Item 5: Account Requirement and Type of Clients ............................................................................ 25
Item 6: Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation ......................................................................... 25
Item 7: Client Information provided to Portfolio Managers ............................................................... 26
Item 8: Client Contact with Portfolio Managers .................................................................................. 27
Item 9: Additional Information ............................................................................................................... 27
INFORMATIONAL BROCHURE
TRIBRIDGE PARTNERS FINANCIAL LLC
TriBridge Partners Financial LLC (also “TriBridge”, “we”, or “the Firm”) is owned by TBP Group LLC.
The members of TBP Group LLC are John Morris, Heath Hykes, Paul Younkins, and Richard Dane
Rianhard. The Firm provides financial planning, investment management and retirement plan
consulting services.
Financial Planning Services
TriBridge provides financial planning services to clients, pursuant to a written financial planning
agreement. The financial planning process begins with gathering information about the client’s
current financial situation as well as identifying the client’s goals and objectives. TriBridge utilizes a
factfinder and checklist to gather the necessary information about the client’s current financial
situation and to evaluate the complexity of the plan. TriBridge works with client through a series of
meetings to help identify the goals and objectives of the client in various aspects of their financial
planning needs including, but not limited to, cash flow, retirement planning, investment planning,
education savings and estate planning. The financial planning process results in the delivery of a
formal financial plan to client and a discussion of the implementation of the recommendations made
by TriBridge.
TriBridge may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney, or other specialists, as appropriate for
advice on specific needs.
The client is under no obligation to engage the services of TriBridge and its affiliated companies to
implement any portion of the financial plan. If the client decides to use TriBridge and its affiliated
companies to implement a part or all of the financial plan, a separate agreement will be entered into
between the client and the respective entity.
Investment Management Services
Asset management services will generally be provided on a discretionary basis. When TriBridge is
engaged to provide asset management services on a discretionary basis, it will monitor client
accounts to ensure that they are meeting asset allocation requirements. As a client, if any changes
are needed to your investments, we will make those changes. These changes may involve selling
a security or group of investments and buying others or keeping the proceeds in cash. You may at
any time place restrictions on the types of investments we may use on your behalf, or on the
allocations to each security type. As a client, you will receive written or electronic confirmations from
your account custodian after any changes are made to your account. You will also receive
statements, at least quarterly, from your account custodian.
Clients engaging TriBridge on a discretionary basis will be asked to execute a Limited Power of
Attorney (granting TriBridge the discretionary authority over the client accounts) as well as an
Investment Advisory Agreement that outlines the responsibilities of both the client and TriBridge.
In limited circumstances, and as a courtesy to some clients, TriBridge may provide asset
management services on a non-discretionary basis. When a client engages us to provide investment
management services on a non-discretionary basis, we monitor the accounts in the same way as for
discretionary services. The difference is that changes to your account will not be made until we have
confirmed with you (either verbally or in writing) that our proposed change is acceptable to you.
Third Party Manager Programs
TriBridge offers clients Third Party Manager programs. Third Party Managers utilized are a
registered investment adviser that offers investment advisory and investment management
programs under which TriBridge provides investment advisory and administrative services. For Third
Party Manager programs, TriBridge does not maintain custody of the individual funds or other assets
owned by each client.
The Third-Party Manager programs are offered under an agreement with the Third Party Manager
and TriBridge. TriBridge
performs the due diligence for each third party manager and selects the
third part manager that fits with the clients objectives.
Wrap Fee Program
The TriBridge Wrap Program (the “Program”) is a wrap fee program sponsored by TriBridge.
TriBridge may include certain transactional costs in the client’s management fee. This arrangement
is referred to as a “Wrap Program”. In the Wrap Program, TriBridge pays a fee to the custodian
based on the clients’ transaction costs. Fees in the wrap program include transaction costs for the
purchase or sale of securities, but do not include expenses related to the use of margin, wire transfer
fees, the fees charged to shareholders of mutual funds or ETFs, mark-ups and mark-downs, spreads,
odd-lot differentials, fees charged by regulatory agencies, and any transaction fees for securities
trades executed by a broker-dealer other than the agreed upon custodian. Expenses for the
management fees of third-party managers are also not included in the Wrap Program, and to the
extent utilized, you will be responsible for such fees. To the extent a third-party manager is utilized,
the fees payable to such managers will not be included in the Program.
Because of the nature of a wrap fee program, where wrap fees are not tied to an account’s frequency
of trading and apply to generally all assets in the account, the Program client may pay more or less
than if the client had compensated TriBridge outside of the Program. For example, if a client’s
account is rarely traded, the transaction fees the client would have paid would be minimal, thus
limiting the benefits of “wrapping” management fees and transaction fees. Clients whose accounts
will be rarely traded should carefully consider whether the Program is appropriate. Clients are not
required to participate in the Program. TriBridge receives a portion of the wrap fee for our services.
TriBridge does not engage other portfolio managers to manage assets within the Program. To the
extent a third-party manager is utilized, the fees payable to such managers will not be included in
the wrap program. TriBridge is the sole portfolio manager in the Program, which means that
TriBridge receives a portion of the wrap fee for our services. Transaction fees are paid to various
broker-dealers, mutual funds and ETFs. The remainder of the wrap fee is the management fee
payable to TriBridge.
TriBridge will receive no additional compensation for offering the Program.
Please see the separate Wrap Fee Brochure for a more complete description of the Program.
Retirement Plan Consulting
TriBridge offers fee based qualified retirement plan services that provide non-discretionary and
discretionary Investment Fiduciary Services to Sponsors and Trustees of qualified retirement plans.
TriBridge will assist you in establishing a menu of mutual funds and / or models to offer to
participating employees of the qualified retirement plan. Employees will self-direct the investments
of their accounts within the plan.
As an ERISA 3(21) Investment Advisor, services are designed to allow the Sponsor to retain full
discretionary authority or control over assets of the Plan. We will solely be making recommendations
to the Sponsor. TriBridge will recommend investments to the plan sponsor, monitor the plan’s
investments, suggest replacements as appropriate, develop and monitor risk-based models
comprised solely from the plan’s investment menu, provide investment advice with respect to the
selection of a Qualified Default Investment Alternative (“QDIA”), and provide participant education.
TriBridge will provide guidance to the plan sponsor in meeting its fiduciary responsibilities, including
development of an investment policy statement. The Sponsor retains decision making authority and
may accept or reject any recommendations.
As an ERISA 3(38) Investment Manager, services are designed to allow the plan fiduciary to delegate
responsibility for managing, acquiring and disposing of Plan assets that meet the requirements of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). If appointed as an ERISA 3(38)
Investment Manager, TriBridge would have full discretionary authority to select, monitor, and remove
the investment options offered in a qualified retirement plan.
In either case, whether we are engaged as a 3(21) Investment Advisor or 3(38) Investment Manager,
we will perform investment services through our investment advisor representatives (“IARs”), and
will charge a fee for services rendered, as described in this Form ADV and the Agreement.
TriBridge may also provide Retirement Plan Consulting services that are designed to allow our IARs
to assist the Sponsor in meeting their fiduciary duties to administer the plan in the best interests of
plan participants and their beneficiaries. TriBridge does not custody plan assets as non-affiliated
firms provide custodial services to the accounts.
Assets Under Management
As of the date of this brochure, TriBridge is a newly formed business, and as such, TriBridge does
not yet have any clients or assets under management.