Our firm provides individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment advisory
services. Our firm is a limited liability company formed under the laws of the State of Utah in 2008
and has been in business as an investment adviser since 2021. Our firm is owned by Balanced
Advisors, Inc., to which Richard Wagner is the majority owner. Taylor Wagner and Parker Wagner
are minority owners of Balanced Advisors, Inc.
The purpose of this Brochure is to disclose the conflicts of interest associated with the investment
transactions, compensation and any other matters related to investment decisions made by our firm
or its representatives. As a fiduciary, it is our duty to always act in the client’s best interest. This is
accomplished in part by knowing our client. Our firm has established a service-oriented advisory
practice with open lines of communication for many different types of clients to help meet their
financial goals while remaining sensitive to risk tolerance and time horizons. Working with clients to
understand their investment objectives while educating them about our process, facilitates the kind
of working relationship we value.
Types of Advisory Services Offered
Asset Management:
As part of our Asset Management service, a portfolio is created, consisting of individual stocks, bonds,
exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds and other public and private securities or investments.
The client’s individual investment strategy is tailored to their specific needs and may include some or all
the previously mentioned securities. Portfolios will be designed to meet a particular investment goal,
determined to be suitable to the client’s circumstances. Once the appropriate portfolio has been
determined, portfolios are regularly monitored, and if necessary, rebalanced based upon the client’s
individual needs, stated goals and objectives.
In addition to our proprietary portfolio management, our firm utilizes the separately managed
account services of third-party investment advisory firms or individual advisors (“Third-Party
Managers”) to aid in the implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our firm. Before
selecting a Third-Party Manager, our firm will ensure that the chosen party is properly licensed or
registered. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities or other investments in connection
with this service. We will provide initial due diligence on Third-Party Managers and ongoing reviews of
their management of client accounts. To assist in the selection of a Third-Party Manager, our firm will
gather client information pertaining to financial situation, investment objectives, and reasonable
restrictions to be imposed upon the management of the account.
Our firm will periodically review Third-Party Manager reports provided to the client at least
annually. Our firm will contact clients from time to time to review their financial situation and
objectives; communicate information to third party money managers as warranted; and assist the
client in understanding and evaluating the services provided by the Third-Party Manager. Clients will
be expected to notify our firm of any changes in their financial situation, investment objectives, or
account restrictions that could affect their financial standing.
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Complimentary Financial Planning:
At our firm’s discretion, we may provide standalone financial planning and consulting services to
clients for the management of financial resources based upon an analysis of current situation, goals,
and objectives. Our Complementary Financial planning services will typically involve preparing a
financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and
objectives at no charge to the client. This planning or consulting may encompass Investment
Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate
and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis,
Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, or Business and Personal
Financial Planning.
Written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients.
Implementation of the recommendations will be at the discretion of the client. Our firm provides
clients with a summary of their financial situation, and observations for financial planning
engagements. Financial consultations are not typically accompanied by a written summary of
observations and recommendations, as the process is less formal than the planning service.
Standalone Financial Planning & Consulting:
Our firm provides a variety of standalone financial planning and consulting services to clients for the
management of financial resources based upon an analysis of current situation, goals, and objectives.
Financial planning services will typically involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial
consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass Investment Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable
Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study,
Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of
Credit Evaluation, or Business and Personal Financial Planning.
Written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. Our firm
provides clients with a summary of their financial situation, and observations for financial planning
engagements. Financial consultations are not typically accompanied by a written summary of
observations and recommendations, as the process is less formal than the planning service. Assuming
that all the information and documents requested from the client are provided promptly, plans or
consultations are typically completed within 6 months of the client signing a contract with our firm.
Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC
Our firm has contracted with Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC, (“BSP”), for services including
trade processing, collection of management fees, record maintenance, report preparation,
marketing
assistance, and research (“BSP Services”). Our firm pays BSP a fee for BSP Services based on assets
receiving these BSP Services that are not invested in SA funds. These fees are not charged to advisory
clients but are rather paid by Interwise, to BSP.
For investment management services, our firm will request authority from the client to delegate
discretion to trade in the client’s account, and to receive quarterly payments directly from the client's
account held by an independent custodian. Clients may provide written limited authorization to our
firm or its designated service provider, BSP, to withdraw fees from the account. Clients will receive
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custodial statements showing the advisory fees debited from their account(s). Certain third-party
administrators will calculate and debit our fee and remit such fee to us. BSP may pay various forms
of indirect compensation to our firm or its representatives for reasonable business or educational
purposes as described in BSP’s Form ADV Part 2A.
SA Funds:
BSP is the investment manager, administrator, and shareholder servicing agent of the SA Funds –
Investment Trust (“SA Funds”). For further information about the SA Funds, refer to the applicable
prospectus at https://buckinghamstrategicpartners.com/sa-funds/documents/. BSP defines the
investment objectives of the individual SA Funds, administers the SA Funds, monitors the Sub-
Adviser and other service providers to the SA Funds, and is responsible for the servicing of the SA
Funds’ shareholders. For its services to the SA Funds, BSP receives management, administration, and
shareholder servicing fees from each of the SA Funds as described in the SA Funds’ prospectus. BSP
generally pays some or all custodial transaction charges for clients of investment advisors utilizing
the SA Funds, subject to certain restrictions and thresholds, as part of its “No Transaction Fee”
solution.
As part of our firm’s relationship agreement with BSP, BSP charges our firm a percentage of our firm’s
total assets under management. However, BSP will waive this fee to the extent that assets under
management are held in SA Funds because BSP is compensated through the SA Fund’s internal
expenses. This creates a conflict of interest for our firm to utilize SA Funds to decrease the amount of
fees we pay to BSP. In an effort to mitigate this conflict, our general policy is to start SA Fund
management fees at a lower percentage of assets under management (no higher than 1.20%) than
the management fees generally charged to non-SA Fund clients. Considering the evolving fee
structures within SA Funds and other publicly traded products, value of trading costs, and imbedded
taxable gains held in client accounts, the determination on whether a client is better suited in an SA
Fund or non-SA Fund can be complex. Our firm performs a point-in-time review for new clients and
an annual review for existing clients to determine whether clients invested in SA Funds would be
better suited in other fund classes. We will make recommendations as we deem appropriate.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an ongoing
basis. Generally, such consulting services consist of assisting employer plan sponsors in establishing,
monitoring, and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement plan as well as company
defined benefit plans. As the needs of the plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising may include:
Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development of a
statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad
strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset allocation
models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time
horizon, financial situation, and tolerance for risk.
Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and
notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility.
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Participant Education – Our firm will provide opportunities to educate plan participants
about their retirement plan offerings, different investment options, and general guidance on
allocation strategies.
In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory services
with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate (excluding real estate
funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded securities or assets, other
illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively, “Excluded Assets”). All retirement
plan consulting services shall follow the applicable state laws regulating retirement consulting
services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or other employee benefit plans (“Plan”)
governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). If the
client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide services to such
accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section 3(21) of ERISA
as designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to the provision of services
described therein.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
Our firm offers individualized investment advice to our Asset Management clients. General
investment advice will be offered to our Financial Planning & Consulting, and Retirement Plan
Consulting clients. Each Asset Management client can place reasonable restrictions on the types of
investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of
securities may not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
Our firm does not offer or sponsor a wrap fee program.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
Our firm manages $215,256,417 on a discretionary basis and $15,021,092 on a non-discretionary
basis as of December 31, 2023, totaling $230,277,509 in aggregate Assets Under Management.