Advisory Business
FIRM INFORMATION
Burford Brothers, Inc. (“Burford Brothers,” “we,” “us,” “our”), a corporation formed in 1984, is a
registered investment advisory firm located in Dallas, Texas.
Burford Caudle Family Capital is division of Burford Brothers, Inc. formed in March of 2022. Craig
Caudle and Corbin Caudle will lead the divison. Craig brings over 39 years of diverse investment
experience to Burford Brothers, having served in leadership positions at both investment advisory
and investment content firms. Corbin spent the last three years serving as an analyst and an
operations lead in the Family Office division of a multi-billion dollar Dallas based investment advisor.
PRINCIPAL OWNERS
Burford Brothers is owned and controlled by Charles Scott Burford, Sr., its President, and Charles
Scott Burford, Jr. Charles Burford, Jr. is the Chief Executive Officer.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
Asset Management Services:
We provide asset management services in which we manage your custodial accounts and provide
you with continuous and ongoing supervision of your custodial accounts. Our services provide
additional investment opportunities among stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds
(ETFs), Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), options, and additional securities.
We use a third-party platform to facilitate discretionary management of held away assets, such as
defined contribution plan participant accounts. The platform allows us to avoid being considered as
having custody of client funds since we do not have direct access to client log-in credentials to execute
trades. We are not affiliated with the platform in any way and receive no compensation from them
for using their platform. If we use this platform to manage your assets, a link will be provided to you,
allowing you to connect your account to the platform. Once your account is connected to the platform,
we will review and allocate your account considering your goals, risk tolerance, and investment
strategy.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services:
We provide advisory services to plan sponsors of employer-sponsored retirement plans for which it
has been specifically engaged, in addition to supporting affiliated companies through other non-
advisory services to retirement plans for corporations and other business entities as a 3(21)
fiduciary. Such advisory services can include selection and/or de-selection and replacement of
individual investment options pursuant to agreed investment criteria.
In choosing and monitoring investment options for employer-sponsored retirement plans, we look
for reliable fund companies that have a consistent track record and steady performance. Once a fund
company is identified for possible selection for a particular retirement plan product, we conduct an
in-depth review of the company’s operations, funds, and personnel before determining if the
company’s funds as investment options. Quantitative and qualitative factors such as regional
exposure, fund management, and asset size/growth are also evaluated. The fund companies are
monitored on a continuous basis at the firm level. We will assist in the construction of the portfolio
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by ensuring all core asset classes are covered to offer full diversification opportunities. However, the
final decision of which funds to select is up to the plan sponsor and/or consultant.
Financial Consulting Services:
We provide financial consulting services in which we provide continuous and ongoing consultation
and guidance on additional investment opportunities. We accomplish this by helping you review your
financial goals, tax planning strategies, asset allocation, risk management, retirement planning, and
other areas and objectives such as budgeting, education planning, cash flow planning, charitable
planning, lines of credit analysis, insurance analysis, business financial planning, mortgage/debt
analysis, real estate analysis, oil and gas offerings, mineral rights, and additional securities. We will
summarize our services to you in a written report, which will typically include general
recommendations for a course of action or specific actions to be taken by you. Implementation of the
recommendations will be at your discretion.
Ongoing Financial Consulting Services
Upon completion of the client’s consulting engagement, we will revisit all or some of the following
areas of analysis: financial goals, tax planning strategies, asset allocation, risk management,
retirement planning, and other areas and objectives such as budgeting, education planning, cash flow
planning, charitable planning, lines of credit analysis, insurance analysis, business financial planning,
mortgage/debt analysis, real estate analysis, oil and gas offerings, mineral rights, and additional
securities throughout the course of a year via scheduled meetings, calls, or follow-up emails to ensure
that the initial recommendations in the consulting engagement are implemented or to make
adjustments to the Client’s objectives.
