A. Firm Information
Stablepoint Partners, LLC (“Stablepoint Partners” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (“LLC”)
under the laws of the State of Delaware. Stablepoint Partners was founded in August 2023 and became a registered
investment advisor in November 2023. Stablepoint is owned and operated by Christopher K. Griffith, CFP®, CPWA®
(Managing Partner, Co-Founder and Chief Compliance Officer) and Henry J. Wheelwright, CFP® (Managing Partner,
Co-Founder).
This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory
services provided by Stablepoint Partners. For information regarding this Disclosure Brochure, please contact
Christopher Griffith at .
B. Advisory Services Offered
Stablepoint Partners offers wealth management services including investment management and financial planning
services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, businesses, and retirement
plans (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. Stablepoint Partners’ 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
Stablepoint Partners provides customized wealth management services for its Clients. This is achieved through
continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and related
planning and advisory services. Stablepoint Partners 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. Stablepoint
Partners will then construct an investment portfolio, consisting of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and/or mutual
funds to achieve the Client’s investment goals. The Advisor may also utilize individual stocks, individual bonds,
unaffiliated money managers (See “Independent Managers” below), alternative investments, and/or other types of
investments, as appropriate, to meet the needs of the Client. The Advisor may retain certain legacy investments
based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Stablepoint Partners’ 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. Stablepoint Partners 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.
Stablepoint Partners evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal
due diligence process. Stablepoint Partners may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to
diversify the portfolio. Stablepoint Partners 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.
Stablepoint Partners 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.
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At no time will Stablepoint Partners 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
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.
Participant Account Management – As part of the Advisor’s Wealth Management Services, the Advisor will use a
third-party platform to facilitate the discretionary investment management of held away assets such as defined
contribution plan participant accounts. The platform enables the Advisor to gain access to the Client account[s]
without having access through
the Client’s login credentials. The Client will be provided an electronic link that will
allow the connection of Client account[s] to the platform. The Advisor is not affiliated with the platform and does not
receive any compensation from the platform.
Financial Planning Services
Stablepoint Partners will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients as part of
its wealth management services. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on
their goals and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan or
rendering a specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to, investment planning, retirement
planning, personal savings, education savings, insurance needs, and other areas of a Client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for, 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.
Stablepoint Partners may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their
unique situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the
Client’s financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor
may not provide a written summary. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of contract
date, assuming all information and documents requested are provided promptly.
Financial planning and 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.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Stablepoint Partners provides 3(21) retirement plan advisory services on behalf of the retirement plans (each a “Plan”)
and the company (the “Plan Sponsor”). The Advisor’s retirement plan advisory services are designed to assist the
Plan Sponsor in meeting its fiduciary obligations to the Plan and its Plan Participants. Each engagement is
customized to the needs of the Plan and Plan Sponsor.
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Services generally include:
• Vendor Analysis
• Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking
• Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) Design and Monitoring
• Investment Oversight
• Ongoing Investment Recommendation and Assistance
These services are provided by Stablepoint Partners serving in the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), the
Plan Sponsor is provided with a written description of Stablepoint Partners’ fiduciary status, the specific services to
be rendered and all direct and indirect compensation the Advisor reasonably expects under the engagement.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Stablepoint Partners to provide wealth management services, each Client is required to enter into
a wealth management 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 – Stablepoint Partners, in connection with the Client, will develop a
strategy that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Stablepoint Partners 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 – Stablepoint Partners will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the
stated goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Stablepoint Partners will provide investment management and
ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Stablepoint Partners includes, in addition to custodial costs, administrative fees, wire fees, trade away transactions,
other fees and expenses (herein “Covered Costs together with its wealth management fees. Including these fees into
a single asset-based fee is considered a “Wrap Fee Program”. The Advisor customizes its investment management
services for its Clients. The Advisor sponsors the Stablepoint Partners Wrap Fee Program solely as a supplemental
disclosure regarding the combination of fees. Depending on the level of trading required for the Client’s account[s] in
a particular year, the Client may pay more or less in total fees than if the Client paid its own transaction fees. Please
see Appendix 1 – Wrap Fee Program Brochure, which is included as a supplement to this Disclosure Brochure.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Stablepoint Partners manages $534,681,810 in Client assets, $511,523,914 of which are
managed on a discretionary basis and $23,157,896 on a non-discretionary basis. Clients may request more current
information at any time by contacting the Advisor.