Description of Advisory Firm
Lighthouse is registered as an Investment Adviser with the SEC and was originally founded
in January 2020. Ownership interests in Lighthouse are as follows:
• 51% Brown Plus – certified public accounting firm
• 24.5% Lighthouse Wealth Management Services, Inc (100% owned by Teancum D
Light)
• 24.5% VICI Financial Advisors, LLC (100% owned by James K Adams, III)
Lighthouse currently manages over $155 million.
The firm provides fee-only financial planning and investment management services.
Depending upon each client’s unique circumstances and request, these services may be
broad-based or focused on particular areas of interest or need.
Lighthouse holds itself to a fiduciary standard, which means Lighthouse and its associates
have a duty to act in good faith and do what is in the client’s best interest.
Lighthouse does not sell products and receives no form of commissions for advice given to
clients.
Investment Management and Financial Planning Services
Lighthouse is in the business of fee-only financial planning and investment management.
Lighthouse provides comprehensive planning including tax & estate planning, retirement
planning, debt management, college savings, and wealth management. Lighthouse
consults on and manages individually tailored investment portfolios as well as provides
hourly consultations. The firm provides continuous advice to a client regarding the
investment of client funds based on the individual needs of the client. Through personal
discussions in which goals and objectives based on a client's particular circumstances are
established, Lighthouse develops a client's investment policy statement with an asset
allocation target and creates and manages a portfolio based on that policy and allocation
target. Lighthouse may also review and discuss a client’s prior investment history, as well as
family composition and background.
Account supervision is guided by the stated objectives of the client (e.g., maximum capital
appreciation, growth, income, or growth, and income), as well as tax considerations. Clients
may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities, types of securities, or
industry sectors.
Miscellaneous
Limitations of Financial Planning and Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation
Services
Lighthouse does not serve as an attorney, accountant, or insurance agent, and no portion
of our services should be construed as same. Accordingly, Lighthouse does not prepare
estate planning documents, tax returns, or sell insurance products. To the extent
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requested by a client, we may recommend the services of other professionals for
non-
investment implementation purpose (i.e., attorneys, accountants, insurance, etc.) The client
is under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended professional. The
client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to
accept or reject any recommendation from Lighthouse and/or its representatives.
Retirement Rollovers-Potential for Conflict of Interest
A client or prospective client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an
existing retirement plan (and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the
money in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new
employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) roll over to an Individual
Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon
the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences). If Lighthouse recommends that a
client roll over their retirement plan assets into an account to be managed by Lighthouse,
such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if Lighthouse will earn new (or
increase its current) compensation as a result of the rollover.
No client is under any obligation to roll over retirement plan assets to an account
managed by Lighthouse. Lighthouse’s Chief Compliance Officer, Teancum D. Light, remains
available to address any questions that a client or prospective client may have regarding
the potential for conflict of interest presented by such rollover recommendation.
ERISA/IRC Fiduciary Acknowledgement
When Registrant provides investment advice about the client’s retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, it does so as 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. Because the way
Registrant makes money creates some conflicts of interest, Registrant operates under a
special rule that requires it to act in the client’s best interest and not put its interests ahead
of the client’s. Under this special rule’s provisions, Registrant must: meet a professional
standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent advice); never
put its financial interests ahead of the client’s when making recommendations (give loyal
advice); avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that Registrant gives advice that is in the
client’s best interest; charge no more than is reasonable for Registrant’s services; and give
the client basic information about conflicts of interest.