Mendoza Private Wealth is a firm that was formed in 2016 and registered as an investment advisor
since December 2023.
The principal owner of Mendoza Private Wealth is Ivan M. Mendoza, Managing Principal.
Advisory Services
Mendoza Private Wealth’s (“Advisor”) principal service is providing fee-based investment
advisory services and financial planning services. The Advisor practices custom management of
portfolios, on a discretionary basis, according to the client’s objectives. The Advisor’s primary
approach is to use a tactical allocation strategy aimed at reducing risk and increasing performance.
The Advisor may use any of the following: exchange listed securities, over-the-counter securities,
foreign securities, corporate debt securities, CDs, municipal securities, United States government
securities, and options on securities to accomplish this objective. The Advisor may recommend,
on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the portfolio in an effort to reduce
risk and increase performance. The Advisor may recommend specific stocks to increase sector
weighting and/or dividend potential. The Advisor may recommend employing cash positions as a
possible hedge against market movement which may adversely affect the portfolio. The Advisor
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 client,
or any risk deemed unacceptable for the client’s risk tolerance.
Qualified Retirement Plan Services
Mendoza Private Wealth will evaluate Plans and their operations including its Trustee, custodial
and recordkeeping arrangements; design; fiduciary compliance program; costs and fees associated
with investments and service providers; required and elective contributions; employee
communication and education program, and; investment selection and monitoring process,
including its investment policy statement, hereinafter referred to as the “IPS.” With regard to the
IPS, the Advisor will assist the Plan Sponsor in adopting a suitable IPS, amending it from time to
time, and will provide information and recommendations, consistent with the IPS, to aid the Plan
Sponsor in selecting and monitoring investments offered to Participants in the Plan. Information
and recommendations will be based on data as of the end of each calendar quarter. Within a
reasonable period of time following each calendar quarter, the Advisor will provide the Plan
Sponsor with a written report detailing, at a minimum, all costs and fees associated with
investments and operation of the Plan, and information and recommendations, consistent with the
IPS, for the Plan Sponsor's selection, deletion and replacement of investments offered to
Participants in the Plan. Mendoza Private Wealth provides both ERISA Section 3(38) fiduciary
services (discretionary) and Section 3(21) fiduciary services (non-discretionary) to Plans
depending on the type of retirement plan.
The Advisor's roles and actions in fulfilling all responsibilities pertaining to this Agreement shall
not include those of the Plan's Trustee, and will be performed solely at the direction of the Plan
Sponsor, its authorized officers, employees and/or agents. At no time will the Advisor accept,
maintain possession of, or have custodial responsibility for, the Plan's assets. The Advisor will
not advise, in any manner, any Participant, person or entity related to the Plan other than the Plan
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Sponsor unless the Participant, person or entity is
also an advisory client of Mendoza Private
Wealth. Communicational and educational activities in which the Advisor engages related to
Participants in the Plan shall be solely at the direction of the Plan Sponsor, and shall not be
represented by the Advisor or Plan Sponsor as investment, tax or legal advice. The Advisor is not
licensed to provide, shall not provide, nor be construed to provide, the services of an attorney or
accountant.
Selection of Other Advisors
Mendoza Private Wealth may recommend and refer clients to unaffiliated money managers or
investment advisors through Managed Account programs sponsored by a third-party provider. In
these arrangements, the client will then enter into a program and investment advisory agreement
with the program sponsor and sub-advisors. Mendoza Private Wealth will assist and advise the
client in establishing investment objectives for the sub-advisors and continue to provide oversight
of the client account and ongoing monitoring of the activities of the sub-advisors. The sub-advisors
will develop an investment strategy to meet those objectives by identifying appropriate
investments and monitoring such investments. In consideration for such services, the program
sponsor will charge a program fee that includes the investment advisory fee of the sub-advisors,
the administration of the program and trading, clearance and settlement costs. The program
sponsor will add Mendoza Private Wealth's investment advisory fee (described below in Item 5)
and will deduct the overall fee from the client account quarterly in advance based on the fair market
value at the end of the quarter. The asset-based program fee is tiered and varies depending on the
size of the account, the asset class of the underlying securities and the sub-advisor selected.
Mendoza Private Wealth will ensure that all third-party money managers recommended to clients
will be either an investment advisor registered with the SEC, applicable state securities regulators,
or exempt from such registrations. The client, prior to entering into an agreement with a third-
party money manager selected by Mendoza Private Wealth, will be provided with that manager’s
disclosure documents. In addition, Mendoza Private Wealth and its client will agree in writing
that the client’s account will be managed by that selected third-party money manager on a
discretionary basis.
Financial Planning
In addition to investment management services, Mendoza Private Wealth may provide financial
planning services to some of its clients. The Advisor’s financial planning services may include
recommendations for portfolio customization based on the client’s investment objectives, goals
and financial situation, recommendations relating to investment strategies as well as tailored
investment advice. Financial planning may also include non-investment advice such as developing
strategies to achieve retirement or other financial goals, tax optimization strategies, cash flow and
budgeting analysis and recommendations, financing and financial education, estate planning, and
asset protection strategies.
Mendoza Private Wealth will tailor its advisory services to its client’s individual needs based on
meetings and conversations with the client. If clients wish to impose restrictions on investing in
certain securities or types of securities, the Advisor will address those restrictions with the client
to have a clear understanding of the client’s requirements.
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Mendoza Private Wealth does not provide portfolio management services to wrap fee programs.
As of December 31, 2023, Mendoza Private Wealth had no clients and therefore no client assets
under management.