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Part 2A of Form ADV: Concorde Investment Management - Brochure
Item 1: Cover Page
October 20, 2025
Concorde Investment Management
8383 Preston Center Plaza Drive, Suite 360
Dallas, Texas 75225
Phone: (972) 701-5400
www.concordeco.com
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Concorde Investment Management. If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at (972) 701-5400. 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.
Concorde is a registered investment adviser. Registration of an investment adviser does not
imply any level of skill or training. The oral and written communications of an investment
adviser provide you with information based on which you determine to hire or retain an
investment adviser.
Additional information about Concorde Investment Management is also available on the
SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2: Material Changes
This Brochure contains updated information about Concorde Investment Management’s (the
“Adviser”) business since the 2025 annual updating amendment dated March 28, 2025. This
section of the Brochure will address only those “material changes” that have been
incorporated since the last annual delivery of this document on the SEC’s public disclosure
website (IAPD). Accordingly, since the last annual update of this Brochure, the following
Items have been updated to further align with instructions and practices:
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In the future, this Item will discuss only specific material changes that are made to the
Brochure since the date of its last annual amendment.
Pursuant to SEC 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 Concorde’s fiscal year. We
may further provide other ongoing disclosure information about material changes as
necessary.
Currently, our Brochure may be requested by contacting Mr. Gregory B. Wood, the
Adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer at (972) 701-5400.
Additional information about the Adviser is also available via the SEC’s web site
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The SEC’s web site also provides information about any persons
affiliated with the Adviser who are registered, or are required to be registered, as investment
adviser representatives of the Adviser.
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 1: Cover Page ................................................................................................................................ 1
Item 2: Material Changes ...................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4: Advisory Business ..................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5: Fees & Compensation ............................................................................................................... 6
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees ........................................................................................................... 8
Item 7: Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................ 9
Item 8: Method of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................. 10
Item 9: Disciplinary Information ......................................................................................................... 18
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ............................................................. 19
Item 13: Review of Accounts .............................................................................................................. 27
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................. 28
Item 15: Custody ................................................................................................................................. 29
Item 16: Investment Discretion............................................................................................................ 30
Item 17: Voting Client Securities ........................................................................................................ 31
Item 18: Financial Information ............................................................................................................ 32
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Item 4: Advisory Business
The Adviser offers investment management services to separately managed accounts
(“Separate Accounts”) and serves as an investment advisor to one mutual fund (each a
“Client” and, collectively, the “Clients”). Additionally, the Adviser provides financial and
business advice to private funds managed by two affiliates, Concorde Capital Corporation
(“CCC”) and Omnimed Capital, LLC (OCC), both exempt reporting advisers. The Adviser
was founded in 1981 by Dr. Gary B. Wood. Dr. Wood, Mr. John A. Stetter, and Mr. Gregory
Wood are the principals of the Adviser, which is located in Texas.
We offer investment advisory services which include the initial and ongoing review of Client
portfolios considering the prevailing market conditions, the economic outlook and the
Client’s investment objectives. We offer advice on the following: equity securities of
exchange-listed securities; securities traded over-the-counter and foreign issuers; warrants;
corporate debt securities (including commercial paper); certificates of deposit; municipal
securities; mutual fund shares; exchange traded funds (ETFs); United States government
securities; options contracts on securities; and interests in partnerships investing in
technology, healthcare, precious metals, real estate and oil and gas interests.
The Adviser also serves as investment advisor to Concorde Funds, Inc. consisting of one
fund, Concorde Wealth Management Fund (the “Fund”). The Fund is a no-load, open-end
management investment company (commonly known as a mutual fund). The Fund is
primarily for advisory Clients and is not widely marketed. We furnish continuous investment
advisory services to the Fund and are primarily responsible for the day-to-day investment
management of the Fund under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement with the
Fund.
The investment advisory services we offer are focused on the needs and objectives of
individual Clients. Recommendations on policy asset allocations are based on our investment
outlook, the Client’s investment time horizon, tax status, assets and liabilities outside our
management, employment/income status and other factors which may affect a Client’s risk
tolerance, objectives related to minimizing taxes or need for asset growth. Clients may
restrict trading activities on a limited number of individual securities, such as those connected
to the Client’s employer, but not on securities that we regularly invest in.
