Stableford Capital LLC (“we” or “Stableford Capital”) is an Arizona Limited Liability Company
that was formed in 2016, and provides financial planning, portfolio management and retirement
plan advisory services to its clients.
Andrew J. Brinkman, through Andrew Brinkman Holdings, LLC, is the principal owner of
Stableford Capital, LLC.
Investment Advisory Services
At the outset of our relationship, we spend time with you, asking questions, discussing your
investment experience and financial circumstances and reviewing your options. Based on our
reviews, together we generally develop:
● a financial outline based on your financial circumstances and goals, and your risk
tolerance level (the “Financial Profile” or “Profile”); and
● your investment objectives and guidelines (the “Investment Plan” or “Plan”).
The Financial Profile reflects your current financial picture and a look at your future goals. The
Investment Plan outlines the types of investments we will make on your behalf to meet those
goals. The Profile and the Plan are discussed regularly with you but are not necessarily written
documents.
Portfolio Management
As described above, at the beginning of a relationship, we meet with you, gather information, and
perform research and analysis as necessary to develop your Investment Plan. The Investment Plan
will be updated from time to time when you request, or when we determine it to be necessary or
advisable based on updates to your financial or other circumstances.
To implement your Investment Plan, we will manage your investment portfolio on a discretionary
basis. As a discretionary investment adviser, we will have the authority to supervise and direct
your portfolio without prior consultation with you.
Financial Planning
One of the services we offer is financial planning, described below. This service is generally
provided as part of ongoing portfolio management. Financial planning generally includes advice
that addresses one or more areas of your financial situation, such as estate planning, risk
management, budgeting and cash flow controls, retirement planning, education funding, and
investment portfolio design. Depending on your situation, financial planning will include some or
all of the following:
● Gathering information concerning your personal and financial situation;
● Assisting you in establishing financial goals and objectives;
● Analyzing your present situation and anticipated future activities in light of your financial
goals and objectives;
● Identifying problems foreseen in the accomplishment of these financial goals and
objectives and offering alternative solutions to the problems;
● Making recommendations to help achieve retirement plan goals and objectives;
● Designing an investment portfolio to help meet your goals and objectives;
● Providing estate planning;
● Assessing risk and reviewing basic health, life, and disability insurance needs; and/or
● Reviewing goals and objectives and measuring progress toward these goals.
Once financial planning advice is given, you may choose to have us implement your financial
plan and manage the investment portfolio on an ongoing basis. However, you are under no
obligation to act upon any of our financial planning recommendations and/or to engage the
services of any recommended professional.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
Establishing a sound fiduciary governance process is vital to good decision-making and to
ensuring that prudent procedural steps are followed in making investment decisions. We will
provide Retirement Plan consulting services to Plans and Plan Fiduciaries as described below. The
services provided will be detailed in an agreement. The appropriate Plan Fiduciary designated in
the Plan documents (e.g., the Plan sponsor or named fiduciary) will (i) make the decision to retain
our firm; (ii) agree to the scope of the services that we will provide; and make the ultimate
decision as to accepting any of the recommendations that we provide. The Plan Fiduciaries are
free to seek independent advice about the appropriateness of any recommended services for the
Plan. Retirement Plan consulting services may be offered individually or as part of a
comprehensive suite of services.
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) sets forth rules under which
Plan Fiduciaries may retain investment advisers for various types of services with respect to Plan
assets. For certain services, we will be considered a fiduciary under ERISA. For example, we will
act as an ERISA § 3(21) fiduciary when providing non-discretionary investment advice to the Plan
Fiduciaries by recommending a suite of investments as choices among which Plan Participants
may select. Also, to the extent that the Plan Fiduciaries retain us to act as an investment manager
within the meaning of ERISA § 3(38), we will provide discretionary investment management
services to the Plan.
With respect to any account for which we meet the definition of a fiduciary under Department of
Labor rules, we acknowledge that both Stableford Capital and its Related
Persons are acting as
fiduciaries. Additional disclosure may be found elsewhere in this Brochure or in our written
agreement with you.
Discretionary Management Services
When retained as an investment manager within the meaning of ERISA § 3(38), we provide
continuous and ongoing supervision over the designated retirement plan assets. We will actively
monitor the designated retirement plan assets and provide ongoing management of the assets. We
will have discretionary authority to make all decisions to buy, sell or hold securities, cash, or other
investments for the designated retirement plan assets in our sole discretion without first
consulting with the Plan Fiduciaries. We also have the power and authority to carry out these
decisions by giving instructions, on your behalf, to brokers and dealers and the qualified
custodian(s) of the Plan for our management of the designated retirement plan assets.
Discretionary Investment Selection Services
We will monitor the investment options of the Plan and add or remove investment options for the
Plan without prior consultation with the Plan Fiduciaries. We will have discretionary authority to
make and implement all decisions regarding the investment options that are available to Plan
Participants.
Investment Management via Model Portfolios
We will provide discretionary management of Model Portfolios among which the participants may
choose to invest as Plan options. Plan Participants will also have the option of investing only in
options that do not include Model Portfolios (i.e., the Plan Participants may elect to invest in one
or more of the mutual funds or exchange traded fund options made available in the Plan and
choose not to invest in the Model Portfolios at all).
Non-Fiduciary Services
Participant Education and Enrollment
We will provide education services to Plan Participants about general investment principles and
the investment alternatives available under the Plan and assist with group enrollment meetings
designed to increase retirement plan participation among employees. Education presentations will
not consider the individual circumstances of each Plan Participant and individual
recommendations will not be provided unless a Plan Participant separately engages us for such
services. Plan Participants are responsible for implementing transactions in their own accounts.
Sub-Advisory Services
Other registered investment advisers and investment professionals (the “primary advisers”) may
recommend or hire us to manage their clients' assets. In these arrangements, we will implement
and manage an investment strategy in the client’s account; however, we do not serve as the
primary adviser to the client. The primary adviser will retain direct contact with the client and
will manage the client relationship. We may contract directly with the primary adviser to provide
the client investment advisory services or alternatively, depending on the contractual
arrangement the client has with the primary adviser, the client will enter an advisory contract
directly with us.
We will have exclusive investment discretion as to which securities shall be purchased or sold in
the sub-advised client’s account in a manner consistent with the client’s selected product,
investment objectives, policies, and restrictions (if any) and the capabilities of the broker-dealer.
To determine whether the strategy is suitable for a client, the primary adviser and the client are
responsible for ascertaining the goals and objectives of the portfolio in question. In addition, we
will obtain initial documentation of the client’s risk parameters and investment objectives.
However, it is the responsibility of the primary adviser and/or the client to promptly notify us of
any changes in the financial condition of the client that would necessitate a change in the client’s
investment objective.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you may impose certain written restrictions on us in the
management of their investment portfolios, such as prohibiting the inclusion of certain types of
investments in an investment portfolio or prohibiting the sale of certain investments held in the
account at the commencement of the relationship. You should note, however, that if you impose
restrictions, it may adversely affect the composition and performance of your investment
portfolio. You should also note that your investment portfolio is treated individually by
considering each purchase or sale for your account. For these and other reasons, performance of
client investment portfolios within the same investment objectives, goals and/or risk tolerance
may differ, and you should not expect that the composition or performance of your investment
portfolio would necessarily be consistent with our similar clients.
Wrap-Fee Program
We do not participate in or sponsor a wrap-fee program.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, our total assets under management were approximately $270,590,000.
We managed approximately $263,693,000 on a discretionary basis, and approximately $6,898,000
on a non-discretionary basis.