ABOUT LFA
LFA was incorporated in 1968 and has been registered with the SEC as an investment adviser since 1992. LFA is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc., which is owned by a consortium of investors primarily through RCP Artemis Co-
Invest, L.P. and RCP Harvest Co-Invest, L.P., investment funds affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. The
consortium of investors includes RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., and The
Berliniski Family 2006 Trust.
As of December 31, 2023, LFA managed approximately $27.0974 billion of client assets on a non-discretionary basis and
approximately $10.0365 billion of client assets on a discretionary basis.
LFA offers a wide variety of investment advisory programs and services, which are sometimes marketed using the name
Sagemark Consulting, a division of LFA. LFA’s IARs assist clients in pursuing their financial goals by providing
personalized financial planning services and investment solutions. Certain of LFA’s IARs also market their practices using
marketing names that differ from the name under which LFA primarily conducts its advisory business. In these
circumstances, clients should be aware that all investment advisory services described herein are provided by IARs through
and on behalf of LFA, not the marketing names that IARs use to market their practices.
This Brochure provides an overview of the investment advisory programs sponsored by third parties that are offered through
LFA, LFA’s retirement plan consulting program, and certain other advisory services.
Any information you receive from LFA or the IARs relating to the tax considerations affecting your financial arrangements
or transactions is not intended to be tax advice and you should not rely upon it as tax advice. Neither LFA nor the IARs
provide tax, legal, or accounting advice.
In addition to the advisory programs and services described in this Brochure, LFA also offers the following advisory
programs and services, which are described in separate Forms ADV, Part 2A:
Lincoln WealthLincSM Platform (which includes the Lincoln WealthLinc Access Program and the Lincoln
WealthLinc Alliance Program) (“WealthLinc”);
Premier Plus Wealth Management Program (the “Premier Plus Program”);
Premier Series Wealth Management Program (which includes the Premier Separately Managed Accounts Program,
Premier Unified Portfolio, the PMC Strategist Program, and the Premier Strategist Program) (the “Premier Series
Program”); and
Financial Planning.
For a detailed discussion of each of the advisory programs and services listed above, including the fees and expenses you
will pay, the compensation LFA and the IARs will receive, and LFA’s and the IARs’ conflicts of interest in connection with
them, you should refer to the Form ADV, Part 2A for the particular advisory program or service, which is available on our
website at www.lfa-sagemark.com under My accounts—Disclosures or at www.lfg.com/public/individual/adv, and on the
SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. These Forms ADV, Part 2A may also be requested by contacting LFA at (800)
237-3813 or
[email protected].
AVAILABLE ACCOUNTS AND RELATIONSHIP TYPES
When you choose to purchase products and services through LFA and work with an LFA financial professional, you have
the option of investing through a transaction-based account, such as a brokerage account, a fee-based investment advisory
program, or both. It is important for you to understand the services you will receive, the fees, costs, and expenses you will
pay, and LFA’s and your LFA financial professional’s conflicts of interest in connection with each of these different types
of accounts and relationships with LFA and your LFA financial professional. These services, fees, costs, expenses, and
conflicts of interest are summarized below and described in much greater detail in LFA’s Form CRS, Regulation Best
Interest (“Reg BI”) Disclosure Document, and Forms ADV, Part 2A, as applicable, which are available on LFA’s website
at www.lfa-sagemark.com under My accounts―Disclosures.
Transaction-Based Account, Such as a Brokerage Account
With a transaction-based account, such as a brokerage account, you will pay commissions and other charges (such as sales
loads on mutual funds and other securities and investment products) at the time of each transaction, such as the purchase or
sale of a mutual fund, stock, bond, option, AI (as defined below), or other security or investment product. These
commissions and other charges are LFA’s and your LFA financial professional’s primary source of compensation for the
transaction-based advice your LFA financial professional provides when recommending such transactions. When serving
as your broker, your LFA financial professional can make recommendations and provide guidance to you in selecting
securities, other investment products, and services. Your LFA financial professional may also provide investment education
and research services, which are incidental to the brokerage services LFA provides. A transaction-based account can
potentially be more appropriate for you than a fee-based investment advisory account if you do not want ongoing investment
advice on assets held in your account, or ongoing management of your account, and instead want only periodic or on-
demand advice and recommendations specific to the purchase and sale of securities and other investment products.
Additionally, this type of account can potentially result in lower costs for you if you expect to trade on an infrequent or
occasional basis.
When LFA and your LFA financial professional make securities and investment strategy recommendations to you as broker-
dealer for your transaction-based account, such as a brokerage account, LFA and your LFA financial professional will be
acting in their broker-dealer capacities for such account and are required to act in your best interest, without placing their
financial or other interests ahead of your interests. Additionally, when LFA and your LFA financial professional provide
investment advice to you on a regular basis regarding your Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”), retirement plan account or individual retirement account (“IRA”), LFA and your LFA financial professional
are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of ERISA and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal
Revenue Code”), as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. You should be aware that LFA and your
LFA financial professional are subject to various conflicts of interest in connection with the recommendations and other
services they provide to you in connection with your transaction-based accounts. These conflicts of interest result from
various arrangements, including, but not limited to, the roles LFA and your LFA financial professional play in a transaction,
LFA’s and your LFA financial professional’s compensation arrangements, and LFA’s financial and other arrangements with
custodians, clearing firms, other service providers, its affiliates, third-party product and service providers, and others.
Important information regarding these conflicts of interest is provided in LFA’s Form CRS and Reg BI Disclosure
Document, as well in the other important client disclosures available on LFA’s website, www.lfa-sagemark.com.
For additional information on LFA’s broker-dealer services and transaction-based account offerings, please see
LFA’s Form CRS and Reg BI Disclosure Document, which are available on LFA’s website at www.lfa-sagemark.com
under My accounts―Disclosures. LFA’s Form CRS and Reg BI Disclosure Document may also be requested by
contacting LFA at (800) 237-3813 or
[email protected]. For detailed information regarding the
commissions, trading/execution fees, and brokerage service charges that LFA establishes, controls, and charges
clients when serving as broker-dealer of record for transaction-based accounts held with National Financial Services
LLC (“NFS”), please see LFA’s Fee and Commission Schedule for Accounts with NFS (the “LFA Fee Schedule”),
which is provided to you at account opening, will change over time, and can be found on LFA’s website at www.lfa-
sagemark.com under My accounts—Cost.
