ICON Advisers, Inc. (“ICON,” “ICON Advisers,” “we” or “our”) was incorporated in 1986 as Meridian Asset
Management Company and became a registered investment adviser with the SEC in 1991. ICON is headquartered
near Denver, in Greenwood Village, Colorado. Dr. Craig Callahan, Founder of ICON, has sole control of ICON
Management & Research Corporation (“IMRC”). IMRC owns 100% of ICON Advisers. Since IMRC owns ICON Advisers,
it is considered to be an affiliate or under common control.
ICON uses a disciplined, objective, non-emotional methodology to identify industries and sectors that our
methodology suggests are underpriced relative to our calculation of intrinsic value. ICON provides investment
advice only with respect to equities and fixed income products described below.
Many investment managers characterize their style as falling into one of nine style boxes: by a company’s market
capitalization (small-cap, mid-cap, or large-cap) and by style (value, growth or blend). ICON manages its products
using an approach that imposes no limits or restrictions on the market capitalization of its investments. ICON has
the freedom to invest in small-, mid-, and large-size companies because we believe stocks migrate through the
grid over time. Please see
Item 8 for information on our investment methodology.
ICON offers a range of portfolio solutions including tactical allocation portfolios and strategy based investing
portfolios; institutional accounts; and separately managed accounts. Each of these products is described in more
detail in the following pages. ICON offers asset management services to individual and institutional investors.
ICON also serves as the investment sub-adviser to the ICON Funds ("ICON Funds" or "Funds"), a series of diversified
and multi-sector mutual funds in the SCM Trust.
ICON manages, among other accounts, the ICON Tactical Allocation Portfolios and ICON Strategy Based Investing
Portfolios that invest in the ICON Funds, which are sub-advised by ICON, and in certain mutual funds advised by
Shelton Capital Management (“Shelton”), and may invest in certain non-affiliated mutual funds as deemed
appropriate by ICON. Please see Item 8 for more information on the ITAP and SBI products. ICON’s total assets
under management (“AUM”) across all accounts as of December 31, 2023, were $719,415,539 all discretionary
with no non- discretionary accounts.
Mutual Funds
ICON Advisers provides investment sub-advisory services to the ICON Funds. More information about the risks and
operations of, and services provided to, the ICON Funds can be found in the Registration Statement filed on Form
N-1A with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(www.sec.gov), which includes the Prospectus and
Statement of Additional Information or at
www.iconfunds.com.
ICON Tactical Allocation Portfolios
ICON offers a mutual fund allocation program called the ICON Tactical Allocation Portfolios (“ITAP(s)” or
“Portfolios”). The ITAPs invest exclusively in the ICON Funds and in certain mutual funds advised by Shelton for
which ICON receives compensation. ICON offers Domestic, International and Global ITAPs, which have a minimum
initial investment of $25,000. You are allowed to place reasonable restrictions on the investments, which are
generally at the fund level. You cannot make an investment restriction on a specific security. Depending on your
restriction, ICON may not be able to manage the account like it would for other accounts in the same ITAP without
restrictions. All Domestic ITAPs may hold foreign equity securities (as defined in the prospectuses of the
respective funds) but the Portfolios will generally hold at least 80% of their respective investments in securities
traded in the United States. ICON offers the following ITAPs:
Domestic Allocation Portfolios
The U.S. Growth Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market price
of securities or net asset value (“NAV”) of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in U.S.
multi-sector and diversified mutual funds.
The U.S. Moderate Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market
price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) and, to a lesser extent, providing income
from investments in U.S. multi-sector, diversified, and bond mutual funds. The proportions of equity and
fixed-income assets will vary through time, although ICON’s U.S. Moderate Portfolio will generally invest a
greater portion of assets in equity investments than ICON’s U.S. Conservative Portfolio would.
The U.S. Conservative Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market
price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) and to provide income from investments
in U.S. multi-sector, diversified, and bond mutual funds. The proportions of equity and fixed-income
assets will vary through time, although ICON’s U.S. Conservative Portfolio will generally invest a greater
portion of assets in fixed-income and dividend-paying investments than ICON’s U.S. Moderate Portfolio
would.
