Description of the Advisory Firm
Dedicated Capital Advisors, LLC (“Dedicated”) is a Delaware Limited Liability Company
established in 2013. Kurt Walter Rauzi is Managing Director of the firm and principal owner.
Description of Financial Planning Services
Dedicated provides comprehensive financial planning services including estate and wealth
transfer planning, family coaching, philanthropic and legacy planning, business succession and
strategy planning, risk and investment management and insurance planning. These services are
delivered through our multi-phase holistic planning process of Discovery, Planning,
Implementation and Management. Prior to engaging Dedicated to provide any of the foregoing
services, the client is required to enter into one or more written agreements with Dedicated
setting forth the terms and conditions under which Dedicated renders its services.
During Discovery (Phase I), Dedicated spends time learning more about you and your desired
personal, family, business, financial, and philanthropic goals and objectives. Dedicated will prepare
a Discovery Analysis: a comprehensive written assessment of your current situation detailing your
goals and objectives, an individually crafted investment policy statement based on your risk
tolerance, a financial statement, a current estate and wealth transfer plan, and your projected estate
and tax liability.
During Planning (Phase II), Dedicated designs a customized plan to meet the objectives of your
Discovery Analysis. The plan will explore and evaluate the various planning tools and techniques
available and will consider/contain integrated multidisciplinary strategies, detailed financial analysis
(including cash-flows and tax savings), philanthropic strategies, illustrative graphics, proposed
estate distribution diagrams, and a narrative explanation of all of our recommendations to you. We
will thoroughly review the plan with you (and your advisors, as necessary) and will confirm its
design meets with your approval. Following the review and evaluation process, we will make any
necessary modifications to the plan.
During Implementation (Phase III), Dedicated assumes the role of ensuring that your plan is
implemented successfully and in an organized and timely fashion. Dedicated will coordinate the
efforts of your advisor team and other professionals, such as accountants, trust officers, attorneys,
and investment managers. We will provide the necessary methods, materials, and processes to
complete your plan’s directives and help you realize your personal, family, financial, and
philanthropic goals.
During Management (Phase IV), Dedicated assumes the role of ensuring your plan is managed
successfully and that you will have direct and constant access to us. Dedicated will continue to
orchestrate coordination between your advisors and other professionals. We will take ownership of
timelines and will provide updates on progress achieved, decisions made, and issues related to the
management of the plan. The services provided in this phase are ongoing.
Description of Investment Advisory Services
If a client chooses to engage Dedicated for investment advisory services we will work with the
client to develop an investment profile which determines risk tolerance, time horizon and other
factors that may impact the clients’ investment needs. Dedicated ensures that clients’
investments are suitable for their investment needs, goals, objectives and risk tolerance.
Clients are advised to promptly notify Dedicated if there are changes in their financial situation
or investment objectives or if they wish to impose any reasonable restrictions upon Dedicated’s
investment advisory services. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions or mandates on the
management of their account (example: requests that a portion of their assets be allocated to
socially responsible or impact investments) if, in Dedicated’s sole discretion, the conditions
will not materially impact the performance of a portfolio strategy or prove overly burdensome
to its management efforts.
Clients can engage Dedicated to advise all or a portion of their assets on a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis. Dedicated primarily allocates clients’ investment advisory assets among
Independent Managers (collectively “Managers” as defined below) in accordance with the
investment objectives of the client.
In addition, Dedicated may recommend that clients who are
“accredited investors” as defined under Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
invest in private placement securities, which may include debt, equity, and/or pooled
investment vehicles when consistent with the clients’ investment objectives.
Dedicated also may render non-discretionary investment management services to clients
relative to variable life/annuities that they may own, their individual employer-sponsored
retirement plans, private placements or funds, or other products that may not be held by the
client’s primary custodian. In so doing, Dedicated either directs or recommends the allocation
of client assets among the various investment options that are available with the product.
Dedicated tailors its advisory services to the individual needs of clients. Client assets are
maintained at the specific insurance company or custodian designated by the product.
Use of Managers
As indicated above, Dedicated recommends that certain clients authorize the active
discretionary management of a portion of their assets by and/or among certain Independent
investment managers (“Managers”), based upon the stated investment objectives of the client.
Dedicated currently recommends Fort Point Capital Partners LLC (“Fort Point”) and/or Frontier
Asset Management. LLC (“Frontier”) under this program.
Clients will be required to execute a separate co-advisory agreement with Dedicated and the
selected Manager(s) which outlines the terms and conditions of the relationship and the
applicable advisory fees.
When recommending or selecting Managers for a client, Dedicated reviews information about
the Manager such as its disclosure brochure and/or material supplied by the Manager or
independent third parties for a description of the Manager’s investment strategies, past
performance and risk results to the extent available. Factors that Dedicated generally considers
in recommending a Manager include the client’s stated investment objectives, as well as the
Manager’s management style, performance, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing,
and research. The investment management fees charged by Managers, together with the fees
charged by the corresponding designated broker- dealer/custodian of the client’s assets, are
generally exclusive of, and in addition to, Dedicated’s planning engagement fees. The
investment advisory fees are set forth below. In addition to Dedicated’s written disclosure
brochure, the client will receive the written disclosure brochure of the designated Managers
upon commencement of the co-advisory relationship and annually thereafter.
For more information about our investment strategy, please refer to Item 8 below.
Advisory Services to Retirement Investors
When Dedicated provides investment advice to Clients regarding retirement plan accounts or
individual retirement accounts, Dedicated are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which
are laws governing retirement accounts. The way Dedicated makes money creates some conflicts
with Client interests, so Dedicated operates under a special rule that requires Dedicated to act in the
best interest of the Client and not put Dedicated’s interests ahead of the Client’s interests.
Under this special rule’s provisions, Dedicated must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give
prudent advice);
• Never put Dedicated’s financial interests ahead of a Client’s interests when making
recommendations (give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that Dedicated gives advice that is in the
Client’s best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for the services provided; and
• Give Clients basic information about conflicts of interest.
Wrap Fees
Dedicated does not participate in wrap fee programs.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2022, Dedicated had approximately $66.2 million regulatory assets under
management on a discretionary basis and approximately $33.7 million on a non-discretionary
basis, for a total of approximately $99.9 million in total regulatory assets under management.