Conway Partners offers a variety of advisory services, which include financial planning, consulting, and
investment management services. Prior to Conway Partners rendering any of the foregoing advisory
services, clients are required to enter into one or more written agreements with Conway Partners setting
forth the relevant terms and conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory Agreement”).
Conway Partners filed for registration as an investment adviser in February 2022 and is owned by Jeffrey
Conway. Conway Partners has $84,221,315 of assets under management as of December 31, 2023, all of
which are managed on a discretionary basis. While this brochure generally describes the business of
Conway Partners, certain sections also discuss the activities of its Supervised Persons, which refer to the
Firm’s officers, partners, directors (or other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar
functions), employees or other persons who provide investment advice on Conway Partners’s behalf and
are subject to the Firm’s supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Conway Partners offers clients a broad range of financial planning and consulting services, which include
any or all of the following functions:
• Cash Flow Forecasting
• Trust and Estate Planning
• Insurance Planning
• Retirement Planning
• Tax Planning
• Education Planning
In performing these services, Conway Partners is not required to verify any information received from the
client or from the client’s other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.,) and is expressly authorized
to rely on such information. Conway Partners recommends certain clients engage the Firm for additional
related services, its Supervised Persons in their individual capacities as insurance agents and/or other
professionals to implement its recommendations. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists for
the Firm to recommend that clients engage Conway Partners or its affiliates to provide (or continue to
provide) additional services for compensation, including investment management services. Clients retain
absolute discretion over all decisions regarding implementation and are under no obligation to act upon any
of the recommendations made by Conway Partners under a financial planning or consulting engagement.
Clients are advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify the Firm of any change in their
financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or revising Conway
Partners’s recommendations and/or services.
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Wealth Management Services
Conway Partners provides clients with wealth management services which include a broad range of
financial planning and consulting services as well as discretionary and/or non-discretionary management
of investment portfolios.
Conway Partners primarily allocates client assets among various exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and
independent investment managers (“Independent Managers”) in accordance with their stated investment
objectives.
Where appropriate, the Firm also provides advice about any type of legacy position or other investment
held in client portfolios, but clients should not assume that these assets are being continuously monitored
or otherwise advised on by the Firm unless specifically agreed upon. Clients can engage Conway Partners
to manage and/or advise on certain investment products that are not maintained at their primary custodian,
such as variable life insurance and annuity contracts and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans
and qualified tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In these situations, Conway Partners directs or recommends the
allocation of client assets among the various investment options available with the product. These assets are
generally maintained at the underwriting insurance company or the custodian designated by the product’s
provider.
Conway Partners tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients and seeks to ensure,
on a continuous basis, that client portfolios are managed in a manner consistent with those needs and
objectives. Conway Partners consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess their specific
risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to the management of
their portfolios. Clients are advised to promptly notify Conway Partners if there are changes in their
financial situation or if they wish to place any limitations on the management of their portfolios. Clients
can impose reasonable restrictions or mandates on the management of their accounts if Conway Partners
determines, in its sole discretion, the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a
management strategy or prove overly burdensome to the Firm’s management efforts.
Retirement Plan Consulting and Management Services
Conway Partners provides various consulting services to qualified employee benefit plans and their
fiduciaries. This suite of institutional services is designed to assist plan sponsors in structuring, managing
and optimizing their corporate retirement plans. Each engagement is individually negotiated and
customized, and includes any or all of the following services:
• Plan Design and Strategy
• Plan Review and Evaluation
• Executive Planning & Benefits
• Investment Selection
• Plan Fee and Cost Analysis
• Plan Committee Consultation
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• Fiduciary and Compliance • Participant Education
As disclosed in the Advisory Agreement, certain of the foregoing services are provided by Conway Partners
as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In
accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), each plan sponsor is provided with a written description of
Conway Partners’s fiduciary status, the specific services to be rendered and all direct and indirect
compensation the Firm reasonably expects under the engagement.
Use of Independent Managers
As mentioned above, Conway Partners selects certain Independent Managers to actively manage a portion
of its clients’ assets. The specific terms and conditions under which a client engages an Independent
Manager are set forth in a separate written agreement with the designated Independent Manager. That
agreement can be between the Firm and the Independent Manager (often called a subadvisor) or the client
and the Independent Manager (sometimes called a separate account manager). In addition to this brochure,
clients will typically also receive the written disclosure documents of the respective Independent Managers
engaged to manage their assets.
Conway Partners evaluates a variety of information about Independent Managers, which includes the
Independent Managers’ public disclosure documents, materials supplied by the Independent Managers
themselves and other third-party analyses it believes are reputable. To the extent possible, the Firm seeks
to assess the Independent Managers’ investment strategies, past performance and risk results in relation to
its clients’ individual portfolio allocations and risk exposure. Conway Partners also takes into consideration
each Independent Manager’s management style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing
and research capabilities, among other factors.
Conway Partners continues to provide services relative to the discretionary or non-discretionary selection
of the Independent Managers. On an ongoing basis, the Firm monitors the performance of those accounts
being managed by Independent Managers. Conway Partners seeks to ensure the Independent Managers’
strategies and target allocations remain aligned with its clients’ investment objectives and overall best
interests.