A. Firm Information
Bingham Private Wealth, LLC (“BPW” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC)
under the laws of the State of Delaware. BPW was founded in February 2024 and is owned and operated by
Wheelock R. Bingham (Managing Member and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides
information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by BPW.
B. Advisory Services Offered
BPW offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, businesses,
and retirement plans (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. BPW’s fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code
of Ethics. For more information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation
or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
BPW provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and a broad
range of comprehensive financial planning. These services are described below.
Investment Management Services — BPW provides customized investment management services. This
is achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary
investment management services. BPW works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals,
objectives, risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create an overall portfolio strategy. BPW will then
construct an investment portfolio consisting of low-cost, diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-traded
funds (“ETFs”), individual stocks, bonds, options contracts, alternative investments, and unaffiliated investment
managers to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may retain other types of investments from the Client’s
legacy portfolio holdings based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
BPW’s investment strategies are 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. BPW 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.
BPW evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. BPW may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. BPW 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. BPW may
recommend selling positions for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses,
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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 BPW 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.
Use of Independent Managers — BPW will recommend that Clients utilize one or more unaffiliated investment
managers or investment platforms (collectively “Independent Managers”) for all or a portion of a Client’s
investment portfolio based on the Client’s needs and investment objectives. The Advisor will perform initial
and ongoing oversight and due diligence over each Independent Manager to ensure the strategy remains
aligned with Client’s investment objectives and overall best interests. The Advisor will also assist the Client
in the development of the initial policy recommendations and managing the ongoing Client relationship.
The Advisor will ensure that each Independent Manager is properly licensed, notice filed, or exempt from
registration. The Client will be provided with the Independent Manager’s Form ADV Part 2A - Disclosure
Brochure (or a brochure that makes the appropriate disclosures).
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 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.
Financial Planning Services — BPW will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services
to Clients as part of its overall wealth management services. 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. BPW 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.
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,
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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.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
The Advisor provides 3(21) or 3(38) retirement plan advisory services on behalf of the retirement plans (each
a “Plan”) and the company (the “Plan Sponsor”). The Advisor’s retirement plan advisory services are designed
to assist the Plan Sponsor in meeting its fiduciary obligations to the Plan and its Plan Participants. Each
engagement is customized to the needs of the Plan and Plan Sponsor.
Services generally include:
• Vendor Analysis
• Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking
• Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) Design and Monitoring
• Ongoing Investment Recommendation and Assistance
• Performance Reports
• ERISA 404(c) Assistance
• Benchmarking Services
These services are provided by the Advisor serving in the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2),
the Plan Sponsor is provided with a written description of the Advisor’s fiduciary status, the specific services to
be rendered and all direct and indirect compensation the Advisor reasonably expects under the engagement.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging BPW to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into an
agreement 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 — BPW, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation — BPW 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 — BPW will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision — BPW will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
BPW does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by BPW.
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E. Assets Under Management
BPW is a newly established advisor. Assets under management shall be reported with the Advisor’s next
filing of this Disclosure Brochure. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting
the Advisor.