We offer financial advisory services including the initial analysis of and ongoing review of
a Client’s overall personal and financial circumstances from the perspective of cash flow,
capital flow, liquidity, debt structure, company benefits, investments, life, health and
property insurance, estate planning and taxes. Based on observations and Client requests, we
make financial planning recommendations to Clients.
Clients who invest in Separate Accounts may impose restrictions on investing in certain
securities or types of securities if the proposed restrictions are agreed to by us. The majority
of our Clients do not impose such restrictions, and Clients invested in mutual funds and
partnerships have no opportunity to impose any investment restrictions.
The Adviser does not currently participate in any wrap fee programs.
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As of December 31, 2024, Concorde managed $328 million of Client assets on a
discretionary basis and $74 million on a non-discretionary basis.
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Item 5: Fees & Compensation
Concorde is compensated on a fee-only basis based on the Client and the specific activities
undertaken, including investment management fees and hourly or retainer financial advisory
fees.
Our fees are negotiable and may vary from Client to Client and may be higher or lower than
those indicated in the basic fee schedule below. Currently, we have Clients that are not on
our standard fee schedule. Fee adjustments involve a number of factors, including the amount
of total assets under management, the nature of the assets, the type of analysis required to
manage the account, the length of the Client’s relationship with us, the level of service
required by the Client and other factors.
We also provide financial and business advice to CCC and OCC, on a consulting basis, for
the benefit of private pooled investment vehicles managed by CCC or OCC in which some
of our Clients invest. We receive fees from CCC and OCC for these consulting services in
accordance with the terms of an agreement between the parties. See Section 10 for more
details.
For all Client accounts, we may invest cash balances in money market funds and may invest
Client funds in mutual funds other than the Fund. In addition to the fees charged by us, each
of the mutual funds in which Clients’ funds may be invested also pays its own investment
advisory fees and expenses. To the extent that Clients invest in mutual funds other than the
Fund, such Clients effectively will pay two levels of advisory fees, one for the management
of their assets invested with the Adviser, and indirectly through the management fees assessed
to the mutual fund by its investment adviser.
The investment management fees are based on the rates in the fee schedule below calculated
as a percentage of the daily average value1 (as reasonably determined by us if a market quote
is not available) of the assets under management over the preceding quarter as determined as
the close of business on the last day of each calendar quarter and are billed and payable in
advance as of the commencement of each calendar quarter. Fees may be deducted from Client
accounts or billed to the Client, depending upon their preference.
• 1.00% per annum (1/4 per quarter) on the first $1,000,000 of assets
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.75% per annum (1/4 per quarter) on the next $1,000,000 of assets
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.50% per annum (1/4 per quarter) on assets in excess of $2,000,000
1 Clients can request more information on the calculation methodology for this daily average figure.
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Our investment management fees do not include other fees and expenses Clients may incur
such as brokerage commissions (discussed in Item 12), custodial costs and the expenses and
management fees that are internal to mutual funds. The Adviser does not receive any of these
other fees. Additionally, Clients do not pay asset management fees on shares of the Fund held
in their accounts. The Adviser does not charge Client accounts when account holders make
deposits or withdrawals.
Financial advisory fees are based on time spent at hourly rates indicated below and are billed
monthly after services are performed.
• Clerical and Administrative $150 per hour
• Analysis and Professional $200 to $300 per hour
Clients may terminate their agreements with the Adviser by giving us 30 days written notice.
Prepaid investment management fees will be refunded based on a daily prorating from the
beginning of the quarter to the date of termination, upon written request. Concorde reserves
the right to charge a one-time termination administrative fee equal to .5% of the value of the
assets under management at such time Concorde’s services are terminated.
The Adviser, at its own expense and without reimbursement from the Fund, furnishes office
space and all necessary office facilities, equipment and executive personnel for managing the
investments of the Fund. For such services, we receive a monthly fee based on the average
daily net assets of the Fund at the annual rate of .80%.
