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Clearview Wealth Management, LLC
ADV PART 2A: BROCHURE
4 Venture, Suite #120, Irvine, CA 92618
http://www.clearviewfg.com
February 23, 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
CLEARVIEW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of
this brochure, please contact CLEARVIEW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC at: (949) 333-6394,
or admin@clearviewfg.com.
Additional information about our CLEARVIEW WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC is available on
the Internet at: www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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 of an
Investment Adviser does not imply any level of skill or training.
Our firm's CRD number is: 288978
Item 2 Material Changes
As an SEC-registered investment adviser, our firm is required to comply with the new
reporting and filing requirements. Our Firm Brochure dated February 23, 2026, is our new
disclosure document prepared according to those requirements and rules.
After our initial filing of this Brochure, this section will be used to provide our clients with a
summary of new and/or updated information.
Consistent with the new rules, we will ensure that you receive a summary of any material
changes to this and subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close of our business’
fiscal year.
Material Changes (since last update on October 31, 2025):
No material changes to disclose.
Item 3 Table of Contents Page
Item 1
Cover Page
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Item 2
Material Changes
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Item 3
Table of Contents
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Item 4
Advisory Business
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Item 5
Fees and Compensation
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Item 6
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
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Item 7
Types of Clients
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Item 8
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Item 9
Disciplinary Information
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Item 10
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11
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Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Item 12
Brokerage Practices
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Item 13
Review of Accounts
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Item 14
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Item 15
Custody
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Item 16
Investment Discretion
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Item 17
Voting Client Securities
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Item 18
Financial Information
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Item 4
Advisory Business
Clearview Wealth Management, LLC ("Clearview Wealth Management", or “the firm”) is an
SEC-registered investment adviser with its principal place of business located in Irvine,
California.
Clearview Wealth Management is a limited liability company that began to conduct advisory
business in 2018. This is an outgrowth of the Investment Management and Financial
Planning business established by Mark Phillips in 2003. Mark initially affiliated, as a
Registered Rep. and Investment Advisor Representative, with American Express Financial
Advisors (later re-named Ameriprise Financial). In 2010, Mark changed affiliation to
Commonwealth Financial Network as a Registered Rep. and Investment Advisor
Representative.
In 2018, Mark established Clearview Wealth Management as a Registered Investment
Advisor and a limited liability company in the state of California in and of itself while
maintaining affiliation with Commonwealth Financial Network. The current ownership
percentages for Clearview wealth management, LLC is: Mark Phillips 66%, Nick Bautista
17%, and Eric Figarsky 17%.
In May 2019, Clearview Wealth Management and all associated persons of Clearview wealth
management terminated the broker-dealer relationship and affiliation with Commonwealth
Financial Network. Simultaneous with that, Clearview Wealth management and its affiliated
persons established a broker-dealer relationship with TD Ameritrade to have TD Ameritrade
Institutional provide custodial services to Clearview Wealth Management clients and allow
Clearview Wealth Management to provide investment management services to these same
client accounts custodied at TD Ameritrade. In November 2019 Charles Schwab, and their
Schwab Institutional division announced the purchase of TD Ameritrade and the intention to
merge the two institutional divisions providing custody and brokerage services to clients of
RIA firms such as Clearview Wealth Management., LLC. In September of 2023 all accounts
of Clearview Wealth Management., LLC clients being held through TD Ameritrade
Institutional will be transitioned to Schwab Institutional.
Clearview Wealth Management will offer financial planning, portfolio oversight, investment
management, retirement plan consulting services, and broad financial advice services to
select individuals and entities. This will be by written contract with these individuals and
entities. The scope of advice and oversight will be in alignment with the training and
expertise of the professionals engaged by and affiliated with the firm. In addition, these
services will be limited to the work as explicitly detailed in the written contract between
Clearview Wealth Management and these select individuals and entities. The services
provided will be tailored to the individual needs of each client. As such, each client may
impose limited restrictions on the scope of advice for financial planning or retirement plan
consulting services and the specific securities or investment vehicles considered for inclusion
within their financial plan and/or investment management strategy.
Clearview Wealth Management offers the following advisory services to our clients:
Wealth Management Consulting/Financial Planning:
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Clearview Wealth Management provides financial planning advisory services on a wide range
of financial topics, including, but not limited to, budgeting and cash flow analysis, major
purchases, education planning and funding strategies, retirement income/longevity planning
strategies, portfolio and investment analysis, estate planning analysis and strategies,
business succession planning strategies, and fringe benefit analysis. Individuals may engage
Clearview Wealth Management for consulting services on a negotiated hourly, or fixed-fee
basis.
Recommendations and advice offered by Clearview Wealth Management do not constitute
legal, tax, or accounting advice. Individuals and entities engaging Clearview Wealth
Management for financial advice and oversight should coordinate and discuss the impact of
the financial strategies discussed in the areas involving law and tax that they receive from a
Clearview Wealth Management advisor with their attorney and/or accountant.
Clearview Wealth Management may, within the scope of comprehensive financial planning,
offer many clients investment portfolio allocation advice within the scope of agreed to
services for these clients. This advice may include how a client’s invested assets may be
optimally proportioned between broad asset classes (stocks, bonds, cash) or between asset
categories (US Large Co. stock, International Co. stock, Treasury Bonds, High Yield Bonds,
Real Estate Investment Trusts, etc.). In providing any such advice we consider a wide
variety of investments and securities and do not offer advice on limited types of investment
or security only.
The effectiveness of the financial planning services provided by Clearview Wealth
Management advisors depend largely on the personal information the client provides to
the advisor. For Clearview Wealth Management advisors to provide appropriate financial
planning advice to you as our client it is very important that you provide accurate and
complete responses to your advisor’s questions about your financial condition, needs and
objectives, and any reasonable restrictions you wish to apply to the choices you prefer to
make regarding all areas of your financial life. It is also important that you inform your
Clearview Wealth Management advisor of any changes in your financial condition, personal
circumstances, and your needs and wants (goals), if any, that you suspect may in any way
affect the overall financial planning, insurance, Tax, and investment strategies that may
optimize your likelihood of success.
Investment Management Services
Clearview Wealth Management enables advisors of the firm to assist clients in developing a
personalized investment portfolio using one or more investment types, including, but not
limited to, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), UITs, variable
and fixed-indexed annuities, and alternative investments. The advisor typically acts as
portfolio manager, with full investment discretion, although clients may elect to have the
advisor manage the account on a nondiscretionary basis. The client agrees to pay for this
service typically by having the advisor directly charge the agreed to fee to the account
being managed.
The advisors of Clearview Wealth Management are Investment Advisor Representatives. As
such they may offer investment management services to you as a client of Clearview Wealth
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Management.
If you engage your advisor to also, and separately, work for you as your investment
advisor, and you establish a relationship with, and open investment accounts through
him/her as or assign him/her to be your Investment Advisor on an existing account, you will
pay an investment management and oversight fee to Clearview Wealth Management per our
fee schedule and agreement. Your advisor and other advisors of Clearview Wealth
Management will receive a portion of the fee that Clearview Wealth Management charges
you for this investment management service.
Clearview Wealth Management, LLC receives no compensation for services outside of the
compensation received directly from clients like you for advisory services provided to clients
engaged with Clearview Wealth Management in a financial planning, investment
management, and or retirement plan consulting arrangement.
