A. Firm Information
Pacific Sage Partners, LLC (“Pacific Sage” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”)
under the laws of the State of Washington. Pacific Sage was founded in June 2021 and launched as a registered
investment advisor in March 2022. Pacific Sage is owned and operated by Mark R.G. Anderson (Founder and Chief
Executive Officer).
This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory
services provided by Pacific Sage. For information regarding this Disclosure Brochure, please contact William R.
Cantus (President and Chief Compliance Officer) at (206) 533-0500.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Pacific Sage offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, and
businesses (each referred to as a “Client”).
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary,
the Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential
conflicts of interest. Pacific Sage's fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of Ethics. For
more information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in
Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
Pacific Sage may provide Clients with wealth management services, which generally includes a broad range of
financial planning and consulting services as well as discretionary management of investment portfolios. These
services may also be offered separately on a stand-alone basis.
Investment Management Services – Pacific Sage provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients.
This is achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary
investment management and related advisory services. Pacific Sage works closely with each Client to identify their
investment goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio
strategy. Pacific Sage will then construct an investment portfolio, consisting of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”),
diversified mutual funds, and unaffiliated investment managers or investment platforms (collectively “Independent
Managers”) in accordance with their stated investment objectives. The Advisor may also utilize individual stocks,
individual bonds, and/or other types of investments, as appropriate, to meet the needs of the Client. The Advisor
may retain certain types of investments based on a Client’s legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax
considerations.
Pacific Sage’s investment strategies are primarily long-term focused, but the Advisor may buy, sell or re-allocate
positions that have been held for less than one year to meet the objectives of the Client or due to market
conditions. Pacific Sage will construct, implement and monitor the portfolio to ensure it meets the goals, objectives,
circumstances, and risk tolerance agreed to by the Client. Each Client will have the opportunity to place reasonable
restrictions on the types of investments to be held in their respective portfolio, subject to acceptance by the Advisor.
Pacific Sage evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. Pacific Sage may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. Pacific Sage may recommend specific positions to increase sector or asset class weightings. The Advisor
may recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge against market movement. Pacific Sage may
recommend selling positions for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses,
business or sector risk exposure to a specific security or class of securities, overvaluation or overweighting of the
position[s] in the portfolio, change in risk tolerance of the Client, generating cash to meet Client needs, or any risk
deemed unacceptable for the Client’s risk tolerance.
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Use of Independent Managers - For those Clients that require an enhanced and/or specialized level of investment
management services, the Advisor may also recommend that certain Clients authorize the active discretionary
management of a portion of their assets by and/or among certain independent investment manager(s)
(“Independent Managers”). To the extent applicable, Pacific Sage shall recommend Independent Managers
consistent with the Client’s investment objectives. Factors which Pacific Sage shall consider in recommending
Independent Managers include the Client’s stated investment objective(s), management style, performance,
reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing, and research.
Pacific Sage shall continue to render advisory services to the Client relative to the ongoing monitoring and
reviewing of account, for which Pacific Sage shall receive an annual advisory fee per Item 5 below which is based
upon a percentage of the market value of the assets being managed by the designated Independent Managers.
Clients who choose to engage Pacific Sage and elect to utilize Independent Managers will incur costs in addition to
the Advisor’s advisory fee. Management fees charged by Independent Managers, together with the fees charged by
the broker-dealer/custodian of the Client’s assets, and any independent manager platform provider fee are
exclusive of, and in addition to, Advisor’s investment advisory fee.
Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement
accounts or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will
provide investment advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement account or to roll over the
assets to an IRA, or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored
Plan to
another, one IRA to another IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g. commission-based account
to fee-based account). Such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Advisor will earn a new (or
increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the transaction. No client is under any obligation to roll over a
retirement account to an account managed by the Advisor.
At no time will Pacific Sage accept or maintain custody of a Client’s funds or securities, except for the limited
authority as outlined in Item 15 – Custody. All Client assets will be managed within the designated account[s] at the
Custodian, pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Financial Planning Services
As part of its Wealth Management Services, Pacific Sage will provide a variety of financial planning and consulting
services to Clients. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on their goals
and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan or rendering a
specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may
encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to, investment planning, retirement planning,
personal savings, education savings, insurance needs, and other areas of a Client’s financial situation.
Clients can also engage Pacific Sage for stand-alone financial planning services and related consulting services,
including, but not limited to, estate planning, tax planning and insurance needs. Prior to engaging the Advisor to
provide stand-alone financial planning or consulting services, Clients are generally required to enter into a Financial
Planning and Consulting Agreement with Advisor setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement
(including termination), describing the scope of the services to be provided, and the fees associated with the
assignment, as outlined in Item 5.
A financial plan developed for, or financial consultation rendered to the Client will usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the Client. For example,
recommendations may be made that the Client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs.
Pacific Sage may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique
situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s
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financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor may
not provide a written summary. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of contract date,
assuming all information and documents requested are provided promptly.
Financial planning and consulting recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the
interests of the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor for
investment management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects to
act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Pacific Sage provides retirement plan advisory services on behalf of the retirement plans (each a “Plan”) and the
company (the “Plan Sponsor”). The Advisor’s retirement plan advisory services are designed to assist the Plan
Sponsor in meeting its fiduciary obligations to the Plan and its Plan Participants. Each engagement is customized
to the needs of the Plan and Plan Sponsor. Services generally may include:
• Vendor Analysis
• Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking
• Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) Design and Monitoring
• Performance Reporting
• Ongoing Investment Recommendation and Assistance (ERISA 3(21) or 3(38))
• ERISA 404(c) Assistance
These services are provided by Pacific Sage serving in the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), the Plan
Sponsor is provided with a written description of Pacific Sage’s fiduciary status, the specific services to be rendered
and all direct and indirect compensation the Advisor reasonably expects under the engagement.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Pacific Sage to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or
more agreements with the Advisor that define the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities of the Advisor
and the Client. These services may include:
• Establishing an Investment Strategy – Pacific Sage, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy
that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Pacific Sage will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet the
investment objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk for each Client.
• Portfolio Construction – Pacific Sage will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Pacific Sage will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Pacific Sage does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services
are provided directly by Pacific Sage.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, the Advisor manages $676,948,575 in assets, $676,332,878 of which is managed on a
discretionary basis, and $615,697 which is managed on a non-discretionary basis. Clients may request more
current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.
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