Generally, the Adviser aims to combine related Client accounts for fee billing purposes.
Neither the Adviser nor any of its supervised persons receives any compensation from the
sale of securities or other investment products.
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Item 6: Performance-Based Fees
The Adviser does not receive performance-based fees from its Clients. However, an affiliate
of the Adviser, CCC, may receive performance-based fees (sometimes referred to as “carried
interest”) or allocations from the private funds outlined in Item 5. These payments are subject
to Section 205(a)(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers
Act”), in accordance with the available exemptions thereunder, including the exemption set
forth in Rule 205-3. Additionally, OCC may also receive performance-based fees allocations
from the private funds outlined in Item 5.
Performance-based fees may create an incentive for the Adviser or its supervised persons to
make investments that are riskier and more speculative than would be the case in the absence
of a performance-based fee. Such fee arrangements may also create an incentive to favor fee
paying clients over other clients that are not subject to a performance-based fee.
To address conflicts of interest, the Adviser has adopted a policy that it will allocate
investment opportunities to each Client in a fair and equitable manner over time. This policy
has been effectuated by the implementation of a procedure that the Adviser must undertake
during each evaluation of an investment opportunity. The procedure requires the Adviser to
evaluate the appropriateness of each investment opportunity for each client by analyzing
criteria related to the investment opportunity and factors specific to each Client (“Factors”).
Factors consist of the following: (i) the size, nature and type of investment opportunity; (ii)
the investment guidelines and restrictions of the Client; (iii) regulatory and contractual
requirements; (iv) the pre-determined tactical plan of a Client or Clients and corresponding
capital commitments; (v) the cash position of the Client; (vi) liquidity needs/constraints of
the Client; (vii) asset/liability management; (viii) minimum trade denominations; (ix) a
determination by the portfolio manager that the investment or sale opportunity is
inappropriate, in whole or in part, for one or more of the Clients; (x) restrictions under ERISA
or other applicable regulations; (xi) tax issues; (xii) the size of a Client’s account; (xiii) Client
risk tolerance; and (xiv) situational factors the portfolio manager deems relevant. While the
procedure requires the Adviser to include the Factors in its evaluation of an investment
opportunity, it also prohibits the Adviser from allocating investment opportunities: (i) to
generate higher fees paid by one Client over another, or to produce greater fees for the
Adviser; (ii) to develop a relationship with a Client or prospective Client; or (iii) to
compensate a Client for past services or benefits rendered to the Adviser or any employee of
the Adviser or to induce future services or benefits to be rendered to the Adviser or any
personnel of the Adviser.
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Item 7: Types of Clients
We offer our services to a wide range of clients, including individuals, trusts, estates,
corporations, limited partnerships, limited liability companies, and investment companies.
We also provide investment consulting services to limited and general partnerships, on a
contract basis, for a related entity. See Item 10 for further information.
Private fund investors must meet the criteria of qualified investors and eligibility is not
determined by a minimum investment.
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Item 8: Method of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
The Adviser utilizes a value and income investment approach for growth and capital
preservation. Value investing focuses on identifying differences between the market's
perception and price of a company's stock and the intrinsic value that a knowledgeable investor
would place on the entire company as an ongoing enterprise. Intrinsic value typically takes
into consideration fundamental business factors such as a company's earning power, franchise
or brand value, proprietary market position and competitive advantages - which drive the long-
term performance of the company - and is assessed by analyzing the worth of such factors.
The market's perception can cause an undervaluation or overvaluation of a company relative
to its true intrinsic value, the appropriate value for the entire enterprise, due to a lack of
understanding or perhaps the inappropriate disfavor of an entire market sector. The
characteristics of our practical application of the value investment philosophy results in
portfolios that are spread over the spectrum of industries and capitalization (size), with a
typical holding period of two-four years (low turnover).
We use a variety of analytical, experience based, subjective methods to make value
investment decisions.
• For individual equities, we utilize fundamental analysis to determine the
attractiveness of the security and potential for growth in value at current market
prices.
• For managed money and mutual funds, we analyze the net historical track record,
consistency of management personnel and investment restrictions in selecting the
investment vehicle for a portion of the client’s assets in meeting part of the client’s
investment policy.
