A. Firm Information
PTM Wealth Management, LLC (“PTM” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor located in the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PTM is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under the laws of
Pennsylvania. PTM was founded in July 2011 and became a registered investment advisor in June 2020. PTM is
owned and operated by Paul T. Murray (President and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure
provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by PTM.
B. Advisory Services Offered
PTM offers investment advisory services to individuals and high net worth individuals (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. Our fiduciary commitment is further described in our Code of Ethics. For more information
regarding our Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
PTM primarily offers Clients wealth management services, which is a combination of comprehensive financial
planning and discretionary investment management. PTM also offers investment management and financial
planning as standalone services.
Investment Management Services – PTM provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This
is achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment
management and related advisory services. PTM 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. PTM 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 or bonds
to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may retain certain types of investments based on a Client’s legacy
investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
PTM’s investment approach is 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. PTM
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.
PTM evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. PTM may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. PTM 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. PTM 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.
At no time will PTM 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 deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will provide investment
advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA sponsored plan or to roll over the assets to an
Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs”), or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA
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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). In such instances, the Advisor will serve as an investment
fiduciary as that term is defined under The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and/or
the Internal
Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. 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 – PTM will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services
either as a component of wealth management or 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 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.
PTM 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.
Financial Institution Consulting Services
PTM provides investment consulting services to brokerage customers (herein “Brokerage Customers”) of Mutual
Securities, Inc. (herein “MSI”) who provide written consent requesting to receive the Advisor’s consulting
services, pursuant to a written agreement with PTM. Consulting services are strictly on products where MSI
serves as the broker-dealer. Please see Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations for additional
details.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging PTM to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more
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 – PTM, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – PTM 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 – PTM will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
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• Investment Management and Supervision – PTM will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
PTM does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by PTM.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, PTM manages or advises on approximately $174,417,739 in Client assets.
$124,139,984 of Client assets are managed on a discretionary basis. PTM has assets under advisement of
$50,277,755. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.