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Adviser Profile

As of Date 04/02/2024
Adviser Type - Large advisory firm
Number of Employees 6
of those in investment advisory functions 3
Registration Alabama, Terminated, 04/02/2007
Other registrations (1)
AUM* 343,935,777 22.76%
of that, discretionary 343,935,777 22.76%
Private Fund GAV* 120,371,000 11.90%
Avg Account Size 545,930 14.58%
% High Net Worth 59.09% 8.55%
SMA’s Yes
Private Funds 5
Contact Info 205 xxxxxxx
Websites

Client Types

- Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
- High net worth individuals
- Pooled investment vehicles
- Pension and profit sharing plans
- Charitable organizations
- Corporations or other businesses not listed above

Advisory Activities

- Financial planning services
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers

Compensation Arrangments

- A percentage of assets under your management
- Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Recent News

Reported AUM

Discretionary
Non-discretionary
280M 240M 200M 160M 120M 80M 40M
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Private Funds



Employees

Private Funds Structure

Fund Type Count GAV
Fund TypePrivate Equity Fund Count2 GAV$3,550,000
Fund TypeOther Private Fund Count3 GAV$116,821,000

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Brochure Summary

Overview

A. Mainsail Asset Management, LLC (the “Registrant”) is a limited liability company formed on August 5, 2003 in the state of Alabama. The Registrant became a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission registered Investment Adviser Firm in January 2007. The Registrant is owned by William H. Parsons, Jr., the Registrant’s Managing Member. B. As discussed below, the Registrant offers to its clients (individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, business entities, trusts, estates and charitable organizations, etc.) investment advisory services, and, to the extent specifically requested by a client, financial planning and related consulting services. INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES Services to Individuals Individuals 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, generally between 0.50% and 1.25%. Registrant’s annual investment advisory fee shall include investment advisory services, and, to the extent specifically requested by the client, may also include financial planning and consulting services. In the event that the client requires extraordinary planning and/or consultation services (to be determined in the sole discretion of the Registrant), the Registrant may determine to charge for such additional services pursuant to a stand-alone Financial Planning Agreement (see below). *In addition, in limited situations, the Registrant may determine to provide investment advisory services on a fixed annual retainer fee basis for a fee mutually agreed upon between the Registrant and the client. See Fee Dispersion discussion in Item 5 below. Services to Businesses and Other Entities Businesses, retirement plans, charitable organizations, or other entities can determine to engage the Registrant to provide discretionary and/or non-discretionary (generally participant directed retirement plans) investment advisory services on a fee-only basis. Registrant’s investment advisory fee for businesses and other entities is based upon various objective and subjective factors, including, but not limited to, the scope, complexity, and duration of the engagement. The fee may be based on a percentage of assets under management, or a fixed fee, or both. (See Fee Dispersion discussion in Item 5 below). FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES The Registrant may provide financial planning and/or consulting services (including investment and non-investment related matters, including estate planning, insurance planning, etc.) either inclusive of its advisory fee as set forth in Item 5 below, or on a stand- alone separate fee basis. For standalone financial planning and consulting engagements, Registrant’s fees are negotiable, but generally range from $5,000 to $50,000 on a fixed fee basis, depending upon the level and scope of the service(s) required and the professional(s) rendering the service(s). Prior to engaging the Registrant to provide planning or consulting services, clients are generally required to enter into a Financial Planning and Consulting Agreement with Registrant setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement (including termination), describing the scope of the services to be provided, and the portion of the fee that is due from the client prior to Registrant commencing services. If requested by the client, Registrant may recommend the services of other professionals for implementation purposes. The client is under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended professionals. The client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation from the Registrant. If the client engages any professional, recommended or otherwise, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse exclusively from the engaged professional. At all times, the engaged licensed professional(s), and not Registrant, shall be responsible for the quality and competency of the services provided. The Registrant does not provide ongoing monitoring of previously provided financial planning recommendations, and the client is free to accept or reject any recommendations made by Registrant. Unless otherwise agreed, the client remains exclusively responsible for implementation of any accepted recommendations. It remains the client’s responsibility to promptly notify the Registrant if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment objectives in order to request a re-evaluation of Registrant’s previous recommendations and/or services. RETIREMENT CONSULTING The Registrant also provides retirement plan consulting/management services, pursuant to which it assists sponsors of self-directed retirement plans organized under the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). The terms and conditions of the engagement shall be set forth in a Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement between the Registrant and the plan sponsor. To the extent that the plan sponsor engages the Registrant in an ERISA Section 3(21) capacity, the Registrant will assist with the selection and/or monitoring of