Before consenting to any broker-dealer relationship with LFA or an LFA financial professional, you should review
the important disclosures referenced above, including those related to the services you will receive, the fees, costs,
and expenses you will pay, the compensation LFA and its financial professionals will receive, and LFA’s and its
financial professionals’ conflicts of interest. After reviewing these disclosures, please address any questions you may
have with your LFA financial professional.
Fee-Based Investment Advisory Program
A fee-based investment advisory program, sometimes called a “managed account,” can potentially be more appropriate for
you than a transaction-based account, such as a brokerage account, if you want ongoing investment advice and management
of your account. LFA offers a number of different investment advisory programs and services and acts as the sponsor and
broker-dealer in connection with some of those programs and services.
With a fee-based investment advisory account, you will pay an ongoing investment advisory fee based on the value of the
assets held in your account in exchange for ongoing investment advice and management of your account and related
services. This asset-based fee is LFA’s and your IAR’s primary source of compensation for the ongoing investment advice
provided by your IAR. You generally will not be charged commissions for each purchase or sale of a security or other
investment product in a fee-based investment advisory account; however, you will be charged for (1) any transaction,
trading, and execution charges that are applicable to trades and other transactions (including, but not limited to, “step-out”
trades) occurring within your account and (2) other fees, costs, and expenses applicable to your account, the brokerage and
other services provided to you and your account, and the securities and other investment products purchased, held, and sold
in your account, in each case as described in your account-opening documentation and in the prospectuses and other
disclosure documents for the securities and other investment products you purchase, hold, and sell. Transaction, trading,
and execution charges you pay are not used to compensate your IAR for their services in this type of account.
Certain investment advisory programs that LFA offers charge an “all-inclusive” bundled fee based on the value of the assets
in your account. This bundled fee usually includes a portfolio management fee, transaction, trading, and execution costs,
and investment advice and is sometimes referred to as a “wrap fee.” However, this bundled fee does not include costs
associated with transactions that are executed at broker-dealers other than the one at which your account is held.
Transactions executed at broker-dealers other than the one at which your account is held are sometimes called “step-out”
trades and are described further in Items 5 and 12 below. Fees vary depending on which LFA advisory programs and services
you use. LFA’s advisory program fees are billed either in arrears (i.e., following the completion of the applicable billing
period) or in advance (i.e., at the beginning of the applicable billing period) depending on the program you select, and your
billing methodology (i.e., in arrears or in advance) will be specified in your client service agreement, Statement of
Investment Selection or Statement of Insurance Selection, as applicable (“SIS”), or other account-opening documentation.
Fees are charged either monthly or quarterly, as specified in your client service agreement, SIS, or other account-opening
documentation, based on the assets held within your account for services including, but not limited to, ongoing investment
advice, investment selection and recommendations, asset allocation, execution of transactions (depending on the program
you are in), custody of securities, and account reporting services. Please see your client service agreement, SIS, and other
account-opening documentation for additional information. After reviewing these documents, please address any questions
you may have with your IAR.
LFA permits certain alternative or non-traditional investments, including, but not limited to, non-traded real estate
investment trusts, oil and gas programs, managed futures funds, interval funds, hedge funds, funds of hedge funds, private
equity funds, and other limited partnerships, private placements, and non-traded investment programs (collectively, “AIs”),
to be held within WealthLinc and Premier Wealth Management Program (“Premier”) accounts as “supervised” assets. The
AIs LFA permits to be held within WealthLinc and Premier accounts as supervised assets generally will be in a share class
designed or intended to be used in connection with a fee-based account. In these cases, LFA and its IARs will serve in an
investment advisory capacity with respect to the supervised AI, LFA and its IARs will provide investment advisory services
and oversight on the supervised AI as they would with other supervised assets maintained in the WealthLinc or Premier
account, and the supervised AI will be included in the calculation of the WealthLinc or Premier account’s advisory fee and
performance. If these circumstances are applicable to your AI, the AI Worksheet you complete in connection with your AI
investment or your other account documentation will inform you of the fact that your AI will be a supervised asset included
in the calculation of your WealthLinc or Premier account’s advisory fee and performance. Additionally, the quarterly
performance reports you receive from LFA in connection with your WealthLinc or Premier account will reflect your AI as
a supervised asset included in the calculation of your WealthLinc or Premier account’s advisory fee and performance. In
some TAMP (as defined below) programs described in this Brochure, the third-party investment managers use AIs in the
management of client accounts and include AI assets in their, LFA’s, and the IAR’s fee calculations and in their account
performance calculations. Please see your account-opening documentation for additional information.
Alternatively, certain AIs may only be held in WealthLinc and Premier accounts as “unsupervised” assets for consolidated
reporting purposes and convenience (e.g., in certain cases where the AI was purchased on a commission basis outside of the
WealthLinc or Premier account and is later transferred to the WealthLinc or Premier account). In these cases, LFA and its
IARs will not serve in an investment advisory capacity with respect to the unsupervised AI, LFA and its IARs will not
provide investment advisory services or oversight on the unsupervised AI, and the unsupervised AI will be excluded from
the calculation of the WealthLinc or Premier account’s advisory fee and performance. If these circumstances are applicable
to your AI, the quarterly performance reports you receive from LFA in connection with your WealthLinc or Premier account
will reflect your AI as an unsupervised asset that is not included in the calculation of your WealthLinc or Premier account’s
advisory fee and performance. While unsupervised AIs are not included in the calculation of WealthLinc or Premier account
advisory fees, clients’ unsupervised AIs are subject to all other applicable fees as described in the transaction, trading,
execution, and brokerage service fee schedules and other documentation applicable to their WealthLinc or Premier account,
including, but not limited to, AI annual custody and valuation fees.
Clients should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, costs, and expenses of an AI and particular AI share class
before investing. This and other important information is available in each AI’s prospectus, private placement memorandum,
or other offering documents, which can be obtained from your IAR. Clients should be aware that investing in AIs involves
material risks, including illiquidity risks, risks related to the difficulty in valuing certain AIs as a result of the assets in which
they invest, risks related to the inability to obtain daily or otherwise current valuations for certain AIs, and other special
risks, and that clients could lose all or portion of their AI investment. Additionally, clients should be aware that AI
investments will in certain circumstances involve additional fees and expenses, including, but not limited to, fees imposed
by AI platforms and investment vehicles through which LFA makes certain AIs available to clients.
