Description of Services and Fees
Yeomans Consulting Group, Inc. d/b/a Your Retirement Coach is a registered investment adviser based in
Marietta, Georgia. We are organized as a corporation under the laws of the State of Georgia. We have been
providing investment advisory services since 1995. Randall J. Yeomans and Nicholas B. Yeomans are our
principal owners. Currently, we offer the following investment advisory services which are personalized to
each individual client:
● Investment Management Services
● Selection of Other Advisers
● Financial Planning and Consulting Services
● Investment Consulting/Portfolio Monitoring Services
● Consulting Services to Investment Advisers and Investment Adviser Representatives
● Succession and Transition Planning for Business Owners
● Pension Consulting Services
● Asset Allocation Services
● Annuity, Insurance, and Directly-Held Mutual Fund Consulting
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Please refer to the description of each investment
advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your individual
needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we", "our" and "us" refer to Yeomans Consulting Group, Inc. and
the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm. Also, you
may see the term Associated Person or Investment Adviser Representative throughout this brochure. As
used in this brochure, our Associated Persons or Investment Adviser Representatives are our firm's officers,
employees, and all individuals providing investment advice on behalf of our firm.
Investment Management Services
We offer discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services that are tailored to meet our
clients' needs and investment objectives. Once you have retained our firm for investment management
services, we will gather information about your financial situation and objectives, and assist you in
determining your investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and retirement plan time horizon . We will
then monitor your account on an ongoing basis. Where appropriate, we may provide you with
recommendations to change your investment management or allocation program in an effort to remain
consistent with your stated financial objectives.
Direct Asset Allocation Services through SEI Advisor Program
The SEI Asset Management Program is a program where our Investment Adviser Representatives ("IARs")
can make the SEI family of mutual funds available to our firm's clients. SEI is not an investment adviser in
this instance and does not have an investment adviser relationship with you. Although, SEI re-balances your
portfolio to maintain the proper asset allocation to each asset class in the percentages you chose, SEI does
not exercise discretion when providing these re-balancing services. SEI re-balances based on your written
instructions.
Our firm charges an advisory fee. SEI charges an expense ratio to the funds. All expense ratios are disclosed
in the prospectuses of the funds. SEI Trust Company, a subsidiary of SEI Investments Co., acts as the transfer
agent and custodian for your account. Our advisory fee is debited from your account by SEI Trust Company
on our behalf. SEI does not participate in our advisory fee.
You will sign an advisory contract with our firm and account opening documentation with SEI. We provide
you with our Form ADV Part 2A and SEI provides a prospectus for the mutual funds utilized in your fee-
based account. As custodian, SEI Trust Company provides all reporting functions for your account, and
supplies you with at least a quarterly statement. SEI does not act in the capacity of an investment adviser to
you and therefore does not provide a solicitor's agreement, or their Form ADV Part 2. The fee schedule that
our firm charges for our advisory services in connection with the SEI Asset Management Program is included
in our ADV Part 2A and in the SEI Advisory Agreement.
Our firm's IARs also offer through SEI, the Mutual Fund Program ("SEI Funds") comprised exclusively of
mutual funds and the Managed Account Program ("Managed Account Assets") comprised of individual
securities to our clients. The SEI Funds and Managed Account Assets Programs are designed as follows:
1. We determine your risk profile and investment objectives. Your IAR determines your investment
objectives, investment time horizon, and risk profile by means of an interview and the completion of a
questionnaire.
2. We will establish an asset allocation policy for you and you choose one of many mutual fund asset
allocation models. You may also purchase the individual mutual funds without choosing one of the asset
allocation models.
3. The asset allocation models help you diversify among asset classes and styles. The investment
managers of the underlying mutual funds are selected by SEI. SEI utilizes institutional investment
management firms. The managers are monitored by SEI to ensure that their investment styles and
performance remain consistent with the objectives of the mutual funds.
4. Your portfolio will be re-balanced. Re-balancing maintains the proper allocation to each asset class
in the model. Re-balancing occurs automatically if the underlying mutual funds deviate from the prescribed
quarterly allocation by greater than a 2% variance. For the tax-managed models, the variance is 3%. Re-
balancing occurs monthly with no transaction fees.
5. SEI will have complete investment authority, with respect to the Managed Account Assets, in order
to carry out the investment strategy chosen by your IAR on your behalf.