As of February 23, 2026, there is approximately $178,543,412 in discretionary and $0 in
non-discretionary assets under management. Total assets under management is
approximately $178,543,412.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
The advisors of Clearview Wealth Management provide fee-for-service Retirement Plan
Consulting Services (RPC) whereby advisors offer one-time or ongoing advisory services to
qualified retirement plan sponsors (RPC clients). Clients may engage advisors for
Retirement Plan Consulting services on a negotiated hourly, flat, fixed, and/or asset-based
fee basis. The maximum annual account consulting fee, when stated as a percentage of
assets, is not to exceed 1.50% of plan assets unless that amount is less than $3000 which
is the minimum retirement plan consulting annual fee. Advisors may assist plan sponsors
with their fiduciary duties and provide both broad education and individualized advice to
plan participants based upon the needs of the plan and/or plan participants regarding
investment management matters, such as:
Investment policy statement support
Investment selection and monitoring
● Plan Design and features
● TPA review and benchmarking
● Fee and other plan cost benchmarking
● Guidance on QDIA and enrollment safe harbor
● Trustee record-keeping
● Participant communication
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● Overall portfolio composition
● Participant advice programs
this service is separate from financial planning or ongoing investment management services
offered by the firm. If individual participants of a retirement plan for which Clearview wealth
management’s provides retirement plan consulting services wish to engage the advisors of
Clearview Wealth Management for individual financial planning and or investment
management services that participant will need to sign a separate and distinct agreement as
an individual for those services and pay for them separately.
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Tax Preparation Services
Clearview Wealth Management has started offering tax preparation services to its existing
clients. These services cover both state and federal tax returns for individuals and businesses.
Currently, and for the foreseeable future, this service will be available exclusively to existing
clients for an additional fee.
Tax preparation services involve the process of preparing and filing tax returns for individuals
or businesses. This includes gathering necessary financial information, calculating tax liabilities,
ensuring compliance with federal and state tax laws, identifying potential deductions and
credits, and submitting the completed tax returns to the appropriate tax authorities.
Professional tax preparation services aim to maximize refunds or minimize tax liabilities while
ensuring accuracy and adherence to tax regulations.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Financial Planning Fees
For our financial planning services that we provide to clients separately from or inclusive of
investment management, we receive a fixed fee paid either annually quarterly or monthly
from the client. This fee is negotiated in advance with the client based in part on the time
commitment and scope of work agreed to. Our fees typically range from $600 per year
($50 monthly) to $10,000 per year ($833 monthly) however, under special circumstances
they may be greater or lesser than these amounts.
Under special circumstances we may charge an hourly fee or a fixed limited term fee for
work that is not expected to be continuous and ongoing with a client.
● Hourly Basis (not to exceed $500/hour)
● Fixed Fee on a limited term/engagement or project basis (for work not expected to
exceed 12 months)
Tax Preparation Fees
Fixed Fees range from: $300 - $6,000 determined by the needed support and complexity.
Investment Management Fees
For our investment advisory services, we typically charge a fee as a percentage of assets
under management. This fee varies with the type of account, the scope of work, and the
amount of assets in the account and in the client household that we manage. This fee rate is
negotiated with the client and agreed to in advance. As such fee schedule with each client
may be unique and varied from the next. Even within a client household different accounts,
requiring different levels of advisory and oversight involvement may be charged at different
fee rates. We may also, by agreement with the client, direct that investment advisory
service fees for the household be charged to specific accounts rather than against the assets
in all account’s pro rata. However, we will never charge a client more than 2.25% of the
total of assets under management for that client’s household. The incremental maximum
Investment management fee on a householding basis is as follows:
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Incremental Assets in
household
Maximum Marginal Fee Rate
(Annual)
Maximum Quarterly Fee
Rate
First $100,000
2.25%
.5625%
Next $150,000
2.00%
.50%
Next $750,000
1.85%
.4625%
Next $1,000,000
1.70%
.425%
Over $2 million
1.50%
.375%
In addition to the annual investment advisor management fee, and unless otherwise agreed
between the client and the advisor, clients engaging Clearview Wealth Management as an
investment advisor will pay transaction charges as described in the “Other Fees and/or
Costs” section of their custodial agreement with their custodian (TD Ameritrade
institutional, Schwab institutional, Fidelity institutional, etc.). These charges are collected
directly by the third-party service providers and none of these fees is paid directly through
to Clearview Wealth Management or any of its representatives.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services Fees
Clients may engage advisors for Retirement Plan Consulting services on a negotiated hourly,
flat, fixed, and/or asset-based fee basis. Fixed annualized fees range from $3000-$60,000
per year, however under special circumstances they may be greater or lesser than these
amounts. A variable fee as a percentage of plan assets may range from 0% to 1.5%. In
either circumstance the fee is negotiated in advance with the client based in part on the
time commitment and scope of work agreed to. The maximum annual account consulting
fee, when stated as a percentage of assets, is not to exceed 1.5% of plan assets unless that
amount is less than $3000 which is the minimum retirement plan consulting annual fee.
By agreement with the client we typically deduct the fixed and or variable advisory fees
from the clients account(s) quarterly or monthly, however we may, alternatively, bill the
client for these fees on an annualized, quarterly or monthly basis. Fees may be paid at the
time of service, or in advance of service, by prearranged deduction from subject account,
check, electronic fund transfer or credit card.
Except as otherwise agreed to at the time our services are contracted all fees for financial
planning services, investment management services, and retirement plan advisory services
shall be charged and payable in advance. They may be paid in advance on a monthly
quarterly or annual basis as agreed to with the advisor. If the advisory agreement is
terminated before the end of a period for which fees have been collected in advance then
the advisor will calculate the pro rata amount of fees collected that have been earned based
on a time basis and the amount of unearned fees will be refunded to the client within 90
days.
Fees are subject to negotiation and will vary depending on the specific circumstances and
services agreed to. The project and monthly fee engagements will generally include the
development and delivery of a written report or plan at least one time. This may be done in
digital (PDF) format and transmitted electronically to you or made available to you via a
web site portal we will provide to you.
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In the case of a monthly and ongoing arrangement, we will regularly (at least annually)
review and update the analysis/plan with you. This may be done in digital (PDF) format and
transmitted electronically to you or made available to you via a web site portal we will
provide to you.
Clearview Wealth Management’s services and fees may include investment management,
however, will not include or cover any custodian fees or fees charged by record keepers,
custodians, fund managers or other third parties including those that Clearview wealth
management and its advisors may recommend to you. Further Clearview Wealth
Management receives no direct or indirect compensation from any outside investment
manager or product provider with whom you may engage. Clients who engage any other
investment management advisor or financial or legal advisor are thus advised to review
that independent advisors fee schedule and /or ADV 2A Brochure for the professionals’ fee
schedules, other fees charged and applicable billing methods.
Additionally, investments you purchase as a result of a portfolio and investment analysis
within a financial plan may be subject to deferred sales charges, 12b-1 fees, and other
fund-related expenses. No investment related fees charged by investment companies
(mutual funds, ETF’s, fee-based annuities, etc.) and custodians are covered by the fees
you pay to Clearview Wealth Management. The fund’s prospectus or service agreement
should fully describe the fees and expenses you may pay to these third parties as a result
of making any such investments through those firms.
