Firm Description
Worth Asset Management Inc. was founded as a Limited Liability Company in the state of
Texas in February 2013. Worth Asset Management is registered as a Securities Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) regulated Registered Investment Adviser (“RIA”). As of the December
31, 2022, the Firm had $247,254,641.00 of assets under management.
Principal Owners
Clark Family Trust is the majority owner / member and South Ocean Management, Inc. is a
minority owner/member of Worth Asset Management, LLC.
Types of Advisory Services
Worth provides investment supervisory services, also known as asset management services
and manages investment advisory accounts not involving investment supervisory services.
On more than an occasional basis, Worth furnishes advice to clients on matters not
involving securities, such as financial planning matters, insurance issues, and trust services
that often include estate planning. Services provided are financial planning, cash
management, distribution planning, portfolio allocations, and reporting. On a regular basis,
Worth advises clients on insurance including term life, whole life, universal life, variable
universal life, indexed universal life, long term care, disability and annuities. Worth may
recommend outside insurance agents to customers. Worth does not share in insurance
commissions with any insurance agents. While all clients of Worth do benefit from our
proprietary analysis and approach to investment management, each client does have the
opportunity to impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Worth tailors our advice to the specific needs and objectives of the client. Depending on the
client’s objectives, Worth or the Investment Advisor Representative will complete a
financial profile or questionnaire so that it accurately reflects the client’s financial situation,
investment objectives, tolerance for risk, and investment time horizon, among other
considerations, and will also answer client questions about the programs and our services.
Based on this information, Worth or the Investment Advisor Representative will
recommend and assist the client to designate an investment strategy that is suitable for the
client. We permit clients to impose reasonable restrictions on the types of securities we
purchase for their account, and permit clients to change the restrictions by written
instruction to us.
Due to client restrictions and other differences regarding each account, performance of a
client’s account may be different from the performance of other accounts in the same model
or strategy. On an ongoing
basis, Worth or the Investment Advisor Representative reviews
and adjusts the portfolios to ensure they continue to reflect the intended investment
objectives, as well as any reasonable restrictions imposed by the client.
When appropriate, WAM may recommend that a client obtain insurance, including fixed
annuities, fixed indexed annuities and variable annuities as part of an overall financial plan.
WAM has a relationship with DPL Financial Partners, LLC (“DPL”) to assist in providing
insurance services. DPL is a third-party provider of a platform of insurance consultation services
to investment advisers with clients who have current or future needs for insurance products.
DPL's platform is available to SEC- and state-registered investment advisers ("RIAs"). By
working with DPL, we can provide access to insurance reviews/analyses, education, and
insurance solutions in a conflict free manner.
DPL offers RIAs memberships to its platform for a fixed annual fee. Through its licensed
insurance agents, who are also registered representatives of The Leaders Group, Inc. (“The
Leaders Group”), an unaffiliated SEC-registered broker-dealer and FINRA member offers
members a variety of services relating to commission free, fee only insurance products. These
services include, among others, providing members with analyses of their current methodology
for evaluating client insurance needs, educating and acting as a resource to members regarding
insurance products generally and specific insurance products owned by their clients or that their
clients are considering purchasing, and providing members access to, and marketing support for,
commission free, fee only products that insurers have agreed to offer to members’ clients through
DPL’s platform. For
DPL is licensed as an insurance producer in Kentucky and other jurisdictions where required to
perform the platform services. Its representatives are also licensed as insurance producers,
appointed as insurance agents of the insurers offering their products through the platform, and
registered representatives of The Leaders Group.
Clients are under no obligation to use DPL’s service and may seek insurance advice from any
licensed agent. The insurance products and fee structures available from DPL may differ from
those available from other third-party insurance agents. WAM recommends that you fully
evaluate products and fee structures to determine which arrangements are most favorable to you
prior to making an investment decision. We do not receive commissions for insurance products
selected by the client, whether secured through DPL or any other agent.