6. You will receive report results. SEI Trust Company (a subsidiary of SEI Investments Company) acts
as the transfer agent and custodian for the investor's account. SEI Trust Company provides reporting
services including consolidated monthly statements, quarterly performance reports, and year-end tax
reports.
Market Value Breakpoints Maximum Annual Advisory Fee
$0 - $500,000 2.00%
$500,001 - $1,000,000 1.75%
$1,000,001 - $2,000,000 1.50%
$2,000,001 - $3,000,000 1.25%
Over $3,000,001 1.00%
SEI Trust Company will debit your account on a quarterly basis for the above-mentioned fees and charges.
The charges to the account will be on an arrears basis and will be remitted quarterly net of any applicable
account and performance reporting charges not charged to you. Upon written notification, either your IAR
or you may terminate the Agreement. Prorated fees will be charged based on the market value of your
account on the date notice is received.
You will receive statements from the SEI Trust Company indicating holdings. A quarterly report, indicating
market value, cash flows, gains and losses, asset allocation, and performance as it relates to market indices,
is also available if you select that option. Annually, you will receive a tax report for your account.
If you open a Tax Controlled Program Investment Account, SEI will remain as the investment adviser on the
account, and your IAR on behalf of our firm will act in a solicitor capacity only and have you sign the
appropriate documentation.
SEI Asset Allocation Program
We participate in The SEI Asset Allocation Program, which is offered to high net worth individuals, defined
benefit plans, participant and non-participant directed defined contribution plans, institutions,
endowments, and foundations.
With the SEI Asset Allocation Program, we serve as the investment adviser to the investor, and are
responsible for analyzing the investor's current financial situation, return expectations, risk tolerance, time
horizon, and asset class preference, pursuant to the Adviser's investment advisory agreement. Based upon
the investor's information, our firm and the investor select an investment strategy and choose from one of
many mutual fund asset allocation models, which may be provided by SEI Investments Management
Corporation ("SIMC"), or purchase the individual mutual funds to include customized portfolios designed by
our firm.
We will allocate the assets placed in the investor's account among the SEI Funds (a family of mutual funds
advised by SIMC) in accordance with the investment strategy, goal or model selected by the investor or
designed by our firm. The investor, through our firm, may adjust their asset allocation to help ensure that
the mix reflects the objectives of the chosen strategy. The investor may, at any time, impose reasonable
restrictions on the management of his/her account or choose a new investment strategy.
PC Models: In accordance with the investor's investment objectives, we may also allocate assets placed in
the investor's account among the SEI Funds through SEI's Private Client Models, which reflect SIMC's
institutional asset allocation models more aligned with individual investors' goals. SIMC expects to make
changes to the Private Client Models periodically to incorporate changes to the mutual fund asset allocations
underlying the models. Upon consent from us (on behalf of the investor), these asset allocation changes will
be made to the investor's accounts invested in the Private Client Models.
Custom Models: Yeomans Consulting Group Portfolios (Yeomans TM Defensive, TM Conservative, TM
Moderate Growth & Income, and TM Growth Plus / Yeomans Defensive, Conservative, Moderate Growth
& Income, and Growth Plus / Yeomans MAD, Yeomans 55, and Yeomans Sector Rotation). In accordance with
the investor's investment objectives, we may also allocate assets placed in the investor's account among the
SEI Funds and non-SEI Funds, ETFs, or Individual Stocks and Bonds through Yeomans Custom Models which
are aligned with individual investors' goals. We expect to make changes to the Custom Portfolios periodically
to incorporate changes to the asset allocations underlying the models on a discretionary basis. Upon consent
from us (on behalf of the investor), these discretionary asset allocation changes will be made to the
investor's accounts invested in the Yeomans Consulting Group, Inc. as Yeomans Custom Models.
The SEI Funds are administered, distributed, and in some cases advised by SIMC or its affiliates for which it
is paid fees as disclosed in the SEI Funds' prospectuses. The prospectus(es) should be read carefully by all
investors before investing in the SEI Funds.
The applicable fees are the same as set forth under the Direct Asset Allocation Services through SEI Advisor
Program section above.
