A. Firm Information
Main Street Financial, LLC (“Main Street” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The Advisor is organized as a limited liability company (“LLC”)
under the laws of the State of New York. Main Street was founded in 2001 and is owned and operated by
Charles J. Benway (Manager and Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides information
regarding the qualifications, business practices, and the advisory services provided by Main Street.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Main Street offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, estates and
other businesses (each referred to as a “Client”).
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary,
the Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential
conflicts of interest. Main Street’s fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of Ethics. For
more information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in
Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
Main Street provides customized wealth management services for its Clients, which generally includes a broad
range of comprehensive financial planning services in connection with discretionary management of investment
portfolios. This is achieved through continuous personal Client contact and interaction with each Client to identify
their investment goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial situation in order to create a portfolio
strategy. Main Street will construct an investment portfolio, consisting of exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-
end mutual funds, individual stocks, individual bonds, and/or other types in investments, as appropriate, to meet
the needs of the Client. The Advisor may retain certain types of investments based on a Client’s legacy
investments based on portfolio fit and/or tax considerations.
Financial Planning Services
Main Street will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients, pursuant to a
written financial planning agreement. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation,
depending on their goals and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal
financial plan or rendering a specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives.
This planning or consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to, investment
planning, personal savings, education savings, and other areas of a Client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for, or financial consultation rendered to, the Client will usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the Client. For example,
recommendations may be made that the Client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs.
Main Street may also refer Clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialists, as appropriate for their unique
situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s
financial situation, observations,
and recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, the Advisor may
not provide a written summary. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of contract
date, assuming all information and documents requested are provided promptly.
Financial planning and consulting recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the
interests of the Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor
for investment management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would
increase the amount of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any
recommendations made by the Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects
to act on any of the recommendations made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the
transaction through the Advisor.
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Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement
accounts or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable,
which are laws governing retirement accounts. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will
provide investment advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement account or to roll over
the assets to an IRA, or recommend a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored Plan to
another, one IRA to another IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g. commission-based
account to fee-based account). Such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Advisor will earn a
new (or increase its current) advisory fee as a result of the transaction. No client is under any obligation to roll
over a retirement account to an account managed by the Advisor.
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging Main Street to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into an
investment advisory agreement with the Advisor that defines the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities
of the Advisor and the Client. These services may include:
• Establishing an Investment Strategy – Main Street, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy
that seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – Main Street will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet the
investment objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk of each Client.
• Portfolio Construction – Main Street will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the
stated goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – Main Street will provide investment management and
ongoing oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Main Street does not manage or place Client assets into a wrap fee program. Investment advisory services are
provided directly by Main Street.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Main Street manages $58,652,599 in Client assets, all of which are on a discretionary
basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting the Advisor.