Firm Information
This Disclosure Brochure (“Form ADV Part 2”) provides information regarding the qualifications,
business practices, and the advisory services provided by Perennial Advisors Group, LLC’s
(“Perennial”, or “the Firm”, “we”, “us”, “ours”).
We are a federally Registered Investment Adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). We were founded in 1998 and are owned and operated by David A.
Carpenter, Managing Member and Principal, Kelsey L. Brennan, Chief Compliance Officer,
Principal and Financial Advisor, Tyler B. Dostie, Financial Advisor, and the Memento Trust.
We are strictly a fee-only financial planning and investment management firm. We do not sell
annuities, insurance, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, limited partnerships, or other commissioned
products. We are not affiliated with entities that sell financial products or securities. No
commissions in any form are accepted. No finder’s fees are accepted.
Types of Advisory Services
Wealth Management Services
We provide wealth management services, which generally includes a broad range of
comprehensive financial planning, consulting services in connection with discretionary
management of investment portfolios and the preparation of tax returns. These services are
described below.
Investment Management Services
We provide customized investment advisory solutions. This is achieved through continuous
personal contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management and
related advisory services. We work closely with each client to identify their investment goals
and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio
strategy. We will then construct a portfolio comprised of diversified mutual funds, including
those offered by Dimensional Fund Advisors (“DFA”) and ETFs which follow a passive asset class
investment philosophy with low holdings turnover. The DFA fund fees are generally lower than
fees and expenses charged by other fund providers. We are under no obligation to recommend
DFA funds to clients and do so only when it is believed to be in the client’s best interest. We
may also utilize individual stocks or bonds to meet the needs of clients, and we may retain
certain legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Our investment approach is primarily long-term focused, but we may buy, sell or re-allocate
positions that have been held for less than one year to meet the objectives of the client or due
to market conditions. We will construct, implement and monitor the portfolio to ensure it
meets the goals, objectives, circumstances, and risk tolerance agreed to by the client.
We evaluate and select investments for inclusion in client portfolios only after applying our
internal due diligence process. We may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment
allocations to diversify the portfolio. We may recommend specific positions to increase sector
or asset class weightings. We may recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge
against market movement. We may recommend selling positions for reasons that include, but
are not limited to, harvesting capital gains or losses, business or sector risk exposure to a
specific security or class of securities, overvaluation or overweighting of the position[s] in the
portfolio, change in risk tolerance of the client, generating cash to meet client needs, or any risk
deemed unacceptable for the client’s risk tolerance.
Financial Planning Services
We will typically provide a variety of financial planning services to clients as part of our wealth
management services or as a stand-alone service. Services are offered in several areas of a
client’s financial situation, depending on their goals and objectives.
Generally, financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan based on the
client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass
one or more
areas of need, including but not limited to, investment planning, retirement planning, personal
savings, education savings and other areas of a client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for the client will usually include general recommendations for a
course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the client. For example, recommendations
may be made that the client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs.
We may also refer clients to an accountant, attorney or another specialist, as appropriate for
their unique situation. For certain financial planning engagements, we will provide a written
summary of client’s financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For consulting or
ad-hoc engagements, we may not provide a written summary. Plans or consultations are
typically completed within six months of contract date, assuming all information and
documents requested are provided promptly.
Tailored Relationships
We tailor investment advisory services to the individual needs of the client. Our clients are
allowed to impose restrictions on the investments in their account. All limitations and
restrictions placed on accounts must be presented to us in writing.
Wrap Fee Programs
A “wrap-fee” program is one that provides the client with advisory and brokerage execution
services for an all-inclusive fee. The client is not charged separate fees for the respective
components of the total service. We do not sponsor, manage or participate in a Wrap Fee
Program.
Fiduciary Statement
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and 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,
(“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code, (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws governing
retirement accounts.
We have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time,
the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. We must take into
consideration each client’s objectives and act in the best interests of the client. We are
prohibited from engaging in any activity that is in conflict with the interests of the client. We
have the following responsibilities when working with a client:
• To render impartial advice;
• To make appropriate recommendations based on the client’s needs, financial
circumstances, and investment objectives;
• To exercise a high degree of care and diligence to ensure that information is presented
in an accurate manner and not in a way to mislead;
• To have a reasonable basis, information, and understanding of the facts in order to
provide appropriate recommendations and representations;
• Disclose any material conflict of interest in writing; and
• Treat clients fairly and equitably.
Regulations prohibit us from:
• Employing any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud a client;
• Making any untrue statement of a material fact to a client or omitting to state a material
fact when communicating with a client;
• Engaging in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as
fraud or deceit upon a client; or
• Engaging in any manipulative act or practice with a client.
We will act with competence, dignity, integrity, and in an ethical manner, when working with
clients. We will use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgement when
conducting investment analysis, making investment recommendations, trading, promoting our
services, and engaging in other professional activities.
Assets Under Management
As of January 1, 2024, we managed $287,080,002 in client assets, all of which are managed on a
discretionary basis.