• For fixed income securities, we review the credit quality and duration of the
security for an appropriate fit for a part of the client’s investment policy.
Below is a summary of certain risks applicable to the Adviser’s advisory services and
investments outlined in Item 4. The summary is qualified in its entirety by the risk
factors set forth in each Client’s offering documents or similar account opening
documents. The past performance of the Adviser is not indicative of future results and
risk of loss should be considered.
The Risk of Loss
The Clients’ investments involve the risk of loss. Investors must be prepared to lose all
or substantially all of their investment. The Adviser and its affiliates are in no respects
responsible for the performance of the Clients, except to the extent of their obligation
to act in good faith and without fraud, gross negligence, or reckless or intentional
misconduct in respect of their duties to the Clients.
Market Disruptions
In recent years, the global financial markets have undergone pervasive and
fundamental disruptions which have led to extensive and unprecedented governmental
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intervention. Such intervention has in certain cases been implemented on an
“emergency” basis, suddenly and substantially eliminating market participants’ ability
to continue to implement certain strategies or manage the risk of their outstanding
positions.
Market Risks in General
The success of the Clients’ investment program may be substantially and adversely
affected by general economic and market conditions, such as interest rates, availability
of credit, inflation rates, economic uncertainty, changes in laws, cyber theft and
terrorism, and national and international political circumstances. None of these
conditions is within the control of the Adviser and no assurances can be given that the
Adviser will anticipate these developments. These factors may affect the volatility and
liquidity of investments held by the Clients. Unexpected volatility or illiquidity could
impair the Clients’ profitability or result in losses.
Management of Multiple Clients
The Adviser will endeavor to act in a manner that it considers fair, reasonable and
equitable in allocating investment opportunities to Clients. Client accounts may
underperform other accounts that may be managed by the Adviser that use the same
or similar strategies. Each Client’s investment program is tailored to their specific
needs, risk tolerances, account value, investment mix, investment horizon, and other
factors that may materially alter each Client’s performance.
Reliance on Corporate Management and Financial Reporting
Many of the strategies implemented by the Adviser rely on the financial information
made available by the issuers in which the Clients invest. The Adviser has no ability
to independently verify the financial information disseminated by the issuers in which
the Clients invest and is dependent upon the integrity of both the management of these
issuers and the financial reporting process in general.
No Independent Verification of Market Information
The Adviser selects investments for the Clients on the basis of information and data
filed by issuers with various government regulators or made directly available to the
Adviser by such issuers or through other sources. Although the Adviser evaluates all
such information and data and seeks independent corroboration when the Adviser
considers it appropriate and when it is reasonably available, the Adviser is not in a
position to confirm the completeness, genuineness or accuracy of such information
and data.
Volatility
The prices of some of the instruments traded by the Adviser have been subject to
periods of excessive volatility in the past including over the past year, and such periods
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can be expected to recur or continue. Price movements are influenced by many
unpredictable factors, such as market sentiment, inflation rates, interest rate
movements and general economic and political conditions.
While volatility can create profit opportunities for the Adviser, it can also create the
specific risk that historical or theoretical pricing relationships will be disrupted,
causing what should otherwise be comparatively low risk positions to incur significant
losses. On the other hand, the lack of volatility can also result in losses for certain of
the Adviser’s positions that profit from price movements.
All investment securities involve some degree of price or credit risk of loss, although that
degree of risk varies widely among different asset classes. Our investment strategy could
typically be characterized as long-term investing as opposed to short term trading.
Possible Positive Correlation with Stock and Bonds
There can be no assurance that the Clients will be non-correlated or negatively correlated
with a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds.
Illiquid Securities
An investment in the private funds is illiquid and involves a high degree of risk. There is no
public market for limited partnership interests in the private funds, and it is not expected that
a public market will develop. Consequently, limited partners bear the economic risks of their
investment for the term of the private funds. Prospective investors will be required to
represent and agree that they are purchasing the limited partnership interests for their own
account for investment only and not with a view to the resale or distribution thereof.