LFA’s advisory fees generally are negotiable. Some programs, like the Premier Plus Program, charge separately for asset
management services, ongoing investment advice, and transaction costs. In such programs, you will be charged for any
transaction, trading, and execution fees, costs, and expenses that are applicable to trades and other transactions occurring
within your account, as described in your account-opening documentation, in addition to your asset-based advisory fees.
Applicable transaction, trading, execution, and other fees, costs, and expenses are described in detail in the applicable
program’s client service agreement; SIS; transaction, trading, execution, and brokerage service fee schedules; other account-
opening documentation; and Form ADV, Part 2A.
When LFA and your LFA financial professional serve as investment adviser for your fee-based account, LFA and your LFA
financial professional will be acting in their investment advisory capacities for such account and are required to act in your
best interest, without placing their financial or other interests ahead of your interests. Additionally, when LFA and your
LFA financial professional provide investment advice to you on a regular basis regarding your ERISA retirement plan
account or IRA, LFA and your LFA financial professional are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of ERISA and/or the
Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. You should be aware that LFA and
your LFA financial professional are subject to various conflicts of interest in connection with the investment advice and
other services they provide to you in connection with your fee-based accounts. These conflicts of interest result from various
arrangements, including, but not limited to, the roles LFA and your LFA financial professional play in a transaction, LFA’s
and your LFA financial professional’s compensation arrangements, and LFA’s financial and other arrangements with
custodians, clearing firms, other service providers, its affiliates, third-party product and service providers, and others.
Important information regarding these conflicts of interest is provided in LFA’s Form CRS and Forms ADV, Part 2A, as
well in the other important client disclosures available on LFA’s website, www.lfa-sagemark.com.
For additional information on LFA’s investment advisory programs and services, please see LFA’s Form CRS and
Forms ADV, Part 2A, which are available through our website at www.lfa-sagemark.com under My accounts—
Disclosures or at www.lfg.com/public/individual/adv, and through the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
LFA’s Form CRS and Forms ADV, Part 2A may also be requested by contacting LFA at (800) 237-3813 or
[email protected]. For detailed information regarding the trading/execution fees and brokerage
service charges that LFA establishes, controls, and charges clients when serving as broker-dealer of record for
WealthLinc and Premier accounts held with NFS, please see the LFA Fee Schedule, which is provided to you at
account opening, will change over time, and can be found on LFA’s website at www.lfa-sagemark.com under My
accounts—Cost.
Before consenting to any investment advisory relationship with LFA or an LFA financial professional, you should
review the important disclosures referenced above, including those related to the services you will receive, the fees,
costs, and expenses you will pay, the compensation LFA and its financial professionals will receive, and LFA’s and
its financial professionals’ conflicts of interest. After reviewing these disclosures, please address any questions you
may have with your LFA financial professional.
THIRD-PARTY INVESTMENT ADVISORY PROGRAMS
LFA offers clients access to several investment advisory and asset allocation programs sponsored by third-party asset
management firms, which are sometimes referred to as turn-key asset management programs (“TAMPs”). TAMP programs
allow clients to choose from a variety of professional investment managers. TAMPs offer clients different model portfolios
associated with different levels of risk. LFA generally does not provide asset management or portfolio management
functions for client accounts held in TAMP programs, as the assets and portfolios are managed by the TAMP sponsor and/or
one or more investment managers made available through the TAMP program. Client accounts in TAMP programs may be
invested in a number of different securities and other investment products, including, but not limited to, stocks, bonds,
mutual funds, options, annuity contracts, AIs, and exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). LFA is generally not responsible for
the selection of any securities or other investment products purchased, held, sold, or otherwise chosen as investments in
client accounts that are invested through TAMP programs, including, but not limited to, any illiquid investments, AIs,
specific mutual funds, or particular share classes. The specific services offered by TAMPs, the fees, costs, and expenses
associated with those services, and the TAMP sponsor’s and applicable investment managers’ conflicts of interest are
detailed in the applicable TAMP sponsor’s disclosure brochure and in the account-opening paperwork and client agreements
that a client completes prior to or in connection with entering into a TAMP program.
The following description provides an overview of the different TAMP programs offered through LFA. Please refer to the
relevant Form ADV, Part 2A for each TAMP or TAMP program (other than the SEI Mutual Fund Asset Allocation Program)
for a detailed explanation of each of the TAMP programs offered through LFA.
In each of the TAMP programs described below, LFA provides advisory services that include assisting clients in completing
a program questionnaire or similar client profiling tool to gather information about the client’s financial circumstances,
investment objectives, goals, risk tolerance, investment time horizon, and other pertinent information. After analyzing this
information, the IAR will assist clients by providing ongoing investment advice in connection with the selection and, if
necessary, replacement, of TAMP programs, asset allocation strategies, model portfolios, or other investment strategies
based on the client’s specific financial circumstances, needs, and goals. Any client information collected through this
process will be shared among LFA, the IAR, the TAMP sponsor, the investment managers selected, the custodian, and the
other parties performing services in connection with the client’s TAMP account.
LFA researches, selects, and periodically reviews the TAMP programs that it offers to clients. In conducting TAMP
evaluations and oversight, LFA uses information provided by TAMP program sponsors and may also use independent data
sources. While LFA periodically reviews the performance and other characteristics of the TAMP programs that it offers,
clients should understand that, like any investment strategy, asset allocation, model portfolio, or investment portfolio, the
past performance of TAMP programs is no guarantee of the TAMP programs’ future performance. Additionally, forecasts
of future performance of financial markets or specific TAMP programs may prove to be incorrect for various reasons.
Further, clients should understand that while diversification can potentially help spread risk throughout an investment
portfolio, diversification alone does not guarantee a profit or protect against a loss. Finally, clients should understand that
different asset classes have different risk and potential return profiles and will perform differently in different market
conditions.
