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January 2026
Enclosed is a copy of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors Disclosure
Brochure, which includes the following documents:
Form CRS
Privacy Policy
ADV Part 2A
ADV Part 2B
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
150 E. Broad St. Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
A copy of our Part 2A is available at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/brochure/119829
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors is a dba of AA Financial Advisors, LLC
Client Relationship Summary
March 2026
Item 1 – Introduction
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors (“ANTOLINO”, “we” or “us”) is registered with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”)
as a Registered Investment Adviser (“RIA”). As an RIA, our services and compensation structure differ from that of a
registered broker-dealer, and it is important for you to understand the differences. Free and simple tools are available to
research firms and financial professionals at www.Investor.gov/CRS. The site also provides educational materials about
broker-dealers, investment advisers and investing.
Item 2 – Relationships and Services
What investment services and advice can you provide me?
We provide investment advisory services, including initial and ongoing financial planning and consulting through our
UltraVision System® and UltraVision Club™ offerings, as well as discretionary and non-discretionary investment
management. These services are offered to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates (our “retail investors”).
When a retail investor engages us to provide investment management services, we monitor, on an ongoing basis, the
investments in the accounts over which we have investment authority. When engaged on a discretionary basis, we have
the authority, without prior consultation with you (unless you impose restrictions on our discretionary authority), to buy, sell,
trade and allocate the investments within your account(s) consistent with your investment objectives. When engaged on a
non-discretionary basis, the retail investor makes the ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of investments. In
either case, our investment authority over your account(s) continues until our engagement is terminated.
Initial financial planning services are generally rendered under our UltraVision System® offering. These engagements
conclude when we deliver our agreed upon planning documents to you. Ongoing planning and consulting services are
provided through our UltraVision Club™, the specific services for which are dependent on the Club tier in which you enroll.
UltraVision Club™ is an ongoing offering, which can be terminated by either party in accordance with the terms of the client’s
services agreement. In either case, we rely upon the information provided by you for our review and do not verify or monitor
any such information while providing this service.
We do not limit the scope of our investment advisory services to proprietary products or a limited group or type of investment.
We generally do not impose a minimum asset level or minimum annual fee requirement.
Additional Information: For more detailed information about our Advisory Business and the Types of Clients we generally
service, please see Items 4 and 7, respectively in our ADV Part 2A.
Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Why or why not?
How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these
qualifications mean?
Item 3 – Fees, Costs, Conflicts, and Standard of Conduct
What fees will I pay?
Our investment management services are provided for an annual asset-based fee. This means your fee is calculated as a
percentage of your assets under our management (our “AUM Fee”). Our annual AUM Fee is negotiable up to a maximum
of 1.50%, depending on a number of factors including the dollar amount of assets placed under our management, the
complexity of the overall engagement, and other factors. We typically deduct our AUM Fee from one or more of your
investment accounts, in advance, on a quarterly basis. Because our AUM Fee is calculated as a percentage of your assets
under management, the more assets you have in your advisory account, the more you will pay us for our investment
management services. Therefore, we have an incentive to encourage you to increase the assets maintained in accounts we
manage.
A copy of our Part 2A is available at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/brochure/119829
Client Relationship Summary
March 2026
Our UltraVision System® is available on a negotiable fixed fee basis. Fixed fees are negotiable and will vary based upon a
variety of factors, including income, the client’s unique fact pattern, and the complexity of each project. In these
engagements, we may require that the entire estimated fee be paid in advance. The UltraVision Club™ are assessed on a
monthly basis, in advance, with fees varying depending on the Club tier in which you enroll and, potentially, the scope of
services to be provided.
Other Fees and Costs: Your investment assets will be held with a qualified custodian. The custodian we work with may
charge brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees for affecting certain securities transactions (for example, transaction
and redemption fees may be charged for certain mutual fund transactions). These charges will be assessed in accordance
with the qualified custodian’s transaction fee/brokerage commission fee schedule. We try to minimize these charges for
clients.
In addition, relative to certain mutual fund and exchange traded fund purchases, certain charges will be imposed at the fund
level (e.g. management fees and other fund expenses).
You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any
amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you
are paying.
Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest,
how much will go to fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?
Additional Information: For more detailed information about our fees and costs related to our management of your account,
please see Item 5 in our ADV Part 2A.
What are your legal obligations to me when acting as my investment adviser? How else does
your firm make money and what conflicts of interest do you have?
When we act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the
same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask us about
these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you
understand what this means:
* Certain of our financial professionals are registered representatives of an unaffiliated broker-dealer. In addition, certain of
our financial professionals are licensed insurance agents of an affiliated insurance agency. These persons may offer or
recommend securities or insurance sales on a commission basis, which presents a conflict of interest, as the offer or
recommendation could be made on the basis of compensation to be received.
* We may recommend rollovers out of employer-sponsored retirement plans and into Individual Retirement Accounts that
we manage for an asset-based fee, which could have the effect of increasing our compensation.
How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
Additional Information: For more detailed information about our conflicts of interest, please review our ADV Part 2A.
How do your financial professionals make money?
Our financial professionals are generally compensated on a salary basis, with a bonus component. Financial professionals
compensated on a salary basis receive a base compensation package and will receive additional discretionary bonus
compensation based upon overall firm performance and the individual job performance of the financial professional. You
should discuss your financial professional’s compensation directly with your financial professional.
Item 4 – Disciplinary History
Do you or your financial professionals have legal or disciplinary history?
No. We encourage you to visit www.Investor.gov/CRS to research our firm and our financial professionals. Furthermore,
we encourage you to ask your financial professional: As a financial professional, do you have any disciplinary history? If
so, for what type of conduct?
Item 5 – Additional Information
Additional information about our firm is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You may contact our
A copy of our Part 2A is available at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/brochure/119829
Chief Compliance Officer at any time to request a current copy of your ADV Part 2A or our relationship summary. Our Chief
Compliance Officer may be reached by phone: (614) 442-3355.
Who is my primary contact person? Is he or she a representative of an investment adviser or broker-dealer?
Who can I talk to if I have concerns about how this person is treating me?
A copy of our Part 2A is available at: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/brochure/119829
DISCLOSURE BROCHURE
(FORM ADV, PART 2A)
Item 1 – Cover Page
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
150 E Broad St. Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
P: (614) 442-3355
E: contact@antolino.com
www.antolino.com
March 24, 2026
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors is a dba of AA Financial Advisors, LLC
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. If you have
any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (614) 442-3355. 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.
“Registered Investment Advisor” or “registered” does not imply a certain level of skill of training.
Item 2 – Summary of Material Changes
Since our most recent Form ADV Part 2A annual amendment filing, dated March 20, 2025, the
following material changes have been made:
Item 15:
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o Custody due to Standing Letter of Authorization.
Item 4, Item 5, Item 10:
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o Disclose relationship with subadvisor.
• Added ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors as a dba for AA Financial Advisors, LLC
• Added mywealthadvisor.com as a website that markets the services for ANTOLINO
Wealth Advisors (in addition to antolino.com)
Item 8:
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o Updated our investment strategies and solutions
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Item 3 – Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page ..................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2 – Summary of Material Changes ......................................................................................... 2
Item 3 – Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 3
Item 4 – Advisory Business ........................................................................................................... 4
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................. 8
Item 6 – Performance Based Fees and Side by Side Management ............................................. 11
Item 7 – Types of Clients ............................................................................................................ 11
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ........................................ 11
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................. 15
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................ 15
Item 11 – Code of Ethics ............................................................................................................ 16
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................... 17
Item 13 – Review of Accounts .................................................................................................... 20
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation ................................................................... 20
Item 15 – Custody ...................................................................................................................... 20
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ................................................................................................. 20
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................... 21
Item 18 – Financial Information .................................................................................................. 21
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors (“ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors,” “we,” or “us”) and its
predecessor organizations have been providing advisory services since 1985. ANTOLINO
Wealth Advisors is owned by F7 Company, LLC. Ralph Antolino, Jr. is the managing
member of F7 Company, LLC.
The UltraVision System®
The UltraVision System® is our process designed to empower our clients to make financial
decisions with greater levels of confidence. Upon engagement our goal is to deliver to you
a:
1. Letter of Intent
2. Math Model
3. Summary Opinion Letter
Upon completion of the checklist provided to you, we help you clarify your strategic goals,
which we compile into a Letter of Intent. Concurrently we are taking inventory, organizing
your current facts and its financial capacities in a Math Model. This includes building a
personal balance sheet, running cash flow analysis, financial and investment projections
as well as “what-if” analysis. From these items our ideas to help you take action to reach
your goals are presented in your Summary Opinion Letter.
Upon delivery of your Letter of Intent, Math Model and Summary Opinion Letter, your
engagement in The UltraVision System® is complete. If you choose to continue working
with us, we then get to work helping you design and implement the idea from the Summary
Opinion Letter. Once your new plan is in place, we measure the actual progress of your
plan periodically with you and confirm the appropriateness of your previously stated goals.
The UltraVision Club™
At the completion of The UltraVision System® we can help you determine if membership
in The UltraVision ClubTM is appropriate.
