Overview
- Headquarters
- Anchorage, AK
- Average Client Assets
- $2.9 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $500,000
- SEC CRD Number
- 172151
Recent Rankings
Forbes 2025: 250
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (AWA 2A)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | and above | 1.50% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $15,000 | 1.50% |
| $5 million | $75,000 | 1.50% |
| $10 million | $150,000 | 1.50% |
| $50 million | $750,000 | 1.50% |
| $100 million | $1,500,000 | 1.50% |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 84.27%
- Total Client Accounts
- 2,274
- Discretionary Accounts
- 2,274
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
Additional Brochure: AWA 2A (2026-03-25)
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ALASKA WEALTH ADVISORS
March 25, 2026
REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER (RIA)
3800 Centerpoint Drive, Suite 910 Anchorage, AK 99503 www.apcm.net
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Alaska Wealth Advisors. If you have any
questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (907) 272-7575. The information in this brochure has
not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Registration designation does not imply skill or training.
Additional information about Alaska Wealth Advisors is also available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Summary of Changes
Advisory Business
under the Securities Act of 1933 pursuant to Rule 506(b) of
Regulation D promulgated thereunder. We are majority owned by
APCM with minority positions held by LGB Strategies LLC,
owned by Laura Bruce, and Teach LLC, owned by APCM and LGB
Strategies LLC. respectively. APCM is majority owned by BU
APCM SPE, LLC. We have no 3rd party affiliations. Our only
income is the fee income earned from our clients.
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Fees and Compensation
Performance Based Fees and Side-
By-Side Management
Types of Clients
Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies and Risk of Loss
Although Alaska Wealth Advisors may recommend a
particular model to a client, an exact model replication may
not be achieved due to the unique circumstances of each
client. Alaska Wealth Advisors personnel will direct and initiate
trading activity of client accounts, and APCM personnel will
execute the trades. Except for actively managed fixed income
accounts, APCM will not independently place trades on behalf
of Alaska Wealth Advisors clients.
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Disciplinary History
Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations
Code of Ethics Summary and Offer of
Delivery to Clients
Alaska Wealth Advisors’ advisory business may also include
providing financial planning services to clients on a fee for
service basis. This service includes reviewing a client’s financial
circumstances and making recommendations to help a client
achieve their financial goals. Financial planning is generally
included with Alaska Wealth Advisors’ investment management
services, but may also be provided to other clients for whom
we do not provide investment management services.
As of December 31, 2025, we managed $1,156,213,886 in
discretionary assets under management.
In general, the financial plan can address any or all of the
following areas:
5 Retirement Plan Roll-
Overs Brokerage
Practices
Review of Accounts
6 Client Referrals and Other
Compensation
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PERSONAL: We review financial records, budgeting,
personal liability, estate information and financial goals.
Custody
7 Investment Discretion
Voting Client Securities
Financial Information
• TAX & CASH FLOW: We analyze the client’s income
tax and spending for past, current and future years;
then illustrate the impact of various investments on
the client’s current income tax and future tax liability.
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Summary of Material Changes
INSURANCE: We review existing policies to ensure
adequate coverage for life, health, disability, long-term
care, liability, home and automobile.
We are discussing only material changes since the last annual
amendment of our brochure, which was dated March 31,
2025.
• RETIREMENT: We analyze current strategies and
investment plans to help the client achieve his or her
retirement goals.
Brokerage Practices: Updated to disclose arrangement with a third
party platform.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation: Removed all
references to Schwab Advisor Network and added
references to SmartAsset Advisors, LLC.
• DEATH & DISABILITY: We review the client’s cash
needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents,
estate planning and disability income.
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ESTATE: In conjunction with legal counsel retained
by the client, we assist the client in assessing and
developing long-term strategies.