When a client is considering a TAMP program, their IAR will typically present them with an investment strategy report,
proposal, or other documentation that summarizes the TAMP program’s recommendations based on the financial and other
information provided by the client. The IAR may, if appropriate and permitted under the relevant program, suggest
modifications to the program’s recommendations to address client-specific needs. Additionally, the client has the ability to
place reasonable restrictions on the management of their TAMP accounts. Once a client has selected a TAMP program in
consultation with their IAR, the particular asset allocation strategy, model portfolio, or investment strategy that the client
has selected will be implemented using the mutual funds and/or other securities and investment products offered through
the relevant program. The client will typically appoint the TAMP program sponsor and/or the investment managers they
have selected as their attorney-in-fact and delegate discretionary trading authority to those parties. This delegation of
discretionary trading authority allows the TAMP program sponsor and/or the selected investment managers to buy and sell
securities in the client’s account without the client’s prior approval for each transaction. Unless otherwise agreed to by LFA,
the IAR, and the client, LFA and the IAR generally will not have any responsibility or authority to buy or sell securities in
client accounts held in TAMP programs, to choose the initial or ongoing allocation of client assets held in TAMP programs,
or to select TAMP sponsors and/or investment managers. The duties of all parties, including the client, LFA, the IAR, the
TAMP sponsor, and applicable investment managers, are described in detail in your client agreement and other account-
opening documentation and the Forms ADV, Part 2A of the TAMP program sponsor and applicable third-party investment
managers. Clients should review these documents carefully and address any questions they may have with their IAR before
opening an account with any TAMP sponsor.
If the client’s investment objectives or financial situation change after their TAMP account is opened, or the client would
like to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of their TAMP account (or modify reasonable restrictions, if any,
previously placed on their TAMP account), the client should promptly notify their IAR, who will notify the TAMP program
sponsor.
The TAMP program sponsor, third-party investment managers selected, and/or their affiliates and service providers are
responsible for creating and sending reports to clients, including transaction reports, performance reports, and tax reports.
LFA and its IARs do not independently audit TAMP program performance information to determine or verify its accuracy
and do not calculate or audit the performance or other reports that TAMP program sponsors send to clients. Clients are
strongly encouraged to carefully review the TAMP sponsor’s and third-party investment managers’ disclosures regarding
prior performance with their IAR to determine the relevance of the prior performance to the client’s account. LFA also
strongly encourages clients to review the account statements provided by their custodian and compare those statements to
any reports or statements provided by the TAMP program. After reviewing these statements and reports, clients should
address any questions they may have with their IAR.
Solicitor Programs
While LFA has generally stopped offering TAMP programs to new clients through “solicitor” arrangements where LFA
acts as a solicitor and refers clients to a TAMP, LFA does refer clients to certain TAMPs and third-party investment
managers through solicitor or similar referral arrangements in very limited circumstances. Additionally, certain client
accounts previously referred to TAMPs and third-party investment managers under now terminated solicitor arrangements
remain active. In a solicitor arrangement, a TAMP sponsor or investment manager agrees to compensate LFA for providing
them with client referrals. In these cases, LFA and the IAR receive referral fees for making the referral, which are generally
referred to as “Solicitor Fees.” In most cases, Solicitor Fees are calculated as a percentage of the client assets that the TAMP
sponsor and/or third-party investment manager manages; however, there are instances where Solicitor Fees are paid under
alternative arrangements. Solicitor Fees are disclosed to clients and prospective clients as and when required by the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder. In many cases,
LFA and the IAR maintain an ongoing relationship with referred clients and may meet with referred clients periodically to
assist them in reviewing the accounts managed by the TAMP or investment manager and to discuss other relevant financial
matters. It is important for clients to understand that when LFA acts as a solicitor by referring clients to TAMPs or third-
party investment managers, LFA does not provide investment advice to the client and does not act in a fiduciary or
investment advisory capacity with respect to the referred client’s accounts with the TAMP or investment manager. For
information regarding the conflicts of interest that LFA and its IARs have in connection with “solicitor” and other referral
programs, please see Item 14, Client Referrals and Other Compensation, below.
Co-Advisory Programs
Except in the very limited circumstances described above under the heading “Solicitor Programs,” LFA offers only co-
advisory TAMP programs to new clients. When LFA and a TAMP sponsor have a co-advisory agreement, each party acts
in an investment advisory and fiduciary capacity to the client. In these programs, LFA and the IAR are responsible for
recommending a TAMP program and investment strategy that are suitable for and in the best interest of the client based
upon their review of the client’s financial situation, investment objectives, investment time horizon, risk tolerance, and other
relevant information. The TAMP sponsor (or its selected investment managers or sub-advisers) generally is responsible for
implementing and managing the client’s portfolio in accordance with the selected investment strategy, including by selecting
securities and other investment products for the client’s account.
The responsibilities of all parties, including the client, LFA, the IAR, the TAMP sponsor, and applicable investment
managers, are described in detail in your client agreement and other account-opening documentation and the Forms ADV,
Part 2A of the TAMP program sponsor and applicable third-party investment managers. Clients should review these
documents carefully and address any questions they may have with their IAR before opening an account with any TAMP
sponsor.
The following are brief descriptions of the co-advisory TAMP programs currently being offered to LFA clients. These brief
descriptions are provided for informational purposes only and are not intended to replace or fully summarize the detailed
information provided in your TAMP program’s Form ADV, Part 2A, client agreement, and other account-opening
documents, which provide detailed information regarding the services offered through the TAMP program, each party’s
responsibilities in connection with the TAMP program, applicable investment minimums, the investment advisory and other
fees, costs, and expenses you will incur, the TAMP sponsor’s and investment managers’ conflicts of interest, and other
important matters. As such, you should rely on the detailed information provided in your TAMP program’s Form ADV,
Part 2A, client agreement, and other account-opening documents when deciding whether to participate in a TAMP program
offered through LFA, and you should address any questions you may have with your IAR before proceeding. Each TAMP
program’s Form ADV, Part 2A is available from your IAR and on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, and will
be provided to you at or before account opening.
SEI Investments Management Corporation
LFA has an agreement with SEI Investments Management Corporation (“SIMC”), SEI Private Trust Company, and SEI
Global Services, Inc. (collectively, “SEI”) under which LFA offers various asset allocation and investment advisory
programs sponsored by SEI. SEI offers an investment management approach that uses actively managed asset allocation to
help meet the client’s objectives. SEI offers a style-specific, multi-manager investment approach to pursue less volatile
long-term performance and attempt to reduce risk. In addition, SEI monitors for style drift that might generate
uncompensated risk. Client portfolios
are designed with a diversified asset allocation to provide flexibility to address client
needs. SEI provides clients with a monthly consolidated statement, quarterly performance reports, and an annual tax report.
SEI’s programs may use global diversification and tax-efficient strategies to help reduce realized capital gains and tax
liability. SEI imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment requirements
may be modified, waived, or negotiated at SEI’s discretion.
