4a: Firm Description
SoundView Advisors (fka Stoltenberg & Associates) was established in January 2007 by Bruce
Stoltenberg and Kevin L. Slater, CFP®, CEO. Bruce retired from the firm in 2016. The firm’s home
office is located in Olympia, with an additional office in downtown Seattle.
4a1: Principal Members
§ Kevin L. Slater, President, and CEO: Mr. Slater may be contacted by telephone at
(206) 682-7713 or by email at
[email protected].
§ Kevin M. Rigg, Treasurer, Vice President, and CFO: Mr. Rigg may be contacted by telephone at
(206) 682-7713 or by email at
[email protected].
§ Nate Porter, COO, Chief Compliance Officer, and Secretary: Mr. Porter may be contacted by
telephone at
(206) 682-7713 or by email at
[email protected].
4b: Types of Advisory Services
SoundView Advisors offers a variety of investment advisory services to our clients. We work with you to
identify your investment goals and objectives, as well as risk tolerance, in order to create an initial
portfolio allocation designed to complement your financial goals and objectives. We may create a
portfolio consisting of, but not limited to exchange traded funds, no-load funds and/or load-waived
funds (front-end commissions will not be charged although account custodians will, in some cases assess
transaction fees).
Each portfolio will be initially designed to meet a particular investment goal, which SoundView Advisors
has determined to be suitable to your circumstances. Once the appropriate portfolio has been
determined, we will review the portfolio investments at least monthly and rebalance the account at least
annually based upon your individual needs, stated goals and objectives. SoundView Advisors’ strategy,
generally, is to seek to meet your investment objectives while providing you with access to personal
advisory services. Depending on client needs, SoundView Advisors’ investment management services
may include:
§ Establishment of Accounts
§ Asset Allocation
§ Liquidity Analysis
§ Investment and Manager Assessment
§ Investment Selection & Trading
§ Portfolio Reporting, Analysis & Performance Measurement
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§ Tracking of Dividends, Interest, Gains, Losses, & Tax Basis
§ Coordination of Distributions or Reinvestments
§ Ongoing Account Management
In certain circumstances, we may recommend or work with sub-advisors, in which case we will work
closely with you to tailor the solution to meet your needs.
If SoundView's investment management services include assets in an account(s) in a retirement plan
sponsored by Client's employer, Client acknowledges that SoundView's management is limited to the
plan’s restrictions and fund selections. SoundView has no independent authority to make disbursements,
withdrawals, or change beneficiaries in these accounts.
In addition to our investment advisory services, SoundView Advisors offers you financial planning. We
will prepare a written financial plan for all financial planning clients. The plan considers all of your assets,
liabilities, goals and objectives and includes gathering all information necessary to provide you with
appropriate and agreed upon services, which may include one or more of the following:
§ Tax Planning & Projections
§ Retirement Planning
§ Ongoing Long-Term Financial Stability
§ Tax Planning & Projections
§ Estate Planning Review & Analysis
§ Insurance Analysis & Consulting
§ Employer Retirement & Benefit Plan Analysis
§ Cash Flow Analysis & Planning
§ Employee Stock Option Planning
§ Educational Needs Analysis & Funding Requirements
§ Gifting Strategies
§ Client Risk Capacity & Risk
Tolerance Assessment
§ Consulting regarding other financial planning, investment
You are encouraged to review your plans on a regular basis.
Retirement Rollovers-No Obligation/Conflict of Interest: A client leaving an employer typically has four
options (and may engage in a combination of these options): 1) leave the money in his former employer’s
plan, if permitted, 2) roll over the assets to his/her new employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers
are permitted, 3) rollover to an Individual Retirement Account (IRA), or 4) cash out the account value
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(which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences).
SoundView Advisors may recommend an investor roll over plan assets to an IRA managed by
SoundView Advisors. As a result, SoundView Advisors may earn an asset-based fee; however, a
recommendation that a client or prospective client leave their plan assets with their old employer will
result in no compensation. SoundView Advisors has an economic incentive to encourage an investor to
roll plan assets into an IRA that SoundView Advisors will manage.
There are various factors that SoundView Advisors may consider before recommending a rollover,
including but not limited to: i) the investment options available in the plan versus the investment options
available in an IRA, ii) fees and expenses in the plan versus the fees and expenses in an IRA, iii) the
services and responsiveness of the plan’s investment professionals versus those of SoundView Advisors,
iv) required minimum distributions and age considerations, and vi) employer stock tax consequences, if
any. No client is under any obligation to roll over plan assets to an IRA managed by SoundView
Advisors.
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 interests ahead of yours.
Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
§ 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.
4c: Client Tailored Relationships and Restrictions
As a fiduciary, SoundView Advisors always acts solely in your best interests. Your portfolio is
customized based on your investment objectives. You may make requests or make suggestions regarding
the investments made in your portfolio. Restrictions on trading which, in our opinion, are not in your
best interest cannot be honored and if forced, may result in the termination of our agreement.
4d: Wrap Fee Program
SoundView Advisors does not sponsor nor provide portfolio management services through a wrap fee
program.
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4e: Assets under Management (AUM)
SoundView Advisors, as of December 31, 2023, has $293,829,223in discretionary reportable Assets under
Management and $51,289,322 in non-discretionary reportable Assets under Management. The total
regulatory Assets under Management is $345,118,545