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WealthPort Wrap Brochure
1776 Pleasant Plain Road
Fairfield, IA 52556
800-777-6080
www.joincambridge.com
December 2025
This wrap brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Cambridge Investment Research
Advisors, Inc. and WealthPort that should be considered before establishing an account. If you have any questions about
the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 800-777-6080. The information in this brochure has not been approved
or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority. Registration as an
investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. is also available on the Internet at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You may search for information by using our name, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors,
Inc. or by CRD number. The CRD number for Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. is 134139.
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Material Changes
On July 28, 2010, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) published ‘Amendments to Form ADV’
which amends the disclosure document that we provide to clients as required by SEC rules. The amendment requires
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (“CIRA”) to provide a summary of material changes to you, our client, within
120 days of our year end, which is December 31. This document includes the material changes that were made to the
WealthPort® Wrap Brochure since the last annual filing. You may obtain a copy of our most current Disclosure Brochure at
any time by contacting us at 800-777-6080 or by downloading it from our firm’s website at JoinCambridge.com/investors..
Strategist Fee Schedule
The following strategies were added:
BlackRock, Inc. GA Select and GA Select Tax Aware – 0.00%
First Trust Buffer ETF – 0.00%
Innovator Capital Shield 100% Buffer – 0.00%
Innovator All-World Hedged Equity – 0.00%
Aligned Investors Mid-Cap SMA – 0.45%
Innovator Balanced Alternative Model Portfolio – 0.00%
Innovator Controlled Growth Model Portfolio – 0.00%
The following strategies were removed:
Potomac Fund Management Bull Bear Strategy
Potomac Fund Management Guardian Strategy
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Cambridge performs certain administration activities to implement and monitor the trades recommended by the strategists
and imposes an administration fee to each strategist. Cambridge does have the ability to waive or reduce the
administration fee in certain circumstances. This additional compensation is based on the amount of assets invested in the
strategist’s portfolios. The strategist can choose to pay the administrative fee directly and not raise the cost of the
Strategist Fee paid by the client, or the strategist could raise the cost of the Strategist Fee paid by the client, thereby
increasing the overall cost to the client.
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Table of Contents
WealthPort Wrap Brochure ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Material Changes ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................................... 3
Services, Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................................ 5
Advisory Services .................................................................................................................................................. 5
Advisor-directed ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Team-directed ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Cambridge Asset Allocation Platform (“CAAP®”) .................................................................................... 7
Unified Managed Account (UMA) ............................................................................................................ 7
Risk of Loss ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
Program Fees ........................................................................................................................................................ 8
WealthPort Program Fee ........................................................................................................................ 11
Financial Professional Fee ...................................................................................................................... 12
Team-directed Strategist Fee ................................................................................................................. 12
Strategist Fee (if applicable) ................................................................................................................... 12
Setup Fee (if applicable) ......................................................................................................................... 16
Excluded and Restricted Assets and Exclusionary Screening ........................................................................ 16
General Disclosure Regarding ERISA and Qualified Accounts ....................................................................... 17
Termination ..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Account Requirements and Types of Clients ......................................................................................................... 18
Minimum Account Requirement ........................................................................................................................ 18
Funding Your CAAP® and UMA Account ............................................................................................................ 18
Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation ......................................................................................................... 19
Types of Investment Styles and Strategies ........................................................................................................ 20
Asset Classes ....................................................................................................................................................... 20
Methods of Analysis ........................................................................................................................................... 21
Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers .............................................................................................. 22
Client Contact with Portfolio Managers ................................................................................................................ 22
Additional Information ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Disciplinary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 22
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................................................... 23
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Affiliation with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. .................................................................................. 23
Affiliation with TBS Agency, Inc. .................................................................................................................... 23
Affiliation with BridgePort Financial Solutions .............................................................................................. 24
Affiliation with BridgePort Tax ....................................................................................................................... 24
Affiliation with Spire Outsourcing, LLC .......................................................................................................... 24
Financial Professionals Affiliated with Independent Investment Adviser Firms .......................................... 24
Financial Professionals’ Other Business Activities ......................................................................................... 24
Arrangements with Unaffiliated Investment Advisers .................................................................................. 26
General Disclosure .......................................................................................................................................... 26
Loans and Other Compensation to Financial Professionals .......................................................................... 26
Non-Cash Compensation ................................................................................................................................ 27
Cash Compensation ........................................................................................................................................ 27
Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading ..................................................... 28
Code of Ethics Summary and Offer ................................................................................................................ 28
Personal Trading Policy ................................................................................................................................... 28
Agency Cross Transactions ............................................................................................................................. 29
Principal Transactions ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Review of Accounts ............................................................................................................................................. 30
Client Reports and Statements ....................................................................................................................... 30
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ......................................................................................................... 31
Other Compensation ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Cash Sweep Options ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Compensation Paid for Client Referrals ......................................................................................................... 33
Promoters – Referring Parties ................................................................................................................ 33
Referral Arrangements with Representatives of Unaffiliated Broker-dealers ..................................... 34
Marketing Arrangements with Financial Institutions ............................................................................ 34
Financial Information .......................................................................................................................................... 34
Requirement for State Registered Advisers ........................................................................................................... 34
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Services, Fees and Compensation
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. (also referred to as “CIRA”, us, we, our, “Investment Adviser”, and the “Firm
throughout this Disclosure Brochure) is a corporation formed under the laws of the State of Iowa. CIRA is approved to
conduct business in all 50 states and has home office locations in the majority of states. CIRA is majority owned and
controlled by Cambridge Investment Group, Inc., which in turn is majority owned by the Schwartz Family Trust.
CIRA is the sponsor of WealthPort Wrap (“WealthPort”). Our services are provided to you through your relationship with
individuals who are investments advisor representatives of CIRA or individuals and entities that are independently
registered as investment advisors (collectively referred to herein as “Financial Professionals”). We provide investment
advisory services and arrange brokerage and custody services for an inclusive fee. To join WealthPort as a client, you are
required to execute the pertinent client investment management agreement, which contains additional terms and
conditions regarding WealthPort and your account, your relationship with us, and your relationship with your Financial
Professional.
We also offer other investment advisory services not discussed in this brochure. For information regarding these services,
please refer to CIRA’s Form ADV, Part 2A on our website at www.joincambridge.com.
You should be aware of the differences between the fee-based services outlined in the Brochure and commission-based
services that are separately available for unmanaged brokerage accounts. We encourage you to review and discuss the
documents titled “Form CRS for Cambridge” and “Form CRS for CIRA” with your Financial Professional. These documents
are on our website at www.joincambridge.com.
Advisory Services
WealthPort account recommendations are ultimately determined based upon your risk tolerance, financial situation, and
stated investment objectives (i.e., preservation of capital, growth and income, growth and speculation, etc.). All
information gathered from you is confidential in accordance with Cambridge’s Privacy Policy found on our website at
www.joincambridge.com. Although we do not set a specific timeframe for review, we encourage our Financial Professionals
to contact you at least annually, or at your request, to discuss your investment portfolio and update your financial
information if there are any changes. It is your responsibility to inform your Financial Professional promptly with respect to
any changes in your financial situation or investment goals and objectives. Failure to notify your Financial Professional of
any such changes could result in investment recommendations not meeting your needs.
Your Financial Professional can provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account (“IRA”). In doing so, your Financial Professional must act as a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing
retirement accounts. Fiduciary responsibility requires that Financial Professionals put your interest ahead of their own. In
acting in your best interest your Financial Professional will adhere to consumer protection standards that require that
compensation not be excessive based on the market value of the particular services, rights and benefits delivered to you.
Recommendations made by your Financial Professional regarding rollover options, from a retirement plan to another plan
or IRA, from an IRA to a plan, from an IRA to another IRA or from one account type to another (e.g., commission-based to
fee-based), will require your Financial Professional to document the reasons for the recommendation and specify why the
recommendation is in your best interest.
The way that your Financial Professional and Cambridge make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we
operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under this
special rule’s provisions, we must:
Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give prudent advice);
Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal advice);
Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
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Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best interest;
Charge no more than is reasonable for services; and
Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
If you choose to establish an account with CIRA, your accounts will be cleared and custody at National Financial Service, LLC
(“NFS”), Pershing, LLC (“Pershing”), Schwab Advisor Services (“Schwab”), TD Ameritrade, Inc. (“TDA) or through Fidelity
Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”) on their Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (“FIWS”) platform. The decision to use NFS,
Pershing, Schwab, TDA or FIWS is made in conjunction with your Financial Professional. Generally, a Financial Professional
will use one of the custodians and not the other. However, depending on your needs, only one of the custodians might be a
viable option. For example, one custodian could be recommended when you need an individual 401(k) account because
that custodian offers active management of 401(k) accounts on a platform that is not currently available on the other
custodian’s platform. For accounts in WealthPort custodied at NFS or Pershing, Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
(“Cambridge”) serves as the introducing broker-dealer. Cambridge and CIRA have chosen to use NFS, Pershing, Schwab, TDA
and FIWS as qualified custodians based on past experiences, costs and other offerings or services that they provide to
Cambridge. A conflict of interest exists because other broker-dealers and custodians charge fees that could be more or less
than using NFS, Pershing, Schwab, TDA or FIWS through Cambridge. CIRA and Cambridge are not related to or affiliated
with NFS, Pershing, Schwab, TDA or FIWS.
Custodians services can include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities transactions, custody,
research, including that in the form of advice, analysis and reports, and access to mutual funds and other investments that
are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would require a significantly higher minimum initial
investment.
The services provided to you by a custodian are different than the services provided to you by your Financial Professional
and as such, a custodian’s interest can differ from that of your Financial Professional. A custodian can also be subject to
different laws and regulations than your Financial Professional which can create a conflict of interest. In order for a
custodian to comply with any federal and state laws, rules and regulations, as they may be amended from time to time,
custodians will act in their own best interest and will not be obligated to support, promote and/or advocate on behalf of a
Financial Professional to the extent that it conflicts with their own interests or legal obligations.
Accounts in WealthPort are managed on a discretionary trading basis. When utilizing discretionary trading authorization,
your Financial Professional and CIRA have authority to make changes to your account holdings (i.e., implement buy and sell
transactions) without your approval prior to each transaction.
A description of each of the services in WealthPort is provided below.
Advisor-directed
In the Advisor-directed Program, your Financial Professional provides investment management services, defined as giving
continuous investment advice to you and making investments based on your individual needs. Through WealthPort, your
Financial Professional is responsible for determining investment recommendations and implementing transactions. Your
Financial Professional actively manages your account(s) in accordance with your individual needs, objectives and risk
tolerance.
Models and strategies used by one Financial Professional can be different than the strategies, models or philosophies of
another Financial Professional. You can receive advice on various types of securities including but not limited to: exchange-
listed securities, securities traded over the counter, foreign issues, Exchange Traded Funds, warrants, corporate debt
securities, commercial paper, certificates of deposit, mutual fund shares, municipal securities, United States government
securities, alternative investments, and options contracts on securities.
Some Financial Professionals develop models, strategies and philosophies that are generally applied across their client base,
while other Financial Professionals develop truly individualized portfolios for each client. In addition, not all Financial
Professionals utilize all of the services within WealthPort.
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Team-directed
Team-directed services are designed for a Financial Professional to affiliate with other Financial Professionals who offer
their portfolio asset allocation services. In this program, your Financial Professional affiliates with another Financial
Professional, who provides portfolio asset allocation services and serves as the Team-directed Strategist, implementing
transactions according to predetermined models. Your Financial Professional continues to provide service through
education, evaluation and management of the relationship.
You receive advice on various types of securities including but not limited to: exchange-listed securities, securities traded
over the counter, foreign issues, Exchange Traded Funds, warrants, corporate debt securities, commercial paper,
certificates of deposit, mutual fund shares, municipal securities, United States government securities, alternative
investments, and options contracts on securities.
Cambridge Asset Allocation Platform (“CAAP®”)
CAAP® offers clients and Financial Professionals the ability to select one or more of the CAAP® strategies. Using your risk
tolerance information, your Financial Professional recommends a portfolio designed to meet your individual needs and
investment objectives.