In addition to the various SEI programs that LFA offers through a co-adviser model, LFA also offers clients access to the
SEI Mutual Fund Asset Allocation Program. This program offers clients access to actively managed asset allocation
portfolios comprised exclusively of no-load mutual funds advised by SIMC (“SEI Funds”). The asset allocation portfolios
are constructed and maintained by SIMC based on its capital market assumptions and other criteria SIMC, in its sole
discretion, determines is relevant. The IARs assist clients in selecting a specific asset allocation portfolio that is appropriate
for the client based on information the client supplies in response to an investment questionnaire. The client directs the IAR
to instruct SEI to purchase and sell SEI Funds pursuant to the asset allocation portfolio and rebalancing parameters selected
by the client. In this program, SEI does not serve in a co-adviser capacity with LFA and LFA serves as the sole investment
adviser to your account.
AssetMark, Inc.
LFA offers the following asset allocation and other advisory services sponsored by AssetMark, Inc. (“AssetMark”).
AssetMark’s Asset Allocation System
LFA and the IARs offer AssetMark’s asset allocation system, in which clients are introduced to investment managers who
provide discretionary management of individual portfolios of equity and/or fixed-income securities. Clients may also invest
in model portfolios of mutual funds, ETFs, and variable annuity sub-accounts created and maintained by institutional
investment strategists. AssetMark imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum
investment requirements may be modified, waived, or negotiated at AssetMark’s discretion.
LFA and the IARs do not have any responsibility or authority to determine the investment managers made available through
the AssetMark platform or to add or remove investment managers from AssetMark’s platform. In addition, LFA and the
IARs have no responsibility to determine how AssetMark or the investment managers allocate client assets, to buy or sell
securities or other investment products for client accounts, or to select broker-dealers with which transactions will be
effected. All decisions with respect to the availability of investment managers and other service providers are made by
AssetMark. The selection of specific investment managers and broker-dealers used in connection with a specific client
account will be made by the client during the account-opening process or by subsequently providing authorization of any
such selection to LFA, the IAR, and/or AssetMark. Trading authorization will be granted by client to AssetMark or another
investment manager under the terms of the investment advisory agreement governing the AssetMark program.
AssetMark’s Retirement Services
LFA and the IARs also offer AssetMark’s retirement services through which AssetMark’s Retirement Services division
provides investment advisory services to employer-sponsored retirement plans. AssetMark’s investment advisory services
include the development of investment alternatives, including individual mutual funds, ETFs, and managed account
solutions, that retirement plan sponsors can include in their employer-sponsored retirement plans. These services are offered
in connection with various retirement plan recordkeeping services and custodians with which AssetMark has developed
connectivity to deliver its services. LFA, through its IARs, will assist the retirement plan sponsor in selecting AssetMark to
provide investment advisory services, and may perform one or more of the following services with respect to the retirement
plan: educating and supporting the responsible plan fiduciary; periodic review of the plan’s investment policy statement;
review of the plan’s investment product section, the plan’s designated investment alternatives, and/or the plan’s qualified
default investment alternative; assisting with plan service provider evaluation, selection, and oversight processes; review of
third-party investment managers and investment advice providers; facilitating group enrollment meetings and participant
investment education; and assisting participants with financial wellness education, retirement readiness, and gap analyses.
The respective roles and responsibilities of all parties, including acknowledgements of fiduciary status under ERISA, as
applicable, are set forth in the service agreements and related documents executed by clients electing these services,
including the AssetMark Retirement Services Division Client Services Agreement and Application.
AssetMark also offers asset allocation and related investment advisory services to retirement plan participants of 403(b)
plans for which Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services or TIAA CREF is an authorized provider under the participant’s
retirement plan. AssetMark’s asset allocation and related investment advisory services are limited to the investment options
that are made available in the participant’s retirement plan by the plan sponsor. LFA, through its IARs, will assist the
retirement plan participant in selecting AssetMark to provide investment advisory services, and in determining which, if
any, of the asset allocation models provided by AssetMark are appropriate in light of the plan participant’s financial goals,
risk tolerance, and investment time horizon, and other relevant factors. The respective roles and responsibilities of all parties,
including acknowledgements of fiduciary status under ERISA, as applicable, are set forth in the service agreements and
related documents executed by clients electing these services, including the AssetMark Retirement Services Division Client
Services Agreement and Application.
Additional information regarding the services that AssetMark provides through its Retirement Services division, including
important information about fees, risks, and conflicts of interest, can be found in the AssetMark Retirement Services Form
ADV, Part 2A, which is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Clients interested in these services are
encouraged to review the AssetMark Retirement Services Form ADV, Part 2A, the AssetMark Retirement Services Division
Client Services Agreement and Application, and all other service agreements and related documents and disclosures in
detail before making any investment decisions.
Morningstar Investment Services LLC
LFA offers clients the Morningstar® Managed PortfoliosSM Program sponsored by Morningstar Investment Services LLC
(“MIS”). This investment advisory program includes access to mutual fund asset allocation and focused strategy portfolios
(“Mutual Fund Portfolios”), ETF strategy portfolios (“ETF Portfolios”), and select stock basket strategy portfolios (“Stock
Portfolios”). MIS imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment requirements
may be modified, waived, or negotiated at MIS’s discretion. Clients will sign an investment management agreement giving
MIS discretionary authority to buy and sell mutual funds, ETFs, stocks, and other securities, as appropriate, in order to
invest and manage the client’s assets based on the client’s selected portfolio and any restrictions. Rebalancing will typically
occur quarterly and reallocation will occur as frequently as MIS considers necessary.
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC (d/b/a Brinker Capital Investments)
Orion Portfolio Solutions, LLC (“Orion”) provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services to
meet the needs of individual clients. Orion offers various model portfolio and asset allocation programs that utilize various
investment vehicles, including separate account managers, stocks, bonds, mutual funds (including both Orion-affiliated and
unaffiliated mutual funds), ETFs, real estate investment trusts, master limited partnerships, variable annuity subaccounts,
and/or other securities and investment products. Additionally, Orion offers a customized separately managed account
platform, which may also include privately placed or publicly traded pooled investment vehicles (such as hedge funds,
mutual funds, and exchange-traded products). Orion imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those
minimum investment requirements may be modified, waived, or negotiated at Orion’s discretion.
