Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC is an investment advisor registered with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and is a Limited Liability Company formed under the laws of the State
of Arizona.
Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC has been registered as an Investment Advisory Firm since June 7, 2011,
and is jointly owned and managed by Jason S. Polit and Zeljko J. Zdrale.
General Description of Primary Advisory Services
Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC is an independent fee-based Registered Investment Advisor. We
designed Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC with a single goal in mind: To protect and grow our clients’
wealth to the best of our ability.
Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC (“VWM”) offers clients a comprehensive range of services (each a
“Service” and collectively the “Services”) that support both short and long-term goals. VWM acts as the
central point of contact for the various Services in carrying out the objectives of the Client. Upon execution
of a power of attorney (“POA”), VWM may engage, hire, retain, and employ, in the name and for the Account
of Client, such lawyers, accountants, and other professionals as are necessary in the ordinary course of
performing Services on behalf of Client.
Depending upon the needs and objectives of the Client, VWM’s Services may include some or all of the
following Services:
Financial Oversight and Recordkeeping Services
i. Expense Oversight:
This Service includes gathering agreements, contracts, and invoices that require regular payment and
organizing these invoices into payment schedules, establishing checking accounts and other types of
accounts needed to pay these invoices and coordinating payment. These payments may include quarterly
tax payments, insurance payments, distributions to shareholders, mortgage payments, management fees
and other payments.
ii. Cash Flow Oversight:
This Service includes developing twelve (12)-month cash flow projections, updating cash flow projections
on a monthly basis, and the validation of cash inflow and outflows against supporting documentation.
iii. Record Management and Retention:
This Service includes creating the documents and files necessary to support the operation of a family office
as required including maintaining a general ledger and account records and other files as needed.
Integrated Wealth Management Services
With a comprehensive view of your financial and lifestyle requirements, we work with you to establish wealth
transfer and tax minimization plans to help assure family continuity and governance, address executive
compensation and benefits issues, and formulate a strategic financial plan and other wealth management
strategies.
Client acknowledges that he/she/it is under no obligation to implement any recommendations made by VWM
as part of a financial plan, either independently or through VWM or its affiliates. If Client wishes to implement
any such recommendations, Client may select any brokerage firm, private investment firm, insurance
agency, broker, or carrier, bank, or any other financial Service institution to implement Client’s decisions.
Should Client choose to implement such recommendations through VWM and/or its affiliates, Client should
realize that this presents a conflict of interest in that VWM will charge separate fees for implementing such
recommendations (see “Investment Oversight Services” below), and consequently, the objectivity of the
advice rendered to Client could be biased. Furthermore, Client understands that investment adviser
representatives (“IARs”) of VWM and/or its affiliates sell insurance products in their separate capacities as
independent insurance agents for firms not affiliated with VWM. When these IARs implement insurance
transactions in these separate capacities, they earn additional compensation. This presents a conflict of
interest since IARs could earn fees and commissions for implementing recommendations made as part of
a financial plan. Client understands that he/she/it is free to select any insurance agent or insurance provider
they wish to implement any recommendations.
We may advise a Client about legacy positions or other investments in Client portfolios. Clients can limit or
restrict our trading in these positions.
Investment Management Services
Our Investment Management Services are based on a dynamic asset allocation strategy. Through this
service, VWM implements a customized and individualized investment program for clients by applying our
investment philosophy with ongoing discretionary supervision over client accounts. This means that we will
continuously monitor your account and make trades in your account when necessary. When discretionary
authority is provided by the client, we will not be required to contact you prior to making investment decisions.
Third-Party Investment Managers
We may utilize unaffiliate, independent third-party investment managers (“TPIMs”) to manage some or all
of Client assets if we determine such action to be in the best interest of the Client. When recommending
Client to a TPIM, the Firm will (i) gather such information as investment objectives, risk tolerance, investment
guidelines, time horizons and other important and necessary information relating to the Client’s assets; (ii)
based upon such information, determine appropriate allocations of Client’s assets; and (iii) recommend one
or more TPIMs whose management style and strategies are consistent with Client’s objectives and financial
profile.
