Our Advisory Business
Boyce & Associates Wealth Consulting is a registered investment adviser. The Adviser was founded in
March 2017. The firm’s principal owner is Eric Boyce. In addition to our main office, we are also located
at 4009 Banister Ln., Ste. 355, Austin, Texas 78746. We have registered with the SEC and have notice filed
in Texas and Idaho.
Services
Boyce & Associates Wealth Consulting offers asset management and financial planning services, with an
emphasis on building portfolios designed to meet the needs of our clients. Our focus is on helping you
develop and execute plans that are designed to build and preserve your wealth. We are available during
normal business hours either by telephone, fax, email, or in person by appointment to answer your
questions.
Tailored Asset Management Services
As part of the active asset management process, we will meet with you to discuss your financial
circumstances, investment goals and objectives, and to determine your risk tolerance. We will ask you to
provide statements summarizing current investments, income and other earnings, recent tax returns,
retirement plan information, other assets and liabilities, wills and trusts, insurance policies, and other
pertinent information.
Based on the information you share with us, we will analyze your situation and tailor a portfolio with
appropriate asset allocations and investment strategy[ies]. Our recommendations and ongoing
management are based upon your investment goals, objectives and risk tolerance. We will monitor the
account, trade as necessary, and communicate regularly with you.
We will work with you on an ongoing basis to evaluate your asset allocation as well as rebalance your
portfolio to keep it in line with your goals as necessary. We will be reasonably available to help you with
questions about your account.
* Please note that pursuant to the investment advisory agreement you are obligated to notify us promptly
when your financial situation, goals, objectives, or needs change. *
We have the ability to manage assets on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. The decision
as to whether to grant us discretionary authority over your accounts is made by you at the time of account
opening and is detailed in the Advisory Agreement. In addition, you shall have the ability to impose
reasonable restrictions on the management of your account, including the ability to instruct us not to
purchase certain mutual funds, stocks or other securities. These restrictions may be a specific company
security, industry sector, asset class, or any other restriction you request.
Under certain conditions, securities from outside accounts will be transferred into your advisory account;
however, we will recommend that you sell any security if we believe that it is not suitable for the current
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recommended investment strategy. Additionally, trading will be required to meet initial allocation targets,
after substantial cash deposits that require investment allocation, and/or after a request for a withdrawal
that requires liquidation of a position.
Periodically, your account may need to be rebalanced or reallocated in order to reestablish the targeted
percentages of your initial asset allocation. This rebalancing or reallocation will occur as required or
pursuant to the schedule we have determined together.
You will be responsible for all tax consequences resulting from the sale of any security, rebalancing or
reallocation of the account. You are responsible for any taxable events in these instances. We are not
tax professionals and do not give tax advice.
You will be notified of any purchases or sales through trade confirmations and statements that are
provided by the custodian. These statements list the total value of the account, itemize all transaction
activity, and list the types, amounts, and total value of securities held. You will at all times maintain full
and complete ownership rights to all assets held in your account, including the right to withdraw securities
or cash, proxy voting and receiving transaction confirmations.
Financial Planning
We provide services such as comprehensive financial planning, estate planning, business planning,
educational planning, etc. Fee based financial planning is a comprehensive relationship which
incorporates many different aspects of your financial status into an overall plan that meets your goals and
objectives. The financial planning relationship consists of face-to-face meetings and ad hoc meetings with
you and/or your other advisors (attorneys, accountants, etc.) as necessary.
Financial Planning
• Basic Budgeting & Cash Flow Planning
• Financial Goals Development
• Simple goal projections
• Ongoing support toward goals / progress through virtual meetings
• Receive virtual planning content from Boyce & Associates Wealth Consulting (educational
material distributed through email, social media, etc.)
• Stock options - RSU’s, ISO’s, NQO’s
• Business Planning for Self Employed
• Quarterly in-person or virtual meetings
• Asset Allocation Plan including outside asset review, including 401(k)’s, Private Investments
and/or Real Estate
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• Written Financial Plan
• Employer benefits review
In performing financial planning services, we typically examine and analyze your overall financial situation,
which may include issues such as taxes, insurance needs, overall debt, credit, business planning,
retirement savings and reviewing your current investment program. Our services may focus on all or only
one of these areas depending upon the scope of our engagement with you.
