BCS PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Item 1: Cover Page BCS PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT Form ADV, Part 2 Firm Brochure 47 West River Road, Suite B Rumson, NJ 07760 P: (732) 291-7272 F: (732) 289-9259 Contact Person: Christopher Bernard, Chief Compliance Officer chris@bcspwm.com Date of Brochure: February 12, 2026 This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of BCS Private Wealth Management. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (732) 291-7272. 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. Additional information about BCS Private Wealth Management also is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Page 1 of 19  Item 2: Material Changes The Company is required to disclose any material changes to the ADV Part 2A here in Item 2. There are no material changes to disclose since the last update dated March 2025. Item 3: Table of Contents Item 1: Cover Page.......................................................................................................................... 1 Item 2: Material Changes ............................................................................................................... 2 Item 3: Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. 2 Item 4: Advisory Business .............................................................................................................. 4 A. The Firm and its Owners. ............................................................................................... 4 B. The Firm’s Services. ...................................................................................................... 4 C. Miscellaneous Information About the Firm’s Services.................................................. 5 D. The Firm’s Assets Under Management. ........................................................................ 5 Item 5: Fees and Compensation ...................................................................................................... 5 A. The Firm’s Fees and Compensation for Services. ......................................................... 5 The Company’s compensation differs based upon the services that it provides to a client. ....................................................................................................................... 5 B. Compensation for the Sale of Insurance Products and Annuities .................................. 6 C. General Information on Fees. ......................................................................................... 7 Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ................................................. 7 Item 7: Types of Clients .................................................................................................................. 7 A. The Firm’s Clients. ........................................................................................................ 7 B. Requirements for Opening or Maintaining an Account. ................................................ 8 Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .......................................... 8 A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies. ........................................................... 8 Item 9: Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................. 11 Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................... 11 A. Other Registrations. ..................................................................................................... 11 Page 2 of 19  B. Other Financial Industry Activities. ............................................................................. 12 C. Other Financial Industry Affiliations. .......................................................................... 12 D. Other Activities ............................................................................................................ 12 Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading . 12 A. Description of the Firm’s Code of Ethics .................................................................... 12 B. Investing by the Firm and its Personnel ....................................................................... 13 Item 12: Brokerage Practices ........................................................................................................ 14 A. Recommendation of Broker-Dealer ............................................................................. 14 B. Aggregation. ................................................................................................................. 17 Item 13: Review of Accounts ....................................................................................................... 17 A. Account Reviews. ........................................................................................................ 17 B. Account Reports. .......................................................................................................... 17 Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ...................................................................... 17 A. Non-Clients providing an Economic Benefit to the Company. ................................... 18 B. Compensation to Non-Advisory Personnel for Client Referrals. ................................. 18 BCS does not have any solicitor relationships to disclose. ............................................... 18 Item 15: Custody ........................................................................................................................... 18 Item 16: Investment Discretion ..................................................................................................... 18 Item 17: Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................. 19 Item 18: Financial Information ..................................................................................................... 19 Page 3 of 19  Item 4: Advisory Business The Firm and its Owners. BCS Private Wealth Management (the “Company” or the “Firm”) is the primary business name of Bernard Caroli Wealth Management, Inc., a New Jersey corporation that was formed in June 2009. The Company submitted its application for investment adviser registration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in April 2015. The Company also utilizes a marketing name of Royalston Advisors, LLC. The issued and outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock are owned by John Arthur Caroli, Christopher Paul Bernard, David Baker “Scott” Schiff, and Craig David Cummings. The Firm’s Services. As discussed below in this Disclosure Brochure, the Company offers discretionary investment management services, financial planning services, and divorce mediation services. 