investment options (generally open-end mutual funds and exchange traded funds) from which plan participants shall choose in self-directing the investments for their individual plan retirement accounts. If the plan sponsor chooses to engage the Registrant in an ERISA Section 3(38) capacity, Registrant may provide the same services as described above, but may also: create specific asset allocation models that Registrant manages on a discretionary basis, which plan participants may choose in managing their individual retirement account; and/or modify the investment options made available to plan participants on a discretionary basis. MISCELLANEOUS Limitations of Financial Planning and Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation Services. To the extent requested by a client, Registrant may provide financial planning and related consulting services regarding non-investment related matters, such as estate planning, tax planning, insurance, etc. The Registrant does not serve as a law firm, accounting firm, or insurance agency, and no portion of Registrant’s services should be construed as legal, accounting, or insurance implementation services. Accordingly, Registrant does not prepare estate planning documents, tax returns or sell insurance products. To the extent requested by a client, Registrant may recommend the services of other professionals for certain non-investment implementation purposes (i.e., attorneys, accountants, insurance agents, etc.). Clients are reminded that they are under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended professional. The client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation made by Registrant or its representatives. If the client engages any professional, recommended or otherwise, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse exclusively from the engaged professional. At all times, the engaged licensed professional(s), and not Registrant, shall be responsible for the quality and competency of the services provided. Retirement Rollovers – No Obligation / 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 Registrant recommends that a client roll over their retirement plan assets into an account to be managed by Registrant, such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if Registrant will earn new (or increase its current) compensation as a result of the rollover. If Registrant provides a recommendation as to whether a client should engage in a rollover or not (whether it is from an employer’s plan or an existing IRA), 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, whether it is from an employer’s plan or an existing IRA. Cash Positions. Registrant continues to treat cash as an asset class. As such, unless determined to the contrary by Registrant, all cash positions (money markets, etc.) shall continue to be included as part of assets under management for purposes of calculating Registrant’s advisory fee. 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), Registrant may maintain cash positions for defensive purposes. In addition, while assets are maintained in cash, such amounts could miss market advances. Depending upon current yields, at any point in time, Registrant’s advisory fee could exceed the interest paid by the client’s money market fund. Cash Sweep Accounts. Certain account custodians can require that cash proceeds from account transactions or new deposits, be swept to and/or initially maintained in a specific custodian designated sweep account. The yield on the sweep account will generally be lower than those available for other money market accounts. When this occurs, to help mitigate the corresponding yield dispersion Registrant shall (usually within 30 days thereafter) generally (with exceptions) purchase a higher yielding money market fund (or other type security) available on the custodian’s platform, 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, the size of the cash balance, 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. The above does not apply
to the cash component maintained within a Registrant actively managed investment strategy (the cash balances for which shall generally remain in the custodian designated cash sweep account), an indication from the client of a need for access to such cash, assets allocated to an unaffiliated investment manager and cash balances maintained for fee billing purposes. The client shall remain exclusively responsible for yield dispersion/cash balance decisions and corresponding transactions for cash balances maintained in any Registrant unmanaged accounts. Portfolio Trading Activity. Registrant has a fiduciary duty to provide services consistent with the client’s best interest. As part of its investment advisory services, Registrant will review client portfolios on an ongoing basis to determine if any trades are necessary based upon various factors, including but not limited to investment performance, fund manager tenure, style drift, account additions/withdrawals, the client’s financial circumstances, and changes in the client’s investment objectives. Based upon these and other factors, there may be extended periods of time when Registrant determines that trades within a client’s portfolio are neither necessary nor prudent. Clients nonetheless remain subject to the fees described in Item 5 below during periods of account inactivity. Account Aggregation Platforms. Registrant may provide its clients with access to one or more online account aggregation platforms (collectively, the “Platforms”). The Platforms allows a client to view their complete asset allocation, including those assets that Registrant does not manage (the “Excluded Assets”). Registrant does not provide investment management, monitoring, or implementation services for the Excluded Assets. Therefore, Registrant shall not be responsible for the investment performance of the Excluded Assets. Rather, the client and/or their advisor(s) that maintain management authority for the Excluded Assets, and not Registrant, shall be exclusively responsible for such investment performance. The client may choose to engage Registrant to manage some or all of the Excluded Assets pursuant to the terms and conditions of an Investment Advisory Agreement between Registrant and the client. The Platforms may also provide access to other types of information, including financial planning concepts, which should