Item 5: Additional Compensation ............................................................................................................................... 26
Item 6: Supervision ..................................................................................................................................................... 26
Form ADV Part 2B: Supplement
Eric R. Katzman, CFA .............................................................................................................................. 28
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience ........................................................................................ 29
Item 3: Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................................................. 29
Item 5: Additional Compensation ............................................................................................................................... 30
Item 6: Supervision ..................................................................................................................................................... 30
INVESTMENT ADVISORY BROCHURE 5
Rockingstone Advisors LLC (“Rockingstone,” “us,” “we,”
or “our”) provides portfolio management services and
corporate advisory services to a variety of clients
(clients and prospective clients hereafter are referred to
as “clients,” “you,” or “your”). We were formed on
January 5, 2009 and are organized as a Delaware limited
liability company. We are an investment adviser
registered with the SEC. Such registration does not
imply, nor do we intend to represent, any certain level
of skill, training, ability, or qualification to provide the
advisory and management services as described herein
or that we have been sponsored, recommended, or
approved by the SEC, any state agency, or any of their
respective officers.
We are owned by Brandt A. Sakakeeny and his wife
Margaret C. Sakakeeny. Brandt A. Sakakeeny serves as
our Managing Partner, Co-Chief Investment Officer and
Chief Compliance Officer (hereafter referred to as
“Managing Partner”).
Overview and Summary
We strive to develop and manage individual portfolios
to meet your long-term investment goals and
objectives. We do not provide financial planning, estate
planning or insurance planning services. We create
custom portfolios for you that are generally invested in
six principal asset classes, including Equity (stocks),
Fixed Income (bonds), Hybrids (preferred stock and
convertible bonds), Alternatives (commodities, real
estate), Digital Assets (cryptocurrencies, tokens) and
Cash. Within each asset class we invest in a variety of
domestic and foreign public and private securities
and/or digital assets, including but not limited to,
common stocks, preferred stocks, bonds (government,
corporate, asset-backed, and municipal), convertible
bonds, exchange-traded funds, and notes (respectively,
“ETFs” and “ETNs”), real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”), master limited partnerships (“MLPs”), mutual
funds, warrants, money market funds, options,
cryptocurrencies, tokens and coins (cryptocurrencies,
tokens and coins are collectively referred to herein as
“digital assets”). We may also “sell short” securities or
digital assets, which is a strategy designed to benefit
from a decline
in the price or value of a security or a
digital asset.
These portfolios are invested and managed by us
through discretion granted to us by you to manage your
portfolio in a manner consistent with your long-term
goals and objectives (See Item 16: Investment
Discretion for more information). In a few
circumstances, we may also manage portfolios on a
non-discretionary basis, whereby we will obtain your
authorization before trades are submitted on your
behalf.
If clients elect to invest in digital assets, then clients are
also invested in digital assets based on their investment
risk and financial parameters. Rockingstone historically
offered digital assets to its clients via Fidelity or Gemini
Trust Company, LLC (“Fidelity”, “Gemini” or “Digital
Asset Custodian”), U.S. Department of Treasury
Financial Crimes Enforcement Networks (“FinCEN”).
However, effective December 31, 2023, Gemini no
longer offers custodial services to institutional
investors. As a result, Rockingstone is in the process of
transferring custody of digital assets to Fidelity
Brokerage Services. Rockingstone will buy, sell and
trade in digital assets via Gemini and/or Fidelity, at
clients’ election, and provide instructions in furtherance
of such discretionary authority, via Gemini or Fidelity.
Consequently, when purchasing digital assets on behalf
of clients, Rockingstone is limited to digital assets
supported by Gemini or Fidelity.
In general, the customary type of restrictions clients
may impose on their portfolios is the degree of risk and
the amount of assets in the client account(s). Clients
generally cannot select specific securities or digital
assets or restrict the purchase of specific securities or
digital assets, unless communicated to us in writing or
the account is a non-discretionary account.
We do not take possession of your securities or digital
assets; rather, we typically recommend that you
establish a brokerage account with a specific custodian
(the “Recommended Custodian”), normally a
registered broker-dealer, Member SIPC/NYSE, or we
may agree to manage an account maintained with a
custodian that you have selected (the “Directed
Custodian,” and hereafter together referred to as the
“Custodian”). Likewise, if clients elect to invest in digital
assets, then clients must also open an account with
Digital Asset Custodian (“digital asset account”) and
provide discretionary authority over that account to
Rockingstone. Similar to Rockingstone’s relationship
with Recommended Custodian with respect to
brokerage activities, digital asset accounts, agreements,
and transaction processing will be conducted through
Digital Asset Custodian. Digital Asset Custodian will buy
and sell supported digital assets (“digital asset
transactions”), and store digital assets acquired by
clients. The investments in each client’s digital asset
account are held in a separate account in the name of
the client at Digital Asset Custodian, and not with
Rockingstone. Your securities and digital assets will be
maintained with the Custodian and Digital Asset
Custodian respectively and as applicable, and we will
provide instructions to Custodian and Digital Account
Custodian, as applicable, to buy, sell, and trade
securities and/or digital assets for your account(s) (See
Item 15: Custody for more information).
As of December 31st, 2023, we had $259,610,162 in
regulatory assets under management on a discretionary
basis and $11,015,446 in regulatory assets under
management on a non-discretionary basis, for total
regulatory assets under management of $270,625,608.