1. Investment Management Services. The Company’s investment management services are defined as giving ongoing and continuous investment advice to a client based on the client’s investment objectives and financial situation. Through personal discussion in which goals and objectives based on a client’s particular circumstances are established, the Company, in conjunction with the client, will ascertain the client’s financial situation, risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We then use various fixed income and equity vehicles in managing client assets. The Company’s investment management services offering also includes financial planning services, the details of which are set forth in Section 4.B.2 below, provided, however, that in the event that the client does not take advantage of all elements of the Company’s investment management services offering, the Company shall not offer any discount of its fees to account for the Client not taking full advantage of all such elements. The Company provides investment advice primarily with respect to various equity securities (such as exchange-listed, securities traded over the counter, and foreign issuers), exchange traded funds, warrants, corporate debt securities, certificates of deposit, options, mutual fund shares, and other securities. Although the Company’s investment advice is typically limited to those investment categories, the Company may provide advice with respect to other investment opportunities in response to a client request or where the Company determines that it would be in the interests of the client to pursue those other investment opportunities. 2. Financial Planning Services. The Company’s financial planning services are comprised of ongoing financial counseling services for client accounts which can include estate planning, investment planning, cash flow planning, income tax planning, retirement planning, and risk management, including property and casualty, and life insurance. The Company will gather relevant information about its financial planning client through interviews with the client and a review of various documents that the client will produce. The Company will typically either develop a financial plan for a client or a multi-item financial checklist that presents conclusions and recommendations. If requested by the client, The Company will assist the client with the implementation of the financial plan while working with the client’s attorney, accountant, tax Page 4 of 19  advisor, and/or insurance agent, and the Company may also recommend the services of other professionals if asked by the client. The client is under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended professional and retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation from the Company. These financial planning services may be provided by the Company as part of its investment management services, or on a stand-alone basis for clients who do not wish to engage the Company for investment management services. 3. To the extent that a client wishes for the Company to provide any services or assistance that is outside the scope of the specific services mentioned herein, and to the extent that the Company agrees to provide such services, the Company and the client shall collectively determine the scope of, and the compensation payable to the Company for, such services. Miscellaneous Information About the Firm’s Services. In connection with the provision of the Company’s services, (1) the Company tailors its advisory services to the client’s individual needs, (2) clients may impose reasonable restrictions on the Company’s services, which may include restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities, (3) the client retains absolute discretion over all implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation from the Company, (4) the Company is authorized to rely on any and all information that is provided to the Company by the client or any of the client’s other professionals (such as the client’s attorney or accountant), and shall not be required to independently verify any such information, and (5) each client is responsible to promptly notify the Company if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment objectives so that the Company is positioned to review, evaluate and possibly revise its previous recommendations and/or services. The Firm’s Assets Under Management. As of December 31, 2025, the amount of the firm’s discretionary assets under management is $469,674,455 in 580 accounts including BCS Family Fund I, LP and BCS Family Fund II, LP. Item 5: Fees and Compensation The Firm’s Fees and Compensation for Services. The Company’s compensation differs based upon the services that it provides to a client. Investment Management Services. The annual fee for investment management services will be charged as a percentage of assets under management, according to the schedule below: Annual Fee 1.00 % 0.75 % Assets Under Management Initial $5,000,000 All amounts between $5,000,000 up Page 5 of 19  0.50 % to and including $10,000,000 All amounts exceeding $10,000,000 Clients will be invoiced in advance at the end of each calendar quarter based upon the market value of the average daily balance of the assets in the client’s account as of the last business day of the previous quarter. If an account only has private investments, then the fee is based upon the value of the account as of the end of the billing period. For clients with multiple accounts, the Company, in its sole discretion, may combine the amount of assets in more than one account in determining the fee to be charged to that client for services on the client’s total amount of assets. The Company, in its sole discretion, may charge a different management fee based upon certain criteria (i.e. anticipated future earning capacity, anticipated future additional assets, dollar amount of assets to be managed, related accounts, type of services required, account composition, negotiations with client, etc.). If an account is established during a quarter, the Company will bill in arrears the days the account was funded to the end of the quarter. In the event of termination of the Company’s services before the end of a billing period for which the Firm received a pre-paid fee, the Firm shall