This Disclosure document is being offered to you by Traction Financial Partners, LLC
(“Traction” or “Firm”) about the investment advisory services we provide. It discloses
information about the services that we provide and the way those services are made
available to you, the client.
Traction Financial Partners, LLC was registered as an Investment Advisor with the SEC in
August 2021. The principal owners are Robert Heykoop and Evan Barnes. Robert Heykoop
is the Chief Compliance Officer of the Firm.
We are committed to helping clients build, manage, and preserve their wealth. Our Firm
provides services that help clients to achieve their stated financial goals. We will offer initial
complimentary meetings upon our discretion; however, investment advisory services are
initiated only after you and Traction execute an Investment Management Agreement.
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND SUPERVISION SERVICES
We manage advisory accounts on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. For
discretionary accounts, once we have determined a profile and investment plan with a
client, we will execute the day-to-day transactions without seeking prior client consent but
within the expected investment guidelines. Account supervision is guided by the client’s
written profile and investment plan. We will accept accounts with certain trading
restrictions if circumstances warrant. We primarily allocate client assets among various
equities, Exchanged Traded Funds (“ETFs”), no-load or load-waived mutual funds in
accordance with their stated investment objectives.
During personal discussions with clients, we determine the client’s objectives, time
horizons, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we also review a client’s prior
investment history, as well as family composition and background. Based on client needs,
we develop a 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. Once we have
determined the types of investments to be included in a client’s portfolio and have
allocated the assets, we provide ongoing investment review and management services.
With our discretionary relationship, we will make changes to the portfolio, as we deem
appropriate, to meet client financial objectives. We trade these portfolios based on the
combination of our market views and client 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. Clients have
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the ability to leave standing instructions with us to refrain from investing in particular
industries or invest in limited amounts of securities.
If a non-discretionary relationship is in place, calls will be placed presenting the
recommendation made and only upon your authorization will any action be taken on your
behalf. We do have limited authority to direct the Custodian to deduct our investment
advisory fees from accounts, but only with the appropriate written authorization from
clients.
Clients may engage us to advise on certain investment products that are not maintained
at our Firm’s recommended custodian, such as variable life insurance, annuity contracts,
and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans. Where appropriate, we provide
advice about any type of held away account that is part of a client portfolio.
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
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 will offer financial planning ideas and strategies to address
the client’s holistic financial picture, including estate, income tax, charitable, cash flow,
wealth transfer, and family legacy objectives. Our team partners with our client’s other
advisors (CPAs, Enrolled Agents, Estate Attorneys, Insurance Brokers, 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.
Our specific services in preparing your plan may include:
• Review and clarification of your financial goals.
• Assessment of your overall financial position including cash flow, balance sheet,
investment strategy, risk management, and estate planning.
• Creation of a unique plan for each goal you have, including personal and business
real estate, education, retirement or financial independence, charitable giving,
estate planning, business succession, and other personal goals.
• Development of a goal-oriented investment plan, with input from various advisors
to our clients around tax suggestions, asset allocation, expenses, risk, and liquidity
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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.
A written evaluation of each client's initial situation or Financial Plan is provided to the
client.
SUB-ADVISORY SERVICES
Our firm may determine that engaging the expertise of an independent sub-advisor is best
suited for your account. Our firm will have discretion to utilize independent third-party
investment adviser to aid in the implementation of investment strategies for your
portfolio. In certain circumstances, we may allocate a portion of a portfolio to an
independent third-party investment adviser (“Manager”) for separate account
management based upon your individual circumstances and objectives, including, but not
limited to, your account size and tax circumstances. Upon the recognition of such
situations, in coordination with you, we will hire a Manager for the management of those
assets. These advisers shall assist our Firm in managing the day‐to‐day investment
operations of the various allocations, shall determine the composition of the investments
comprising the allocation, shall determine what securities and other assets of the
allocation will be acquired, held, disposed of or loaned in conformity with the written
investment objectives, policies and restrictions and other statements of each client
comprising the allocation, or as instructed by our Firm.
Managers selected for your investments need to meet several quantitative and qualitative
criteria established by us. Among the criteria that may be considered are the Manager’s
experience, assets under management, performance record, client retention, the level of
client services provided, investment style, buy and sell disciplines, capitalization level, and
the general investment process.
You are advised and should understand that:
● A Manager’s past performance is no guarantee of future results;
● There is a certain market and/or interest rate risk which may adversely
effect any Manager’s objectives and strategies, and could cause a loss in a
Client's account(s); and
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● Client risk parameters or comparative index selections provided to our firm
are guidelines only and there is no guarantee that they will be met or not
be exceeded.