All fees paid to Clearview Wealth Management for advisory services are separate and
distinct from any fees and expenses charged by mutual funds, ETFs, Closed End Funds,
annuities, limited partnerships, REITS, brokerage accounts and account trustees for the
purpose of implementing any investment strategy and for any trading you do or engage a
third party to do on your behalf. Clearview Wealth Management does not receive any
portion of any fee paid out to or collected by investment companies, Broker Dealers,
Insurance Companies or other product companies. Clearview does not participate in any
wrap fee programs or revenue sharing of any kind with any other firm.
Fees for Wealth Management Consulting (you as an individual), and Not-For-Profit
Trustee Consulting (you as an entity trustee) are to be paid in advance, either on an
annual, quarterly or monthly basis.
Either party (Clearview, or the individual/Trustee) may terminate the engagement with 30
days advanced notice in writing. All advisory fees paid for financial planning, analysis and
oversight beyond the date of termination will be fully refunded. This refund will be
accompanied with an accounting of the amount earned and thus retained by Clearview
Wealth Management from the total paid by you as the client.
Note: Clients are not obligated in any manner to implement any of the recommendations
offered by their Clearview Wealth Management advisor. They may choose to implement
the recommendations of other parties, or to implement the recommendations of the
advisor through other parties without the assistance of the advisor.
In many circumstances where you as our client may choose to use an advisor,
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representative, or agent to implement various strategies offered and recommended to you
by your Clearview Wealth Management advisor those other parties will receive, and you
may thus pay the representative or agent or the firm for whom they work for implementing
the recommendation(s). Paying another advisor, representative or agent (through fees or
commissions) for implementation of financial strategies provided you by Clearview Wealth
Management will in no way entitle you to any refund or discount of the advisory charges
you agreed to pay to Clearview Wealth Management.
Additionally, you may choose to engage your Clearview Wealth Management advisor to
assist you as your broker to implement insurance strategies as recommended to you
through the financial planning process. For acting as your agent your advisor may receive a
commission directly from the insurance company. This is separate from and not related to
their work for you through Clearview Wealth Management except that the advisor’s duty to
provide fiduciary advice and service with regards to any recommendation or implementation
of an insurance strategy can and will in no away be diminished even though these services
are not offered through Clearview Wealth Management but rather by the agent directly.
Choosing to engage your advisor as your insurance agent, for implementation of insurance
strategies provided you by Clearview Wealth Management will in no way entitle you to any
refund or discount of the advisory charges you agreed to pay to Clearview Wealth
Management. Additionally, choosing not to implement the advice offered to you by
Clearview Wealth Management will in no way entitle you to any refund or discount of fees
paid to or due to Clearview Wealth Management.
Clearview Wealth Management will, upon request, disclose to you the nature and amount of
any compensation that they have or may receive as a result of you engaging them to
implement any part of the recommendations you received through the financial planning
process. Regardless of whether you request this disclosure Clearview Wealth Management
are bound by their explicit fiduciary duty to diligently affirm that the product being
recommended will be in your best interest.
For California Residents:
CCR § 260.238 of the California Code of Regulations requires that all investment advisers
disclose to their advisory clients that lower fees for comparable services may be available
from other sources.
CCR § 260.235.2: Our firm is required to disclose if a conflict exists between the interests
of the investment adviser and the interests of the client. As such, our client is under no
obligation to act upon the investment adviser's recommendation, and, if the client elects to
act on any of the recommendations, the client is under no obligation to effect the
transaction through the investment adviser.
CCR § 260.238(k): any material conflict of interest relating to you or your representatives
and employees that could be reasonably expected to impair the rendering of unbiased or
objective advice should be disclosed. Conflicts of interest may include, but are not limited
to, (a) compensation arrangements connected with advisory services which are in addition
to the advisory fees, (b) other financial industry activities or affiliations, or (c) participation
of interest in client transactions.
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Clearview Wealth Management does not charge any performance-based fees (or any other
fees based on a share of capital appreciation or gains above a set benchmark)
Item 7 Types of Clients
Clearview Wealth Management provide advisory services to the following types of clients:
Individuals (including high net worth individuals), Trusts, Estates, Charitable Organizations,
Pension/Profit Sharing Plan Sponsors/Fiduciaries, and Corporations/Other Businesses.
There are no minimum accounts sizes engage in financial planning services, Investment
Management services, or Retirement Consulting Services. There is however a minimum
charge for each of these services.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Clearview Wealth Management primarily serve individual clients and trustees. Each advisor
associated with Clearview Wealth Management has the independence to take the approach
he or she believes is most appropriate when analyzing investment strategies for clients.
As such we formulate our investment advice on a client by client specific basis. As such,
overall financial planning strategies, risk management strategies (insurance strategies),
estate planning strategies, and investment strategy that we offer to a specific client is very
specific to the circumstances of that client. We use analytic technology as well as
investment principles that include, however are not exclusive to, the following: Monte Carlo
portfolio analysis, modern portfolio theory, drift triggered rebalancing, fundamental
valuation under weighting or overweighting by asset class or asset category. Part of our
analysis is designed to determine the capacity for withstanding volatility risk that the client
has with specific funds designed for specific purposes. As such, we may invest in funds
intended to be used in the near future and or at a rapid rate, more conservatively than an
otherwise very similar account whose intention is to be used much further into the future
and or at a much slower rate each year. As such our intention is to manage the timing risk
associated with investing and distributions from each account. We are also intent on
understanding the client’s risk tolerance and assisting them in adapting a level of tolerance
most beneficial to them to fund the goals that they seek to fund. Additionally, in the choice
of asset class and category allocation we use modern portfolio theory combined with other
analytic approaches to optimize what we believe will be the ratio of a long-term investment
gain relative to the shorter-term investment volatility that a client’s investments may
encounter.
There are several sources of information that Clearview Wealth Management may use as
part of the investment analysis process.
These sources include, but are not limited to:
● Financial publications
● Research materials prepared by others
● Corporate rating services
● SEC filings (annual reports, prospectus, 10-K, etc.)
● Company press releases
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As a firm, Clearview Wealth Management does not favor any specific method of analysis to
the exclusion of another and, therefore, would not be considered to have one approach
deemed to be a “significant strategy.” There are, however, a few common strategies that
may be used by Clearview Wealth Management, in the course of providing advice to you as
a client. Please note that there is no investment strategy that will guarantee a profit or
prevent loss. Following are some common strategies employed by advisors in the
management of client accounts:
● Dollar Cost Averaging (“DCA”): The technique of buying a fixed dollar amount of
a particular investment on a regular schedule over time, regardless of the share price
at the time of purchase. More shares are purchased when prices are low, and fewer
shares are bought when prices are high. DCA is believed to lessen the risk of
investing a large amount in a single investment at higher price. DCA strategies do
not prevent against loss in declining markets.