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC
Mount Yale Investment Advisors, LLC (“Mount Yale”) provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment
management services to meet the needs of individual clients and offers investment management services including strategies
comprised of mutual funds, ETFs, exchange traded notes, AIs selected by Mount Yale, and/or individual securities. Mount
Yale imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment requirements may be
modified, waived, or negotiated at Mount Yale’s discretion.
Symmetry Partners, LLC
Symmetry Partners, LLC (“Symmetry”) provides discretionary investment management services to meet the needs of
individual clients. Symmetry creates and maintains model portfolios using mutual funds and/or ETFs. Symmetry imposes
minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment requirements may be modified, waived,
or negotiated at Symmetry’s discretion.
City National Rochdale, LLC
City National Rochdale, LLC (“City National Rochdale”) provides discretionary investment management services to meet
the needs of individual clients with portfolios of $1 million and above. City National Rochdale creates model portfolios or
provides individualized management services utilizing stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, ETFs, and other securities.
City National Rochdale imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment
requirements may be modified, waived, or negotiated at City National Rochdale’s discretion.
Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd.
Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd. (“Flexible Plan”) provides discretionary investment management services to meet the needs
of individual clients. Flexible Plan’s services encompass various strategies with differing objectives to enable clients to
receive personalized investment management utilizing mutual funds, ETFs, and/or variable annuity subaccounts. Flexible
Plan imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and those minimum investment requirements may be
modified, waived, or negotiated at Flexible Plan’s discretion.
The Pacific Financial Group, Inc.
The Pacific Financial Group, Inc. (“Pacific”) provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services
to meet the needs of individual clients. Pacific offers and maintains model portfolios containing mutual funds and ETFs,
and/or Pacific’s separately managed accounts. Pacific imposes minimum investment requirements for its programs and
those minimum investment requirements may be modified, waived, or negotiated at Pacific’s discretion.
Limited Arrangements
LFA offers other TAMP or asset management programs in addition to those listed above on a limited basis. This may occur
when a financial professional joins LFA and was using another firm for asset management services at their prior firm, or
where there is another unique need that isn’t met by the other TAMP programs that LFA offers. This may also occur when
LFA has historical or legacy TAMP or asset manager arrangements but has not yet closed the programs and required clients
to move to new programs.
For detailed information on each of these TAMP programs, including detailed information regarding the services offered
through the TAMP program, each party’s responsibilities in connection with the TAMP program, applicable investment
minimums, the investment advisory and other fees, costs, and expenses you will incur, the TAMP sponsor’s and investment
managers’ conflicts of interest, and other important matters, please refer to your account-opening documentation (including
your client agreement) and the applicable investment adviser’s or TAMP program’s Form ADV, Part 2A, which is available
from your IAR and on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, and will be provided to you at or before account
opening.
RETIREMENT PLAN CONSULTING PROGRAM
LFA offers various retirement plan consulting services that are designed to assist sponsors (“Sponsors”) of employer-
sponsored retirement plans (“Plans”) and Plan participants and beneficiaries (collectively, “Retirement Plan Services”).
LFA provides Retirement Plan Services through IARs and charges fees for Retirement Plan Services as described in this
Brochure and LFA’s Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement (the “Agreement”).
LFA provides Retirement Plan Services through both transaction-based client engagements and fee-based client
engagements. For transaction-based client engagements, IARs only provide point-in-time recommendations on the sale of
retirement plan products and other point-in-time services. For fee-based client engagements, IARs may offer ERISA
fiduciary investment advice regarding the Plan’s Designated Investment Alternatives (“DIAs” or more commonly known
as the Plan’s “fund lineup”) and Qualified Default Investment Alternative (“QDIA”), along with other services to Plans,
Sponsors, and Plan participants. In certain limited arrangements as agreed to in writing between a Sponsor and LFA, LFA
may also provide Plan participants with limited point-in-time advice.
When providing Retirement Plan Services to a Plan and/or Sponsor, LFA will solely be making recommendations to the
Sponsor and the Sponsor retains full discretionary authority and control over the Plan’s assets. When providing Retirement
Plan Services to a Plan participant, LFA will solely be making recommendations to participant and participant retains full
discretionary authority and control over assets of the participant’s account. Sponsor may engage LFA to perform Retirement
Plan Services by providing information about the Plan, including, but not limited to, the Plan design, Plan objectives,
investment objectives, investment risk tolerance, demographics about Plan participants, and information about the Plan’s
third-party service providers, and by executing an Agreement. LFA will provide Sponsor a current copy of this Brochure
and the Agreement for review. The Agreement describes the terms of the arrangement between LFA and Sponsor, including
a description of the Retirement Plan Services to be provided and the fees to be charged by LFA. By signing the Agreement,
Sponsor represents that Sponsor has received sufficient information and determined that the Retirement Plan Services
selected are: (i) necessary for the operation of the Plan and (ii) reasonable and appropriate taking into account the
compensation to be paid to LFA and IARs for the Retirement Plan Services and their related conflicts of interest. Sponsor
must sign and submit the Agreement to LFA before LFA performs any Retirement Plan Services.
When LFA and your LFA financial professional provide investment advice to you on a regular basis regarding your ERISA
retirement plan account or IRA, LFA and your LFA financial professional are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of
ERISA and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts.
LFA currently offers the following Retirement Plan Services:
Sponsor Services
Educating and Supporting Plan Fiduciary/Committee. IAR will educate the Sponsor or other applicable plan fiduciary
(the “Plan Fiduciary”) on considerations relevant to reviewing and/or establishing the Plan committee and/or protocols
designed to help the Plan Fiduciary establish processes and governance to prudently manage and administer the Plan. The
Plan Fiduciary is solely responsible for appointing or removing Plan committee members and for determining the policies
and procedures for management and oversight of the Plan. IARs may provide training to Plan Fiduciary and/or Plan
committee members about their fiduciary duties upon reasonable request and help the Plan committee coordinate regular
meetings. Upon reasonable request, IARs may educate the Plan Fiduciary and Plan committee regarding the Plan’s structure,
metrics, services, and expenses as compared to similar retirement plans (e.g., participation rates, employer contributions,
vesting time frames, loan availability, etc.). The Plan Fiduciary will retain decision-making authority with respect to the
structure and features of the Plan. IARs may also update the Plan Fiduciary about current and proposed regulatory and
legislative initiatives, and the potential impact to the existing procedures for the operation and oversight of the Plan.
