Ownership
Spectrum Financial Alliance, Ltd., L.L.C. (“Advisor”, “SFA”, “Spectrum” or “we”) is an investment advisor
registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) from January 2005 to June 2012,
then with the State of Kentucky from June 2012 to March 2014, and reregistered with the SEC in March
2014. We are a Delaware limited liability company, and our sole member (owner) is C. Kelly Buckley.
General Description of Primary Advisory Services
We offer personalized advisory services including financial planning and asset management services. The
following are brief descriptions of our primary services. A detailed description is provided in Item 5, Fees,
and Compensation, so that clients and prospective clients (“clients” or “you”) can review the services and
description of fees more thoroughly.
Financial Planning Services (Plans and Consultations)
We offer advisory services in the form of financial planning and consultations. Comprehensive planning
services focus on your overall financial situation. Modular planning services and consultations (both one-
time and on-going) focus on specific areas of concern to you. Our financial planning services can be in the
form of written or verbal financial plans that can be comprehensive or segmented (modular) in format. Plans
can include, but are not limited to, the topics of estate planning, investments, taxes, and insurance.
Asset Management Services
We offer asset management services to provide you with continuous and on-going supervision over your
accounts. This means that we continuously monitor your account and make trades in that account when
necessary.
Our clients engage us to provide “fee-only” asset management services where we make investment
recommendations and also make changes to the managed account. If you elect to engage us for this
service, we will develop an individualized investment program for your account(s). We provide various
investment strategies through our management services; a specific investment strategy and investment
policy is crafted for you and focuses on your specific goals and objectives. Asset management services
are separate from and in addition to the financial planning services previously discussed.
To provide these services, we need to obtain certain information from you to determine your financial
situation and investment objectives. At least annually, we contact you to determine whether your financial
situation or investment objectives have changed, or if you want to impose and /or modify any reasonable
restrictions on your managed accounts. Our representative is always reasonably available to consult with
you relative to the status of your accounts. You have the ability to impose reasonable restrictions on the
management of your accounts, including the ability to instruct us not to purchase certain securities. Your
beneficial interest in a security does not represent an undivided interest in all the securities held by the
custodian, but rather represents a direct and beneficial interest in the securities which comprise the
account. A separate account(s) is maintained for you with the custodian, and you retain the right of
ownership of the account (e.g., the right to withdraw securities or cash, exercise, or delegate proxy voting,
and receive transaction confirmations).
It is important that you understand we manage investments for other clients and may give them advice or
take actions for them or for our personal accounts that is different from the advice we provide to you or
actions we take for you. We are not obligated to buy, sell, or recommend to you any security or other
investment that we may buy, sell, or recommend for any other clients or for our own accounts.
Conflicts may arise in allocating investment opportunities among accounts that we manage. We strive to
allocate investment opportunities believed appropriate for your account(s) and other accounts advised by
us equitably and consistent with the best interests of all accounts involved. However, there is no
assurance that a particular investment opportunity that comes to our attention is allocated in any
particular manner. If we obtain material, non-public information about a security or its issuer that we may
not lawfully use or disclose, we have absolutely no obligation to disclose the information to you or any
other client or use it for any client’s benefit.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
We recommend that your assets be maintained in a brokerage account with Charles Schwab Institutional,
a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), a registered broker/dealer and member of SIPC.
See Item 12, Brokerage Practices, for additional
discussion on our recommendation and use of
Schwab. However, you are free to select any account custodian you wish. Any direction to use a specific
broker/dealer or account custodian must be in writing, and we reserve the right to decline the instructions
if we believe it would result in operational difficulties. We assist you in establishing a managed account at
Schwab or another qualified custodian that you select. The qualified account custodian maintains custody
of your funds and securities. We do not act as custodian and do not have direct access to your funds and
securities except to have advisory fees deducted from your account with your prior written authorization.
Our minimum accepted household account is $500,000 of investable assets. We also consider any pro
bono activities that may be required or requested, such as a church donation liquidation or military
spouse assistance. There is no charge for these types of pro bono activities.
You authorize us to have trading authorization on your accounts and we provide management services on
a discretionary basis only. This means we make all decisions to buy, sell or hold securities, cash, or other
investments in your managed account in our sole discretion without consulting with you before making any
transactions. You must provide us with written authorization to exercise this discretionary authority and
you can place reasonable restrictions and limitations on the discretionary authority. See Item 16,
Investment Discretion, for additional discussion on discretionary authority.
Annuity, Retirement Plan Management, and Outside 529 Account Management
We also offer management services relative to: (1) variable life/annuity products (2) individual employer-
sponsored retirement plans (i.e., 401(k) plan, pension plan, profit sharing plan, etc.) and (3) College 529
account management through Brighter Future. The managed assets are maintained at either the specific
insurance company that issued your variable life/annuity product or at the custodian designated by the
sponsor of your retirement plan. When managing these assets, we either recommend or implement the
allocation of product or the retirement plan portfolio. If we implement transactions, you must provide us
with trading authority, including any access to accounts using assigned identification numbers and/or
passwords, and discretionary authority.
See Item 16, Investment Discretion, for additional discussion on discretionary authority. Any authorizations
we have are strictly limited in order to avoid having custody of your accounts (as determined by applicable
state and federal rules and regulations). Specifically, we do not have the authority to open an account on
your behalf, to designate or change your address of record with a qualified custodian, or to withdraw funds
or securities or transfer them to an account not in your name at a qualified custodian.
Limits Advice to Certain Types of Investments
We provide advice to the following types of investments:
Exchange-listed securities
Securities traded over-the-counter
Foreign issues
Warrants
Corporate debt securities (other than commercial debt)
Commercial paper
Certificates of deposit
Municipal securities
Variable life insurance
Variable annuities
Mutual fund shares
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs)
United States government securities
Option contracts on securities and commodities
While we generally limit our advice to the investment products previously listed, we reserve the right to offer
advice on any investment product that may be suitable for each client’s specific circumstances, needs,
goals and objectives. We also provide advice about any type of investment held in a client’s portfolio at the
beginning of the advisory relationship. Please refer to Item 8, Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies and Risk of Loss for more information.
Tailor Advisor Services to Individual Needs of Clients
Our services are always provided based on your specific needs. You have the ability to impose reasonable
restrictions on your accounts, including specific investment selections and sectors. However, we reserve
the right to not enter into an investment advisor relationship with a prospective client whose investment
objectives may be considered incompatible with our investment philosophy or strategies or where the
prospective client seeks to impose unduly restrictive investment guidelines.
Client Assets Managed by Advisor
The amount of assets managed by Advisor totaled approximately $292,780,848 as of March 30, 2024, all
on a discretionary basis.