Firm Description
Chapin Davis, Inc. (“Chapin Davis”, “firm”, “us”, “we” or “our”), a Maryland corporation, was
founded in 1952. In 1991, we began offering investment advisory services under the marketing
name of Chapin Davis Asset Management. Chapin Davis is registered with the SEC as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and as a broker-dealer under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The firm is also a member of FINRA and SIPC.
Principal Owners
Chapin Davis’s Principal Owner is Talbot Jones Albert, IV with greater than 25% ownership.
Types of Advisory Services
Chapin Davis advises individuals (including high net worth individuals), corporations, retirement
accounts, trusts and other institutions. Chapin Davis typically provides investment advice with
respect to equity and fixed income securities, options, open end mutual funds, exchange-traded
funds (“ETFs”) and money market instruments. Chapin Davis’s primary areas of focus include:
(1) Investment Portfolio Management Advisory Services, which can be utilized by the
client as follows:
Chapin Davis accepts full discretion with authority to make investment
decisions on behalf of the client, including asset allocation, due diligence and
selection of investments, and rebalances;
Chapin Davis accepts limited discretion to manage client assets within asset
allocation guidelines and ranges established by the client; or
The client retains full discretion over all asset allocation and investment
manager decisions, and Chapin Davis provides investment recommendations
for the client’s consideration.
In each case, clients may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or
types of securities.
(2) Financial Planning and/or Consulting Services, pursuant to which Chapin Davis
provides non-discretionary, personal financial planning services in the form of an
individualized, written financial plan encompassing the areas selected by the client,
including:
Estate Planning Review. Review of property ownership, distribution strategies
and estate tax reduction strategies. Estate Planning involves a discussion of
gifting, trusts, wills, etc., and the disposition of business interests. Should the
client not have an Estate Attorney or CPA, the firm may provide a list of various
resources for the client to interview professionals.
Personal Financial Review. Review of asset allocation and investment income
accumulation techniques. Evaluations are made of existing investments in terms
of their economic and tax characteristics as well as their suitability for meeting
client objectives. Advice is also provided with
respect to retirement planning
alternatives and techniques or appropriate allocation and distribution of assets
following retirement.
(3) Wrap Fee Manager Services, pursuant to which Chapin Davis provides non-
discretionary investment advice to separate accounts established through wrap fee
or private manager programs sponsored by Investment Advisory Services of Wells
Fargo Advisor an affiliated firm to our clearing firm, First Clearing. Chapin Davis
receives a portion of the wrap fee for our services. Portfolio Managers may rely on
both fundamental and quantitative research and develop specific investment
strategies using a mix of these methods. Investment strategies typically include
equity and fixed income strategies, asset allocation, ETF strategies, customized
portfolios and mutual fund asset allocation. Eligible securities for these types of
accounts could include common and preferred stocks, ETFs, closed end funds, unit
investment trusts, corporate and government bonds, certificates of deposit, options,
structured products, and no-load or advisory/institutional class mutual funds.
Portfolio Managers may engage in covered call writing, options strategies and
trading or short sale transactions.
(4) Recommendations of Other Independent Investment Managers to manage the
assets of Chapin Davis clients on a discretionary basis.
(5) Management of 401k Assets, through the use of a third-party platform, Chapin
Davis manages held away assets such as defined contribution plan participant
accounts on a discretionary basis. The platform allows us to avoid being considered
the custodian of client funds since we do not have direct access to client log-in
credentials to affect trades. We are not affiliated with the platform in any way and
receive no compensation from them for using their platform. A link will be
provided to the client allowing them to connect an account(s) to the platform. Once
the client account(s) is connected to the platform, Chapin Davis will review the
current account allocations and rebalance the account, as necessary, in line with the
client’s investment goals and risk tolerance. The goal is to improve account
performance over time and to minimize loss during difficult markets. Client
account(s) will be reviewed at least quarterly and allocation changes will be made
as deemed necessary.
Assets under Management
Chapin Davis’s client assets under management as of December 31, 2023, were as follows:
Discretionary Clients $341,222,094
Non-Discretionary Clients $ 76,212,546
Total $417,434,640