It is essential that you provide the information and documentation we request regarding your income,
investments, taxes, insurance, estate plan, etc. We will discuss your investment objectives, needs and
goals, but you are obligated to inform us of any changes. We do not verify any information obtained from
you, your attorney, accountant or other professionals.
If you engage us to perform these services, you will receive a written agreement detailing the services,
fees, terms and conditions of the relationship. You will also receive this Brochure. You are under no
obligation to implement recommendations through us. You may implement your financial plan through
any financial organization of your choice.
We obtain information from a wide variety of publicly available sources. We do not have any inside private
information about any investments that are recommended. All recommendations developed by us are
based upon our professional judgment. We cannot guarantee the results of any of our recommendations.
Choosing which advice to follow is your decision.
If you decide to implement our recommendations, we will help you open a custodial account(s). The funds
in your account will generally be held in a separate account, in your name, with an independent custodian,
and not with us. We recommend using Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., or
Voya Financial Advisors, Inc. Member FINRA/SPIC, as the qualified custodian for your accounts when
utilizing our asset management services.
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Consulting
As part of the divorce financial analyst consulting process, we will meet with you to discuss your financial
circumstances, investment goals and objectives, and to determine your risk tolerance. We will ask you to
provide statements summarizing current investments, income and other earnings, recent tax returns,
retirement plan information.
A+ College Planning Services
Boyce & Associates provides college planning services under the dba A+ College Planning. As part of the
college planning process, we present various college funding strategies that seek to reduce out of pocket
expenses, and possibly tax liabilities. As a result, we seek to minimize the impact on the family’s income
and assets. Our college planning services include:
• Aid Eligibility Comparison Reports;
• Scholarship Availability Reports;
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• College Funding Recommendations and Design;
• Extensive College Planning; and
• First Year FAFSA Assistance.
Retirement Plan Services
For our firm’s Retirement Plan accounts, our service begins with an analysis of the current retirement plan
structure, custodian, third-party administrator, daily record keeper, investments, managed investment
models, and fees. The analysis is designed to determine if we are able to add value to the plan and what
areas, if any, may be deficient from both a regulatory perspective and from a financial advisory
perspective.
We will offer you one or more of the following services:
• Plan design and asset selection consultation
• Develop and annually review Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”)
• Develop investment menu according to the IPS
• Review plan sponsor’s stated financial criteria for each investment option
• Monitor each investment option according to the IPS
• Quarterly portfolio statements, rate of return reports, asset allocation statements
• Provide investment research and performance information on investment options
• Investment option replacement guidance
• Personal consultations with the plan sponsor as necessary
• Develop Plan Investment Committee Charter, as needed
• Fiduciary due diligence assistance
• Attendance at Plan Committee and other meetings
• Annual Fiduciary Plan Review
• Fiduciary education services to Plan Committee
• Participant education, guidance, and enrollment
• Vendor coordination assistance
• Benchmarking services
ERISA Fiduciary
ERISA
Both parties acknowledge that if the Account is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974, as amended (ERISA), the following provisions will apply:
• The Adviser acknowledges that it is a “fiduciary” with respect to the Client as that term is defined
under Section 3(21)(A) of ERISA.
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• The person signing this Agreement on behalf of the Client acknowledges its status as a “named
fiduciary” with respect to the control and management of the assets held in the Account, and
agrees to notify the Adviser promptly of any change in the identity of the named fiduciary with
respect to the Account;
• The Adviser agrees to obtain and maintain an ERISA bond satisfying the requirements of Section
412 of ERISA and include The Adviser and its members, agents and employees among those
insured under that bond.
The Client confirms that any instructions that have been given to the Adviser with regard to the Account
are consistent with the governing plan documents and investment policy statements of the plan.
Except as otherwise provided under ERISA the Adviser shall not be liable for any error of judgment or
mistake of law or for any loss
suffered by the Client in connection with the matters to which this
Agreement relates except a loss resulting from the Adviser’s breach of its fiduciary duty, negligence,
misconduct or bad faith.
