Overview
Investment Management Services
Investment management services are provided through this Wrap Fee Program where
participants will receive portfolio management, custodial, reporting, and clearing services for one
all inclusive fee.
When providing investment management services, the firm not only makes recommendations
related to investments, but also implements these recommendations and provides ongoing
monitoring and reporting.
MFG will assist the client in assessing their current financial situation, financial goals and
attitudes towards risk, and will then recommend an appropriate asset allocation. Once an asset
allocation is approved by a client, the individual portfolios will be managed by the advisory
representative on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Clients may elect to give the firm
discretion to make all decisions (discretionary management), or may prefer to approve all
decisions before implementation (non-discretionary management).
Portfolios will be invested in a variety of investment classes, including stocks, bonds, mutual
funds, and exchange traded funds, among others. The advisory representative will recommend
changes to a client's portfolio based on market, economic, or political circumstances, and the
individual characteristics of the securities in the portfolio.
Annual wrap program fees range up to 1.5% and are negotiated based on the complexity of the
engagement prior to the start of the engagement. Fees are generally calculated and charged
quarterly in advance based on the average daily balance of assets under management during the
preceding quarter. Fees for partial quarters are prorated based on the number of days assets are
under management. Fees are typically deducted directly from the client’s account.
Wrap programs may be terminated by either party at any time with 30 days written notice to the
other party. Upon termination, any unearned prepaid fees will be refunded.
Wrap program fees include investment
management and brokerage charges, but are separate
from charges that may be imposed by third parties, such as custodial fees, expense or other
charges imposed directly by mutual funds or exchange traded funds, margin costs, deferred sales
charges, odd-lot differentials, transfer taxes, wire transfer and electronic fund transfer fees, and
other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions.
MFG does not hold client assets. Instead, we require all client assets be maintained in an
account at a non-affiliated “qualified custodian,” generally a broker-dealer or bank. The
custodian will hold your assets in a brokerage account and will be able to buy and sell securities
on your behalf.
For our clients’ accounts that the custodian maintains, the custodian generally does not charge
separately for custody services but instead is compensated by charging commissions or other
fees on trades that it executes or trades that are executed by other brokers to and from client
accounts. Fees applicable to our client accounts were negotiated based on the condition that our
clients collectively maintain a certain level of assets at the custodian. We feel this commitment
benefits you because we expect the overall rates you pay will be lower than they might be
otherwise.
Services purchased through this program may cost clients less than purchasing similar services
from the firm on a stand-alone basis, in that brokerage costs (if any) are paid on behalf of the
client through the Wrap Program. However, since MFG absorbs certain transaction costs in
Wrap Program accounts, we may have a financial incentive not to place trade orders in those
accounts, so clients should be aware that this conflict of interest exists.
Clients are encouraged to compare the costs they may incur in this Wrap Program vs. a typical
investment management account, as the anticipated level of trading activity will impact the costs
associated with each type of arrangement.