A. Firm Information
Radius Wealth Management, LLC (“Radius” 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Radius was founded in September 2013 and is owned
and operated by Nancy J. von Stackelberg (Principal). This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding
the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Radius. For more information
regarding this Disclosure Brochure, please contact Christian Von Stackelberg, Chief Compliance Officer, at
(617) 765-2200.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Radius offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, foundations, endowments,
and corporations (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. Radius’ 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
Radius provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and consulting
services. Radius works with each Client to identify their investment goals and objectives as well as risk
tolerance and financial situation in order to construct a tailored investment portfolio.
Investment Management Services – Radius utilizes a fundamentally driven research approach and their
decades of experience as portfolio managers and relationship managers to create investment portfolios. The
firm’s investment process starts with quantitative and technical screening tools to define its core universe of
investments. Portfolios are derived from extensively interviewing Clients and understanding their needs today
and in the future. Radius individually selects stocks, bonds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and strategically
uses cash as its primary investment vehicles in Client accounts. Radius also utilizes mutual funds, options,
structured notes, and other types of investments, where appropriate.
Radius’ 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. Radius 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.
Radius evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. Radius may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. Radius 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. Radius 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, changes in risk tolerance of the Client, generating cash to meet Client need, or
any risk deemed unacceptable for the Client’s risk tolerance.
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 earns a new
(or increases 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 Radius 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 their designated account[s] at the
Custodian, pursuant to the Client investment advisory agreement; please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Financial Planning Services – Radius will typically provide a variety of financial planning services to Clients,
either as a component of wealth management services or pursuant to a written financial planning agreement.
Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on their goals, objectives, and
financial situation. Generally, such financial planning services will involve preparing a financial plan or rendering
a 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, generational wealth transfer, insurance needs, and other areas of a
Client’s financial situation.
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.
Radius may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney, or other specialist, as appropriate for their unique
situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s
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 months of the
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.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Radius 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 – Radius, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s investment goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Radius 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 – Radius will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Radius will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s relationship’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Radius does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by Radius.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, Radius managed $123,977,404 in Client Assets, all of which are managed on a
discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.