A. Firm Information
Retirement Resources Investment Corporation (“Retirement Resources” or the “Advisor”) is a registered
investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a
Corporation under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retirement Resources was founded in April
1999 and is owned and operated by Patrick McGinn (President and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure
Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services
provided by Retirement Resources.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Retirement Resources offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts,
estates, corporations or business entities and retirement plans (each herein a “Client”).
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary,
the Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential
conflicts of interest. Retirement Resources’ fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of
Ethics. For more information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or
Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
Retirement Resources may provide Clients with wealth management services, which generally includes
discretionary and non-discretionary management of investment portfolios in connection with a broad range of
comprehensive financial planning services.
Investment Management Services
Retirement Resources provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved
through continuous personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management
and consulting services.
Retirement Resources works 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. Retirement Resources will then
construct a portfolio, consisting of diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) to achieve the
Client’s investment goals. The Advisor may also utilize individual stocks and bonds to meet the needs of its
Clients. The Advisor may retain certain legacy investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Retirement Resources’ investment strategies are primarily long-term focused, but the Advisor may buy, sell or re-
allocate positions that have been held less than one year to meet the objectives of the Client or due to market
conditions. Retirement Resources will construct, implement and monitor the portfolio to ensure it meets the
goals, objectives, circumstances, and risk tolerance agreed to by the Client. Each Client will have the opportunity
to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in their respective portfolio, subject to
acceptance by the Advisor.
Retirement Resources evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its
internal due diligence process. Retirement Resources may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment
allocations to diversify the portfolio. Retirement Resources may recommend specific positions to increase sector
or asset class weightings. The Advisor may recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge against
market movement. Retirement Resources 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.
Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement
accounts or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary 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. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will
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provide investment advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement account or to roll over
the assets to an IRA, or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored Plan to
another, one IRA to another IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g. commission-based
account to fee-based account). Such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Advisor will earn a
new (or increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the transaction. No client is under any obligation to roll
over a retirement account to an account managed by the Advisor.
At no time will Retirement Resources accept or maintain custody of a Client’s funds or securities, except for the
limited authority as outlined in Item 15 – Custody. All Client assets will be managed within their designated
account[s] at the Custodian, pursuant to the terms of the agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Financial Planning Services
Retirement Resources will typically provide a variety of financial planning services to Clients as a part of its
wealth management services or pursuant to a written financial planning agreement. Services are offered in
several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on their goals and objectives.
Generally,
such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan based on the Client’s
financial goals and objectives. This planning 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, or financial consultation rendered to 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.
Retirement Resources may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for
their unique situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of
the Client’s financial situation, observations, and recommendations. For ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor 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.
Financial planning recommendations poses a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the interests of
the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor for
investment management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects
to act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Retirement Resources provides retirement plan advisory services on behalf of the retirement plans (each a
“Plan”) and the company (the “Plan Sponsor”). The Advisor’s retirement plan advisory services are designed to
assist the Plan Sponsor in meeting its fiduciary obligations to the Plan and its Plan Participants. Each
engagement is customized to the needs of the Plan and Plan Sponsor. Services generally include:
• Vendor Analysis
• Plan Participant Enrollment and Education Tracking
• Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) Design and Monitoring
• Investment Due Diligence
• Investment Oversight Services (ERISA 3(21))
• Investment Management Services (ERISA 3(38))
• Performance Reporting
• Ongoing Investment Recommendation Assistance
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These services are provided by Retirement Resources serving in the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”). In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2),
the Plan Sponsor is provided with a written description of Retirement Resources’ fiduciary status, the specific
services to be rendered and all direct and indirect compensation the Advisor reasonably expects under the
engagement.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Retirement Resources to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter
into one or more agreements with the Advisor that define the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities of
the Advisor and the Client. These services may include:
• Establishing an Investment Strategy – Retirement Resources, in connection with the Client, will develop a
strategy that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Retirement Resources will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet
the investment objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk for each Client.
• Portfolio Construction – Retirement Resources will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to
meet the stated goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Retirement Resources will provide investment management
and ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Retirement Resources includes, in addition to securities transaction fees for certain mutual funds, custodial costs
and administrative fees (herein “Covered Costs”) together with its investment advisory fee for Clients in the
Retirement Resources Managed Account Program (“RR-MAP”) of which Retirement Resources serves as the
Program Sponsor and Portfolio Manager. The inclusion of these transaction costs into the investment advisory
fee is generally considered a “wrap fee program” as the investment advisory fee for the RR-MAP service involves
one inclusive of Covered Costs.
The Advisor will follow the same general principles of portfolio management in RR-MAP accounts as in other
advisory accounts. However, the specific investment plan could differ if a non-wrap fee account was subject to
sales charges or minimum purchase restrictions. As a consequence, there could be greater degree of
diversification in RR-MAP accounts. Please see the Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1, Wrap Fee Brochure (“Wrap
Brochure”) for more details about the RR-MAP service.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023 Retirement Resources manages $1,665,778,515 in Client assets, $109,754,446 of
which are managed on a discretionary basis and $1,556,024,069 on a non-discretionary basis. Clients may
request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.