Joss Brown Wealth Advisors Group, LLC’s is a limited liability company formed in 2023
in the state of Virginia. Daniel D. Joss and Katherine L. Brown are both Managing
Members. The firm is not publicly owned or traded. There are no indirect owners of the
firm or intermediaries, which have any ownership interest in the firm. The firm maintains
a corporate office in Williamsburg and a branch office in Newport News. Prior to January
1, 2023, the firm was previously registered with the SEC as Joss Brown Wealth Advisors,
LLC. “Registration” means only that Joss Brown Wealth Advisors has met the minimum
requirements for registration as an investment advisor and does not apply a certain level
of skill or training or that the SEC or any other regulator guarantees the quality of our
services or recommends them.
Joss Brown Wealth Advisors (“JBWA”) offers to its clients (individuals, high net worth
individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charitable organizations, other business
entities, etc.) financial planning, investment and non-investment related consulting, and
investment management services on either a combined or stand-alone basis. As a fee-
only financial firm, JBWA doesn’t accept referral fees of any kind.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES (STAND-ALONE)
To the extent specifically requested by a client, JBWA may offer to provide its clients with
a broad range of financial planning or consulting services (including investment and non-
investment related matters). Financial planning services may include the following: review
of property and liability insurance; income tax planning; cash management; estate
planning; planning for children’s education; retirement planning; retirement plan
distribution analysis; real estate investment analysis; charitable gifting techniques;
planning for special needs (e.g., disabled child, elder care, etc.); advanced estate
planning techniques; practice management; planning for special situations (e.g., a
business opportunity, an investment opportunity, buy-sell agreement, employment
agreement, etc.). JBWA will generally charge a fixed and/or hourly fee for these services.
Prior to engaging JBWA to provide financial planning or consulting services on a
standalone basis, the client will generally be required to enter into a service agreement
with JBWA setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement, describing the scope
of the services to be provided, and the portion of the fee that is due from the client prior
to JBWA commencing services. In performing its services, JBWA shall not be required to
verify any information received from clients or from the clients’ other professionals, and is
expressly authorized to rely thereon. If requested by the client, JBWA may recommend
the services of other professionals for implementation purposes. 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 JBWA.
JBWA works with each client to discuss their needs and desires and tailors the Financial
Plan to the needs, desires and budget of the client.
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Please Note: If the client engages any such recommended professional, and a dispute
arises thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse
exclusively from and against the engaged professional.
Please Also Note: It remains the client’s responsibility to promptly notify JBWA if there
is ever any change in his/her/its financial situation or investment objectives for the
purpose of reviewing/evaluating/revising JBWA’s previous recommendations and/or
services.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The client can determine to engage JBWA to provide discretionary or non-discretionary
investment advisory services on a fee-only basis. Prior to engaging JBWA to provide
investment advisory services, clients are required to enter into a Service Agreement with
JBWA setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement (including termination),
describing the scope of the services to be provided, and the fee that is due from the client.
JBWA’s annual investment advisory fee shall include investment advisory services, and,
to the extent specifically requested by the client, financial planning and consulting
services. In the event that the client requires extraordinary planning and/or consultation
services (to be determined in the sole discretion of JBWA), JBWA may determine to
charge for such additional services, the dollar amount of which shall be set forth in a
separate written notice to the client.
Betterment for Advisors service is different from JBWA’s other investment advisory
service. Betterment has a select offering of available ETFs and Betterment will conduct
the trading in client accounts. For those whose assets are custodied at Schwab or
Fidelity, the investments are selected from a nearly unlimited inventory and JBWA places
the trades. For both the Betterment for Advisors and those that utilize our investment
advisory services via Schwab, Fidelity, or other Custodian, JBWA will recommend the
allocation of assets for the client. JBWA will also recommend the types of accounts the
client opens, IRA, non-IRA, etc.
For a portion of the clients with Betterment accounts, JBWA receives a portion of the wrap
fee charged by Betterment. JBWA will receive (if charged on Betterment accounts) an
additional 2% over the fee Betterment charges as outlined in the agreement. For some
clients, JBWA does not receive a portion of the wrap fee charged by Betterment.
