HeadInvest is a registered investment advisory firm that has been in business since 1989. The firm is
100% owned by C-DSK LLC. HeadInvest maintains its sole office in Portland, Maine.
We manage securities portfolios for individuals, trusts, endowments, foundations, charitable
organizations, government entities, corporations and retirement plans. We offer this service primarily
on a discretionary basis, meaning that we make buy and sell decisions on your behalf, at our
discretion, though clients may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of
securities. In some cases, we offer advice on a non- discretionary basis, meaning that we discuss
investment matters with you but take no action in your investment portfolio without your prior approval.
We take a holistic view of your financial situation and, based on our years of experience working with
individual and institutional clients, provide investment counsel and advice tailored for you individually.
This advice includes matters related to financial planning, insurance coverage, estate and gift planning,
retirement planning and other matters. We seek to integrate our work with that of your other financial
consultants, including accountants and estate attorneys, to minimize income and estate taxes and
meet other important financial objectives.
We understand you have unique needs. We work with you to understand fully your financial goals and
translate them into investment programs, taking into account your risk tolerance and constraints unique
to your circumstances. Together, we establish a target asset allocation from among the available
investment alternatives, including domestic and international stocks; government, corporate and
municipal bonds; certain alternative assets; and cash. Within each asset class, we select securities
that we believe are attractively priced relative to their inherent risk and expected return.
Financial Planning Services
We offer financial planning services which typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their
individual needs. These services can range from broad-based financial planning to consultative or
single subject planning. If you retain our firm for financial planning services, we will meet with you to
gather information about your financial circumstances and objectives. We may also use financial
planning software to determine your current financial position and
to define and quantify your long-term
goals and objectives. Once we specify those long-term objectives (both financial and non-financial), we
will develop shorter-term, targeted objectives. Once we review and analyze the information you provide
to our firm and the data derived from our financial planning software, we will deliver a written plan to
you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation,
goals, objectives, or needs change.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor ("DOL") Field
Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), for purposes of complying with the DOL's
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-02") where applicable, we are providing the
following acknowledgment to you. When we provide investment advice to you regarding your
retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with
your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not
put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule's provisions, we must:
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•Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
•Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
•Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
•Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
•Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
•Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in
your best interest.
As of January 1, 2024, we managed a $897,644,886 on a discretionary basis for 420 relationships.