Registration Status – Registered with the SEC on March 11,
20081
Registered with the State of California on May 8, 2002
Principal Owners – Peter M. Burton, through PMB Asset Management
Robert D. Enright, through RDE Asset Management
Jeremy A. Welch, through JAW Asset Management
Benjamin R. Peters, through BRP Asset Management
Kelly M. Metzler, through KMRAsset Management
Christopher S. Hughes, through CSH Asset Management
Assets Under Management – Discretionary: $ 1,023,293,243
(as of December 31, 2023) Non-Discretionary: $ 110,497,469
Total AUM: $ 1,133,790,712
ADVISORY SERVICES
INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES
We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of
investment advisory services. Our Firm is a partnership formed in the State of California. We
specialize in the following types of services: investment management, financial planning, and
retirement plan consulting.
As part of our Investment Management service, we generally create a portfolio that consists of among
the following: mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), individual stocks or bonds, options, and
other public and private securities or investments or sub-advised investment programs. The client’s
individual investment strategy is tailored to their specific needs. Each portfolio will initially be designed
to meet a particular investment goal, which we determine to be suitable to the client’s circumstances.
Once the appropriate portfolio has been determined, we review the portfolio at least quarterly and
if necessary, rebalance the portfolio based upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and
objectives. Each client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of
investments to be held in the portfolio.
We apply a significant level of discipline in our approach to investing. This discipline allows us to
stay true to both our management style and our client’s individual objectives. We begin the
investment initiative by conducting a detailed financial analysis that includes gaining an
understanding of our client’s risk tolerance. Based on our analysis, we develop an Investment
Policy Statement (IPS), which outlines the investment objectives, management policies and
portfolio. We usually allow clients to impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities
or types of securities.
A client retains the authority to make additions to and withdrawals from the client’s custodial
account at any time, subject to the Firm’s right to terminate a relationship if the amount of assets
under management falls to a level that no longer warrants our services. Clients retain the authority
to withdraw account assets with notice to the Firm, subject to the usual and customary securities
settlement procedures. However, we design client portfolios as long-term investments and caution
1“Registration” means only that the Firm meets the minimum requirements for registration as an investment
advisor and does not imply that the SEC or any other regulator guarantees the quality of our services or
recommends them.
our clients that ongoing or significant asset withdrawals will impair achievement of the client’s
investment objectives.
Additions to an account may be in cash or securities. However, a client’s custodian may decline
to accept particular securities into a client’s account. Or we may recommend that the security be
liquidated prior to transferring it to an account we manage if doing so would benefit the Client.
Clients are advised that when transferred securities are liquidated, they will be subject to
transaction fees, fees assessed at the mutual fund level (i.e. contingent deferred sales charge)
and/or tax ramifications.
Four Steps to Discipline
Our goal is to provide our clients with consistent, competitive investment returns over time. We
follow a four-step approach to investment management that removes emotion from the equation
and allows us to focus on our client’s future. In this way, we can capture opportunities reflective of
client expectations and the ever-changing marketplace.
Step 1: Target Allocation
We begin with a target asset allocation, which represents a reasonable static asset allocation for
a long-term investor. This allocation serves as a frame of reference to help ensure consistent,
disciplined decision-making. It also serves as a benchmark against which we measure conviction
as well as value added (alpha).
Step 2: Active Asset Allocation
We adjust the target asset allocation to take advantage of opportunities consistent with a client’s
long-term goals. We conduct an in-depth analysis of fundamentals and valuations to identify an
undervaluation, or overvaluation, relative to alternative asset classes. We analyze opportunities
with an emphasis on the potential risks to client portfolios.
Step 3: Active & Passive Management
We use a combination of active (no-load funds) and passive (exchange traded funds – ETFs – and
index funds) management vehicles. We take into account management experience, possible
value add (alpha) and style when pursuing active management. When evaluating passive
management, we look at market and cost efficiencies as well as consistency of those vehicles.
Depending upon our strategy at a given time, we may under-weight and over-weight passive
versus active management.
Step 4: Monitoring
We review portfolios on an ongoing basis against benchmarks specific to that portfolio. We use a
thorough methodology to determine a portfolio’s performance on both an absolute and a relative
basis. These benchmarks serve as our report card, which we share with our client’s quarterly
through detailed performance reports.
