Overview
- Headquarters
- Boca Raton, FL
- Average Client Assets
- $10.2 million
- SEC CRD Number
- 131324
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (COMPREHENSIVE WEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC ADV BROCHURE)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $250,000 | 0.90% |
| $250,001 | $500,000 | 0.85% |
| $500,001 | $1,000,000 | 0.80% |
| $1,000,001 | $2,000,000 | 0.65% |
| $2,000,001 | $5,000,000 | 0.50% |
| $5,000,001 | $10,000,000 | 0.40% |
| $10,000,001 | $20,000,000 | 0.30% |
| $20,000,001 | $40,000,000 | 0.25% |
| $40,000,001 | and above | 0.20% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $8,375 | 0.84% |
| $5 million | $29,875 | 0.60% |
| $10 million | $49,875 | 0.50% |
| $50 million | $149,875 | 0.30% |
| $100 million | $249,875 | 0.25% |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 89.98%
- Total Client Accounts
- 296
- Discretionary Accounts
- 296
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
Primary Brochure: COMPREHENSIVE WEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC ADV BROCHURE (2026-03-04)
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Comprehensive Wealth Solutions, LLC
433 Plaza Real
Suite 275
Boca Raton, FL 33432-3999
Phone: (877) 294-4974
Fax: (775) 310-6420
www.comprehensivewealthsolutions.com
www.cwsglobal.com
March 4, 2026
FORM ADV PART 2A
BROCHURE
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Comprehensive
Wealth Solutions, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, please contact
us at (877) 294-4974. 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.
information about our
is also available on
the SEC's website at
Additional
firm
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for our firm is 131324.
Comprehensive Wealth Solutions, LLC is a registered investment adviser. Registration with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities authority does not imply a certain
level of skill or training.
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Item 2 Summary of Material Changes
Form ADV Part 2 requires registered investment advisers to amend their brochure when information
becomes materially inaccurate. If there are any material changes to an adviser's disclosure brochure,
the adviser is required to notify you and provide you with a description of the material changes.
Since the filing of our last annual updating amendment, dated February 13, 2025, we do not have any
material change to report.
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Item 3 Table Of Contents
Item 2 Summary of Material Changes .................................................................................................. 2
Item 3 Table Of Contents ..................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4 Advisory Business ..................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5 Fees and Compensation ........................................................................................................... 7
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ...................................................... 8
Item 7 Types of Clients ......................................................................................................................... 8
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................. 8
Item 9 Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................... 10
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................................................ 10
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ........ 11
Item 12 Brokerage Practices .............................................................................................................. 11
Item 13 Review of Accounts ............................................................................................................... 13
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................ 13
Item 15 Custody ................................................................................................................................. 14
Item 16 Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................ 14
Item 17 Voting Client Securities ......................................................................................................... 14
Item 18 Financial Information ............................................................................................................. 14
Item 19 Requirements for State Registered Investment Advisers ..................................................... 14
Additional Information ......................................................................................................................... 14
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Description of Services and Fees
Comprehensive Wealth Solutions, LLC is a registered investment adviser primarily based in Boca
Raton, Florida. We are organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of
Wyoming. We have been providing investment advisory services since 2004. Gary L. Dennis and
Andrew J. Dennis are the owners of our firm. Currently, we offer the following investment advisory
services, which are personalized to each individual client:
• Financial Planning Services
• Portfolio Management Services
• Selection of Other Advisers
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Please refer to the description of each
investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your
individual needs. As used in this Brochure, the words "we", "our" and "us" refer to Comprehensive
Wealth Solutions and the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective
client of our firm. Also, you may see the term Associated Person throughout this Brochure. As used in
this Brochure, our Associated Persons are our firm's officers, employees, and all individuals providing
investment advice on behalf of our firm.
Financial Planning Services
We offer our clients a broad range of comprehensive financial planning and consulting services.
Financial planning will typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to clients regarding the
management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their individual needs. If you retain
our firm for financial planning services, we will meet with you to gather information about your financial
circumstances and objectives. Once we review and analyze the information you provide to our firm, we
may deliver a written plan to you, designed to help you achieve your stated financial goals and
objectives.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to our firm. You must promptly notify our firm if your financial
situation, goals, objectives, or needs change.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to
act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any
of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by placing
securities transactions with any brokerage firm.
