Measured Wealth Private Client Group, LLC d/b/a Measured Wealth is a registered investment adviser
primarily based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 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 New Hampshire and has been in business as an investment adviser since 2014.
Our firm's sole owner, Edward Benway, has over 20 years of experience in the securities industry.
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. Each client has the
opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be held in the portfolio.
Based on risk tolerance, margin may be deployed as part of the overall investment strategy in a client's
account(s). When an investor buys a stock on margin, the investor pays for part of the purchase and
borrows the rest from a brokerage firm. Clients cannot borrow from Measured Wealth Private Client
Group, LLC. Please see the additional information related to the risks of trading on margin under the
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies & Risk of Loss section.
Selection of Other Advisers
We may utilize Independent Money Managers, where we design an investment portfolio on a fee-only
basis for a percentage of assets in conjunction with another investment advisory firm. Before
recommending or selecting other advisers, we conduct due diligence on the firm, reviewing their
performance history, strategy, compliance program and licensing and registrations. The Independent
Money Manager(s) will actively manage your portfolio and will assume discretionary investment
authority over your account. We will assume discretionary authority to hire and fire the Independent
Money Manager(s) and/or reallocate your assets to another investment advisory firm where we deem
such action appropriate.
Held Away Assets
We use a third party platform to facilitate the 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) is connected to the platform, we will
review the current account allocations. When deemed necessary, we 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.
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Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families 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, 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 may 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.
Pension Consulting:
We provide pension consulting services to employer plan sponsors on a one-time or ongoing basis.
Generally, such pension 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 could include: investment options, plan structure
and participant education.
All pension consulting services shall be in compliance with the applicable state law(s) regulating
pension consulting services. This applies to client accounts that are pension 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)
of ERISA (but only with respect to the provision of services described in section 1 of the Pension
Consulting Agreement).
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to all of our clients. 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 not be possible due to the level of difficulty
this would entail in managing the account. Restrictions would be limited to our Asset Management
service. We do not manage assets through our other services.
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Rollover Recommendations
Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor ("DOL") Field
Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), for purposes of complying with the DOL's
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE 2020-02") where applicable, we are providing the
following acknowledgment to you. When we provide investment advice to you regarding your
retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we 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 we make money creates some conflicts with
your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not
put our interest ahead of yours. Under this special rule's provisions, we must:
•Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent
advice);
•Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
•Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
•Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
•Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
•Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and our advisory fees. In contrast, we receive less or no compensation if assets remain in the current
plan or are rolled over to another Company plan in which you may participate.
Regulatory Assets under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we provide continuous management services for $408,108,410 in client
assets on a discretionary basis, and $9,075 in client assets on a non-discretionary basis. We also
manage $27,930,987 in client assets on a non-continuous basis.