Periodic Review of the Plan’s Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”). IAR will periodically review the Plan’s IPS as
provided by the Plan Fiduciary in the context of Plan objectives. IAR will assist the Plan Fiduciary in establishing
governance related to the Plan’s investment policies and IPS. IAR may educate the Plan Fiduciary about investment theories
including investment objectives, risk return characteristics, historical return, and prospectus information on investment
alternatives available through the Plan’s provider, which the Plan Fiduciary may use in developing and/or updating the
Plan’s IPS. The Plan Fiduciary retains decision-making authority with respect to the terms and conditions of the IPS.
Advice Regarding the Plan’s DIAs and QDIA. Based on the Plan’s IPS or other guidelines established by the Plan, IAR
will review the investment options available to the Plan and will make recommendations to assist the Plan Fiduciary with
respect to selecting the DIAs to be offered to Plan participants, and with respect to selecting or replacing the QDIA. Once
the Plan Fiduciary selects the DIAs and QDIA, IAR will, on a periodic basis and/or upon reasonable request, provide reports,
information, and recommendations to assist the Plan Fiduciary in fulfilling the Plan Fiduciary’s duty to monitor the Plan’s
investments. If the Plan Fiduciary elects to remove a DIA, IAR will provide information, analysis, and recommendations to
assist the Plan Fiduciary with the evaluation of replacement investment alternatives. The Plan Fiduciary retains decision-
making authority to select, remove, and/or replace Plan investments.
Point-in-Time Review and Monitoring Support of the Plan’s Investment Product Selection, DIAs, and/or QDIA. Based
on the Plan’s IPS or other guidelines established by the Plan as provided to the IAR, the IAR will review the investment
product(s) available to the Plan and may make one-time, point-in-time recommendations to the Plan Fiduciary with respect
to selecting the investment product(s). The IAR may also provide one-time, point-in-time assistance to the Plan Fiduciary
in selecting the initial list of DIAs (commonly referred to as the Plan’s investment lineup) to be offered to Plan participants,
and the selection of the QDIA. Once the Plan Fiduciary selects the investment product(s), DIAs, and QDIA, IAR may, on
a periodic basis and/or upon reasonable request, provide reports and information to assist the Plan Fiduciary with monitoring
the DIAs. The Plan Fiduciary retains decision-making authority to select, remove, and/or replace Plan investment products,
DIAs, and the QDIA.
Assisting With Plan Service Provider Evaluation, Selection, and Oversight Processes. IAR may assist the Plan Fiduciary
with establishing a process to evaluate, select, and monitor the Plan’s service providers. IAR may use third-party tools and
publicly available data to assist the Plan Fiduciary with benchmarking the fees charged by a service provider. The Plan
Fiduciary retains decision-making authority to select, remove, and/or replace the Plan’s service providers. These services
may include any of the following:
IAR may assist the Plan Fiduciary in establishing procedures to track the receipt of and evaluate disclosures
provided by “covered” service providers under Section 408(b)(2) of ERISA;
IAR may assist the Plan Fiduciary with creating formal requests for proposals from prospective service providers;
collecting, evaluating, and analyzing the responses; and coordinating final interviews and presentations;
IAR may assist Plan Fiduciary with converting, dissolving, or merging Plans, or changing one or more service
providers with respect to a Plan; and/or
IAR may act as a liaison with the Plan’s third-party service providers on behalf of Plan Fiduciary.
Point-in-Time Review and Monitoring Support of Third-Party Investment Managers and Investment Advice Providers.
Based on the Plan’s IPS or other investment guidelines established by the Plan and provided to the IAR, the IAR will review
the third-party investment managers and investment advice providers, including service providers designated as “3(21)” and
“3(38)” fiduciary service providers, available to the Plan and may provide point-in-time assistance to the Plan Fiduciary in
selecting a third-party adviser or investment manager to advise on and/or manage some or all of the Plan’s DIAs, QDIA, or
other Plan investments. Once the Plan Fiduciary selects one or more investment managers or investment advisers, IAR may
provide reports and information, on a periodic basis or upon reasonable request, to assist the Plan Fiduciary with monitoring
the third-party advisers or investment managers. The Plan Fiduciary will retain final decision-making authority with respect
to the third-party advisers and investment managers used in connection with the Plan.
Participant Services
Facilitate Group Enrollment Meetings and Participant Investment Education. IAR will conduct periodic group
enrollment and educational meetings with employees and educational meetings with Plan participants and beneficiaries.
IAR may provide information and materials that inform a participant or beneficiary about the benefits of Plan participation,
the benefits of increasing Plan contributions, the impact of pre-retirement withdrawals on retirement income, the terms of
the Plan, including the Plan’s service fees and expenses, or the operation of the Plan. IAR may also provide educational
information concerning the Plan’s DIAs (the Plan’s investment lineup), such as general descriptions of various asset classes,
investment objectives and philosophies, risk and return characteristics, historical return information, and may refer the
participants and beneficiaries to the prospectuses of the Plan’s DIAs. IAR may also provide information and materials that
inform a Plan participant or beneficiary about: (i) general financial and investment concepts, such as risk and return,
diversification, dollar cost averaging, compounded return, and tax deferred investment; (ii) historical differences in rates of
return between different asset classes (e.g., equities, bonds, or cash) based on standard market indices; (iii) effects of
inflation; (iv) estimating future retirement income needs; (v) determining investment time horizons; and (vi) assessing risk
tolerance. The information and materials described above relate to the Plan and Plan participation, without reference to the
appropriateness of any specific DIA for a particular participant or beneficiary under the Plan or are general financial and
investment information that have no direct relationship to the Plan’s DIAs. In conducting this service, IARs will not provide
Plan participants or beneficiaries with “investment advice” as that term is defined under ERISA.
Assist Participants with Financial Wellness Education, Retirement Readiness, and/or Gap Analysis. IAR may conduct
group meetings with Plan participants and beneficiaries to provide information about how to assess their retirement income
needs. Using tools available through the Plan or approved third parties, IAR will help Plan participants and beneficiaries
conduct “gap” analyses to determine whether their current investment objectives and savings rates are sufficient to provide
for future income needs during retirement. IAR may help Plan participants and beneficiaries create retirement income plans.
The information and materials described above relate to the Plan and Plan participation, without reference to the
appropriateness of any specific DIA for a particular participant or beneficiary under the Plan or are general financial and
investment information that have no direct relationship to the Plan’s DIAs.