Clients may be required to enter into an advisory agreement with a TPIM, which will be in addition to and,
and distinct from the agreement with VWM. TPIMs will typically have discretionary authority over the assets
allocated for management and are authorized to buy, sell, and trade in securities in accordance with the
Client’s investment objectives and/or selected investment strategy. VWM shall provide information and/or
documentation to the TPIM relative to the Client’s investment objective(s), initially when the Client account
is opened, and anytime the Client informs the Firm of any change to their investment objectives. VWM’s
fees typically include those fees associated with allocating Client assets to designated TPIMs. Please refer
to the “Fees” section in Item 5 below for important fee information.
Trustee Services
Upon client request, VWM provides Trustee services, including Personal CFO/Executive Services, Tax and
Accounting Services, Real Estate Services, Executive and Family Assistance, Philanthropic Support, Estate
and Gift Planning and Trustee Services. These services are offered under separate engagement and Clients
will need to enter into separate agreements for these services.
Disclosure Regarding Rollover Recommendations
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and when we provide investment advice to
you regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are also 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. We have to act in your best interest and not
put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your
interests.
A client or prospect 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) rollover 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). Our Firm may recommend an
investor roll over plan assets to an IRA for which our Firm provides investment advisory services. As a
result, our Firm and its representatives may earn an asset-based fee. In contrast, a recommendation that a
client or prospective client leave their plan assets with their previous employer or roll over the assets to a
plan sponsored by a new employer will generally result in no compensation to our Firm. Our Firm therefore
has an economic incentive to encourage a client to roll plan assets into an IRA that our Firm will manage,
which presents a conflict of interest. To mitigate the conflict of interest, there are various factors that our
Firm will 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 our Firm, (iv) protection of assets from creditors and legal judgments, (v)
required minimum distributions and age considerations, and (vi) employer stock tax consequences, if any.
Our Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address any questions that a client or prospective
client has regarding the oversight.
General Information About Your Account
Prior to engaging VWM to provide investment management services, the client will be required to enter into
a formal investment advisory agreement setting forth the terms and conditions, including the amount of the
investment management fee, under which we shall manage the client’s assets. Clients will also need to
enter into a separate custodial/clearing agreement with a broker/dealer and/or custodian selected by
Vigilare Wealth Management, LLC.
Our discretionary asset management services will only be provided through accounts at broker/dealer(s)
selected by VWM. The selected broker/dealer(s) provide custody, clearing, and other brokerage services
including regular basic statement reporting. Clients will be required to establish a brokerage account(s)
through this broker/dealer for all discretionary asset management services. VWM will be granted limited
power-of-attorney over all discretionary accounts in order to effect trades and, when agreed upon by the
client, to deduct advisory service fees. A separate account is always maintained for each client and the
client retains all rights of ownership to their accounts (e. g. right to withdraw securities or cash, exercise, or
delegate proxy voting, and receive transaction confirmations).
Please refer to Item 12 – Brokerage Practices for further information on VWM’s relationship with
Custodians.
Description of Investment Types
We provide investment advice on the following types of investments.
• Exchange-listed securities (i.e., stocks and exchange-traded funds)
• Securities traded over the counter
• Foreign issues
• Warrants
• Corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper)
• Commercial Paper and Certificates of deposit
• Municipal securities
• Mutual fund shares
• United States government securities
• Option and derivative contacts on securities, commodities, or currencies
• Interests in partnerships investing in real estate, oil, and gas interests.
We may also periodically invest in leveraged ETFs. Leveraged ETFs seek a multiple of the return of a
benchmark for a single day only. Leveraged ETFs are riskier than other alternatives that do not use
leverage. We invest in leveraged ETFs in order to magnify the performance of an index, and thus, seek
greater profits (of course, losses are magnified too). These positions will be actively monitored and
rebalanced on a regular basis to maintain consistent exposure. Rebalancing does not guarantee specific
future results and may result in investment losses.