Portfolios are comprised of load-waived funds, no-load mutual funds, sector funds, inverse index funds, leveraged index
funds, stocks, bonds or Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”) and are referred to collectively herein as either “security” or
“securities”. The model asset allocation portfolios (referred to collectively as “CAAP®”) are selected through a
comprehensive due diligence process by strategists who are selected by, but are not affiliated with Cambridge. Securities
are selected by the strategists, who are registered investment advisers, using a screening process that looks at various
investment criteria, including risk-adjusted performance, management continuity, portfolio composition, investment style,
expense structure, turnover rate, asset growth rate, asset site, and various risk measurements. Depending upon the CAAP®
strategy selected, you, together with your Financial Professional, use a risk tolerance questionnaire to determine an asset
allocation model that is consistent with your risk tolerance, investment objectives, financial resources, personal needs, and
reasonable investment limitations. You and your Financial Professional develop the investment policy statement (IPS) by
selecting either a single strategist or multiple strategists from a group of multi-style or single-style portfolios. Portfolio
Strategists can select their own proprietary funds to be held in your portfolio. This creates a conflict of interest in that
Strategists receive separate and customary income when proprietary funds are selected.
CAAP® offers management strategies provided by Horizon Investments: Risk Assist, and Real Spend. Risk Assist, and Real
Spend offer no guarantees against market loss. They are strategies which seek to limit exposure and mitigate loss by
changing investment components. There can be times when all investments and strategies are unfavorable and depreciate
in value. The strategies will not prevent all losses, and accounts with Risk Assist have the potential to not be fully invested in
underlying model, and during periods of strong market growth, could cause your account to underperform.
Unified Managed Account (UMA)
A Unified Managed Account (“UMA”) offers the ability to select multiple strategies in one account. The UMA holds the
investments recommended by each selected strategist in a separate sleeve of the account. Utilizing the proposal generation
tools, your Financial Professional customizes the asset allocation models for you or selects proposed asset allocations for
types of investments fitting your profile and investment goals. Your Financial Professional then further customizes the
portfolio by selecting the specific, underlying investment strategies or investments in the portfolio to meet your needs.
After your Financial Professional establishes the content of the portfolio, we implement trade orders based on the
recommendations of the selected strategists and/or your Financial Professional.
Risk of Loss
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Therefore, you should never assume that the future performance of any
specific investment or investment strategy will be profitable. Investing in any type of security (including stocks, mutual
funds, and bonds) involves the risk of loss. Further, different types of investments have varying degrees of risk. You should
be prepared to bear investment loss, including loss of original principal.
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Because of inherent risk of loss associated with investing, CIRA and its Financial Professionals cannot represent, guarantee,
or even imply that our services and methods of analysis:
can or will predict future results; or
successfully identify market tops or bottoms; or
insulate you from losses due to market corrections or decline.
There are certain additional risks that should be considered when investing in securities through an investment
management program including, but not limited to:
Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole, or the value of an individual company, goes down, resulting in a
decrease in the value of client investments. This is also referred to as systematic risk.
Equity (Stock) Market Risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile
increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issues change. Common stock,
or common stock equivalents of any given issuer, generally expose clients to greater risk than if they invest in
preferred stocks and debt obligations of the issuer.
Company Risk – When investing in stock positions, there is always a certain level of company industry specific risk
that is inherent in each investment. This is also referred to as unsystematic risk and can be reduced through
appropriate diversification. There is the risk that the company will perform poorly or have its value reduced based
on factors specific to the company or its industry. For example, if the company’s employees go on strike or the
company receives unfavorable media attention for its actions, the value of the company can be reduced.
Options Risk – Options on securities are subject to greater fluctuations in value than an investment in the
underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options are highly specialized activities and entail greater
than ordinary investment risks.
Fixed Income Risk – When investing in bonds, there is the risk that the issuer will default on the bond and be
unable to make payments. Further, individuals who depend on set amounts of periodic income payments face the
risk that inflation will erode their spending power.
ETF and Mutual Fund Risk – When investing in an Exchange Traded Fund (“ETF”) or mutual fund, there are
additional expenses based on your pro rata share of the ETFs or mutual fund’s operating expenses, including the
potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or mutual fund generally reflects the risks of
owning the underlying securities the ETF or mutual fund holds. Clients will also incur brokerage costs when
purchasing ETFs. Leveraged and inverse ETFs are not suitable for all investors due to their unique characteristics
and risks. Although there are limited occasions when a leveraged or inverse ETF can be useful for some types of
investors, it is extremely important to understand that for holding periods that are longer than a day, these funds
may not give you the returns you expect.
Management (Advisory) Risk – The value of your investment will vary with the success and failure of CIRA’s or
your Financial Professional’s investment strategies, research, analysis and determination of portfolio securities. If
CIRA’s or your Financial Professional’s investment strategies do not produce the expected returns, the value of the
investment can decrease.
Program Fees
Fees for participating in WealthPort (“Account Fees”) are billed as an inclusive fee, otherwise known as a wrap fee, by CIRA
on behalf of the various parties providing services under the WealthPort Program. The Account Fee is an annualized fee
that is payable on a monthly or quarterly basis and is comprised of the WealthPort Program Fee (“Program Fee”), Financial
Professional Fee, and Strategist Fee (when applicable). The Account Fee does not include miscellaneous or ancillary fees or
charges by the custodian for services not included under the Program fee, such as but not limited to, wiring fees, dealer
mark-ups, electronic fun and wire transfers, and exchange fees. Your Financial Professional determines whether or not the
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Program Fee is charged to you. If your Financial Professional chooses to absorb the Program Fee, a conflict of interest is
created due to the increased expense that your Financial Professional incurs. See the Brokerage Account Ancillary Charges
information on www.joincambridge.com (https://www.joincambridge.com/information-for-investors/investor-
resources/cambridge-disclosures/) for additional details of the ancillary charges for services provided by NFS or Pershing.
Account Fee = WealthPort Program Fee (includes custody and trading) + Financial Professional Fee + Strategist Fee (when
applicable)
The Account Fee is based on the amount of assets under management in the account. For the Advisor-directed and Team-
directed Programs, the Account Fee is charged in advance or in arrears depending upon the agreement between you and
your Financial Professional. For CAAP® and UMA accounts, the Account Fee is charge in advance. Some portions of the
Account Fee are negotiable and subject to discounts on a Financial Professional-by-Financial Professional, client-by-client,
or account-by-account basis. Discounts can be increased or reduced by CIRA at our discretion should the Financial
Professional’s total assets in WealthPort increase or decrease in relation to established thresholds. These discounts are a
consideration for your Financial Professional when recommending a platform. Your Financial Professional determines the
fee to charge based on factors such as total amount of assets involved in the relationship, the complexity of the services,
and the number and range of supplementary advisory and client-related services. You should consider the level and
complexity of the consulting and/or advisory services to be provided when negotiating the fee with your Financial
Professional. The exact fee, frequency of fees, and payment arrangement are agreed to by you and your Financial
Professional through the WealthPort documents. You should discuss the current fee calculation formula with him/her.
For clients that choose to have their account value combined with the account value of another client, (householding), for
the purpose of receiving a lower fee via a tier or breakpoint billing structure, there can be certain instances where their
account number and account values will be viewable to each party in the household. This can occur for multiple reasons,
including but not limited to, when you choose to receive an invoice and to pay via check or when your Financial Professional
sends a billing notification. Program Fees charged when householding accounts will be less than Program Fees when
accounts are billed individually.
We reserve the right to calculate fees either on the basis of the market value of the account(s) on the last day of the
previous month or quarter if fees are billed in advance or on the last day of the month or quarter in which services were
rendered if fees are billed in arrears.
We can, in our sole discretion, change the Account Fee calculation method by giving written notice to you 30 days prior to
the first billing period in which the new calculation will be applied. Any other applicable charges are automatically debited
from one or more accounts when they are incurred. The Account Fee is debited first from free credit balances, if any. If
there is no free credit balance in any account, we redeem money market fund shares to cover the Account Fee and any
other charges. You are notified to deposit additional funds to replenish the money market balance, as needed. At any time,
we reserve the right to liquidate a portion of all of the other assets in any CAAP® or UMA account to cover the applicable
minimum balance, thereby incurring additional charges.
Additional deposits of funds are subject to a fee which is prorated for the remainder of the billing period. Additional
deposits of $8,000 or more per day in accounts in the WealthPort program, with the exception of UMA, will have the fees
processed automatically unless otherwise noted by your Financial Professional. Fees for additional deposits are determined
on a Financial Professional-by-Financial Professional or account-by-account basis. Therefore, you should discuss this with
your Financial Professional.
Fees are typically deducted directly from your account. However, you can also decide to have the fee deducted from an
alternate Cambridge or CIRA account. The Cambridge brokerage account or the CIRA management account used for
debiting generally must be a non-qualified account on a platform approved for fee-debiting. To arrange this, you must
provide the custodian with written authorization to have fees deducted from your account and paid to us through the
proper WealthPort Agreement. The custodian sends statements, at least quarterly, showing all disbursements for the
account, including the amount of the Account Fee, if deducted directly from the account. We share the responsibility with
you for verifying the accuracy of fee calculations, as the custodian will not determine whether the fee has been properly
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calculated. You can pay fees via direct invoice upon our approval. If you pay via invoice, fees are due upon receipt of the
invoice.
For WealthPort accounts maintained in its custody, custodians generally do not charge for the custody services but can be
compensated by account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees for securities trades
that are executed through the custodian or that settle into a custodian specific account. Schwab does not charge
transaction fees for online stock and ETF trades, but will still charge transaction fees on other types of security transactions.
Schwab’s most recent pricing schedules are available at schwab.com/aspricingguide.
Custodians provide Cambridge with access to additional services such as institutional trading and custody services, which
are typically not available to retail investors. These services generally are available to Financial Professionals on an
unsolicited basis at no charge to them so long as Financial Professionals’ client’s asset minimums are met or maintained in
accounts at the custodian. A custodian’s services can include brokerage services that are related to the execution of
securities transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice, analysis and reports, and access to mutual
funds and other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would require a
significantly higher minimum initial investment.
WealthPort can cost more or less than purchasing the same funds and investment advisory services individually. Factors
that bear upon the cost of a WealthPort account in relation to the cost of the same securities and investment advisory
services purchased individually include:
the type and size of the account,
the historical and/or expected size or number of trades for the account, and
the number and range of supplementary advisory services provided to the account.
In some cases, your Financial Professional can receive more compensation through WealthPort than he/she would receive
if you participated in other programs or paid separately for investment advice, brokerage and other services. This
represents a conflict of interest because he/she has a financial incentive to recommend WealthPort over other programs or
services.
The Account Fee does not include the expenses of the individual mutual funds. Each of the mutual funds and ETFs bears its
own operating expenses, including compensation to the fund or sub-account advisor. By investing in mutual funds or ETFs,
you indirectly bear the operating expenses of the mutual funds or ETFs because these expenses will affect the net asset
value of each mutual fund (or share price of an ETF). Fund expenses vary from fund to fund according to the actual amounts
of expenses incurred and fluctuations in the fund’s daily net assets. Further information regarding charges and fees
assessed by a mutual fund are available in the mutual fund prospectus and statement of additional information, which you
should read carefully.
Varying share classes include, but are not limited to, shares designated as Class A Shares and Class I Shares. Generally, Class
I Shares are reserved for institutional investors and therefore are not always available for your account. You generally do
not pay a transaction charge for Class A Share mutual fund transactions, but generally do pay transactions charges for Class
I Share (or other share classes) mutual fund transactions. When purchasing a Class A Share mutual fund the share class can
be more expensive to you over time because of the internal operating expenses, such as 12b-1 fees. Transaction charges
related to trades in WealthPort are included in the WealthPort Program Fee and impact the operating expenses of
WealthPort. Your Financial Professional determines whether or not the Program Fee charged by Cambridge, is charged to
you. If your Financial Professional chooses to absorb the Program Fee a conflict of interest is created due to the increased
expense that your Financial Professional incurs.
