A. The Nestegg Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is a corporation formed on January 1, 2008 in
the State of Illinois. Prior to the Registrant’s incorporation in 2008, the Registrant
operated as a sole proprietorship from December 1993 until January 2008. The Registrant
became registered as an Investment Adviser Firm in January 2008. The Registrant is
principally owned by Steven Goodman and Jeffery Laske. Steven Goodman is the
Registrant’s President.
B. As discussed below, the Registrant offers to its clients (individuals, pension and profit
sharing plans, business entities, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, etc.)
investment advisory services. The Registrant does not hold itself out as providing
financial planning and related consulting services.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The client can determine to engage the Registrant to provide discretionary investment
advisory services on a fee-only basis. The Registrant’s annual investment advisory fee is
based upon a percentage (%) of the market value of the assets placed under the
Registrant’s management on a stepped up basis as follows:
Account SizeAnnual Fee
First 1,000,0001.00%
Next 1,000,0000.75%
Over 2,000,0000.50%
MISCELLANEOUS
Limited Consulting/Implementation Services. Although the Registrant does not hold
itself out as providing financial planning, estate planning or accounting services, to the
extent specifically requested by the client, the Registrant may provide limited
consultation services to its investment management clients on investment and
non-investment related matters, such as estate planning, tax planning, insurance, etc.
Registrant shall not receive any separate or additional fee for any such consultation
services. Neither the Registrant, nor any of its representatives, serves as an attorney,
accountant, or licensed insurance agent, and no portion of the Registrant’s services should
be construed as same. To the extent requested by a client, the Registrant may recommend
the services of other professionals for certain non-investment implementation purposes
(i.e. attorneys, accountants, insurance agent, etc.). The client is under no obligation to
engage the services of any such recommended professional. Please Note: If the client
engages any such recommended professional, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to
such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse exclusively from and against the
engaged professional. Please Also Note: It remains the client’s responsibility to promptly
notify the Registrant if there is ever any change in his/her/its financial situation or
investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing/evaluating/revising Registrant’s
previous recommendations and/or services.
Retirement Plan Rollovers – No Obligation / Potential for Conflict of Interest. A client or
prospective client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement
plan (and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former
employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is
available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) roll over to an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”),
or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse
tax consequences). If the Registrant recommends that a client roll over their retirement plan assets
into an account to be managed by the Registrant, such a recommendation creates a conflict of
interest if the Registrant will earn a new (or increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the
rollover. To the extent that Registrant recommends that clients roll over assets from their
retirement plan to an IRA managed by Registrant, then Registrant represents that it and its
investment adviser representatives are fiduciaries under the Employment Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), or the Internal Revenue Code, or both. If Registrant provides a
recommendation as to whether a client should engage in a rollover or not, Registrant is acting as a
fiduciary 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 No client
is under any obligation to roll over retirement plan assets to an account managed by
Registrant. The Registrant’s Chief Compliance Officer,Jeffery Laske, remains available to
address any questions that a client or prospective client may have regarding the potential for
conflict of interest presented by such a rollover recommendation.
ERISA / IRC Fiduciary Acknowledgment. If the client is: (i) a retirement plan (“Plan”)
organized under ERISA; (ii) a participant or beneficiary of a Plan subject to Title I of ERISA or
described in section 4975(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, with authority to direct the
investment of assets in his or her Plan account or to take a distribution; (iii) the beneficial owner of
an IRA acting on behalf of the IRA; or (iv) a Retail Fiduciary with respect to a plan subject
to
Title I of ERISA or described in section 4975(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code: then the
Registrant represents that it and its representatives are fiduciaries under ERISA or the Internal
Revenue Code, or both, with respect to any investment advice provided by the Registrant or its
representatives or with respect to any investment recommendations regarding an ERISA Plan or
participant or beneficiary account.
Please Note: Cash Positions. At any specific point in time, depending upon perceived
or anticipated market conditions/events (there being no guarantee that such anticipated
market conditions/events will occur), the Registrant may maintain cash positions for
defensive purposes. All cash positions (money markets, etc) shall be included as part of
assets under management for purposes of calculating the Registrant‘s advisory fee.
Cash Sweep Accounts. Account custodians generally require that cash proceeds from
account transactions or cash deposits be swept into and/or initially maintained in the
custodian’s sweep account. The yield on the sweep account is generally lower than those
available in money market accounts. To help mitigate this issue, Registrant generally
purchases a higher yielding money market fund available on the custodian’s platform
with cash proceeds or deposits beyond incidental amounts, unless Registrant reasonably
anticipates that it will utilize the cash proceeds during the subsequent 30-day period to
purchase additional investments for the client’s account. Exceptions and/or modifications
can and will occur with respect to all or a portion of the cash balances for various
reasons, including, but not limited to, the amount of dispersion between the sweep
account and a money market fund, an indication from the client of an imminent need for
such cash, or the client has a demonstrated history of writing checks from the account.
Client Obligations. In performing its services, Registrant shall not be required to verify
any information received from the client or from the client’s other professionals,and is
expressly authorized to rely thereon. Moreover, each client is advised that it remains
his/her/its responsibility to promptly notify the Registrant if there is ever any change in
his/her/its financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of
reviewing/evaluating/revising Registrant’s previous recommendations and/or services.
Cybersecurity Risk. The information technology systems and networks that Registrant
and its third-party service providers use to provide services to Registrant’s clients employ
various controls, which are designed to prevent cybersecurity incidents stemming from
intentional or unintentional actions that could cause significant interruptions in
Registrant’s operations and result in the unauthorized acquisition or use of clients’
confidential or non-public personal information. Clients and Registrant are nonetheless
subject to the risk of cybersecurity incidents that could ultimately cause them to incur
losses, including for example: financial losses, cost and reputational damage to respond
to regulatory obligations, other costs associated with corrective measures, and loss from
damage or interruption to systems. Although Registrant has established its systems to
reduce the risk of cybersecurity incidents from coming to fruition, there is no guarantee
that these efforts will always be successful, especially considering that Registrant does
not directly control the cybersecurity measures and policies employed by third-party
service providers. Clients could incur similar adverse consequences resulting from
cybersecurity incidents that more directly affect issuers of securities in which those
clients invest, broker-dealers, qualified custodians, governmental and other regulatory
authorities, exchange and other financial market operators, or other financial institutions.
Disclosure Statement. A copy of the Registrant’s written Brochure as set forth on Part
2A of Form ADV shall be provided to each client prior to, or contemporaneously with,
the execution of the Investment Advisory Agreement. Any client who has not received a
copy of Registrant’s written Brochure at least 48 hours prior to executing the Investment
Advisory Agreement shall have five business days subsequent to executing the agreement
to terminate the Registrant’s services without penalty.
C. The Registrant shall provide investment advisory services specific to the needs of each
client. Prior to providing investment advisory services, an investment adviser
representative will ascertain each client’s investment objective(s). Thereafter, the
Registrant shall allocate and/or recommend that the client allocate investment assets
consistent with the designated investment objective(s). The client may, at anytime,
impose reasonable restrictions, in writing, on the Registrant’s services.
D. The Registrant does not participate in a wrap fee program.
E. As of December 31, 2023, the Registrant had $231,344,399 in assets under management
on a discretionary basis.