SAF provides financial planning, consulting, and investment management services. Prior to engaging SAF
to provide any of the foregoing investment advisory services, the client is required to enter into one or more
written agreements with SAF setting forth the terms and conditions under which SAF renders its services
(collectively the “Agreement”).
SAF has been in business as an SEC registered investment adviser since August 2, 2007. Steve W. Anglin,
Weston A. Pollock, Chris B. Lott, and Rex S. Moxley are the principal owners of SAF.
SAF has $1,571,428,888 of assets under management as of December 31, 2023. $1,501,134,233 of these
assets are managed on a discretionary basis and $70,294,655 are managed on a non-discretionary basis.
This Disclosure Brochure describes the business of SAF. Certain sections will also describe the activities
of Supervised Persons. Supervised Persons are any of SAF’s officers, partners, directors (or other persons
occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), or employees, or any other person who provides
investment advice on SAF’s behalf and is subject to SAF’s supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
SAF provides its clients with a broad range of comprehensive financial planning and consulting services
(which includes tax-related and other non-investment related matters). These services include retirement,
education, insurance, estate, and tax planning.
In performing its services, SAF is not required to verify any information received from the client or from the
client’s other professionals (e.g., attorney, accountant, etc.) and is expressly authorized to rely on such
information. SAF recommends the services of itself, its Supervised Persons in their individual capacities as
registered representatives of a broker-dealer, and/or other professionals to implement its
recommendations. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists if SAF recommends its own services.
The client is under no obligation to act upon any of the recommendations made by SAF under a financial
planning or consulting engagement or to engage the services of any such recommended professional,
including SAF itself. The client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is
free to accept or reject any of SAF’s recommendations. Clients are advised that it remains their
responsibility to promptly notify SAF if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment
objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating, or revising SAF’s previous recommendations and/or
services.
Investment Management Services
Clients can engage SAF to manage all or a portion of their assets on a discretionary or non-discretionary
basis. SAF primarily allocates clients’ investment management assets among mutual funds and exchange
traded funds (“ETFs”), as well as a limited amount of individual debt and equity securities in accordance
with the investment objectives of the client. For certain eligible
clients, SAF also recommends privately
placed securities (including debt, equity and/or interests in pooled investment vehicles). SAF also provides
advice about any type of legacy position or other investment held in clients' portfolios, but clients should
not assume that these assets are being continuously monitored or otherwise advised on by the Firm unless
specifically agreed upon. SAF also renders non-discretionary investment management services to certain
clients relative to variable life/annuity products that they own, their individual employer- sponsored
retirement plans, or other products that are not be held by the client’s primary custodian. In so doing, SAF
either directs or recommends the allocation of client assets among the various investment options that are
available with the product. Client assets are maintained at the specific insurance company or custodian
designated by the product.
SAF tailors its advisory services to the individual needs of clients. SAF consults with clients initially and on
an ongoing basis to determine risk tolerance, time horizon and other factors that may impact the clients’
investment needs. SAF ensures that clients’ investments are suitable for their investment needs, goals,
objectives, and risk tolerance.
Clients are advised to promptly notify SAF if there are changes in their financial situation or investment
objectives or if they wish to impose any reasonable restrictions upon SAF’s management services. Clients
may impose reasonable restrictions or mandates on the management of their account (e.g., require that a
portion of their assets be invested in socially responsible funds) if, in SAF’s sole discretion, the conditions
will not materially impact the performance of a portfolio strategy or prove overly burdensome to its
management efforts.
Educational Seminars
SAF and/or its Supervised Persons, in their individual capacities, conduct educational seminars (the
“Seminars”) on a broad range of investment-related topics, such as retirement, education, insurance,
estate, and tax planning. In conducting the Seminars, SAF and/or its Supervised Persons present general
information that is not tailored to any individual’s investment needs, goals, objectives and risk tolerance and
does not constitute specific recommendations of SAF. During the Seminars, SAF and/or its Supervised
Persons may recommend the services of SAF, its Supervised Persons in their individual capacities as
registered representatives of a broker-dealer, and/or other professionals to implement certain investment
strategies discussed therein. A conflict of interest exists to the extent SAF and/or its Supervised Persons
recommend the services of SAF and/or its Supervised Persons. Attendees are under no obligation to act
upon any of the general information presented by SAF in the Seminars or to engage the services of any
such recommended professional, including SAF and/or the Supervised Persons themselves.