Third-Party Money Management Services:
We may recommend third-party money managers (“TPMMs”) to manage part or the client’s entire
portfolio. TPMMs may be recommended when the TPMMs’
philosophy, investment strategy, and style
meets the client's financial situation, investment objectives, and risk tolerance. The asset
management services provided by the TPMMs, the compensation to be paid, and other terms of the
relationship between the client and the TPMMs will be described in the TPMMs’ disclosure
documents and its managed account agreement.
Types of Investments
We offer advice on equity securities, warrants, corporate debt securities (other than commercial
paper), commercial paper, certificates of deposit, municipal securities, variable life insurance, mutual
fund shares, United States government securities, options contracts on securities, options contracts
on commodities, money market funds, real estate, REITs, and ETFs.
Since our investment strategies and advice are based on each client’s specific financial situation, the
investment advice we provide to you may be different or conflicting with the advice we give to other
clients regarding the same security or investment.
Cryptocurrency Advisory Services
Burford Brothers has entered into agreements with Flourish Digital Assets LLC (“Flourish Digital
Assets”) and Paxos Trust Company, LLC (“Paxos”) to offer certain eligible clients the opportunity to
invest in cryptocurrency through Flourish Crypto accounts offered on the Flourish platform. A
Flourish Crypto account is a cryptocurrency investment account custodied by Paxos through which
investors can trade cryptocurrencies and maintain custody of cryptocurrencies and U.S. dollars.
Clients that invest through a Flourish Crypto account will execute agreements with Flourish Digital
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Assets and Paxos. Burford Brothers manages clients’ Flourish Crypto accounts on a discretionary
basis.] Burford Brothers manages certain clients’ Flourish Crypto accounts on a discretionary basis
and provides other clients with the option of opening client-directed accounts.
Multi-Family Office Services
The Burford Caudle Family Capital division will focus its efforts to deliver a uniquely managed client
driven investment platform along with a comprehensive financial planning offering. These two
service initiatives will build on a decades long commitment of Burford Brothers to its clients but will
be modified to address the complexity and specific needs of ultra-high net worth clients. The Burford
Caudle Family Capital division will draw on the cumulative experience, energy, and expertise of the
entire Burford Brothers organization to deliver on this commitment to current and future clients.
CLIENT INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES/RESTRICTIONS
Burford Brothers offers the same suite of services to all our clients. However, specific advice and the
implementation are dependent upon the individual client’s Investment Policy Statement, which
outlines a client’s current financial situation, such as income, net worth, and risk tolerance levels.
This information is essential in the development of a client-specific plan in the selection of
investments that matches restrictions, needs, and targets. On a case by case basis, our clients may
impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities in accordance with their
values or beliefs. However, if the restrictions prevent us from properly servicing the client’s account,
or if the restrictions would require us to deviate from our standard suite of services, we reserve the
right to end the relationship. We may request additional information and documentation such as
current investments, tax returns, insurance policies, and estate plan. We will discuss your investment
objectives, needs, and goals, but you must inform us of any changes. Unless directed by you, we do
not independently verify any information provided to us by you or your attorney, accountant, or
other professionals.
WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
Burford Brothers offers a wrap fee program as described in Part 2A, Appendix 1 (the “Wrap Fee
Program Brochure”) of our Brochure. Our wrap fee and non-wrap fee accounts are managed on an
individualized basis according to the client’s investment objectives, financial goals, risk tolerance, etc.
Generally, we do not manage wrap fee accounts in a different fashion than non-wrap fee accounts;
however, certain client accounts may be managed differently based on the size and nature of the
account and/or the client’s investment objectives and risk tolerance.
In our wrap fee program, your fee is bundled with our costs for executing transactions in your
account(s). This may result in a higher advisory fee to you. We do not charge our clients higher
advisory fees based on their trading activity, but you should be aware that we may have an incentive
to limit our trading activities in your account(s) because we are charged for executed trades. By
participating in a wrap fee program, you may end up paying more or less than you would through a
non-wrap fee program where a lower advisory fee is charged, but trade execution costs are passed
directly through to you by the executing broker.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of December 31, 2023, we managed $295,839,020 in on a discretionary basis and $4,513,880 on
a non-discretionary basis.
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