TwinFocus is a family office and investment advisory boutique serving the needs of high‐ and ultra‐high 
net worth individuals, families, and their related family entities.  TwinFocus’ founders and principals, Paul 
Karger  and  Wesley  Karger,  sought  to  establish  a  unique  global  financial  services  firm  where  their 
philosophy  and  capabilities  could  work  to  best  deliver  success  to  a  select  group  of  advisory  clients 
(“Client”).  As such, the firm is driven by the principle of providing comprehensive, high quality, objective 
investment advice, free from the conflicts typically inherent in many financial advisory arrangements.  
TwinFocus has been in business as a registered investment adviser since May 23, 2006.  As of December 
31,  2023,  TwinFocus  had  $3,585,714,961  of  regulatory  assets  under  management1,  of  which 
$2,376,203,032  is  managed  on  a  discretionary  basis  and  $1,209,511,930  is  managed  on  a  non‐
discretionary  basis.      As  of  the  same  date,  TwinFocus  had  $7,853,406,545  of  total  assets  under 
advisement.2   In  addition  to  assets  under  management,  the  firm’s  assets  under  advisement  includes 
private investments in direct opportunities, private equity, venture capital, real estate, and hedge funds, 
where TwinFocus does not typically provide continuous and regular supervisory or management services.  
TwinFocus  provides  investment  advisory,  wealth  management,  family  office  management  and 
administration, institutional consulting, outsourced CIO services, business, and tax planning/structuring, 
private  client  wealth  structuring,  real  estate  advisory  and  philanthropic  planning  services.    To  engage 
TwinFocus to provide any of the foregoing services, a Client is required to enter into one or more written 
Family Office Advisory Agreements (“FOAA”) with TwinFocus setting forth the terms and conditions under 
which TwinFocus renders its services.   
For  certain  Clients  and  outside  investors  who  are  also  accredited  investors  and  qualified  purchasers, 
TwinFocus provides access to limited investment opportunities, in many instances related to investments 
in  Qualified  Opportunity  Zones  (“QOZs”),  through  certain  entities  that  are  wholly  or  partially  owned 
and/or  controlled  by  the  Principals  of  TwinFocus  (Wesley  Karger,  Paul  Karger,  and  John  Pantekidis, 
collectively referred to as the “Principals”), and in some instances, considered separate advisory clients 
(collectively, referred to as either Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) or “Affiliated Entities”3).4   
The Principals have also created several other Advisory Affiliates primarily to make investments in various 
passive  investments,  proprietary  equity  investments  in  TwinFocus‐sponsored  SPVs  and  operating 
businesses.5 In certain situations, these vehicles may receive management fees & carry from these SPVs 
1 In accordance with SEC guidance, in determining the amount of TwinFocus’s regulatory assets under management (RegAUM), 
TwinFocus includes those securities portfolios for which we provide continuous and regular supervisory or management services 
as of December 31, 2023.   
2 TwinFocus classifies assets under advisement separately from RegAUM.  We regard assets under advisement (AUA) as assets to 
which we provide advice or consultation but for which we either do not have discretionary authority or as to which we did not 
arrange or effectuate the transaction.  To illustrate, TwinFocus treats as AUA situations where Client assets are monitored or 
considered  within  an  overall  portfolio  construct,  for  the  sole  purpose  of  gaining  a  holistic  perspective  of  a  Client’s  financial 
situation.  More specific examples of AUA are private investments to which a Client subscribed before beginning an advisory 
relationship with TwinFocus or a fee simple interest in residential real estate, as several examples of AUA.   
3 Wherever the term “Affiliated Entities” is used in this Form ADV Disclosure, it may mean both “Affiliated Entities” and “Advisory 
Affiliates”, as defined here and unless stated otherwise.  
4 Each of these investment opportunities are also accompanied by subscription agreements, operating/governance agreements, 
and private offering memoranda, as applicable.  
5 Advisory Affiliates are entities created by the Principals to make proprietary investments, inclusive of equity investments in SPVs 
offered to Clients.  Ownership of these Advisory Affiliates is limited to the TwinFocus Principals only.  
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pursuant  to  their  respective  investor  subscription  agreements,  governing  operating  agreements  and 
offering memoranda, as applicable. 
The Affiliated Entities include TF Realty Partners, LLC and TFRP Mike, LP (collectively referred to as “TFRP”).  
The  TFRP  vehicles  are  separate  legal  entities  with  their  own  governance  structures,  managed  through 
Boards of Managers, and were established by the Principals, as well as a fourth Managing Partner (William 
D. Ward), who is also a TwinFocus Advisory Client.  Because both TFRP entities as standalone entities do 
not meet the criteria for registration with the SEC as investment advisers, they are Affiliated Entities of 
TwinFocus.             
