The Renn Wealth Management Group, Inc. (RWMG) was established in 2001 and is solely owned by
Patrick G.Renn. RWMG offers comprehensive investment management and fee based financial
planning services to its clients.
Advisory services are tailored to meet the individual needs of each client. RWMG selects an
investment program for a client based on the client's risk profile, personal wealth management goals,
and long-term objectives. The type of investment program recommended for a client is based on what
RWMG believes will be in the client's best interest depending on the client's investment net worth,
investment needs, ultimate financial objectives, and level of sophistication. Clients may impose
restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Under various wrap fee programs, RWMG may provide portfolio management services. Accounts
under these programs are actively managed and reviewed at least quarterly. Management of these
accounts may differ from commission-based accounts in that RWMG is sensitive to commission costs
eroding net performance and therefore may opt for different investment types in commission-based
accounts that are traditionally held long-term. As detailed in each wrap fee contract as well as the
Wrap Fee Brochure, RWMG receives a portion of the wrap fee under each program.
Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary portfolio management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our
clients' needs and investment objectives.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine
the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account without
your approval prior to each transaction. Discretionary authority is typically granted by the investment
advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the appropriate trading authorization forms.
You may limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting the types of securities that can be
purchased or sold for your account by providing our firm with your restrictions and guidelines in writing.
We may also offer non-discretionary portfolio management services. If you enter into non-discretionary
arrangements with our firm, we must obtain your approval prior to executing any transactions on behalf
of your account. You have an unrestricted right to decline to implement any advice provided by our firm
on a non-discretionary basis.
As part of our portfolio management services, we may use one or more sub-advisers to manage a
portion of your account on a non-discretionary basis. The sub-adviser(s) may use one or more of their
model portfolios to manage your account. We will regularly monitor the performance of your accounts
managed by sub-adviser(s). We may pay a portion of our advisory fee to the sub-adviser(s) we use;
however, you will not pay our firm a higher advisory fee as a result of any sub-advisory relationships.
Financial Planning Services
We offer financial planning services which typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their
individual needs. These services can range from broad-based financial planning to consultative or
single subject planning. If you retain our firm for financial planning services, we will meet with you to
gather information about your financial circumstances and objectives. We may also use financial
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planning software to determine your current financial position and to define and quantify your long-term
goals and objectives. Once we specify those long-term objectives (both financial and non-financial), we
will develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. Once we review and analyze the information you provide
to our firm and the data derived from our financial planning software, we will deliver a written plan to
you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation,
goals,
objectives, or needs change.
Selection of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use the services of a third party money manager ("TPMM") to manage
all, or a portion of, your investment portfolio. After gathering information about your financial situation
and objectives, we may recommend that you engage a specific TPMM or investment program. Factors
that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s) include, but are not limited to, the
following: the TPMM's performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals,
risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We will monitor the TPMM(s)' performance to ensure its
management and investment style remains aligned with your investment goals and objectives.
Wrap Fee Program(s)
RWMG offers to our clients a number of Raymond James & Associates("RJA"), member NYSE/SIPC,
managed wrap programs, including Freedom and Raymond James Consulting Services (" RJCS")
under a subadvisory agreement with RJA. Our advisors work with our clients to choose an appropriate
program and help the client to select the managers, strategies, or disciplines within the programs, as
applicable. Once the program, described in more detail in this brochure, is selected by the client, RJA
is appointed as a discretionary investment adviser under the appropriate advisory agreement. In this
way, RJA acts as a subadviser in directly (or indirectly through other subadvisers) managing client's
assets through the selected program. Both RJA (and its affiliates and agents, and other subadvisers,
as applicable) and RWMG advisors receive a portion of the advisory fee paid by the client.
We are a portfolio manager to a wrap fee program, which is a type of investment program that provides
clients with access to several money managers or mutual fund asset allocation models for a single fee
that includes administrative fees, management fees, and commissions. If you participate in our wrap
fee program, you will pay our firm a single fee, which includes our money management fees, certain
transaction costs, and custodial and administrative costs. We receive a portion of the wrap fee for our
services. The overall cost you will incur if you participate in our wrap fee program may be higher or
lower than you might incur by separately purchasing the types of securities available in the program.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor ("DOL") Field
Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), for purposes of complying with the DOL's
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-02") where applicable, we are providing the
following acknowledgment to you.
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are 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
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accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a
special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under
this special rule's provisions, we must:
•Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
•Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
•Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
•Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
•Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
•Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in
your best interest.
As of January 26, 2023, we provide continuous management services for $66,112,478 in client assets
on a discretionary basis, and $44,009,476 in client assets on a non-discretionary basis.