Financial Professionals have the availability to utilize mutual funds that offer various share classes, including those within
the same fund. Cambridge has created a unified managed mutual fund list that specifies the recommended share class for
each fund for use in managed accounts. Some mutual fund product sponsors pay a portion of their operating expenses,
such as 12b-1 and sub-TA fees to custodians. In developing the unified managed mutual fund list, for each individual fund
selected, Cambridge chose the share class with the lowest operating expenses that also pays a portion of those expenses. If
you transfer a mutual fund from an already existing account into an NFS or Pershing WealthPort account and that fund is
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not in Cambridge’s recommended share class and is more expensive, it will be converted to the recommended share class
for that fund. Schwab, TDA and FIWS can allow accounts to hold mutual fund share classes outside of Cambridge’s
recommended share class. These mutual funds share classes will not be subject to a conversion to Cambridge’s
recommended share class and can be more expensive to own.
Cambridge is a participant in NFS’ Institutional FundsNetwork® (“IFN”) and Pershing’s FUNDVEST® ticket charge programs.
Similar programs are offered at Schwab, TDA and FIWS. These programs offer select mutual funds to be purchased by you
with no transaction fees (“NTF Shares”). NFS, Pershing, Schwab, TDA and FIWS receive revenue directly from the mutual
fund companies that support NTF programs. NTF Shares are only available subject to the unified managed mutual fund list
selection methodology described above. Restrictions apply in certain situations. NTF programs can be used in accounts in
the WealthPort Program.
CIRA clients can choose to participate in Securities Based Loan or Line of Credit programs (“SBLOC”) that are available
through certain custodian platforms as well as Unaffiliated Third-Party Investment Advisor platforms. In these programs,
clients can benefit from having an alternative for accessing credit for financial needs in the form of a non-purpose loan. If
you choose to participate in Pershing’s Loan Advance program, NFS’ Goldman Sachs Private Bank Select program, U.S. Bank
Flexible Capital Line of Credit, or Fidelity’s Goldman Sachs Private Bank program (“Custodian Programs”), CIRA or
Cambridge will receive revenue for your participation in the programs. Even though this revenue is not shared with your
Financial Professional, the receipt of this additional revenue creates a conflict of interest because of the increased
compensation to CIRA or Cambridge. If you choose to participate in Custodian Programs or Unaffiliated Third Party
Investment Advisor Programs, a conflict of interest also exists because CIRA and your Financial Professional will benefit
because you don’t have to liquidate assets in your account to pay for things with cash, which would diminish the assets held
in the account and the potential fees that could be earned by CIRA and your Financial Professional from holding or engaging
in future transactions with those assets. For example, with a fee-based account, by recommending that you participate in
these programs to fund some purchase or financial need rather than liquidate securities, CIRA and your Financial
Professional continue to earn fees on the full account value.
Cambridge clients can choose to loan securities to Pershing or NFS by participating in the Cambridge Fully-Paid Lending
Program. Clients will maintain full ownership of the securities on loan and may recall the loan at any time. Client will
relinquish their right to exercise voting rights while securities are on loan. Loaned securities will not have SIPC coverage;
however, SIPC coverage applies to the cash collateral received for the loaned securities. Clients receive a lending fee based
on the relative value of the securities loaned and are subject to change. Cambridge also receives revenue from these fees
and even though these payments are not shared with your Financial Professional, the receipt of these additional payments
create a conflict of interest because of the increased compensation to Cambridge.
WealthPort Program Fee
The WealthPort Program Fee covers administrative and technology platform charges associated with WealthPort. The
services are bundled together and include but are not limited to:
administration of your account,
reporting and statement expenses, and
the execution of transactions.
Your Financial Professional determines whether or not the program fees are charged to you. If your Financial Professional
chooses to absorb the program fee a conflict of interest is created due to the increased expense that your Financial
Professional incurs.
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WealthPort Program Fee Schedule
Account Tiers
Advisor-directed
First $50,000
Next $50,000
Next $150,000
Next $250,000
Next $500,000
Next $1,000,000
Next $3,000,000
Next $5,000,000
Over $10,000,000
0.25%
0.23%
0.20%
0.17%
0.14%
0.09%
0.06%
0.03%
0.01%
Team-directed
0.25%
0.23%
0.20%
0.17%
0.14%
0.09%
0.06%
0.03%
0.01%
CAAP®
0.40%
0.36%
0.32%
0.27%
0.21%
0.15%
0.12%
0.08%
0.05%
UMA
0.45%
0.42%
0.38%
0.35%
0.27%
0.20%
0.15%
0.10%
0.07%
The Advisor-directed and Team-directed Program Fee is calculated based off of the total account value, excluding the value
of any loaned out or margin securities, and is not subject to any annual minimum account fee.
The CAAP® and UMA Program Fee is calculated based off of the total account value, excluding the value of any loaned out
or margin securities, and is subject to an annual minimum program fee of $250 per account. Minimum program fees are
expressed in annual amounts, but are determined and assessed based on the account asset value at the beginning of each
month or quarter. For example, if an account has a $250 minimum annual account program fee, it will be assessed a
minimum of $62.50 every quarter. Therefore, if a client has large asset inflows or outflows during the year that cross the
minimum asset value threshold, it is possible for an account to be assessed a minimum fee for a particular quarter even if at
the end of the year a look back over the account’s average balance for the entire year would have placed it above the
minimum asset value threshold.
CAAP® Small Account Solutions
CAAP® Small Account Solutions strategies are designed for, but not limited to, clients with a goal of accumulating assets.
The WealthPort Program fee for the CAAP® Small Account Solution strategies is 0.50% and is calculated based off of the
total account value, excluding the value of any loaned out or margin securities, and is not subject to an annual minimum
account fee.
Financial Professional Fee
The Financial Professional Fee is the amount charged by your Financial Professional for providing you with investment
advisory and related services under WealthPort and is evidenced in the WealthPort Client Agreement. The maximum
financial professional fee for each program is:
Advisor-directed – 2.25%
Team-directed – 2.25%
CAAP® - 2.15%
UMA – 2.15%
Team-directed Strategist Fee
Team-directed Strategist Fees are determined on a Team-directed Strategist-by-Team-directed Strategist basis. The Team-
directed Strategist Fee specific to your account is evidenced in the WealthPort Agreement. You should discuss if or when
this fee applies to your accounts with your Financial Professional.
Strategist Fee (if applicable)
Any applicable Strategist Fees are evidenced in the WealthPort Agreement or Investment Policy Statement (IPS). CAAP® and
UMA Strategist Fees are billed or debited monthly or quarterly in advance pursuant to each investment strategist’s fee
schedule and are reflected as part of the total Account Fee. If a CAAP® or UMA account is established on a date other than
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the last day of a calendar month or quarter, the Strategist Fee is prorated for the remainder of the billing period.
Subsequent Strategist Fees are due and debited at the beginning of each billing period. A strategist can, in their sole
discretion, change the Strategist Fee without prior notice to you. Your Financial Professional will discuss with you if or when
a change in a Strategist Fee will apply to your account(s).
Strategist Fee Schedule
Investment Strategist
Fee
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.35%
0.65%
0.42%
0.45%
0.00%
0.45%
0.40%
0.40%
0.40%
0.30%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.37%
0.37%
0.00%
0.50%
0.50%
0.40%
0.45%
3EDGE Asset Management
Conservative Portfolio
ESG Portfolio
Growth Portfolio
Income Plus Portfolio
Total Return Portfolio
12th Street Asset Management
Opportunity Managed Account Strategy SMA
Aligned Investors
Blue Chip Equity SMA
Mid-Cap SMA
American Funds
American Funds Models – standard, tax-aware and Retirement Income Portfolios
Aristotle Boston
Small-Mid Cap Equity SMA
Aristotle Capital
International Equity ADR SMA
Atlanta Capital
High Quality Select Equity SMA
High Quality Calvert Equity SMA
Berkshire Asset Management
Dividend Growth Strategy SMA
BlackRock, Inc.
Target Allocation ETF Model Series
ESG ETF Model Series
Long Horizon ETF Model Series
GA Select and GA Select Tax-Aware
Brinker Capital
Destinations Portfolios – standard and tax-aware
Capital Group
Global Equity SMA
World Dividend Growers ADR SMA
Calvert Research and Management
Responsible Portfolio Series
Dearborn Partners
High & Rising Dividend SMA
Core Rising Dividend SMA
Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
US REIT SMA
EDGE Asset Management
Concentrated Mid Cap Strategy SMA
Fidelity Institutional Asset Management
Target Allocation Index-Focused Model Portfolios
Fixed Income Model Portfolios
0.00%
0.00%
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0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.30%
0.30%
0.05%
0.15%
0.45%
0.00%
0.30%
0.00%
0.00%
0.20%
0.10%
0.10%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.40%
0.40%
0.00%
0.40%
0.40%
0.45%
0.40%
0.45%
First Trust
ETF Portfolios
RBA US Equity ETF
Buffer ETF
Franklin Templeton
Alternative Completion Portfolio
Multi-Manager ESG Portfolios
Core ESG Portfolios
Frontier Asset Management
Standard Portfolio
Tax-Managed Portfolio
Global X
Thematic Disruptors Portfolio
Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Multi-Manager ETF Portfolios
Harding Loevner
Global Equity ADR SMA
Horizon Investments
Active Allocation Portfolios
ETF Portfolios
Horizon Risk Assist Portfolios
Real Spend Portfolios
Risk Assist with Russell or Vanguard Portfolios
iM Global Partner
Portfolio Strategies
ETF Portfolio Strategies
ESG Portfolio Strategies
Innovator
All-World Hedged Equity
Balanced Alternative Model Portfolio
Capital Shield 100% Buffer
Controlled Growth Model Portfolio
Invesco
Comstock SMA
SteelPath Focused MLP SMA*
JP Morgan Asset Management
Multi-Asset Solutions – standard and tax-aware
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management
Mid Cap Core SMA
Small-Mid Cap Core SMA
Small Cap Quality Value SMA (not available to new investors)
Kennedy Capital
Kennedy Mid Cap Value SMA
Lazard Asset Management
Lazard International Quality Growth ADR
Morningstar Investment Services
ETF Managed Portfolios
Absolute Return and Retirement Income
Active/Passive
Tortoise or Hare Managed Account non-MLP SMA*
Dividend SMA
International Equity SMA
0.17%
0.00%
0.00%
0.40%
0.40%
0.40%
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0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
0.10%
0.05%
0.10%
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
0.35%
0.47%
0.00%
0.00%
0.35%
0.35%
0.15%
0.15%
0.00%
0.00%
0.35%
0.00%
0.23%
0.00%
0.33%
0.33%
Nuveen
ESG ETF Model Portfolios
Core ESG ETF Model Portfolios
Tax-Exempt Fixed Income Model Portfolios
Ocean Park Asset Management
Strategic Income Strategy
Conservative Allocation Strategy
Municipal Bond Strategy
Moderate Strategy
Moderate Growth Allocation Strategy
Growth Allocation Strategy
OneAscent Investment Solutions
Peak Builder Portfolios
PIMCO
Fixed Income Portfolios – standard, tax-aware, Small Account Solutions*
PMC
DFA Portfolios – Standard, Tax-Managed, Socially Responsible, and Sustainable
Polen Capital
Global Growth ADR SMA
International Growth ADR SMA
Renaissance Investment Management
Small Cap Growth SMA
Richard Bernstein Advisors
RBA ETF Model Portfolios
Royce Investment Partners
Small Cap Quality Value SMA
Russell Investments
Model Strategies
Active Passive Model Strategies
Schafer Cullen
Global High Dividend Value ADR SMA
International High Dividend Value ADR SMA
SEI
Dynamic ETF Portfolios
Tax-Managed ETF Portfolios
State Street Global Advisors
Strategic Asset Allocation ETF Model Series
Tax-Sensitive Strategic Asset Allocation ETF Model Series
Spectrum
Preferred Securities SMA
Symmetry Partners
Structured Panoramic Portfolios – standard and tax-managed
Structured Bond Portfolios
T. Rowe Price
Low Duration Model Portfolios
U.S. Blue Chip Growth SMA
U.S. Value Equity SMA
The Vanguard Group
ETF Strategic Portfolios
Core ETF Portfolios
Trillium Asset Management
ESG Core Equity SMA
0.00%
0.00%
0.40%
0.40%
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Sustainable Opportunities Strategy SMA
Zacks Investment Management
Dividend Strategy SMA
0.35%
*Invesco SteelPath Focused MLP is limited to taxable account registrations.
