Advisory Business
Firm Description
Oakmont Advisory Group, LLC (“Advisor”), formerly known as Hicks Advisory Group,
LLC was founded in 2011. Ralph Hicks’ share of ownership is 50% and David Hicks’
share of ownership is 50%.
Advisor provides personalized confidential financial planning and investment
management primarily to individuals, trusts, estates or charitable organizations and
corporations or business entities. Advice is provided through consultation with the
client and may include: determination of financial objectives, identification of
financial problems, cash flow management, tax planning, insurance review,
investment management, education funding, retirement planning, and legacy
planning.
Advisor is a fee based financial planning and investment management firm. The
firm does not sell annuities, insurance, or other commissioned products. The
president of Advisor has an affiliated business, Oakmont Insurance, LLC, that
does sell insurance products. Together, they operate under the doing business
as name (“dba”) of Oakmont Advisory Group.
Advisor does not act as a custodian of client assets.
An evaluation of each client’s initial situation is provided to the client, often in the
form of a net worth statement, risk analysis, or similar document. Periodic reviews
are also communicated to provide reminders of the specific courses of action that
need to be taken. More frequent reviews occur but are not necessarily
communicated to the client unless immediate changes are recommended.
Other professionals (e.g., lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, etc.) are engaged
directly by the client on an as-needed basis. Conflicts of interest will be disclosed.
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Types of Advisory Services
Advisor provides investment supervisory services, also known as asset management,
and furnishes financial planning and investment advice through consultations.
Asset Management:
Advisor offers discretionary and non-discretionary asset management services
to advisory clients. Advisor will provide clients with ongoing portfolio
management services through determining individual investment goals, time
horizons, objectives, and risk tolerance. Investment strategies, investment
selection, asset allocation, portfolio monitoring, and the overall investment
program
will be based on the above factors.
Selection of Other Advisers:
We may also recommend the services of unaffiliated investment Advisors for
asset management services: Altruist, LLC, Dimensional Funds, Vanguard,
Gradient Investments and Formula Folio Investments as third-party investment
advisers. The Altruist platform is an automated web-based wrap -fee investment
management platform consisting of a customized portfolio of investments. We
will confirm any unaffiliated investment advisers we recommend are properly
registered, notice filed, or exempt from registration or notice filing.
Financial Planning and Consulting:
If financial planning services are applicable, the client will compensate Advisor
on a negotiable fixed fee basis described in detail under “Fees and Compensation”
section of this brochure. Services include but are not limited to a thorough review
of all applicable topics, including Wills, Estate Plan/Trusts, Investments, Taxes,
and Insurance. If a conflict of interest exists between the interests of the
investment advisor and the interests of the client, the client is under no obligation
to act upon the investment advisor’s recommendation. If the client elects to act on
any of the recommendations, the client is under no obligation to effect the
transactions through Advisor. Financial plans will be completed and delivered
inside of ninety (90) days. Clients may terminate advisory services with thirty (30)
days written notice.
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Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
The goals and objectives for each client are documented in our client files.
Investment strategies are created that reflect the stated goals and objective. Clients
may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Agreements may not be assigned without written client consent.
Wrap Fee Programs
Advisor does not sponsor any wrap fee programs although may recommend wrap
fee programs offered by third-party investment advisers.
Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Advisor had $ 108,198,163 in client assets under
management. $ 105,516,725 in discretionary assets under management and $
2,681,438 in non-discretionary assets under management.
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