pro-rate its fee through the date of termination and promptly return any unearned portion of that pre-paid fee to the client. If a client engages the Company to provide reporting only services for accounts held outside of the Company and the Company is not able to effect transactions in those accounts, the Company charges the client a consulting fee which is negotiated between the Company and the client and is based upon the complexity of the reporting. The values for those accounts are provided by the client to the Company. Financial Planning Services. For stand-alone financial planning services, the Company charges a fee ranging from $0 to $25,000 depending on the complexity of the financial planning and the client’s financial situation. In the event of a termination of the Company’s services, the Company will refund any unearned portion of the Client’s fee. In the event the Client and the Company cannot agree on the amount of the “unearned portion of the Client’s fee”, the Company’s opinion shall prevail provided that such opinion is supported by and is not in violation of applicable law. Compensation for the Sale of Insurance Products and Annuities Certain of the Company’s personnel are also licensed insurance producers/agents with several insurance companies in various states. In such capacity, each such personnel may recommend the purchase of certain insurance or annuity products where they will receive a share of revenue derived from the sale of such insurance or annuity products. For further discussion concerning these activities, see Item 10.A of this Disclosure Brochure. The activity disclosed in Item 5.B.1 above represents a potential conflict of interest and gives the Company personnel engaging in such insurance activities an incentive to recommend the purchase of insurance or annuity products for a client account based on their ability to receive compensation from such a purchase, rather than based on a client’s needs. However, the Firm addresses this potential conflict by (a) requiring that any such transaction be on commercially reasonable terms that are generally consistent with industry standards, and (b) neither requiring nor expecting that a client will purchase any such insurance or annuity products from or through Page 6 of 19  Firm personnel. In addition, any such Firm personnel must maintain compliance with applicable rules and regulations that govern the sale of such insurance or annuity products. Clients have the option to purchase investment or annuity products that the Company recommends through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated with the Company. The Company’s advisory fee is in addition to any commission that Company personnel may receive, and the Company will not reduce its advisory fee to offset such commission. The Company does not charge advisory fees on the value of the insurance or annuity contract after it has been purchased by Firm personnel. General Information on Fees. All fees are negotiable. The Company’s fees shall be deducted from the client’s account by the client’s account custodian, or, in the alternative, the client may pay the Company’s fee directly. With respect to the Company’s investment management services, the client will also incur charges imposed directly by the custodian of the client’s account, transaction charges imposed by the broker-dealer executing securities transactions for the client’s account, and fees and expenses imposed directly by mutual funds held in or for the client’s account (the Company, in its sole discretion, may choose to absorb fees related to a particular transaction for a client account). For further discussion concerning the Company’s brokerage practices, please see Item 12 of this Disclosure Brochure. All fees paid to the Company for its services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged directly by the client’s custodian, the broker-dealer, and mutual funds. The fees and expenses imposed by mutual funds are described in each fund’s prospectus, and will generally include a management fee, other fund expenses, and a possible distribution fee. If the fund also imposes sales charges, a client may pay an initial or deferred sales charge. The client should review both the fees charged by the funds and the fees charged by the Company to fully understand the total amount of fees to be paid by the client and to thereby evaluate the advisory services being provided. In addition, as discussed in the disclosure in Item 10.A pertaining to other compensation that may be received by Company personnel who hold other registrations, the client may also incur charges in connection with the activities of such Company personnel (for example, if the client purchases an insurance policy through one of the Company’s personnel in their individual capacity as a licensed insurance agent, the client will be responsible for the costs that are associated with the purchase of that insurance policy, in addition to the compensation that is payable to the Company for the Company’s services). Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management The Company does not have any information to disclose in response to this Item 6. Item 7: Types of Clients The Firm’s Clients. Page 7 of 19  The firm’s client base is comprised of individuals, high net worth individuals, one or more pooled investment vehicles, and corporations or other business entities. Requirements for Opening or Maintaining an Account. Advisory Agreement. Each client will be required to sign a servicing agreement with the Company that sets forth the terms and conditions of their relationship with the Company. Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies. Methods of Analysis. In connection with servicing client accounts, the firm utilizes the following methods of analysis: (a) charting, (b) fundamental, and (c) technical. The main sources of the information that the firm’s personnel use in their investment decision-making process include financial newspapers and magazines, research materials prepared by others, corporate rating services, company press releases, and annual reports, prospectuses, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Multiple Investment Strategies. The firm utilizes various investment strategies for servicing client accounts, and does not primarily weight one strategy over another strategy. Although used infrequently, and then only where the benefits to the client outweigh the burdens to the client, the firm may engage in frequent trading of securities, which carries an additional risk that frequent trading can affect investment performance particularly through increased brokerage and other transaction costs and taxes. Risk of Loss. There are always risks to investing. Clients should be aware that all investments carry various types of risk including the potential loss of principal that clients should be prepared to bear. It is impossible to name all possible types of risks. Among the risks are the following: • Political Risks. Most investments have a global component, even domestic the world may have unforeseen Political events anywhere stocks. in consequences to markets around the world. • General Market Risks. Markets can, as a whole, go up or down on various news releases or for no understandable reason at all. This sometimes means that the price of specific securities could go up or down without real reason and may take some time to recover any lost value. Adding additional securities does not help to minimize this risk since all securities may be affected by market fluctuations. • Currency Risk. When investing in another country using another currency, the changes in the value of the currency can change the value of your security value in your portfolio. • Regulatory Risk. Changes in laws and regulations from any government can change the value of a given company and its accompanying securities. Certain Page 8 of 19  industries are more susceptible to government regulation. Changes in zoning, tax structure or laws impact the return on these investments. • Tax Risks Related to Short Term Trading: Clients should note that the Company may engage in short-term trading transactions. These transactions may result in short term gains or losses for federal and state tax purposes, which may be taxed at a higher rate than long term strategies. The Company endeavors to invest client assets in a tax efficient manner, but all clients are advised to consult with their tax professionals regarding the transactions in client accounts. • Purchasing Power Risk. Purchasing power risk is the risk that your investment’s value will decline as the price of goods rises (inflation). The investment’s value itself does not decline, but its relative value does, which is the same thing. Inflation can happen for a variety of complex reasons, including a growing economy and a rising money supply. • Business Risk. This can be thought of as certainty or uncertainty of income. Management comes under business risk. Cyclical companies (like automobile companies) have more business risk because of the less steady income stream. On the other hand, fast food chains tend to have steadier income streams and therefore, less business risk. • Financial Risk. The amount of debt or leverage determines the financial risk of a company. • Default Risk. This risk pertains to the ability of a company to service their debt. Ratings provided by several rating services help to identify those companies with more risk. Obligations of the U.S. government are said to be free of default risk. • Margin Risk. “Margin” is a tool used to maximize returns on a given investment by using securities in a client account as collateral for a loan from the custodian to the client. The proceeds of that loan are then used to buy more securities. Margin carries a higher degree of risk than investing without margin. • Information Risk. All investment professionals rely on research in order to make conclusions about investment options. This research is always a mix of both internal (proprietary) and external (provided by third parties) data and analyses. Even an adviser who says they rely solely on proprietary research must still collect data from third parties. This data, or outside research is chosen for its perceived reliability, but there is no guarantee that the data or research will be completely accurate. Failure in data accuracy or research will translate to a compromised ability by the adviser to reach satisfactory investment conclusions. • Small Companies. Some investment opportunities in the marketplace involve smaller issuers. These companies may be starting up or are historically small. While these companies sometimes have potential for outsized returns, they also have the potential for losses because the reasons the company is small are also Page 9 of 19  risks to the company’s future. For example, a company’s management may lack experience, or the company’s capital for growth may be restricted. These small companies also tend to trade less frequently that larger companies, which can add to the risks associated with their securities because the ability to sell them at an appropriate price may be limited compared to the markets as a whole. Not only do these companies have investment risk, if a client is invested in such small companies and requests immediate or short-term liquidity, these securities may require a significant discount to value in order to be sold in a shorter time frame. • Concentration Risk. While the Company selects individual securities, including mutual funds, for client portfolios based on an individualized assessment of each security, this evaluation comes without an overlay of general economic or sector specific issue analysis. This means that a client’s equity portfolio may be concentrated in a specific sector, geography, or sub-sector (among other types of potential concentrations), so that if an unexpected event occurs that affects that specific sector or geography, for example, the client’s equity portfolio may be affected negatively, including significant losses. • Transition risk. As assets are transitioned from a client’s prior advisers to the Company there may be securities and other investments that do not fit within the asset allocation strategy selected for the client. Accordingly, these investments will need to be sold in order to reposition the portfolio into the asset allocation strategy selected by the Company. However, this transition process may take some time to accomplish. Some investments may not be unwound for a lengthy period of time for a variety of reasons that may include unwarranted low share prices, restrictions on trading, contractual restrictions on liquidity, or market- related liquidity concerns. In some cases, there may be securities or investments that are never able to be sold. The inability to transition a client's holdings into recommendations of the Company may adversely affect the client's account values, as the Company’s recommendations may not be able to be fully implemented. • Restriction Risk. Clients may at all times place reasonable restrictions on the management of their accounts. However, placing these restrictions may make managing the accounts more difficult, thus lowering the potential for returns. • Risks Related to Investment Term & Liquidity. 