A. Firm Information
FMA Wealth Management, LLC (“FMA” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. FMA was founded in January 2021 and is owned and operated by
James M. Morris, CFP®, AIF® (Managing Partner and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides
information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by FMA.
B. Advisory Services Offered
FMA offers Wealth Management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations and businesses (each referred to as a “Client”).
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary,
the Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential
conflicts of interest. FMA's fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of Ethics. For more
information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
FMA provides customized wealth management services for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing a broad range of comprehensive financial planning in
connection with discretionary investment management of Client portfolios. These services are described below.
Investment Management Services - FMA provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is
achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment
management and related advisory services. FMA works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals
and objectives, risk tolerance, and financial situation to create a portfolio strategy. FMA primarily manages Client
account[s] utilizing Modern Portfolio Theory (“MPT”) through long-term strategic portfolios.
Client account[s] will be invested per their individual risk profile and managed to a target risk and return level.
Portfolios will be constructed using a mix of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) depending upon the
asset class or sub-asset class. Specific portoflios may include individual legacy stock positions that will be
managed on a hold and/or sell basis due to tax reasons and to allow for adequate diversification. In certain rare
instances, individual municipal bonds might be utilized as part of a larger allocation. Portfolios will be rebalanced
based upon market conditions, drift ranges and/or operationally oriented issues. Typically portfolios will be
rebalanced one to three times per year depending upon markets and individual portfolios. In non-qualified
accounts, tax implications will be incorporated into the rebalancing process. Each Client will have the opportunity to
place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in their respective portfolio, subject to
acceptance by the Advisor.
FMA evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due diligence
process. FMA may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the portfolio. FMA
may recommend specific positions to increase sector or asset class weightings. The Advisor may recommend
employing cash positions as a possible hedge against market movement. FMA may recommend selling positions
for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, business or sector risk exposure
to a specific security or class of securities, overvaluation or overweighting of the position[s] in the portfolio, change
in risk tolerance of the Client, generating cash to meet Client needs, or any risk deemed unacceptable for the
Client’s risk tolerance.
Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement
accounts or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will
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provide investment advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement
account or to roll over the
assets to an IRA, or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored Plan to
another, one IRA to another IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g. commission-based account
to fee-based account). Such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Advisor will earn a new (or
increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the transaction. No client is under any obligation to roll over a
retirement account to an account managed by the Advisor.
At no time will FMA accept or maintain custody of a Client’s funds or securities, except for the limited authority as
outlined in Item 15 – Custody. All Client assets will be managed within the designated account[s] at the Custodian,
pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Financial Planning Services - FMA will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to
Clients, pursuant to a written financial planning agreement. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s
financial situation, depending on their goals and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve
preparing a formal financial plan or rendering a specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals
and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to,
investment planning, retirement planning, personal savings, education savings, insurance needs and/or other areas
of a Client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for, or financial consultation rendered to the Client will usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the Client. For example,
recommendations may be made that the Client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs.
FMA may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique situation.
For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s financial
situation, observations, and recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor may not provide
a written summary. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of contract date, assuming
all information and documents requested are provided promptly.
Financial planning and consulting recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the
interests of the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor for
investment management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects to
act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging FMA to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more
agreements with the Advisor that define the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities of the Advisor and the
Client. These services may include:
• Establishing an Investment Strategy – FMA, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that seeks
to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – FMA will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet the investment
objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk for each Client.
• Portfolio Construction – FMA will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated goals
and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – FMA will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
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D. Wrap Fee Programs
FMA does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by FMA.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022 FMA manages $130,398,661 in Client assets, all of which are managed on a
discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.