We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment
advisory services. Our firm is a limited liability company formed in the State of Pennsylvania and
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our firm has been in business as an
investment adviser since 2007 and is owned wholly by David Marrazzo.
Our firm provides asset management and investment consulting services for many different types of
clients to help meet their financial goals while remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time
horizons. As a fiduciary, it is our duty to always act in the client’s best interest. This is accomplished
in part by knowing the client. Our firm has established a service-oriented advisory practice with open
lines of communication. Working with clients to understand their investment objectives while
educating them about our process, facilitates the kind of working relationship we value.
Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Asset Management:
We emphasize continuous and regular account supervision. As part of our asset management service,
we generally create a portfolio, consisting of individual stocks or bonds, exchange traded funds
(“ETFs”), options, mutual funds and other public and private securities or investments. The client’s
individual investment strategy is tailored to their specific needs and may include some or all of the
previously mentioned securities. Each portfolio will be initially designed to meet a particular investment
goal, which we determine to be suitable to the client’s circumstances. Once the appropriate portfolio has
been determined, we review the portfolio at least annually and if necessary, rebalance the portfolio
based upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives. Each client has the opportunity to
place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the portfolio.
Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families and other
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of client’s
current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services will involve
preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the client’s
financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass one or more of the
following areas: Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning,
Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate
Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit
Evaluation, Business and Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. For example,
recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment programs, create or revise
wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement savings, or
establish education or charitable giving programs. It should also be noted that we refer clients to an
accountant, attorney or other specialist, as necessary for non-advisory related services. For written
financial planning engagements, we provide our clients with a written summary of their financial
situation, observations, and recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do
not provide our clients with a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the
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process is less formal than our planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within
6 months of the client signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information and documents
we request from the client are provided to us promptly. Implementation of the recommendations
will be at the discretion of the client.
Referrals to Third Party Money Managers:
Our firm utilizes the services of a third party money manager for the management of client accounts.
Investment advice and trading of securities will only be offered by or through the chosen third party
money manager. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities or other investments in
connection with this service. Prior to referring clients, our firm will provide initial due diligence on third
party money managers and ongoing reviews of their management of client accounts. In order to assist
in the selection of a third party money manager, our firm will gather client information pertaining to
financial situation, investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions to be imposed upon the
management of the account.
Our firm will periodically review third party money manager reports provided to the client at least
annually. Our firm will contact clients from time to time in order to review their financial situation
and objectives; communicate information to third party money managers as warranted; and, assist
the client in understanding and evaluating the services provided by the third party money manager.
Clients will be expected to notify our firm of any changes in their financial situation, investment
objectives, or account restrictions
that could affect their financial standing.
Securities America Managed Opportunities Program:
The Managed Opportunities Program (Managed Opportunities) is a wrap fee program developed by
Securities America Advisors, Inc. (SAA), an investment advisor registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Managed Opportunities provides clients with the opportunity to establish
mutual fund portfolios, separate account portfolios and unified managed account portfolios
developed by third-party money managers that are registered investment advisors (collectively
referred to as sub-advisors). The separate account portfolios are described in your Managed
Opportunities Program Investment Strategy Summary. The Managed Opportunities Program offers
the following investment strategies:
Mutual Fund Account Portfolios
Sub-advisors provide us with mutual fund and exchange traded fund asset allocation model
portfolios based on the information, research, asset allocation methodology and investment
strategies of the sub-advisors. We can terminate existing sub-advisor service agreements and enter
into new sub-advisor agreements at our discretion.
Separate Account Portfolios
Sub-advisors provide us with access to a number of institutional separate account investment
manager model portfolios of equity and/or fixed income securities. We can terminate existing sub-
advisor agreements and enter into new sub-advisor agreements at our discretion. If a portion of the
asset allocation does not meet a particular sub-advisor manager's account minimum, a mutual fund
can be used in place of an individual portfolio manager.
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Unified Managed Account Portfolios
Sub-advisors provide us with access to unified managed account portfolios. These portfolios combine
specialized institutional asset class managers, mutual funds and/or exchange traded funds, and SAA
serves as the overlay manager to manage separate account positions in a comprehensive asset
allocation portfolio of securities in a single brokerage account.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an ongoing
basis. Generally, such consulting services consist of assisting employer plan sponsors in establishing,
monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement plan. As the needs of the
plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising could include: investment options, plan structure and
participant education. Retirement Plan Consulting services typically include:
• Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development of a
statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad
strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
• Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset allocation
models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time
horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk.
• Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and
notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility.
In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory services
with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate (excluding real estate
funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded securities or assets, other
illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively, “Excluded Assets”). All retirement
plan consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state laws regulating retirement
consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or other employee benefit
plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide
services to such accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section
3(21) or 3(38) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to
the provision of services described therein.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to clients utilizing our Asset Management service. General
investment advice will be offered to our Financial Planning & Consulting. Each Asset Management
client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the
portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of securities may not be possible
due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
Our firm only offers Wrap Fee Programs through Securities America.
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Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, we manage $160,341,465 on a discretionary basis and $3,520,547 on a
non-discretionary basis.