*PIMCO Fixed Income Models standard version is a Small Account Solution, the tax-aware version is excluded.
Setup Fee (if applicable)
If we (CIRA and/or Financial Professional) are providing you with supplementary or other client-related services when you
are opening your WealthPort account(s), a one-time non-refundable Setup Fee can be charged in addition to the Account
Fee. It is generally the lesser of 1% of the account value of $1,000 (see the WealthPort Agreement for the actual charge on
each account). The combined Setup Fee and Account Fee generally will not exceed three percent (3%) of assets under
management in any year. Increases in the account values due to appreciation, dividends, or interest on funds under
management are not subject to the Setup Fee. This fee is determined on a Financial Professional-by-Financial Professional
or account-by-account basis. You should discuss if or when this fee will apply to your account(s) with your Financial
Professional.
Excluded and Restricted Assets and Exclusionary Screening
A client can request reasonable holds on an asset that is not part of the WealthPort CAAP® or UMA strategy or restrict a
security from being purchased in a CAAP® SMA strategy. Excess cash resulting from a restriction will be allocated
proportionately across the remainder of the holdings in the respective model. A request to hold an excluded or restricted
asset will be handled on a best-efforts basis. Excluded and restricted assets must meet certain requirements. You Financial
Professional will review these requirements with you prior to submitting the Excluded and Restricted Assets form. It is
important to note that we do not monitor, provide investment recommendations, exercise discretionary authority, or
otherwise manage the excluded or restricted assets unless we agree to it on an exception basis and we authorize it in
writing.
CIRA allows for exclusion of Environmental, Social, and Governance stocks (ex. Alcohol, tobacco and firearms companies)
through the Social and Sustainable Investing Exclusionary Screening process. This process evaluates and excludes individual
equities held within an Equity SMA strategy. CIRA does not represent or warrant that any exclusion of securities under the
Social and Sustainable Investing Exclusionary Screening process will be uninterrupted, error free, or fully inclusive of all
securities that may be defined within a specific category or combination of categories. CIRA reserves the right to exclusively
define each category and may at any time include or exclude any security, type or class of security, or derivatives of the
same, per its sole judgement and discretion. Further, CIRA reserves the right to determine, in its sole discretion, the scope,
extent and timing of any exclusionary review process, and may subject certain securities, types of classes of securities, or
derivatives of the same to different criteria, timing or thresholds as it deems appropriate. Securities specifically excluded
from the Social and Sustainable Investing Exclusionary Screening process include, but are not limited to, fixed income
securities, mutual funds, exchange traded funds, closed end funds and other investment products which may own or be
affiliated with or hold securities that own or are affiliated with, alcohol, tobacco or firearms companies. CIRA will provide a
list of those securities subject to exclusion under the Social and Sustainable Investing Exclusionary Screening process upon
request. The list will be updated in a timely manner following any material change to the composition of the list. Excluding
securities associated with alcohol, tobacco or firearms companies can be a divergence from the standard investing strategy
and can result in higher or lower posted returns than more traditional investing strategies. These exclusionary strategies
have a limited performance history and the associated performance metrics should be thoroughly analyzed and risks clearly
understood.
Cash being held as an excluded asset can be invested into a money market fund that we select and may not be an FDIC-
Insured Cash Sweep Vehicle. Excluded and restricted assets are protected from trading using a symbol or CUSIP driven trade
restriction. Corporate action and reorganization activity can result in a change to the symbol or CUSIP. Since we do not
monitor excluded and restricted assets, you or your Financial Professional are responsible for giving us the information to
update the Excluded and Restricted Assets form to ensure the new symbol or CUSIP is properly updated prior to the
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effective date of the corporate action. Failure to do so can result in the position being liquidated upon discovery or during
the course of normal trading events.
New purchases and additional buys of an excluded asset are generally prohibited. The total of excluded assets in an account
should not exceed 50% of the overall account value. The total of restricted assets in an account should not exceed 10% of
the overall account value. Excess funds resulting from a restriction will be allocated proportionately across the remainder of
the holdings in the respective CAAP® SMA strategy. We do not include the excluded assets as part of the Account Fee
charged for the WealthPort account. Excluded assets can be subject to fees and charges other than the Account Fee, based
on the terms in the WealthPort Agreement.
General Disclosure Regarding ERISA and Qualified Accounts
The following disclosure is for clients that are:
a pension or other qualified employee benefit plan (including a 401(k) plan) governed by the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”);
a tax-qualified retirement plan under section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), and not covered by ERISA; or
an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) under Section 408 of the Code.
It is your responsibility to give your Financial Professional complete copies of all documents that establish and govern the
plan and evidence your authority to retain us (CIRA) as an Investment Adviser. In addition, you must promptly provide
copies of any amendments to the plan. If any amendment affects our rights or obligations, the amendment is binding only
when agreed to in writing by us (CIRA and your Financial Professional).
You must maintain appropriate ERISA bonding coverage for your account(s) and include us (CIRA and your Financial
Professional), and our personnel in the bond coverage, as required by law.
With your managed account(s), 12b-1 (marketing and distribution) fees and trail earned will be credited to your account at
the clearing firm whenever possible. When 12b-1 fees and trails received are not credited to your account, the investment
advisory fee will be lowered, or offset by that amount. Your Financial Professional is required to provide a 408(b)(2)
disclosure for all group retirement plans governed by ERISA, excluding owner-only retirement plans. The 408(b)(2)
disclosure outlines the services provided by your Financial Professional, fiduciary status, any direct or indirect
compensation that is received by the Firm, and manner of compensation receipt. An updated fee disclosure is provided in
the event of a change to the advisory fees received or services provided to the plan.
Termination
Please keep in mind that we have the right to refuse any agreement submitted for approval. If the appropriate disclosure
statement (i.e., this document or a separate written disclosure statement containing the same information as this
document) is not delivered to you at least 48 hours prior to entering into a WealthPort agreement, then you have the right
to terminate services without penalty (i.e., full refund of all fees paid in advance or , in the event fees are billed in arrears,
no fees shall be due) within five (5) business days after entering into the agreement. For purposes of this provision, an
agreement is considered entered into when all parties have executed the agreement.
All services continue in effect until terminated by either party (i.e., you, your Financial Professional, or CIRA) by giving
notice to the other party. Written notice of at least 30 days in required for investment management programs unless all
parties mutually agree on an earlier termination date. Upon termination of the agreement, our obligation to actively
manage or advise you with respect to your account(s) terminates and CIRA or your Financial Professional will act only upon
your instruction.
If your account balance falls to a level where we can no longer manage it according to the chosen allocation, your account
will be converted to a brokerage account and transactions in the converted account are processed at normal brokerage
rates. In the event a conversion is not possible, your account will be closed and a check will be issued to your address of
record. Termination of the agreement does not affect the liabilities or obligations of the parties from transactions initiated
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prior to termination. IRA and 403(b)(7) accounts remain subject to the provisions and restrictions of regulations, law, and
the custodial agreement.
Account Requirements and Types of Clients
We generally provide investment advice to the following types of clients:
Individuals
State or municipal government entities
Pension and profit-sharing plans
Trusts, estates, or charitable organizations
High-net worth individuals
Banking or thrift institutions
Corporations or business entities other than those listed above
Minimum Account Requirement
A minimum initial investment of at least $5,000 is required to participate in WealthPort. However, in Advisor-directed, the
minimum investment amount may be waived under certain circumstances for specific registrations or if you are part of a
household that has a least one (1) CIRA account with a value of $25,000. Depending on whether you are utilizing Advisor-
directed, Team-directed, CAAP® or UMA, higher minimums apply. Your Financial Professional can discuss the specific
minimums that apply to your selection.
Subject to reasonable parameters, you can impose restrictions on the purchase of certain securities for your account(s). All
requests for investment restrictions must be in writing. All investment restrictions are on a best-efforts basis.
Funding Your CAAP® and UMA Account
You are required to deposit at least the program and model minimum(s) for the account to be eligible for trading.
Until the account is eligible for trading, the funds are held in a money market and securities are held in kind. Subject to
reasonable parameters, accounts can be eligible for trading prior to meeting the program and model minimum(s) by
contacting your Financial Professional.
Upon liquidation of your managed investment account(s), pursuant to the WealthPort® Wrap Client Agreement, the funds
will remain in the cash sweep vehicle until such time that we receive instructions to reallocate to the previous model,
change your model election or transfer your account(s). Cambridge will no longer debit the Account Fee from your
account(s), monitor, provide investment recommendations, exercise discretionary trading authority or otherwise manage
your account(s) until such time we receive instructions to reallocate to the previous model or change your model election.
A managed investment account that remains all cash for more than six (6) months may be terminated from the WealthPort
program. You and your Financial Professional will be contacted regarding the termination of the WealthPort® Wrap Client
Agreement.
We rebalance your account(s) upon suggested changes from the strategists and we also review your account(s) against its
assigned model(s) to determine if your account(s) is significantly out of balance. Significantly out of balance is defined by a
variance range of +/- 20% on asset allocations of 10% or less and variance range of +/- 15% on asset allocations of greater
than 10%. A minimum trade size is applied to all buys and sells. Due to this variance range, your account may not be
allocated 100% to the prescribed strategy. The strategy allocation will change over time based on recommendations of the
strategists. During rebalance, if there is a cash balance in the portfolio, the cash may not be available to be withdrawn.
CIRA performs its trading analysis based on trade date, not settlement date, and there are times when it will take more
than one (1) day to complete the trading required for a rebalance so cash that appears to be available to you might not be.
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Performance provided by strategists may differ from an individual client experience based on the difference in time and
price between when a trade trigger is provided by a strategist to Cambridge and when the trades are executed on the
account(s). This difference could end up in a trade that may be more or less favorable than the prices tracked by the
manager for performance reporting purposes. A low account balance may prevent the client account from being fully
allocated into an investment strategy.
Your Financial Professional should notify us whenever additional cash contributions are deposited to your CAAP® or UMA
account. In certain cases, because of the required model cash target, no trades are processed. Your Financial Professional
can request a rebalance of your account.
CAAP® and UMA accounts are subject to short-term redemption fees from the mutual fund companies upon sale of assets.
For non-qualified account registrations, this action could be a taxable event. We recommend that you consult with your tax
professional for further guidance.
In regards to all cash withdrawal requests, if the cash for the withdrawal has not been delivered out of the client account,
funds are reinvested back into the model at the current market. Mutual fund dividends and capital gains are generally
reinvested on the reinvestment date as established by the mutual fund company. However, subscription to certain CAAP
and UMA strategies may result in dividends being paid to cash in accordance with program business rules. ETF and stock
dividends will be paid to cash. Excess cash is invested during a rebalance event or upon discovery of a high cash condition.
CIRA’s receipt of a model portfolio from a strategist allocates the distribution of model portfolio updates across multiple
programs and model products in which the strategist participates. When applicable, the model portfolio is subject to the
trade rotation policy of the strategist, also known as a Model Trade Rotation Policy, which is specific to each strategist and
can be found in the strategist’s ADV. Instances where the strategist has direct client accounts and acts as a model provider,
the model portfolio updates can be implemented for direct clients prior to deliver to other programs. As a result of the
Model Trade Rotation Policy, your account could underperform other accounts on programs that offer the strategist’s
model portfolios.
Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation
For CAAP® and UMA accounts in which we act as the Portfolio Manager, our Investment Committee enters into
relationships with select third party portfolio strategists to solicit recommendations for the various CAAP® and UMA
strategists. The Investment Committee is responsible for oversight of the investment selection process, and for reviewing
and approving all products to be offered in CAAP® and UMA. CIRA processes trades and serves as the overlay manager for
UMA. Your Financial Professional services as a Relationship Manager and continues to provide service through education,
evaluation and management of the relationship.
In the Advisor-directed program, your Financial Professional services as your Portfolio Manager. He/she completes the
review, analysis and model creation. You should ask your Financial Professional about their process for creating these
models.
In the Team-directed program, your Financial Professional affiliates with another Financial Professional who provides
portfolio asset allocation services and serves as the Strategist, implementing transactions according to predetermined
models. Your Financial Professional serves as a Relationship Manager and continues to provide service through education,
evaluation and management of the relationship.
Combinations of various styles and asset classes can be used to create an asset allocation portfolio designed to manage risk
through diversification. The allocation of different asset classes and management styles is believed to reduce risk as
compared to a portfolio composed of investments concentrated into a similar or identical asset class.
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Types of Investment Styles and Strategies
Long term purchases – Investments held at least a year.
Short term purchases – Investments sold within a year.
Short sales – A short sale is generally the sale of a stock not owned by the investor. Investors who sell short believe the
price of the stock will fall. If the price drops, the investor can buy the stock at the lower price and make a profit. If the price
of the stock rises and the investor buys it back later at the higher price, the investor will incur a loss. Shor sales require a
margin account.
Margin transactions – When an investor buys a stock on margin, the investor pays for part of the purchase and borrows the
rest from a brokerage firm. For example, an investor buys $5,000 work of stock in a margin account by paying for $2,500
and borrowing $2,500 from a brokerage firm.
Option writing including covered options, uncovered options, or spreading strategies – Options are contracts giving the
purchaser the right to buy or sell a security, such as stock, at a fixed price within a specific period of time.
Growth style – This management style focuses on purchasing the stock of companies that have excellent financial
characteristics such as above-average sales growth, profit growth, dividend growth, profit margins, and return on capital. In
general, a portfolio manager following a growth approach to managing is willing to pay a higher than average valuation for
this type of stock. A more conservative growth manager can choose to focus on high quality growth companies that are
available at reasonable valuations determined by various pricing models.
Value style – This management style focuses on purchasing the stock of companies that generally have less attractive
measures of financial performance than growth companies, but can be purchased at very attractive prices. In other words,
a lower quality stock is acceptable as long as the price is sufficiently attractive. A portfolio manager following a value
approach to managing assets can choose to invest in the stock of companies that he/she feels are selling at a sizeable
discount from “private market value” – a price an acquirer might be willing to for the entire company. Value managers are
also attracted to sound companies whose stock prices are depressed by temporary business problems or investor
misperceptions.
Fixed income style – This management style focuses on purchasing different types of bonds. In particular, a portfolio
manager following a fixed income approach to managing assets invests in high quality bonds, lower quality high yielding
bonds, or international bonds, depending on the specific objectives for the account.
Asset allocation style – This management style strives to construct portfolios which provide a certain lower level of overall
risk (or fluctuation in principal) than would otherwise have been achieved through a less diversified approach. To achieve
this objective, the portfolio manager can combine asset classes whose returns do not move in perfect tandem; in other
word, their returns are not closely correlated.
Proprietary Mutual Funds – Certain strategists invest all or a portion of the assets in a proprietary mutual fund designed to
be used within a wrap account. Such mutual funds impose additional restrictions such as restrictions on investing in the
mutual fund outside of the wrap account managed by the strategist.
Asset Classes
Large-cap equities – These are stocks of U.S. companies with market capitalization that is generally greater than the mean
capitalization of stocks on U.S. exchanges. Stocks in this category, since they are from larger companies, are more easily
traded, more widely held, and more broadly followed by investment analysts. Risk levels vary widely among these stocks.
Small-cap equities – These are stocks of U.S. companies with market capitalization this is generally less than the mean
capitalization of stocks on U.S. exchanges. Since they are stocks of smaller companies, growth rates and risk tend to be
higher, while information on the stocks and ready liquidity tends to be less available.
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Investment grade fixed income – This investment class is comprised of U.S. “investment grade” bonds and other fixed
income instruments. Investment grade fixed income investments generally have been rated for credit quality and are used
by fixed income investors who are risk averse.
High yield fixed income – U.S. high yield corporate bonds, also known as “junk” bonds, are fixed income investments with
low or no credit rating and generally higher risk of default than investment grade bonds. Correspondingly, these
investments pay significantly higher coupon and yield rates.
International equities – These are stocks of companies that derive most of their sales from outside the U.S. These
investments can carry broadly varied risk, and potential return can vary as well. This investment class is used to diversify the
equity exposure in a portfolio, such that all stock exposure is not dependent only on U.S. economic and market conditions.
Real estate investment trusts – This investment class represents ownership in real estate or real estate loans in either
commercial or residential real estate properties.
Cash equivalents – This asset class is substantially equal to cash and as such carries low interest rates and little or no risk of
loss in value. Money market mutual funds are the most common form of this asset class. Some portfolios move 100% of the
assets in the portfolio to money market funds to preserve capital.
Methods of Analysis
Dynamic asset allocation using technical analysis – A method of evaluating securities by relying on the assumption that
market data such as charts and statistics of price, volume, and open interest can help predict future (usually short-term)
market trends. Unlike fundamental analysis, the intrinsic value of the security is not considered.
Strategic asset allocation – A method that calls for setting target allocations and then periodically rebalancing the portfolio
back to those targets as investment returns skew the original asset allocation percentages. The concept is akin to a “buy
and hold” strategy, rather than an active trading approach. The strategic asset allocation targets change over time as the
client’s goals and needs change and as the time horizon for major events such as retirement and college funding grow
shorter.
Tactical analysis strategies using fundamental analysis – A method of security valuation that involves examining the
company’s financials and operations, especially sales, earnings, growth potential, assets, debt, management, products, and
competition. This method of valuation can also be applied to sectors and asset classes.
Sector rotation strategies using business cycle analysis – This strategy assumes that changes in the broad economy will
have significant, yet different, effects on stocks, sectors, and asset classes. By following economic cycles, one chooses
specific securities that have strength in the given or forecasted climate. The various anticipated stages of expansion and
contraction coupled with historical results of securities within these stages determines allocations.
Market timing strategy – While uncommon and typically not recommended to clients, some Financial Professionals provide
a market timing service as or part of an investment strategy. In general, market timing is a strategy where the Financial
Professional will try to identify the best times to be in the market and when to get out. This service is designed to take
advantage of stock market fluctuations by being invested based on the anticipated market direction. Clients should be
aware that this strategy is considered an aggressive, higher-risk investment strategy. Only clients that are looking for a
speculative investment strategy should participate in an investment timing service offered by a Financial Professional.
Modern Portfolio Theory – A theory that proposes that by combining diversified asset classes in a portfolio, investment
return is maximized while risk is minimized. It asserts that even though each asset class by itself is volatile, the volatility of
the entire portfolio can be low.
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Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers
You provide information through the WealthPort documents that are utilized for opening an account. The information
collected helps your Financial Professional understand your goals, objectives and financial situation so that he or she can
make recommendations to assist in meeting your financial goals.
Client Contact with Portfolio Managers
In general, it is best to contact your Financial Professional for questions, concerns, to update personal information, or
obtain account information.
Additional Information
Disciplinary Information
In August of 2011, CIRA self-reported the misappropriation of financial planning fees by a former IAR. In good faith CIRA
returned these misappropriated funds to the affected clients. As a result, the SEC determined that CIRA failed to reasonably
supervise the former IAR’s financial planning activity and options trading, and to adopt and implement written policies and
procedures reasonable designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act. Therefore, without admitting or denying these
allegations, CIRA has agreed to a monetary penalty of $225,000 and the continued retention of a previously hired
Compliance Consultant, for a timeframe of nine (9) months, to assist in the continued review and implementation of
enhanced procedures and policies designed to prevent violations of the Advisers Act (2016). Additional information can be
found by visiting the SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disclosure site found at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/ and
completing the requested information.
In 2018, CIRA self-reported a potential breach of fiduciary duty relating to mutual fund shares held by clients where lower
cost share classes of the same fund were available. As a result of the self-reporting the SEC determined that CIRA had
inadequate disclosures addressing the conflicts of interest related to the receipt of 12b-1 fees and the selection of mutual
fund share classes that pay such fees. Therefore, without admitting or denying these allegations, CIRA has agreed to a
censure, a monetary payment plus interest to affected investors and has corrected relevant disclosure documents
concerning mutual fund share class selection and the conflicts of interest with the receipt of 12b-1 fees. Additional
information can be found by visiting the SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disclosure site found at
http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/ and completing the requested information.
In August 2021, the SEC determined that CIRA and Cambridge failed to provide Financial Professionals with adequate
policies and procedures form implementing cybersecurity measures as it pertains to cloud-based email accounts. Each
Financial Professional was responsible for implementing their own cybersecurity measures for which Cambridge provided
recommendations but not requirements, such as MFA (multi-factor authentication). Since there were no requirements
presented, some Financial Professionals used cloud-based electronic email services for internal and external
communications without added security measures which resulted in potential compromises of client information.
Cambridge conducted forensic analysis of certain compromised email accounts to determine the exposure and found that
the unauthorized email account activity that is the subject of the order did not result in any unauthorized trades of fund
transfers from any Cambridge customer accounts. Financial Professional notified the customers associated with these
specific accounts of the compromise and facilitated the offering of identity theft protection services. Cambridge has revised
policies and procedures to require MFA for all cloud-based email accounts. Therefore, without admitting or denying these
findings, the firm has agreed to a censure, a monetary penalty of $250,000 and to cease and desist from committing or
causing any violations and any future violations of Rule 30(a) of Regulation S-P. Additional information can be found by
visiting the SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disclosure site found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov and completing the
requested information.
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In February 2024, the SEC alleged that from at least January 2019 through the date of the Order, CIRA and CIR failed to
adopt adequate written policies and procedures regarding the conduct of business communications via personal text
messages (“off-channel communications”) and as a result failed to maintain and preserve copies of those
communications, as well as supervise adequately their employees. The SEC Order provides that CIR violated Section
17(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule 17a-4(b)(4) thereunder and that CIRA violated Section 204 of the Advisers Act and
Rule 204-2(a)(7) thereunder. Further, with respect to supervision, the SEC alleged violations of Section 15(b)(4)(E) of the
Exchange Act as to CIR and Section 203(e)(6) of the Advisers Act as to CIRA. Additional information can be found by
visiting the SEC’s Investment Advisor Public Disclosure site found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/ and completing the
requested information.
On January 30, 2025, without admitting or denying fault, CIRA consented to findings by the SEC that CIRA failed to fully and
adequately disclose certain conflicts of interest, including matters related to revenue sharing practices and the process of
moving certain accounts from traditional accounts to a fee-based platform. CIRA further agreed to make restitution to
impacted clients in the amount of $10,164,698, plus prejudgment interest of $3,035,302, with the funds to be disbursed
through a Fair Fund (see Section 308(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). Finally, CIRA agreed to a penalty of $1,800,000 and to a
permanent injunction against violations of Rule 206(2) and Rule 206(4) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and Rule
206(4)-7 thereunder. Additional information can be found by visiting the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site
found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov and completing the requested information.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
CIRA is not and does not have a related company that is a(n) (1) investment company or other pooled investment vehicle
(including a mutual fund, closed-end investment company, unit investment trust, private investment company or “hedge
fund”, or offshore fund), (2) futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, or commodity trading advisor, (3)
banking or thrift institution, or (4) sponsor syndicator of limited partnerships.
Affiliation with Cambridge Investment Research, Inc.
CIRA is under common ownership with a registered broker-dealer, Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. (“Cambridge”).
CIRA and Cambridge are owned by Cambridge Investment Group, Inc., a holding company that is majority owned by the
Schwartz Family Trust.
