A. Firm Information
Tide Cove Capital Partners LLC (“Tide Cove Capital” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under
the laws of the State of California. Tide Cove Capital was founded in May 2023 and is owned and operated by Brett
Upper (Principal and Chief Compliance Officer) and Michael Manos (Principal). This Disclosure Brochure provides
information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Tide Cove Capital.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Tide Cove Capital offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates,
businesses, retirement plans, and other institutions (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. Tide Cove Capital'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
Tide Cove Capital provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through
continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary and non-discretionary investment
management and investment consulting services. These services are described below.
Investment Management Services - Tide Cove Capital works closely with each Client to identify their investment
goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio strategy. Tide Cove
Capital will then construct an investment portfolio, consisting of low-cost, diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-
traded funds (“ETFs”) to achieve the Client’s investment goals. The Advisor may also utilize individual stocks, bonds
or options contracts to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may retain certain types of investments based on
a Client’s legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Tide Cove Capital’s 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.
Tide Cove Capital 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.
Tide Cove Capital evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal
due diligence process. Tide Cove Capital may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to
diversify the portfolio. Tide Cove Capital 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.
Tide Cove Capital 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.
At no time will Tide Cove Capital 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 the designated account[s] at the
Custodian, pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
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
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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.
Investment Consulting Services - Tide Cove Capital will provide a variety of investment consulting services to Clients
as part of its overall wealth management services or on a standalone basis pursuant to a written agreement.
Generally, services involve developing a formal financial plan or investment policy statement that describes the
Client’s financial goals, investment objectives, and risk tolerance. The Advisor will provide ongoing consulting which
may encompass one or more areas of need including but not limited to, investment planning, retirement planning,
investment due diligence, financial education, cash management, and other areas of a Client’s financial situation.
An investment policy statement 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. The Advisor may also refer Clients to an accountant,
attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique situation.
Financial 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 Tide Cove Capital to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into an
agreement 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 – Tide Cove Capital, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy
that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Tide Cove Capital 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 – Tide Cove Capital will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the
stated goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Tide Cove Capital will provide investment management and
ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Tide Cove Capital does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services
are provided directly by Tide Cove Capital.
E. Assets Under Management
Tide Cove Capital is a newly established advisor. Assets under management shall be reported with the Advisor’s
next filing of this Disclosure Brochure. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the
Advisor.
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