This document, offered by TCG Advisors, discloses information about the investment advisory services we provide
and the manner in which we provide them to you, the client.
We are an investment management and financial planning firm with its main office in Austin, Texas. The Firm
specializes in investment advisory and planning services for retail clients, institutional (including retirement plans)
and school district clients. TCG Advisors was first established in 2002 and became registered with the Securities &
Exchange Commission as an investment adviser in 2020. TCG Advisors was acquired by HUB International Limited
in 2021.
We provide investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit‐sharing plans, defined contribution plans,
institutions, trusts, businesses, individual retirement accounts, state and municipal government retirement plans
and public school districts. In designing our services, we consider the client’s financial situation, investment
objectives, time horizon, risk tolerance, and other client needs.
For individual clients, TCG Advisors also provides financial and retirement planning services.
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
We provide portfolio management and retirement/financial planning services to individuals, high net worth
individuals, institutions, state and municipal entities, foundations, trusts and school districts.
For retail clients and high net worth individuals, we provide various portfolio management options that include
varying cash, equity, and fixed income allocations. These strategies may include individual securities, exchange
traded funds, mutual funds, closed end funds, and other forms of investments dependent on client objectives, risk
tolerance, restrictions, and other parameters. We manage the composition of several firm wide portfolio strategies
internally while also providing more customized solutions for clients as needed to meet client objectives. We provide
regular portfolio reviews to ensure client objectives and risk tolerance are appropriately considered and updated.
For corporate pension and profit-sharing plans, foundations and other institutional accounts we provide the same
services described above along with advising on investment policy statements and other issues that may be unique
to institutional accounts.
For state and municipal entities, we provide similar portfolio management services described above as well as local
policy reviews and other services unique to this client type. We have a special program entitled Managed Asset
Portfolio Program (“MAPP”) in which we advise on invested assets for municipal entities. This is generally a cash
management program subject to the client local policy as well as the Texas Public Funds Investment Act.
We also provide advisory services on defined contribution plans where we act as the advisor on plan investments
and aid the plan sponsor's investment committee in managing options for employees.
TCG Advisors investment adviser representatives may utilize a third-party asset manager (“TAMP”) to allocate
either all or certain segments of their clients’ investments. In most cases in which a TAMP is used, TCG Advisors
has discretion to determine which TAMP and/or which strategy will be used to manage the client’s investment,
including discretion
to change those selections at any time. As a result, these client accounts are included in our
calculation of its regulatory assets under management.
All client types described above have the ability to impose restrictions on certain securities or types of securities.
RETIREMENT AND FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisor Act of 1940 and when we provide investment advice to you
regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are also fiduciaries within the meaning
of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which
are laws governing retirement accounts. We have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours.
At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests.
Our retirement and financial planning provides a detailed, written plan designed to assist our clients in achieving
their stated objectives and goals. Our plans address some or all of the following areas:
• Personal: A review of liquid assets, an analysis of debt and a review of personal savings and spending
patterns.
• Risk Management: An evaluation of the adequacy of a client’s risk management techniques (with respect
to common risks, such as premature death, disability, illness, property loss and/or damage, liability, long‐
term care and unemployment).
• Investments: A review of a client’s investments to ensure they are consistent with the client’s risk tolerance
and appropriate in light of the client’s objectives and goals (e.g., time horizon, liquidity and marketability,
rate of return and risk).
• Tax: Assistance in selecting appropriate investments based on tax efficiency.
• Retirement Planning: An evaluation of a client’s current financial situation and retirement plans/needs and
the appropriateness of current investments.
When providing retirement and financial plans, we make general and/or specific product and strategy
recommendations. If we make such recommendations, they will be tailored to meet the objectives, goals and risk
tolerance of that specific client. The client is under no obligation to use our services to implement such
recommendations.
ROBO-ADVISEMENT
We provide clients access to Charles Schwab’s Robo-Advisor platforms, Schwab Intelligent Portfolios (“IIP”). IIP
provides discretionary management through an automated investment advisory service. IIP portfolios consist of a
diversified portfolio of exchange-traded funds and an FDIC-insured cash allocation that is based on the client’s
investment objectives and risk tolerance. Additional information on the IIP platform can be found in the Charles
Schwab (CRD #5393) ADV 2A disclosures. All potential clients should read and fully understand the Charles
Schwab ADV 2A disclosures prior to investing in the IIP platform.
CLIENT ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
TCG Advisors provides investment advisory and management services to clients. As of December 31, 2023, TCG
Advisors reflects $7,320,554,446 in assets under advisement. This includes approximately $1,826,054,705 in
nondiscretionary institutional assets under advisement, as well as $5,494,499,761 on a discretionary basis.