Advisory Business Alaska Permanent Capital Management
(APCM) is an investment adviser who has been providing
investment advice in Alaska since 1992. Alaska Wealth Advisors, a
subsidiary of APCM, is a registered investment adviser that
began operations in 2014. Alaska Wealth Advisors provides
financial planning and investment management primarily for
individuals and institutions whose investment goals can be met
with investments in a mix of stock and bond index funds, or
actively managed fixed income portfolios. Private placements
may be offered to qualified clients of Alaska Wealth Advisors
through transactions that are exempt from registration
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Other fees clients may incur include custodian fees and other
transaction costs. For more information, please see Brokerage
Practices.
We gather required information through in-depth personal
interviews. Information gathered includes the client’s current
financial status, tax status, future goals, return objectives and
attitudes towards risk. We carefully review documents supplied by
the client and prepare a written report. Should the client
choose to implement the recommendations contained in the
plan, we suggest the client work closely with his/her attorney,
accountant, and insurance agent. Implementation of financial
plan recommendations is entirely at the client’s discretion.
Fees and Compensation
All fees paid to Alaska Wealth Advisors for investment
advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and
expenses charged by mutual funds and/or ETFs to their
shareholders. These fees and expenses are described in each
fund’s prospectus and will generally include a management fee
and other fund expenses. Certain funds held at the request
of the client may also impose sales charges where a client
may pay an initial or deferred sales charge. The client should
review both the fees charged by the funds and our fees to fully
understand the total amount of fees to be paid by the client
and to thereby evaluate the advisory services being provided.
As our primary goal is to help our clients achieve their financial
goals, our selected funds and ETFs have very low expense and
Alaska Wealth Advisors does not receive any remuneration
from such holdings.
Effective April 1, 2014, APCM entered into a service
agreement with Alaska Wealth Advisors to provide investment
research, investment model development, trading execution,
client reporting, and certain other back-office services. APCM
will earn revenue as a percentage of Alaska Wealth Advisors
revenue for these services.
All of our revenues are earned from our clients. Although the
majority of our revenue is based on account value for assets
we manage, some clients may select an additional service such
as financial planning or financial consulting. An additional fee
will apply to private placements that are offered to qualified
clients. We do not have any revenue sharing arrangements
with any 3rd party organizations nor any performance based
fees. Clients generally pay their fees from their account. Fees
are calculated monthly in arrears, based on the end of month
market value. Certain legacy holdings may be excluded, which
would be listed in the client’s advisory agreement. For certain
annuities, fees are calculated quarterly in arrears, based upon
the average daily Contract value. The account value used to
calculate advisory fees may differ from the value reported on
the statement provided by the custodian. Fees for services are
billed when the service is performed. Terminated clients will
pay a pro-rata fee through the date Alaska Wealth Advisors
services ended, and a refund will be given for any advance
payment of fees collected covering periods after Alaska Wealth
Advisors services end.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
All accounts are managed with the best interest of each client
as the guide. Client accounts are treated fairly and no client
is favored over another. We do not have any performance-
based fees. While infrequent, side-by-side management are
addressed in our trade allocation policies.
Types of Clients
Our clients include both institutions and individuals (IRAs,
after-tax savings accounts, educational plans, HSAs and trusts.)
In general, our minimum account size is $500,000.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of
Loss
Fees are negotiable depending on size of the account and
other considerations that may result in economies of scale.
Account fees range from 1.5% of assets under management
and below. Alaska Wealth Advisors will not provide investment
management services on these securities, but such securities
may be considered by Alaska Wealth Advisors personnel as
part of the overall client portfolio. Clients will inform Alaska
Wealth Advisors personnel of the nature and timing of any
transactions related to these securities held at the request of
the client.
We provide two general types of account management: 1)
fixed income only accounts, and 2) multi-asset accounts with
equity exposure. The following describes the analysis and
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strategy for each of those accounts types as well as the
material risks involved.
of different funds held by the client may purchase the same
security, increasing the risk to the client if that security were
to fall in value. There is also a risk that a manager may deviate
from the stated investment mandate or strategy of the fund
or ETF, which could make the fund or ETF less suitable to
the client’s portfolio. As with any investment, investing in
securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared
to bear.