Selection of Other Advisers
As part of our investment advisory services, we may recommend that you use the services of a third party
investment adviser ("TPMM") to manage your entire, or a portion of your, investment portfolio. We may
recommend TPMMs who offer timing services and asset allocation services. After gathering information
about your financial situation and objectives, we will recommend that you engage a specific TPMM or
investment program. Factors that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s) include,
but are not limited to, the following: the TPMM's performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial
needs, investment goals, risk tolerance, and investment objectives. The TPMM(s) will actively manage your
portfolio and will assume discretionary investment authority over your account. We will periodically
monitor the TPMM(s)' performance to ensure its management and investment style remains aligned with
your investment goals and objectives.
Compensation generally consists of four elements: i) management and advisory fees shared by the TPMM,
our firm, and our IARs; ii) transaction costs, if applicable, which may be paid to purchase and sell such
securities; and iii) custody fees.
Such compensation is charged through the following pricing structure: TPMM's fee may be separate from
the advisory fee charged by our firm. Transaction costs may also be charged for the execution and clearance
of advisory transactions directed by the TPMM. Further, compensation to our firm's IARs may be in the form
of commissions earned in the underlying securities portfolios, which are managed by the TPMM.
You will receive an account statement from the TPMM at least quarterly, which includes the amount of any
fees paid directly for the TPMM's services, or any other adviser selected by you to manage the account. These
fees are in addition to the internal advisory fees and expenses paid by the mutual funds or variable annuity
companies to their separate investment advisers. In addition, variable annuity companies generally impose
mortality charges on such accounts, of approximately 1.25% annually.
The amount of total fees, the services provided, the payment structure, termination provisions and other
aspects of each program are detailed and disclosed in: i) the TPMM's Form ADV Part 2; ii) the disclosure
documents of the portfolio manager or managers selected; or, iii) the TPMM's account opening documents.
Our firm will not be paid fees directly by you, but will receive a portion of the advisory fee paid to the
TPMM as a solicitor. The same or similar services may be available elsewhere at a lower cost to you.
If you are required to sign an agreement directly with the recommended TPMM(s), you may terminate your
advisory relationship with the TPMM according to the terms of your agreement with the TPMM. You should
review each TPMM's brochure for specific information on how you may terminate your advisory
relationship with the TPMM and how you may receive a refund, if applicable. You should contact the TPMM
directly for questions regarding your advisory agreement with the TPMM.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
We offer broad-based and modular financial planning services. If you retain our firm for financial planning
services, we will meet with you to gather information about your financial circumstances and objectives.
Once we review and analyze the information you provide to our firm, we will deliver a written plan to you,
designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and objectives.
In general, financial planning and consulting services may include, but is not limited
to, any one or all of the
following:
● Personal Planning - This includes a review of family records, budgeting, personal liability, estate
information, and financial goals. We may offer advice on how to reduce risk, and to coordinate and organize
records, as well as estate information. We will also help you identify and prioritize financial goals.
● Tax & Cash Flow Planning - This encompasses a large array of services that are customized to your
specific financial circumstances including income tax and spending analysis. Our firm may illustrate how tax
laws will affect various financial decisions, such as investing in new opportunities or consolidation of
existing investments and individual taxation issues, among others. The impact of those decisions on your
current income tax and future tax liability may also be assessed.
● Insurance Planning - This includes risk management associated with advisory recommendations
based on the combination of insurance types that best meet your specific needs, such as life, health,
disability, and long-term care insurance. This will generally include analysis of cash needs at death, income
needs of surviving dependents, and disability income analysis.
● Retirement Planning - This involves advice with respect to alternatives and techniques for
accumulating wealth for retirement income or advice relative to appropriate distribution of assets following
retirement. Tax consequences and their implications are identified and evaluated.
● Investment Planning - This involves advice with respect to investment alternatives and their effect
on your portfolio. Evaluations are made of existing investments in terms of their economic and tax
characteristics as well as their suitability for meeting your objectives. Tax consequences and their
implications are identified and evaluated.
● Estate Planning - This involves the strategies and techniques to arranging assets in a manner that
meets lifetime financial objectives while simultaneously providing for survivors' needs. A carefully
implemented estate plan can help create and conserve assets, and minimize death taxes, income taxes and
estate settlement costs. This may ensure that cash is available to pay unavoidable expenses and provide
an orderly distribution of assets that meets the estate owner's objectives and intentions.
