Our firm specializes in Portfolio Management and Financial Planning & Consulting. We are dedicated
to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment advisory services.
Our firm is a C-Corporation formed in the State of California. Our firm has been in business as an
investment adviser since 2001 and is owned wholly by Mrs. Akemi Dalvi.
Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Portfolio Management:
As part of our Portfolio Management services, clients may be provided with standalone asset
management or a combination of asset management and financial planning or consulting services.
Financial planning and consulting services are separate from our fee schedule for Portfolio
Management (please see Item 5 for more information about our fees).This service is designed to
assist clients in meeting their financial goals through the use of a financial plan or consultation.
Financial consultations will not be accompanied by a written summary of observations and
recommendations as the process is less formal then the planning service. Our firm conducts client
meetings to understand their current financial situation, existing resources, financial goals, and
tolerance for risk. Based on what is learned, an investment approach is presented to the client that
may consist of individual stocks, bonds, Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”), options, mutual funds and
other public and private securities or investments. Once the appropriate portfolio has been
determined, portfolios are continuously and regularly monitored, and if necessary, rebalanced based
upon the client’s individual needs, stated goals and objectives. Upon client request, our firm provides
a summary of observations and recommendations for the planning or consulting aspects of this
service.
Our firm utilizes the sub-advisory services of third party investment advisory firms or individual
advisors to aid in the implementation of an investment portfolio designed by our firm. Before
selecting a firm or individual, our firm will ensure that the chosen party is properly licensed or
registered. Our firm will not offer advice on any specific securities or other investments in
connection with this service. We will provide initial due diligence on third party money managers
and ongoing reviews of their management of client accounts. In order to assist in the selection of
third party money managers, our firm will gather client information pertaining to financial
situation, investment objectives, and reasonable restrictions to be imposed upon the management
of the account.
Our firm will periodically review third party money managers’ reports provided to the client at
least annually. Our firm will contact clients from time to time in order to review their financial
situation and objectives; communicate information to third party money managers as warranted;
and, assist the client in understanding and evaluating the services provided by the third party
money manager. Clients will be expected to notify
our firm of any changes in their financial
situation, investment objectives, or account restrictions that could affect their financial standing.
Financial Planning & Consulting:
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families and other
types of clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of the
client’s current situation, goals, and objectives. This analysis will generally result in either our firm
preparing a financial plan or our firm rendering a financial consultation. This planning or consulting
may encompass one or more of the following areas: Investment Planning, Retirement Planning,
Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Personal Tax Planning, Insurance Analysis,
Business and Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. For example,
recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment programs, create or revise
wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement savings, or
establish education or charitable giving programs. It should also be noted that we refer clients to an
accountant, attorney or other specialist, as necessary for non-advisory related services. For written
financial planning engagements, we provide our clients with a written summary of their financial
situation, observations, and recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do
not provide our clients with a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the
process is less formal than our planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within
6 months of the client signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information and documents
we request from the client are provided to us promptly. Implementation of the recommendations
will be at the discretion of the client.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to clients subscribing to our Portfolio Management
service. Additionally, we offer general investment advice to clients subscribing to our Financial
Planning and Consulting service and referrals to third party money managers. Each Portfolio
Management client has the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments
to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions on investments in certain securities or types of securities may
not be possible due to the level of difficulty this would entail in managing the account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
We do not offer wrap fee programs.
Regulatory Assets Under Management1
As of December 31, 2023, we manage $263,809,037 on a discretionary basis and $0 on a non-
discretionary basis.