Membership in The UltraVision ClubTM is divided into different tiers, depending on the level
and scope of services to be provided:
• Club Level A: High-touch, proactive service with frequent communication and
coordination with other professionals.
• Club Level B: Ongoing monitoring and regular communication
• Level C: Reactive - You are not a member of the Club. You pay no club fee and
get no enhancement to your current service level.
Investment Management Services
We strive to uncover our clients’ unique dreams, goals, ambitions, and risk tolerance.
Solutions are tailored to meet your global asset allocation targets. Our strategies typically
use a multi-dimensional asset allocation approach known as The ABC’s of Cashflow™.
Your portfolio will typically use one or a combination of the following strategies:
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• Efficient Core Strategy
• Efficient Passive Strategy
• Efficient Income Strategy
• Dimensional Portfolios
• GP 25 Stock Portfolio
• Strategic Asset Management
• Separately Managed Accounts
Our Investment Advisor Representatives (IAR’s) will work closely with you to gather all
information necessary to understand your investment objectives and overall financial
picture. Your portfolio strategy will be outlined and communicated with you.
An IAR may use any of a variety of systems to determine and implement an appropriate
asset allocation. Examples of such systems include eMoney, Morningstar, Kwanti and
Portfolio Visualizer. We will build a custom-tailored portfolio that we believe is appropriate
for your risk tolerance profile, time horizon and matches the goals for each account. Once
a portfolio is agreed upon, the IAR will periodically review the portfolio. This review will
test the original assumptions and query you as to whether your risk tolerances and goals
have changed and rebalance the portfolio when appropriate.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors makes no representation regarding the likelihood or
probability that any proposed investing plan will in fact achieve a particular investment
goal. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors is unable to predict or forecast market fluctuation or
other uncertainties that may affect the value of any investment. While ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors strives to provide helpful investment guidance, you must carefully consider the
appropriateness of the proposed investments considering your own personal financial
circumstances, including cash flow needs, tax circumstances or other complex or
subjective concerns. You are urged to seek the advice of tax professionals and use all
available resources to educate yourself about investing in general, as well as the
investments and the overall portfolio composition suggested by ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors. You are free to accept or reject ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ recommendations.
Pension Consulting Services
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors offers consulting services to pension or other employee
benefit plans (including but not limited to 401(k) plans). Pension consulting may include,
but is not limited to:
identifying investment objectives and restrictions
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o providing guidance on various assets classes and investment options
o recommending money managers to manage plan assets in ways designed
to achieve objectives
o monitoring performance of money managers and investment options and
making recommendations for changes
o recommending other service providers, such as custodians, administrators
and broker- dealers
These services are based on the goals, objectives, demographics, time horizon, and/or risk
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tolerance of the plan and its participants.
Selection of Other Advisors
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors may direct clients to third-party investment advisers. Before
selecting other advisers for clients, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will verify that all
recommended advisers are properly licensed, notice filed, or exempt in the states where
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors is recommending the adviser to clients. In exercising our
discretion in making investment decisions for our clients, we may determine if it is in a
client’s best interest to engage subadvisors to implement trades in all or a portion of the
client’s account. If ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors determines that engaging a subadvisor
is in a client’s best interest, we will provide the client with subadvisor’s relevant
disclosure documents, including Form ADV 2A, Privacy policy and any other documents
necessary to provide a complete description of subadvisor’s services and fees.
Miscellaneous Disclosures
Retirement Rollovers: A client or prospective client leaving an employer typically 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 we
recommend that a client roll over their retirement plan assets into an account to be
managed by our firm, such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if we will earn
a new (or increase its current) compensation as a result of the rollover. No client is under
any obligation to rollover retirement plan assets to an account managed by our firm.
ERISA / IRC Fiduciary Acknowledgment: When we provide investment advice to a client
regarding the client’s retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we do so
as a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws
governing retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with
client interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in the client’s
best interest and not put our interests ahead of the client’s.
Under this special rule's provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
• Never put its financial interests ahead of the client’s when making
recommendations (give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in the
client’s best interest
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give the client basic information about conflicts of interest.
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Non-Discretionary Service Limitations: Clients that determine to engage us on a non-
discretionary investment advisory basis must be willing to accept that we cannot affect any
account transactions without obtaining prior consent to such transaction(s) from the client.
Thus, in the event that we would like to make a transaction for a client’s account (including
in the event of an individual holding or general market correction), and the client is
unavailable, we will be unable to affect the account transaction(s) without first obtaining
the client’s consent.
Periods of Portfolio Inactivity: We have a fiduciary duty to provide services consistent with
the client’s best interest. As part of our investment advisory services, we will review client
portfolios on an ongoing basis to determine if any changes are necessary based upon
various factors, including, but not limited to, investment performance, fund manager
tenure, style drift, and/or a change in the client’s investment objective. Based upon these
factors, there may be extended periods of time when we determine that changes to a
client’s portfolio are neither necessary nor prudent. Clients nonetheless remain subject to
the fees described in Item 5 below during periods of account inactivity. Of course, as
indicated below, there can be no assurance that investment decisions we make will be
profitable or equal any specific performance level(s).
Independent Managers: We may direct a portion of client assets be allocated among
unaffiliated independent investment managers. In such situations, the Independent
Manager[s] shall have day- to-day responsibility for the active, discretionary management
of the allocated assets. We shall continue to render investment advisory services to the
client relative to the ongoing monitoring and review of account performance, asset
allocation and client investment objectives. The investment management fee charged by
the Independent Manager[s] is separate from, and in addition to, our advisory fee as set
forth in the fee schedule at Item 5 below.
Access to Margin: We do not recommend the use of margin as an investment strategy.
Use of margin as an investment strategy comes with a high level of inherent risk. Margin
can be used to borrow funds to purchase financial instruments and/or to access liquidity.
The effect of purchasing a security using margin is to magnify any gains or losses
sustained by the purchase of the financial instruments on margin. Although clients may
retain the ability to use margin, we do not use margin for investment purposes and does
not recommend such use by clients.
Assets Under Management
As of 02/24/2026, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has $1,220,164,019 regulatory assets
under management on a discretionary basis and $198,404,736 in regulatory assets under
management on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors offers advisory services based on prearranged fee
structures. Fees can include but are not limited to a percentage of assets, hourly fees,
and/or fixed project fees.
The UltraVision System®
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Fees for the UltraVision System® are generally fixed and collected up-front. Fixed fees vary
based upon a variety of factors, including income, the client’s unique fact pattern, and the
complexity of each project. The agreed upon fee arrangement will be set forth in the client’s
services agreement. We typically collect fees for The UltraVision System® via check or
credit card.
Successful completion of The UltraVision System® requires ongoing communication and
coordination with the client. Inattentive or unresponsive clients can impinge our ability to
complete our work in a timely manner, in which case we may determine to reevaluate our
fee for the agreed upon service. We try to exercise this discretion sparingly, however, if
extraordinary effort is required on our part, we may elect to negotiate for a revised fee.
Upon completion of the UltraVision System® clients are eligible to enroll in a more
proactive ongoing service model – known as the UltraVision Club, the fees for which are
discussed below.
For those who do not wish to participate in the UltraVision System® in its entirety,
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does provide certain pieces of the UltraVision System® a la
carte. If appropriate, a discussion about the certain module and a corresponding fee for
this module will be disclosed to you.
Clients can elect to receive services under both the UltraVision System® and our
investment management services, for which we may, at our discretion, elect to waive or
reduce all or a portion of the fee attributable to The UltraVision System®.
If the client terminates our engagement prior to completion of the agreed upon services,
we will provide a refund of prepaid fees, prorated based on the amount of time spent on the
project through the effective date of termination at a rate of $550 per hour. The
engagement otherwise ends at the presentation of a financial plan or a set of financial
recommendations we call delivery or graduation.
The UltraVision Club™
Monthly dues vary based on the client’s Club Level and agreed upon in the client’s Club
membership agreement. Level C does not incur monthly fees, and fees for this level are
based upon the scope and amount of work requested by the Level C participant. All fees
for The UltraVision ClubTM are payable by credit card. Monthly fees, to the extent
applicable, become due on the first day of each month. Clients may cancel their
membership at any time, but no refunds are provided with respect to a membership month
for which dues have already become due.
Investment Management Services
Client assets are held with a qualified custodian in a brokerage account. Unless stated
otherwise fees are charged quarterly in advance. The maximum annual fee for our
investment management services is 1.50% of assets, which is subject to negotiation and
can vary from client to client based on a variety of factors, including the amount of assets
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to be managed, the IAR assigned to the account, potential future assets, and other factors.
These fees include all fees and charges for the portfolio management services of the IAR
and ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. No commissions or transaction fees whatsoever are
paid to or retained by the IAR or ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors from this account. For
custodial accounts held at NFS, LLC, a portion of the advisory fee is shared with Kestra
Investment Services, LLC for their supervision of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Unless stated otherwise, the fee will be payable quarterly in advance. The first payment
is due upon execution of the Advisory Agreement and will be assessed pro-rata in the event
the Advisory Agreement is executed at any time other than the first day of each calendar
quarter. Subsequent payments are due and will be assessed on the first day of each
calendar quarter. Asset-based fees are calculated based on the value of the account
assets under management as of the close of business on the last business day of the
preceding quarter as valued by an independent pricing service, where available, or
otherwise in good faith. Asset-based fee calculations include the value of cash and cash
equivalent positions, unless otherwise agreed.
