RetirementAdvice | JKA is dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide
array of investment advisory services. We specialize in asset management and financial planning
and consulting. Our firm is a corporation formed in the State of California. We have been in business
as an investment adviser since 2011 and are wholly owned by Jack Keeter.
Types of Advisory Services Offered.
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”), 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 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.
Our firm utilizes the sub-advisory services of a third-party investment advisory firm to aid in the
implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our firm. Before selecting a third-party
manager, 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 investments in connection with this service. We
will provide initial due diligence on the manager and ongoing reviews of their management of client
accounts. To assist in the selection of a third-party 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 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 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.
Financial Planning and 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 client’s
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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.
Clients should be aware that a conflict of interest may exist between our firm and the client, as some
recommendations may result in the compensation of our representatives. Clients are under no
obligation to act upon our recommendation and if the client elects to act on any of the
recommendations, the client is under no obligation to affect the transaction through our firm.
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.
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• 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) 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 asset management clients. Additionally, we offer
general investment advice to clients utilizing our firm’s financial planning and consulting services.
Each client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments to be
held in the portfolio. However, 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.
Regulatory Assets Under Management.
We manage $201,483,493 on a discretionary basis as of December 31, 2023.
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