Consulting on topics not specifically described above, such as risk management, legacy planning, and liability
management may be provided based on your individual needs. Financial plans are based on your financial
situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the financial information you provide to our firm.
You must promptly notify our firm if your financial situation, goals, objectives, or needs change. You are
under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to act on any of
our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any of our other
investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing securities
transactions with any brokerage firm.
Our firm uses the following financial planning fee schedule:
● Fixed Fees: Fixed fees for financial planning services generally range between $2,500 and $50,000.
● Hourly Fees: The firm charges an hourly fee ranging between $250 and $500 if you request general
consulting services.
We also offer Professional Plan Analysis, which involves providing a financial plan or tax analysis to
accountants and/or attorneys. The fee for this service ranges between $250 to $500 an hour.
An estimate of the total time/cost will be determined at the start of the advisory relationship. In limited
circumstances, the cost/time could potentially exceed the initial estimate. In such cases, we will notify you
and request that you approve the additional fee. Our fees are negotiable depending upon the complexity and
scope of the plan, your financial situation, and your objectives. Unless agreed otherwise, we require that you
pay 50% of the fee in advance and the remaining portion upon the completion of the services rendered. We
will not require prepayment of a fee more than six months in advance and in excess of $500. We may reduce
our financial planning fee for those clients making use of our portfolio management services.
All clients wishing to engage our firm for the implementation of its financial and/or retirement plan must
complete our internal documents and investment advisory agreement. Upon completion of the
aforementioned documents, together with our securing of the relevant approvals, we will be considered
engaged by you. The term of engagement will be either a "one- time only" or ongoing, as set forth in the
advisory agreement. For ongoing agreements, you will be responsible for ensuring that we have been timely
informed of changes in investment objectives and risk tolerance.
You may terminate the financial planning agreement by providing written notice to our firm within five days
from the date of acceptance. After the five-day period, either you or our firm may terminate the financial
planning agreement by providing written notice to the other party. You will incur a pro rata charge for
services rendered prior to the termination of the agreement. If you have pre-paid advisory fees that we have
not yet earned, you will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
Asset Allocation Services
We offer asset allocation services that are tailored to meet our clients' needs and investment objectives.
Once you have retained our firm for asset allocation services, we will gather information about your financial
situation and objectives, and assist you in determining your investment goals, objectives, risk tolerance, and
retirement plan time horizon. We will initially provide you with recommendations as to how to allocate your
investments among categories of assets. We will then review your account on a periodic basis. Where
appropriate, we may provide you with recommendations to change your asset allocation in an effort to
remain consistent with your stated financial objectives. You are free at all times to accept or reject any of
our investment recommendations. You are solely responsible for implementing our recommendations.
Unless you separately retain our services, we will not execute any transactions or changes in asset allocation
on your behalf.
We charge a fixed fee for our asset allocation services. Our fixed fee ranges from $1,000 to $12,000.
Investment Consulting/Portfolio Monitoring Services
We offer non-discretionary, non-continuous investment consulting and portfolio monitoring services with
respect to accounts not managed by our firm. As part of this service, we will gather information about your
financial situation and objectives, and assist you in determining your investment goals, objectives, risk
tolerance, and time horizon. We will then monitor your account on a periodic basis and will make
recommendations to you consistent with your stated financial objectives. We may review accounts on a
quarterly, annual or semi-annual basis. You are free at all times to accept or reject any investment
recommendation from our firm. You are solely responsible for implementing any of our recommendations.
Our fees for this service is either a fixed fee or a percentage of the assets being monitored, as follows:
generally ranging between $500 - $50,000 or a percentage of the assets being monitored, which generally
range between 0.25% - 1.50%
● Retainer costs: Fixed fees generally range between $500 - $50,000 annually. Fees are due and
payable quarterly.
● Asset-Based Retainer costs: Our annual asset-based fee generally ranges between 0.25% - 1.50%,
which is billed and payable quarterly in advance based on the value of your account being monitored as
of the last day of the previous quarter.