Any party upon written notice to the others may terminate the Advisory Agreement. If
termination occurs prior to the end of a calendar-billing period, a pro-rata refund of
unearned fees will be made to the client.
Pension Consulting Services Fees
The rate for pension consulting services will be documented in the advisory
agreement. These fees are negotiable. Pension consulting fees are withdrawn from
the client’s accounts with client’s written authorization or may be invoiced and billed
directly to the client and clients may select the method in which they are paid. The
frequency will be identified in the agreement and may be monthly, quarterly, in
advance or in arrears.
Selection of Third-Party Advisers / Subadvisors Fees
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors may direct clients to third-party investment advisers.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will receive its standard fee on top of the fee paid to the
third-party adviser. The notice of termination requirement and payment of fees for third-
party investment advisers will depend on the specific third-party adviser selected.
Additional Fees and Costs
Client investment accounts will be held with one or more qualified custodians / broker-
dealers. Broker-dealers generally charge brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees
for effecting certain securities transactions. Broker-dealers set their own commission and
transaction fee rates, which are subject to change at any time at the discretion of the
broker-dealer. Clients are advised to refer to their broker-dealer’s transaction pricing sheet
for further details.
In addition to our fees and any applicable brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees,
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clients will also incur, relative to all mutual fund and exchange traded fund purchases,
charges imposed at the fund level (e.g., management fees and other fund expenses).
Compensation for Securities Sales
Several officers of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors are also, in their separate and individual
capacities, registered representatives of Kestra Investment Services, LLC (hereafter
referred to as Kestra), a FINRA-member broker-dealer, and may receive compensation
from Kestra for commission-based securities sales. The brokerage commissions charged
by Kestra may be higher or lower than those charged by other broker-dealers.
The recommendation that a client purchase a commission product through Kestra
presents a conflict of interest, as the receipt of commissions provides an incentive to
recommend investment products based on compensation to be received, rather than on
a particular client’s need. No client is under any obligation to purchase any commission
products from Kestra or our representatives in their capacities as Kestra registered
representatives, and clients are free to purchase investment products recommended by
our representatives through the broker-dealer or registered representative of their
choosing.
When our representatives sell an investment product on a commission basis, we do not
charge an advisory fee in addition to the commissions paid by the client for such product.
For clarification purposes, it is possible during the transition of a client from commission
accounts to advisory accounts for a trail commission to be paid. Kestra facilitates the
reimbursement of this trail commission to the client’s account when this occurs. It is never
our intention to be paid “twice” when setting up a new advisory account.
Further, some clients maintain both commission and advisory level accounts to best
implement their desired strategy. In those cases, those members of our firm who are
registered representatives of Kestra may be compensated by commissions in the
commission accounts, and our firm and advisers may be compensated by advisory fees
in the advisory accounts. It can also occur that a particular investment (529 Plan, Annuity,
Insurance, and Alternative Investments) is only available in a commission format. In
these rare cases, we will not charge an advisory fee on that investment.
We do not receive more than 50% of our revenue from advisory clients as a result of
commissions or other compensation for the sale of investment products we recommend
to clients.
Item 6 – Performance Based Fees and Side by Side Management
Our firm does not request or accept performance-based fees.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides services to individuals, families, pension and profit-
sharing plans, trusts, estates, non-profit organizations, and corporations or business
entities. We do not currently require a minimum asset level or minimum annual fee for our
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services.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Our investment strategies may use, but are not required to use any of the following to
meet the portfolio’s objective: mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), individual
stocks, bonds, private equity, private credit, real estate investments, commodities,
cryptocurrency, and certain complex products such as buffered ETFs. Our investment
strategies typically fall within the framework of the following Investment Solutions.
Efficient Solutions:
Our Efficient Solutions aim to be as efficient as possible by maximizing after-tax returns
while taking on the least amount of risk. This is accomplished by building portfolios with
an optimal mix of asset classes and selecting best-in-class securities to represent each
class.
While traditional portfolios typically blend stocks and bonds, our approach goes further. In
addition to stocks and bonds, we incorporate alternative investments and buffered equity
products to help reduce volatility and provide additional protection against market
downturns.
Alternative investments offer exposure to assets that aim to behave independently from
public markets. Their role is to help safeguard your portfolio during market selloffs and to
increase portfolio efficiency. Examples of alternatives we use include commodities (such
as gold), real estate, and private investments. Buffered equity products use options to
create a defined “cushion” against a set percentage of losses over a specified period. In
exchange for this downside protection, potential gains are typically capped. These
buffered products are packaged as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and serve as a
powerful, lower-risk alternative to traditional equity exposure.
Below are three strategies offered within our Efficient Solutions framework. Together, we’ll
help you select the approach that best aligns with your risk tolerance, time horizon, and
financial goals.
• Core Strategy
o Our flagship strategy. The Core portfolios invest in a blend of actively and
passively managed funds with no investment restrictions. It serves as the
primary choice for most investors due to its flexibility and broad
diversification.
• Passive Strategy
o The Passive portfolios mirror the asset allocation of our Core strategy but
invest exclusively in low-cost, passively managed funds. This option is ideal
for investors seeking broad passive market exposure with minimal
investment expenses.
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Income Strategy
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o The Income portfolios prioritize investments that generate consistent
dividends and interest. These portfolios often include value-oriented equity
holdings and aim to provide reliable, ongoing cash flow.
Strategic Solutions:
Our Strategic Solutions are designed for clients whose distinct circumstances,
preferences, or objectives call for a more tailored investment approach. Each strategy is
supported by our ongoing research, risk oversight, and portfolio management expertise,
allowing us to actively refine and enhance your portfolio over time.
• Dimensional Portfolios
o These portfolios are globally diversified and built on a research-driven,
evidence-based philosophy rooted in decades of academic work in financial
economics. Investments within these portfolios are made exclusively using
Dimensional exchange-traded funds (ETFs), ensuring consistent application
of this academic framework across all holdings. Dimensional designs its
strategies to systematically target areas of the market associated with higher
expected long-term returns, an approach grounded in empirical research
rather than forecasts or market timing. In practice, this means building
broadly diversified portfolios that seek to capture the long-term premiums
associated with specific dimensions of expected return, including factors
such as company size, value, and profitability.
• GP 25 Stock Portfolio
o This strategy is built around a disciplined philosophy of long-term ownership
of high-quality businesses. It is designed for investors who value durability,
consistency, and a focus on companies with strong financial foundations and
proven operational resilience. The portfolio typically holds approximately 25
U.S. large-cap, dividend-paying stocks. This strategy follows a buy-and-hold
approach with intentionally minimal trading. The structure helps reduce
turnover, supports tax-efficient compounding, and keeps the focus on the
underlying fundamentals of the businesses rather than short-term market
movements. It also reinforces the long-term nature of the strategy, allowing
companies the time and stability needed to execute on their strategic plans.
• Strategic Asset Management
o This is a defensive investment strategy rooted in technical analysis. The
objective is to capture the opportunity provided in the equity and bond
markets, while aiming to protect your portfolio from major market
drawdowns. We monitor a range of market and economic indicators—
including trends, volatility, and other signals—to determine when to increase
or reduce exposure to stocks and bonds. These portfolios also incorporate
buffer exchange-traded funds (ETFs) for their “cushion” of downside
protection. This strategy is most suitable for cautious investors who are
comfortable exchanging upside potential for additional downside protection
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during periods of increased market volatility and uncertainty.
• Separately Managed Accounts
for greater
o Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs) give you the ability to own individual
stocks or bonds directly, rather than holding shares of a fund. This direct
ownership allows
flexibility, personalization, and
tax
transparency—your portfolio can be tailored to your preferences, goals, and
specific restrictions you may have. SMAs may also offer improved tax
management, since gains and losses can be handled based on your unique
situation rather than the actions of other investors in a fund. Because of this
personalized structure, SMAs typically require a minimum investment of
$100,000.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ security analysis methods include fundamental, technical,
and hypothetical illustration software prepared by the mutual fund companies to show
what an investment would have grown to if the client had invested the money at various
times in the past.
The main source of information that ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors uses includes
Morningstar databases, Charles Schwab research, research materials prepared by
others, corporate rating services, annual reports, prospectuses, filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and financial periodicals and articles to evaluate your current
portfolio and compare that to the recommended portfolio to show how ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors can add value. Members of the firm regularly attend educational seminars and
conduct numerous due diligence trips to both evaluate and build relationships with
providers of various financial products and services.
The investment strategies used to implement any investment advice given to you include
long-term purchases (securities held at least 3 years), short-term purchase (securities
sold within 3 years), short sales, margin transactions and option writing, including covered
options, uncovered options or spreading strategies.
