We provide individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment advisory services.
Our firm is a limited liability company formed in the State of California and was established in 2013
and has been in business as an investment adviser since that time. Our firm is solely owned by Ryder
Brose.
Description of the Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Asset Management:
We emphasize continuous and regular account supervision. As part of our asset management service,
we generally create a portfolio, consisting of individual stocks or bonds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”),
options, mutual funds and other public and private securities or investments. The client’s individual
investment strategy is tailored to their specific needs and may include some or all of the previously
mentioned securities. Each portfolio will be initially designed to meet a particular investment goal,
which we determine to be suitable to the client’s circumstances. Once the appropriate portfolio has been
determined, we review the portfolio at least quarterly and if necessary, rebalance the portfolio based
upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives.
Pontera:
We provide an additional service for accounts not directly held in our custody, but where we do have
discretion, and may leverage an Order Management System “Pontera” to implement tax-efficient asset
allocation and opportunistic rebalancing strategies on behalf of the client. These are primarily 401(k)
accounts, HSAs, and other assets we do not custody. We regularly review the available investment
options in these accounts, monitor them, and rebalance and implement our strategies in the same way
we do other accounts, though using different tools as necessary.
“Pontera” is a third party platform to facilitate management of held away assets such as defined
contribution plan participant accounts, with discretion. 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 Client account(s) are connected to the platform, Adviser will review the
current account allocations. When deemed necessary, Adviser 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.
Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families,
foundations, endowments, and charitable organizations regarding the management of their financial
resources based upon an analysis of the client’s current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally,
such financial planning services will involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial
consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass one or more of the following areas: Investment Planning, Retirement
Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and Personal Tax
Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt Analysis,
Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, Business and Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. For example,
recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment programs, create or revise
wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement
savings, or
establish education or charitable giving programs. It should also be noted that we refer clients to an
accountant, attorney or other specialist, as necessary for non-advisory related services. For written
financial planning engagements, we provide our clients with a written summary of their financial
situation, observations, and recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do
not provide our clients with a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the
process is less formal than our planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within
six (6) months of the client signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information and
documents we request from the client are provided to us promptly. Implementation of the
recommendations will be at the discretion of the client.
Retirement Plan Consulting:
Our firm provides retirement plan consulting services to employer plan sponsors on an ongoing
basis. Generally, such consulting services consist of assisting employer plan sponsors in establishing,
monitoring and reviewing their company's participant-directed retirement plan. As the needs of the
plan sponsor dictate, areas of advising may include:
• Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – Our firm will assist in the development of a
statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the broad
strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
• Investment Options – Our firm will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing
investment options and make recommendations for appropriate changes.
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – Our firm will develop strategic asset allocation
models to aid Participants in developing strategies to meet their investment objectives, time
horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk.
• Investment Monitoring – Our firm will monitor the performance of the investments and
notify the client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility.
• Participant Education – Our firm will provide opportunities to educate plan participants
about their retirement plan offerings, different investment options, and general guidance on
allocation strategies.
In providing services for retirement plan consulting, our firm does not provide any advisory services
with respect to the following types of assets: employer securities, real estate (excluding real estate
funds and publicly traded REITS), participant loans, non-publicly traded securities or assets, other
illiquid investments, or brokerage window programs (collectively, “Excluded Assets”). All retirement
plan consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state laws regulating retirement
consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are retirement or other employee benefit
plans (“Plan”) governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”). If the client accounts are part of a Plan, and our firm accepts appointment to provide
services to such accounts, our firm acknowledges its fiduciary standard within the meaning of Section
3(21) or 3(38) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement with respect to
the provision of services described therein.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to our Asset Management clients. General investment
advice will be offered to our Financial Planning & Consulting clients. Each Asset Management client
may place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on
investments in certain securities or types of securities may not be possible due to the level of
difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
Our firm does not offer or sponsor a wrap fee program for new clients. We may still offer our Wrap
Asset Management service to Legacy Clients.
Regulatory Assets under Management
As of December 31, 2022, our firm manages $156,226,118 on a discretionary basis.