A. Firm Information Phillips Wealth Planners, LLC (“Phillips Wealth” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor was organized as a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”) under the laws of the State of Delaware in September 1622. Phillips Wealth is owned and operated by Lynn M. Phillips-Gaines (Partner / CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTM) and Lauren C. Black (Partner / CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERTMand Chief Compliance Officer).
This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Phillips Wealth. For information regarding this Disclosure Brochure, please contact Alexandra Thomas at (662) 324-2889.
B. Advisory Services Offered Phillips Wealth offers advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, and small 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 conflicts of interest. Phillips Wealth’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 Phillips Wealth provides customized wealth management solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary wealth management and related advisory services. Phillips Wealth works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to design a portfolio strategy. Phillips Wealth will typically construct investment portfolios utilizing individual equities, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and individual bonds to achieve the Client’s investment goals. The Advisor may also utilize mutual funds and other types of investments, as appropriate, to meet the needs of the Client. The Advisor may retain certain legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Phillips Wealth will select, recommend and/or retain mutual funds on a fund by fund basis. Due to specific custodial and/or mutual fund company constraints, material tax consideration, and/or systematic investment plans, Phillips Wealth will select, recommend and/or retain a mutual fund share classes that do not have trading costs when possible. These will in most cases be institutional share classes but in some cases may be share classes with higher internal expense ratios than institutional share classes. Phillips Wealth will seek to select the lowest cost share class available that is in the best interest of each Client weighing the expected investment pattern, expense ratios and potential ticket charges, and will ensure the selection aligns with the Client’s financial objectives and stated investment guidelines.
Phillips Wealth’s investment approach is 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. Phillips Wealth 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.
Phillips Wealth evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due diligence process. Phillips Wealth may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the portfolio. Phillips Wealth may recommend specific positions to increase sector or asset class weightings. The Advisor may recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge against the market Page 4 movement. Phillips Wealth 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.
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.
Use of Independent Managers– Phillips Wealth may recommend that a Client utilize one or more unaffiliated investment managers or investment platforms

(collectively “Independent Managers”) for all or a portion of a Client’s investment portfolio. In such instances, the Client may be required to authorize and enter into a separate investment management agreement with the Independent Manager that defines the terms in which the Independent Manager will provide its services. The Advisor may also assist in the development of the initial policy recommendations and managing the ongoing Client relationship. The Advisor will perform initial and ongoing oversight and due diligence over the selected Independent Manager[s] to ensure each Independent Manager’s strategies and target allocations remain aligned with the Client’s investment objectives and overall best interests. The Client, prior to entering into an agreement with unaffiliated investment manager[s] or investment platform[s], will be provided with the Independent Manager's Form ADV 2A (or a brochure that makes the appropriate disclosures).
Financial Planning Services Phillips Wealth will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients. Services may be offered as part of an overall wealth management engagement or contracted separately. 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.
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. Phillips Wealth 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 financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For project-based or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor may not provide a written summary. Project-based financial 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 wealth 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 Page 5 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 Phillips Wealth provides discretionary 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 include: ●Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking ●3(38) Investment Management These services are provided by Phillips Wealth 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 Phillips Wealth’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 Phillips Wealth to provide advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more written advisory 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 – Phillips Wealth, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
●Asset Allocation – Phillips Wealth 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 or unique client goal.
●Portfolio Construction – Phillips Wealth will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated goals and objectives of the Client.
●Wealth Management and Supervision – Phillips Wealth will provide wealth management and ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs Phillips Wealth does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are provided directly by Phillips Wealth.
E. Assets Under Management As of December 31, 2022, Phillips Wealth manages approximately $240,000,000 in assets, all of which are on a discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.