We charge either a fixed fee ranging from $5,000 to $12,000 or an hourly fee ranging $200 to $300 for
financial planning services. The fee is negotiable depending upon the complexity and scope of the
plan, your financial situation, and your objectives. We require that you pay 50% of the fee in advance
and the remaining portion is payable as billed until completion of the services as agreed to in the
financial planning agreement. We will not require prepayment of a fee more than six months in
advance that is in excess of $1,200.
You may terminate the financial planning agreement by providing written notice to our firm. You will
incur a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the agreement. If you have pre-
paid advisory fees that we have not yet earned, you will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
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Portfolio Management Services
We offer discretionary portfolio management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our
clients' needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for portfolio management services, we
will meet with you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant
information (the "suitability information") at the beginning of our advisory relationship. We will use the
suitability information we gather to develop a strategy that enables our firm to give you continuous and
focused investment advice and/or to make investments on your behalf. Once we construct an
investment portfolio for you, we will monitor your portfolio's performance on an ongoing basis, and will
rebalance the portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in your financial
circumstances.
If you participate in our discretionary portfolio management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to: (1)
determine the specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or sold for your
account without your approval prior to each transaction; and (2) delegate discretionary authority to
other investment advisers with whom we maintain a sub-advisory relationship with. Discretionary
authority is typically granted by the investment advisory agreement you sign with our firm and the
appropriate trading authorization forms. You may limit our discretionary authority (for example, limiting
the types of securities that can be purchased for your account) by providing our firm with your
restrictions and guidelines in writing.
Our fee for portfolio management services is based on a percentage of your assets we manage and is
set forth in the following fee schedule:
PORTFOLIO VALUE
up to $250,000
next $250,000 (up to $500,000)
next $500,000 (up to $1,000,000)
next $1,000,000 (up to $2,000,000)
next $3,000,000 (up to $5,000,000)
next $5,000,000 (up to $10,000,000)
next $10,000,000 (up to $20,000,000)
next $20,000,000 (up to $40,000,000)
above $40,000,000
ANNUAL FEE
0.90%
0.85%
0.80%
0.65%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.25%
0.20%
Our annual portfolio management fee is billed and payable quarterly in arrears based on the value of
your account on the last trading day of the quarter. In some instances, we may charge quarterly in
advance based on the value of your account on the last day of the previous quarter. All terms will be
agreed upon and evidenced in our advisory agreement.
If the portfolio management agreement is executed at any time other than the first day of a calendar
quarter, our fees will apply on a pro rata basis, which means that the advisory fee is payable in
proportion to the number of days in the quarter for which you are a client. Our advisory fee is
negotiable, depending on individual client circumstances.
You may make additions to and withdrawals from your account at any time, subject to our right to
terminate an account. Where we charge our fees in advance, if assets are deposited into an account
after the inception of a quarter that exceed $100,000, the fee payable with respect to such assets will
be prorated based on the number of days remaining in the quarter. You may withdraw account assets
on notice to us, subject to the usual and customary securities settlement procedures. Where we
charge our fees in advance, for partial withdrawals in excess of $100,000 within a billing period, we will
credit the unearned fee towards the next quarter's fee. However, we design our portfolios as long-term
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investments and assets withdrawals may impair the achievement of your investment objectives.
Additions may be in cash or securities provided that we reserve the right to liquidate any transferred
securities, or decline to accept particular securities into a client's account. We may consult with you
about the options and ramifications of transferring securities. However, clients are advised that when
transferred securities are liquidated, they are subject to transaction fees, fees assessed at the mutual
fund level (i.e. contingent deferred sales charge) and/or tax ramifications.
We will deduct our fee directly from your account through the qualified custodian holding your funds
and securities. We will deduct our advisory fee only when you have given our firm written authorization
permitting the fees to be paid directly from your account. Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an
account statement to you at least quarterly. These account statements will show all disbursements
from your account. You should review all statements for accuracy. We encourage you to review the
statement(s) you receive from the qualified custodian. If you find any inaccurate information on the
statement(s) you receive from the qualified custodian, please call our main office number located on
the cover page of this Brochure.
You may terminate the portfolio management agreement upon written notice to our firm. You will incur
a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the portfolio management
agreement, which means you will incur advisory fees only in proportion to the number of days in the
quarter for which you are a client. If you have pre-paid advisory fees that we have not yet earned, you
will receive a prorated refund of those fees.
