Berlin Wealth Group Advisors is an investment advisor firm registered with the United State
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Berlin Wealth Group Advisors is organized as a
sole proprietorship under the laws of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
The principal owner of Berlin Wealth Group Advisors is Jonathan Berlin, Principal Chief
Executive Officer.
Investment Advisory Services
Berlin Wealth Group Advisors’ (or “Advisor”) principal service is providing fee-based investment
advisory services and comprehensive 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,
foreign securities, corporate debt securities, commercial paper, CDs, municipal securities, mutual
funds, United States government securities, and options in securities to accomplish this objective.
The Advisor measures and selects mutual funds by using various criteria, such as the fund
manager’s tenure, and/or overall career performance. 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. Clients whose investment
portfolios are managed at Berlin Wealth Group Advisors may also receive complementary
comprehensive financial planning services.
Qualified Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Berlin Wealth Group Advisors will offer pension consulting services to Qualified Plans and
ERISA Section 3(21) non-discretionary fiduciary services for assets held at Qualified Plans. The
Advisor’s pension consulting and non-discretionary fiduciary services will be based on
information obtained from the Plan about goals and investment objectives, time horizon, risk
tolerance and the Plan’s financial situation. Berlin Wealth Group Advisors will utilize an
Investment Policy Statement (IPS) when providing standardized asset allocation recommendations
for the investment of assets within
Qualified Plans. Where Berlin Wealth Group Advisors provides
ERISA Section 3(21) non-discretionary fiduciary investment services, the plan participant is
responsible for implementation of recommendations and Berlin Wealth Group Advisors will not
act on the plan participants’ behalf to implement these recommendations.
Berlin Wealth Group Advisors’ roles and actions in fulfilling all responsibilities pertaining to these
services 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
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will not advise, in any manner, any participant, person or entity related to the Plan other than the
Plan Sponsor, except where the participant is an advisory client of Berlin Wealth Group Advisors
under a separate advisory agreement. 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.
Financial Planning Services
In addition to investment management services where comprehensive financial planning is
included as a complementary service, Berlin Wealth Group Advisors may provide standalone
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.
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Berlin Wealth Group Advisors 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.
Berlin Wealth Group Advisors does not provide portfolio management services to wrap fee
programs.
As of the approval date of the firm, Berlin Wealth Group Advisors had no clients and therefore no
client assets under management.