory recommendations. The implementation of any or all recommendations is solely at the
discretion of the client and can be implemented through another RIA.
In addition to the aforementioned services, EPG offers investment data storage and periodic
comprehensive reporting services which can incorporate all of the client’s investment assets,
including those investment assets that are not part of the assets managed by EPG (the “Excluded
Assets”). Should the client utilize these reporting services, the client acknowledges and
understands that with respect to the Excluded Assets, EPG’s service is limited to reporting and
data storage services only and does not include investment management, review, or monitoring
services, nor investment recommendations or advice. As such, EPG will not be responsible for
the investment performance of the Excluded Assets. If the client requests EPG to provide
investment management services with respect to the Excluded Assets, the client may engage
EPG to do so for a separate and additional fee.
Each client has the ability to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of his/her
account, including the designation of particular securities or types of securities that should not
be purchased for the account, or that should be sold if held in the account. If a client’s
instructions are unreasonable or an Investment Advisor Representative believes that the
instructions are inappropriate for the client, EPG will notify the client that, unless the
instructions are modified, it will cancel the instructions in the client’s account. A client will not
be able to provide instructions that prohibit or restrict the Investment Adviser of an open-end
or closed-end mutual fund or ETF with respect to the purchase or sale of specific securities or
types of securities within the fund.
As of December 31, 2023, EPG managed $642,643,943 in regulatory assets under management
(RAUM), which means securities portfolios for which EPG provides continuous and regular
supervisory or management services. All of the regulatory assets under management are done
on a discretionary basis. The Firm had no non-discretionary assets.
As of December 31, 2023, EPG had $131,447,297 in Assets Under Advisement which means
these are assets on which EPG provides advice or consultation, but for which EPG does not have
discretionary authority, and does not arrange or effect a transaction. These types of services
may include consulting services where the assets are used for the informational purpose of
gaining a full perspective of the client’s financial situation, but EPG is not actually placing the
trade. It could also mean that these are assets for which EPG may monitor for a client on a non-
discretionary basis and make recommendations but where the client is the party responsible for
arranging or effecting the purchase or sale.