Firm Overview
Advyzon Investment Management, LLC is a registered
investment adviser registered with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission. We are a limited liability company
organized in the State of Delaware in February 2022, and a
wholly-owned subsidiary of YHLSoft, Inc. Hailin Li is a majority
owner of YHLSoft, Inc., and is therefore an indirect owner of
more than 25% of our firm. YHLSoft, Inc. provides the Advyzon
technology platform used by financial advisers for servicing
client accounts.
Turnkey Asset Management Program
We provide a turnkey asset management program (the
“Program”) through which we offer investment management
services, more fully described below. As used in this Brochure,
“we,” “us,” and “our firm,” refers to Advyzon Investment
Management, LLC, and “you” and “your” refers to advisory
clients who participate in our Program.
The Program is made available to you through an
arrangement between us and your investment advisory firm
(“Advisory Firm”). This arrangement allows your investment
adviser representative (“Adviser”) affiliated with the Advisory
Firm to select from Investment Strategies (more fully
described in
Investment Strategies below) to be used to
manage some or all of your investment assets.
Your Adviser is responsible for gathering sufficient
information from you to evaluate your financial situation,
investment objectives, financial goals, tolerance for risk, and
investment time horizon. Because the management of your
investments is based on your financial circumstances, it is
important that you provide complete and accurate
information to your Adviser. Your Adviser is also responsible
for determining whether your participation in the Program is
appropriate for you, and for selecting an Investment Strategy
to be used in managing your assets. Once an Investment
Strategy is selected for you, we will manage your account on a
discretionary basis according to the mandate of the selected
Investment Strategy.
You will establish a brokerage account with a qualified
custodian chosen by you or your Adviser. You grant us the
authority to implement transactions in your account in
accordance with your selected Investment Strategy. We will
monitor and periodically rebalance your account as we deem
necessary. In addition, we have the discretion to change the
investment options and the allocation targets in the
Investment Strategy at any time, without the prior consent of
you, your Adviser, or your Advisory Firm.
Your Adviser will meet with you at least annually to discuss any
changes to your financial circumstances that may affect your
account or the Investment Strategy used to manage your
account. You should promptly contact your Adviser when any
changes occur in your financial circumstances that may affect
the manner in which your account is invested.
Any questions regarding the management of your account
should be directed to your Adviser. If necessary, your Adviser
will communicate with our investment team.
If you or your Adviser decide that the selected Investment
Strategy no longer meets your investment needs, your Adviser
may select another Investment Strategy. We will implement
the necessary transactions to allocate your account to the new
Investment Strategy.
If an Investment Strategy is removed from the Program, we will
notify your Advisory Firm of the change and request that
action be taken to reassign your account by a specified date.
If no action is taken by your Advisory Firm, we reserve the right
to map your account to an alternative Investment Strategy.
Your Advisory Firm’s failure to act is considered consent to the
mapping of your account to an alternative Investment
Strategy.
You may place reasonable restrictions on specific securities or
types, sectors, or industries of securities to be held in your
Investment Strategy. We will make a reasonable attempt to
honor any reasonable restrictions you wish to impose, but in
the case of pooled investment vehicles such as mutual funds
or ETFs where underlying holdings change frequently, we
cannot guarantee that restrictions will always be enforced. In
general, we may implement restrictions by either (a)
increasing the relative proportions of other securities to
replace the restricted security, or (b) increasing money market
or cash positions in your account. Such restrictions imposed
on your account would likely cause the performance of your
account to differ from the performance of other accounts in
the Investment Strategy.
Investment Strategies
Our Investment Strategies are constructed using mutual funds,
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), fixed-income securities,
and/or equities. Within each Investment Strategy, portfolios
may vary based on account size or other account restrictions.
