MHS Advisory Services, LLC (hereinafter “MHS Advisory”) is a registered investment advisor based in Maple
Grove, Minnesota. We are a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Minnesota. We have been
providing investment advisory services since 2015. MHS Advisory is wholly owned by MHS Advisory Group, LLC,
Minnesota based limited liability company. Thomas R. Hokr, ChFC, CLU, MSFS, AIF, and John Christopher "Chris"
Sherwin, CFP®, are the owners of MHS Advisory Group, LLC. Thomas R. Hokr is the Chief Compliance Officer.
You may see the term Associated Person throughout this Brochure. As used in this Brochure, this term refers to
anyone from our firm who is an officer, employee, and all individuals providing investment advice on behalf of
our firm. Such persons are properly registered as investment adviser representatives in all required
jurisdictions.
Currently, we offer the following investment advisory services, personalized to each individual client:
• Portfolio Management Services
• Financial Planning Services
• Selection of Third Party Investment Advisers
• Pension Consulting Services
Portfolio Management Services
Our firm offers discretionary and in limited circumstances, non-discretionary portfolio management services to
our Clients. Discretionary portfolio management means we will make investment decisions and place buy or
sell orders in your account without contacting you. These decisions would be made based upon your stated
investment objectives. Non-discretionary portfolio management service means that we must obtain your
approval prior to making any transactions in your account.
Our investment advice is tailored to meet our clients’ needs and investment objectives. If you decide to hire our
firm to manage your portfolio, we will meet with you to gather your financial information, determine your
goals, and decide how much risk you should take in your investments. The information we gather will help us
implement an asset allocation strategy that will be specific to your goals, whether we are actively investing for
you or simply providing you with advice.
MHS Advisory mainly uses equity securities, exchange traded funds and investment company securities in its
portfolio management programs. However, we reserve the right to invest in any other type of security
including, but not limited to, U.S. government securities, corporate debt securities, commercial paper,
municipal securities, certificates of deposit, covered options, and limited partnerships investing in real estate,
oil and gas.
However we construct your investment portfolio, we will monitor your portfolio’s performance on a continuous
basis, and rebalance the portfolio whenever necessary, as changes occur in market conditions, your financial
circumstances, or both.
Financial Planning Services
We offer broad based financial planning which includes a variety of services, mainly advisory in nature,
regarding the management of the client’s financial resources. Such services are based upon an analysis of the
client’s individual needs and begin with an initial consultation, where we collect information and
documentation about the client’s financial situation. Once we have analyzed this documentation, we provide a
written financial plan designed to achieve the client’s financial goals and objectives. In this way, MHS Advisory
assists the client in developing a strategy for the successful management of income, assets, and liabilities. In
general, financial planning services may include any one or all of the following:
• Cash Flow Analysis – Assessment of a client’s present financial situation by collecting information
regarding net worth and cash flow statements, tax returns, insurance policies, investment portfolios,
pension plans, employee benefit statements etc. The Firm advises on ways to reduce risk, coordinate,
and organize records, and estate information.
• Retirement Analysis – Identification of a client’s long-term financial and personal goals and objectives
includes advice for accumulating wealth for retirement income or appropriate distribution of assets
following retirement. Tax consequences and implications are identified and evaluated.
• Insurance Analysis – Includes risk management associated with advisory recommendations based on a
combination of insurance types to meet a client’s needs, e.g., life, health, disability, and long-term care
insurance. This will necessitate an analysis of cash needs of family at death, income needs of surviving
dependents, and disability income analysis.
• Portfolio Analysis/Investment Planning – We provide investment alternatives, including asset
allocation, and effect on a client’s portfolio. We evaluate economic and tax characteristics of existing
investments as well as their suitability for a client’s objectives. We identify and evaluate tax
consequences and their implications.
• Education Savings Analysis – Alternatives and strategies with respect to the complete or partial
funding of college or other post-secondary education.
• Estate Analysis – We provide advice with respect to property ownership, distribution strategies, estate
tax reduction, and tax payment techniques.
The recommendations and solutions are designed to achieve the client’s desired goals, subject to a periodic
evaluation of the financial plan which may require revisions to meet changing circumstances. Financial plans
are based on a client’s financial situation based on the information provided to the firm. We should be notified
promptly of any change to a client’s financial situation, goals, objectives, or needs.
We also provide financial planning services that cover a specific area, such as retirement or estate planning,
asset allocation analysis, manager due diligence and 401(k) platform due diligence. We offer consultative
services where we set an appointment to meet with you for financial planning advice for an hourly fee.
You may choose to accept or reject our recommendations. If you decide to proceed with our
recommendations, you may do so either through our investment advisory services or by using the
advisory/brokerage firm of your choice.
