This Disclosure document is being offered to you by Steele Street Private Wealth
Management (“SSPWM” or “Firm”) about the investment advisory services we provide. It
discloses information about our services and the way those services are made available
to you, the client.
Our Firm was registered as an Investment Adviser in January 2019 and is owned by Daniel
Katz and Casey Vader. Casey Vader is Chief Operating Officer and Daniel Katz serves as
Chief Compliance Officer for the Firm.
We are committed to helping clients build, manage, and preserve their wealth, and to
provide guidance that helps clients to achieve their stated financial goals. We specialize
in retirement investing and income generation. We will offer an initial complimentary
meeting upon our discretion; however, investment advisory services are initiated only
after you and SSPWM execute an Investment Management Agreement.
Investment Management Services
We manage advisory accounts on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. Once we
determine a client’s profile, income need, and investment plan, we execute the day-to-
day transactions with or without prior consent, depending on the client’s agreement with
our Firm. Account supervision is guided by the client’s investment policy statement. We
may accept accounts with certain restrictions if circumstances warrant. We primarily
allocate client assets among various equities, cash, Exchanged Traded Funds (“ETFs”),
other mutual funds and debt securities in accordance with their stated investment
objectives and income needs. All of these are considered asset allocation categories for
the client’s investment strategy.
In personal discussions with clients, we determine their objectives, time horizons, risk
tolerance and liquidity and income need. As appropriate, we also review their prior
investment history, as well as family composition and background. Based on client needs,
we develop the client’s personal profile and investment plan. We then create and
manage the client’s investments based on that policy and plan. It is the client’s obligation
to notify us immediately if circumstances have changed with respect to their goals and
income needs.
Once we have determined the appropriate strategy for clients or client businesses and
executed the strategy, we will provide ongoing investment review and management
services.
With our discretionary relationships, we will make changes to the portfolio, as we deem
appropriate, to meet your financial objectives. We trade these portfolios based on the
combination of our market views and your objectives, using our investment process. We
tailor our advisory services to meet the needs of our clients and seek to ensure that your
portfolio is managed in a manner consistent with those needs and objectives. You will
have the ability to leave standing instructions with us to refrain from investing in
particular industries or invest in limited amounts of securities.
Additionally, clients may engage our firm separately to advise on certain investment
products that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as annuity contracts
and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (i.e.,
529 plans).
You are advised and are expected to understand that our past performance is not a
guarantee of future results. Certain market and economic risks exist that adversely affect
an account’s performance. This could result in capital losses in your account.
Financial Planning
Our Financial Planning services are offered to clients who are engaged in our wealth
management services described above. While we will work with all clients to understand
their financial objectives, we will not present a formal financial plan to all of them.
Through the financial planning process, our team strives to engage our clients in
conversations around the family’s goals, objectives, priorities, vision, and legacy – both
for the near term as well as for future generations. With the unique goals and
circumstances of each family in mind, our team may offer financial planning ideas and
strategies to address the client’s holistic financial picture, including estate, income tax,
charitable, cash flow and retirement income, wealth transfer and family legacy objectives.
Our team partners with our client’s other advisors (CPA, estate attorney, insurance
broker, etc.) to ensure a coordinated effort of all parties toward the client’s stated goals.
Such services include various reports on specific goals and objectives or general
investment and/or planning recommendations, guidance to outside assets and periodic
updates.
We have established a relationship with Kristi Sullivan with Sullivan Financial Planning, a
State Registered Investment Advisor. Sullivan Financial Planning provides financial
planning services for clients on a per project basis. Sullivan Financial Planning bills our
firm an hourly fee for planning services.
Sullivan Financial Planning’s specific services in preparing a client’s formal financial plan
may include:
• Review and clarification of financial goals;
• Assessment of overall financial position including cash flow and income, balance
sheet, investment strategy, risk management and estate planning;
• Creation of a financial plan, including personal and business real estate, education,
retirement, financial independence, charitable giving, estate planning, business
succession and other personal goals;
• Development of a goal-oriented investment and income plan, with input from
various advisors to our clients around tax strategy, asset allocation, asset location,
expenses, risk and liquidity factors for each goal. This includes IRA and qualified
plans, taxable and trust accounts that require special attention.
• Design of a risk management plan including risk tolerance, risk avoidance,
mitigation and transfer, including liquidity as well as various insurance and
possible company benefits; and
• Crafting and implementation of, in conjunction with your estate and/or
corporate attorneys as tax advisor, an estate plan to provide for you and/or your
heirs in the event of an incapacity or death.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
For employer-sponsored retirement plans with participant-directed investments or cash
balance plans, our firm provides its advisory services as an investment advisor as defined
under Section 3(21) or 3(38) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”).
When serving as an ERISA 3(38) investment manager, the Plan Sponsor is relieved of all
fiduciary responsibility for the investment decisions made by Our Firm. Our Firm is a
discretionary investment manager in accordance with the terms of a separate ERISA 3(38)
Plan Sponsor Investment Management Agreement between Our Firm and the Plan
Sponsor. Our Firm’s investment management is limited in that it has the discretion solely
to replace funds in plan fund lineups and initiate the transfer of existing balances to the
replacements without prior approval from the client.