● Asset Allocation: An investment strategy that aims to balance risk and reward by
allocating assets among a variety of asset classes. At a high level, there are three
main asset classes—equities (stocks), fixed income (bonds), and cash/cash
equivalents—each of which has different risk and reward profiles/behaviors. Asset
classes are often further divided into domestic and foreign investments, and
equities are often divided into small, intermediate, and large capitalization. The
general theory behind asset allocation is that each asset class will perform
differently from the others in different market conditions. By diversifying a portfolio
of investments among a wide range of asset classes, advisors seek to reduce the
overall volatility and risk of a portfolio through avoiding overexposure to any one
asset class during various market cycles. Asset allocation does not guarantee a
profit or protect against loss.
● Technical Analysis (aka “Charting”): A method of evaluating securities by
analyzing statistics generated by market activity, such as past prices and volume.
Technical analysts do not attempt to measure a security’s intrinsic value. Instead,
they use charts and other tools to identify patterns that can suggest future
activity. When looking at individual equities, a person using technical analysis
generally believes that performance of the stock, rather than performance of the
company itself, has more to do with the company’s future stock price. It is
important to understand that past performance does not guarantee future results.
● Fundamental Analysis: A method of evaluating a security that entails attempting
to measure its intrinsic value by examining related economic, financial, and other
qualitative and quantitative factors. Fundamental analysts attempt to study
everything that can affect the security’s value, including macroeconomic factors
(e.g., the overall economy and industry conditions) and company-specific factors
(e.g., financial condition and management). The end goal of performing
fundamental analysis is to produce a value that an investor can compare with the
security’s current price, with the aim of figuring out what sort of position to take
with that security (underpriced = buy, overpriced = sell or short). This method of
security analysis is considered to be the opposite of technical analysis.
● Quantitative Analysis: An analysis technique that seeks to understand behavior by
using complex mathematical and statistical modeling, measurement, and research.
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By assigning a numerical value to variables, quantitative analysts try to replicate
reality mathematically. Some believe that it can also be used to predict real-world
events, such as changes in a share price.
● Qualitative Analysis: Securities analysis that uses subjective judgment based on
non-quantifiable information, such as management expertise, industry cycles,
strength of research and development, and labor relations. This type of analysis
technique is different from quantitative analysis, which focuses on numbers. The
two techniques, however, are often used together.
Material Risks
Allocation and Planning Tools
The modeling tools used to create financial plans and investment portfolio asset allocation
recommendations for clients rely on various assumptions, such as estimates of inflation,
risk, economic conditions, and rates of return on security asset classes and categories. All
return assumptions use asset class returns, not returns of actual investments, and do not
include fees or expenses that clients would pay if they invested in specific products.
Modeling software is only a tool used to help guide us when developing an appropriate plan,
and we cannot guarantee that clients will achieve the results shown in the plan. Results will
vary based on, among other things, the information provided by the client regarding the
client’s assets, risk tolerance, and personal information. Changes to the program’s
underlying assumptions or differences in actual personal, economic, or market outcomes
may result in materially different results for the client. Clients should carefully consider the
assumptions and limitations of the software as disclosed on the analysis reports and should
discuss the results of the plan with us as your advisor, or other qualified advisor(s), before
making any changes in their investment or allocation program.
Investments:
The following covers what we believe to be the general and specific risks of investing in and
owning of securities we may recommend to individual and entity/trustee clients under our
Wealth Management and Retirement Plan and Entity/Trustee Consulting engagements.
General Risks of Owning Securities
All Clearview Wealth Management clients should understand that investing in securities
involves risk of loss, and thus all investors must be prepared to bear that risk. Prior to
implementing any investment recommendations offered by Clearview Wealth Management,
you, the client, should carefully consider all the following:
● You should commit to management only those assets that you believe will not be
needed for current purposes and that can be invested on a long-term basis, usually a
minimum of three years.
● That volatility from investing in the stock market can occur, and
● That over time your (the entity/Trust’s) assets may fluctuate and at any time
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be worth more or less than the amount invested.
Your investments are not bank deposits and are not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or
any other governmental agency, entity, or person, unless otherwise noted and explicitly
disclosed as such, and as such may lose value.
Independent Manager Strategies and Risks
Independent Managers utilize their own investment process and methods of analysis. The
strategies and securities these managers invest in may have different or additional risks
than those described in this brochure. For example, while Clearview Wealth Management
does not implement investment advice using margin transactions, some Independent Third-
Party Investment Managers may utilize margin transactions in the discretionary
management of client cash and securities. Use of margin can increase volatility and magnify
any investment losses in a client’s account. Similarly, options may be utilized in various
strategies. Options are complex financial instruments and not suitable for all investors.
Investing in options carries unique risks that can result in the loss of all invested principal.
Specific Risks for all Investment Products
Clients can find more information about the strategies and related risks of an Independent
Managers in Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss in each
manager’s Form ADV disclosure brochure, or in the fund managers Prospectus.
Mutual Funds (Open-end Investment Company)
A mutual fund is a company that pools money from many investors and invests the money
in stocks, bonds, short-term money-market instruments, other securities or assets, or some
combination of these investments. The portfolio of the fund consists of the combined
holdings it owns. Each share represents an investor’s proportionate ownership of the fund’s
holdings and the income those holdings generate. The price that investors pay for mutual
fund shares is the fund’s per share net asset value (NAV) plus any shareholder fees that the
fund imposes at the time of purchase (such as sales loads).
The benefits of investing through mutual funds include professional management,
diversification, affordability, and liquidity. Mutual funds also have features that some
investors might view as disadvantages:
Costs Despite Negative Returns
Mutual funds pay operating and other expenses from fund assets regardless of how the fund
performs, which are indirectly charged to all holders of the mutual fund shares. Depending
on the timing of their investment, investors may also have to pay taxes on any capital gains
distribution they receive. This includes instances where the fund went on to perform poorly
after purchasing shares.
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Lack of Control
Investors typically cannot ascertain the exact make-up of a fund’s portfolio at any given
time, nor can they directly influence which securities the fund manager buys and sells or the
timing of those trades.
Price Uncertainty
With an individual stock, investors can obtain real-time (or close to real-time) pricing
information with relative ease by checking financial websites or by calling a broker or
investment adviser. Investors can also monitor how a stock’s price changes from hour to
hour—or even second to second. By contrast, with a mutual fund, the price at which an
investor purchases or redeems shares will typically depend on the fund’s NAV, which the
fund might not calculate until many hours after the investor placed the order. In general,
mutual funds must calculate their NAV at least once every business day, typically after the
major U.S. exchanges close.
Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
An ETF is a type of Investment Company (usually, an open-end fund or unit investment
trust) containing a basket of stocks. Typically, the objective of an ETF is to achieve returns
like a market index, including sector indexes. An ETF is like an index fund in that it will
primarily invest in securities of companies that are included in a selected market. Unlike
traditional mutual funds, which can only be redeemed at the end of a trading day, ETFs
trade throughout the day on an exchange. Like stock mutual funds, the prices of the
underlying securities and the overall market may affect ETF prices. Similarly, factors
affecting a industry segment may affect ETF prices that track that sector.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
Securities issued by real estate investment trusts (REITs) primarily invest in real estate or
real estate related loans. Equity REITs own real estate properties, while mortgage REITs
hold construction, development and/or long-term mortgage loans. Changes in the value of
the underlying property of the trusts, the creditworthiness of the issuer, property taxes,
interest rates, tax laws, and regulatory requirements, such as those relating to the
environment all can affect the values and liquidity of REITs. Both types of REITs are
dependent upon management skill, the cash flows generated by their holdings, the real
estate market in general, and the possibility of failing to qualify for any applicable pass-
through tax treatment or failing to maintain any applicable exempted status afforded under
relevant laws.
