Description of Firm and Types of Advisory Services
Members Advisory Group, LLC (or the “Firm,” “we,” “us,” “ours”) is a registered investment
advisor based in Williamsville, NY. We are organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under
the laws of the State of New York. We have been providing investment advisory services since
2012. We are primarily owned by Scott M. Cashmore.
Wealth Management Services
We offer wealth management services, which consists of ongoing financial planning services
and discretionary investment management. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our
clients' needs and investment objectives. We will meet with you to determine your investment
objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant information (the "investment parameters") at the
beginning of our advisory relationship. We will use the investment parameters we gather to
develop a strategy that enables our Firm to give you investment recommendations consistent
with your financial goals.
We primarily offer advice on equity securities, corporate, municipal and government debt
securities, mutual funds, and exchange traded funds.
Additionally, we may advise you on any type of investment that we deem appropriate based on
your stated goals and objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in
your portfolio at the inception of our advisory relationship.
We provide portfolio management services where the investment advice provided is custom
tailored to meet your investment needs and objectives. We manage accounts on a discretionary
basis. If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to
grant our Firm discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will
allow us to determine the specific securities and the amount of securities to be purchased or
sold for your account without your approval prior to each transaction. Discretionary authority is
typically granted by the investment advisory agreement you sign with our Firm and the
appropriate trading authorization forms. You may limit our discretionary authority by providing
our Firm with your restrictions and guidelines in writing.
We may also offer non-discretionary portfolio management services. If you enter into non-
discretionary arrangements with our Firm, we must obtain your approval prior to executing any
transactions on behalf of your account. You have an unrestricted right to decline to implement
any advice provided by our Firm on a non-discretionary basis.
Tailored Relationships
We tailor investment advisory services to the individual needs of the client. Our clients are
allowed to impose restrictions on the investments in their account. All limitations and
restrictions placed on accounts must be presented to us in writing.
Clients will retain individual
ownership of all securities.
Fiduciary Statement
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,
(“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code, (“IRC”), 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. We must take into
consideration each client’s objectives and act in the best interests of the client. We are
prohibited from engaging in any activity that is in conflict with the interests of the client. We
have the following responsibilities when working with a client:
• To render impartial advice;
• To make appropriate recommendations based on the client’s needs, financial
circumstances, and investment objectives;
• To exercise a high degree of care and diligence to ensure that information is presented
in an accurate manner and not in a way to mislead;
• To have a reasonable basis, information, and understanding of the facts in order to
provide appropriate recommendations and representations;
• Disclose any material conflict of interest in writing; and
• Treat clients fairly and equitably.
Regulations prohibit us from:
• Employing any device, scheme, or artifice to defraud a client;
• Making any untrue statement of a material fact to a client or omitting to state a material
fact when communicating with a client;
• Engaging in any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as
fraud or deceit upon a client; or
• Engaging in any manipulative act or practice with a client.
We will act with competence, dignity, integrity, and in an ethical manner, when working with
clients. We will use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgement when
conducting investment analysis, making investment recommendations, trading, promoting our
services, and engaging in other professional activities.
Wrap Fee Programs
A “wrap-fee” program is one that provides the client with advisory and brokerage execution
services for an all-inclusive fee. The client is not charged separate fees for the respective
components of the total service. We no longer sponsor, manage nor participate in a Wrap Fee
Program.
Assets Under Management
As of January 31, 2024, Members Advisory Group, LLC managed $349,303,034in client assets;
$347,166,317 was managed on a discretionary basis and $2,136,717, was managed on a non-
discretionary basis.