This  Brochure  describes  the  business  of  TwinFocus.    Certain  sections  also  describe  the  activities  of 
Supervised Persons as well as the business affairs of Affiliated Entities, Advisory Affiliates and related SPVs.  
Supervised Persons are any of TwinFocus’s principals, officers (or other persons occupying a similar status 
or performing similar functions), or employees, or any other person who provides investment advice on 
TwinFocus’s behalf and is subject to TwinFocus’s supervision and control.   
Wealth Management and Family Office Management Services  
TwinFocus provides wealth management services (“Wealth Management”) and family office management 
and administrative services (“Family Office Management”) to its Clients.  Wealth Management generally 
includes: 
(i) discretionary and/or non‐discretionary Investment Management with respect to identified assets 
designated in the FOAA (“Investment Management”) and  
(ii) related analysis of other assets to the extent necessary to allow TwinFocus to provide a holistic 
solution for an investment portfolio.  
Family  Office  Management  typically  includes  Investment  Management,  as  well  as  wealth  structuring, 
including income, gift and estate tax planning, multi‐generational planning, philanthropic planning, family 
business  and  continuity/succession  planning,  strategic  fiduciary  services,  and  family  member  financial 
education and family governance services, as applicable.   
TwinFocus tailors its Investment Management services to the individual needs of each Client initially and 
on  an  ongoing  basis.    To  implement  its  strategic  asset  allocation  recommendations,  TwinFocus 
recommends  Clients  make  investments  in  third‐party  managers  and  strategies,  as  well  as  strategies 
managed by Affiliated Entities (“Affiliated Entity” or “Affiliated Entities” as the case may be) of TwinFocus, 
where prudent, suitable, and applicable. 
Clients, however, are under no obligation to act upon any recommendations made by TwinFocus or to 
engage the services of TwinFocus’s recommended managers and strategies, including those managed by 
Affiliated Entities.  To the extent TwinFocus has discretionary authority over client accounts, a client’s 
objectives and guidelines may limit that authority.  Before we assume any discretionary authority over a 
client’s account, we ensure that there is proper authorization in place.   
Notwithstanding  these  potential  conflicts,  TwinFocus  only  makes  investment  recommendations  and 
decisions  for  its  Clients  in  good  faith  and  in  a  manner  that  is  consistent  with  its  fiduciary  obligations, 
including, but not limited, to the duty of care and loyalty to its Clients, without regard to any potential 
benefits to itself, its Principals, and/or its Affiliated Entities.  
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Clients are advised that it is their responsibility under their respective FOAA to promptly notify TwinFocus 
if there are any changes in their financial situations, facts and circumstances, or if they wish to impose 
new  restrictions  and/or  constraints,  which  could  affect  a  Client’s  investment  objectives  or  necessitate 
changes  to  TwinFocus’s  wealth  management  recommendations  to  such  Clients.  Client  objectives, 
risk/return preferences, and unique facts and circumstances are initially detailed in the Client FOAAs and 
subsequently in periodic Client memoranda and other Client Communications.      
Corporate & Institutional Consulting Services 
TwinFocus  also  provides  investment  and  non‐investment  related  consulting  services  to  various 
institutions and independent third parties as part of its institutional consulting services.  Generally, these 
services are specialized engagements individually negotiated and based upon the specific scope of work 
and  specific  needs  and  objectives  of  each  institution,  where  specialized  Investment  Management 
Agreements and/or Business Consulting Agreements may be executed, as applicable.   
In summary, TwinFocus works closely with its institutional Clients to: 
  Develop/formulate  objectives  and  prudent  risk  and  return  profiles,  as  memorialized  in  an 
Investment  Policy  Statement  (“IPS”)  or  similar  communications  with  an  institutional  Client,  to 
guide the future investment decision‐making process; 
  Implement investment strategies in furtherance of an institution’s long‐term goals and objectives, 
consistent with the institution’s IPS; 
  Implement a suitable asset allocation model using its manager and strategy selection process;  
  Help  review  legal  investment  documents,  negotiate  term  sheets  and  fund  terms  for  direct 
investments and alternative investments, as the case may be;  
  Proactively work with each institution’s board, trustees, and other authorized representatives in 
helping those representatives fulfill their fiduciary duties to the institution; and 
  Monitor, rebalance and report results on a periodic basis, as per the institution’s needs. 