Financial Professionals, acting in their separate capacities as Registered Representatives of Cambridge, sell, for
commissions, general securities products such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, alternative
investments, and variable annuity and variable life products to advisory clients. As such, some Financial Professionals
suggest that advisory clients implement investment advice by purchasing securities products through a commission-based
Cambridge account in addition to an advisory account. In the event that you elect to purchase these products through
Cambridge, Cambridge and your Financial Professional, in the capacity as Cambridge Registered Representative, will receive
the normal and customary commission compensation in connection with the specific product purchased. This presents a
conflict of interest, as it gives the Cambridge Registered Representative an incentive to recommend investment products on
the compensation received rather than on your needs. CIRA does not require its Financial Professionals to encourage you to
implement advice through Cambridge. You are free to implement investment advice through any broker-dealer or product
sponsor you select. However, you should understand that due to certain regulatory constraints, Financial Professionals in
the capacity as a dually Registered Representative, must place all purchases and sales of securities products in commission-
based brokerage accounts through Cambridge or other Cambridge approved institutions.
Affiliation with TBS Agency, Inc.
CIRA is under common ownership with TBS Agency, Inc. (“TBS”), a licensed insurance agency. CIRA and TBS are owned by
Cambridge Investment Group, Inc., a holding company that is majority owned by the Schwartz Family Trust.
Financial Professionals are licensed life insurance agents affiliated with TBS and sell insurance products to advisory clients.
Therefore, your Financial Professional, in the capacity as a licensed life agent, is able to implement insurance
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recommendations for advisory clients electing to receive this service. In this event, Financial Professionals, in their separate
capacities as licensed insurance agents, will receive separate and typical commission compensation for insurance and/or
annuity sales.
Affiliation with BridgePort Financial Solutions
CIRA is under common ownership with BridgePort Financial Solutions (“BridgePort”), a registered investment adviser firm
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. CIRA and BridgePort are owned by Cambridge Investment Group,
Inc., a holding company that is majority owned by the Schwartz Family Trust.
Some Financial Professionals are affiliated with both CIRA and BridgePort. Fees for advisory services provided by BridgePort
are separate and distinct from the advisory fees paid to these Advisor Representatives in their capacity as Financial
Professionals.
Clients that engage BridgePort will receive a copy of BridgePort’s firm disclosure document and will execute a client
agreement specifying the services provided and fees charged by BridgePort.
Affiliation with BridgePort Tax
CIRA is under common ownership with BridgePort Tax & Business Services, LLC (“BridgePort Tax”), an accounting firm
providing tax preparation and accounting services. CIRA and BridgePort Tax are owned by Cambridge Investment Group,
Inc., a holding company that is majority owned by the Schwartz Family Trust.
Affiliation with Spire Outsourcing, LLC
Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. is a majority owner of Spire Outsourcing, LLC (“Spire”). Spire services include the
preparation of financial planning engagements prepared by independent contractors hire by Spire.
Some Financial Professionals will outsource one of more of their financial planning engagements to Spire and will deliver
the plan to you. Spire will pay contractors either a flat fee, per plan fee or an hourly fee. Financial Professionals will pay a
flat fee per plan to Spire. This creates a conflict of interest in that Cambridge receives additional revenue as a partial owner
of Spire.
Financial Professionals Affiliated with Independent Investment Adviser Firms
Some Financial Professionals own or are affiliated with Independent Investment Adviser firms. CIRA and the Independent
Investment Advisers are not affiliated companies. Some Independent Financial Professionals provide asset management
and similar services through the Independent Investment Adviser, with others only provide financial planning services
through the Independent Adviser Firm. Fees for financial planning services provided by an Independent Investment Adviser
are separate and distinct from the advisory fees paid to these Advisor Representatives in their capacities as Financial
Professionals.
Clients that engage an Independent Investment Adviser will receive a copy of the Independent Investment Adviser firm’s
disclosure document and will execute a client agreement specifying the services provided and fees charged by the
Independent Investment Adviser.
Financial Professionals’ Other Business Activities
Accountants – While CIRA does not have a related person that is an accounting firm, certain Financial Professionals
are accountants or Certified Public Accountants (“CPAs”). When Financial Professionals that are accountants
determine that their clients need tax or accounting services, those clients are referred to the Financial
Professional’s accounting firm or practice. In addition, if accounting or tax clients of a Financial Professional need
financial planning or other advisory services, the Financial Professional acting in his or her separate capacity as an
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accountant refer clients to CIRA. Clients are not obligated in any manner to use the services or an accounting firm
recommended by a Financial Professional.
Attorneys – While CIRA does not have a related person that is a law firm, certain Financial Professionals are
attorneys. When Financial Professionals that are attorneys deter that their clients need legal services, those clients
are referred to the Financial Professional’s law firm or practice. In addition, if legal clients of a Financial
Professional need financial planning or other advisory services, the Financial Professional acting in his or her
separate capacity as an attorney refers clients to CIRA. Clients are not obligated in any manner to use the services
or a law firm recommended by a Financial Professional.
Pension Consultants – Certain Financial Professionals are pension consultants and provide pension consulting
services separate from their capacity with CIRA. When Financial Professional that provide pension consulting
services determine that their clients need pension consulting services, those clients are referred to the Financial
Professional’s pension consulting firm. In addition, if pension consulting clients of a Financial Professional need
financial planning or other advisory services, the Financial Professional acting in his or her capacity as a pension
consultant refers clients to CIRA. Clients are not obligated in any manner to use the services of a pension
consulting firm recommended by a Financial Professional.
Real Estate and Mortgage – CIRA does not have a related person that is a real estate broker or dealer; however,
certain Financial Professionals are real estate agents or mortgage loan originators. In this separate capacity, the
Financial Professional that is a licensed real estate broker will earn commissions for real estate transactions.
Financial Professionals that are mortgage brokers will earn commissions when selling or refinancing real estate
loans. Clients of CIRA are not obligated in any manner to use the mortgage or real estate services provided by
Financial Professionals.
Insurance Agents – Some Financial Professionals are licensed life insurance agents with various insurance
companies and are authorized to sell fixed life insurance products, including indexed annuities, as an outside
business activity. Financial Professionals, in their capacities as licensed fixed insurance agents, recommend and sell
fixed insurance products to CIRA’s advisory clients. CIRA does not sell fixed life insurance and does not review,
monitor, supervise or approve any recommendations of the Financial Professional to purchase fixed insurance
products as this is not an investment advisory service of CIRA. You may separately engage the Financial
Professional, in their capacity as an investment advisor representative of CIRA, to conduct insurance planning
through a financial planning agreement. Absent a signed financial planning agreement, however, all fixed
insurance recommendations are done outside of the CIRA investment advisory relationship with the client. When
you purchase a fixed insurance product from Financial Professionals, in their capacity as a fixed life insurance
agent, they will receive separate commission for these fixed insurance and/or annuity sales. The Financial
Professional may also receive additional compensation, including a bonus or other compensation, for the certain
fixed life insurance products. As a result, the compensation for fixed life insurance sales may be significantly
greater than the compensation the Financial Professional would receive if a client instead invested in a different
manner through CIRA. Due to this compensation, there is a conflict of interest present in that the Financial
Professional when acting in their separate capacity as an insurance agent has incentive to recommend the
purchase of fixed life insurance products. Clients of CIRA are not obligated in any manner to use the fixed life
insurance services provided by Financial Professionals.
Banking or Thrift Institutions – Cambridge has established and will continue to establish marketing arrangements
with banks and other depository institutions. In certain circumstances, investment advisory services of CIRA are
also marketed through these banks and other depository institutions, provided that such marketing is done in
compliance with applicable SEC and state regulations. Further, some Financial Professionals conduct business from
an/or affiliated with a bank or other depository institution. These relationships can create compliance issues
relative to consumer protection.
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Arrangements with Unaffiliated Investment Advisers
For the CAAP® platform, CIRA has developed several strategies in conjunction with unaffiliated Registered Investment
Advisers. The outside Investment Adviser will be paid a portion of the fees charged to you. The selected unaffiliated
Investment Advisers will act as third-party strategists and assist CIRA in the development of model portfolios and asset class
allocation, evaluate opportunities and risk, and recommend asset class shifts and money manager changes.
Whenever another Investment Adviser assists with your assets, the outside Investment Adviser and CIRA and its Financial
Professionals will receive a port of the fees that are charged to you.
General Disclosure
Some Financial Professionals have entered into an Equity Participation Plan (“EPP”) with Cambridge. The EPP Program is a
stock appreciation rights program. Once a participant’s EPP’s units are vested and the years of service requirement is met
the participant has a right to the appreciate in value of the same number of share of Cambridge Investment Group Stock as
he/she holds in vested EPP’s units.
Financial Professionals are not owners or officers of Cambridge. However, Financial Professionals are eligible to participate
in the EPP due to their affiliation as Registered Representatives of Cambridge or Financial Professionals of an IRA. This
arrangement between these particular Financial Professionals and the Firm is a potential conflict of interest with our clients
in that it can inhibit our independent judgment concerning the best execution services offered by the Firm and our clearing
broker-dealers.
Some Financial Professional are eligible to participate in the Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. private stock purchase
program. Cambridge Investment Group, Inc. is 100% owner of CIRA and its affiliated broker-dealer, Cambridge Investment
Research, Inc. Financial Professionals who participate in this program do not act as officers of Cambridge. However, they
have a percentage of ownership and the ability to participate in Cambridge’s overall profits. Financial Professionals are
eligible to participate in the stock purchase program due to their affiliation as Registered Representatives of Cambridge or
an Independent Adviser firm and/or Financial Professionals of CIRA. This arrangement between certain Financial
Professionals and our Firm is a conflict with our clients in that it can inhibit our independent judgment.
Loans and Other Compensation to Financial Professionals
Some Financial Professionals receive a loan and/or grant from Cambridge at the time of their affiliation with the firm. The
loan and/or grant is typically used to assist with costs associated with transitioning from their prior firm to Cambridge. If the
amount of the loan or grant exceeds the cost of transition, the recipient uses the remaining funds for other purposes, such
as normal operational costs. Some loans are forgiven based on certain criteria such as maintaining certain asset levels and
tenure with the firm.
The receipt of a loan or grant from Cambridge presents a conflict of interest in that the Financial Professional has a financial
incentive to maintain a relationship with Cambridge and recommend Cambridge to clients. However, to the extent that the
Financial Professional recommends Cambridge to clients, it is because he/she believes that it is in the client’s best interest
to do so based on the quality and pricing of the execution, benefits of an integrated platform for brokerage and advisory
accounts, and other services provided by CIRA and its affiliates.
Some Financial Professionals receive transition assistance which can include but are not limited to technology services,
administrative support, reimbursement of fees associated with moving accounts and attendance to conferences. This
practice represents a conflict of interest in that the Financial Professional has a financial incentive to affiliate with and
recommend Cambridge to clients.
Cambridge provides some Financial Professionals with a loan to assist in the expense associated in growing their
WealthPort business. The loans are based on certain criteria and funds are provided as a five (5) year forgivable loan. The
provision of these loans creates a conflict for the Financial Professional as they have an incentive to recommend
WealthPort over other programs or services.
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In certain circumstances, custodians provide CIRA as the RIA or you with additional revenue or expense reimbursements to
aid in the transfer of costs associated with moving from another firm to Cambridge. The assets are held at Pershing, NFS,
FIWS, Schwab, or SEI. The compensation can vary from client-to-client and will cover the actual exit fees charged by your
former custodian up to, but not exceeding $150.00. Reimbursements to CIRA for transition costs varies from custodian-to-
custodian and can be based on the value of eligible assets, ranging from five (5) basis points up to fifteen (15) basis points,
fixed dollar amount of up to $10,000 depending on the custodian. This activity represents a conflict of interest because of
the benefits received by CIRA.