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 an accurate measure of its value. 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. Further, some investments are made with the intention of the investment appreciating over an extended period of time. Liquidating these investments prior to their intended time horizon may result in losses. • Risks specific to sub-advisors, other managers and private placements: If the Company invests some of your assets with another advisor, including a private Page 10 of 19  to prevent business, regulatory or placement, there are additional risks. These include risks that the other manager is not as qualified as we believe them to be, that the investments they use are not as liquid as we would normally use in your portfolio, or their risk management guidelines are more liberal than we would normally employ. The third-party manager who has been successful in the past may not be able to replicate that success in the future. Private funds are pooled investment vehicles, and each pooled investment vehicle is managed according to the stated investment program in the respective private fund’s private placement memorandum. This means that individual investors in a fund will not receive individual asset management within the fund. In addition, as we do not control the underlying investments in a third- party manager’s portfolio (even if the portfolio is managed by an affiliate), there is also a risk that a manager may deviate from the stated investment mandate or strategy of the portfolio, making it a less suitable investment for a particular client. Moreover, when we do not control the manager’s daily business and compliance operations, it is possible for us to miss the absence of internal controls necessary reputational deficiencies. Accordingly, clients investing in private funds should carefully read that fund’s private placement memorandum, and clients investing through a third-party manager should carefully read that manager’s Form ADV. • Excess Cash Balance Risk. Client accounts may have cash balances in excess of $250,000, which is the insurance limit of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. For cash balances in excess of that amount, there is an enhanced risk that operation related counterparty risk related to the account custodian could cause losses in the account. The Company mitigates this risk by carrying cash balances in amounts either subject to protection or as limited as the client, directs. The client may elect to participate in a “cash sweep” program through the account custodian which automatically moves excess cash from the client’s investment account into a cash account and then invests that cash into cash based investments, such as money market funds. The Company does not receive compensation of any kinds for facilitating the client’s participation in such cash sweep accounts. Item 9: Disciplinary Information The Company does not have any information to disclose in response to this Item 9. Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations Other Registrations. As mentioned in the discussion to Item 5.B of this Disclosure Brochure, certain of the Firm’s personnel are also licensed insurance producers/agents with various insurance companies in various states. In such capacity, each such individual may recommend the purchase of certain insurance or annuity products where they will receive a share of revenue derived from the sale of such insurance or annuity products. This activity represents a potential conflict of interest and gives Firm personnel an incentive to recommend the purchase of insurance or annuity products Page 11 of 19  for a client account based on their ability to receive compensation from such a purchase, rather than based on a client’s needs. However, the Firm seeks to address this potential conflict by (a) requiring that any such transaction will be on commercially reasonable terms that are generally consistent with industry standards, and (b) neither requiring nor expecting that a client will purchase any such insurance or annuity products from or through Firm personnel. In addition, Firm personnel must comply with applicable rules and regulations that govern the sale of such products. Clients have the option to purchase investment products that the Firm recommends through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated with the Firm. Other Financial Industry Activities. See the discussion in Item 10.A (“Other Registrations”) of this Disclosure Brochure discussing the registrations held by certain Firm personnel. When Firm personnel act in the capacity of insurance producers/agents, they will engage in other financial industry activities that are commensurate with such other registrations. Private Funds The Company is under common control with BCS Family Fund GP LLC (“GP”), the General Partner, to BCS Family Fund LP and BCS Family Fund II LP (the “Funds”). The Funds are offered to clients of the Company and presents a conflict of interest since members of the GP are also owners in the Company and stand to financially benefit from the recommendation of the Fund to clients of the Company. The Company attempts to mitigate this conflict by disclosing it to the public and adhering to the Company’s Code of Ethics. Clients of the Company that invest in the Funds have no opportunity to select or evaluate any Funds investments or strategies. The Funds are managed according to the stated strategy and do not tailor Fund strategies to the individual needs of Fund investors. The specifics, costs, and risks related to the Funds offerings is outlined in the subscription and disclosure documents provided to each potential investor. All investors should review the governing documents of the Funds in which they are considering investment for more complete information about the fees and compensation payable with respect to such Funds. Other Financial Industry Affiliations. Please see the response in this Disclosure Brochure to Item 10.A above (“Other Registrations”). Other Activities Mr. Schiff is a notary public and may act in such capacity if requested by clients. The Company does not charge any special compensation in connection with Mr. Schiff’s activities as a notary public. Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading Description of the Firm’s Code of Ethics Page 12 of 19  The Company has adopted a Code of Ethics pursuant to SEC Rule 204A-1, which serves to establish a standard of business conduct for all of the firm’s personnel that is based upon fundamental principles of openness, integrity, honesty and trust. The Company is a fiduciary and therefore has the responsibility to render professional, continuous, and unbiased investment advice. As a fiduciary, the Company must act at all times in its clients’ best interest and must avoid or disclose conflicts of interest. It is the purpose of the Company’s Code of Ethics to emphasize and implement these fundamental principles within its operations. Information concerning the identity of security holdings and financial circumstances of clients is to be confidential. Failure to comply with the Code of Ethics may result in disciplinary action, which may include termination of employment. The Company will provide a copy of the Code of Ethics to any client or prospective client upon request. Investing by the Firm and its Personnel The purchase or sale of the same securities as for the client. The Company and Company personnel may purchase, sell or hold the same securities for each of its and their own accounts as are purchased or sold for client accounts. In addition, any person affiliated with the Company may directly or indirectly hold the same securities as the Company recommends to clients. These investment activities present a potential conflict of interest in the sense that the Company, or its personnel, may benefit financially from a transaction effected for a client account. The firm believes that it has addressed this potential conflict of interest through its internal compliance policies. Initially, each such person will be required to report to the Chief Compliance Officer of the Company all securities transactions during the preceding quarter in which she or he had a direct or indirect beneficial interest, and the Chief Compliance Officer will be required to report his securities transactions to other Firm personnel. Next, employees, officers and directors of the Company are prohibited from using any information acquired in their capacities as such to affect any trade or undertake any activity that may adversely affect the Company’s clients or their interests. All are similarly prohibited from furnishing such information to others or otherwise improperly using such information for their own benefit. Further, the Company emphasizes the overarching right of the client to decline to implement any advice rendered. Lastly, the Company requires that all personnel act in accordance with all applicable Federal and State regulations governing registered investment advisory practices. Any individual not in observance of the above may be subject to termination. The purchase or sale of same securities at or about the same time as in a client’s account. The Company, and/or any person related to the Company, may recommend securities to clients, or buy or sell securities for client accounts, at or about the same time that the Company or the person related to the Company buys or sells the same securities for the account of the Company or the Company’s related person (including, for example, through participation in the same block transaction as is entered for client accounts). This presents a potential conflict of interest because the Company or the related person may benefit financially as a result of transactions in that same security that occur in the client account. Similarly, the value of the security held in the client’s account may be detrimentally impacted by transactions in that same security that occur in the Company’s account or the account of the Company’s related person. Page 13 of 19  The firm believes that it has addressed this potential conflict of interest through its internal compliance policies as described in Item 11.B.1. Item 12: Brokerage Practices Recommendation of Broker-Dealer BCS may be deemed to have custody if a client grants BCS authority to debit fees directly from their account (see Item 15 below). Assets will be held with a qualified custodian, which is typically a bank or broker-dealer. BCS recommends that investment accounts be held in custody by Schwab Advisor Services (“Schwab”), which is a qualified custodian. BCS is independently owned and operated and is not affiliated with Schwab. Schwab will hold client assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities when BCS instructs them to, which BCS does in accordance with its agreement with the client. While BCS recommends that clients use Schwab as custodian/broker, clients will decide whether to do so and will open an account with Schwab by entering into an account agreement directly with Schwab. BCS does not open the account for the client, although BCS may assist the client in doing so. Even though the account is maintained at Schwab, BCS may use other brokers to execute trades for the client’s account as described below (see “Your brokerage and custody costs”). BCS seeks to recommend a custodian/broker that will hold client assets and execute transactions on terms that are, overall, most beneficial when compared with other available providers and their services. BCS considers a wide range of factors, including both quantitative (Ex: costs) and qualitative (execution, reputation, service) factors. BCS does not consider whether Schwab or any other broker-dealer/custodian, refers clients to BCS as part of our evaluation of these broker- dealers. Schwab Advisor Services Your brokerage and custody costs For our clients’ accounts that Schwab maintains, Schwab generally does not charge you separately for custody services but is compensated by charging you commissions or other fees on trades that it executes or that settle into your Schwab account. In addition to commissions, Schwab charges you a flat dollar amount as a “prime broker” or “trade away” fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but where the securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into your Schwab account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay the executing broker-dealer. Because of this, in order to minimize your trading costs, we have Schwab execute most trades for your account. Products and services available to us from Schwab Schwab Advisor Services™ (formerly called Schwab Institutional®) is Schwab’s business serving independent investment advisory firms like the Company. They provide the Company and our clients with access to its institutional