A. Firm Information
PostRock Partners LLC (“PostRock 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 Kansas. PostRock Partners was founded in October 2023 and is primarily owned and
operated by Bradley D. Scott, CFP® (President and Chief Executive Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides
information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by PostRock
Partners.
B. Advisory Services Offered
PostRock Partners offers investment advisory services to high net worth individuals, families, trusts, estates, not-
for-profit entities, businesses, and other institutional clients (each referred to as a “Client”). PostRock provides a
range of family office services to our client families. We can provide your family with, advice, recommendations,
and/or management in the following areas: financial planning; investment management (asset allocation, portfolio
construction, investment vehicle selection, portfolio monitoring and discretionary management); family governance,
succession planning; service provider selection; and consolidated reporting. We work closely with you to identify
your investment goals and objectives, as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to develop an
investment approach.
PostRock 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. PostRock 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
PostRock Partners provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through
continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing primarily discretionary investment management
and related advisory services. PostRock 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. PostRock
Partners 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 legacy
investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
PostRock 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. PostRock 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.
PostRock Partners evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal
due diligence process. PostRock Partners may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to
diversify the portfolio. PostRock 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.
PostRock 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.
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
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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.
Financial Planning Services
PostRock Partners will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients, pursuant
to a written financial planning agreement. 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/or 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.
PostRock 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
wealth 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 PostRock Partners to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into
one or more written agreements 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 – PostRock Partners, in connection with the Client, will develop a
strategy that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – PostRock 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 – PostRock 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 – PostRock Partners will provide investment management and
ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
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D. Wrap Fee Programs
PostRock 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 wealth management
services for its Clients. The Advisor sponsors the PostRock 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 March 18, 2024, the Advisor manages approximately $368,262,000 in Client assets, all of which is managed
on a discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.