We offer the following Investment Strategies:
Active/Passive
Our Active/Passive portfolios invest in mutual funds and ETFs
from a diverse set of fund families, seeking to maximize returns
for each level of equity. We build nine portfolios across a risk
spectrum, from Income (20% equity) to Aggressive (98%
equity).*
ETF
Our Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Portfolios invest exclusively
in ETFs to provide a very low cost, diversified set of nine asset
allocation portfolios. The portfolios use only passive strategies
and are more tax efficient than actively managed portfolios
due to lower turnover and tax rules that result in reduced
realized gain distributions.
Tax Sensitive
Our Tax Sensitive core portfolios seek to maximize after-tax
returns for each equity level. We build nine portfolios across a
risk spectrum, from Income (20% equity) to Aggressive (98%
equity).*
The portfolios invest in ETFs, which carry unique tax
advantages that mutual funds don’t enjoy. The portfolios
incorporate more growth-oriented investments, which
typically pay less taxable dividends when compared to value-
oriented investments. The portfolios shift underlying
investments less often, which reduces the frequency of taxable
realized gains. The portfolios include municipal bonds
allocations, which usually pay lower pre-tax yields, but higher
yields when compared to traditional treasury bonds after
taxes.
ESG Active/Passive
Our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) core
portfolios invest in mutual funds and ETFs. We build nine
portfolios across a risk spectrum, from Income (20% Equity) to
Aggressive (98% Equity).*
The portfolios seek to maximize returns for each equity level
while only investing in stock and bond mutual funds and ETFs
that have an ESG mandate.
Foundational
Our Foundational portfolios invest with the goal of providing
a reasonably diverse core solution for investors with very low
account balances. We build nine portfolios across a risk
spectrum, from Income (20% equity) to Aggressive (98%
equity).* Each portfolio invests in a maximum of five ETFs plus
cash.
Direct Indexing
We offer five cost effective, diversified, passive stock portfolios
and that can help investors add core US equity holdings (beta)
to their portfolios, while reducing their tax bill through savvy
tax optimization. Instead of purchasing a mutual fund or ETF,
investors own shares of corporate stock directly
in their
accounts.
Diversified Income
Our Diversified Income Portfolio invests in active mutual funds
and passive ETFs. It targets the same risk level as a traditional
diversified 50% equity and 50% bond portfolio. It is a broadly
diversified / core strategy and can be used for an investor’s
entire investment program. Compared to our traditional
Active/Passive 50% Equity portfolio, it trades off some long
term growth for a higher level of annual income, for investors
who value current income.
Focused High Income
Our Focused High Income Portfolio invests in active mutual
funds and passive ETFs. It is a focused fund and is not as
diversified as a typical core "all-in" asset allocation strategy. It
is most often used as a component within a broadly diversified
Investment Policy. The portfolio targets 50% exposure to
equities. It targets a level of yield that is in the same range as
High Yield Bonds (typically 4 to 8%), but the portfolio includes
US and non-US equities, US and-non-US bonds, and
alternatives to reduce interest rate sensitivity and overall
drawdown risk relative to a simple high yield bond fund.
Diversified Bond SMA
Our Diversified Bond SMA Portfolio invests in active mutual
funds and passive ETFs. It provides broad exposure to fixed
income investments and when paired with equities, can be
part of a well-diversified portfolio. It includes some non-US
bond exposure to add diversification and improve returns.
US Equity SMA
Our US Equity SMA Portfolio invests in active mutual funds and
passive ETFs. It is a focused fund and is typically used as a
component in a diversified client portfolio. It invests in a mix of
value, core, growth, large, mid, and small cap US equities.
Non-US SMA
Our Non-US Equity SMA Portfolio invests in active mutual
funds and passive ETFs. It is a focused fund and is typically
used as a component in a diversified client portfolio. It invests
in both developed and emerging country equities.