brokerage services (trading, custody, reporting, and related services), many of which are not typically available to Schwab retail customers. Schwab also makes available various support services. Some of those services help the Company manage or administer our clients’ accounts, while others help the Company manage and grow our Page 14 of 19  business. Schwab’s support services are generally available on an unsolicited basis (we don’t have to request them) and at no charge to the Company. Following is a more detailed description of Schwab’s support services: Services that benefit you Schwab’s institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of investment products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment products available through Schwab include some to which we might not otherwise have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our clients. Schwab’s services described in this paragraph generally benefit you and your account. Services that may not directly benefit you. Schwab also makes available to us other products and services that benefit us but may not directly benefit you or your account. These products and services assist us in managing and administering our clients’ accounts. They include investment research, both Schwab’s own and that of third parties. We may use this research to service all or a substantial number of our clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that: • Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and account statements) • Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts • Provide pricing and other market data • Facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts • Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting Services that generally benefit only us. Schwab also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our business enterprise. These services include: • Educational conferences and events • Consulting on technology, compliance, legal, and business needs • Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession • Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance providers • Assistance related to the transition of client assets from prior firms Schwab may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party vendors to provide the services to us. Schwab may also discount or waive its fees for some of these services or pay all or a part of a third party’s fees. Schwab may also provide us with other benefits, such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel. Our interest in Schwab’s services The availability of these services from Schwab benefits us because we do not have to produce or purchase them. We don’t have to pay for Schwab’s services. These services are not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading commissions or assets in custody. We may have an incentive to recommend that you maintain your account with Page 15 of 19  Schwab, based on our interest in receiving Schwab’s services that benefit our business rather than based on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a potential conflict of interest. We believe, however, that our selection of Schwab as custodian and broker is in the best interests of our clients. Our selection is primarily supported by the scope, quality, and price of Schwab’s services (see “How we select brokers/ custodians”) and not Schwab’s services that benefit only us. We do not consider whether Schwab or any other broker-dealer/custodian, refers clients to the Company as part of our evaluation of these broker-dealers. Inspira Financial The Firm may recommend Inspira Financial (Inspira) to clients for custody and brokerage services. Inspira is used by the Firm to custody qualified account assets that are used for investment in the Fund. The Company receives economic benefits (“Program Benefits”) which may include investment research and support services and/or products other than execution from the broker in connection with client securities transactions. Please also see the discussion within Item 14 to this Disclosure Brochure. Directed brokerage. The Company does not generally recommend that a client direct it to execute transaction through a specified broker-dealer. Nonetheless, the Company may, in its sole discretion, permit a client to request that the Company effect securities transaction for that client’s account through a particular broker-dealer. A client’s direction of brokerage can limit or eliminate the Company’s ability to negotiate commissions (which could result in higher commission costs) and otherwise obtain most favorable execution of client transactions. In addition, the Company may be unable to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs. If the client directs brokerage, the client will negotiate terms and arrangements for the account with that broker-dealer, and the Company will not seek better execution services or prices from other broker-dealers. As a result, the client may pay higher commissions or other transaction costs or incur greater spreads, or receive less favorable net prices, on transactions for the account than would otherwise be the case. In other words, directing brokerage may cost a client more money. No Company client is required to implement the Company’s investment recommendations through, or purchase and/or sell insurance products from or through, the Company or from or through any of the Company’s personnel in their separate capacities as insurance agents. Additional Brokerage The Firm does secure pricing from one or more broker dealers who trade in bonds. Accordingly, when bonds are being purchased or sold, the Firm utilizes an approved list of broker dealers. This list is reviewed at least annually. When selecting from among the list of broker dealers, the Firm considers the experience of the broker dealer, among other factors, when considering which broker dealer to utilize for the transaction. Page 16 of 19  Aggregation. Transactions for each client account generally will be effected independently, unless Registrant decides to purchase or sell the same securities for several clients at approximately the same time. Registrant may (but is not obligated to) combine or "batch" such orders to obtain “best execution”, to negotiate more favorable commission rates, or to allocate equitably among Registrant’s clients differences in prices and commissions or other transaction costs that might have been obtained had such orders been placed independently. Under this procedure, transactions will be averaged as to price and