Fixed Income Accounts: Individual fixed income securities
may be held for certain Alaska Wealth Advisors accounts
that are of sufficient size to warrant this investment approach.
Under these circumstances, APCM Investment Personnel will
develop fixed income investment strategies to meet client
objectives. Key portfolio risk factors such as duration, sector
exposure and credit quality are measured and controlled using
quantitative techniques. Fundamental credit and structure
analysis is performed on individual securities before purchasing
for a portfolio. APCM Investment personnel will identify and
select the securities to be held in such accounts. We believe a
long term perspective and conservative approach are the best
ways to add value to our clients.
We purchase securities with the idea of holding them in a
client account for a year or longer. We may do this because
we believe the securities to be currently undervalued. We may
do this because we want exposure to a particular asset class
over time, regardless of the current projection for this class.
A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that, by holding the
security for this length of time, we may not take advantage of
short-term gains that could be profitable to a client. Moreover,
a security may decline sharply in value before we make the
decision to sell.
Alaska Wealth Advisors and APCM only provide continual
research and give opinions on our approved securities. We do
not offer advice regarding individual equity securities.
Disciplinary History
Alaska Wealth Advisors has been a registered investment
adviser with the SEC since August 2014. None of the owners
or employees of Alaska Wealth Advisors has a record of
disciplinary history.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Multi-asset Accounts: Our multi-asset account investment
strategies are developed by APCM with the aid of sophisticated
software and modeling programs to achieve an efficient
portfolio. Such a portfolio is one that provides the highest
expected return given an acceptable level of risk as indicated by
the client. APCM uses inputs on market conditions, projected
economic climate, and over 150 years of the firm’s combined
investment experience to develop different strategies with
varying amounts of equity. The process results in an array of
models each with varying degrees of asset class exposure
that can be selected to meet a client’s investment goals and
risk tolerance. Securities chosen to represent asset class
exposure are mainly index funds that are evaluated based on
tracking error to the benchmark, internal fund expenses, fund
management, and liquidity. A risk of an asset allocation strategy
is that the client may not participate in sharp increases in a
particular asset class.
We are a privately held firm. Our only affiliate is as a subsidiary
of APCM, an adviser whose primary service is advisory
services to institutional investors. Our practice is to make
every investment decision in the best interest of the client.
Alaska Wealth Advisors participates Wealthramp and
SmartAsset. This is more fully described in the section Client
Referrals and Other Compensation.
Code of Ethics Summary and Offer of Delivery to Clients
As an SEC-registered adviser and pursuant to SEC rule 204A-
1, we have a Code of Ethics that governs employee conduct. A
copy is available to anyone upon request.
Code of Ethics Summary: In essence, we are fiduciaries to our
clients and our employees are expected to act in the best
interests of our clients at all times. Employees are required
to disclose any potential conflicts of interest that could
compromise this duty and such conflicts must be resolved in
favor of the client(s). Furthermore, the Code of Ethics covers
additional areas such as protecting confidential information,
restricting participation in business interests that create
conflicts of interest, and limiting gifts to a de minimis amount.
Our employees must report their investment holdings annually
and all their investment transactions quarterly. In addition,
employees must obtain preclearance prior to trading on
Securities purchased may include, but are not limited to: US
Treasuries, US TIPS, government-sponsored enterprises,
sovereigns, corporate and municipal debt securities, mutual
funds, exchange traded funds, asset backed securities, CDs,
commercial paper, and mortgage backed securities. A risk of
mutual fund and/or ETF analysis is that, as in all securities
investments, past performance does not guarantee future
results. A manager who has been successful may not be able
to replicate that success in the future. In addition, as we do not
control the underlying investments in a fund or ETF, managers
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security that is on our Restricted List. After the Alaska
Wealth Advisors Determines a Suitable Investment model
for a client and develops the trading activity to achieve the
selected model, APCM trading personnel execute the trades
as instructed by Alaska Wealth Advisor.