Private Funds
A private fund is an investment vehicle that pools capital from several investors and invests
in securities and other instruments. In almost all cases, a private fund is a private
investment vehicle that is typically not registered under federal or state securities laws. So
that private funds do not have to register under these laws, issuers make the funds
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available only to certain sophisticated or accredited investors and cannot be offered or sold
to the general public. Private funds are generally smaller than mutual funds because they
are often limited to a small number of investors and have a more limited number of eligible
investors. Many but not all private funds use leverage as part of their investment. Private
funds management fees typically include a base management fee along with a performance
component. In many cases, the fund’s managers may become “partners” with their clients
by making personal investments of their own assets in the fund. Most private funds offer
their securities by providing an offering memorandum or private placement memorandum,
known as “PPM” for short. The PPM covers important information for investors and investors
should review this document carefully and should consider conducting additional due
diligence before investing in the private fund. The primary risks of private funds include the
following:
1. Private funds do not sell publicly and are therefore illiquid. An investor may not be
able to exit a private fund or sell its interests in the fund before the fund closes.
2. Private funds are subject to various other risks, including risks associated with the
types of securities in which the private fund invests
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
We are required to disclose if there are legal or disciplinary events that are material to a
client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of our business or the integrity of your
management. Clearview Wealth Management have no disciplinary information to disclose.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Clearview Wealth Management does not have a related person who is a: broker-dealer or
other similar type of broker or dealer; investment company or other pooled investment
vehicle, other investment adviser or financial planner; futures commission merchant or
commodity pool operator; banking or thrift institution; accountant or accounting firm;
lawyer or law firm; insurance company or agency; pension consultant; real estate broker
or dealer; or sponsor or syndicator of a limited partnership.
Outside Independent Managers
Clearview Wealth Management offers and may invest client money in third-party money
(investment) management services as part of a broad portfolio allocation strategy offered to
investment management clients.
Note: We do not foresee any additional conflicts of interest from any outside relationships to
disclose.
Associated persons of Clearview Wealth Management are licensed with various insurance
companies. Insurance commissions represent a small and shrinking part of the income
earned by associated persons of Clearview Wealth Management and we do not concentrate
resources in this area. However, associated persons may earn commissions directly from
the insurance carriers if you purchase insurance products through them in their separate
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role as an insurance agent. This may potentially create a conflict of interest. You are under
no obligation to purchase insurance products or services through them. To help reduce this
risk of conflict Clearview wealth management encourages all associated persons to refer
clients needing specific insurance coverage to third-party brokerage firm specializing in that
insurance and to establish no financial relationship or compensation arrangement with
those third-party firms for any insurance the client of Clearview Wealth Management
secures.
Clearview Wealth Management also strives to mitigate the conflicts of interest by notifying
you of these conflicts. We inform you that you are free to consult other financial
professionals and that you may implement recommendations through these professionals.
We are bound by our Code of Ethics to act in an ethical manner.
Clearview Wealth Management and its Advisory Representative are not actively engaged in
any other financial industry entity other than what is disclosed herein and on ADV 2B.
How we handle conflict of interest
Clients should be aware that additional compensation by our firm and its management
persons or access person may create a material conflict of interest. We strive (on all
occasions) to put the interest of you, our clients, first as part of our fiduciary duty as an
SEC registered investment adviser.
Our firm will take the following steps to address any material conflicts of interest:
● We will disclose to you, as our client(s), the existence of all material conflicts of
interest
● We will disclose to you, as our client(s), that you are not obligated to purchase any
recommended investment products
● We will endeavor to collect and maintain accurate, complete and relevant client
information with regards your financial goals, investment objectives and risk
tolerance;
● Our employees must receive approval for any outside business activities;
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
Clearview Wealth Management has a fiduciary duty to you to act in your best interest and
always place your interests first and foremost. Clearview Wealth Management takes
seriously its compliance and regulatory obligations and requires all staff to comply with
such rules and regulations as well as our policies and procedures. Further, we strive to
handle your non-public information in such a way to protect information from falling into
the hands of anyone who has no business reason to know such information. We provide you
with our Privacy Policy that details our procedures for handling your personal information.
Clearview Wealth Management maintains a code of ethics for its Advisory Representatives,
supervised persons and office staff. The Code of Ethics contains provisions for standards of
business conduct in order to comply with federal securities laws, personal securities
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reporting requirements, pre-approval procedures for certain transactions, code violations
reporting requirements, and safeguarding of material non-public information about your
transactions. Further, our Code of Ethics establishes our firm’s expectation for business
conduct. A copy of our Code of Ethics will be provided to you upon request.
Neither Clearview Wealth Management nor its associated persons maintain a material
financial interest in any securities.
Clearview Wealth Management and its associated persons may invest in the same
securities (or related securities, e.g., warrants, options or futures) that we as advisors to
you, our client, recommends to you to purchase or purchases for you in a managed
account on your behalf. We will not trade positions of affiliated persons of the firm ahead of
our clients (“front running”), and as such, will act in the best interests of our clients
whenever executing trades in your account. We do not forsee any conflicts from these
activities and we only make recommendations that are aligned with the client’s risk
tolerance, objectives, and financial profile.
All related persons to this registered investment advisor, inclusive of household
members of related persons, will be treated for investment purposes as if they are
clients of the firm. As this relates to collective funds (‘40 act funds, ETF’s, closed-end
funds and the like) this creates no conflict of interest as there is no affective
opportunity to benefit from front running or any other trading scheme that would
otherwise disadvantage clients. As this might relate to individual stock or bond
securities trades made on behalf of all related persons to the practice shall be made in
a manner so as not to disadvantage clients in any way.
If ever a related person to this investment advisory practice were to buy individual
securities (individual stocks or bonds) on or around the same time that the same
securities are purchased or sold for clients on their behalf every effort will be made to
trade the clients securities so that the client receives as good or better
execution/price then is received by the related person to the investment advisory
practice. In the case of selling securities this will typically mean that the client
securities are sold in advance of the related person securities or are sold at the same
price. In the case of the purchase of securities this would typically however not
always, mean that the securities are purchased on behalf of the client’s account in
advance of purchasing them for the related person’s account, or to ensure that they
are purchased at the same price for both.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Clearview Wealth Management participates in the Schwab Institutional program (formerly
TD Ameritrade Institutional program). Schwab Institutional is a division of Charles Schwab,
Inc. (“Schwab”), member FINRA/SIPC. Schwab Institutional is an independent [and
unaffiliated] SEC-registered broker- dealer. Schwab Institutional offers to independent
investment Advisors services which include custody of securities, trade execution, clearance
and settlement of transactions. Advisor receives some benefits from Schwab Institutional
through its participation in the program. (Please see the disclosure under Item 14 below.)
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● Schwab Institutional and Clearview Wealth Management are separate and unaffiliated.
● Schwab Institutional offers services to independently registered investment
advisers such as Clearview Wealth Management which include custody of
securities, trade execution, and clearance and settlement of transactions on behalf
of clients of Clearview Wealth Management. The Firm receives some benefits from
Schwab Institutional through its participation in the Schwab Institutional program.