will be allocated among Registrant's clients in proportion to the purchase and sale orders placed for each client account on any given day. To the extent that Registrant determines to aggregate client orders for the purchase or sale of securities, including securities in which Registrant's principals and/or associated persons may invest, Registrant shall generally do so in accordance with the parameters set forth in SEC No- Action Letter, SMC Capital, Incorporated. Registrant shall not receive any additional compensation or remuneration as a result of the aggregation. In the event that the Firm elects not to aggregate or batch client securities transactions when it has the opportunity to do so, the client may receive a higher price per transaction than if the Firm had aggregated the subject transaction. Item 13: Review of Accounts Account Reviews. Investment Management Services. The Company will review accounts periodically. Each client account will be monitored by that client’s adviser, and reviewed whenever significant economic events, changes in market conditions or important new developments concerning a security affect any individual account. If warranted, Firm personnel will take appropriate action consistent with the goals and objectives of each account. Financial Planning Services. Financial planning accounts are typically not reviewed on a subsequent basis unless the client specifically engages the Firm to provide this follow-up service. Where a financial planning account is also an investment management account, the financial planning services is revisited as part of the Company’s reviews. Account Reports. Investment Management Services. Clients will receive written reports and confirmations of all transactions from broker-dealers on a monthly basis for securities transactions. The Company will issue periodic written reports upon the request of the client. All such reports are issued as an accommodation only and the client should rely upon the reports issued by the broker- dealer/custodian of the assets. Financial Planning Services. After delivery of the financial plan or the Company’s conclusions to a client, the Company will not provide any additional reports to the client relative to financial planning services. Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation Page 17 of 19  Non-Clients providing an Economic Benefit to the Company. Please refer to Item 12, where the recommendation of Broker-Dealers is discussed. Compensation to Non-Advisory Personnel for Client Referrals. BCS does not have any solicitor relationships to disclose. Item 15: Custody The client’s assets are maintained with a qualified custodian. The qualified custodian is authorized by the client to deduct and direct payment of the Company’s advisory fee directly from the client’s custodial account. Each client will receive account statements directly from the broker on at least a quarterly basis. Each client should carefully review those statements. In the event that a client also receives an account statement from the Company, each client is urged to compare the account statement they receive from the qualified custodian with the account statement they receive from the Company, and to rely solely on the account statement received from the qualified custodian. The Company is deemed to have custody of client funds where investment advisor representatives of BCS act as a power of attorney or trustee for client assets and accounts. The Company will not have physical custody of any assets of the Fund other than certain privately offered securities to the extent permitted by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and SEC Staff guidance. Nevertheless, the Company will generally be deemed to have custody of the assets of the Fund as a result of its position as an affiliate of the general partner of the Fund. The Company relies on an exception available to “pooled investment vehicles” from the reporting and surprise audit obligations imposed by the SEC’s custody rule by causing the Fund’s financial statements to be audited annually by a recognized independent auditor registered with and subject to regular inspection by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. The audited financial statements are distributed to the respective investors in the Fund, typically within 180 days (or sooner if required) after the Funds’ fiscal year end. Item 16: Investment Discretion It is expected that the majority of the activities of the Company will involve individual investment advice provided to individual clients. This advice will be discretionary in that the Company will have written authority to determine the securities to be bought or sold, the amount of securities to be bought or sold, the broker or dealer to be used and the commission rates to be paid. Clients may (but typically do not) place limitations on the Company’s discretionary authority; such limitations will be considered by the Company on a case-by-case basis. the agreement between the client and The Company’s servicing contract, and the custodian/broker-dealer for the account, grant discretionary authority to the Company. The client’s written agreement with the custodian also grants a limited power of attorney to the Company relative to transactions in the client’s custodial account. Page 18 of 19  Item 17: Voting Client Securities The Company does not vote client proxies for client accounts. Therefore, although the Company may provide investment advisory services relative to client investment assets, the Company’s clients maintain exclusive responsibility for (1) directing the manner in which proxies solicited by issuers of securities beneficially owned by the client shall be voted, and (2) making all elections relative to any mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, bankruptcy proceedings and other type events pertaining to the client’s investment assets. The Company and/or the client shall correspondingly instruct each custodian of the assets to forward to the client copies of all proxies and shareholder communications relating to the client’s investment assets. The Company generally does not advise clients on questions regarding a particular solicitation. The Fund is invested in private investments which typically do not issue proxies; therefore, the traditional concept of voting proxies and participation in class actions is not currently applicable to the Company. Item 18: Financial Information The Company does not have any information to disclose in response to this Item 18. Page 19 of 19