R.M. Davis, Inc. (the Company) is an independent, SEC-registered investment advisor with offices
located in Portland, Maine and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Company provides investment
management, financial planning, and other wealth management services to its clients. The
Company has been in business since 1978 and independently owned exclusively by Officers and
employees for its entire existence. The current shareholders of the Company are Geoffrey
Alexander, CEO; Brian Noyes, Chairman of the Board; Wendy Laidlaw, CFO; Mark Fernandez;
Scot Draeger, President; Dean Walker, COO; John Doughty, CIO; Matthew McFarland; and
Michael Wood. As of December 31, 2023, the Company managed $6,315,757,763 of client assets
($6,307,038,376 on a discretionary basis and $8,719,387 on a non-discretionary basis). The
Company engages in no business or profession other than investment management and wealth
management.
The Company offers the following services to its clients:
• investment management services
• portfolio consulting services
• wealth management and financial planning services
• trustee and trust administration services
• personal affairs management services
The last three of these services are only available to investment management clients of the
Company.
The Company’s standard management service generally diversifies assets in a client’s account(s)
among individual common stocks and bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, and/or
cash. Based on client input and goals, certain client accounts may be invested exclusively or
primarily in fixed-income instruments, including, but not limited to individual bonds, mutual funds
or exchange-traded funds holding fixed-income securities/bonds, as well as cash. Based on client
input and goals, as well as the discretionary judgement of Client Advisors, certain client accounts
may also exclusively or primarily invest in equity securities, with little or no allocation to fixed-
income. In all circumstances, investment management fees are charged on all securities and cash
positions, as the firm considers cash an asset class that is used actively, as needed.
The Company also occasionally provides portfolio services to clients on a one-time or consulting
basis. The Company and the client will agree on the details of such engagement orally or in a
brief letter of understanding.
The Company directs its investment management services to the individual needs and objectives
of each of its clients, after consultation with the client regarding
that client’s goals and objectives,
time horizon, and risk tolerance.
Clients may impose certain types of restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities
(see below, Investment Discretion). For example, occasionally, a client will request that we invest
an account exclusively in equity securities of companies within a specific market capitalization
range, or within certain market sectors. We maintain flexibility to tailor account management
consistent with client interest and direction, while maintaining overall investment discretion.
The Company offers clients wealth management and financial planning services and general
guidance over a wide variety of subjects, including estate and gift planning, education funding,
financial forecasting, insurance issues, retirement and Medicare-related planning, and tax-related
matters. The Company does not serve as attorney, accountant, or insurance professional for any
client but makes occasional observations, suggestions, and/or provides general insights
regarding matters appropriate for clients to discuss with their unaffiliated attorneys, accountants,
or insurance agents. Clients should consult their attorney(s) and/or accountant(s) on all legal
and/or accounting/tax questions and should consult their insurance agent(s) on insurance
decisions.
The Company’s personal affairs management service assists clients in organizing and dealing
with their personal household financial affairs, such as balancing checkbooks, reconciling bank
statements, paying bills (or preparing checks to pay bills), organizing tax return materials to be
provided to their accountants, and/or assistance resolving administrative issues with
governmental and corporate entities.
Company Officers also serve, in appropriate circumstances, as trustee (or co-trustee) of client
trusts, including but not limited to revocable living trusts, testamentary trusts, charitable remainder
trusts and irrevocable life insurance trusts. Separate and independent fees are charged for trustee
services. Such trustee fees are in addition to investment management fees applied to the trust
account. When an Officer of R.M. Davis serves as trustee for a trust, an unaffiliated co-trustee,
trust grantor, and/or beneficiaries are independently responsible for selecting R.M. Davis as
investment manager for such trusts. In other words, an Officer of R.M. Davis serving as trustee
for a trust is not responsible for the trust’s appointment of an investment manager and has no role
in comparison shopping for that appointment.