not, in any manner whatsoever, be construed as services, advice, or recommendations provided by Registrant. Finally, Registrant shall not be held responsible for any adverse results a client may experience if the client engages in financial planning or other functions available on the Platforms without Registrant’s assistance or oversight. Use of Mutual Funds: While the Registrant may recommend allocating investment assets to mutual funds that are not available directly to the public, the Registrant may also recommend that clients allocate investment assets to publicly available mutual funds that the client could obtain without engaging Registrant as an investment adviser. However, if a client or prospective client determines to allocate investment assets to publicly available mutual funds without engaging Registrant as an investment adviser, the client or prospective client would not receive the benefit of Registrant’s initial and ongoing investment advisory services. Other mutual funds, such as those issued by Dimensional Fund Advisors (“DFA”), are generally only available through registered investment advisers. Registrant may allocate client investment assets to DFA mutual funds. Therefore, upon the termination of Registrant’s services to a client, restrictions regarding transferability and/or additional purchases of, or reallocation among DFA funds will apply. 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 designated professionals and is expressly authorized to rely thereon. Moreover, each client is advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify Registrant if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating and revising Registrant’s previous recommendations and/or services. Private Investments. Registrant may also provide investment advice regarding affiliated and unaffiliated private investment funds and private placement equity securities. With regard to First Avenue Bridge Equity, LLC, First Avenue Funding, LLC, First Avenue Private Partners, LLC and First Avenue Infrastructure II, LLC (the “affiliated funds”), the Registrant, on a non-discretionary basis, may recommend that qualified clients consider allocating a portion of their investment assets to one or more of the affiliated funds. The terms and conditions for participation in the affiliated private funds, including management and incentive fees, conflicts of interest, and risk factors, are set forth in the fund’s offering documents. Registrant’s clients are under absolutely no obligation to consider or make an investment in an affiliated fund. Registrant’s role relative to unaffiliated private investments shall be limited to its initial and ongoing due diligence and investment monitoring services. If a client determines to become a private fund and/or private placement equity investor in an unaffiliated private fund, the amount of assets invested shall be included as part of “assets under management” for purposes of Registrant calculating its investment advisory fee. Registrant’s clients are under absolutely no obligation to consider or make an investment in a private investment fund(s) or private placement equity security. Risks: Private investment funds and private placement equity securities generally involve various risk factors, including, but not limited to, potential for complete loss of principal, liquidity constraints and lack of transparency, a complete discussion of which is set forth in each security’s and/or fund’s offering documents, which will be provided to each client for review and consideration. Unlike liquid investments that a client may own, private investments do not provide daily liquidity or pricing. Each prospective client investor will be required to complete a Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which the client shall establish that he/she is qualified for investment, and acknowledges and accepts the various risk factors that are associated with such an investment. Fund Valuation: In the event that Registrant references private investments owned by the client on any supplemental account reports prepared by Registrant, the value(s) for all private investments owned by the client shall reflect the most recent valuation provided by the sponsor. If no subsequent valuation post-purchase is provided by the sponsor, then the valuation shall reflect the initial purchase price (and/or a value as of a previous date), or the current value(s) (either the initial purchase price and/or the most recent valuation provided by the sponsor). If the valuation reflects initial purchase price (and/or a value as of a previous date), the current value(s) (to the extent ascertainable) could be significantly more or less than original purchase price. The client’s advisory fee shall be based upon reflected private investment value(s). Separate Account Managers. For clients that require an enhanced and/or specialized level of investment management services, Registrant may recommend a client allocate a portion of the client’s investment assets among unaffiliated separate account managers (“Separate Account Manager(s)”) in accordance with the client’s designated investment objective(s). In such situations, the Separate Account Manager(s) will have day-to-day responsibility for the active discretionary management of the allocated assets. Registrant will continue to monitor such Separate Account Manager’s investment activities on behalf of the client. The factors Registrant considers in recommending Separate Account Manager(s) include the client’s designated investment objective(s), management style, performance, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing, and research. The investment management fee charged by the Separate Account Manager(s) is separate from, and in addition to, Registrant’s advisory fee as set forth in Item 5. 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 procedures to reduce the risk of cybersecurity incidents, 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 2 of Form ADV and Form CRS (Client Relationship Summary) shall be provided to each client (as applicable) prior to, or contemporaneously with, the execution of the applicable form of agreement between Registrant and the client. 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 any time, 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 $343,935,777 in assets under management on a discretionary basis.