Vericrest Private Wealth, LLC (“Vericrest”) offers a wrap fee program whereby the firm manages client accounts for a
single convenient wrap fee that includes investment advisory services, portfolio management services, custody and
clearance services and transaction costs.
Vericrest seeks long-term growth of clients’ financial assets while emphasizing preservation of capital. Vericrest
manages investment portfolios designed to meet clients’ risk/return objectives, ranging from conservative to
aggressive growth. An appropriate portfolio is determined by a client’s investment objectives, investment time
horizon, liquidity needs and risk tolerance.
Prior to engaging Vericrest to provide services through the wrap fee program, the client is required to enter into an
Investment Management Agreement with Vericrest which sets forth the terms and conditions of the engagement
and the scope of services to be provided. These services may include determining the appropriate target portfolio
asset allocation, developing the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) and ongoing investment monitoring. Clients may
impose restrictions on investing in specific securities, industries, or sectors.
Program Fee
Vericrest charges a single convenient “wrap fee” for these services. The fee is payable quarterly in advance and is
based on the account value on the last trading day of the previous calendar quarter. The first quarterly fee payment
is due upon execution of the Investment Advisory Agreement and will be assessed pro-rata in the event the
agreement is executed at any time other than the first business day of a calendar quarter. The pro-rata calculation
will begin on the first day of the calendar month that follows the execution of the Investment Advisory Agreement
(for example, if the Investment Advisory Agreement is executed in January, pro-rata billing will begin February 1st).
Lower fees may be negotiated at Vericrest’s sole discretion. If an account is removed from Vericrest’s management
during the quarter, fees will be prorated to the termination date and any unearned fees will be refunded to the
client.
The annual management fee schedule is set forth below:
Value of Client Account
Annual Fee
$1,000,000 - $3,000,000 1.25%
$3,000,001 - $7,000,000 1.00%
Value above $7,000,000 0.85%
A minimum of $1,000,000 of assets is necessary to establish a relationship with Vericrest. Exceptions can be made in
the discretion of Vericrest. An exception may result in a higher annual fee.
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A portion of the fee paid to Vericrest is used to cover transactional costs attributed to the management of its clients’
portfolios. Since Vericrest pays the transaction costs associated with trading, there may be a disincentive to actively
trade in client accounts.
Services provided through the wrap fee program may cost clients more or less than purchasing these services
separately. The number of transactions made in clients’ accounts, as well as the commissions charged for each
transaction, determines the relative cost of the wrap fee program versus paying separate transactional costs and
paying a separate fee for investment advisory and portfolio management services. The fee paid in the wrap fee
program may also be higher or lower than fees charged by other investment advisory firms.
Other Charges
Clients may incur certain fees or charges imposed by third-parties other than Vericrest in connection with
investments made by Vericrest on behalf of clients. These fees and charges are separate and distinct from the fees
paid to Vericrest and may include, but not be limited to: exchange-traded fund (ETF) fees, fund fees, deferred sales
charges on previously purchased mutual funds transferred into the account, interest charged on margin borrowing,
“spreads” imposed by brokers/dealers representing implicit transactions costs, wire transfer/electronic fund transfer
fees and fees related to trades executed away from a custodian. Vericrest is not responsible for and
does not receive
any portion of these fees or charges.
Compensation for Recommending the Wrap Fee Program
Vericrest has no arrangements in place whereby persons recommending the wrap fee program are entitled to receive
additional compensation because of clients’ participation.
Products & Services Available to us from Charles Schwab Co., Inc
Charles Schwab Co., Inc (“Schwab”) serves independent investment advisory firms like ours. They provide us and our
clients with access to its institutional brokerage – trading, custody, reporting and related services – many of which are
not typically available to Schwab retail customers. Schwab also makes available various support services. Some of those
services help us manage or administer our clients’ accounts while others help us manage and grow our business.
Schwab’s support services are generally available on an unsolicited basis and at no charge to us as long as we maintain
a total of at least $10 million of our clients’ assets in accounts at Schwab.
Schwab has eliminated commissions for online trades of equities, ETFs and options (subject to $0.65 per contract
fee). This means that, in most cases, when we buy and sell these types of securities, we will not have to pay any
commissions to Schwab. We encourage you to review Schwab’s pricing to compare the total costs of entering into a
wrap fee arrangement versus a non-wrap fee arrangement. If you choose to enter into a wrap fee arrangement, your
total cost to invest could exceed the cost of paying for brokerage and advisory services separately. To see what you
would pay for transactions in a non-wrap account please refer to Schwab’s most recent pricing schedules available
at schwab.com/aspricingguide.
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Services that Benefit Client
Schwab’s institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of investment products, execution of
securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment products available through Schwab include some
to which we might not otherwise have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment
by our clients. Schwab’s services described in this paragraph generally benefit clients or their account(s).
Services that May Not Directly Benefit Clients
Schwab also makes available to us other products and services that benefit us but may not directly benefit the client
or their account(s). These products and services assist us in managing and administering our clients’ accounts. They
include investment research, both Schwab’s own and that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or
some substantial number of our clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to
investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
• provides access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and account statements);
• facilitates trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts;
• provides pricing and other market data;
• facilitates payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts; and
• assists with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting.
Schwab also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our business enterprise. These
services include:
• educational conferences and events
• technology, compliance, legal, and business consulting;
• publications and conferences on practice management and business succession; and
• access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and insurance providers.
Schwab may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party vendors to provide the
services to us. Schwab may also discount or waive its fees for some of these services or pay all or a part of a third
party’s fees.