In addition, TwinFocus: 
(i) Advises public and private corporations regarding their profit sharing plans, 401(k) plans, defined 
benefit plans, executive compensation arrangements, and other pools of assets,
                                        
                                        
                                             on issues such 
as  investment  design  and  review,  cost  containment,  executive/employee  retention,  and 
management, such as employee stock ownership plans (“ESOPs”).   
(ii) Advises private funds, managed, and owned by certain Clients on overall fund structure, investor 
term  sheets,  overall  income  tax  structuring  and  planning,  and  multi‐generational  planning 
surrounding general partnership and management company interests.   
TwinFocus’s corporate and institutional consulting services generally are not available to individuals.  Such 
services  are  memorialized  in  separate  Business  Management  &  Consulting  Agreements,  as  discussed 
above. 
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Wealth Management  
Clients can engage TwinFocus to manage all or a portion of their assets on a discretionary basis or a non‐
discretionary basis.   
TwinFocus  primarily  allocates  Client  investment  management  assets  among  third‐party  managers  and 
investment approaches, in securities and vehicles that include primarily institutional share class mutual 
funds, where suitable and available, separately managed accounts (SMAs), exchange‐traded funds (ETFs), 
and to a lesser extent, individual equities, fixed income securities, and structured products, as applicable 
and suitable.   
TwinFocus also recommends that certain Clients who are accredited investors as defined under Rule 501 
of the Securities Act of 1933 and qualified purchasers as defined under Section 3(c)(7) of the Investment 
Company Act of 1940 invest in private placement securities and investments.  Often these are referred to 
as  “Alternative  Investments”  and  include  hedge  funds,  private  equity,  venture  capital,  real  estate  and 
direct  equity  or  debt  investments  in  private  opportunities  which  are  generally  accessed  via  limited 
partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate structures, offshore legal entities, and other similar 
legal structures.   
Where suitable and available, TwinFocus also recommends offshore/domestic blocker structures for Non‐
US taxable,  US taxable (where and when prudent  and suitable), and  US tax‐exempt Clients.   Although 
many  alternative  investment  opportunities  are  managed  by  third  party  managers  not  affiliated  with 
TwinFocus  (see  Use  of  Independent  Managers  below),  TwinFocus  also  identifies  individual  alternative 
investment opportunities  that  it  deems attractive and  that are not offered  by independent managers.  
These strategies/SPVs are  typically single‐asset investments  in underlying operating companies or  real 
estate investments where TwinFocus or Affiliated Entities play a major management and consultancy role.  
Examples of such situations include investments in private companies or one‐off real estate development 
investments.   
As discussed above, to capitalize on such opportunities as they arise, an Affiliated Entity of TwinFocus in 
most instances establishes an SPV to provide Clients who choose to participate in such investments the 
opportunity to access them.  These investments are only made to those Clients where such investment is 
deemed prudent, suitable, and well‐sized within each Client’s investment portfolio and overall balance 
sheet.     
TwinFocus also provides non‐discretionary investment management services to Clients relating to their 
variable  annuity,  variable  and/or  guaranteed  universal  life  products,  individual  employer‐sponsored 
retirement plan assets, 529 plans, ESOPs, and other products that are often not held by a Client’s primary 
custodian.  In so doing, TwinFocus either directs or recommends the allocation of Client assets among the 
various investment options that are available within each product and respective platform.  Client assets 
are maintained at the specific underwriting company, product sponsor, or custodian affiliated with the 
product.  
Use of Independent Managers  
Where  suitable  and  available,  and  only  to  the  extent  consistent  with  a  Client’s  investment  objectives, 
return expectations and risk tolerances, TwinFocus recommends that a Client allocate some or all Client 
assets to unaffiliated investment managers (“Independent Managers”).  The terms and conditions under 
which a Client engages Independent  Managers generally are set forth in separate written agreements 
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between  a  Client  and  the  designated  Independent  Managers.    TwinFocus  does  not  receive  any 
remuneration or compensation from such Independent Managers.   
Investment management fees charged by designated Independent Managers, together with the related 
fees charged by a Client’s qualified custodian, in most instances are separate from, and in addition to, the 
advisory  fee  charged  by  TwinFocus  under  a  Client’s  FOAA.    Please  see  Item  5  for  more  information 
concerning advisory and similar fees charged by TwinFocus and Independent Managers.   
