Allen, Mooney & Barnes Investment Advisors, LLC, an SEC-registered investment adviser
doing business as AMB Wealth, LLC. (“AMB”) was established in June 2001, originally as Allen
& Mooney Investments, LLC. AMB is wholly owned by FAIM Investments, LLC. The principal
owners of FAIM Investments LLC are M.H. Allen, Jr., and Vernon Queen, LLC. Mr. Gordon
Maner is our Chief Executive Officer. Vernon Queen, LLC is wholly owned by Gordon Maner.
Mr. Maner is actively involved in the management of AMB.
In addition to AMB, FAIM Investments, LLC owns our two affiliated companies, Allen, Mooney
& Barnes Brokerage Services, LLC [“AMBBS”], which is a registered broker/dealer), member
FINRA/SIPC, and AMB Professional Services, LLC, which provides accounting and other
related financial services. Mr. Allen and Maner are both Managing Partners of AMBBS. Brent
P. Nicks is designated as AMB’s Chief Compliance Officer.
AMB offers services through our IARs. Certain IARs may have their own legal business entities
whose trade names and logos are used for marketing purposes and may appear on marketing
materials and/or client statements. The client should understand the businesses are legal
entities of the IAR and not of AMB. The IARs are under the supervision of AMB, and the
advisory services of the IAR are provided through AMB. AMB has the arrangements with the
business entities listed in our Form ADV 1A.
AMB provides investment advisory and management services to a wide range of individual
and institutional clients. Client investment accounts are managed either individually or under
one or more model portfolios AMB has created and maintains. Our model portfolios are
managed by our Chief Investment Strategist and overseen by AMB’s Portfolio Management
Committee. Our investment process for equity portfolios considers Global Macro Factors,
Domestic Economies & Sectors, Risk Parameters and Asset Allocation, Quantitative
Screening, Qualitative Screening, and Sector Weighting. Our investment process for fixed
income portfolios considers Global Macro Factors, Domestic Economies & Sectors, Risk
Parameters & Asset Allocation, Bond Reviews and Bond Selection. Generally, the firm will use
individual equities [stocks] within the equity portion of our model portfolios. AMB does not
currently offer a wrap fee program. Each client’s investment accounts are managed based on
their individual investment objectives, risk tolerances, and investment time horizon.
AMB requires a minimum investment
of $25,000 in order to establish an account with our
firm. Additionally, we do reserve the right not to establish an account for a prospective client
regardless of investment amount, particularly in those instances where it does not appear
that the establishment of an account would be in the prospective client’s best interests.
AMB also may offer certain alternative investments to existing or potential clients through
its relationship with iCapital. Alternative Investments refers to securities products that serve
as alternatives to more traditional asset classes and include investment products such as
hedge funds, private equity funds, private real estate funds and structured products. It is
important for you to work with your IAR to evaluate how a particular alternative investment
and its features fit your individual needs and objectives. An important component of the
selection process includes carefully reading the accompanying offering documents and/or
prospectus prior to making a purchase decision. The offering documents contain important
information that will help you make an informed choice.
As of December 31, 2023, the total investment assets we managed were $847,979,237. All
of the firm’s regulatory assets under management were managed by AMB on a discretionary
basis.
All investment transactions for client accounts are processed through AMBBS. AMBBS
directs securities execution of those transactions through First Clearing [the trade name for
Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC]. First Clearing functions as our
primary qualified custodian, holding the majority of investment assets for our clients. In
certain instances, clients may augment their investment portfolios by establishing accounts
with various banks to purchase certificates of deposit or money market instruments. Each
bank will serve as the custodian for the client assets it holds.
Each client can place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the
portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of securities may not be
possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account. Restrictions
would be limited to our firm’s advisory and portfolio management services and will not include
any assets managed through other services. AMB and its IAR reserve the right to terminate
advisory services or to not initiate advisory services for a client if the requested restrictions
are deemed unreasonable and beyond the firm’s capacity to manage.