Overview
Beckerman Institutional, LLC (“Beckerman Institutional” or the “Firm”) has been in business since
2007. Daniel Beckerman is the Firm’s only principal owner.
Beckerman Institutional provides asset management and accompanying financial planning services for
retail clients, as well as asset management and retirement plan consulting for retirement plans.
Financial Planning and Asset Management
Beckerman Institutional begins with assessing the client’s needs and risk tolerance. Client needs refers
to the end purpose of client funds, or what the client wants the funds to do for them. Some purposes
include retirement, planning for purchases, estate planning, charitable giving and other uses for client
funds. Risk tolerance refers to the client’s preference and comfort level in terms of short term market
swings.
During our data-gathering process, we determine the client’s individual objectives, time horizons, risk
tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we also review and discuss a client's prior investment
history, as well as family composition and background. Beckerman Institutional will then develop an
investment portfolio for the client in keeping with those objectives and risk tolerance. Clients may
impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities, types of securities, or industry sectors.
During the course of the relationship, Beckerman Institutional will also perform incidental financial
planning and consulting services.
When we perform asset management services, we will do so on either a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis. When you engage us on a discretionary basis we will continue an ongoing
relationship with each client being involved in various stages of their lives and decisions to be made,
but we will not seek specific approval of changes to client accounts. When we take discretion
managing accounts, clients engaging us will be asked to execute a Limited Power of Attorney (granting
us the discretionary authority over the client accounts) as well as an agreement that outlines the
responsibilities of both the client and
Beckerman Institutional.
We manage non-discretionary accounts the same as we do for our discretionary clients, except we will
consult with the client prior to implementing any investment recommendation. Clients should be
aware that some recommendations may be time-sensitive, in which case recommendations not
implemented because we are unable to reach a non-discretionary client may not be made on a timely
basis and therefore client’s account may not perform as well as it would have had Beckerman
Institutional been able to reach the client for a consultation on the recommendation.
If you request, Beckerman Institutional may recommend the services of other professionals for
implementation purposes. You are under no obligation to engage the services of any such
recommended professional. You retain absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions
and are free to accept or reject any recommendation by Beckerman Institutional. If you engage any
professional recommended by Beckerman Institutional, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such
engagement, you agree to seek recourse exclusively from and against the engaged professional.
Retirement Plan Consulting
Beckerman Institutional offers fee based qualified retirement plan services that provide non-
discretionary services to sponsors and trustees of qualified retirement plans. Beckerman Institutional
will assist the plan in establishing a menu of mutual funds and / or models to offer to participating
employees of the qualified retirement plan. Employees will self-direct the investments of their
accounts within the plan.
Beckerman Institutional will recommend investments to the plan sponsor, monitor the plan’s
investments, suggest replacements as appropriate, provide participant education and other services as
requested by the plan sponsor for the plan.
Beckerman Institutional does not participate in or sponsor a wrap program.
As of January 1, 2024, we were actively managing $ 212,967,120 of clients' assets on a discretionary
basis plus $ 6,957,946 of clients' assets on a non-discretionary basis.