Managers may take discretionary authority to determine the securities to be purchased
and sold for the client. As stated in the Discretionary Advisory Agreement, our Firm and its
associated persons will have discretionary authority to hire and fire the Manager. Our firm
will work with the sub-advisor to communicate any trading restrictions or standing
instructions to refrain from a particular industry requested by the Client. In all cases,
trading restrictions will depend on the sub-advisor and their ability to accommodate such
restrictions.
All performance reporting will be the responsibility of the respective Manager. Such
performance reports will be provided directly to you and our firm. Disclosures will indicate
what firm is providing the reporting.
Our Firm has entered into agreements with various independent Managers. All third-party
Managers to whom we will refer clients will be licensed as registered investment advisors
by their resident state and any applicable jurisdictions or registered investment advisors
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A complete description of the Manager’s
services, fee schedules and account minimums will be disclosed in the Manager’s Form
ADV or similar Disclosure Brochure.
We review the performance of our Managers on at least a quarterly basis. More frequent
reviews may be triggered by changes in Manager’s management, performance or
geopolitical and macroeconomic specific events. Our Firm only enters into only a select
number of relationships with Managers.
LPL FINANCIAL SPONSORED ADVISORY PROGRAMS
We may provide advisory services through certain programs sponsored by LPL Financial
LLC (LPL), a registered investment advisor and broker-dealer. Below is a brief description
of each LPL advisory program available to our Firm. For more information regarding the
LPL programs, including more information on the advisory services and fees that apply, the
types of investments available in the programs and the potential conflicts of interest
presented by the programs please see the program account packet (which includes the
account agreement and LPL Form ADV program brochure) and the Form ADV, Part 2A of
LPL or the applicable program.
MANAGER ACCESS SELECT PROGRAM
Manager Access Select offers clients the ability to participate in the Separately Managed
Account Platform (the “SMA Platform”) or the Model Portfolio Platform (the “MP
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Platform”). In the SMA Platform, [Advisor] will assist client in identifying a third party
portfolio manager (SMA Portfolio Manager) from a list of SMA Portfolio Managers made
available by LPL, and the SMA Portfolio Manager manages client’s assets on a discretionary
basis. [Advisor] will provide initial and ongoing assistance regarding the SMA Portfolio
Manager selection process. In the MP Platform, clients authorize LPL to direct the
investment and reinvestment of the assets in their accounts, in accordance with the
selected model portfolio provided by LPL’s Research Department or a third-party
investment advisor.
A minimum account value of $50,000 is required for Manager Access Select, however, in
certain instances, the minimum account size may be lower or higher.
STRATEGIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
(SWM)
Clients will pay a transaction charge for transactions in a SWM account. The transaction
charges vary based on the type of transaction (e.g., mutual fund, equity or ETF) and for
mutual funds based on whether or not the mutual fund pays 12b-1 fees and/or
recordkeeping fees to LPL. Transaction charges for equities and ETFs are $9. For mutual
funds, the transaction charges range from $0 to $26.50.
In many instances, LPL makes available mutual funds in a SWM account that offer various
classes of shares, including shares designated as Class A Shares and shares designed for
advisory programs, which can be titled, for example, as “Class I,” “institutional,” “investor,”
“retail,” “service,” “administrative” or “platform” share classes (“Platform Shares”). The
Platform Share class offered for a particular mutual fund in SWM in many cases will not be
the least expensive share class that the mutual fund makes available and was selected by
LPL in certain cases because the share class pays LPL compensation for the administrative
and recordkeeping services LPL provides to the mutual fund. Client should understand that
another financial services firm may offer the same mutual fund at a lower overall cost to
the investor than is available through SWM. In other instances, a mutual fund may offer
only Class A Shares, but another similar mutual fund may be available that offers Platform
Shares. Class A Shares typically pay LPL a 12b-1 fee for providing shareholder services,
distribution, and marketing expenses (“brokerage-related services”) to the mutual funds.
Platform Shares generally are not subject to 12b-1 fees. As a result of the different
expenses of the mutual fund share classes, it is generally more expensive for a client to
own Class A Shares than Platform Shares. An investor in Platform Shares will pay lower fees
over time and keep more of his or her investment returns than an investor who holds Class
A Shares of the same fund.
PERSONAL WEALTH PORTFOLIOS PROGRAM (PWP)
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PWP offers clients an asset management account using asset allocation model portfolios
designed by LPL. We will have discretion for selecting the asset allocation model portfolio
based on client’s investment objective. We will also have discretion for selecting third
party money managers (PWP Advisors), mutual funds and ETFs within each asset class of
the model portfolio. LPL will act as the overlay portfolio manager on all PWP accounts and
will be authorized to purchase and sell on a discretionary basis mutual funds, ETFs and
equity and fixed income securities.
A minimum account value of $250,000 is required for PWP. In certain instances, LPL will
permit a lower minimum account size.