The Adviser is not (i) the “administrator” of the Plan as defined in § 3(16)(A) of ERISA or (ii) the “plan
administrator” of the Plan as defined in Section 414(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
(the “Code”).
The Adviser is neither a law firm nor a public accounting firm and Adviser will not provide legal or
accounting advice.
The Client acknowledges that the services covered by this Agreement are consultative and give no
investment authority (“discretion”) or responsibility to the Adviser over any assets of the Plan or
Participant regardless of how and where the assets are held. Throughout the term of this Agreement, the
Plan or Participant retains full discretion to supervise, manage and direct the assets that may be held with
any affiliated or unaffiliated third party.
Boyce & Associates Wealth Consulting understands and attests that they are an ERISA fiduciary as defined
in the Fiduciary Rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986. Boyce & Associates Wealth Consulting adheres to the Impartial Conduct Standards
(including the “best interest” standard, reasonable compensation and no misrepresented information),
as a condition for relying upon the Best Interest Contract Exemption and the Class Exemption for Principal
Transactions in Certain Assets Between Investment Advice Fiduciaries and Employee Benefit Plans and
IRA during the transition period from June 9, 2017, through January 1, 2018. This relates to all ERISA
accounts including Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs).
The Adviser provides advisory services, which include providing retirement Plan Sponsors or other plan
fiduciaries (“Plan Sponsors”) investment advisory and management services by assisting plans in
establishing and/or maintaining a consistent and ongoing documented process of prudent oversight and
due diligence. The Adviser provides services to clients that sponsor a retirement plan that is qualified
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “IRC”) and/or subject to the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Services may include benchmarking, plan design
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strategies, analysis, fiduciary consulting and oversight, plan level investment advice and investment fund
selection and monitoring services, and some employee education services.
The Adviser does not act as, and has not agreed to assume the duties of, a Plan trustee or the “Plan
Administrator,” as defined under section 3(16) of ERISA nor as trustee as described by SEC Rule 206(4)-2.
The Adviser has no discretion to interpret the Plan documents, to determine eligibility or participation
under the Plan, to provide participant disclosures or communications, to ensure contributions are timely
received by the Plan or to exercise any other action with respect to the management, administration, or
any other aspect of the Plan.
The Adviser’s services are offered to assist plan fiduciaries as they carry out their investment related
responsibilities and these services should not substitute for or diminish the careful deliberation and
determination of plan fiduciaries, after appropriate consultation with their other professional advisers
and the review of relevant plan documentation.
Non-Discretionary 3(21) Fiduciary Services
When the Adviser performs “3(21) Fiduciary Services,” the Adviser will act as a co-fiduciary “investment
adviser” that provides “investment advice” as defined under Section 3(21) of ERISA. Under this
arrangement the Adviser is appointed by the plan sponsor or trustee to determine a recommended lineup
of investments to be included in the Plan. These recommendations are presented to the Plan Sponsor,
who has the ultimate responsibility to accept or reject the recommendation. The Adviser will not have
any further responsibility to communicate instructions to any third‐party, including the custodian, and/or
third‐party administrator. The Adviser will communicate directly with the recordkeeper regarding
administrative and recordkeeping matters arising under the Adviser’s investment advisory agreement
with the Plan Sponsor, or more generally about the recordkeeper’s services to the Plan.
The Adviser will provide the Plan Sponsor with a sample investment policy statement. Each retirement
Plan Sponsor should adopt a final investment policy statement (“IPS”) which serves as a guide for the
Adviser’s investment advisory services. The Adviser offers the following 3(21) services:
• Investment screening
• The selection of replacement funds to which existing Plan balances may be transferred
• Assisting clients to finalize a Plan’s investment lineup of funds available for investment by Plan
participants and used for other administrative purposes under the Plan
• Assisting clients with electing a “qualified default investment alternative” as defined in section
404(c)(5) of ERISA
• Quarterly plan review meetings – including review of Investment Funds
In the Adviser’s capacity as a 3(21) plan fiduciary, they will conduct research to determine appropriate
investment selections and allocations and to project potential ranges of returns and market values over
various time periods and using various cash flows to assist the Plan Sponsor in determining the
appropriate investment options for the retirement plan.
