A. Firm Information
Bassam Wealth Management, LLC (“BWM” 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 in March 2024. BWM became a registered investment advisor in May 2024.
BWM is owned and operated by Mohammad (Ehsan) Bassam (CEO and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure
Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided
by BWM.
B. Advisory Services Offered
BWM 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. BWM'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
BWM 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 – BWM provides customized investment management services. This is achieved
through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management
services. BWM works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance and financial
situation in order to create an overall portfolio strategy. BWM will then construct an investment portfolio consisting of
low-cost, diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), individual stocks, bonds, 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.
BWM’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. BWM 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.
BWM evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due diligence
process. BWM may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the portfolio. BWM
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. BWM 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 BWM 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 – BWM 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 – BWM 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. BWM 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, 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.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging BWM to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into one or more
agreements 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 – BWM, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that seeks
to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – BWM 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 – BWM will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated goals
and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – BWM will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
BWM does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment management services are
provided directly by BWM.
E. Assets Under Management
BWM 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.