● Clearview Wealth Management may recommend Schwab Institutional to clients for
custody and brokerage services.
● The Firm receives economic benefits through its participation in the Schwab
Institutional program which may include however are not limited to discounted costs
for the following: Morningstar Advisor Workstation (nonproprietary securities
research and analytics tool), iRebal (and portfolio management, rebalancing, and
trade execution tool), Money Guide Pro (a financial planning software tool),
DocuSign (electronic
document completion and signature tool), Black Diamond (portfolio management,
client reporting portal) and other support services and tools which the firm intends to
use the benefit of any client of the firm appropriate.
● The Firm, through its participation in the program, may receive discounts on
compliance, marketing, technology, and practice management products or
services provided to the Firm by third party vendors.
● These benefits received by the Firm, or its associated persons, do not depend on
the amount of brokerage transactions directed to Schwab Institutional.
●
the Firm’s receipt of general platform services does not diminish the Firm’s duty to
act in the best interests of its clients, including seeking best execution of trades for
client accounts.
We recommend however do not require that clients of the firm wishing to establish an
investment advisory account with us as their registered investment advisor open
account(s) with Schwab Institutional. We are open to having the clients, should they
strongly prefer to do so, to open an account with fidelity institutional or most any
other custodian. We do not believe that in recommending Schwab Institutional we will
be unable to achieve most favorable execution of client transactions or that this
practice may have any negative cost consequences to clients. We believe that the
choice of Schwab Institutional is in the best interest of the clients both are a cost
basis, and execution basis, and based the registered investment advisor’s ability to
perform and provide best in class services to the client.
Clients of the practice may choose to direct their brokerage business to and through
alternative broker-dealer/custodians to those that we as a registered investment advisor
recommend. That may result in less favorable and less active oversight on our part as
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registered investment advisors, limitations on our ability to manage those specific accounts,
higher costs to the clients, and other unfavorable features of which we are not currently
aware. In these cases, the firm and its advisors will work to the best of our ability on behalf
of the client however will not be in a position to mitigate or correct for the loss of oversight
and management capability nor to compensate for what may be higher costs that the client
incurs. Client must understand that this is their choice and their responsibility
When it is practical from an execution and a cost standpoint the registered investment
advisor will make every effort to aggregate the purchase or sale of securities for various
client accounts to reduce cost and achieve best execution on the trade. There may be many
circumstances when the same securities are being purchased or sold for different client
accounts where we do not aggregate the purchase or the sale. We will make this
determination as to when it is best to aggregate purchase or sale of securities based on
what is best for all the clients involved and what is possible with the technology and
capabilities that we have access to as registered investment advisor
Soft Dollars: Clearview Wealth Management receives minimal direct or indirect financial
support from insurance, investment or other product companies. In the past 12 months we
have received less than $2000 of financial support from investment product companies.
The largest of these was less than $1000 from anyone from anyone investment products
company. All that support has been used mitigate the cost of client and prospect education
events. We expect this level of support to be maintained. No support that we receive
prompt service as an advisory firm to be more apt to recommend investment products of
one firm over another. There is no expectation on the part of an investment products
company that providing a support will guarantee them any level of future investments from
our firm in their products.
Clearview Wealth Management and its advisor representatives do not receive client referrals
from any broker-dealer or outside portfolio managers or other investment product
companies when recommending or using brokers, portfolio managers or other investment
products for client accounts.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Clearview Wealth Management will review your client accounts and/or financial plans as a
part of its services. If your engagement with Clearview Wealth Management is on an
ongoing basis an Advisor Representative of Clearview Wealth Management will update and
review with you your financial analysis and plan at least annually.
This is predicated on you providing current and up to date goals, financial circumstance and
other related information as needed by the advisor in advance of your meeting(s). The
Advisor, or other staff and advisors of Clearview Wealth Management will be available to
you to address questions and issues that you encounter between meetings via phone and
email. Additionally, a copy of analysis and advice will be shared with you via a combination
of email (PDF documents) and/or web portal document sharing.
If you are an hourly advice client of Clearview Wealth Management, we will provide you
analysis and advice as we have agreed to do so and only upon your explicit request. The
scope of the analysis and advice will be limited and specific to that/those areas and
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questions in our written agreement with you. No oversight or monitoring will be provided
by Clearview Wealth Management outside of the specific topics agreed to and for the time
for which you have paid us to be engaged with you. We will provide a written report to you
of our analysis and recommendations. A copy of analysis and advice will be shared with you
via a combination of email (PDF documents) and/or web portal document sharing.
If you are a project, or limited term, advice client of Clearview Wealth Management we will
provide you analysis and advice as we have agreed to do so and only upon your explicit
request. The scope of the analysis and advice will be limited and specific to that/those areas
and questions in our written agreement with you. No oversight or monitoring will be
provided by Clearview Wealth Management outside of the specific topics agreed to and for
the time or scope for which you have paid us to be engaged with you. We will provide a
written report to you of our analysis and recommendations. A copy of analysis and advice
will be shared with you via a combination of email (PDF documents) and/or web portal
document sharing.
For the purposes of Investment Management Services that we provide we intend to review
client investment accounts that are under active management every business day that the
market is open and actively traded. This review includes however may not be limited to and
oversight of investment allocation by asset class and category as compared to the specific
allocation intended for each given account. Will also review all accounts subject to
investment management oversight for appropriateness of specific securities held therein. At
least annually we will review with the client the investment strategy selection for each
specific account and for the household in general.
At any time during a period of engagement You must notify your Advisory Representative
promptly of any changes to your financial goals, objectives or financial situation as such
changes may require your Advisory Representative to review your plan and make
amendments.
A copy of analysis and advice will be shared with you via a combination of email (PDF
documents) and web portal document sharing. Other than the initial report, or annual
analysis and plan, there will be no other formal report or analysis issued to you.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Clearview Wealth Management receives no monetary and non-monetary assistance with
client events, provide educational tools and resources from product vendors (annuity,
insurance, investment funds, etc.). We do not recommend any products or product specific
strategies as a result of any monetary or non-monetary assistance. The selection of product
is first and foremost. Clearview Wealth Management’s due diligence of a planning strategy,
including an investment strategy, is thus not influenced by any assistance from any product
vendor.
As disclosed under Item 12, above, Clearview Wealth Management participates in Schwab’s
institutional customer program and Advisor may recommend Schwab’s to clients for custody
and brokerage services. There is no direct link between Clearview Wealth Management’s
participation in the program and the investment advice it gives to its Clients, although the
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firm receives economic benefits through its participation in the program that are typically
not available to Schwab’s retail investors. These benefits include the following products and
services (provided without cost or at a discount): receipt of duplicate Client statements and
confirmations; research related products and tools; consulting services; access to a trading
desk serving Advisor participants; access to block trading (which provides the ability to
aggregate securities transactions for execution and then allocate the appropriate shares to
Client accounts); the ability to have advisory fees deducted directly from Client accounts;
access to an electronic communications network for Client order entry and account
information; access to mutual funds with no transaction fees and to certain institutional
money managers; and discounts on compliance, marketing, research, technology, and
practice management products or services provided to Advisor by third party vendors.