US Equity Stock Index
We maintain nine US equity-oriented portfolios that are built
with individual stocks. These are index funds that offer an
alternative to traditional index ETFs and mutual funds. They
invest in 40 stocks and are reviewed every 6 months. Benefits
to using these index strategies over using a traditional ETF or
indexed mutual fund is that investors have more control over
the underlying holdings (clients can request exclusions) and
clients can better control taxes. Drawbacks include lower
diversification (most index funds hold much more than 40
stocks), and clients might miss out on some return from
securities lending (which can add around 0.05% return each
year). The nine index fund options are; Large Blend, Large
Growth, Large Value, Mid Blend, Mid Growth, Mid Value, Small
Blend, Small Growth, and Small Value.
Alternative Portfolio
Our Alternative strategy combines mutual funds and ETFs
from alternative asset classes that fall outside of a traditional
broad equity or fixed income investment strategy. We expect
the mutual funds and ETFs to exhibit relatively low correlation
with broad stock and bond indexes and to provide an
attractive addition to a diversified portfolio, particularly from a
risk reduction perspective.
Thematic Equity Portfolios
We offer a set of Thematic Equity Portfolios that allow investors
to gain exposure to specific market segments. Examples of
portfolios offered include Defense Industry portfolio a
Dividend Focused stock portfolios.
*Please note that the equity allocations presented above are
targets only. Actual equity allocations will change over time.
Investment Strategies are periodically rebalanced to targets as
necessary.
Nucleus Model Marketplace
Nucleus is our model marketplace platform through which we
provide Advisory Firms access to model portfolios created by
AIM or by third-party strategists. Nucleus is available in
conjunction with our Turnkey Asset Management Program.
The Nucleus model portfolios define allocations to specific
investments. Your Advisory Firm may use a Nucleus model
portfolio to manage all or part of your assets. Your Advisory
Firm is responsible for determining the suitability of any
Nucleus model portfolio that is assigned to your account.
Once the Advisory Firm selects the model portfolio, we will
provide ongoing supervision of your account and will have
discretion to make transactions in your account within the
parameters of the model portfolio, including periodically
rebalancing to portfolio targets. If the model portfolio is
updated (either by AIM or the strategist, as applicable), AIM
has the discretion to make transactions in your account as
necessary to align with the updated model portfolio.
To employ Nucleus, Advisory Firms are required to enter into
a Nucleus Model Marketplace Agreement with us, which
further details the services and fees for the program.
Outsourced Agent Services
Advisory Firms may also engage us to provide certain
operational, administrative, and trading functions as an
Outsourced Agent. In providing these services, we are not
providing discretionary investment management of the
Advisory Firm’s client accounts. We are serving as the Advisory
Firm’s service provider, acting upon the Advisory Firm’s
directives and instructions.
With regard to trading services, the Advisory Firm will
establish the parameters, such as frequency of rebalancing
and allowable drift from asset allocation targets, within which
its client accounts will be traded. We will provide ongoing
supervisory oversight and monitoring of client accounts, and
will place trades according to the Advisory Firm’s defined
parameters. We will not place trades in client accounts outside
of the Advisory Firm’s defined parameters without prior
authorization from the Advisory Firm.
Enterprise Platform Services
Our Turnkey Asset Management Program, Nucleus Model
Marketplace, and Outsourced Agent Services are also
available to financial service organizations through our
Enterprise Platform Services. These financial service
organizations can select any of our services in their entirety or
portions thereof to offer them to third-parties, associated
persons, or entities within their organization. The financial
service organizations may rebrand our services with their
internal nomenclature and branding, and can establish their
own internal policies regarding such matters as fee structure,
fee calculation and collection practices, client
communications and documentation, and other protocols.
In addition to rebranding our services, financial service
organizations may also rebrand our AIM strategist models
available in the Nucleus Model Marketplace with their own
internal nomenclature. When these white-labeled strategist
models are used, AIM receives a Strategist Fee, as described
in Nucleus Model Marketplace in Item 5 below, and may share
a portion of the revenue generated with the financial service
organization.
We are responsible for the delivery of our services to the
enterprise platform, but we are not responsible for the internal
policies established by each financial service organization.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we managed $137,888,943 of
assets under management on a discretionary basis, and
$69,698,454 of assets under management on a non-
discretionary basis.