The U.S. Income Portfolio strives to provide income from investments in U.S. multi-sector, diversified,
and bond mutual funds. The proportions of equity and fixed-income assets will vary through time,
although ICON’s U.S. Income Portfolio will generally invest a greater portion of assets in fixed-income and
dividend-paying investments than ICON’s U.S. Conservative Portfolio would have invested at any given
time.
International Allocation Portfolio
The International Growth Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the
market price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in international
mutual funds.
Global Allocation Portfolios
The Global Growth Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market
price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in U.S. multi-sector,
diversified and international mutual funds.
The Global Moderate Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market
price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) and, to a lesser extent, providing income
from investments in U.S. multi-sector, diversified, bond, and international mutual funds. The proportions
of equity and fixed-income assets will vary through time, although ICON’s Global Moderate Portfolio will
generally invest a greater portion of assets in equity investments than ICON’s Global Conservative
Portfolio would.
The Global Conservative Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the
market price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) and to provide income from
investments in U.S. multi-sector, diversified, bond, and international mutual funds. The proportions of
equity and fixed-income assets will vary through time, although ICON’s Global Conservative Portfolio will
generally invest a greater portion of assets in fixed-income and dividend-paying investments than ICON’s
Global Moderate Portfolio would.
Like all investing, there is a risk of loss. This risk includes the chance that the portfolio’s return will be different
than expected or the possibility of losing some or all of your original investment. ICON’s Growth Portfolios
generally have a higher risk of loss than ICON’s Moderate Portfolios and Conservative Portfolios. ICON’s U.S.
Income Portfolio is structured to provide the least amount of risk of the ITAPs. Please refer to
Item 8 for more
Risk Information.
You must sign an investment management agreement with ICON and complete the applicable custodian’s
paperwork. ICON currently uses Equity Advisor Solutions (“EAS”) and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Charles
Schwab”) as custodians for its ITAPs.
ICON Strategic Allocation
Portfolios
ICON offers a mutual fund allocation program called the ICON Strategy Based Investing Allocation Portfolios (“SBI”
or “SBI Portfolios”). The SBI Portfolios use a methodology developed and designed by AthenaInvest (“Athena”),
which it has licensed to ICON. Athena’s Strategy Based Investing evaluates actively managed equity mutual funds
based on the strategies being pursued by the fund managers. The funds are grouped and ranked by Athena based
on the managers’ consistency in following their strategy. Athena believes that consistent managers beat the
benchmark. The 10 Strategies include: Competitive Position, Economic Conditions, Future Growth, Market
Conditions, Opportunity, Profitability, Quantitative, Risk, Social Considerations and Valuation. Athena is the sub-
adviser to the SBI Portfolios and provides ICON with a model portfolio of mutual funds. Athena’s model portfolio is
implemented under the supervision, control and discretion of ICON. The model portfolio will use ICON Funds for
its fixed income allocation and when its strategy calls for a Valuation component. The model portfolio may also
include certain funds advised by Shelton for which ICON receives compensation. The SBI Portfolios have a
minimum initial investment of $25,000.
You are allowed to place reasonable restrictions on the investments, which are generally at the fund level. You
cannot make an investment restriction on a specific security. Depending on your restriction, ICON may not be able
to manage the account like it would for other accounts in the same SBI Portfolios without restrictions.
Additionally, depending on your account’s platform or custodian, certain securities may not be available. When
this occurs, an alternate security with similar investment characteristics may be used. ICON offers the following
SBI Portfolios:
SBI Global Allocation Portfolios
The SBI Global Growth Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the market
price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in U.S. and
international mutual funds. The SBI Global Growth Portfolio is an all-equity mutual fund portfolio
comprised of approximately 70% strategic allocation and a 30% managed tactical allocation. The SBI
Global Growth Portfolio will hold certain ICON Funds, and certain mutual funds advised by Shelton,
whenever the strategic allocation and/or tactical allocation fit the particular fund. The SBI Global Growth
Portfolio will generally invest a greater portion of assets in equity mutual funds than the SBI Global
Moderate Portfolio would.