Selection of Other Advisers
As part of our investment advisory services, we may recommend that you use the services of a third-
party investment adviser ("TPA") to manage your entire, or a portion of your, investment portfolio, such
as Schwab, SEI, Goldman Sachs or others. After gathering information about your financial situation
and objectives, we will recommend that you engage a specific TPA or investment program. Factors
that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s) include, but are not limited to, the
following: the TPA's performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals,
risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We will monitor the TPA(s)' performance to ensure its
management and investment style remains aligned with your investment goals and objectives.
We charge you a separate fee for the selection of other advisers in addition to what you pay the TPA.
The advisory fee you pay to the TPA is established and payable in accordance with the Brochure
provided by each TPA to whom you are referred. These fees may or may not be negotiable. You will
be required to sign an agreement directly with the recommended TPA(s). You may terminate your
advisory relationship with the TPA according to the terms of your agreement with the TPA. You should
review each TPA's this Brochure for specific information on how you may terminate your advisory
relationship with the TPA and how you may receive a refund, if applicable. You should contact the TPA
directly for questions regarding your advisory agreement with the TPA.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on the selection of third-party managers with occasional advice on the
purchase of mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and variable annuities. Additionally, we may advise
you on any type of investment that we deem appropriate based on your stated goals and objectives.
We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the inception of our
advisory relationship.
You may request that we refrain from investing in particular securities or certain types of securities.
You must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
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We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions through Flourish Cash offered by
Flourish Financial LLC, a registered broker-dealer and FINRA member. Flourish has established
deposit accounts at FDIC-member banks to offer a deposit account sweep arrangement to wealth
management firms’ clients, including our clients. Please see Items 5 and 10 for more information
regarding this offering.
Rollover Recommendations
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are fiduciaries 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. The way we 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;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your
best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that we
manage or provide investment advice, because the assets increase our assets under management
and, in turn, our advisory fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in
your best interest.
Assets Under Management
As of February 19, 2026, we provide continuous management services for $374,292,250 in client
assets on a discretionary basis.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Please refer to the Advisory Business section in this Brochure for information on our advisory fees, fee
deduction arrangements, and refund policy according to each service we offer.
As mentioned above, we offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions through
Flourish Cash. We will apply .20% annually on the cash balance held at Flourish. This fee is in addition
to any other management fee you pay us.
Additional Fees and Expenses
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may invest, or recommend that you invest, in
mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The fees that you pay to our firm for investment advisory
services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds or exchange-
traded funds (described in each fund\'s prospectus) to their shareholders. These fees will generally
include a management fee and other fund expenses. You will also incur transaction charges and/or
brokerage fees when purchasing or selling securities. These charges and fees are typically imposed by
the broker-dealer or custodian through whom your account transactions are executed. We do not
share in any portion of the brokerage fees/transaction charges imposed by the broker-dealer or
custodian. To fully understand the total cost you will incur, you should review all the fees charged by
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mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, our firm, and others. For information on our brokerage practices,
please refer to the Brokerage Practices section of this Brochure.
Compensation for the Sale of Investment Products
Persons providing investment advice on behalf of our firm are licensed as independent insurance
agents. These persons will earn commission-based compensation for selling insurance products,
including insurance products they sell to you. Insurance commissions earned by these persons are
separate and in addition to our advisory fees. This practice presents a conflict of interest because
persons providing investment advice on behalf of our firm who are insurance agents have an incentive
to recommend insurance products to you for the purpose of generating commissions rather than solely
based on your needs. However, you are under no obligation, contractually or otherwise, to purchase
insurance products through any person affiliated with our firm.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not accept performance-based fees or participate in side-by-side management. Side-by-side
management refers to the practice of managing accounts that are charged performance-based fees
while at the same time managing accounts that are not charged performance-based fees.
Performance-based fees are fees that are based on a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of a
client's account. Our fees are calculated as described in the Advisory Business section above, and are
not charged on the basis of a share of capital gains upon, or capital appreciation of, the funds in your
advisory account.
Item 7 Types of Clients
We offer investment advisory services to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates,
charitable organizations, corporations, and other business entities.