Schwab Institutional may also pay for business consulting and professional services received
by the firm’s related persons. Some of the products and services made available by Schwab
Institutional through the program may benefit the firm but may not directly benefit its Client
accounts. These products or services may assist the firm and its associated persons in
managing and administering Client accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab
Institutional. Other services made available by Schwab Institutional are intended to help
Advisor manage and further develop its business enterprise. The benefits received by
Advisor or its affiliated persons through participation in the program do not depend on the
amount of brokerage transactions directed to Schwab Institutional. As part of its fiduciary
duties to clients, the firm and its associated advisors always endeavors to put the interests
of its clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that the receipt of economic benefits
by the firm and its associated advisors in and of itself creates a potential conflict of interest
and may indirectly influence the Advisor’s choice of Schwab Institutional for custody and
brokerage services.
Clearview Wealth Management attempts to mitigate any conflicts of interests by notifying
you of the conflicts and informing you that you are free to consult other financial
professionals. We are bound by our Code of Ethics and fiduciary duty to act in an ethical
manner and place your interests first and foremost.
Clearview Wealth Management does not directly or indirectly compensate any person or
entity that is not a supervised person of our firm for client referrals.
Item 15 Custody
Clearview Wealth Management does not have constructive custody of client accounts, funds,
or securities. Custody is maintained through a third-party custodian (typically Schwab
Institutional, alternatively fidelity institutional, Nationwide, or other reputable custodians).
Clients will receive account statements quarterly or more frequently from the custodian and
clients should carefully review those statements. Advisor will directly debit client account(s)
as per mutual agreement for the investment advisory management fees.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
For all managed investment accounts Clearview Wealth Management requires discretionary
authority to manage the selection, purchase, and sale of securities therein on behalf of the
clients. We may accept limited restrictions to this discretionary authority in the case where
a limited number of securities, or a limited amount of cash held in the sweep account there
in may be held and exempted from discretionary management.
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If an account is not to be managed investment advisory account, then we will not require
discretion and we may discount investment advisory fees on this specific account.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Clearview Wealth Management does not have constructive custody of client accounts, funds,
or securities. As such Clearview does not vote proxies for its client accounts.
Item 18 Financial Information
Clearview Wealth Management will not require you to prepay more than $1200 for 6 or
more months in advance of receiving the advisory service; therefore, a balance sheet is not
required to be attached.
Clearview Wealth Management does not have discretionary authority over client accounts.
We are financially stable. There is no financial condition that is likely to impair our ability to
meet our contract actual commitment to you or any other client.
Neither Clearview Wealth Management nor any of its Advisory Representatives has ever
been the subject of a bankruptcy petition.
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Clearview Wealth Management
ADV PART 2B: BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
Mark Phillips
http://www.clearviewfg.com
4 Venture, Suite #120, Irvine, CA 92618
February 23, 2026
This brochure supplement provides information about the principal(s): Mark Phillips (CRD#
4275501) that supplements the brochure. You should have received a copy of that
brochure. Please contact Mark Phillips at (949) 333-6394 or admin@clearviewfg.com if you
did not receive this Part 2B brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Additional information about the principals is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
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Item 2
Educational, Background and Business Experience
Full Legal Name: Mark Phillips
Date of Birth Year: 1961
Formal Education After High School:
Name of School
Pepperdine University
National University
Lehigh University
Degree Obtained Year Start Year End
M.B.A.
B.B.A.
n/a
1989 -
1987 -
1979 -
1993
1989
1981
Business Background:
Name of Company
American Express Financial Advisors
Mark Phillips & Associates
Clearview financial planning group
Commonwealth Financial Network
Clearview Wealth Management, LLC
Position Held
Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
Registered Rep
Financial Advisor
Year Start Year End
2000
2003
2016
2010
2018
2003
2016
2018
2019
Present
Professional Designations:
• Certified Financial Planner® – CFP®
• Accredited Investment Fiduciary® - AIF®
• Certified Divorce Financial Analyst - CDFA®
CFP® - CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™:
To obtain the CFP certification:
•
Your advisor completed a CFP board registered program in financial planning
through University of California, Irvine.
• Your advisor demonstrated successful completion of a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university,
• Your advisor completed three years (+6000 hours) of full-time personal financial
planning experience working with clients.
• Additionally, your advisor had to pass a proctored 10 hour examination after
completing the required coursework.
To maintain this designation,
• Your advisor completes a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education every two
years as required by the Certified Financial Planer Board.
• Reaffirm a commitment to adhering to the code of ethics and conduct standards for
this designation.
AIF® - Accredited Investment Fiduciary
• To obtain the AIF designation, your advisor must have a minimum of two (2) years
of relevant experience; a bachelor’s degree (or higher); and a professional
credential (CFP®). Alternatively, they may have a minimum of five (5) years of
relevant experience; a bachelor’s degree (or higher) or a professional credential,
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or a Minimum of eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Additionally, they must Enroll in and complete the AIF® Training; Pass the
comprehensive AIF®examination; and Satisfy the Code of Ethics and Conduct
Standards
• To maintain this designation your advisor must Accrue and report six (6) hours of
pre-approved continuing education (CE) annually as required by the Center for
Fiduciary Studies.
CDFA - Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®
• Founded in 1993, Institute of Divorce Financial Analysis (IDFA) provides
specialized training to accounting, financial, and legal professionals in the field of
pre-divorce financial planning. Over the years, wehave certified more than 5,000
professionals in the US and Canada as Certified Divorce Financial Analyst®
(CDFA®) professionals.
• The Institute provides comprehensive training using a variety of knowledge and skill-
building techniques. CDFA candidates learn how to help their clients with financial
issues that will affect the rest of their lives, including: Personal vs. marital property,
Valuing and dividing property, Retirement assets and pensions, Spousal and child
support, Splitting the house, Tax problems and solutions, Expert witness testimony,
Tax law and financial issues affecting divorce.
• To acquire the designation, a candidate must successfully pass four classes and the
board exam, be in good standing with their Broker/Dealer(if applicable), and the
FINRA/SEC or any other licensing or regulatory agency. To maintain the designation
a candidate must continue to be in good standing with all licenses that they hold and
must complete 30 hours of preapproved continuing education related to divorce
financial analysis and advice every two years required by the Institute for Divorce
Financial Analysis.
FINRA Examinations: Series 65
Item 3 Disciplinary History
Mark Phillips does not have any material disciplinary history.
Item 4
Other Business Activities
A. Investment Related Activities:
None
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities:
• Financial Planning Association of Orange County –community outreach
committee - 4 to 6 hours per month
• Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview financial planning group, at Branch
office, investment related.
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Item 5
Additional Compensation
A. Investment Related Activities: Mr. Phillips has no other activities to disclose.
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities: Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview
financial planning group, at Branch office.
Item 6
Supervision
Mark Phillips is responsible for all supervision, formulation and monitoring of financial planning
advice offered to clients. He can be reached at: (949) 333-6394.
Mark Phillips reviews and oversees all material financial planning assumptions and broad
strategies conducts periodic reviews of financial plans and advice offered to clients to
determine whether client objectives and mandates are met.
