A. Firm Information
Summitas Investment Management LLC (“Summitas” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under
the laws of the State of Texas. Summitas was founded in September 2023 and is owned and operated by John Shao
(President, Owner and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the
qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Summitas.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Summitas 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. Summitas'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.
Investment Management Services
Summitas 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. Summitas 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. Summitas will then construct an investment
portfolio, consisting of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to achieve the Client’s investment goals. The Advisor may
also utilize individual stocks 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.
Summitas’ 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. Summitas
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.
Summitas evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. Summitas may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. Summitas 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.
Summitas 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 Summitas 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 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
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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.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Summitas 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 – Summitas, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Summitas 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 – Summitas will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Summitas will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Summitas does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by Summitas.
E. Assets Under Management
Summitas 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.