Investing in securities involves the risk of loss and clients should be prepared to bear that
loss. Below is a summary of some of the material risks associated with investments:
•
Interest-rate Risk: Fluctuations in interest rates may cause investment prices to
fluctuate. For example, when interest rates rise, yields on existing bonds become
less attractive, causing their market values to decline.
•
Inflation Risk: When any type of inflation is present, a dollar today will not buy as
much as a dollar next year, because purchasing power is eroding at the rate of
inflation.
• Reinvestment Risk: This is the risk that future proceeds from investments may
have to be reinvested at a potentially lower rate of return (i.e., interest rate). This
primarily relates to fixed income securities.
• Financial Risk: Excessive borrowing to finance a business’ operations increases
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the risk of profitability, because the company must meet the terms of its obligations
in good times and bad. During periods of financial stress, the inability to meet loan
obligations may result in bankruptcy and/or a declining market value.
• Market Risk (Systematic Risk): Even a long-term investment approach cannot
guarantee a profit. Economic, political, and issuer-specific events will cause the
value of securities to rise or fall. Because the value of your portfolio will fluctuate,
there is a risk that you will lose money.
• Unsystematic Risk: Unsystematic risk is the company-specific or industry-specific
risk in a portfolio. The combination of systematic (market risk) and unsystematic
risk is defined as the portfolio risk that the investor bears. While the investor can
do little to reduce systematic risk, he or she can affect unsystematic risk.
Unsystematic risk may be significantly reduced through diversification. However,
even a portfolio of well- diversified assets cannot escape all risk.
• Credit Risk: Credit risk is the risk that the issuer of a security may be unable to
make interest payments and/or repay principal when due. A downgrade to an
issuer’s credit rating or a perceived change in an issuer’s financial strength may
affect a security’s value, and thus, impact performance. Credit risk is greater for
fixed income securities with ratings below investment grade (BB or below by
Standard & Poor’s Rating Group or Ba or below by Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc.). Fixed income securities that are below investment grade involve higher credit
risk and are considered speculative.
•
Income Risk: Income risk is the risk that falling interest rates will cause the
investment’s income to decline.
• Call Risk: Call risk is the risk that during periods of falling interest rates, a bond
issuer will call or repay a higher-yielding bond before its maturity date, forcing the
investment to reinvest in bonds with lower interest rates than the original
obligations.
• Political Risks: Most investments have a global component, even domestic stocks.
Political events anywhere in the world may have unforeseen consequences to
markets around the world.
• Regulatory Risk: Changes in laws and regulations from any government can
change the market value of companies subject to such regulations. Certain
industries are more susceptible to government regulation. Changes in zoning, tax
structure or laws impact the return on these investments.
• Risks Related to Investment Term: Securities do not follow a straight line up in
value. All securities will have periods of time when the current price of the security
is not what we believe it is truly worth. If you require us to liquidate your portfolio
during one of these periods, you will not realize as much value as you would have
had the investment had the opportunity to regain its value.
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An investment in a mutual fund or ETF involves risk, including the loss of principal. Mutual
fund and ETF shareholders are necessarily subject to the risks stemming from the
individual issuers of the fund’s underlying portfolio securities. Such shareholders are also
liable for taxes on any fund-level capital gains, as ETFs and mutual funds are required by
law to distribute capital gains in the event they sell securities for a profit that cannot be offset
by a corresponding loss. As such, a mutual fund or ETF client or investor may incur
substantial tax liabilities even when the fund underperforms.
Shares of mutual funds are distributed and redeemed on an ongoing basis by the fund itself
or a broker acting on its behalf. The trading price at which a share is transacted is equal to
a fund’s stated daily per share net asset value (“NAV”), plus any shareholders fees (e.g.,
sales loads, purchase fees, redemption fees). The per-share NAV of a mutual fund is
calculated at the end of each business day, although the actual NAV fluctuates with intraday
changes in the market value of the fund’s holdings. The trading prices of a mutual fund’s
shares can differ significantly from the NAV during periods of market volatility, which may,
among other factors, lead to the mutual fund’s shares trading at a premium or discount to
NAV.
Shares of ETFs are listed on securities exchanges and transacted at negotiated prices in
the secondary market. Generally, ETF shares trade at or near their most recent NAV, which
is generally calculated at least once daily for indexed-based ETFs and more frequently for
actively managed ETFs. However, certain inefficiencies can cause the shares to trade at a
premium or discount to their pro-rata NAV. There is also no guarantee that an active
secondary market for such shares will develop or continue to exist. While clients and
investors may be able to sell their ETF shares on an exchange, ETFs generally only
redeems shares directly from shareholders when aggregated as creation units (usually
50,000 shares or more). Therefore, if a liquid secondary market ceases to exist for shares
of a particular ETF, a shareholder may have no way to dispose of such shares.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
There are no disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or a prospective client’s
evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of our management.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Some or all of the above employees of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors are licensed as
insurance agents and routinely give advice regarding life, health, disability, property and
casualty, group life and health. These individuals spend approximately 15% of their time
counseling people about these types of products and do sell insurance products related
to the advice listed above.
Some or all of the employees of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors are licensed insurance
agents. This activity creates a conflict of interest since there is an incentive to recommend
insurance products based on commissions or other benefits received from the insurance
company, rather than on the client’s needs. Additionally, the offer and sale of insurance
products by supervised persons of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors are not made in their
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capacity as a fiduciary, and products are limited to only those offered by certain insurance
providers. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors addresses this conflict of interest by requiring its
supervised persons to act in the best interest of the client at all times, including when
acting as an insurance agent. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors periodically reviews
recommendations by its supervised persons to assess whether they are based on an
objective evaluation of each client’s risk profile and investment objectives rather than on
the receipt of any commissions or other benefits. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will disclose
in advance how it or its supervised persons are compensated and will disclose conflicts of
interest involving any advice or service provided. At no time will there be tying between
business practices and/or services (a condition where a client or prospective client would
be required to accept one product or service conditioned upon the selection of a second,
distinctive tied product or service). No client is ever under any obligation to purchase any
insurance product. Insurance products recommended by ANTOLINO Wealth Advisor’s
supervised persons may also be available from other providers on more favorable terms,
and clients can purchase insurance products recommended through other unaffiliated
insurance agencies.
Ralph Antolino, Jr., a principal of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, is licensed to practice law
in the State of Ohio. As an attorney, he is ethically bound to not solicit clients of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors for legal business. If Ralph Antolino, Jr., or any other member
of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors recommends legal work to you, you are not under any
obligation to have such work done by Ralph Antolino, Jr., nor is Ralph Antolino, Jr. under
any obligation to perform any such recommended legal work. Ralph Antolino, Jr. will only
perform legal work for you when and if you solicit Ralph Antolino, Jr. and provided that
Ralph Antolino, Jr. agrees to perform the requested legal work. Ralph Antolino, Jr.
estimates that he spends 5% of his time engaged in the practice of law. To the extent legal
services are provided, separate and additional compensation for such legal services would
be assessed and paid to Ralph Antolino, Jr., in his separate capacity as a licensed
attorney. This compensation creates a conflict exists between ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors’ interests and those of its advisory clients. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
addresses this conflict of interest by requiring Ralph Antolino, Jr. always act in the best
interest of the client, including when acting as an attorney.
Certain principals and associated persons of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors are, in their
separate and individual capacities, registered representatives of Kestra Investment
Services, LLC, a FINRA-member broker-dealer. These registered representatives may
recommend securities or insurance products offered by Kestra or its affiliates. If you
purchase these products through principals and associated persons of ANTOLINO
Wealth Advisors, normal commission compensation will be received. This compensation
creates a conflict between the interests of the registered representatives and those of our
clients. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will always act in the best interest of the client,
including with respect to the sale of commissionable products to advisory clients.
You are under no obligation to purchase commission-based securities or insurance
products through registered representatives associated with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
or through Kestra.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors may direct clients to third-party investment advisers. Clients
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will pay ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors its standard fee in addition to the standard fee for the
advisers to which it directs those clients. The fees will not exceed any limit imposed by any
regulatory agency. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will always act in the best interests of the
client, including when determining which third-party investment adviser to recommend to
clients. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will ensure that all recommended advisers are
exempt, licensed or notice filed in the states in which ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors is
recommending them to clients.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors maintains an investment policy relative to personal securities
transactions. This investment policy is part of our overall Code of Ethics, which serves to
establish a standard of business conduct for all of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’
representatives that is based upon fundamental principles of openness, integrity, honesty
and trust, a copy of which is available upon request.
In accordance with Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, and applicable
state law equivalents, we also maintain and enforce written policies reasonably designed
to prevent the misuse of material non-public information by our firm or any person
associated with it.
Neither ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors nor any related person of ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors recommends, buys, or sells for client accounts, securities in which the firm or
any related person has a material financial interest.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors and/or its representatives may buy or sell securities that are
also recommended to clients. This practice may create a situation where ANTOLINO
Wealth Advisors and/or its representatives are in a position to materially benefit from the
sale or purchase of those securities. Therefore, this situation creates a conflict of interest.