Consulting Services to Investment Advisers and Investment Adviser Representatives
We offer personalized consulting services to other financial advisors and advisory firms on an hourly or flat
fee basis. Services include generally assisting in case design, portfolio review, and review of investment
strategies. We offer this service exclusively to unaffiliated RIAs and IARs who want to offer clients a second
option and the ability to outsource research and strategies. This gives RIAs and IARs the ability to offer
investment and planning strategies that may distinguish them from the typical advisor. We do not
participate in sharing fees or commissions that may be generated from an IAR's implementation of our
recommendations or solutions. The RIA and IAR is free at all times to accept or reject any of our investment
recommendations, and is solely responsible for implementing any of our recommended planning solutions
or strategies. We make observations and recommendations believed to be compatible around the
understanding of circumstances and data provided by the RIA or IAR's own data research and
understanding of their individual client needs.
We charge either an hourly fee or fixed fee for this service. Hourly fees range between $250 - $500 per hour,
depending on complexity of the case and existing knowledge base of the RIA or IAR. Fixed fees range
generally from $2,500 to $50,000, depending on the schedule and complexity of the case or cases agreed
upon in the consulting agreement. Fees are due upon completion of the services rendered. We may also offer
these services on an annual retainer basis. Annual retainer fees are payable quarterly in advance.
Annuity, Insurance and Directly-Held Mutual Fund Consulting
For annuity or other insurance products or mutual funds that are commission products, we advise on these
as a consultant. We can advise on commissionable products already owned by clients or that clients are
considering purchasing as part of financial planning. For clients who would like advice and servicing help
on these commissionable products, they can assign Mutual Securities, LLC as the agent. Mutual Securities
provides servicing and then contracts with us to provide investment advisory services for those clients who
have provided written consent. Mutual Securities pays us for consulting on these accounts and policies. See
Item 10 for details on this arrangement.
Succession and Transition Planning for Business Owners
We offer succession and transition planning which typically involves providing a variety of advisory services
to business owners. These services can range from broad-based succession or transition planning to
consultative or single subject planning. If you retain our firm for succession and transition planning, we will
meet with you to gather information about your business's financial circumstances and the ultimate
succession or transition objective. Once we review and analyze the information you provide to our firm, we
will designed a plan to help you achieve your succession or transition goal.
We charge either an hourly fee or fixed fee for this service. Hourly fees range between $250 - $500 per hour,
depending on complexity of the case and existing knowledge base of the business and/or transition. Fixed
fees range generally from $2,500 to $50,000, depending on the schedule and complexity of the case or cases
agreed upon in the consulting agreement. Fees are due upon completion of the services rendered.
Pension Consulting Services
We offer pension consulting services to employee benefit plans and their fiduciaries based upon the needs
of the plan and the services requested by the plan sponsor or named fiduciary. In general, these services
may include an existing plan review and analysis, plan-level advice regarding fund selection and investment
options, education services to plan participants, investment performance monitoring, and/or ongoing
consulting. These pension consulting services will be either non-discretionary or discretionary. In the case
of a non-discretionary basis, the ultimate decision to act on behalf of the plan shall remain with the plan
sponsor or other named fiduciary.
We may also assist with participant enrollment meetings and provide investment-related educational
seminars to plan participants on such topics as:
● Diversification;
● Asset allocation;
● Risk tolerance; and
● Time horizon
Our educational seminars may include other investment-related topics specific to the particular plan.
We may also provide additional types of pension consulting services to plans on an individually negotiated
basis. All services, whether discussed above or customized for the plan based upon requirements from the
plan fiduciaries (which may include additional plan-level or participant-level services) shall be detailed in a
written agreement and be consistent with the parameters set forth in the plan documents.
Our advisory fees for these customized services will be negotiated with the plan sponsor or named fiduciary
on a case-by-case basis.
You may terminate the pension consulting services agreement upon to our firm. You will incur a pro rata
charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the agreement, which means you will incur advisory
fees only in proportion to the number of days in the quarter for which you are a client. If you have pre-paid
advisory fees that we have not yet earned, you will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on equity securities, corporate debt securities, commercial paper, certificates of
deposit, municipal securities, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, no-load funds, non-commission funds,
variable annuities, variable life insurance, U.S. Government securities, interest in partnerships investing in
real estate, oil and gas interests, and the selection of third party advisers.
Additionally, we may advise you on any type of investment that we deem appropriate based on your stated
goals and objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the
inception of our advisory relationship.
You may request that we refrain from investing in particular securities or certain types of securities. You
must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
Assets Under Management
As of December 2023, we manage $ 314,352,862in client assets on a discretionary basis and $ 9,687,654in
client assets on a non-discretionary basis.