We specialize in the following types of services: Comprehensive Portfolio Management, Financial
Planning & Consulting, and Retirement Plan Management and Consulting.
We are dedicated to providing 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 in 2014.
BlueSpring Wealth Partners, LLC is our principal owner. BlueSpring is the principal owner of
numerous RIAs, all of whom our firm has disclosed in our ADV Part 1.
Description of the Types of Advisory Services We Offer.
(i) Comprehensive Portfolio Management:
Our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service encompasses asset management as well as
providing financial planning/financial consulting to clients. It is designed to assist clients in
meeting their financial goals through the use of financial investments. We conduct at least one,
but sometimes more than one meeting (in person if possible, otherwise via telephone
conference) with clients in order to understand their current financial situation, existing
resources, financial goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what we learn, we propose an
investment approach to the client. We may propose an investment portfolio, consisting of
exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds, individual stocks or bonds, or other securities,
including alternative investments such as REITs and BDCs, as well as other public and private
securities.
Suitable categories of investments are selected in accordance with the clients’ attitudes about
risk and their need for capital appreciation or income production, with tax considerations of all
transactions weighted heavily. Within each category, individual securities are selected whose
characteristics are most consistent with the particular objectives for which the category was
chosen. Risk factors of the different investments are considered, particularly in light of the clients’
willingness to assume risk.
Upon the client’s agreement to the proposed investment plan, we work with the client to establish
or transfer investment accounts so that we can manage the client’s portfolio. Once the relevant
accounts are under our management, we review such accounts on a regular basis and at least
quarterly. We may periodically rebalance or adjust client accounts under our management. If the
client experiences any significant changes to his/her financial or personal circumstances, the
client must notify us so that we can consider such information in managing the client’s
investments.
The financial planning component of this service is designed to help our firm develop a holistic
asset allocation strategy tailored to each individual client. For those with unique supplementary
financial planning/consulting needs beyond typical personal financial planning, we may require
a separate Financial Planning Agreement be executed.
Our firm occasionally utilizes the sub-advisory services of a third-party investment advisory firm
or individual advisor to aid in the implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our
firm. Before selecting a firm or individual, our firm will ensure that the chosen party is properly
licensed or registered. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities or other
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investments in connection with this service. We will provide initial due diligence on third party
money managers and ongoing reviews of their management of client accounts. In order to assist
in the selection of a third-party money manager, our firm will gather client information
pertaining to financial situation, investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions to be
imposed upon the management of the account.
Our firm will periodically review third party money manager reports provided to the client at
least annually. Our firm will contact clients from time to time in order to review their financial
situation and objectives; communicate information to third party money managers as warranted;
and, assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services provided by the third-party
money manager. Clients will be expected to notify our firm of any changes in their financial
situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions that could affect their financial standing.
(ii) Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to companies, individuals,
families, trusts, and other clients 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, Business and Succession Planning, Business Consulting,
Executive Benefit Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate
and Personal Tax Planning, 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 business succession
plans, retirement plans, investment programs,
insurance 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.
(iii) Retirement Plan Management & Consulting:
We provide retirement plan management and consulting services to employer plan sponsors on
a onetime or ongoing basis. Generally, such 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 could include: investment
options, plan structure and participant education.
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Retirement Plan Management and Consulting services typically include:
• Establishing an Investment Policy Statement – In connection with the Plan Sponsor, may
develop a statement that summarizes the investment goals and objectives along with the
broad strategies to be employed to meet the objectives.
• Investment Options - We will work with the Plan Sponsor to evaluate existing investment
options and make recommendations for appropriate changes. When granted the authority
we will perform quarterly rebalancing and execute transactions on a discretionary basis.
• Asset Allocation and Portfolio Construction – We 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. We will monitor the performance of the investments and notify the
client in the event of over/underperformance and in times of market volatility.
In providing services for retirement plan management and consulting, we do 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”) Non-Excluded Assets are “Included Assets”.
All retirement plan management and consulting services shall be in compliance with the
applicable state laws regulating retirement 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 we accept appointments to provide our services to
such accounts, we acknowledge that we are a fiduciary within the meaning of Section 3(21) or
3(38) of ERISA as designated by the Retirement Plan Management and Consulting Agreement
with respect to the provision of services described therein.
(iv) Third Party Management Services:
Institutional clients may retain us as a third-party manager to provide ongoing portfolio
management to select accounts. Pursuant to a third-party management agreement, the primary
adviser will engage our firm to manage specific accounts identified by the primary adviser and
accepted by our firm. The assets of each third-party account will be held by a qualified custodian
acceptable to our firm. The client is responsible for establishing and maintaining the third-party
account with their custodian of choice.
Individual Tailoring of Advice to Clients.
We offer individualized investment advice to clients utilizing our Comprehensive Portfolio
Management and Third-Party Management services. Additionally, we offer general investment
advice to clients utilizing our Financial Planning & Consulting, Retirement Plan Management and
Consulting.
Ability of Clients to Impose Restrictions on Investing in Certain Securities or Types of Securities:
Each client has the opportunity to 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
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not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Restrictions would be limited to our Comprehensive Portfolio Management services and
Retirement Plan Management and Consulting service. We do not manage assets through our
other services.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs.
We do not offer wrap fee programs.
Disclosure of the amount of client assets we manage on a discretionary basis and the amount of
client assets we manage on a non-discretionary basis as of December 2023.
We manag
e1 $1,132,589,001 on a discretionary basis and $4,341,989 on a non-discretionary
basis for a total of $1,136,930,990 Assets Under Management.