DMWM offers a variety of advisory services, which include financial planning, consulting, and investment
management services. Prior to DMWM rendering any of the foregoing advisory services, clients are
required to enter into one or more written agreements with DMWM setting forth the relevant terms and
conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory Agreement”).
DMWM is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as an investment adviser. Our
firm is majority owned by Paul Bennett and Mark Weber. As of the date of this filing, DMWM does not
have any material changes to report regarding assets under management.
While this brochure generally describes the business of DMWM, certain sections also discuss the activities
of its Supervised Persons, which refer to the Firm’s officers, partners, directors (or other persons occupying
a similar status or performing similar functions), employees or other persons who provide investment advice
on DMWM’s behalf and are subject to the Firm’s supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
DMWM offers clients a broad range of financial planning and consulting services, which include any or all
of the following functions:
• Business Planning
• Tax and Cash Flow Analysis
• Trust and Estate Planning
• Insurance Planning
• Retirement Planning
• Education Planning
While each of these services is available on a stand-alone basis, certain of them can also be rendered in
conjunction with investment portfolio management as part of a comprehensive wealth management
engagement (described in more detail below).
In performing these services, DMWM is not required to verify any information received from the client or
from the client’s other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.,) and is expressly authorized to rely
on such information. DMWM recommends certain clients engage the Firm for additional related services,
its Supervised Persons in their individual capacities as insurance agents and/or other professionals to
implement its recommendations. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists for the Firm to
recommend that clients engage DMWM or its affiliates to provide (or continue to provide) additional
services for compensation, including investment management services. Clients retain absolute discretion
over all decisions regarding implementation and are under no obligation to act upon any of the
recommendations made by DMWM under a financial planning or consulting engagement. Clients are
advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify the Firm of any change in their financial
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situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or revising DMWM’s
recommendations and/or services.
Investment and Wealth Management Services
DMWM provides clients with wealth management services which include a broad range of financial
planning and consulting services as well as discretionary management of investment portfolios.
DMWM primarily allocates client assets among various individual debt and equity securities, mutual funds,
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), privately placed securities (including debt, equity and/or interests in
pooled investment vehicles) and independent investment managers (“Independent Managers”) in
accordance with their stated investment objectives.
Where appropriate, the Firm also provides advice about any type of legacy position or other investment
held in client portfolios, but clients should not assume that these assets are being continuously monitored
or otherwise advised on by the Firm unless specifically agreed upon. Clients can engage DMWM to manage
and/or advise on certain investment products that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as
variable life insurance and annuity contracts and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and
qualified tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In these situations, DMWM directs or recommends the allocation
of client assets among the various investment options available with the product. These assets are generally
maintained at the underwriting insurance company or the custodian designated by the product’s provider.
DMWM tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients and seeks to ensure, on a
continuous basis, that client portfolios are managed in a manner consistent with those needs and objectives.
DMWM consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess their specific risk tolerance, time
horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to the management of their portfolios.
Clients are advised to promptly notify DMWM if there are changes in their financial situation or if they
wish to place any limitations on the management of their portfolios. Clients can impose reasonable
restrictions or mandates on the management of their accounts if DMWM determines, in its sole discretion,
the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a management strategy or prove overly
burdensome to the Firm’s management efforts.
Use of Independent Managers
As mentioned above, DMWM selects certain Independent Managers to actively manage a portion of its
clients’ assets. The specific terms and conditions under which a client engages an Independent Manager
are
set forth in a separate written agreement with the designated Independent Manager. That agreement can
be between the Firm and the Independent Manager (often called a subadvisor) or the client and the
Independent Manager (sometimes called a separate account manager). In addition to this brochure, clients
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will typically also receive the written disclosure documents of the respective Independent Managers
engaged to manage their assets.
DMWM evaluates a variety of information about Independent Managers, which includes the Independent
Managers’ public disclosure documents, materials supplied by the Independent Managers themselves and
other third-party analyses it believes are reputable. To the extent possible, the Firm seeks to assess the
Independent Managers’ investment strategies, past performance and risk results in relation to its clients’
individual portfolio allocations and risk exposure. DMWM also takes into consideration each Independent
Manager’s management style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing and research
capabilities, among other factors.
DMWM continues to provide services relative to the discretionary selection of the Independent Managers.
On an ongoing basis, the Firm monitors the performance of those accounts being managed by Independent
Managers. DMWM seeks to ensure the Independent Managers’ strategies and target allocations remain
aligned with its clients’ investment objectives and overall best interests. For more information about the
Independent Managers, see the Dynasty TAMP disclosures, below.
Use of Dynasty TAMP
DMWM has entered into a contractual relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC (“Dynasty”),
which provides the Firm with operational and back-office support including access to a network of service
providers. Through the Dynasty network of service providers, DMWM may receive preferred pricing on
trading technology, reporting, custody, brokerage, compliance and other related services.
In addition, Dynasty’s subsidiary, Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC (“DWM”), an SEC registered
investment adviser, provides access to a range of investment services including: separately managed
accounts (“SMA”), mutual fund and ETF asset allocation strategies, and unified managed accounts
(“UMA” and together with the SMAs is the same as the Independent Managers) managed by external third
party managers (collectively, the “Investment Programs”). DMWM may separately engage the services of
Dynasty and/or its subsidiaries to access the Investment Programs. Under the SMA and UMA programs,
DMWM will maintain the ability to select the specific, underlying Independent Managers that will, in turn,
have day-to-day discretionary trading authority over the requisite client assets.
Dynasty charges a “Platform Fee,” for which, unless otherwise disclosed, the client will be charged,
separate from and in addition to such client’s annual investment management fee, as described in Item 5
below. This arrangement presents a conflict of interest because DMWM can use the Investment Programs
with higher Platform Fees that will not affect the DMWM’s annual investment management fee. This
conflict is mitigated because DMWM does not receive any portion of the Platform Fees paid directly to
Dynasty or the service providers made available through its platform and therefore DMWM is free to choose
the Investment Program that best suits the clients’ needs.
Dynasty and DMWM offer an investment management platform (the “Platform” or the “TAMP") that is
available to the advisers in the Dynasty Network, such as DMWM. Through the Platform, DWM and
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Dynasty collectively provide certain technology, administrative, operations and advisory support services
that allow advisers to manage their own portfolios and access Independent Managers. DMWM can allocate
all or a portion of client assets among the different Independent Managers via the Platform. DMWM can
also use the model and/or overlay management feature of the TAMP by creating its own asset allocation
model and underlying investments that comprise the model. Through the model management feature, the
Firm can outsource the implementation of trade orders and periodic rebalancing of the model when needed.
DMWM will maintain the direct contractual relationship with each client and obtain, through such
agreements, the authority to engage the Independent Managers, DWM and/or Dynasty, as applicable, for
services rendered through the Platform in service of such client. DMWM may delegate discretionary trading
authority to DWM and/or Independent Managers to affect investment and reinvestment of client assets with
the ability to buy, sell or otherwise affect investment transactions and allocate client assets. If a client is
participating in certain Investment Programs, DWM or the designated Independent Manager, as applicable,
is also authorized without prior consultation of DMWM or the client to buy, sell, trade or allocate such
client’s assets in accordance with the client’s designated portfolio and to deliver instructions to the
designated broker-dealer and/or custodian of such client’s assets.
In providing investment advice and portfolio management services to clients, the Firm acts as an investment
adviser and fiduciary to and on behalf of each client and not as an agent of Dynasty or DWM.