Our Firm provides the following services to the plan sponsor:
• Select the investments.
• Monitor the investments and replace
investments when appropriate.
• Provide a quarterly monitoring report.
• Assist the plan sponsor in developing an Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”).
• Provide a comprehensive fiduciary investment review designed to meet Plan
Sponsor fiduciary responsibility and enhance the participant experience. This
includes fiduciary education as requested by the Department of Labor (DOL).
• Recommend QDIA alternatives.
• Recommend non-discretionary model portfolios.
When serving as an ERISA 3(21) investment advisor, the Plan Sponsor and Our Firm share
fiduciary responsibility. The Plan Sponsor retains ultimate decision-making authority for
the investments and may accept or reject the recommendations in accordance with the
terms of a separate ERISA 3(21) Plan Sponsor Investment Management Agreement
between our Firm and the Plan Sponsor. Under the 3(21) agreements, our Firm provides
the following services to the Plan Sponsor:
• Screen investments and make recommendations.
• Monitor the investments and suggests replacement investments when
appropriate.
• Provide a quarterly monitoring report.
• Assist the plan sponsor in developing an Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”).
• Recommend QDIA alternatives.
• Recommend non-discretionary model portfolios.
We can also be engaged to provide Plan Consulting Services. Plan Consulting Services
include financial education to Plan participants, benchmarking the Plan services,
education to fiduciary committee members, and monitoring the service provider. The
scope of education provided to participants will not constitute “investment advice” within
the meaning of ERISA and participant education will relate to general principles for
investing and information about the investment options currently in the Plan. We may
also participate in initial enrollment meetings and periodic workshops and enrollment
meetings for new participants.
Participant Level Education
We can also be engaged to provide financial education to plan participants. The scope of
education provided to participants will not constitute “investment advice” within the
meaning of ERISA and participant education will relate to general principles for investing
and information about the investment options currently in the plan. We may also
participate in initial enrollment meetings and periodic workshops and enrollment
meetings for new participants. We may meet with plan participants on a regular basis
(quarterly, semi-annually or annually) as agreed upon at the Client’s discretion to discuss
the reports and investment recommendations.
Tax Planning and Preparation
Our Firm recommends independent CPAs to provide tax planning and preparation for
individuals and business owners. These services may be provided to the client for a
separate fee and will be engaged. Accounting services performed by these CPAs are
separate and distinct from our firm’s advisory services. Steele Street and the CPAs are
unaffiliated.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
While financial planning services are included in our wealth management services and
fees, we do provide investment advice on isolated areas of concern such as estate
planning, real estate, retirement planning, or any other specific topic under a separate
Financial Consulting Agreement. Additionally, we provide non-securities advice related to
estate planning, insurance, real estate, and annuity. We also provide advisory &
consulting services for equity or debt investments in privately held businesses. In these
cases, you will be required to select your own investment managers, custodians, and
insurance companies to implement consulting recommendations. If you need brokerage
and/or other financial services, we will recommend one of several investment managers,
brokers, banks, custodians, insurance companies or other financial professionals
("Firms"). You must independently evaluate these Firms before opening an account or
transacting business and have the right to effect business through any firm you choose.
You have the right to choose whether to follow the consulting advice that we provide.
Disclosure Regarding Rollover Recommendations
A client or prospect leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing
retirement plan (and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money
in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new employer’s
plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) rollover to an Individual
Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending
upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences). Our Firm may recommend an
investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which our Firm provides investment advisory
services. As a result, our Firm and its representatives may earn an asset-based fee. In
contrast, a recommendation that a client or prospective client leave their plan assets with
their previous employer or roll over the assets to a plan sponsored by a new employer
will generally result in no compensation to our Firm. Our Firm therefore has an economic
incentive to encourage a client to roll plan assets into an IRA that our Firm will manage,
which presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict of interest, there are various
factors that our Firm will consider before recommending a rollover, including but not
limited to: (i) the investment options available in the plan versus the investment options
available in an IRA, (ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees and expenses in an
IRA, (iii) the services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment professionals versus
those of our Firm, (iv) protection of assets from creditors and legal judgments, (v)
required minimum distributions and age considerations, and (vi) employer stock tax
consequences, if any. All rollover recommendations are also reviewed by our Firm’s Chief
Compliance Officer in a best effort to determine that the recommendation to a client was
reasonable or that the client has determined to make the rollover after being provided
ample information about their options. No client is under any obligation to roll over plan
assets to an IRA advised by our Firm or to engage our Firm to monitor and/or advise on
the account while maintained with the client's employer. Our Firm’s Chief Compliance
Officer remains available to address any questions that a client or prospective client has
regarding this disclosure.
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers 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.
Wrap
We do not provide a Wrap Fee Program.
Assets
As of December 31, 2023, we manage $147,516,859, all on a discretionary basis.