Non-Cash Compensation
Certain product sponsors provide your Financial Professional with economic benefits as a result of your Financial
Professional’s recommendation or sale of the product sponsors’ investments. These other products and services can benefit
Cambridge and/or your Financial Professional but may not benefit you. The economic benefits received can include but are
not limited to, financial assistance or the sponsorship of national or regional conferences, reimbursement to Cambridge
when a Financial Professional chooses to enlist the services of Cambridge Source to assist with their conferences, client
meetings, or other events. It can also include education sessions, marketing support, payment of travel expenses,
occasional business entertainment, including meals, virtual entertainment and invitations to sporting events, including golf
tournaments, educational opportunities.
Product sponsors may also provide tools to assist your Financial Professional in providing various services to clients. These
services can include but are not limited to, software and other technology (and related technological training) that provide
access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution (and
allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing information and other market
data, facilitate payment of fees from clients’ accounts, and assist with back-office training and support functions, record-
keeping and client reporting. Some of these services may be used to service all or some substantial number of accounts,
including those that are not specifically maintained by an individual product sponsor. These services are intended to help
manage and further develop the business enterprises of Cambridge and your Financial Professional and can include
professional compliance, legal and business consulting, publications and conferences on practice management, information
technology, business succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, insurance
and marketing.
Some product sponsors may make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services or discount or waive
fees it would otherwise charge. These economic benefits may be received directly by your Financial Professional or
indirectly through CIRA and/or Cambridge who have entered into specific arrangements with product sponsors. A
recommendation/requirement that clients maintain their assets in accounts based in part on the benefit to your Financial
Professional, CIRA or Cambridge or the availability of some of these products and services and other arrangements and not
solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided create a potential conflict of interest. These
economic benefits could influence your Financial Professional to recommend certain products/programs over others.
Cash Compensation
Several Third Party Investment Advisers make additional payments to Cambridge to sponsor and attend various
firm-hosted educational and incentive meetings throughout the year that our Financial Professionals attend.
Attendance at these meetings gives Third Party Investment Advisers access to our Financial Professionals and
provides the Third Party Investment Advisers with an opportunity to promote their investment advisory service
offerings. The payments made to Cambridge are fixed dollar payments, are not based on assets under
management, and are separate from payments to Cambridge pursuant to the administrative fee CIRA imposes
upon Third Party Investment Advisers. There are various levels or tiers of sponsorship available and the higher
the tier, the greater the sponsorship contribution required and the greater access to Financial Professionals
provided.
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Please review the CIRA and Cambridge Revenue Sharing Disclosure for further information about
any of CIRA’s revenue sharing arrangements. It is also available upon written request.
Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading
Code of Ethics Summary and Offer
Section 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers of 1940 requires all investment advisers to establish, maintain, and enforce a
Code of Ethics. CIRA established a Code of Ethics that applies to all of its supervised persons. An investment adviser is
considered a fiduciary according to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. As a fiduciary, it is an investment adviser’s
responsibility to provide fair and full disclosure of all material facts and to act solely in the best interest of each of its clients
at all times. CIRA has a fiduciary duty to all clients. This fiduciary duty is considered the core underlying principle for CIRA’s
Code of Ethics, which also covers its insider trading and personal securities transactions policies and procedures. CIRA
requires all of its supervised persons to conduct business with the highest level of ethical standards and to comply with all
federal and state securities laws at all times. Upon employment or affiliation and when changes occur, all supervised
persons will sign an acknowledgement that they have read, understand and agree to comply with CIRA’s Code of Ethics.
CIRA has the responsibility to make sure that the interests of all clients are placed ahead of CIRA’s or its supervised person’s
own investment interests. Full disclosure of all material facts and potential conflicts of interest will be provided to clients
prior to any services being conducted. CIRA and its supervised persons must conduct business in an honest, ethical, and fair
manner and avoid all circumstances that might negatively affect or appear to affect our duty of complete loyalty to all
clients. This disclosure is provided to give all clients a summary of CIRA’s Code of Ethics. Clients can review the CIRA Code of
Ethics in its entirety by written request or at joincambridge.com.
Personal Trading Policy
From time to time, our Firm or one or more supervised persons purchases or own the same securities and investments that
the Firm or our Financial Professionals recommend to their clients. Conflicts of interest arise when a supervised person has
personal accounts because they can potentially devote more time to monitoring his/her personal accounts as opposed to
spending that time reviewing and monitoring client accounts. In addition, there is a potential that Financial Professionals
favor their personal accounts over client accounts. When the recommendation to the client involves individual stocks, stock
options, bonds, and other general securities, there can be a conflict of interest with the client because the Financial
Professional has the potential to engage in practices such as front running, scalping, and other activities that are potentially
detrimental to clients.
We have adopted policies and procedures to ensure that such conflicts are fully disclosed, and that neither the Firm, nor
our supervised persons trade ahead of or otherwise against the interest of clients. It is our policy that the interest of client
accounts is placed ahead of the interests of the Firm’s accounts and personal accounts of our supervised persons.
CIRA’s supervised persons cannot affect for themselves or their immediate family (i.e., spouse, minor child, and adults living
in the same household), or for trusts in which they serve as trustee or have a beneficial interest, any transactions in a
security which is published on the Firm’s Restricted Trading List on behalf of any clients without prior approval from our
Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee.
The foregoing policies and procedures are not applicable to (1) transactions in any account that neither the Firm nor its
advisory affiliates have any direct or indirect influence or control, and (2) transactions in securities that are direct
obligations of the U.S. government, bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit, commercial paper, and high-quality
short-term debt instruments, including repurchase agreements or shares issued by registered open-end investment
companies.
We recognize that some securities being considered for purchase or sale on behalf of clients, trade in large markets without
any clearly noticeable impact on the markets of such securities. Under certain limited circumstances, exceptions are made
to our Code of Ethics.
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We also have established policies and procedures to ensure that our supervised persons comply with applicable provisions
of The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 (“ITSFEA”). To avoid conflicts of interest with clients
and to ensure compliance with ITSFEA, our Firm, among other things, does the following:
Provides ongoing continuing education regarding avoiding conflicts of interest and complying with ITSFEA
Requires supervised persons to report quarterly securities trading in personal accounts (except mutual funds and
government securities), which are monitored by the Compliance Department
Prohibits supervised persons from executing securities transactions for clients or on their personal accounts based
on information that is not available to the public upon reasonable inquiry
Informs clients that they are not required to purchase securities through our Firm and our Financial Professionals,
although if they choose to purchase securities through their Financial Professional, the transaction must be
affected through Cambridge or a Cambridge approved trading platform.
Agency Cross Transactions
An agency cross transaction is defined as a transaction in which an Investment Adviser acts as the broker for both his/her
advisory client and for the other party to the transaction. Agency cross transactions typically arise where an adviser is dually
registered as a broker-dealer or has an affiliated broker-dealer. Agency cross transactions are permitted for Investment
Advisers only if certain conditions are met under Section 206(3) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or SEC Rule 206(3)-
2.
The interests of our clients must always be placed first. Our trading policies and procedures prohibit unfair trading practices
and seek to avoid conflicts of interests, where possible, or to disclose conflicts when they arise. We attempt to resolve
conflicts in our client’s favor whenever reasonably possible.
CIRA engages in an agency cross transaction only when it is in the best interests of both clients and neither client is
disfavored. Such cross transactions are only completed when it can be determined that doing so would achieve “best
execution” and benefit the clients involved by saving commissions, market impact costs, and other transaction charges.
Agency cross transaction involving an advisory client are transacted without any compensation, outside of the normal
advisory fee, unless specifically approved by our Chief Compliance Officer in compliance with the above criteria and in
accordance with regulatory requirements.
If compensation is approved for an agency cross transaction involving advisory clients, we provide a written disclosure to
the client outlining the conflicting division of loyalties to both parties to the transaction. We also receive written executed
consent from the client authorizing us to affect an agency cross transaction in client accounts.
In addition, at or before completion of the transaction, we send each client information which includes the date of the
transaction, a statement of the nature of the transaction, an offer to furnish the time the transaction took place, and the
total of all compensation received. Cambridge, through its clearing firm, provides each client who was a party to an agency
cross transaction for compensation, an annual written disclosure statement identifying the total number of agency cross
transactions since the last statement and the total compensation received.
Agency cross transactions can only be processed through Cambridge accounts, and such transactions are not available
through Institutional RIA Account platforms such as Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. and TD Ameritrade.
Principal Transactions
Principal transactions are transactions where an adviser, acting as principal for its own account or the account of an
affiliate, buys a security from or sells a security to an advisory client as opposed to carrying out trades through another
broker-dealer. CIRA executes client orders for certain types of securities on a principal basis in advisory accounts managed
by our Firm.
Our policy is that no additional compensation, outside of the normal advisory fee, is charged to an advisory client account
due to the implementation of the principal transaction. We have adopted policies and procedures to ensure that principal
transactions comply with the Advisers Act, which requires prior notice of the consent to a principal transaction, on a
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transaction-by-transaction basis. Disclosure generally comes directly from the broker/dealer or custodian. We use our
affiliated broker/dealer, Cambridge, to facilitate a principal transaction.
Review of Accounts
Your Financial Professional provides investment advice and conducts ongoing reviews of your account(s). He/she also
selects and/or recommends strategies and managers within WealthPort. Therefore, you should contact your Financial
Professional for your most current account information and status.
We do not impose a specific review schedule that all Financial Professionals must follow. Generally, the calendar is the main
triggering factor for your reviews. However, more frequent reviews can be provided for your account depending on, among
other issues, changes to your financial or person situation, or changes in market conditions. In addition, we generally send
an annual letter confirming your personal information.
Your Financial Professional reviews your account(s) to analyze if they are being managed in accordance with your chosen
investment objective, are properly balanced, are managed according to a specific asset allocation model, and to verify the
accuracy of account holdings and fee deductions.
Although not every Financial Professional provides an annual financial review to every client, CIRA encourages you to
request a review to discuss with your Financial Professional such things as account performance; changes in investment
objectives, goals, and financial situation; tax planning; estate planning; retirement planning; and other questions you have
concerning your investment portfolio.
For CAAP® and UMA accounts, we review your account(s) for rebalancing in the event that the strategists change the
allocation targets. At your request or your Financial Professional’s request, we perform tax harvesting. Proceeds of tax-
related transactions can be held in cash until appropriate wash sale periods have expired. Once the was sale period has
expired, the related proceeds are invested according to the current targeted allocation for the portfolio. In addition, we can
delay placing rebalancing transactions for non-retirement accounts by a number of days, in an attempt to limit short-term
tax treatment for any position being sold. Under certain conditions, we also accommodate requests for all or a portion of an
account to remain allocated to cash for a short period of time.
Cambridge will periodically review the risk category for CAAP® and UMA model strategies. In the event Cambridge finds
that a model has moved outside its most recent risk category, Cambridge will decide whether to re-categorize the model
into a new risk category or leave in unchanged. Financial Professionals are responsible for communicating this change to
you, the client. Therefore, you should contact your Financial Professional for your most current account information and
status.
Client Reports and Statements
For WealthPort accounts in which discretionary authority has been granted, you have the option to suppress the mailing of
separate trade confirmations. Trade confirmation suppression is authorized by you by signing the applicable authorization
document. In lieu of separate trade confirmations, information regarding trades will be reported at least quarterly via the
quarterly confirmation report.
You will receive confirmations of purchases and sales in your account(s) via the quarterly and/or monthly Client Brokerage
Statement which contains account information such as account value, transactions, and other relevant account
information. Client Brokerage Statements are prepared and delivered by the account custodian.
We urge you to review the contents of these custodial Client Brokerage Statements and compare them against other
reports provided directly from CIRA or Financial Professionals.
Some clients also receive periodic reports reflecting the performance of their investment portfolio over a specified period.
These optional performance reporting solutions are available to Financial Professionals who utilize the WealthPort
programs. Individual client performance can differ depending upon the timing of initial investment, timing of cash flows, tax
events, low account balances and any individual client restrictions.
