Who We Are
Signature Financial Services, Ltd. (referred to as “we,” “our,” “us,” “Signature,” or “Signature Financial”),
has been registered as an investment advisor since November 1998. We are wholly owned by Signature
Advisors Group, Ltd., which is in turn wholly owned by Bradley K. Walton.
Services We Offer
Portfolio Management
Our investment advisory representatives provide professional advice and management for your investment
portfolio on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Clients must sign an agreement that allows our
investment representatives to make ongoing investment decisions for you if you elect for us to have
discretionary authority. Even though the use of discretion means we do not obtain your specific consent for
each transaction as it happens, our advisory representatives generally confer regularly with their clients
about the types of securities that will be purchased or sold. The amount of securities bought or sold will be
kept in line with previously discussed percentages by type (fixed income, value stocks, growth stocks, etc.)
and will fall within the guidelines established for your account, including any restrictions you requested.
Our investment advisory representatives provide advice and can monitor your investment portfolio account
to rebalance it as may be needed based on your goals, your investment time horizon, and your risk tolerance.
In an interview and discussions with one or more of our investment advisor representatives, you and the
representative will establish these guidelines for the portfolio’s management. We work with each client to
determine their risk tolerance and investment needs. We then choose an investment model that best meets
those clients’ needs. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on our discretion to invest in certain
securities or types of securities if a client provides clear, written directions of the restrictions.
Portfolio Management for Businesses
As an ERISA 3(21) investment adviser, we serve as a co-fiduciary with the employer or plan sponsor for
employee benefit plans and pensions. In this co-fiduciary capacity, we will make recommendations and
provide ongoing monitoring of investment manager(s) or investments in relation to the criteria specified in
the Plan’s investment policy statement. In addition to monitoring, if we determine that an investment or
investment manager is underperforming or is no longer deemed suitable for the client, we will review the
other options in the market and make suitable recommendations for replacements.
Financial Planning
We also provide occasional advice for specific questions on which you need investment expertise. Many
of our advisory representatives offer basic segmented financial planning services as part of their
comprehensive investment services. Depending on your situation, we may review any or all of the
items listed below as part of our financial planning services.
• Education Goals
• Retirement Planning & Cash Flow
• Estate Planning
• Income Tax Planning
• Current Investment Asset Allocation
• Recommended Asset Allocation
Individually Managed Brokerage Accounts
Signature develops individual asset allocation strategies implemented utilizing brokerage accounts
custodied at Pershing, LLC. These portfolios may be based all or in part on a core group of model allocations
and investment vehicles involving the use of open-ended mutual funds, exchange-traded funds(ETFs) and
unit investment trusts (UITs). However, the firm will consider and/or include an asset allocation, asset class
and individual investments which you may own or wish to include in the portfolio. These other assets may
include individual stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, real estate investment trusts, fixed
and variable annuities, certificates of deposit, cash, and other investments.
SEI Asset Allocation Program
Signature participates in the SEI Asset Allocation Program, which is offered to individuals, high net worth
individuals, defined benefit plans, participant and non-participant directed defined contribution plans,
institutions, endowments, and foundations. With the SEI Asset Allocation Program, Signature serves as the
investment advisor to the client, and is responsible for analyzing the client’s current financial situation,
return expectations, risk tolerance, time horizon, and asset class preference, pursuant to Signature’s
investment advisory agreement. Based on this information, Signature and the client select an investment
strategy and may choose from one of many mutual fund asset allocation models, which may be provided
by SEI Investments Management Corporation (“SIMC”) or purchase individual mutual funds.
You may instruct us to adjust your asset allocation to help ensure that the mix reflects the objectives of the
chosen strategy. You may impose reasonable restrictions on the management of the account or choose a
new investment strategy.
In accordance with the client’s investment objectives, Signature may also allocate assets placed in the
client’s account among the SEI Funds through SEI’s Private Client Models. SIMC expects to make changes
to the Private Client Models periodically to incorporate changes to the mutual fund asset allocations
underlying the models. Upon consent from Signature (on behalf of the client), these asset allocation changes
will be made to the client’s accounts invested in the Private Client Models.
SEI Managed Account Program
Signature also participates in SEI’s Managed Accounts Program (the “MAP Program”). To participate in
the MAP Program, Signature, SEI Investments Management Corporation (“SIMC”) and the client execute
a tri-party agreement (“Managed Account Agreement”) providing for the management of certain client
assets. In the Managed Account Agreement, you appoint Signature as your investment advisor to assist you
in selecting an asset allocation strategy. This asset allocation strategy includes the percentage of your assets
allocated to designated portfolios of separate securities (each, a “Managed Account Portfolio”) and may
include the percentage of assets allocated to a portfolio of mutual funds advised by SIMC or an affiliate of
SIMC (“SEI Funds”). You appoint SIMC to manage the assets in each Managed Account Portfolio in
accordance with the selected strategy. SIMC may delegate its responsibility for selecting particular
securities to one or more portfolio managers.
Additionally, the MAP Program offers a feature called Integrated Managed Accounts Program (“IMAP”),
which is an enhancement to the standard MAP Program. In IMAP, SIMC selects one sub-advisor to serve
as a tax manager for the entire Managed Account Portfolio. Other sub-advisors recommend securities using
buy/sell lists for their specific asset class. An integration fee will be charged to your account when the
IMAP feature is selected. The fee will cover the integration of the equity managers, which helps result in
increased coordination across the equity account, increased tax efficiency and additional features such as
wash sale prevention. These additional fees only apply to the equity portion of your account that is allocated
to the integrated equities portfolio; the fees do not apply to the fixed income or funds portion of your account
(if applicable).
American Funds F-2 Direct Program
Signature participates in the Capital Group, home of American Funds, direct-at-fund investment option for
retail accounts using the F-2 share class. Class F-2 shares have no 12b-1fees.
Assets under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we managed assets of approximately $ 182,669,000 on a discretionary basis, and
$ 19,346,000 on a non-discretionary basis for a total of approximately $202,015,000 in assets under
management.