Practices such as “scalping” (i.e., a practice whereby the owner of shares of a security
recommends that security for investment and then immediately sells it at a profit upon the
rise in the market price which follows the recommendation) could take place if we did not
have adequate policies in place to detect such activities. In addition, this requirement can
help detect insider trading, “front-running” (i.e., personal trades executed prior to those of
the firm’s clients) and other potentially abusive practices.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has a personal securities transaction policy in place to
monitor the personal securities transactions and securities holdings of each of its “Access
Persons”. This securities transaction policy requires that an Access Person provide the
Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee with a written report of their current
securities holdings within ten (10) days after becoming an Access Person. Additionally,
each Access Person must provide the Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee with a
written report of the Access Person’s current securities holdings at least once each twelve
(12) month period thereafter on a date ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors selects; provided,
however that at any time that ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has only one Access Person,
he or she shall not be required to submit any securities report described above.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will always document any transactions that could be
construed as conflicts of interest and will never engage in trading that operates to the
client’s disadvantage when similar securities are being bought or sold.
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ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors and/or its representatives may buy or sell securities, at or
around the same time as those securities are recommended to clients. This practice
creates a situation where ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors and/or its representatives are in a
position to materially benefit from the sale or purchase of those securities. Therefore, this
situation creates a conflict of interest. As indicated above, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
has a personal securities transaction policy in place to monitor the personal securities
transaction and securities holdings of each of its Access Persons. ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors will never engage in trading that operates to the client’s disadvantage when
similar securities are being bought or sold.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
Neither ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors nor any related person has the authority to
determine, without obtaining specific consent from you, the broker or dealer or custodian
to be used to execute orders for your account, or the commission rates paid by you for
account transactions. We may recommend certain custodians, including Charles Schwab,
Altruist, BNY Mellon, Capital Bank and Trust, Jefferson National, Blackrock, ADP,
Ascensus, John Hancock and/or Kestra NFS (collectively, the “Custodians”).
If a client chooses to open an advisory account through Charles Schwab, Charles Schwab
is the clearing firm and custodian. If a client chooses to open an advisory account through
Mellon, BNY Mellon is the clearing firm and custodian. If a client chooses to open an
advisory account through American Funds, Capital Bank and Trust is the clearing firm and
custodian. If a client chooses to open an advisory account through Kestra, NFS, LLC is
the clearing firm and custodian. If a client chooses to open an advisory account through
Altruist, Altruist is the clearing firm and custodian.
Factors that we consider in recommending one or more of the Custodians (or any other
broker- dealer/custodian) include historical relationship with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors,
financial strength, reputation, execution capabilities, platform, pricing, research, and
service. Although the commissions and/or transaction fees paid by our clients shall comply
with our duty to seek best execution, a client may pay a commission that is higher than
another qualified broker-dealer might charge to affect the same transaction where we
determine, in good faith, that the commission/transaction fee is reasonable.
the
transaction represents
the best qualitative execution,
taking
In seeking best execution, the determinative factor is not the lowest possible cost, but
whether
into
consideration the full range of a broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research
provided, execution capability, commission rates, and responsiveness. Accordingly,
although ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will seek competitive rates, it may not necessarily
obtain the lowest possible commission rates for client account transactions. The
brokerage commissions or transaction fees charged by the designated broker-
dealer/custodian are exclusive of, and in addition to, our investment advisory fee.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors receive from one or more of the Custodians (or another
broker- dealer/custodian, investment manager, platform or fund sponsor, or vendor)
without cost (and/or at a discount) non-soft dollar benefits, certain of which assist
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ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to better monitor and service client accounts maintained at
such institutions. Included within the non-soft dollar benefits that may be obtained are
investment-related research, pricing information and market data, software and other
technology that provide access to client account data, compliance and/or practice
management-related publications, waived or reduced fees for consulting services, waived
or reduced fees for attendance at conferences, meetings, and other educational and/or
social events, marketing support-including client events, computer hardware and/or
software and/or other products used by ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in furtherance of its
investment advisory business operations.
Certain of the above benefits assist ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in managing and
administering client accounts. Others do not directly provide such assistance, but rather
assist ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to manage and further develop its business enterprise.
Our clients do not pay more for investment transactions effected and/or assets maintained
at the Custodians as a result of these arrangements. There is no corresponding
commitment made by ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to the Custodians, or any other any
entity, to invest any specific amount or percentage of client assets in any specific mutual
funds, securities, or other investment products as result of the above arrangement.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not receive any “soft dollar benefits” from a broker-
dealer or 3rdparty in connection with client securities transactions.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not receive referrals from any broker-dealer, including the
Custodians.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not generally accept directed brokerage arrangements
(when a client requires that account transactions be affected through a specific broker-
dealer). In such client directed arrangements, the client will negotiate terms and
arrangements for their account with that broker-dealer, and ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
will not seek better execution services or prices from other broker-dealers or be able to
“batch” the client's transactions for execution through other broker-dealers with orders for
other accounts managed by ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. As a result, client may pay
higher commissions or other transaction costs or greater spreads, or receive less
favorable net prices, on transactions for the account than would otherwise be the case.
In the event that the client directs ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to effect securities
transactions for the client's accounts through a specific broker-dealer, the client
acknowledges that such direction may cause the accounts to incur higher commissions or
transaction costs than the accounts would otherwise incur had the client determined to
effect account transactions through alternative clearing arrangements that may be
available. Higher fees adversely affect account performance. Transactions for directed
accounts will generally be executed following the execution of portfolio transactions for
non-directed accounts.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not aggregate the purchase or sale of securities for
various client accounts because every client account is unique, and it is impossible to
reasonably aggregate their specific transactions into one group trade.
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Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Reviews
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors conducts reviews periodically. A yearly review is typical, but
one is also done when you notify ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors of substantial changes in
your situation. Different levels of reviews are a function of the nature of the request made
by you. Factors that trigger a review are written or oral request from you. ANTOLINO
Wealth Advisors has advisors and planners available to perform reviews. The purpose of
the reviews are to help you update financial goals and objectives and take action where
necessary.
Reports
For investment management clients, a quarterly statement is mailed to the client that
gives the account value and what securities are held in the account. This statement is
mailed or emailed by the custodian of the assets direct to the client, and does not come
from ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ office. All other clients are offered periodic updates of
their portfolios. Typical periods are monthly, quarterly, or annually depending on the
complexity of the client’s portfolio and their personal preferences.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
As discussed in Item 12 above, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors can receive non-soft dollar
benefits from the Custodians it recommends to clients. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does
not otherwise receive compensation from non-clients for providing investment advice to
our clients.
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not compensate non-advisory personnel (solicitors) for
client referrals.
Item 15 – Custody
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has custody of client funds or securities to the extent that we
have the ability to directly deduct fees from client accounts. Clients will receive at least
quarterly statements from the custodians of their funds or securities directly. Clients should
carefully review those statements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not produce official
account statements that should be relied on as a proxy or replacement for your
Custodian’s statement.
Custody is also disclosed in Form ADV because ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has
authority to transfer money from client account(s), which constitutes a standing letter of
authorization (SLOA). Accordingly, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors will follow the safeguards
specified by the SEC rather than undergo an annual audit.
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Item 16 – Investment Discretion
The client can determine to engage ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to provide discretionary
investment advisory services. “Discretion” allows ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors to engage
in securities transactions on behalf of a client without first the client’s prior approval. In
discretionary engagements, the client will be required to name ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors as the client’s limited attorney and agent in fact, granting ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors authority to buy, sell, or otherwise affect investment transactions in the client’s
name.
Clients who engage ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors on a discretionary basis may, at any
time, impose restrictions, in writing, on the firm’s discretionary authority (e.g., limit the
types/amounts of particular securities or asset classes purchased for their account,
exclude the ability to purchase securities with an inverse relationship to the market, limit
or proscribe the use of margin, etc.).
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not accept authority to vote client securities.
Item 18 – Financial Information
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors does not have custody of client funds or securities or require
prepayment of more than $1200 in fees per client six or more months in advance. In
addition, ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors has never been the subject of a bankruptcy petition,
nor does ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors have a financial condition that is reasonably likely to
impair its ability to meet its contractual commitments to clients.
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Item 1: Cover Page
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
150 E Broad St. Suite 100
Columbus, OH 43215
P: (614) 442-3355
www.antolino.com
Form ADV Part 2B – Brochure Supplement
for
Ralph Antolino Jr.
