BOS Asset Management, LLC offers a variety of advisory services, which include financial
planning, consulting, and investment management services. Prior to BOS Asset Management, LLC
rendering any of the foregoing advisory services, clients are required to enter into one or more
written agreements with BOS Asset Management, LLC setting forth the relevant terms and
conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory Agreement”).
BOS Asset Management, LLC filed for registration as an investment adviser in November 2020 and
is owned by the Bank of Springfield. As of December 2023, the Firm has $747,304,266 in assets
under management, $643,391,479 are managed on a discretionary basis and $103,912,787 are
managed on a non-discretionary basis.
While this brochure generally describes the business of BOS Asset Management, LLC, certain
sections also discuss the activities of its Supervised Persons, which refer to the Firm’s officers,
partners, directors (or other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions),
employees or other persons who provide investment advice on BOS Asset Management, LLC’s
behalf and are subject to the Firm’s supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
BOS Asset Management, LLC offers clients a broad range of financial planning and consulting
services, which include, but are not limited to, any or all of the following functions:
• Business Planning
• Insurance Planning
• Tax and Cash Flow Planning
• Retirement Planning
• Trust and Estate Planning
• Education Planning
While each of these services is available on a stand-alone basis, certain of them can also be rendered
in conjunction with investment portfolio management as part of a comprehensive wealth
management engagement (described in more detail below).
In performing these services, BOS Asset Management, LLC is not required to verify any information
received from the client or from the client’s other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.,)
and is expressly authorized to rely on such information. BOS Asset Management, LLC recommends
certain clients engage the Firm for additional related services, its Supervised Persons in their
individual capacities as insurance agents or registered representatives of a broker-dealer and/or other
professionals to implement its recommendations. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists
for the Firm to recommend that clients engage BOS Asset Management, LLC or its affiliates to
provide (or continue to provide) additional services for compensation, including investment
management services. Clients retain absolute discretion over all decisions regarding implementation
and are under no obligation to act upon any of the recommendations made by BOS Asset
Management, LLC under a financial planning or consulting engagement. Clients are advised that it
remains their responsibility to promptly notify the Firm of any change in their financial situation or
investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or revising BOS Asset Management,
LLC’s recommendations and/or services.
Investment Management and Wealth Management Services
BOS Asset Management, LLC manages client investment portfolios on a discretionary and a non-
discretionary basis. In addition, BOS Asset Management, LLC provides individuals, and high net
worth non-institutional clients (“HNW”) with wealth management services which include a broad
range of financial planning and consulting services as well as discretionary and non-discretionary
management of investment portfolios.
BOS Asset Management, LLC primarily allocates individual and HNW client assets among various
individual equity securities, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), in accordance with
their stated investment objectives. The Firm also allocates institutional client assets among individual
debt securities.
Where appropriate, the Firm also provides advice about any type of legacy position or other
investment held in client portfolios, but clients should not assume that these assets are being
continuously monitored or otherwise advised on by the Firm unless specifically agreed upon. Clients
can engage BOS Asset Management, LLC to manage and/or advise on certain investment products
that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as variable life insurance and annuity
contracts and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (i.e.,
529 plans). In these
situations, BOS Asset Management, LLC directs or recommends the allocation
of client assets among the various investment options available with the product. These assets are
generally maintained at the underwriting insurance company, or the custodian designated by the
product’s provider.
BOS Asset Management, LLC tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients
and seeks to ensure, on a continuous basis, that client portfolios are managed in a manner consistent
with those needs and objectives. BOS Asset Management, LLC consults with clients on an initial and
ongoing basis to assess their specific risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints and other related
factors relevant to the management of their portfolios. Clients are advised to promptly notify BOS
Asset Management, LLC if there are changes in their financial situation or if they wish to place any
limitations on the management of their portfolios. Clients can impose reasonable restrictions or
mandates on the management of their accounts if BOS Asset Management, LLC determines, in its sole
discretion, the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a management strategy or
prove overly burdensome to the Firm’s management efforts.
Selection of Other Advisors
BOS Asset Management, LLC may direct clients to third party investment advisers. Before selecting
other advisers for clients, BOS Asset Management, LLC will verify that all recommended advisers are
properly licensed, notice filed, or exempt in the states where BOS Asset Management, LLC is
recommending the adviser to clients.
Subadvisor Services
BOS Asset Management, LLC utilizes the services of unaffiliated subadvisors and/or third-party asset
managers for some of BOS Asset Management’s clients’ assets. BOS Asset Management specifically
utilizes Alliance Bernstein as a subadvisor for its municipal bond portfolio. Investment advice, trading
of securities, and billing for these services will be offered by or through the chosen subadvisor or third-
party asset manager. Alliance Bernstein’s fees will be charged on top of BOS Asset Management’s
management fees.
Orion Communities and Strategists
BOS Asset Management, LLC has a subscription agreement with Orion Communities for access to its model
strategies and strategists. Orion’s strategist team communicates trades made within their portfolio, and the
advisor team effects all transactions. BOS Asset Management’s clients are not charged any portion of the
subscription fee and client fees will not increase from our standard investment management fee schedule.
Sponsor and Manager of Wrap Program
BOS Asset Management, LLC provides substantially all investment management services as the
sponsor and manager of the BOS Asset Management, LLC Wrap Program (the “Wrap Program”), a
wrap fee program (i.e., an arrangement where certain brokerage commissions and transaction costs
are absorbed by the Firm). Accounts managed through the Wrap Program are done so in substantially
the same manner as those managed under a non-wrap arrangement. Participants in the Wrap Program
may pay a higher or lower aggregate fee than if investment management and brokerage services are
purchased separately. Additional information about the Wrap Program is available in BOS Asset
Management, LLC’s Wrap Brochure, which appears as Part 2A Appendix 1 of the Firm’s Form
ADV (the “Wrap Brochure”).
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
BOS Asset Management, LLC provides various consulting services to qualified employee benefit
plans and their fiduciaries. This suite of institutional services is designed to assist plan sponsors in
structuring, managing and optimizing their corporate retirement plans. Each engagement is
individually negotiated and customized, and includes any or all of the following services:
• Plan Design and Strategy
• Plan Fee and Cost Analysis
• Plan Review and Evaluation
• Plan Committee Consultation
• Executive Planning & Benefits
• Fiduciary and Compliance
• Investment Selection
• Participant Education
As disclosed in the Advisory Agreement, certain of the foregoing services are provided by BOS
Asset Management, LLC as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), each plan sponsor is
provided with a written description of BOS Asset Management, LLC’s fiduciary status, the specific
services to be rendered and all direct and indirect compensation the Firm reasonably expects under
the engagement.