The APCM Code of Ethics requires employees to maximize
client portfolio value by seeking best execution for all client
transactions. In addition, APCM traders must ensure fair and
equitable trade allocation among client accounts.
Trade Aggregation: Trades may be aggregated if it is beneficial
to clients. Allocation procedures are fair and equitable to all
clients with no particular group or client favored or disfavored
over any other clients. The firm’s defined benefit plans and
its employees in their personal accounts may participate in
trades that are aggregated with client trades. In the event of
a partial fill, trades within the firm’s defined benefit plans and
its employees’ personal accounts will participate in a pro rata
allocation along with all other participating accounts. We
prohibit any allocation of trades in a manner where the firm’s
defined benefit plan accounts, the firm’s employees in their
personal accounts, affiliated accounts, or any particular client(s)
or group of clients receive more favorable treatment than
other client accounts.
In addition to trade execution, APCM provides client reporting
and reconciliation services to Alaska Wealth Advisors. Investing
in Securities Recommended to Clients: Our investment
strategy includes identifying securities that may represent a
potential for gain or, in the case of asset allocation accounts,
identifying certain index funds that have low internal expenses
while also providing exposure to desired asset classes. When
appropriate Private Placements are offered to qualified clients.
Our employees may also invest in these securities. As part
of our personal trading policy, no preference is allowed for
employee trades, and each employee is required to report all
trading activity to the Chief Compliance Officer on a quarterly
basis.
Retirement Plan Rollovers - No Obligation/Conflict of
Interest
Cross Transactions: The firm’s policy and practice is to not
engage in any agency or principal cross transactions. However,
the firm may, at its discretion, arrange with a broker to
perform a ‘cross trade’ wherein a security held by one account
is transferred to another client account at fair value. Such a
transaction may be determined to be in the best interests of
both clients due to a portfolio strategy decision, investment
policy constraints or client liquidity needs. The firm will
determine a fair value at which the transaction is effected and
minimize the broker transaction costs associated with a cross
trade. All clients that are affected by a cross transaction will
be promptly informed.
A client or prospective client leaving an employer has four
options regarding an existing retirement plan (and may engage in
a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former
employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new
employer’s plan, if one is available and rollovers are permitted, (iii)
roll over to an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”), or (iv) cash
out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s
age, result in adverse tax consequences). If Alaska Wealth Advisors
recommends that a client roll over their retirement plan assets
into an account to be managed by Alaska Wealth Advisors, such
a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if Alaska Wealth
Advisors will earn new (or increases its current) compensation as
a result of the rollover. No client is under any obligation to roll
over retirement plan assets to an account managed by Alaska
Wealth Advisors.
Alaska Wealth Advisors recommends that clients establish
brokerage accounts with the Schwab Institutional division of
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”), a FINRA registered
broker-dealer and SIPC member, to maintain custody of
clients’ assets and to effect trades for their accounts. Although
we suggest that clients establish accounts at Schwab, it is the
client’s decision to custody assets with Schwab. Alaska Wealth
Advisors is independently owned and operated and not
affiliated with Schwab. Alaska Wealth Advisors has evaluated
Schwab and believes that it will provide our clients with a blend
of execution services, commission costs and professionalism
that will assist our firm to meet our fiduciary obligations to
clients.
Brokerage Practices
As an investment advisory firm, we have a fiduciary duty to
transact trades in the manner that is best for our clients.
Our Best Execution policy seeks to obtain the best overall
trade execution in terms of both quantitative and qualitative
considerations, although best price is the primary consideration.
On an annual basis, we examine the relationships with broker/
dealers who execute significant amounts of trades for us.
Broker/dealers are also assessed based on their ability to
complete trades in a timely and accurate manner, respond
during volatile markets, and account for trade errors.