Christian M. Hertl
Maureen E. Armstrong
Brandon M. Boychuk
Nicholas R. Bowden
Jason R. Witt
Axel Agami Contreras
Ian M. Erdman
Douglas W. Finley
Amber Braatz
Investment Adviser Representatives
January 1, 2026
This brochure supplement provides information about Ralph Antolino Jr., Christian M. Hertl,
Maureen E. Armstrong, Brandon M. Boychuk, Nicholas R. Bowden, Jason R. Witt, Axel Agami
Contreras, Ian Erdman, Doug Finley and Amber Braatz, that supplements the ANTOLINO Wealth
Advisors (“ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors “) brochure. You should have received a copy of that
brochure. Please contact Christian M. Hertl or Maureen E. Armstrong if you did not receive the
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Additional information about Ralph Antolino Jr. (CRD #1007885), Christian M. Hertl (CRD
#4914511), Maureen E. Armstrong (CRD #1911853), and Brandon M. Boychuk (CRD #6530494),
Nicholas R. Bowden (CRD #6866023), Jason R. Witt (CRD #7087053), Axel Agami Contreras
(CRD #7260333), Ian M. Erdman (CRD #6508657), Douglas W. Finley (CRD #3039094), and
Amber Braatz (CRD #6948655) is also available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Ralph Antolino Jr., JD, CHFC®, CLU®
1955
Name:
Born:
Education Background and Professional Designations:
Ralph Antolino, Jr., JD, ChFC, CLU, born November 12, 1955, has over forty years of
professional experience in the financial consulting business. Ralph became CEO of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in 2024 and was President before that. Ralph graduated (’77)
from The Ohio State University with honors and went on to graduate (’80) from Capital
University Law School with an emphasis in Business and Tax Planning. Ralph has
obtained the Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)
designations. Please refer to the Description of Professional Designations at the end of
this Brochure Supplement for more information about those designations. Ralph’s
organizational memberships include lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table
and its leadership board The Top of the Table, and past president of the International
Forum, an invitation-only organization representing advisors in the financial industry. Ralph
has been a speaker for continuing education on topics like estate planning, tax planning
and business succession planning.
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
None
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Antolino & Associates is a business run side by side with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. It
involves financial and estate planning, as well as selling the following types of insurance:
Life/Accident/Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Annuities, and Long-Term Care. Mr.
Antolino is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with Antolino & Associates who sells
insurance products on a commission basis in that separate and individual capacity. Mr.
Antolino is also a registered representative of Kestra Investment Services, LLC a FINRA
member broker-dealer (“Kestra”), in which separate and individual capacity he sells
securities products on a commission basis.
The recommendation by Mr. Antolino or any of his affiliates that a client purchase a
securities or insurance commission product through him presents a conflict of interest,
because the receipt of commissions or other compensation may provide an incentive to
recommend
insurance or securities products based on commissions or other
compensation to be received, rather than on a particular client’s need. Clients are not
obligated to purchase any securities or insurance commission products from Mr. Antolino.
Clients may purchase insurance and securities products recommended by Mr.
Antolino or Antolino & Associates through other, non-affiliated insurance agents and
registered representatives.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
As an indirect owner of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Mr. Antolino’s compensation is
partially contingent on the number of clients he and other representatives refer to
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, the performance of client accounts, and the addition of
investment assets to current client accounts.
Item 6: Supervision
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and supervisory services in
accordance with current state regulatory requirements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ Chief
Compliance Officer, Ralph Antolino, Jr. is primarily responsible for overseeing the activities
of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervised persons. Please contact Mr. Antolino at (614)
442- 3355 any questions about ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervision or compliance
practices. Mr. Antolino is supervised by his compliance team of Maureen Armstrong, Jesse
Wohl, and Ann Mongelluzzo.
Item 7: Requirements For State Registered Advisers
Mr. Antolino has never been involved in an arbitration proceeding or a civil, self- regulatory,
or administrative proceeding. Mr. Antolino has never been the subject of a bankruptcy
petition.
Christian M Hertl, CFP®
1979
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Born:
Education Background and Professional Designations:
Christian M Hertl, CFP®, born September 14, 1979, graduated from The Ohio State
University in 2003 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance. He has been working in the
financial consulting industry since 2004 and has been a Partner at Antolino & Associates
since 2013. Christian has passed the Series 7, General Securities Representative exam,
and the Series 24 General Securities Principal exam. He has also earned his Ohio
Insurance License, as well as being a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™. Please refer
to the Description of Professional Designations at the end of this Brochure Supplement for
more information about that designation.
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
None
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Antolino & Associates is a business run side by side with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. It
involves financial and estate planning, as well as selling the following types of insurance:
Life/Accident/Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Annuities, and Long-Term Care. Mr.
Hertl is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with Antolino & Associates who sells
insurance products on a commission basis in that separate and individual capacity. Mr.
Hertl is also a registered representative of Kestra Investment Services, LLC a FINRA
member broker-dealer (“Kestra”), in which separate and individual capacity he sells
securities products on a commission basis.
The recommendation by Mr. Hertl or any of his affiliates that a client purchase a securities
or insurance commission product through him presents a conflict of interest, because the
receipt of commissions or other compensation may provide an incentive to recommend
insurance or securities products based on commissions or other compensation to be
received, rather than on a particular client’s need. Clients are not obligated to purchase
any securities or insurance commission products from Mr. Hertl. Clients may purchase
insurance and securities products recommended by Mr. Hertl or Antolino & Associates
through other, non-affiliated insurance agents and registered representatives.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
None
Item 6: Supervision
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and supervisory services in
accordance with current state regulatory requirements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ Chief
Compliance Officer, Ralph Antolino, is primarily responsible for overseeing the activities of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervised persons. Please contact Mr. Antolino at (614)
442- 3355 any questions about ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervision or compliance
practices.
Item 7: Requirements For State Registered Advisers
Mr. Hertl has never been involved in an arbitration proceeding or a civil, self-regulatory,
or administrative proceeding. Mr. Hertl has never been the subject of a bankruptcy
petition.
Maureen E Armstrong, CFP®
1966
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Born:
Education Background and Professional Designations:
Maureen E Armstrong, CFP®, born June 14, 1966, graduated from The Ohio State
University in 1988 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance. Maureen has been working in
financial consulting industry since 1987 and has been a Partner at Antolino & Associates
since 2013. She is a member of the Association of Advanced Life Underwriting as well as
being a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ since 1992. Please refer to the Description
of Professional Designations at the end of this Brochure Supplement for more information
about that designation.
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
None
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Antolino & Associates is a business run side by side with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. It
involves financial and estate planning, as well as selling the following types of insurance:
Life/Accident/Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Annuities, and Long-Term Care. Ms.
Armstrong is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with Antolino & Associates who sells
insurance products on a commission basis in that separate and individual capacity.
The recommendation by Ms. Armstrong or any of her affiliates that a client purchase an
insurance commission product through her presents a conflict of interest, because the
receipt of commissions or other compensation may provide an incentive to recommend
insurance products based on commissions or other compensation to be received, rather
than on a particular client’s need. Clients are not obligated to purchase any insurance
commission products from Ms. Armstrong. Clients may purchase insurance products
recommended by Ms. Armstrong or Antolino & Associates through other, non-affiliated
insurance agents.
Ms. Armstrong is also a registered representative of Kestra Investment Services, LLC a
FINRA member broker-dealer (“Kestra”). Ms. Armstrong is not a producing representative
for Kestra and, as such, it is not expected that this role will present conflicts of interest for
clients of Antolino & Associates. Should a conflict of interest arise, full and fair disclosure
will be made to the relevant client.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
No compensation to disclose.
Item 6: Supervision
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and supervisory services in
accordance with current state regulatory requirements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ Chief
Compliance Officer, Ralph Antolino, is primarily responsible for overseeing the activities of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervised persons. Please contact Mr. Antolino at (614)
442- 3355 any questions about ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervision or compliance
practices.
Item 7: Requirements for State Registered Advisers
Ms. Armstrong has never been involved in an arbitration proceeding or a civil, self-
regulatory, or administrative proceeding. Ms. Armstrong has never been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition.
Brandon M. Boychuk, CFP®, ChFC®
1991
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Born:
Education Background and Professional Designations:
Brandon M. Boychuk, CFP®, ChFC born July 24, 1991, graduated from John Carroll
University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He has been working in the
financial consulting industry since 2013. Brandon has been an Investment Adviser
Representative with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors since February 2020. Before that he was
a Financial Advisor with Bank of America, NA / Merrill Lynch, and was a Wealth
Management Associate with Antolino & Associates before that. Please refer to the
Description of Professional Designations at the end of this Brochure Supplement for more
information about that designation.
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
None
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Antolino & Associates is a business run side by side with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. It
involves financial and estate planning, as well as selling the following types of insurance:
Life/Accident/Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Annuities, and Long-Term Care. Mr.
Boychuk is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with Antolino & Associates who sells
insurance products on a commission basis in that separate and individual capacity.
The recommendation by Mr. Boychuk or any of his affiliates that a client purchase an
insurance commission product through him presents a conflict of interest, because the
receipt of commissions or other compensation may provide an incentive to recommend
insurance products based on commissions or other compensation to be received, rather
than on a particular client’s need. Clients are not obligated to purchase any insurance
commission products from Mr. Boychuk. Clients may purchase insurance products
recommended by Mr. Boychuk or Antolino & Associates through other, non-affiliated
insurance agents.
Mr. Boychuk is also a registered representative of Kestra Investment Services, LLC a
FINRA member broker-dealer (“Kestra”). Mr. Boychuk is not a producing representative
for Kestra and, as such, it is not expected that this role will present conflicts of interest for
clients of Antolino & Associates. Should a conflict of interest arise, full and fair disclosure
will be made to the relevant client.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
None
Item 6: Supervision
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and supervisory services in
accordance with current state regulatory requirements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ Chief
Compliance Officer, Ralph Antolino, is primarily responsible for overseeing the activities of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervised persons. Please contact Mr. Antolino at (614)
442- 3355 any questions about ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervision or compliance
practices.
