Firm Description
Beaird Harris Wealth Management, LLC (“Adviser”) has been operating as an investment advisory firm since 1996.
Adviser primarily conducts its business under the name Beaird Harris.
Principal Owner
Adviser’s principal owner and President is Pat C. Beaird.
Types of Advisory Services
Adviser is a fee-only Registered Investment Advisor that provides a variety of investment advisory and financial planning
services to clients. Adviser provides investment advisory services, furnishes investment advice through consultations and
furnishes advice to clients on matters not involving securities.
Adviser offers advice on the following types of investments: equity securities, corporate debt securities, commercial
paper, certificates of deposit, municipal securities, and other investment company securities including variable life
insurance, variable annuities, mutual fund shares, exchange traded funds, U.S. government securities, certain non-
traded business development companies focusing on private credit, and partnership investing.
Adviser provides general advice on all types of investments that are in the client’s portfolio when the client begins an
advisory relationship with Adviser. The Adviser does not generally recommend new investments in any type of security
that is not listed above.
From time to time, clients may hold securities for which Adviser does not recommend buy or sell transactions; however,
due to either capital gains considerations, or the client’s instructions, the client may choose to hold the security and to
have it considered in the client’s overall portfolio allocation. In these cases, Adviser will attempt to identify which
category the security is most appropriately allocated to and will then consider it as part of that category when analyzing
the client’s overall portfolio allocation and rebalancing needs.
Adviser is affiliated with the accounting firm of Beaird Harris, PLLC through common ownership and control. Clients and
prospective clients should review Item 10 below for more information about this relationship and the conflicts of
interest that it presents.
Investment Advisory and Financial Planning Services
Adviser provides investment advisory services combined with initial and ongoing financial planning services.
The investment advisory services include continuous account monitoring, investment advice, and executing investment
transactions based on the individual needs of the client. Adviser will design an investment strategy for each client based
on asset allocation and using Modern Portfolio Theory and will make investments for the client based on that strategy.
See additional information under Item 8.
The type of financial planning services and level of detail of the services varies depending on the client’s objectives. In
general, the initial and ongoing financial planning services (as applicable) address any or all of the following areas of
concern:
• Personal – Debt management, personal liability, estate planning and financial goals.
• Tax and Cash Flow – Income tax and spending analysis and planning for past, current and future years. The
impact of various investments on the client’s current income tax and future tax liability can be illustrated.
• Death and Disability – Cash needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents, estate planning and
disability income analysis.
• College Planning – Review of escalating college costs and analysis of alternative strategies to best help the client
accomplish his plans for college funding.
• Retirement – Analysis of current strategies and investment plans to help the client achieve his retirement goals.
• Investments – Analysis of investment alternatives and their effect on a client’s portfolio.
Adviser provides this service (as applicable) to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations, corporations and other business entities.
Adviser manages advisory accounts on a discretionary basis. Account supervision is guided by the stated objectives of
the client (i.e., ultra-aggressive, aggressive growth, moderate growth, conservative growth, defensive, fixed income).
Adviser gathers required information through in-depth personal, telephone, or video conference interviews. Information
gathered includes client’s current
financial status, future goals and attitudes towards risk. Adviser is not required to
verify any information received from the client or the client’s other professionals. It is the responsibility of the client to
promptly notify Adviser if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment objectives. Adviser will rely
on this information when preparing a written report for the client and when making investment decisions. Initial
implementation of financial planning recommendations are entirely at the client’s discretion.
Pensions Plans and Participant Directed Retirement Plans
Adviser also provides investment advisory and consulting services to pension plans and participant directed retirement
plans under the terms and conditions of either a management agreement or consulting agreement, as applicable. For
pension plan engagements, the Adviser provides discretionary account management in a similar, if not identical, manner
to its services described above. For consulting engagements, Adviser assists the Plan sponsor with the selection of an
investment platform from which Plan participants make their respective investment choices, and, to the extent engaged
to do so, also provides corresponding education to assist the participants with their decision making process.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Adviser’s total assets under management were as follows:
Discretionary = $ 1,649,892,056.55
Non-Discretionary = $ 19,944,681.72
Total = $ 1,669,836,738.27
Miscellaneous Disclosure Regarding Rollover Recommendations
A client or prospect leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement plan (and may
engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over
the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) rollover to an Individual
Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in
adverse tax consequences). Adviser may recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which Adviser
provides investment advisory services. As a result, Adviser and its representatives may earn an asset-based fee. In
contrast, a recommendation that a client or prospective client leave their plan assets with their previous employer or
roll over the assets to a plan sponsored by a new employer will generally result in no compensation to Adviser. Adviser
therefore has an economic incentive to encourage a client to roll plan assets into an IRA that Adviser will manage, which
presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict of interest, there are various factors that Adviser will consider
before recommending a rollover, including but not limited to: (i) the investment options available in the plan versus the
investment options available in an IRA, (ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees and expenses in an IRA, (iii) the
services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment professionals versus those of Adviser, (iv) protection of assets from
creditors and legal judgments, (v) required minimum distributions and age considerations, and (vi) employer stock tax
consequences, if any. When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are also fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make
money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best
interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. All rollover recommendations are also reviewed by the Adviser’s Chief
Compliance Officer in an effort to determine that the recommendation to a client was reasonable or that the client has
determined to make the rollover after being provided ample information about their options. No client is under any
obligation to roll over plan assets to an IRA advised by Adviser or to engage Adviser to monitor and/or advise on the
account while maintained with the client's employer. The Adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to
address any questions that a client or prospective client has regarding this disclosure.