MODEL WEALTH PORTFOLIOS PROGRAM (MWP)
MWP offers clients a professionally managed mutual fund asset allocation program. Our
Firm will obtain the necessary financial data from the client, assist the client in determining
the suitability of the MWP program and assist the client in setting an appropriate
investment objective. We will initiate the steps necessary to open an MWP account and
have discretion to select a model portfolio designed by LPL’s Research Department
consistent with the client’s stated investment objective. LPL’s Research Department or
third-party portfolio strategists are responsible for selecting the mutual funds or ETFs
within a model portfolio and for making changes to the mutual funds or ETFs selected.
The client will authorize LPL to act on a discretionary basis to purchase and sell mutual
funds and ETFs and to liquidate previously purchased securities. The client will also
authorize LPL to effect rebalancing for MWP accounts.
MWP requires a minimum asset value for a program account to be managed. The
minimums vary depending on the portfolio(s) selected and the account’s allocation
amongst portfolios. The lowest minimum for a portfolio is $25,000. In certain instances, a
lower minimum for a portfolio is permitted.
CONSULTING SERVICES
We also provide clients investment advice on a more-limited basis on one or more isolated
areas of concern such as estate planning, real estate, retirement planning, or any other
specific topic. Additionally, we provide advice on non-securities matters about the
rendering of estate planning, insurance, real estate, and/or annuity advice or any other
business advisory / consulting services for equity or debt investments in privately held
businesses. In these cases, clients will be required to select their own investment managers,
custodian, and/or insurance companies for the implementation of consulting
recommendations. If client needs include brokerage and/or other financial services, we
will recommend the use of one of several investment managers, brokers, banks, custodians,
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insurance companies, or other financial professionals ("Firms"). Consulting clients must
independently evaluate these Firms before opening an account or transacting business and
have the right to effect business through any firm they choose. Clients have the right to
choose whether or not to follow the consulting advice provided.
RETIREMENT PLAN ADVISORY SERVICES
Retirement Plan Advisory Services consists of helping employer plan sponsors to establish,
monitor and review their company's retirement plan. As the needs of the plan sponsor
dictate, areas of advising could include investment selection and monitoring, plan
structure, and participant education.
Pursuant to Section 402(c)(3) of ERISA, the client may appoint us as the Plan’s “investment
manager” with respect to the Plan’s portfolio of investment options. We acknowledge that
we are registered as an investment adviser under the SEC. Our firm acts as a “fiduciary”
within the meaning of Section 3(21) and 3(38) of ERISA with respect to the Plan. We offer
advisory services to employer sponsored retirement plans such as 401(k), 457, 403(b), and
ROBS Plans (Rollovers as Business Start-Ups). On the plan level, we manage the
investment line-up making changes as necessary as well as providing risk-based investment
models for the participants. On the individual participant level, we manage risk-based
models using the current investment lineup based on risk tolerance of the individual
investor. For employer-sponsored retirement plans with participant-directed investments,
our firm provides its advisory services as an investment advisor as defined under Section
3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”).
When serving as an ERISA 3(21) investment adviser, 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) agreement, our Firm can provide
the following services to the Plan Sponsor:
• Review or Development of an Investment Policy Statement
• Perform Due Diligence on Money Managers
• Provide Initial Investment and Management Selection ‐ Our Firm typically uses
mutual funds/managed accounts/collective trusts/cash equivalents to
structure portfolios designed to meet client objectives and risk profiles.
• Provide ongoing Performance Evaluation and Monitoring of Money Mangers
• Make Investment Recommendations when necessary
• Retirement Plan Services Analysis ‐ Our Firm will conduct an analysis of a client’s
retirement plan to evaluate the services currently provided to the client by third
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parties. The areas of analysis may include asset management services, record
keeping, administration, customer service, participant education, etc. These
services may also include a cost/benefit analysis, recommendation of
alternative vendors, facilitation of the RFP process for solicitation of a new
vendor, and/or assistance in fee negotiations with proposed vendors.
• Provide Employee Education Services ‐ Our Firm will provide enrollment and
educational services the content of the program will be generic in nature.
When serving as a result of the 3(38) appointment, we are granted full trading authority
over the Plan and have the responsibility for the selection and monitoring of all investment
options offered under the Plan in accordance with the investment policy statement and its
underlying investment objectives and strategies for the Plan. Plan participants have the
ability to exercise control over the investment selection from the plans line up of
investments, and we have no authority or discretion to direct the investment of assets of
any participant’s account under the Plan.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING ROLLOVER RECOMMENDATIONS
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.
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
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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. Our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address any questions that
a client or prospective client has regarding the oversight.
WRAP FEE PROGRAM
We do not offer a Wrap Fee Program.
ASSETS
As of December 31, 2023, we managed $238,489,118.90 on a discretionary basis, and $0
on a non-discretionary basis.