Item 7: Requirements for State Registered Advisers
Mr. Boychuk has never been involved in an arbitration proceeding or a civil, self-
regulatory, or administrative proceeding. Mr. Boychuk has never been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Nicholas R. Bowden, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®
Name:
Born:
1995
Education Background and Professional Designations:
Nicholas (Nick) R. Bowden, born May 25, 1995, graduated from The Ohio State University
in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He has been working in the financial
consulting industry since 2018. Nick started at ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in July, 2021
and has been an Investment Adviser Representative with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
since March 2022. Before that he was a life insurance consultant with Nationwide
Insurance. Nick has been a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ since 2020. Please
refer to the Description of Professional Designations at the end of this Brochure
Supplement for more information about that designation.
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
None
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Antolino & Associates is a business run side by side with ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors. It
involves financial and estate planning, as well as selling the following types of insurance:
Life/Accident/Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Annuities, and Long-Term Care. Mr.
Bowden is a licensed insurance agent affiliated with Antolino & Associates who sells
insurance products on a commission basis in that separate and individual capacity.
The recommendation by Mr. Bowden or any of his affiliates that a client purchase an
insurance commission product through him presents a conflict of interest, because the
receipt of commissions or other compensation may provide an incentive to recommend
insurance products based on commissions or other compensation to be received, rather
than on a particular client’s need. Clients are not obligated to purchase any insurance
commission products from Mr. Bowden. Clients may purchase insurance products
recommended by Mr. Bowden or Antolino & Associates through other, non-affiliated
insurance agents.
Mr. Bowden is also a registered representative of Kestra Investment Services, LLC a
FINRA member broker-dealer (“Kestra”). Mr. Bowden is not a producing representative for
Kestra and, as such, it is not expected that this role will present conflicts of interest for
clients of Antolino & Associates. Should a conflict of interest arise, full and fair disclosure
will be made to the relevant client.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
None
Item 6: Supervision
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors provides investment advisory and supervisory services in
accordance with current state regulatory requirements. ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ Chief
Compliance Officer, Ralph Antolino, is primarily responsible for overseeing the activities of
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervised persons. Please contact Mr. Antolino at (614)
442- 3355 any questions about ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors’ supervision or compliance
practices.
Item 7: Requirements for State Registered Advisers
Mr. Bowden has never been involved in an arbitration proceeding or a civil, self- regulatory,
or administrative proceeding. Mr. Bowden has never been the subject of a bankruptcy
petition.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Jason R Witt
Born: 1989
Educational Background and Professional
Designations:
Education:
Bachelor Actuarial Science, Brigham Young University - 2015
Business Background:
01/2024 - Present
Investment Adviser Representative
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
03/2019 - Present
Investment Specialist
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
06/2017 - 03/2019
Mortgage Underwriter
United Wholesale Mortgage
04/2015 - 06/2017
Professional Runner
Brooks Running
03/2014 - 04/2015
Student
Brigham Young University
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s
evaluation of this advisory business.
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Joson R Witt works at Antolino & Associates.
Jason R Witt owns a rental house.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
Jason R Witt does not receive any economic benefit from any person, company, or organization,
other than ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in exchange for providing clients advisory services through
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Item 6: Supervision
As a representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Jason R Witt is supervised by Ralph Antolino
Jr., the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Ralph Antolino Jr. is responsible for ensuring that Jason
R Witt adheres to all required regulations regarding the activities of an Investment Adviser
Representative, as well as all policies and procedures outlined in the firm’s Code of Ethics and
compliance manual. The phone number for Ralph Antolino Jr. is (614) 442-3355.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Axel Agami Contreras, CFP®
Born: 2000
Educational Background and Professional Designations:
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Finance, The Ohio State University -
2022
Designations:
CFP® - Certified Financial Planner
The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® and federally registered CFP (with flame design) marks
(collectively, the “CFP® marks”) are professional certification marks granted in the United States by Certified
Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (“CFP Board”).
The CFP® certification is a voluntary certification; no federal or state law or regulation requires financial
planners to hold CFP® certification. It is recognized in the United States and a number of other countries for its
(1) high standard of professional education; (2) stringent code of conduct and standards of practice; and (3)
ethical requirements that govern professional engagements with clients.
To attain the right to use the CFP® marks, an individual must satisfactorily fulfill the following requirements:
• Education – Complete an advanced college-level course of study addressing the financial planning
subject areas that CFP Board’s studies have determined as necessary for the competent and
professional delivery of financial planning services, and attain a Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally
accredited United States college or university (or its equivalent from a foreign university). CFP Board’s
financial planning subject areas include insurance planning and risk management, employee benefits
planning, investment planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, and estate planning;
• Examination – Pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Examination. The examination includes
case studies and client scenarios designed to test one’s ability to correctly diagnose financial planning
issues and apply one’s knowledge of financial planning to real world circumstances;
• Experience – Complete at least three years of full-time financial planning-related experience (or the
equivalent, measured as 2,000 hours per year); and
• Ethics – Agree to be bound by CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct, a set of documents
outlining the ethical and practice standards for CFP® professionals.
Individuals who become certified must complete the following ongoing education and ethics requirements in
order to maintain the right to continue to use the CFP® marks:
i.
ii.
Continuing Education – Complete 30 hours of continuing education hours every two years, including
two hours on the Code of Ethics and other parts of the Standards of Professional Conduct, to maintain
competence and keep up with developments in the financial planning field; and
Ethics – Renew an agreement to be bound by the Standards of Professional Conduct. The Standards
prominently require that CFP® professionals provide financial planning services at a fiduciary standard
of care. This means CFP® professionals must provide financial planning services in the best interests
of their clients.
CFP® professionals who fail to comply with the above standards and requirements may be subject to CFP
Board’s enforcement process, which could result in suspension or permanent revocation of their CFP®
certification.
Business Background:
06/2025 - Present
Investment Adviser Representative
Antolino Wealth Advisors, LLC
05/2020 - Present
Investment Advisor
Kestra Advisory Services LLC
02/2020 - Present
Financial Planner / Advisor 2
Antolino & Associates
08/2014 - 05/2020
Student
Full-Time Education
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation
of this advisory business.
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Axel Agami Contreras is a registered representative. From time to time, he will offer clients advice or
products from those activities. Clients should be aware that these services pay a commission and
involve a conflict of interest, as commissionable products conflict with the fiduciary duties of a
registered investment adviser ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors always acts in the best interest of the client,
including the sale of commissionable products to advisory clients. Clients always have the right to
decide whether or not to utilize the services of any representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, LLC
in such individuals outside capacities.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
Axel Agami Contreras does not receive any economic benefit from any person, company, or
organization, other than ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in exchange for providing clients advisory
services through ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Item 6: Supervision
As a representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Axel Agami Contreras is supervised by Ralph
Antolino Jr., the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Ralph Antolino Jr. is responsible for ensuring that
Axel Agami Contreras adheres to all required regulations regarding the activities of an Investment
Adviser Representative, as well as all policies and procedures outlined in the firm’s Code of Ethics and
compliance manual. The phone number for Ralph Antolino Jr. is (614) 442-3355.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Name:
Ian Matthew Erdman, CFP®
Born: 1991
Educational Background and Professional Designations:
Education:
Bachelor of Science in Financial Planning, The Ohio State University – 2014
Designations:
CFP® - Certified Financial Planner
The CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™, CFP® and federally registered CFP (with flame design) marks
(collectively, the “CFP® marks”) are professional certification marks granted in the United States by Certified
Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (“CFP Board”).
The CFP® certification is a voluntary certification; no federal or state law or regulation requires financial
planners to hold CFP® certification. It is recognized in the United States and a number of other countries for its
(1) high standard of professional education; (2) stringent code of conduct and standards of practice; and (3)
ethical requirements that govern professional engagements with clients.
To attain the right to use the CFP® marks, an individual must satisfactorily fulfill the following requirements:
• Education – Complete an advanced college-level course of study addressing the financial planning
subject areas that CFP Board’s studies have determined as necessary for the competent and
professional delivery of financial planning services, and attain a Bachelor’s Degree from a regionally
accredited United States college or university (or its equivalent from a foreign university). CFP Board’s
financial planning subject areas include insurance planning and risk management, employee benefits
planning, investment planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, and estate planning;
• Examination – Pass the comprehensive CFP® Certification Examination. The examination includes
case studies and client scenarios designed to test one’s ability to correctly diagnose financial planning
issues and apply one’s knowledge of financial planning to real world circumstances;
• Experience – Complete at least three years of full-time financial planning-related experience (or the
equivalent, measured as 2,000 hours per year); and
• Ethics – Agree to be bound by CFP Board’s Standards of Professional Conduct, a set of documents
outlining the ethical and practice standards for CFP® professionals.
Individuals who become certified must complete the following ongoing education and ethics requirements in
order to maintain the right to continue to use the CFP® marks:
iii.
