A. Description of Advisory Firm
The firm has been in business since April 10, 2007, and the principal owner is Eva Gilkey
Booher, CFA.
B. Types of Advisory Services
Rookwood Wealth Management, LLC ("Rookwood") offers the following services to its
clients.
Wealth Management Services: Rookwood offered services includes investment
management, financial planning, and consulting services to individuals, families and
their related entities, trusts and estates, and family businesses. Rookwood may also
serve business entities, pension and profit sharing plans and charitable organizations.
Rookwood works with its clients to define financial objectives, and to develop and
implement investment strategies to reach those objectives.
Investment Supervisory Services: Rookwood offers ongoing portfolio management
services based on the individual goals, objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance of
each client. Rookwood enables families and clients to construct and maintain their
securities portfolios. Clients tell Rookwood about their expectations about risk,
portfolio return and investment philosophy. Rookwood then creates an Investment
Policy Statement for each client, which outlines the client’s current situation and then
constructs a plan to aid in the selection of a portfolio that matches each client’s
specific situation. Investment Supervisory Services include, but are not limited to,
the following:
• Investment strategy • Personal investment policy
• Asset allocation • Asset selection
• Risk tolerance • Regular portfolio monitoring
Rookwood evaluates the current investments of each client with respect to their risk
tolerance levels and time horizon. Risk tolerance levels are documented in the
Investment Policy Statement, which is then provided to each client.
Consulting/Implementation Services: To the extent specifically requested by the
client, Rookwood may provide consultation services to its clients on investment and
non-investment related matters. Typically, Rookwood does not receive any separate
or additional fee for any such consultation services unless mutually agreed to prior to
providing such services. A client may retain Rookwood to review the client's current
investments and investment portfolio with a view of obtaining specific client
identified recommendations. Rookwood will charge a fee that takes into
consideration Rookwood's estimation of the work involved, the number of investment
managers involved, and the type and sophistication of client's assets. Neither
Rookwood, nor any of its representatives, serves as an attorney, accountant, or
licensed insurance agent, and no portion of Rookwood’s services should be construed
as such.
Employee Retirement Accounts: Rookwood also acts as the lead advisor, serving as
the ERISA 3(21) fiduciary advisor, for employee 401(k) accounts. Specific
responsibilities include: (i) advising the committee on development of the
investment strategy for the plan, (ii) selecting and monitoring the investment
manager to be used in implementing the strategy, (iii) providing one-on-one advice
to participants as requested, and (iv) acting with prudence and due diligence to ensure
Rookwood's compliance with ERISA and
other applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Services Limited to Specific Types of Investments: Rookwood limits its investment
advice to mutual funds, equities, bonds, fixed income, debt securities, ETFs, REITs,
insurance products including annuities, and government securities. Rookwood may
also use other securities as well to help diversify a portfolio when applicable.
Custodian: Assets under the direct management of Rookwood are held by
independent custodians, including Charles Schwab and Co., Inc. (“Schwab”) and
others, in the client’s name. Rookwood does not act as a custodian of client assets.
Recommendations: When clients so request, Rookwood may recommend other
professionals (e.g. lawyers, accountants, insurance agents, real estate agents, etc.). A
client is under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended
professional. All such other professionals are engaged directly by the client on an as-
needed basis. Please Note: If a client engages any such professional, and a dispute
arises thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse
exclusively from and against the engaged professional.
Rookwood does not accept referral fees or other compensation related to its
recommendations. Furthermore, Rookwood takes care to make sure that there are
no conflicts of interest in this process. However, should any conflict of interest ever
arise, it will be disclosed to the client and managed in the best interest of the client.
In this regard, Ms. Booher's husband, Mark S. Booher, is an attorney licensed to
practice law in the State of Ohio. Should Ms. Booher recommend Mr. Booher to any
Rookwood client, Ms. Booher will disclose their married relationship to such client.
Similarly, should Mr. Booher recommend Rookwood to any of Mr. Booher's clients,
Mr. Booher will disclose their married relationship to such client.
C. Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
Rookwood offers the same group of services to all of its clients. However, specific client
financial plans and their implementation are dependent upon the client Investment Policy
Statement which outlines each client’s current situation (income, tax levels, and risk
tolerance levels) and is used to construct a portfolio that matches the client’s restrictions,
needs, and targets. Clients may impose restrictions in investing in certain securities or types
of securities in accordance with their values or beliefs. However, if the restrictions prevent
Rookwood from properly servicing the client account, or if the restrictions would require
Rookwood to deviate from its standard suite of services, Rookwood reserves the right to end
the relationship.
D. Wrap Fee Program
Rookwood does not participate in any wrap fee programs.
E. Amounts under Management
Rookwood provides client services both as an investment advisor and as an investment
consultant. The assets involved with Rookwood’s investment consulting are neither
considered discretionary nor non-discretionary and are not included in the total below. The
assets involved with Rookwood’s investment advisor services are shown below:
Discretionary Amounts: Non-discretionary Amounts: Date Calculated:
$126,278,339 $ 3,978,496 12/31/2023