We do not impose a minimum portfolio size or minimum annual fee. However, certain TPAs (third party
advisors) may, however, impose more restrictive account requirements and varying billing practices. In
such instances, we may alter our corresponding account requirements and/or billing practices to
accommodate those of the TPA.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Our Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
We will not perform quantitative or qualitative analysis of individual securities. Instead, we will advise
you on how to allocate your assets among various asset classes using third party managers. We
primarily rely on investment manager research by third parties to select third party portfolio managers.
If your assets are invested in a portfolio that we believe deviates from your investment objectives, we
will recommend a more suitable portfolio.
The third-party investment manager's strategies and investments may have unique and significant tax
implications. Some of our advisory clients may engage our Associated Persons, in their separate
capacities as Certified Public Accountants, for tax advice. Unless we specifically agree otherwise, or
you have a separate engagement with one of our Associated Persons in their separate capacity as a
Certified Public Accountant, tax implications might not be our primary consideration in the
management of your assets.
Moreover, as a result of revised IRS regulations, custodians and broker-dealers will begin reporting the
cost basis of equities acquired in client accounts on or after January 1, 2011. Your custodian will
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default to the FIFO accounting method for calculating the cost basis of your investments. You are
responsible for contacting your tax advisor to determine if this accounting method is the right choice for
you. If your tax advisor believes another accounting method is more advantageous, please provide
written notice to our firm immediately and we will alert your account custodian of your individually
selected accounting method. Please note that decisions about cost-based accounting methods will
need to be made before trades settle, as the cost basis method cannot be changed after settlement.
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to bear. We do not represent or
guarantee that our services and/or the third-party investment manager's methods of analysis can or will
predict future results, successfully identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate clients from losses due
to market corrections or declines. We cannot offer any guarantees or promises that your financial goals
and objectives will be met. Past performance is in no way an indication of future performance.
Recommendation of Particular Types of Securities
As disclosed under the Advisory Business section in this Brochure, we may recommend some mutual
funds, exchange-traded funds and variable annuities.
Mutual Funds and Exchange-traded funds (ETFs): Mutual Funds and ETFs are professionally
managed collective investment systems that pool money from many investors and invest in stocks,
bonds, short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities or any combination
thereof. The fund will have a manager that trades the fund's investments in accordance with the fund's
investment objective. While mutual funds and ETFs generally provide diversification, risks can be
significantly increased if the fund is concentrated in a particular sector of the market, primarily invests
in small cap or speculative companies, uses leverage (i.e., borrows money) to a significant degree, or
concentrates in a particular type of security (i.e., equities) rather than balancing the fund with different
types of securities. ETFs differ from mutual funds since they can be bought and sold throughout the
day like stock and their price can fluctuate throughout the day. The returns on mutual funds and ETFs
can be reduced by the costs to manage the funds. Also, while some mutual funds are "no load" and
charge no fee to buy into, or sell out of, the fund other types of mutual funds do charge such fees
which can also reduce returns. Mutual funds can also be "closed end" or "open end". So-called "open
end" mutual funds continue to allow in new investors indefinitely which can dilute other investors'
interests.
Variable Annuities: A variable annuity is a form of insurance where the seller or issuer (typically an
insurance company) makes a series of future payments to a buyer (annuitant) in exchange for the
immediate payment of a lump sum (single-payment annuity) or a series of regular payments (regular-
payment annuity). The payment stream from the issuer to the annuitant has an unknown duration
based principally upon the date of death of the annuitant. At this point, the contract will terminate and
the remainder of the funds accumulated forfeited unless there are other annuitants or beneficiaries in
the contract. Annuities can be purchased to provide an income during retirement. Unlike fixed annuities
that make payments in fixed amounts or in amounts that increase by a fixed percentage, variable
annuities, pay amounts that vary according to the performance of a specified set of investments,
typically bond and equity mutual funds. Many variable annuities typically impose asset-based sales
charges or surrender charges for withdrawals within a specified period. Variable annuities may impose
a variety of fees and expenses, in addition to sales and surrender charges, such as mortality and
expense risk charges; administrative fees; underlying fund expenses; and charges for special features,
all of which can reduce the return. Earnings in a variable annuity do not provide all the tax advantages
of 401(k)s and other before-tax retirement plans. Once the investor starts withdrawing money from
their variable annuity, earnings are taxed at the ordinary income rate, rather than at the lower capital
gains rates applied to other non-tax-deferred vehicles which are held for more than one year. Proceeds
of most variable annuities do not receive a "step-up" in cost basis when the owner dies like stocks,
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bonds and mutual funds do. Some variable annuities offer "bonus credits." These are usually not free.