Before  making  any  recommendations  concerning  Independent  Managers,  TwinFocus  conducts  and 
undergoes  a  comprehensive  quantitative  and  qualitative  due  diligence  research  process  that  includes 
reviewing manager due diligence questionnaires and other related materials provided by the Independent 
Manager  or  by  independent  third  parties,  to  obtain  information  regarding,  among  other  items,  the 
Independent Manager’s investment strategies, management team, past performance, and risk‐adjusted 
results.  TwinFocus also conducts detailed risk‐factor analyses to determine whether clients can obtain 
the same investment exposure through more liquid, tax‐efficient and cost‐effective securities.  Factors 
that TwinFocus considers in recommending an Independent Manager include a Client’s stated investment 
objectives, management style and philosophy, portfolio management team, risk‐adjusted performance, 
reputation, reporting, pricing, expenses, transparency policies, and tax profile. 
After  identifying  several  Independent  Managers  whose  investment  styles  and  approaches  represent  a 
cross‐section of all asset classes within a Client’s strategic asset allocation, TwinFocus provides objective 
recommendations concerning which Independent Managers to use and sizing of each allocation based on 
investment  fundamentals,  both  qualitative  and  quantitative,  as  well  as  ongoing  monitoring  and 
rebalancing processes.    
For example, TwinFocus takes steps to monitor the performance and investment fundamentals of each 
Independent  Manager  within  a  Client  portfolio  on  an  ongoing  basis.    TwinFocus  rebalances  Client 
portfolios, as necessary, to maintain strategic asset allocations within permissible, predetermined ranges.6  
If, however, Independent Managers fail to perform as expected over a period, TwinFocus recommends 
termination of the Independent Manager and replacement with another similarly situated Independent 
Manager, in most instances, within the same asset class and style group.   
In certain situations, TwinFocus makes recommendations to Clients on Independent Managers, where the 
that Independent Manager is also either a TwinFocus Client, partner, or otherwise affiliated with such 
Independent Manager.  In these situations, this potential conflict of interest is fully disclosed to the Client 
receiving the recommendation before any recommendation is implemented and acted upon.     
To emphasize, TwinFocus seeks to identify and select Independent Managers based on objective criteria 
focused on what is most optimal and best suited for the Client and the Client portfolios.  Where potential 
conflicts exist, such conflicts are fully disclosed to the Client via our Due Diligence memoranda, and/or via 
other written and oral communications before any recommendations are made and implemented. 
Investments in Strategies Managed by Affiliated Entities 
In  limited  situations,  where  Clients  have  expressed  a  demand  for  particular  private  investment 
opportunities, where unique investment opportunities have been identified and Independent Managers 
cannot provide access to any such opportunities, TwinFocus through an Affiliated Entity would create an 
6 Our approach to rebalancing is described more fully at Item 8, Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss. 
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SPV to provide access to such opportunities on a standalone basis, at the discretion and election of the 
Client.   
Such  SPVs  charge  fees  and  expenses,  in  addition  to  any  fees  TwinFocus  receives  for  its  Wealth 
Management Services, as described above and as described in each Client’s FOAA.  These SPV fees are 
also described in each SPV’s marketing materials, subscription agreements, operating agreements, and 
offering memoranda, as applicable.    
For a more detailed discussion on TwinFocus’s establishment and use of SPVs, driven primarily by Client 
demand for certain risk exposures, please see our discussion on Wealth Management above and related 
discussion concerning Fees and Compensation in Item 5 and Other Industry Affiliations in Item 10 below.        
Additions and Withdrawals to Accounts  
Clients  have  the  ability  to  deposit  additional  funds  or  redeem  their  account  at  any  time,  subject  to 
TwinFocus’  right  to  terminate  an  account,  as  detailed  in  each  Client’s  FOAA.    Pending  notification  to 
TwinFocus,  Clients  may  redeem  account  assets,  subject  to  usual  and  customary  securities  settlement 
procedures.    Clients should note that such redemptions have  the potential to  impede achievement of 
their  goals  because  TwinFocus  designs  Client  portfolios  based  on  strategic  asset  allocations  and  any 
untimely material redemption could cause an imbalance in the strategic asset allocation over an indefinite 
period of time.   
Additionally, to the extent that TwinFocus allocates a portion of accredited and qualified Client assets to 
alternative investments that provide limited liquidity, where TwinFocus believes such illiquid investments 
are  suitable,  immediate  redemptions  are  not  usually  available.    This  is  typically  the  case  with  certain 
private investments, including real estate investments, where liquidity typically is not available for several 
years.  Such investments  with limited liquidity characteristics are carefully selected and sized for  each 
Client portfolio.  We additionally monitor aggregate allocations to such illiquid investments for liquidity 
management purposes on an absolute basis and vis‐à‐vis the size of Client balance sheets.