The SBI Global Moderate Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the
market price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in U.S. and
international mutual funds. The SBI Global Moderate Portfolio is a mutual fund portfolio comprised of
approximately 50% strategic allocation, a 20% managed tactical allocation, and a 30% fixed income
allocation. The SBI Global Moderate Portfolio will hold certain ICON Funds, and certain mutual funds
advised by Shelton, whenever the strategic allocation and/or tactical allocation fit the particular
fund, and in all cases for the fixed income allocation. The SBI Global Moderate Portfolio will generally
invest a greater portion of assets in equity mutual funds than the SBI Global Conservative Portfolio
would.
The SBI Global Conservative Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in the
market price of securities or NAV of mutual funds (capital appreciation) from investments in U.S. and
international mutual funds. The SBI Global Conservative Portfolio is a mutual fund portfolio comprised of
approximately 20% strategic allocation, a 10% managed tactical allocation, and a 70% fixed income
allocation. The SBI Global Conservative Portfolio will hold certain ICON Funds, and certain mutual funds
advised by Shelton, whenever the strategic allocation and/or tactical allocation fit the particular fund,
and in all cases for the fixed income allocation. The SBI Global Conservative Portfolio will generally
invest a greater portion of assets in fixed-income funds than the SBI Global Moderate Portfolio would.
Like all investing, there is a risk of loss. This risk could be the chance that the portfolio’s return will be different
than expected or the possibility of losing some or all of your original investment. ICON’s SBI Global Growth
Portfolios generally have a higher risk of loss than ICON’s SBI Global Moderate Portfolios and SBI Global
Conservative Portfolios. Please refer to
Item 8 for more Risk Information.
You must sign an investment management agreement with ICON and complete the applicable custodian’s
paperwork. ICON currently uses Equity Advisor Solutions (“EAS”) as custodian for its SBI Portfolios.
Separately Managed Accounts
ICON Advisers also advises Separately Managed Accounts (“SMAs”). SMAs are accounts that invest directly in
individual stocks. Investors can place reasonable restrictions on SMAs, such as not investing in a particular
security. ICON’s SMAs have a minimum initial investment of $100,000. ICON offers the following SMAs:
The ICON Multi-Cap U.S. Equity Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account through a rise in
the market price of securities (capital appreciation) from investments primarily in U.S. common stock
investments in selected industries and sectors utilizing a value-based sector allocation strategy.
The ICON U.S. SRI (Socially Responsible Investing) Portfolio strives to increase the value of your account
through a rise in the market price of securities (capital appreciation) from investments primarily in U.S.
securities of companies that comprise the top 40% of companies ranked at the time of purchase by
Sustainalytics, an independent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and corporate governance
research, ratings and analysis firm. For more detailed information on Sustainalytics, see
www.sustainalytics.com. After an investment is identified as within the top 40% of companies ranked by
Sustainalytics, ICON utilizes its value based sector allocation strategy to determine whether an
investment is appropriate for the portfolio.
To establish an SMA you must sign an investment management agreement with ICON and complete the applicable
custodian’s paperwork. ICON currently uses Charles Schwab as custodian for its SMAs, but has the flexibility to use
various custodians for this product.
Institutional Accounts
The Institutional Domestic Core Equity Portfolio (“DCE Portfolio”) strives to increase the value of your
account through a rise in the market price of securities (capital appreciation) by investing in U.S. common
stocks in selected industries and sectors using a value-based sector allocation strategy. The DCE Portfolio is
offered to institutional investors such as public retirement systems, banks, foundations, endowments and
pension plans or certain accredited investors. You can impose reasonable investment restrictions on DCE
Portfolios.
ERISA Accounts
If you are subject to ERISA, you and/or your investment professional must inform ICON in writing. ICON does not
serve as a trustee or plan administrator for any client ERISA plans and does not advise such plans on issues such as
funding, diversification or distribution of plan assets.
403(b) Plan Accounts
ICON no longer directly accepts new 403(b) accounts. However, 403(b) accounts are allowed in the ICON Funds
through various broker-dealers. Please refer to the ICON Funds statutory prospectus for more information.
ICON reserves the right to accept accounts below the minimum investment requirement, or to retain accounts that
have dropped below a minimum account value requirement due to market fluctuation or investment activity. ICON
may consider a group of accounts that have a family, corporate or other relationship to meet the minimum
requirements.