Prakash Investment Advisors LLC
(“PIAR” or the “Advisor”) is a
registered investment advisor with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) based in
Andover, MA. We are organized as a
limited liability company under the
laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. We were founded in
April of 2012 by Prakash D. Simha,
sole owner and executive officer. Our
registration as an investment advisor
was subsequently approved by the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Securities Division on July 27, 2012.
PIAR is currently also registered in the
states of California, Louisiana,
Tennessee, and Texas.
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.
As of December 31, 2023, we had
$120,792,490 in Client assets,
$113,375,802 of which are managed
on a discretionary basis and
$7,416,688 on a non-discretionary
basis. You may request more current
information at any time by contacting
the Advisor.
The following paragraphs describe our
services and fees. As used in this
Disclosure Brochure, the words "you",
"your" and "Client" refer to you as
either a Client or prospective client of
PIAR. We use the terms "we", “us”,
"our" and “Advisor” throughout this
Disclosure Brochure to refer to
Prakash Investment Advisors LLC.
Also, you may see the term “Advisory
Persons” throughout this brochure.
Our Advisory Persons are our firm's
officers, employees, and all individuals
providing investment advice on behalf
of our firm. The use of these terms is
not intended to imply that there is
more than one individual associated
with the Advisor.
Portfolio Management
PIAR provides customized investment
advisory solutions for its Clients. This
is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction
while providing investment
management and consulting services.
We work with you to identify your
investment goals and objectives, as
well as risk tolerance and financial
situation, in order to create a portfolio
strategy. We then construct a
portfolio, consisting of individual
equity securities, mutual funds and/or
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to
implement the allocation. We may
also utilize corporate bonds, options,
non-traded REITs, limited
partnerships, and other securities
where appropriate. We may advise
upon other types of investments, as
necessary, to meet the unique needs
of certain Clients.
PIAR provides comprehensive
investment advisory services.
Typically, for liquid assets like stocks,
bonds, mutual funds and ETFs, we
would discuss and research various
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individual securities using but not
limited to, Thomson Reuters, S&P 500
reports, Morningstar Database and
arrive at a mutually agreed decision to
invest in specific security(s).
For other investments like REITs,
limited partnerships and other illiquid
investments the fee charged is on an
hourly basis. Typically, such
investment will take approximately
10-20 hours based on the length of
time spent discussing the product with
the Client, investment due diligence,
communication with other
professionals of the Client such as
CPAs and attorneys, research and
servicing the Clients - post
investment. PIAR may also provide
non-fiduciary services to retirement
plans through the Securian platform.
Securian serves as the 3(38) fiduciary
to these retirement plans and PIAR
receives its fees directly from
Securian.
Your engagement begins with a
review of your investment goals,
financial situation, time horizon,
tolerance for risk and other factors to
develop an appropriate strategy for
managing your
account. Your
participation in this process, including
full and accurate disclosure of
requested information, is essential for
the analysis of your situation. PIAR
shall rely on the financial and other
information you or your designees
provide without the duty or obligation
to validate the accuracy or
completeness of the provided
information. It is your responsibility to
inform us of any changes in financial
condition, goals or other factors that
may affect our analysis.
PIAR may recommend, on occasion:
§ redistributing investment
allocations to diversify your
portfolio,
§ specific positions to increase sector
or asset class weightings,
§ employing cash positions as a
possible hedge against market
movement,
§ selling positions for reasons that
include, but are not limited to:
ú harvesting capital gains or
losses,
ú business or sector risk exposure
to a specific security or class of
securities,
ú overvaluation or overweighting
of the position[s] in the
portfolio,
ú change in risk tolerance of
Client,
ú generating cash to meet Client
needs, or
ú any risk deemed unacceptable
for the Client’s risk tolerance.
You may place reasonable restrictions
on the strategies to be employed in
your portfolio and the types of
investments to be held in your
portfolio.
PIAR does not manage or place Client
assets into a wrap fee program.
Investment management services are
provided directly by PIAR.
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 Employee Retirement Income
Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the
Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as
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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.
Consulting Services
PIAR will typically provide a variety of
financial consulting services to
individuals and families, pursuant to a
written agreement. Generally, we will
provide you with financial advice
based on your financial goals,
objectives and situation. These
consulting services may encompass
one or more areas of need, including,
but not limited to:
§ investment planning,
§ evaluation of illiquid assets such as
limited partnerships or limited
offerings,
§ retirement planning,
§ personal savings,
§ insurance needs
§ education savings, or
§ areas of your financial situation
specified by you.
A financial consultation usually
includes general recommendations for
a course of activity or specific actions
for you to take. For example,
recommendations may be made that
you start or revise your investment
programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish
education savings and/or charitable
giving programs. We may also refer
you to an accountant, attorney or
another specialist, as appropriate for
your unique situation.
Financial consulting recommendations
may pose a potential conflict of
interests, as implementation through
our firm may result in increased
revenues for us. You are not obligated
to implement any recommendations
we make or maintain an ongoing
relationship with us. If you elect to act
on any of the recommendations made
by PIAR, you are under no obligation
to do so through us.