In order to fund them, insurance companies typically impose mortality and expense charges and
surrender charge periods. In an exchange of an existing annuity for a new annuity (so-called 1035
exchanges), the new variable annuity may have a lower contract value and a smaller death benefit;
may impose new surrender charges or increase the period of time for which the surrender charge
applies; may have higher annual fees; and provide another commission for the broker.
Cash Management
We manage cash balances in your account based on the yield, and the financial soundness of the
money markets and other short-term instruments.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Comprehensive Wealth Solutions, LLC has been registered and providing investment advisory
services since 2004. Neither our firm nor any of our associated persons has any reportable disciplinary
information.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Our Associated Persons, in their individual capacities, may also be licensed insurance agents, and in
such capacity, may recommend, the purchase of certain insurance products. These persons will earn
commission-based compensation for selling insurance products, including insurance products they sell
to you. Insurance commissions earned by these persons are separate from our advisory fees. Please
see the Fees and Compensation section in this Brochure for more information on the compensation
received by insurance agents who are affiliated with our firm.
Associated persons of our firm may also be certified public accountants. If you require accounting
services, we will recommend that you use these persons for accounting and/or tax services. Our
advisory services are separate and distinct from the compensation paid to these persons for their
accounting and/or tax services.
These referral arrangements present a conflict of interest because we may have a financial incentive to
recommend these services. While we believe that compensation charged is competitive, such
compensation may be higher than fees charged by other firms providing the same or similar services.
You are under no obligation to use these referred services and may obtain comparable services and/or
lower fees through other firms.
Recommendation of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use a third party adviser ("TPA") based on your needs and suitability.
We do not receive compensation from the TPA for recommending that you use their services. We may,
however, receive soft dollars, such as research, which presents a conflict of interest because we have
a financial incentive to recommend the services of the third-party adviser (see Item 12, Brokerage
Practices for more information). You are not obligated, contractually or otherwise, to use the services
of any TPA we recommend.
Flourish Cash
We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions through Flourish Cash offered by
Flourish Financial LLC, a registered broker-dealer and FINRA member. Flourish has established
deposit accounts at FDIC-member banks to offer a deposit account sweep arrangement to wealth
management firms’ clients, including our clients. Flourish acts as an intermediary to facilitate our
clients’ access to these cash management solutions. There may be other cash management options
available to you with higher yields.
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We do not receive any research or other soft-dollar benefit by nature from its relationship with Flourish
Cash, nor does CWS receive any referrals in exchange for recommending or using Flourish Cash.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Description of Our Code of Ethics
We strive to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing our practices. Therefore, our Code
of Ethics includes guidelines for professional standards of conduct for our Associated Persons. Our
goal is to protect your interests at all times and to demonstrate our commitment to our fiduciary duties
of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing with you. All of our Associated Persons are expected to adhere
strictly to these guidelines. Our Code of Ethics also requires that certain persons associated with our
firm submit reports of their personal account holdings and transactions to a qualified representative of
our firm who will review these reports on a periodic basis. Persons associated with our firm are also
required to report any violations of our Code of Ethics. Additionally, we maintain and enforce written
policies reasonably designed to prevent the misuse or dissemination of material, non-public
information about you or your account holdings by persons associated with our firm.
Our Code of Ethics is available to clients and prospective clients upon request. You may obtain a copy
of our Code of Ethics by calling our main number located on the cover of this Brochure.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Neither our firm nor any of our Associated Persons has any material financial interest in client
transactions beyond the provision of investment advisory services as disclosed in this Brochure.
Personal Trading Practices
Our firm or persons associated with our firm may buy or sell the same securities that we recommend to
you or securities in which you are already invested. A conflict of interest exists in such cases because
we have the ability to trade ahead of you and potentially receive more favorable prices than you will
receive. To mitigate this conflict of interest, it is our policy that neither our Associated Persons nor we
shall have priority over your account in the purchase or sale of securities.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
We maintain relationships with several broker-dealers; however, we will not make a specific brokerage
recommendation to our clients. Where we provide independent asset management services, we will
endeavor to assist clients in selecting those brokers or dealers that will provide the best services at the
lowest commission rates possible. The reasonableness of commissions is based on several factors,
including the broker's ability to provide professional services, competitive commission rates, volume
discounts, execution price negotiations, the broker's reputation, experience and financial stability of the
broker or dealer, and the quality of service rendered by the broker or dealer in other transactions.
