Description of Our Services
Shilanski & Associates, Inc. (“SAAI” or the “Firm”) was formed in 1981 and its registration as an Investment
Adviser was granted by the State of Alaska on January 18, 1990. Floyd Lee Shilanski owns thirty-eight (38%)
percent of the equity of SAAI and Rosa Carlene Shilanski owns forty (40%) percent of the equity of SAAI, both
are Founders. SAAI is not publicly owned or traded. There are no indirect owners of SAAI.
We offer wrap fee programs as described in this Wrap Fee Program Brochure. Our wrap fee accounts are
managed on an individualized basis according to the client’s investment objectives, financial goals, risk
tolerance, etc.
Types of Advisory Services
Investment Management Services
Our Investment Management Service encompasses asset management as well as providing financial
planning/financial consulting to clients. It is designed to assist clients in meeting their financial goals through
the use of financial investments. We conduct at least one, but sometimes more than one meeting (in person if
possible, otherwise via telephone conference) with clients in order to understand their current financial
situation, existing resources, financial goals, and tolerance for risk. Based on what we learn, we propose an
investment approach to the client. We may propose an investment portfolio, consisting of exchange traded
funds, mutual funds, individual stocks or bonds, or other securities. Upon the client’s agreement to the
proposed investment plan, we work with the client to establish or transfer investment accounts so that we can
manage the client’s portfolio. Once the relevant accounts are under our management, we review such accounts
on a regular basis and at least quarterly. We may periodically rebalance or adjust client accounts under our
management. If the client experiences any significant changes to his/her financial or personal circumstances,
the client must notify us so that we can consider such information in managing the client’s investments.
Additional Bundled Service Cost Considerations
A wrap fee program allows our clients to pay a specified fee for investment advisory services and the execution
of transactions. The advisory services may include portfolio management and the fee is not based directly upon
transactions in your account. Your fee is bundled with our costs for executing transactions in your account(s).
This results in a higher advisory fee to you. We do not charge our clients higher advisory fees based on their
trading activity and we pay the broker/dealer a fee based on the percentage of assets in the account, not on a
per-trade basis so that we are not incentivized to limit our trading activities in your account(s). By participating
in a wrap fee program, you may end up paying more or less than you would through a non-wrap fee program
where a lower advisory fee is charged, but trade execution costs are passed directly through to you by the
executing broker. Because our wrap fees are not tied to an account’s frequency of trading and apply generally
to all assets in the account, this fee arrangement is not appropriate for all accounts. For example, a wrap fee
agreement would not be appropriate for an account that holds primarily cash and cash equivalents, fixed income
securities or no-transaction-fee mutual funds for a substantial period of time.
Effective October 7, 2019, Schwab has eliminated commissions for online trades of U.S. equities, ETFs and
options (subject to $0.65 per contract fee). We encourage clients to review Schwab’s pricing to compare the
total costs of entering into a wrap fee arrangement versus a non-wrap arrangement. Clients will still incur
commissions and fees for certain types of transactions in a non-wrap fee arrangement. To see what they would
pay for transactions in a non-wrap account they will need to refer to Schwab’s most recent pricing schedules
available at
www.schwab.com/aspricingguide.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
For wrap accounts, SAAI requires that clients establish brokerage accounts with the Schwab Advisor Services
division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), a registered broker-dealer, member SIPC, to maintain custody
of clients’ assets and to effect trades for their accounts. The final decision to custody assets with Schwab is at
the discretion of the Client, including those accounts under ERISA or IRA rules and regulations, in which case the
client is acting as either the plan sponsor or IRA account holder. SAAI is independently owned and operated and
not affiliated with Schwab. Schwab provides SAAI with access to its institutional trading and custody services,
which are typically not available to Schwab retail investors. These services generally are available
to
independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10
million of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at Schwab Advisor Services. Schwab’s services
include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities transactions, custody, research,
including that in the form of advice, analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and other investments
that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would require a significantly higher
minimum initial investment.
For SAAI client accounts maintained in its custody, Schwab generally does not charge separately for custody
services but is compensated by account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-
based fees for securities trades that are executed through Schwab or that settle into Schwab accounts.
Schwab also makes available to SAAI other products and services that benefit SAAI but may not benefit its
clients’ accounts. These benefits may include national, regional or SAAI specific educational events organized
and/or sponsored by Schwab Advisor Services. Other potential benefits may include occasional business
entertainment of personnel of SAAI by Schwab Advisor Services personnel, including meals, invitations to
sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other forms of entertainment, some of which may accompany
educational opportunities. Other of these products and services assist SAAI in managing and administering
clients’ accounts. These include software and other technology (and related technological training) that provide
access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution
(and allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing information
and other market data, facilitate payment of SAAI, ‘s fees from its clients’ accounts, and assist with back-office
training and support functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of these services generally may be
used to service all or some substantial number of SAAI‘s accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab
Advisor Services. Schwab Advisor Services also makes available to SAAI other services intended to help SAAI
manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services may include professional compliance, legal
and business consulting, publications and conferences on practice management, information technology,
business succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, insurance
and marketing. In addition, Schwab may make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services
rendered to SAAI by independent third parties. Schwab Advisor Services may discount or waive fees it would
otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part of the fees of a third-party providing these
services to SAAI While, as a fiduciary, SAAI endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests, and their
recommendation that clients maintain their assets in accounts at Schwab may be based in part on the benefit
to SAAI of the availability of some of the foregoing products and services and other arrangements and not solely
on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by Schwab, which may create a
potential conflict of interest.
Additional Expenses Not Included in the Wrap Program Fee
You may pay custodial fees, charges imposed directly by a mutual fund, index fund, or exchange traded fund
which shall be disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (i.e., fund management fees and other fund expenses), mark-
ups and mark-downs, spreads paid to market makers, wire transfer fees and other fees and taxes on brokerage
accounts and securities transactions. These fees are not included within the wrap-fee you are charged by our
firm.
Compensation
Our standard advisory fee is a flat fee and based on the market value of the assets under management and,
dependent on the needs of the client, can range between an annual rate of 0.00% and 2.0% and is an all-inclusive
wrap fee which includes charges for advisory services, custody, clearing, transaction execution and account
reporting. The annual fees are negotiable and are pro-rated and paid in advance on a quarterly basis. No increase
in the annual fee shall be effective without agreement from the client by signing a new agreement or
amendment to their current advisory agreement.
Advisory fees are directly debited from client accounts. Accounts initiated or terminated during a calendar
quarter will be charged a pro-rated fee based on the amount of time remaining in the billing period. An account
may be terminated with written notice at least 30 calendar days in advance. Upon termination of the account,
any unearned fee will be refunded to the client.