Participant Investment Advice. IAR will meet individually with a Plan participant upon reasonable request by such Plan
participant to collect information necessary to identify the participant’s investment objectives, risk tolerance, time horizon,
and other pertinent information. IAR will provide investment advice to assist the participant with investing the participant’s
assets held in the Plan, using the investment products available to the Plan, the Plan’s DIAs, model portfolios available in
the Plan, if any, or in selecting one or more investment managers available through the Plan. Unless otherwise agreed upon
in writing, all investment advice will be as of the point in time at which such investment advice is given, and the IAR will
have no ongoing duty or obligation to monitor the participant’s account. Unless the participant grants trading authority to
IAR, an investment manager, or another party through a separate written document, participant will retain sole discretion
over the investment of participant’s account.
Potential Additional Retirement Services Provided Outside of the Agreement with the Sponsor
In providing Retirement Plan Services, LFA and its IARs may establish a client relationship with one or more Plan
participants or beneficiaries. Such client relationships develop in various ways, including, without limitation: (i) as a result
of a decision by the participant or beneficiary to purchase services from LFA not involving the use of Plan assets; (ii) as
part of an individual or family financial plan for which any specific recommendations concerning the allocation of assets or
investment recommendations relate exclusively to assets held outside of the Plan; or (iii) through an IRA rollover. If LFA
is providing Retirement Plan Services to a Plan, IARs may, when requested by a Plan participant or beneficiary, arrange to
provide services to that participant or beneficiary through a separate agreement that excludes any investment advice on Plan
assets (but may consider the participant’s or beneficiary’s interest in the Plan in providing that service). If a Plan participant
or beneficiary desires to effect an IRA rollover, LFA may provide the participant or beneficiary with a written explanation
of the options available to the Plan participant or beneficiary. Any final decision to effect the IRA rollover or about what to
do with the IRA rollover assets remains that of the participant or beneficiary.
LFA and its affiliates provide securities brokerage and other Retirement Plan Services to Plans and receive variable
compensation for those services. LFA has a conflict of interest when it recommends its Retirement Plan Services and those
of its affiliates because LFA, its employees, and its IARs benefit from the compensation paid to LFA and directly or
indirectly receive all or a portion of the fees and other compensation paid by Retirement Plan Services clients. Those clients
may also use other products and services available from or through LFA and in such cases will pay additional compensation,
which is shared between LFA and the IARs. This practice creates a conflict of interest that gives LFA and its IARs a
financial incentive to recommend Retirement Plan Services based on the compensation they receive, rather than on a client’s
needs. Additionally, fees and commissions are higher for some products, services, accounts, and Retirement Plan Services,
and the compensation and profitability to LFA, its IARs, and their affiliates from some products, services, accounts, and
Retirement Plan Services are greater than the compensation and profitability resulting from other available products,
services, accounts, and Retirement Plan Services. This creates a conflict of interest for LFA and its IARs given their financial
incentive to recommend that clients use the products, services, accounts, and Retirement Plan Services that generate the
highest rate and amount of compensation and profitability to them, rather than other available products, services, accounts,
and Retirement Plan Services that generate relatively lower or no compensation and profitability for them. LFA addresses
these conflicts of interest by, among other things, disclosing them to you.
As part of LFA’s service of providing recommendations regarding the selection and monitoring of investment managers,
QDIAs, or DIAs, LFA may provide a Sponsor with a list of investments, including mutual funds, to consider as options for
the Plan, and may provide a list of investment managers to manage the assets of the Plan. The Sponsor retains full decision-
making authority with respect to the selection of all Plan investments and investment managers. LFA will consider
information provided by the Sponsor about the Plan when assisting with or making recommendations about the Plan’s IPS.
It is important that information provided by Sponsor be complete, accurate, and current. Changes in the information will
impact what assistance or recommendations may be made, so it is important that LFA and IARs be accurately and timely
informed of any information that may be relevant to the Plan, as well as changes to previously provided information.
All investments involve material risk and investment performance can never be predicted or guaranteed. The values of Plan
accounts will fluctuate (perhaps significantly) due to market conditions, manager performance, and various other factors.
Using any benchmark or index in connection with the Retirement Plan Services is no promise or guarantee that the
performance of the Plan’s particular investments will experience the same results, including the results shown on the various
reports that are delivered as part of the Retirement Plan Services. The Sponsor or Plan participants and beneficiaries retain
all investment discretion over Plan assets. Each is free to make their own investment decisions. No one is required to accept
any assistance or follow any recommendations provided by LFA or IARs as part of the Retirement Plan Services. If the
Plan adopts LFA’s and its IARs’ recommendations regarding the allocation or rebalancing among model portfolios or
recommendations of investment managers, the responsible Sponsor or Plan participant or beneficiary can freely change
allocations or managers. LFA uses and may provide to Sponsor data or information provided by third parties when providing
Retirement Plan Services. While LFA reasonably believes that the information or data it receives from these third parties is
reliable, it does not promise that it is accurate, current, or consistently available. Sponsor is responsible for all tax liabilities
arising from any transactions, including any liabilities arising from the failure to maintain the qualified status of a Plan
receiving Retirement Plan Services.
Any report containing a proposed asset allocation model is based upon a number of factors, which may include the
demographics of Plan participants, current asset allocations, and the value of the assets. LFA may change asset allocations
and investment options within the model portfolios and has no obligation to revise the report or otherwise advise Sponsor
if a model or any of LFA’s assumptions change in the future. The analyses and suggested asset allocations contained in the
reports may be based on historical financial data, assumptions about future financial trends (including market appreciation
or decline, rates of return and risks for various asset classes), assumptions about applicable laws and regulations, and
appropriate financial planning strategies. Any analyses or other information contained in or with the reports regarding
various investment outcomes are not guarantees of future results. The reports do not provide advice regarding the Plan’s
specific securities or other investments. Therefore, it is important for the Sponsor to monitor current events, such as changes
in tax laws and in the financial markets, which may affect the Sponsor’s decisions about the Plan. The return rates and dollar
figures contained in reports may not include all applicable investment or other fees, costs, or expenses; thus, any results
shown will be reduced by such fees, costs, and expenses. Also, assumptions as to federal income tax rates, state income tax
rates, and estate taxes reflected in reports are general estimates, unless otherwise indicated.