We have indicated the types of investments we typically provide advice on, but we reserve the right to advise
clients on any other type of investment that we deem appropriate based on the client’s stated goals and
objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in a client’s portfolio at the inception
of the advisory relationship or on any investment on which the client requests advice.
We do not provide advice on Variable Life Insurance, Variable Annuities or futures contracts on tangibles
or intangibles.
Portfolios managed under our advisory services will typically be constructed using national market listed
cash, stocks, exchange traded funds, closed ended funds, individual bonds, open-ended mutual funds. We
may increase cash holdings, deploy short selling strategies or alternative investments as deemed
appropriate, based on a client’s indicated tolerance for risk, our expectations of market behavior, and/or for
risk management purposes.
Conflicts may arise in the allocation of investment opportunities among accounts managed. We strive to
allocate investment opportunities deemed appropriate for your account(s) and other accounts advised by
the firm equitably and consistent with the best interests of all accounts involved. However, there can be no
assurance that a particular investment opportunity will be shared in any particular manner. If VWM obtains
material, non-public information about a security or its issuer that may not lawfully be used or disclosed,
we have absolutely no obligation to disclose the information to any client or use it for any client’s benefit.
Advisory Services Tailored to Individual Needs of Clients
Our services are provided based on the individual needs of each client. We work with each client on a one-
on-one basis using interviews and data gathering forms to determine a client’s investment objectives,
financial resources and constraints, potential adverse tax consequences, attitudes towards market volatility,
tolerance for potential market losses, and other suitability information. Clients are given the ability to request
restrictions or preferences on the accounts we manage; including but not limited to, cash management
needs, tax sensitivity, coordination with held-away assets, restrictions, or preferences for specific companies
and/or sectors.
While our advisory services are tailored to you as an individual, recommended products may use a multi-
fund manager approach which makes it difficult to ensure that your portfolio will not invest in a particular
industry or security. However, we are happy to discuss your preferences and will effort to accommodate
them.
Clients are responsible for timely notification to VWM of any changes to their financial situation or investment
objectives and if the client would like to impose and/or modify any reasonable restrictions on the management
of his/her accounts.
Administrative Services Provided by Black Diamond
Our Firm has contracted with Black Diamond to utilize its technology platforms to support data
reconciliation, performance reporting, fee calculation and billing, client database maintenance,
quarterly performance evaluations, payable reports, and other functions related to the administrative
tasks of managing client accounts. Due to this arrangement, Black Diamond will have access to
client information, but Black Diamond will not serve as an investment adviser to our clients. Our Firm
and Black Diamond are non-affiliated companies. Black Diamond charges our Firm an annual fee
for each account administered by Black Diamond. Please note that the fee charged to the client will
not increase due to the annual fee our firm pays to Black Diamond, the annual fee is paid from the
portion of the management fee retained by our Firm.
There may be a possibility for price or account value discrepancies due to quarter-end transactions
in an account. Dividends or trade date settlements may occur and our third-party billing software
may report a slight difference in account valuation at quarter end compared to what is reported on
your Statement from the Custodian. Our firm has the ability to produce billing summaries, which can
be provided upon request.
Nitrogen (Formerly RISKALYZE)
To further fine-tune our understanding of a client’s risk tolerance, our Firm utilizes Nitrogen, a third-
party vendor tool, to assist in identifying the client’s risk tolerance.
Nitrogen technology assists financial planners in two critical tasks: (1) measuring the risk preferences
of investors and (2) applying these preference measurements to portfolio selection. Nitrogen
summarizes an investor’s mean-variance risk aversion on a 99-point scale. In connection with this
output, the Nitrogen tool “quantifies” the client’s indicated investment risk tolerance through the
illustration of expected return (plus/minus) and investment volatility (investment variance), which
uses past data to calculate expected variance.
Wrap Fee Programs
We do not place client assets into a wrap fee program.
Assets
The number of clients’ assets managed by Vigilare Wealth Management; LLC totaled $ 291,005,199 as of
December 31, 2023. $279,326,298 are managed on a discretionary basis and $11,678,901 are managed
on a non-discretionary basis.