FIDUCIARY STATUS
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your investment accounts, including your
retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of
certain state and federal laws such as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the
Internal Revenue Code and the regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as
applicable. These regulations require us to act in your best interest and not put our interests ahead
of yours.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES
We provide a variety of financial planning services to individuals, families and other clients
regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of the client’s
current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services will involve
preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation
for clients based on their financial
goals and objectives. Services encompass one or more of the following areas: Investment
Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning,
Corporate and Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate
Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, Business and
Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans rendered to clients usually include general recommendations for a
course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. It should also be noted that when
requested by a client, we refer clients to outside accountants, attorneys or other specialists, as
necessary for non-advisory related services. Implementation of the recommendations will be at
the discretion of the client. For those clients that engage our financial planning services on a stand-
alone basis, we require a signed agreement delineating the services to be provided.
Burton Enright Welch recommends to its financial planning clients that they retain the Firm as their
investment advisor to implement its recommendations. Such recommendation gives rise to a
conflict of interest. Financial planning clients are hereby advised that they are under no obligation
to act on our investment recommendations.
PAST REFERRALS TO THIRD PARTY INVESTMENT MANAGERS
In the past when appropriate, we provided clients with a list of investment advisory services of third-
party professional management firms for the management of client accounts or portions thereof.
Such third-party investment firms assumed portions of the administrative role associated with
servicing these client accounts. In these cases, there may be a modified fee schedule and some
variation in how these remaining client accounts are billed and serviced.
As part of this process, we assisted clients in identifying an appropriate third-party money manager.
We provided initial due diligence on third-party money managers and ongoing reviews of their
management of your account. In order to assist clients in the selection of a third-party money
manager, we typically gathered information from the client about their financial situation,
investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions they can impose on the management of the
account, which are often very limited. It is important to note that we do not offer advice on any
specific securities or other investments in connection with this service. Investment advice and
trading of securities is only offered by or through the third-party money managers to clients.
We periodically review third-party money managers’ reports provided to the client no less often
than on an annual basis. We contact the clients from time to time, as agreed to with the client, in
order to review their financial situation and objectives; communicate information to third-party
money managers as warranted; and assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services
provided by the third-party money manager. The client will be expected to notify us of any
changes in his/her financial situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions that could
affect their account. The client may also directly contact the third-party money manager
managing the account or sponsoring the program.
401(K) CONSULTING SERVICES
We offer retirement plan consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries. The
services are designed to assist the plan sponsor (the “Company”) in meeting their management
and fiduciary obligations to the plan under ERISA. 401(k) consulting services offered by our Firm
include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Analysis and recommendation of Plan structure
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Review of specific Plan requirements
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Assessment of the current Plan investment options
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Provide specific investment recommendations
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Determination of appropriate administrative and recordkeeping solution
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Analysis and recommendation of employee education program
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Ongoing monitoring of Plan
We will determine with the Company in advance the scope of services to be performed and the
fees for all requested services. Prior to engaging us, the Company will be required to enter into a
written agreement with us. This agreement will detail the services to be provided and the relevant
fees and fee-paying arrangement.
General Notice
In performing its services, Burton Enright Welch relies upon the information received from its clients
or from its clients’ other professional legal and accounting advisors and is not required to
independently verify such information. Clients must promptly notify us of any change in their
financial situation or investment objectives that would necessitate a review or revision by our
advisors of the client’s portfolio and/or financial plan.
The investments recommended to clients may be limited by the knowledge and experience of the
personnel of Burton Enright Welch and/or the resources available to it as a result of its relationships
with custodians and other providers in the broader financial industry. In addition, as a result of these
resources, certain investments may be available to clients of Burton Enright Welch that might not
be available to members of the public at large. Burton Enright Welch believes that the breadth of
choices available under these limitations is sufficiently wide so as to effectively make available the
full range of investment options that might conceivably be important for all but the rarest client.
TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
Clients may terminate their investment management agreement at any time upon written notice
to the Firm. The Firm does not assess any fees related to termination but will be entitled to all
management fees earned up to the date of termination. Any prepaid fees owed to the client will
be refunded on a pro rata basis based on the amount of time expired in the billing period. Any
fees owed by the client to the Firm will be calculated and deducted from the client’s account on
a pro rata basis determined on the amount of time expired in the billing period.
If a copy of this Form ADV Part 2A disclosure statement was not delivered to the client prior to or
simultaneous with a client entering into a written advisory contract with Advisor, then the client has
the right to terminate the contract without penalty within five (5) business days after entering into
the contract. For purposes of this provision, a contract is considered entered into when all parties
to the contract have signed the contract. If the client terminates the contract on this basis, all fees
paid by the client will be refunded. Any transaction costs imposed by the executing broker or
custodian for establishing the custodial account or for trades occurring during those five days are
non-refundable.