Continuing Education – Complete 30 hours of continuing education hours every two years, including
two hours on the Code of Ethics and other parts of the Standards of Professional Conduct,
iv.
to maintain competence and keep up with developments in the financial planning field; and
v.
Ethics – Renew an agreement to be bound by the Standards of Professional Conduct. The Standards
prominently require that CFP® professionals provide financial planning services at a fiduciary standard
of care. This means CFP® professionals must provide financial planning services in the best interests
of their clients.
CFP® professionals who fail to comply with the above standards and requirements may be subject to CFP
Board’s enforcement process, which could result in suspension or permanent revocation of their CFP®
certification.
Business Background:
06/2025 - Present
Investment Adviser Representative
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
04/2023 - Present
Registered Representative
Kestra Investment Services, LLC
04/2023 – 04/2024
Financial Planner
Antolino & Associates
06/2014 - 04/2023
Financial Professional
Nationwide Securities, LLC
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation
of this advisory business.
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Ian Matthew Erdman is a registered representative. From time to time, he will offer clients advice or
products from those activities. Clients should be aware that these services pay a commission and
involve a conflict of interest, as commissionable products conflict with the fiduciary duties of a
registered investment adviser ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors always acts in the best interest of the client,
including the sale of commissionable products to advisory clients. Clients always have the right to
decide whether or not to utilize the services of any representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in
such individuals outside capacities.
Item 5: Additional Compensation
Ian Matthew Erdman does not receive any economic benefit from any person, company, or
organization, other than ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in exchange for providing clients advisory
services through ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Item 6: Supervision
As a representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Ian Matthew Erdman is supervised by Ralph
Antolino Jr., the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Ralph Antolino Jr.is responsible for ensuring that Ian
Matthew Erdman adheres to all required regulations regarding the activities of an Investment Adviser
Representative, as well as all policies and procedures outlined in the firm’s Code of Ethics and
compliance manual. The phone number for Ralph Antolino Jr. is (614) 442-3355.
Description of Professional Designations
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc. (“CFP Board”) owns the CFP®
certification mark, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certification mark, and the
CFP® certification mark (with flame design) logo in the United States (these marks are
collectively referred to as the “CFP® marks”). The CFP Board authorizes use of the CFP®
marks by individuals who successfully complete the CFP Board’s initial and ongoing
certification requirements. The CFP® certification is a voluntary certification; no federal or
state law or regulation requires financial planners to hold CFP® certification. It is
recognized in the United States and a number of other countries for its (1) high standard
of professional education; (2) stringent code of conduct and standards of practice; and (3)
ethical requirements that govern professional engagements with clients. Currently, more
than 90,000 individuals have obtained CFP® certification.
To earn the right to use the CFP® marks, an individual must currently fulfill specific
requirements in the areas of education, examination, professional experience, and ethics.
Individuals who become certified must also complete ongoing education and ethics
requirements in order to maintain the right to continue to use the CFP® marks.
Chartered Financial Consultant, ChFC®
The ChFC® designation has been a mark of excellence for almost thirty years and
currently requires nine college-level courses, the most of any financial planning credential.
Average study time to earn the ChFC® exceeds 450 hours. Required courses cover
extensive education and application training in financial planning, income taxation,
investments, and estate and retirement planning. Additional electives are chosen from
such topics as macroeconomics, financial decisions for retirement, and executive
compensation. ChFC® designees must meet experience requirements and adhere to
continuing education and ethical standards. The credential is awarded by The American
College, a non-profit educator founded in 1927 and the highest level of academic
accreditation.
Chartered Life Underwriter, CLU®
The CLU® has been the respected risk management credential for advisors. Designees
have completed eight or more college-level courses representing an average study time of
400 hours. Topics for required courses include insurance and financial planning, life
insurance law, estate planning, and planning for business owners and professionals.
Elective courses include such advanced topics as income taxes, group benefits, retirement
planning, and health insurance. CLU® designees must meet experience and continuing
education requirements and must adhere to a high ethical standard. The mark is awarded
by The American College, a non-profit educator with the top level of academic
accreditation.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Douglas William Finley, MS, CPWA®, CFP®, AEP®, CDFA®
Name:
Born: 1996
Educational Background and Professional Designations:
Education:
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Bachelors of Science Degree, Finance
The College for Financial Planning, Denver, Colorado
Masters pf Science Degree, Financial Planning
CFP Professional Education Program
The College for Financial Planning, Denver, Colorado
Designations:
Certified Private Wealth Advisor
Issuing Organization: Investments & Wealth Institute
Prerequisites/Experience Required Candidate must meet the following
requirements:
• A bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university, and
five years of financial services experience
Educational Requirements: Candidate must complete a rigorous 6 months
curriculum.
Examination Type: CPWA® Examination
Continuing Education: 40 hours every two years
CFP®, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™
Issuing Organization: Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc.
Prerequisites/Experience Required Candidate must meet the following
requirements:
• A bachelor’s degree (or higher) from an accredited college or university, and
yhree years of full-time personal financial planning experience
Educational Requirements: Candidate must complete a CFP-board registered
program, or hold one of the following:
• CPA
• ChFC
• Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
• CFA
• Ph.D. in business or economics
• Doctor of Business Administration
• Attorney's License
Examination Type: CFP Certification Examination
Continuing Education: 30 hours every two years
AEP® – Accredited Estate Planner®
Issuing Organization: National Association of Estate Planners & Councils
Prerequisites/Experience Required: The candidate must meet all of the following
requirements:
• Must be an attorney (JD), accountant (CPA), insurance professional, financial
planner (CLU/ChFC, CFP) or trust officer (CTFA)
• Must be in good standing with their professional organization and not be
subject to a disciplinary investigation
• Must have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in estate planning in one or
more of the prerequisite professions
Educational Requirements: 2 graduate-level courses administered by The
American
College or from another accredited graduate program as part of a master's or
doctoral degree unless the applicant has 15 or more years’ experience as an
estate planner
Examination Type: Final exam for each course. If self-study through The
American
College must be taken at Pearson VUE testing centers, which are proctored.
Continuing Education/Experience Requirements:
• 30 hours every 24 months, including 15 hours in estate planning. Re-
certification required annually.
CDFA™ - Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™
Issuing Organization: Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Prerequisites/Experience Required: Candidates must meet all of the following
requirements:
• The CDFA™ designation is available to individuals who have a minimum of
two years' experience as a financial professional, accountant, or matrimonial
lawyer.
• To earn the designation, the participant must complete a series of self-study
•
course modules and pass an exam for each module.
In the USA, this training qualifies for 32 hours of continuing education for the
CFP® Board of Standards, 25 CPE credits for the CPA designation, and 32
PACE credits for ChFCs and CLUs.
• To retain the Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ designation, a CDFA™
must obtain 20 hours of Continuing Education (CE) every two years (ten of
which must be divorce-related), remain in good standing with the IDFA™, and
keep his/her dues current.
Business Background:
01/2026 - Present
Investment Adviser Representative
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
12/2006 – Present President
Finley Wealth Management, LLC
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s
evaluation of this advisory business.
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Douglas W Finley is not engaged in any investment-related business or occupation (other than
this advisory firm).
Item 5: Additional Compensation
Douglas W Finley does not receive any economic benefit from any person, company, or
organization, other than ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in exchange for providing clients advisory
services through ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Item 6: Supervision
As a representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Douglas W Finley is supervised by Ralph Antolino Jr.,
the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Ralph Antolino Jr.is responsible for ensuring that Douglas W Finley
adheres to all required regulations regarding the activities of an Investment Adviser Representative, as well
as all policies and procedures outlined in the firm’s Code of Ethics and compliance manual. The phone
number for Ralph Antolino Jr. is (614) 442-3355.
Item 2: Educational Background and Business Experience
Amber Friedman Braatz, MBA, CFP®
Name:
Born: 1971
Educational Background and Professional Designations:
Education:
University of Florida
Bachelors of Science Degree (1992)
Florida Gulf Coast University
Masters of Business Administration (2005)
CFP® Professional Education Program
Northwestern University (2018)
Designations:
Business Background:
01/2026 - Present
Investment Adviser Representative
ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors
05/2018 – Present IAR
Finley Wealth Management, LLC
10/2012 – 12/2020 Physical Therapist
RB Health / Avidity Home Healthcare
Item 3: Disciplinary Information
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s
evaluation of this advisory business.
Item 4: Other Business Activities
Amber Friedman Braatz is not engaged in any investment-related business or occupation (other
than this advisory firm).
Item 5: Additional Compensation
Amber Friedman Braatz does not receive any economic benefit from any person, company, or
organization, other than ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors in exchange for providing clients advisory
services through ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors.
Item 6: Supervision
As a representative of ANTOLINO Wealth Advisors, Amber Friedman Braatz is supervised by Ralph
Antolino Jr., the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Ralph Antolino Jr.is responsible for ensuring that Amber
Friedman Braatz adheres to all required regulations regarding the activities of an Investment Adviser
Representative, as well as all policies and procedures outlined in the firm’s Code of Ethics and compliance
manual. The phone number for Ralph Antolino Jr. is (614) 442-3355.