Access Softek Advisory Services, LLC is an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is a limited liability company (LLC) formed under the laws of the
State of California.
• Access Softek Advisory Services is 100% owned and controlled by Access Softek, Inc. which is
privately owned by founder and CEO Chris Doner. Access Softek, Inc. formed Access Softek
Advisory services to provide an online, digital investment adviser service option for credit union
clients of Access Softek, Inc. See Item 10 of this Brochure for more information about Access
Softek, Inc. See Item 14 of this Brochure for more information about our arrangements with third-
party credit unions.
• Access Softek Advisory Services has been in business since June 2019 when it filed its initial
application for registration as an investment adviser.
Description of Advisory Services
Access Softek Advisory Services offers both discretionary and non-discretionary investment management
services by providing you with continuous and ongoing supervision over your specified accounts. Our
services are provided through an interactive website using computer-based models and applications to
collect your information and provide investment advice.
To determine your financial situation and investment objectives, we will need to obtain certain information
from you through our interactive website. You will be responsible for providing any changes to your financial
situation or investment objectives by updating your responses on our interactive website.
Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
Each individualized portfolio is designed to be consistent with your investment objectives and risk
tolerances. We create an investment plan and manage your portfolio by seeking to identify: 1) the optimal
asset classes in which to invest, 2) efficient investments to represent each of those asset classes, 3) the
ideal mix of asset classes based on your specific risk tolerance, 4) the most appropriate time to rebalance
your portfolio to maintain intended risk tolerance and optimal return for your risk level. Access Softek
Advisory Services will tailor its allocation and investment management strategies based on your risk
tolerance.
We primarily hold mutual funds and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) but may also hold equity and fixed
income positions for a select number of clients in the investment account established and owned by the
client (the “Securities Account”). Please see Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk
of Loss for a description of the types of investments we provide advice on and strategies we use.
You must appoint our firm as your investment adviser of record for the Securities Account. The Securities
Account consists only of separate account(s) held by qualified custodian(s) under your name by
DriveWealth, LLC which serves as the qualified custodian and the broker/dealer. As qualified custodian,
DriveWealth, LLC maintains physical custody of all funds and securities of the Securities Account, and you
retain all rights of ownership (e.g., right to withdraw securities or cash, exercise or delegate proxy voting
and receive transaction confirmations) of the Securities Account. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
for more information regarding DriveWealth, LLC.
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Non-Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
We initially only hold Bitcoin in the investment account established and owned by the client (the “Digital
Assets Account”), but may in the future hold other Digital Assets. Access Softek Advisory Services shall
manage the Digital Assets Account by issuing non-discretionary trading instructions to the client, which the
client may then authorize in its sole discretion, and, in such case, the trading instructions will be sent to the
custodian for execution. We generally warn each Digital Assets Account of any transaction which, after
such transaction, would result in the value of the client’s Digital Assets exceeding 10% of the aggregate of
the Digital Assets Account and the client’s accounts at the applicable credit union (the “10% Threshold”).
Please see Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss for a description of the
types of investments we provide advice on and strategies we use.
You must appoint our firm as your investment adviser of record for the Digital Assets Account. The Digital
Assets Account consists only of separate account(s) held by qualified custodian(s) under your name by
BitGo New York Trust Company, LLC, a New York State registered trust company (“BitGo”), which serves
as the qualified custodian, or other qualified custodian chosen by Access Softek Advisory Services. As
qualified custodian, BitGo maintains physical custody of all funds and Digital Assets in the Digital Assets
Account, and you retain all rights of ownership (e.g., right to withdraw Digital Assets or cash and receive
transaction confirmations) of the Digital Assets Account. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices for more
information regarding BitGo.
“YourChoice Account” Wrap Fee Program
We also sponsor a wrap-fee program named “YourChoice Account”. A wrap-fee program is defined as any
advisory program under which a specified fee or fees not based directly upon transactions in a client’s
account is charged for investment advisory services (which may include portfolio management and/or
advice concerning the selection of other investment advisers) and the execution of client transactions.
YourChoice Account is provided as a wrap-fee program and is intended to provide you with advice to help
build a diversified portfolio that matches your investing time horizon and risk tolerance. Our Discretionary
Investment Advisory Services (Securities Account) and Non-Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
(Digital Assets Account) are provided on a non-wrap fee basis.
Through YourChoice Account, the client makes all final investment decisions. Similar to our other advisory
services, YourChoice Account is offered only to the members of credit unions that are clients of Access
Softek, Inc. YourChoice clients buy and sell securities through the interactive website, which is accessed
through the digital banking system of the client’s bank or credit union.
Access Softek Advisory Services provides YourChoice Account clients with advice to help build a diversified
portfolio that matches the client’s investing time horizon and risk tolerance. Based on the answers the client
provides during enrollment, we determine the client’s risk profile and investment horizon (that is, how long
until the client expects to need the money). A client may update his or her answers to these questions at
any time from the Settings tab of the YourChoice Account Application.
YourChoice Account clients will receive a copy of the Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1: Wrap Fee Brochure
which provides full and complete details of the program.
Tailoring of Advisory Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
Access Softek Advisory Services’ discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services are
generally tailored to achieve the client’s investment and financial objectives as described above. Clients
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may impose reasonable restrictions, through the interactive website, on Access Softek Advisory Services
discretionary and non-discretionary investment advisory services.
It is important that you understand that we manage investments for other clients and may give them advice
or take actions for them or for our personal accounts that is different from the advice we provide to you or
actions taken for you. We are not obligated to buy, sell or recommend to you any security, Digital Asset,
or other investment that we may buy, sell or recommend for any other clients or for our own accounts.
Conflicts may arise in the allocation of investment opportunities among accounts that we manage. We
strive to allocate investment opportunities believed to be appropriate for your account(s) and other accounts
advised by our firm among such accounts equitably and consistent with the best interests of all accounts
involved. However, there can be no assurance that a particular investment opportunity that comes to our
attention will be allocated in any particular manner. If we obtain material, non-public information about a
security or its issuer that we may not lawfully use or disclose, we have absolutely no obligation to disclose
the information to any client or use it for any client’s benefit.
Conflict of Interest
Because transaction-based fees are being paid to Access Softek Advisory Services in connection with its
advisory services to Digital Assets Accounts, Access Softek Advisory Services could have an economic
incentive to maximize its compensation by seeking to maximize the number of trades in the clients’ Digital
Assets Accounts. However, as discussed above, Access Softek Advisory Services generally warns its
clients not to exceed the 10% Threshold.
Client Assets Managed by Access Softek Advisory Services
Access Softek Advisory Services, LLC has a total of $3,530,854 in discretionary assets under management
and a total of $2,025 in nondiscretionary assets under management, as of February 22, 2024.