Best execution is not measured solely by reference to commission rates. Paying a broker a higher
commission rate than another broker might charge is permissible if the difference in cost is reasonably
justified by the quality of the brokerage services offered. We do not obligate ourselves to seek the
lowest transaction charges in all cases except to the extent that it contributes to the overall goal of
obtaining the best results for your account. It is expected that our firm will receive some economic
benefits, for example, research and access to investment consultants, from various full service and
discount brokers in connection with utilizing their brokerage services.
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Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
In selecting or recommending a broker-dealer, we will consider the value of research and additional
brokerage products and services a broker-dealer has provided or will provide to our clients and our
firm. Receipt of these additional brokerage products and services are considered to have been paid for
with "soft dollars." Because such services could be considered to provide a benefit to our firm, we have
a conflict of interest in directing your brokerage business. We could receive benefits by selecting a
particular broker-dealer to execute your transactions, and the transaction compensation charged by
that broker-dealer might not be the lowest compensation we might otherwise be able to negotiate.
Products and services that we may receive from broker-dealers may consist of research data and
analyses, financial publications, recommendations, or other information about particular companies
and industries (through research reports and otherwise), and other products or services (e.g., software
and data bases) that provide lawful and appropriate assistance to our firm in the performance of our
investment decision-making responsibilities. Consistent with applicable rules, brokerage products and
services consist primarily of computer services and software that permit our firm to effect securities
transactions and perform functions incidental to transaction execution. We use such products and
services in our general investment decision making, not just for those accounts for which commissions
may be considered to have been used to pay for the products or services.
Before placing orders with a particular broker-dealer, we determine that the commissions to be paid
are reasonable in relation to the value of all the brokerage and research products and services
provided by that broker-dealer. In some cases, the commissions charged by a particular broker for a
particular transaction or set of transactions may be greater than the amounts charged by another
broker-dealer that did not provide research services or products.
We do not exclude a broker-dealer from receiving business simply because the broker-dealer does not
provide our firm with soft dollar research products and services. However, we may not be willing to pay
the same commission to such broker-dealer as we would have paid had the broker-dealer provided
such products and services.
Economic Benefits
As a registered investment adviser, we have access to the institutional platform of your account
custodian. As such, we will also have access to research products and services from your account
custodian and/or other brokerage firm. These products are in addition to any benefits or research we
pay for with soft dollars, and may include financial publications, information about particular companies
and industries, research software, and other products or services that provide lawful and appropriate
assistance to our firm in the performance of our investment decision-making responsibilities. Such
research products and services are provided to all investment advisers that utilize the institutional
services platforms of these firms, and are not considered to be paid for with soft dollars. However, you
should be aware that the commissions charged by a particular broker for a particular transaction or set
of transactions may be greater than the amounts another broker who did not provide research services
or products might charge.
Directed Brokerage
We routinely recommend that you direct our firm to execute transactions through a particular broker-
dealer. As such, we may be unable to achieve the most favorable execution of your transactions and
you may pay higher brokerage commissions than you might otherwise pay through another broker-
dealer that offers the same types of services. Not all advisers require their clients to direct brokerage.
In limited circumstances, and at our discretion, some clients may instruct our firm to use one or more
particular brokers for the transactions in their accounts. This practice may prevent our firm from
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obtaining favorable net price and execution. Thus, when directing brokerage business, you should
consider whether the commission expenses, execution, clearance, and settlement capabilities that you
will obtain through your broker are adequately favorable in comparison to those that we would
otherwise obtain for you.
Aggregated Trades
We do not combine multiple orders for shares of the same securities purchased for advisory accounts
we manage (the practice of combining multiple orders for shares of the same securities is commonly
referred to as "aggregated trading"). Accordingly, you may pay different prices for the same securities
transactions than other clients pay. Furthermore, we may not be able to buy and sell the same
quantities of securities for you and you may pay higher commissions, fees, and/or transaction costs
than other clients.
Trade Errors
In the event a trading error occurs in your account, our policy is to restore your account to the position
it should have been in had the trading error not occurred. Depending on the circumstances, corrective
actions may include canceling the trade, adjusting an allocation, and/or reimbursing the account.