For some high net worth clients, we will use separately managed accounts. Breckenridge
is a provider we use that holds separately managed accounts for the bond portion of the
portfolio. For clients who choose Breckenridge, there is a premium to their bond
department above the firm management fee up to .35% per year. Dimensional Fund
Advisors (DFA) is a provider we use that also can hold separately
managed accounts for
our clients. Their annual premium for DFA above the firm management fee is currently
between .29% and .5%.
Retirement Rollovers-No Obligation/Conflict of Interest: A client leaving an employer
typically has four options (and may engage in a combination of these options): 1) leave
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the money in his former employer’s plan, if permitted, 2) roll over the assets to his/her
new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, 3) rollover to an
Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or 4) cash out the account value (which could,
depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences).
JBWA may recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA managed by JBWA.
As a result, JBWA may earn an asset-based fee; however, a recommendation that a client
or prospective client leave their plan assets with their old employer will result also result
in an asset-based fee. JBWA is indifferent and has no economic incentive to encourage
an investor to roll plan assets into an IRA that JBWA will manage.
There are various factors that JBWA may consider before recommending a rollover,
including but not limited to: i) the investment options available in the plan versus the
investment options available in an IRA, ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees
and expenses in an IRA, iii) the services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment
professionals versus those of JBWA, iv) required minimum distributions and age
considerations, vi) loan provisions, vii) bankruptcy/creditor protection, and viii) employer
stock tax consequences, if any. No client is under any obligation to roll over plan assets
to an IRA managed by JBWA.
Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation Services.
To the extent specifically requested by a client, JBWA may provide consulting services
regarding non-investment related matters, such as life planning, estate planning, tax
related planning, insurance, etc. Neither JBWA, nor any of its representatives, serves as
an attorney or accountant. To the extent requested by a client, JBWA may recommend
the services of other professionals for certain noninvestment implementation purposes
(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 JBWA.
Please Note: If the client engages any such recommended professional, and a dispute
arises thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse
exclusively from and against the engaged professional.
Please Also Note: It remains the client’s responsibility to promptly notify JBWA if there is
ever any change in his/her/its financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose
of reviewing/evaluating/revising JBWA’s previous recommendations and/or services.
Independent Managers
JBWA may allocate (and/or recommend that the client allocate) a portion of a client’s
investment assets among unaffiliated independent investment managers or separately
managed accounts in accordance with the client’s designated investment objective(s). In
such situations, the Independent Manager[s] shall have day-to-day responsibility for the
active discretionary management of the allocated assets.
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JBWA shall continue to render investment advisory services to the client relative to the
ongoing monitoring and review of account performance, asset allocation and client
investment objectives. Factors which JBWA shall consider in recommending Independent
Manager[s] include the client’s designated investment objective(s), management style,
performance, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing, and research.
Please Note: Non-Discretionary Service Limitations. Clients that determine to engage
JBWA on a non-discretionary investment advisory basis must be willing to accept that
JBWA cannot effect any account transactions without obtaining prior verbal consent to
any such transaction(s) from the client. Thus, in the event of a market correction during
which the client is unavailable, JBWA will be unable to effect any account transactions
(as it would for its discretionary clients) without first obtaining the client’s verbal consent.
No client is under any obligation to rollover plan assets to an IRA managed by JBWA or
to engage JBWA to monitor and/or manage the account while maintained at their
employer.
Please Note: Most mutual funds are available directly to the public. A prospective client
or current client can purchase many of the mutual funds that may be recommended and
utilized by JBWA without engaging JBWA as their investment advisor. However, if a
prospective client determines to purchase mutual funds without JBWA’s assistance and
recommendations, the client will not receive the JBWA’s initial and ongoing investment
advisory services and JBWA reserves the right to terminate the relationship.
Client Obligations.
In performing its services, JBWA shall not be required to verify any information received
from the client or from the client’s other professionals, and is expressly authorized to rely
thereon. Moreover, each client is advised that it remains his/her/its responsibility to
promptly notify JBWA if there is ever any change in his/her/its financial situation or
investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing/evaluating/revising JBWA’s previous
recommendations and/or services.
Disclosure Statement.
A copy of JBWA’s written brochure as set forth on Part 2A of Form ADV shall be provided
to each client prior to, or contemporaneously with, the execution of the Investment
Advisory Agreement or Financial Planning Agreement.
ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
As of April 14, 2023, JBWA the firm manages $110,986,273 in assets, $95,143,1479 on
a discretionary basis and $15, 843,093 on a nondiscretionary basis.
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