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Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Other Compensation
Financial Professionals, in their separate capacities as Registered Representatives of Cambridge, receive commission from
the execution of securities transactions. Although not shared with Financial Professionals, our affiliated broker-dealer,
Cambridge, receives a portion of the ticket charges for non-wrap accounts managed by CIRA and held at NFS or Pershing. In
addition, certain mutual fund companies as outlined in the fund’s prospectus pay 12b-1 fees. 12b-1 fees come from fund
assets, therefore, indirectly from client assets. With your managed accounts, 12b-1 (marketing and distribution) fees and
trail earned will be credited to your account at the clearing firm whenever possible. When 12b-1 fees and trails earned are
not credited to your account, the investment advisory fee will be lowered, or offset by that amount.
Cambridge performs certain administration activities to implement and monitor the trades recommended by the strategists
and imposes an administration fee to each strategist. Cambridge does have the ability to waive or reduce the
administration fee in certain circumstances. This additional compensation is based on the amount of assets invested in the
strategist’s portfolios. The strategist can choose to pay the administrative fee directly and not raise the cost of the
Strategist Fee paid by the client, or the strategist could raise the cost of the Strategist Fee paid by the client, thereby
increasing the overall cost to the client.
Financial Professionals that are licensed insurance agents, including those approved to conduct business under CIRA’s
affiliated insurance company TBS Agency, Inc., receive commissions and other incentive awards for the recommendation
and/or sale of annuities and other insurance products. The receipt of this compensation can affect the judgment of
Financial Professionals when recommending insurance products to their clients.
While Financial Professionals endeavor at all times to put your interests ahead of their own, you should be aware that the
receipt of commissions and additional compensation itself creates a conflict of interest, and can affect the judgment of
Financial Professionals when making recommendations.
In addition to the economic benefits detailed above, including assistance and services, the Firm enters into specific
arrangements with product sponsors and other third parties. Financial Professionals offer a wide variety of products and
programs including mutual funds, annuities, life insurance, and investment wrap programs (collectively referred to as
“Approved Product Companies”). Arrangements with some Approved Product Companies are referred to as revenue
sharing arrangements. Although we endeavor at all times to put the interest of our clients ahead of our own ow those of
our officers, directors, or representatives (“affiliated persons”), these arrangements could affect our judgment when
recommending investment products, thus presenting a conflict of interest. Please review our Revenue Sharing Disclosure
located at joincambridge.com for further information about any of our revenue sharing arrangements. It is also available
upon written request.
Cash Sweep Options
Cambridge provides clients with access to a cash sweep program designed for investment of free cash in eligible
brokerage accounts (the “Program”). The Program provides access to a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
(“FDIC”) insured bank deposit sweep product, described in greater detail below. The Program facilitates the
automatic transfer of cash awaiting investment in your account. Uninvested cash assets eligible to be swept will
go into a bank deposit sweep product insured by the FDIC or remain as free credit depending on customer
choice. You may contact your Financial Professional if you choose not to have free credit balances transferred to
the FDIC insured bank deposit sweep product or to discuss this change, as well as other investment options that
may be more suitable for your goals. Additional information and disclosures can be found on our website
(https://www.joincambridge.com/investors/cambridge-disclosures/).
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Cambridge receives revenue when cash is swept into the FDIC insured bank deposit sweep product (the
Product”). This presents a conflict for Cambridge due to the financial benefit it receives. When free credit
balances sweep to the Product, Cambridge will receive more compensation compared to other money market
funds. The fee that Cambridge receives is higher than the interest rate payable to clients and any increase in the
fee that Cambridge chooses to receive will decrease the amount of the payable interest to the client. It is
important to discuss your options with your Financial Professional. Please note, Cambridge does not share any
portion of this revenue with your Financial Professional.
In high interest rate environments, available money market funds outside of the Program provide a higher yield
than that of the Product. If you are seeking the highest yield currently available in the market for your cash
balances please contact your financial professional to discuss investment options available outside of the
available sweep features that may be more suitable for your investment goals.
The sweep option offered by Cambridge in eligible brokerage accounts will sweep cash balances pending
reinvestment to and from an investment account to the Product on a daily basis. The sweep balances
immediately begin earning interest once swept into the Product which is designed to allow clients to take
advantage of the insurance provided through the FDIC. With the exception of cash, FDIC sweep programs
generally offer greater safety than non-FDIC insured alternative vehicles. The FDIC insures traditional
bank/deposit accounts, such as checking and savings accounts, and certificates of deposit (CDs). Each account is
insured up to $250,000 for each category of legal ownership. For all eligible accounts, deposits are held at a
network of multiple banks, (“Program Bank” or collectively “Program Banks”) and insurance coverage is
currently a cumulative $1.5 million per tax ID ($3 million for joint accounts).
As required by federal banking regulations, each Program Bank has reserved the right to require seven (7)
calendar days prior notice before permitting a withdrawal of any Program Deposits. So long as this right is not
exercised, your ability to access funds, including the ability to write checks against your account, should not be
impacted.
If the Product is used as the sweep vehicle for your account, available cash in eligible brokerage accounts is
deposited through into interest-bearing deposit accounts at one or more FDIC-insured depository institutions
set forth in the list of participating Program Banks. Generally, cash balances, including those deposited in the
Program Banks, are subject to CIRA advisory fees or other asset-based fees, and CIRA includes such cash
balances in its calculation of the fees payable by the client for investment advisory services.
If the Product is used as the sweep vehicle for your account, cash balances will be deposited with participating
Program Banks. You are not required to use this option and can choose to have no sweep option, with the cash
held in the NFS or Pershing account earning no interest, where funds are available upon request. Alternatively,
you may choose to trade into an uninsured money market fund outside of the Program, where funds may not be
immediately available. Returns to you for these other options that pay interest are typically higher than returns
earned in the Product. In general, the higher the Federal Funds rate, the greater the likelihood interest rates on
money market funds will be higher than the rate of return on the Program Bank deposits. Money market funds
can lose value and have done so in the past, albeit very infrequently.
You will make your selection as to how your cash balances will be handled, at the time of account opening,
through your account opening documents. You may also change your initial sweep option choice by contacting
your Financial Professional.
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It is important to understand that the cash balance held in your account(s) by NFS or Pershing that is not in the
Product is not FDIC insured although it is eligible for protection by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation
(SIPC), in accordance with the requirements established by SIPC, up to certain limits. For more information
about SIPC coverage, please visit www.sipc.org. SIPC protection differs significantly from FDIC insurance. Not all
broker-dealers offer an FDIC insured bank deposit sweep product or have the same access and features.
Cambridge receives a fee from each Program Bank that participates in the Program.
The interest rate payable to clients is based on the amounts paid by the Program Banks to Cambridge, less a fee
retained by Cambridge for administration of the Program. In addition to Cambridge’s fee, Pershing, NFS and
their third-party administrators receive fees from each Program Bank maintaining deposits. The fee retained by
Cambridge will never exceed an amount equal to the Federal Funds rate + 0.5% on an annualized basis.
Cambridge determines the interest rate to be paid to clients based on expenses to third parties and prevailing
competitive FDIC insured bank deposit account sweep product rates. The fees received will vary from Program
Bank to Program Bank. The amount of the fee we receive affects the interest rate paid to clients on deposits.
The fee that Cambridge receives differs between clients who use NFS as their clearing firm and those who use
Pershing.
Cambridge partners with Interlink Insured Sweep LLC (“Program Administrators”) to monitor and maintain
deposits, directed by them, at each Bank under the $250,000 limits. Additionally, Cambridge receives alerts that
notify us of accounts that exceed the $1.5 million Program limits. However, any deposits (including CDs) that you
maintain in the same insurable capacity directly with a Program Bank, or through an intermediary (such as us or
another broker), will be aggregated with deposits in your Deposit Accounts at such Program Bank for purposes
of the Maximum Deposit Amount. You are responsible for monitoring the total amount of deposits that you
have with each Program Bank, including an Excess Deposit Bank, in order to determine the extent of FDIC
deposit insurance coverage available to you. For more information on the Maximum Deposit Amount and the
Excess Deposit Bank, refer to the Cambridge Investment Research, Inc. Insured Bank Deposit Program Disclosure
Document, (https://www.joincambridge.com/investors/cambridge-disclosures/). In addition to Cambridge’s fee,
NFS, Pershing and the Program Administrators will receive fees for record-keeping and administrative services
from each Program Bank.
The use of the Product creates a conflict of interest due to the financial benefits for Cambridge, clearing firms
NFS and Pershing, as well as the Program Banks. Cash balances held at Program Banks receive a lower interest
rate than the prevailing interest rates paid in other interest-bearing accounts, including money market funds
outside of the Program. This makes the Product less profitable to clients and most profitable for Cambridge.
Cambridge also receives revenue from NFS and Pershing from the Product which is greater than the revenue it
earns from money market funds outside the program. Importantly, Cambridge has an incentive to place your
cash in the Product. Even though these payments are not shared with your Financial Professional, the receipt of
these additional payments creates a conflict of interest because of the increased compensation to Cambridge.
The FDIC insured bank deposit sweep product should not be viewed as a long-term investment option. For help
with understanding the best option for your account, please contact your Financial Professional.
Compensation Paid for Client Referrals
Promoters – Referring Parties
We enter into arrangements with individuals or entities (“Promoters”) who provide endorsements or testimonials or refer
clients that are candidates for investment advisory services to us. In return, we compensate the Promoter for the
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endorsement, testimonial, or referral. Compensation to the Promoter is not always dependent on the client entering into
an advisory agreement with CIRA. Compensation to the Promoter is an agreed upon percentage of our investment advisory
fee or a flat fee, depending on the agreement and the type of advisory services provided. It should be noted that not all
Financial Professionals work with Promoters. In fact, most Financial Professionals do not use Promoters.
Our referral program is compliant with federal or state regulations (as applicable). We pay all fees pursuant to a written
agreement retained by both CIRA and the Promoter. We require Promoters to provide the client with a Promoter Disclosure
Statement, at the time of solicitation. CIRA obtains acknowledgement from the client of receiving the disclosures prior to or
at the time of entering into an investment advisory contract with our Firm. Promoters are not permitted to offer clients any
investment advice on behalf of CIRA. The advisory fee charged to clients can increase as a result of compensation being
shared with the Promoter.
Referral Arrangements with Representatives of Unaffiliated Broker-dealers
Certain Financial Professionals have entered into arrangements with Registered Representatives of outside broker-dealer
firms whereby the Registered Representatives of the outside broker-dealer firm will refer clients to Cambridge and the
Financial Professional in his or her separate capacity as a Cambridge Registered Representative.
Marketing Arrangements with Financial Institutions
Cambridge has established and will continue to establish marketing arrangements with banks, credit unions and other
financial institutions. In certain circumstances, investment advisory services of CIRA are also marketed through these banks,
credit unions and other financial institutions, provided that such marketing is done in compliance with applicable SEC and
state regulations. Further, some Financial Professionals conduct business from, and/or are affiliated with, a bank or other
financial institution. As a result of these marketing agreements, the financial institution receives compensation
representing payment for the use of the facilities and equipment of the financial institution(s), in the form of program
support or rent and/or a portion of the advisory fees or securities commissions paid to the Financial
Professionals/Registered Representatives for sales to customer/members of the financial institution.
These relationships create compliance issues relative to consumer protection.
The joint guidelines of regulators of the depository institution call for, at a minimum, both written and verbal disclosure at
or prior to the time securities products are purchased or sold that such securities products:
are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or National Credit Union Share Insurance
Fund, the National Credit Union Administration, or any other federal or state deposit guarantee fund or other
government agency;
not endorsed or guaranteed by the bank or credit union or their affiliates;
are not deposits or obligations of the depository institutions and are not guaranteed by the depository institutions;
investments and securities are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal invested.
Financial Information
This item is not applicable to our Disclosure Brochure. CIRA does not allow, require, or solicit prepayment of more than
$1,200 in fees per client, six (6) months or more in advance. Therefore, we are not required to include a balance sheet for
our most recent fiscal year. Neither CIRA nor our affiliated companies are subject to a financial condition that is reasonably
likely to impair our ability to meet contractual commitments to clients. Finally, we have not been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition at any time.
Requirement for State Registered Advisers
CIRA is a federally registered Investment Adviser; therefore, this section does not apply.