We offer wrap fee programs as described in this Wrap Fee Program Brochure. Our wrap fee accounts
are managed on an individualized basis according to the client’s investment objectives, financial
goals, risk tolerance, etc.
A wrap fee program allows our clients to pay a specified fee for investment advisory services and the
execution of transactions. The advisory services may include portfolio management and/or advice
concerning selection of other advisers, and the fee is not based directly upon transactions in your
account. Your fee is bundled with our costs for executing transactions in your account(s). This results
in a higher advisory fee to you. We do not charge our clients higher advisory fees based on their
trading activity, but you should be aware that we may have an incentive to limit our trading activities
in your account(s) because we are charged for executed trades. By participating in a wrap fee
program, you may end up paying more or less than you would through a non-wrap fee program
where a lower advisory fee is charged, but trade execution costs are passed directly through to you
by the executing broker.
Our recommended custodian, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., does not charge transaction fees for U.S.
listed equites and exchange traded funds. Since we pay the transaction fees charged by the custodian
to clients participating in our wrap fee program, this presents a conflict of interest because we are
incentivized to recommend equities and exchange traded funds over other types of securities in order
to reduce our costs.
CWM is a fiduciary under ERISA with respect to investment management services and investment
advice provided to ERISA plan clients, including ERISA plan participants. CWM is also a fiduciary
under the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”) with respect to investment management services and
investment advice provided to ERISA plans, ERISA plan participants, individual retirement accounts
and individual retirement account owners (collectively “Retirement Account Clients”). As such, CWM
is subject to specific duties and obligations under ERISA and the IRC, that include, among other things,
prohibited transaction rules which are intended to prohibit fiduciaries from acting on conflicts of
interest. When a fiduciary gives advice in which it has a conflict of interest, the fiduciary must either
avoid or eliminate the conflict or rely upon a prohibited transaction exemption (a “PTE”).
When appropriate, we use a third-party platform to facilitate management of held away assets such
as defined contribution plan participant accounts, with discretion, and may leverage an Order
Management System to implement tax-efficient asset location and opportunistic rebalancing
strategies on behalf of the client. The platform allows us to avoid being considered to have custody
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 a Client account(s) is/are connected to the platform, CWM will review the current account
allocations. When deemed necessary, CWM will rebalance the account considering client investment
goals and risk tolerance, and any change in allocations will consider current economic and market
trends. The goal is to improve account performance over time, minimize loss during difficult markets,
and manage internal fees that harm account performance. Client account(s) will be reviewed at least
quarterly and allocation changes will be made as deemed necessary.
Our Wrap Advisory Services
Wrap Asset Management:
As part of our Wrap Asset Management service, clients will be provided asset management and financial
planning or consulting services. This service is designed to assist clients in meeting their financial goals
through the use of a financial plan or consultation. Our firm
conducts client meetings to understand their
current financial situation, existing resources, financial goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what is
learned, an investment approach is presented to the client, consisting of individual stocks, bonds, ETFs,
options, mutual funds and other public and private securities or investments. Once the appropriate
portfolio has been determined, portfolios are continuously and regularly monitored, and if necessary,
rebalanced based upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals, and objectives. Upon client request,
our firm provides a summary of observations and recommendations for the planning or consulting
aspects of this service.
Fee Schedule:
Assets Under ManagementAnnual Percentage of Assets Charge
First $2,000,000 1.50%
$2,000,001- $3,000,000 1.35%
$3,000,001 – $5,000,000 1.20%
Above $5,000,001 Negotiable
Our firm’s fees are billed on a pro-rata annualized basis quarterly in advance based on the value of
your account on the time-weighted daily average of the prior quarter. For accounts established mid-
period, we will charge a pro rata fee in arrears based upon the number of days the assets were under
our management during the initial partial period. Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, advisory fees
will be applicable to cash and cash equivalents. Our fees are negotiable at the discretion of
management. Fees will be deducted from your managed account. As part of this process, you
understand and acknowledge the following:
a) Your independent custodian sends statements at least quarterly to you showing the market
values for each security included in the Assets and all disbursements in your account
including the amount of the advisory fees paid to us;
b) You provide authorization permitting us to be directly paid by these terms. We send our
invoice directly to the custodian; and
c) If we send a copy of our invoice to you, it will include a legend urging you to compare
information provided in our statement with those from the qualified custodian.
When we utilize third-party money managers, they will establish and maintain their own separate
billing processes over which we have no control. Our maximum fee for this service shall not exceed
1.50% of the value of client assets under management in the account. Their fee will be charged in
addition to the fee charged by CWM for our services. The chosen manager will directly bill you and
describe how this works in their separate written disclosure documents.
Other Types of Fees & Expenses:
You may pay custodial fees, charges imposed directly by a mutual fund, index fund, or exchange
traded fund which shall be disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (i.e., fund management fees and other
fund expenses), mark-ups and mark-downs, spreads paid to market makers, wire transfer fees and
other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions. These fees are not included
within the wrap-fee you are charged by our firm.
Our investment advisory representatives receive a portion of the advisory fee that you pay us, either
directly as a percentage of your overall fee or as their salary from our firm. In cases where our
investment advisory representatives are paid a percentage of your overall advisory fee, this creates
an incentive to recommend that you participate in a wrap fee program rather than a non-wrap fee
program (where you would pay for trade execution costs) or brokerage account where commissions
are charged. This is because, in some cases, we may stand to earn more compensation from advisory
fees paid to us through a wrap fee program arrangement if your account is not actively traded.
Terminations and Refunds:
Either party may terminate the advisory agreement signed with our firm for Wrap Asset Management
services in writing at any time. Upon notice of termination our firm will process a pro-rata refund of
the unearned portion of the advisory fees charged in advance.