Mutual Fund Share Classes
Mutual funds are sold with different share classes, which carry different cost structures. Each available
share class is described in the mutual fund's prospectus. When we purchase, or recommend the
purchase of, mutual funds for a client, we select the share class that is deemed to be in the client’s
best interest, taking into consideration cost, tax implications, and other factors. When the fund is
available for purchase at net asset value, we will purchase, or recommend the purchase of, the fund at
net asset value. We also review the mutual funds held in accounts that come under our management
to determine whether a more beneficial share class is available, considering cost, tax implications, and
the impact of contingent deferred sales charges.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
including, but not
limited
to: contributions and withdrawals, year-end
We monitor your portfolio managed accounts on a periodic basis and will conduct account reviews at
least annually to ensure the advisory services provided to you are consistent with your stated
investment needs and objectives. Additional reviews may be conducted based on various
tax
circumstances,
planning, market moving events, security specific events, and/or, changes
in your risk/return
objectives.
Portfolio managed account reviews are typically conducted by our principal owner, Gary L. Dennis. In
some cases, Mr. Dennis may delegate this responsibility to an Associated Person to review your
account. All investment advisory clients are encouraged to discuss their needs, goals, and objectives
with us and to keep us informed of any changes. We contact ongoing investment advisory clients at
least annually to review our previous services and/or recommendations and to discuss the impact
resulting from any changes in your financial situation and/or investment objectives. We will not provide
you with additional or regular written reports in conjunction with account reviews.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We do not receive any compensation from any third party in connection with providing investment
advice to you nor do we compensate any individual or firm for client referrals.
Associated Persons who provide investment advice on behalf of our firm may also be licensed
insurance agents. These individuals will receive commission-based income on the sale of insurance
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related products. For information on the conflicts of interest this presents, and how we address these
conflicts, please refer to the Fees and Compensation section above.
Item 15 Custody
We directly debit your account(s) for the payment of our advisory fees. This ability to deduct our
advisory fees from your accounts causes our firm to exercise limited custody over your funds or
securities. We do not have physical custody of any of your funds and/or securities. Your funds and
securities will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other independent, qualified custodian. You will
receive account statements from the independent, qualified custodian(s) holding your funds and
securities at least quarterly. The account statements from your custodian(s) will indicate the amount of
our advisory fees deducted from your account(s) each billing period. You should carefully review
account statements for accuracy.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Before we can buy or sell securities on your behalf, you must first sign our discretionary management
agreement. You may grant our firm discretion over the selection and amount of securities to be
purchased or sold for your account(s) without obtaining your consent or approval prior to each
transaction. You may specify investment objectives, guidelines, and/or impose certain conditions or
investment parameters for your account(s). For example, you may specify that the investment in any
particular stock or industry should not exceed specified percentages of the value of the portfolio and/or
restrictions or prohibitions of transactions in the securities of a specific industry or security. Please
refer to the Advisory Business section in this Brochure for more information on our discretionary
management services.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Without exception, we will not vote proxies on behalf of your advisory accounts. At your request, we
may offer you advice regarding corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting rights.
Item 18 Financial Information
We are not required to provide financial information to our clients because we do not: (1) require the
prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees and six or more months in advance; take custody of client
funds or securities; or (3) have a financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet
our commitments to you.
Item 19 Requirements for State Registered Investment Advisers
We are a federally registered investment adviser; therefore, we are not required to respond to this
item.
Additional Information
Your Privacy
We view protecting your private information as a top priority. Pursuant to applicable privacy
requirements, we have instituted policies and procedures to ensure that we keep your personal
information private and secure.
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to any non-affiliated third parties,
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except as permitted by law. In the course of servicing your account, we may share some information
with our service providers, such as transfer agents, custodians, broker-dealers, accountants,
consultants, and attorneys. We restrict internal access to nonpublic personal information about you to
employees, who need that information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain
physical and procedural safeguards that comply with regulatory standards to guard your nonpublic
personal information and to ensure our integrity and confidentiality. We will not sell information about
you or your accounts to anyone. We do not share your information unless it is required to process a
transaction, at your request, or required by law.
You will receive a copy of our privacy notice prior to or at the time you sign an advisory agreement with
our firm. Thereafter, we will deliver a copy of the current privacy policy notice to you on an annual
basis. Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this policy.
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