Overview
Inkwell Capital LLC was started in early 2011 by long-time friends and associates Felipe F.
Garcia and Aaron R. Byrd, who are the principal owners of the firm.
Portfolio Management Services
Inkwell provides discretionary portfolio management services to individuals and institutions,
including corporations and trusts. These clients deposit funds into a custodian account (e.g., at a
brokerage company) and then sign over discretionary transaction authority of that account to
Inkwell. Inkwell never takes custody of client assets; it merely directs the clients' custodian to
buy or sell the securities that Inkwell selects.
Inkwell's investment services are very basic in nature. That is, Inkwell does not utilize the more
exotic strategies of options, futures, commodities, shorting, technical analysis, or market timing.
It merely buys and sells individual stocks, bonds, or mutual funds.
Inkwell works with each client to determine a suitable allocation to the major investment asset
classes: stocks, bonds, and cash. This allocation is based on the client's specific situation, needs,
and goals. Inkwell then selects the individual securities which will make up a client's account. If
a client wishes to restrict Inkwell's ability to select securities (e.g., if a client does not wish to
own the stock of a tobacco company), it may impose such restrictions in writing. If these
restrictions include owning particular securities
in the client's account, then that portion of the
client's account would be deemed to be "non-discretionary" with respect to Inkwell's services.
Sub-Advisory Services
A client may engage an independent registered investment adviser ("Adviser") which, in turn,
will engage our firm (and possibly other investment advisers) to provide portfolio management
services to all or part of its clients' portfolios. In this situation, the client is a client of the Adviser
and not Inkwell, and, therefore, the Adviser will be responsible for collecting and analyzing
client investment goals and objectives and determining the suitability of our services. Once such
an assessment takes place, the Adviser will instruct us as to the management of each sub-advised
account. The Adviser will be responsible for updating client suitability information on an
ongoing basis. Our firm will receive a fee charged to the client in accordance with the agreement
between us and the Adviser. Clients of Advisers should refer to their Adviser's disclosure
document for additional information regarding its advisory services, total fees, conflicts of
interest and other important information.
As of December 31, 2023, the client assets under Inkwell's management was $110.7 million. Of
this total, $110.6 million was managed on a discretionary basis and $0.1 million was managed on
a non-discretionary basis.
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