Selection of Third Party Investment Advisers
MHS Advisory has entered into agreements with various
third party investment advisers for the provision of
certain investment advisory services. Factors considered in the selection of a third party advisor include but
may not be limited to: i) MHS Advisory’s preference for a particular third party advisor; ii) the client’s risk
tolerance, goals and objectives, as well as investment experience; and, iii) the amount of client assets available
for investment. In order to assist clients in the selection of a third party advisor, an Associated Person of MHS
Advisory will typically gather information from the client about the client’s financial situation, investment
objectives, and reasonable restrictions the client wants imposed on the management of the account.
The third party advisor may customize the client's portfolio by blending traditional investment strategies with
an allocation to asset classes. The investment strategy adopted by the third party advisor may embrace value,
growth, or contrarian investing styles. Generally, securities transactions will be decided upon and executed by
the third party advisor on a discretionary basis. This means that the manager selected will have the ability to
buy and sell securities in your account without obtaining your approval. MHS Advisory and its Associated
Persons will not manage, or obtain discretionary authority over the assets in accounts participating in these
programs; however, clients may grant MHS Advisory the discretionary authority to hire and fire such third party
managers. Generally, clients may not impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities
in accounts managed by a third party advisor.
Associated Persons of MHS Advisory will periodically review reports provided to the client. An Associated
Person of MHS Advisory will contact the client at least annually, or more often as agreed upon with each client,
to review the client’s financial situation and objectives, communicate information to the third party advisor
managing the account as necessary, and to assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services
provided by the third party advisor. Clients will be expected to notify MHS Advisory of any changes in their
financial situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions.
The third party advisor may offer wrapped or non-wrapped pricing options. Wrap pricing structures allow the
client to pay an all-inclusive fee for management, brokerage, clearance, custody, and administrative services. In
a non-wrap pricing structure, the third party advisor’s fee may be separated from the advisory fee charged by
MHS Advisory. Transaction costs may also be charged for the execution and clearance of advisory transactions
directed by such Third Party Advisory Services. A complete description of the programs and services provided,
the amount of total fees, the payment structure, termination provisions and other aspects of each program are
detailed and disclosed in: i) the third party advisor’s Form ADV Part 2A; ii) the program wrap brochure (if
applicable) or other applicable disclosure documents; iii) the disclosure documents of the portfolio manager(s)
selected; or, iv) the third party advisor’s account opening documents. A copy of all relevant disclosure
documents of the third party advisor and of the individual portfolio manager(s) will be provided to anyone
interested in these programs/managers.
Pension Consulting Services
MHS Advisory provides several pension consulting related services separately or in combination. While the
primary clients for these services will be pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans, MHS Advisory will also offer
these services, where appropriate, to individuals and trusts, estates and charitable organizations. Pension
Consulting Services are comprised of four distinct services. Clients may choose to use any or all of these
services.
Investment Policy Statement Preparation
MHS Advisory will meet with the client (in person or over the telephone) to determine the client's investment
needs and goals. MHS Advisory will then prepare a written Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) stating those
needs and goals and creating a policy to help achieve these goals. The IPS will also list the criteria for selection
of investment vehicles and the procedures and timing interval for monitoring of investment performance.
Selection of Investment Vehicles
MHS Advisory will review various investments, consisting of one or all of the following: individual equities,
bonds, other investment products, and mutual funds (both index and managed) to determine which of these
investments are appropriate to implement the client's IPS. The number of investments to be recommended will
be determined by the client, based on the Investment Policy Statement.
Monitoring of Investment Performance
Client investments will be monitored continuously based on the procedures and timing intervals outlined in the
Investment Policy Statement. Although MHS Advisory will not be involved in any way in the purchase or sale of
these investments, MHS Advisory will supervise the client's portfolio and will make recommendations to the
client as market factors and the client's needs dictate.
Employee Communications
For pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans where the individual account participant exercises control over
assets in his/her own account (hereinafter ''self-directed plans''), MHS Advisory also provides educational
support and investment workshops designed for the Plan participants. The nature of the topics to be covered
will be determined by MHS Advisory and the client under the guidelines established in ERISA Section 404(c).
The educational support and investment workshops will NOT provide Plan participants with individualized,
tailored investment advice or individualized, tailored asset allocation recommendations.
Other pension consulting services are available on request. All of our pension consulting services, whether
general or customized, will be outlined in an Agreement that shows the services that will be provided and the
fees that will be charged for those services.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, we manage discretionary assets under management of approximately $143,354,700
and non-discretionary assets under management of $61,809,656.