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Clearview Wealth Management
ADV PART 2B: BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
Nicholas Bautista
http://www.clearviewfg.com
4 Venture, Suite 120, Irvine CA 92618
February 23, 2026
This brochure supplement provides information about the principal(s): Nicholas Bautista
(CRD#5560293) that supplements the brochure. You should have received a copy of that brochure.
Please contact Mark Phillips at (949) 333-6394 or admin@clearviewfg.com if you didnot receive this
Part 2B brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this supplement.
Additional information about the principals is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
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Item 2
Educational, Background and Business Experience
Advisor Name: Nicholas Bautista Year of Birth: 1987
Formal Education After High
School:
Name of School
Degree Obtained
Year End
Year
Start
Biola University
BS
2005
2009
Business Background:
Name of Company
DPL press Inc.
Phillips & Associates
Clearview financial planning group
Commonwealth Financial Network
Clearview Wealth Management, LLC
Position Held
DIR. Sales
Financial Advisor
Advisor Rep
Registered Rep
Financial Advisor
Year Start Year End
2009
2012
2016
2012
2018
2012
2016
2018
2019
Present
Professional Designations:
• Certified Financial Planner® (CFP®) - 2015
• Retirement Income Certified Planner® (RICP®) - 2020
CFP® - CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™:
To obtain the CFP certification:
Your advisor completed a CFP board registered program in financial planning.
•
• Your advisor demonstrated successful completion of a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university,
• Your advisor completed three years (+6000 hours) of full-time personal financial
planning experience working with clients.
• Additionally, your advisor had to pass a proctored 10 hour examination after
completing the required coursework.
To maintain this designation,
• Your advisor completes a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education every two
years as required by the Certified Financial Planer Board.
• Reaffirm a commitment to adhering to the code of ethics and conduct standards for
this designation.
Retirement Income Certified Planner, 2020 - RICP®
• The RICP® designation provides comprehensive instruction on building integrated
and comprehensive retirement financial plans. A key focus is understanding,
choosing, and executing a sustainable retirement income strategy from available
resources—whether that means using systematic withdrawals from a portfolio,
building an retirement income floor with bonds or annuities, or using a bucket
strategy.
The program, provides certificate holders with best practices in areas including:
o Social Security claiming
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o Evaluating and addressing risks faced in retirement financial planning
o Choosing distributions from employer sponsored retirement financial plans
o Medicare and other health insurance choices
o Planning for long-term care needs
o Choosing appropriate housing
o Retirement income tax and legacy planning
Obtaining the designation requires passing three courses offered by the American College
for financial services, and successfully pass a comprehensive exam.
To maintain this designation, Your advisor completes a minimum of 30 hours of continuing
education every two years as required by American College of Financial Services.
FINRA Examinations: Series 65
Item 3 Disciplinary History
Nicholas Bautista does not have any material disciplinary history.
Item 4
Other Business Activities
A. Investment Related Activities:
Mr. Bautista has no other activities to disclose.
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities:
• Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview financial planning group, at Branch
office,investment related.
• President/CEO- Our mission is to bring kids together through the joy of free play street
soccer—no coaches, no drills, just the freedom to play, create, and compete. We aim to
build confidence, spark creativity, and strengthen community through the simple love of
the game.
Item 5
Additional Compensation
A. Investment Related Activities: Mr. Bautista has no other activities to disclose.
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities: Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview financial
planning group, at Branch office.
Item 6
Supervision
Mark Phillips is responsible for all supervision, formulation and monitoring of planning and
investment advice offered to clients by Mr. Bautista. He can be reached at: (949) 333-6394.
Mark Phillips reviews and oversees all material investment policy changes and conducts
periodic reviews to determine whether client objectives and mandates are met.
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Clearview Wealth Management
ADV PART 2B: BROCHURE SUPPLEMENT
Eric Figarsky
http://www.clearviewfg.com
4 Venture, Suite 120, Irvine CA 92618
February 23, 2026
This brochure supplement provides information about the principal(s): Eric Figarsky
(CRD#5444612) that supplements the brochure. You should have received a copy of that
brochure. Please contact Mark Phillips at (949) 333-6394 or admin@clearviewfg.com if you
did not receive this Part 2B brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this
supplement.
Additional information about the principals is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
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Item 2
Educational, Background and Business Experience
Advisor Name: Eric D Figarsky
Year of Birth: 1985
Formal Education After High School:
Name of School
Degree Obtained
Year
Start
Year
End
Bachelor of Arts in Finance
Associate of Arts
2006 2008
2003 2006
California State University, Fullerton
Orange Coast College
Business Background:
Name of Company
Mark Phillips & Associates
Clearview financial planning group
Commonwealth Financial Network
Clearview Wealth Management, LLC
Position Held
Financial Advisor
Financial Advisor
Registered Rep
Financial Advisor
Year Start
2007
2016
2010
2018
Year End
2016
2018
2019
Present
Professional Designations:
• Certified Financial Planner® – CFP®
• Chartered Retirement Plan SpecialistSM - CRPS®
CFP® - CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™:
To obtain the CFP certification:
•
Your advisor completed a CFP board registered program in financial planning
through University of California, Irvine.
• Your advisor demonstrated successful completion of a bachelor's degree from an
accredited college or university,
• Your advisor completed three years (+6000 hours) of full-time personal financial
planning experience working with clients.
• Additionally, your advisor had to pass a proctored 10 hour examination after
completing the required coursework.
To maintain this designation,
• Your advisor completes a minimum of 30 hours of continuing education every two
•
years as required by the Certified Financial Planer Board.
reaffirm a commitment to adhering to the code of ethics and conduct standards for
this designation.
Chartered Retirement Plan SpecialistSM (CRPS®)
The Chartered Retirement Plans SpecialistSM or CRPS® program provides experienced
advisors who are focused on retirement plans with the knowledge to recommend
implementation techniques that can be executed into well-structured, company-
appropriate retirement plans. Chartered Retirement Plans SpecialistSM will be able to
effectively administer retirement plans for businesses and their employees as well as
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advise plan sponsors.
To obtain the CRPS® designation your Advisor must
• enroll in and complete the CRPS® training courses;
• Pass the comprehensive CRPS® examination;
• Satisfy the Code of Ethicsand Conduct Standards
To maintain this designation your advisor must
• complete 16 hours of pre-approvedcontinuing education (CE) every two years as
•
required by the College for Financial Planning, as well as
reaffirm a commitment to adhering to the code of ethics and conduct standards
for this designation.
FINRA Examinations: Series 65
Item 3 Disciplinary History
• Eric D Figarsky does not have any material disciplinary history.
Item 4
Other Business Activities
A. Investment Related Activities:
Mr. Figarsky has no other activities to disclose.
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities:
Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview financial planning group, at Branch office,
Item 5
Additional Compensation
A. Investment Related Activities: Mr. Figarsky has no other activities to disclose.
B. Non-Investment-Related Activities: Fixed insurance sales conducted under Clearview financial
planning group, at Branch office.
Item 6
Supervision
Mark Phillips is responsible for all supervision, formulation and monitoring of planning and
investment advice offered to clients by Mr. Figarsky. He can be reached at: (949) 333-6394.
Mark Phillips reviews and oversees all material investment policy changes and conducts periodic
reviews to determine whether client objectives and mandates are met.
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