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The data used to select the investment options is based on estimated, forward-looking performance of
various asset classes and subclasses to create our forward-looking capital markets assumptions (e.g.,
expected return, expected standard deviation, correlation, etc.). Past performance and the return
estimates of the asset classes and the indices that correspond to these asset classes may not be
representative of actual future performance. Actual results could differ, based on various factors including
the expenses associated with the management of the portfolio, the portfolio’s securities versus the
securities comprising the various indices and general market conditions. Before a specific investment is
selected, other factors such as economic trends, which may influence the choice of investments and risk
tolerance, should be considered. The Adviser has the responsibility and authority to recommend the
investment line up including evaluating investment managers and mutual fund companies, individual
mutual funds, and money market funds which may be retained or replaced. The Plan Sponsor has the
responsibility and authority to make the final decision regarding what investments to include and when
to add or exclude a specific security.
Discretionary 3(38) Fiduciary Services
When a client engages the Adviser to perform “3(38) Fiduciary Services”, the Adviser acts as an
“investment manager” (as defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA) with respect to the performance of
discretionary fiduciary investment services. Under this arrangement the Adviser is appointed by the Plan
Sponsor or trustee and accepts discretion over plan assets and assumes full responsibility and liability for
fiduciary functions concerning decisions related to the plan assets.
Under this arrangement the Adviser is appointed by the plan sponsor or trustee and accepts discretion
over plan assets and assumes full responsibility and liability for fiduciary functions concerning decisions
related to the plan assets. The Adviser will review the investment options available to the Plan through
documents provided by the Plan Sponsor and notifies the Plan’s record-keeper and/or the Plan Sponsor
the Adviser’s instructions to add, remove and/or replace these specific investment options offered to Plan
participants and/or used for administrative purposes under the Plan, according to the criteria set forth in
guidelines selected by the Plan Sponsor. The Plan Sponsor retains all authority, responsibility and
decision-making for investment options not available on the Plan record-keeper’s platform (i.e., “non-
core” investment options, such as employer stock, plan loans, self-directed brokerage accounts, frozen
guaranteed investment contracts, and life insurance).
The Adviser will retain final decision-making authority with respect to removing and/or replacing
investments in the core lineup. The Plan Sponsor will not have responsibility to communicate instructions
to any third‐party, custodian and/or third‐party administrator.
The data used to determine the investment options is based on estimated, forward-looking performance
of various asset classes and subclasses to create our forward-looking capital markets assumptions (e.g.,
expected return, expected standard deviation, correlation, etc.). Past performance and the return
estimates of the asset classes and the indexes that correspond to these asset classes may not be
representative of actual future performance. Actual results could differ, based on various factors
including the expenses associated with the management of the portfolio, the portfolio’s securities versus
the securities comprising the various indexes and general market conditions. Before a specific investment
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is selected, other factors such as economic trends, which may influence the choice of investments and
risk tolerance, should be considered. The Adviser has the responsibility and authority to determine the
investment line up including evaluating investment managers and mutual fund companies, individual
mutual funds, and money market funds which may be retained or replaced.
The Adviser will also monitor the current managed investment line up including the investment’s
performance compared to an applicable benchmark. If the Adviser determines that a fund no longer
meets the criteria, they will select alternatives and replace them.
Cash Management
We have partnered with Flourish Financial, LLC to provide our clients with a cash management program
for non-investment cash held away from Charles Schwab. Flourish Cash is an invitation-only cash account
designed exclusively for clients of independent financial advisors with the goal of earning more interest
on your cash than you would at a traditional bank. Flourish Financial, LLC offers what we believe to be
very competitive interest rates, zero account fees, and easy access to your money. It's a great way to
attempt to earn more interest on your cash than you would at many traditional banks.
Wrap Fee
The Adviser does not sponsor or participate in a third-party sponsored wrap fee program.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we had a total of $165,467,967 in assets under management, all of which is
managed on a discretionary basis.