Schwab provides Alaska Wealth Advisors with access to its
institutional trading and custody services, which are typically
not available to Schwab retail investors. These services
generally are available to independent investment advisers on
an unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long as a total of
at least $10 million of the adviser’s clients’ assets are maintained in
accounts at Schwab Institutional. These services are not
contingent upon our firm committing to Schwab any specific
amount of business (assets in custody or trading commissions).
Schwab’s brokerage services include the execution of securities
transactions, custody, research, and access to mutual funds and
other investments that are otherwise generally available only
to institutional investors or would require a significantly higher
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minimum initial investment.
otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part of
the fees of a third-party providing these services to our firm.
Schwab Institutional may also provide other benefits such as
educational events or occasional business entertainment. of our
personnel. In evaluating whether to recommend or require that
clients custody their assets at Schwab, we may take into account
the availability of some of the foregoing products and services and
other arrangements as part of the total mix of factors we
consider and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and
brokerage services provided by Schwab, which create a potential
conflict of interest.
For accounts of Alaska Wealth Advisors’ clients maintained
in custody at Schwab, Schwab will not charge the client
separately for custody but will receive compensation
from Alaska Wealth Advisors’ clients in the form of
commissions or other transaction-related compensation
on securities trades executed through Schwab. Schwab
also will receive a fee (generally lower than the applicable
commission on trades it executes) for clearance and
settlement of trades executed through broker-dealers
other than Schwab. Schwab’s fees for trades executed at
other broker-dealers are in addition to the other broker-
dealer’s fees. Thus, Alaska Wealth Advisors has an incentive
to cause trades to be executed through Schwab rather than
broker-dealer. Alaska Wealth Advisors
another
nevertheless acknowledges
its duty to seek best
execution of trades for client accounts. Trades for client
accounts held in custody at Schwab may be executed
through a different broker-dealer than trades for Alaska
Wealth Advisors’ other clients. Thus, trades for accounts
custodied at Schwab may be executed at different times and
different prices than trades for other accounts that are
executed at other broker-dealers.
We reserve the right to decline acceptance of any client
account for which the client directs the use of a broker other
than Schwab if we believe that this choice would hinder our
fiduciary duty to the client and/or our ability to service the
account. In directing the use of Schwab (or any other broker),
it should be understood that Alaska Wealth Advisors will not
have authority to negotiate commissions or to necessarily
obtain volume discounts, and best execution may not be
achieved. In addition, a disparity in commission charges may
exist between the commissions charged to the client and those
charged to other clients (who may direct the use of another
broker other than Schwab). Clients should note, while Alaska
Wealth Advisors has a reasonable belief that Schwab is able
to obtain best execution and competitive prices, our firm will
not be independently seeking best execution price capability
through other brokers.
Schwab Institutional also makes available to our firm other
products and services that benefit Alaska Wealth Advisors
but may not directly benefit our clients’ accounts. Many of
these products and services may be used to service all or
a substantial number of our client accounts, including
accounts not maintained at Schwab.
Schwab’s products and services that assist us in managing
and administering our clients’ accounts include software and
other technology that:
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provide access to client account data (such as
trade confirmations and account statements);
•
facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated
trade orders for multiple client accounts;
•
provide research, pricing and other market data;
•
facilitate payment of our fees from clients’
accounts; and
We use a third party platform to facilitate management of
held away assets such as defined contribution plan
participant accounts, with discretion. The platform allows us
to avoid being considered to have custody of Client funds
since we do not have direct access to Client log-in
credentials to affect trades. We are not affiliated with the
platform in any way and receive no compensation from them
for using their platform. A link will be provided to the Client
allowing them to connect an account(s) to the platform.
Once Client account(s) is connected to the platform, Alaska
Wealth Advisor’s will review
the current account
allocations. When deemed necessary, Alaska Wealth
Advisor’s will rebalance the account considering client
investment goals and risk tolerance, and any change in
allocations will consider current economic and market
trends. The goal is to improve account performance over
time, minimize loss during difficult markets, and manage
internal fees that harm account performance. Client
account(s) will be reviewed at least quarterly and allocation
changes will be made as deemed necessary.
assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client
reporting Schwab Institutional also offers other services
intended to help us manage and further develop our
business enterprise. These services may include:
Review of Accounts
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compliance, legal and business consulting;
•
publications and conferences on practice
management and business succession; and
In order to provide maximum value to our clients, we have
regular reviews of all accounts. The Alaska Wealth Advisors
Advisor reviews account activity on a regular basis, and
rebalances accounts on a quarterly basis as needed. The
Advisor works with APCM investment personnel to implement
the appropriate investment strategy developed as detailed in
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.
Once implemented, the Alaska Wealth Advisors Advisor
access to employee benefits providers, human capital
consultants and insurance providers. Schwab may make
available, arrange and/or pay third-party vendors for the
types of services rendered to Alaska Wealth Advisors.
Schwab Institutional may discount or waive fees it would
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reviews the holdings and allocations of accounts on a
quarterly basis with necessary adjustments made as
needed.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
1) Alaska Wealth Advisors receives client referrals from
Wealthramp, Inc. who receives compensation from
Alaska Wealth Advisors for such services for the
duration that referrals are clients of Alaska Wealth
Advisors. Wealthramp, Inc. is a registered investment
adviser with the SEC.
LLC. who
vote proxies for debt instruments and, with some
exceptions, exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. We
do not vote proxies for individual equities held at the client’s
direction. Individual equities are held in a client’s account as an
accommodation to the client. Fees may be calculated on
such securities because they are included in the overall
management strategy, but they are not an appropriate
focus for research by Alaska Wealth Advisors or APCM.
Clients are notified that we do not vote these proxies. Our
policy and practice includes the responsibility to monitor
corporate actions, receive and vote client proxies, disclose
any potential conflicts of interest, and make information
related to proxies available to clients. The term proxy as
used here also includes corporate actions and tender
offers for debt instruments.
Inc.
2) Alaska Wealth Advisors receives client referrals from
SmartAsset Advisors,
receives
compensation from Alaska Wealth Advisors for such
services for the duration that referrals are clients of
is a
Alaska Wealth Advisors. SmartAsset,
registered investment adviser with the SEC.
Financial Information
As a privately held firm who does not have custody of client
assets, Alaska Wealth Advisors is not required to undergo an
audit of our financial statements. We do not require clients
to pay fees that are (a) greater than
$1,200 and (b) billed six months or more in advance.
3) The White Coat Investor is not a client of Alaska
Wealth Advisors and is being compensated for listing
our firm on their website. According to an agreement
with The White Coat Investor, Alaska Wealth
Advisors pays The White Coat Investor for the
website listing.
Custody
Additionally, we must disclose any financial condition that
could impair our ability to meet our contractual obligations
to our clients. We also must disclose if we have been the
subject of any bankruptcy proceedings within the last 10
years. We have no financial matters to disclose, and we have
never been the subject of any bankruptcy proceeding.
Pursuant to SEC guidance on the Custody Rule, Alaska
Wealth Advisors is deemed to have custody of client
assets for clients who have Standing Letters of
Authorization (“SLOA”) arrangements in place with
their custodian allowing Alaska
Wealth Advisors to direct transfers of client assets to
a third party at the client’s request. In these
situations, the SEC has provided advisors with certain
conditions that, if met, would allow advisors to forego
the annual surprise exam requirement of the Custody
Rule. Alaska Wealth Advisors will document
compliance with these conditions.
We do not take physical custody of client assets.
With specific client approval, we may deduct fees
directly from client accounts. Clients are responsible
for selecting their own custodian. We recommend
that clients compare the account statements received
by the custodian to the statement we prepare for
them.
Investment Discretion
We have investment discretion on the assets we
manage. We accept investment discretion upon the
execution of client contract documents granting this
authority. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions
on the management of their accounts.
Voting Client Securities
As a matter of policy and as a fiduciary to our clients,
we vote proxies for portfolio securities consistent
with the best economic interests of the clients. We
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