Equity Securities
Numerous inter-related and difficult-to-quantify economic factors, as well as market
sentiment, subjective and extraneous political, climate-related and terrorist factors, influence
the cost of equities; there can be no assurance that the Adviser will be able to predict future
price levels correctly. In addition, the Clients’ directional equity positions may be leveraged,
and, if they are leveraged, even comparatively minor adverse market movements may result
in substantial losses.
Warrants
Investments in warrants can lead to increased portfolio volatility. Thus, the nature of the
warrants will involve Clients in a great degree of risk than is the case with conventional
securities.
Options
The purchase or sale of an option involves the payment or receipt of a premium by the
investor and the corresponding right or obligation, as the case may be, to either purchase or
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sell the underlying security, commodity or other instrument for a specific price at a certain
time or during a certain period. Purchasing options involves the risk that the underlying
instrument will not change price in the manner expected, so that the investor loses its
premium. Selling options involves potentially greater risk because the investor is exposed
to the extent of the actual price movement in the underlying security rather than only the
premium payment received (which could result in a potentially unlimited loss). Over-the-
counter options also involve counterparty solvency risk.
Exchange Traded Funds and Other Similar Instruments
Shares of exchange traded funds, or ETFs, and other similar instruments may be purchased
or sold for Client accounts. An ETF is an investment company that is registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) that holds a portfolio of common stocks
designed to track the performance of a particular index. ETFs sell and redeem their shares at
net asset value in large blocks (typically 50,000 of its shares) called “creation units.” Shares
representing fractional interests in these creation units are listed for trading on national
securities exchanges and can be purchased and sold in the secondary market in lots of any
size at any time during the trading day.
The Fund may purchase instruments similar to ETFs that represent beneficial ownership
interests in specific “baskets” of stocks of companies within a particular industry sector or
group. These securities may also be listed on national securities exchanges and purchased
and sold in the secondary market, but unlike ETFs, are not registered as investment
companies under the 1940 Act.
Investments in ETFs and other instruments involve certain inherent risks generally associated
with investments in a broadly-based portfolio of stocks including risks that the general level
of stock prices may decline, thereby adversely affecting the value of each unit of the ETF or
other instrument. In addition, an ETF may not fully replicate the performance of its
benchmark index because of the temporary unavailability of certain index securities in the
secondary market or discrepancies between the ETF and the index with respect to the
weighting of securities or number of stocks held. Because ETFs and pools that issue similar
instruments bear various fees and expenses, investment in these instruments will involve
certain indirect costs, as well as transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions. The
Adviser considers the expenses associated with an investment in determining whether to
invest in an ETF or other instrument.
Debt Instruments
Prepayment/Call Risk. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of debt securities with
high interest rates will prepay or call their securities before their maturity dates. In this event,
the proceeds from the called securities would likely be reinvested by the account(s) in
securities bearing a new, lower interest rate, resulting in a possible income decline in the
account(s).
Credit Risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a debt security will be unable
to make interest and/or principal payments when due, thereby causing a decrease in value to
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the issuer’s securities and lowering the issuer’s credit rating.
High Yield Bond (Junk Bond) Risk. Junk bonds involve a greater risk of default or price
changes due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer. The values of junk bonds fluctuate
more than those of high-quality bonds in response to company, political, regulatory or
economic developments. Values of junk bonds can decline significantly over short periods
of time.
Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk refers to the risk that bond prices generally fall as interest
rates rise; conversely, bond prices generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific bonds differ
in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics,
including duration.
Liquidity Risk. The account(s) may hold illiquid securities that it may be unable to sell at the
preferred time or price and could lose its entire investment in such securities.
Municipal Securities Risk. Constitutional amendments, legislative enactments, executive
orders, administrative regulations, voter initiatives, and the issuer's regional economic
conditions may affect a municipal security's value, interest payments, repayment of principal
and the account(s)’ ability to sell it. Failure of a municipal security issuer to comply with
applicable tax requirements may make income paid thereon taxable, resulting in a decline in
the security's value. In addition, there could be changes in applicable tax laws or tax
treatments that reduce or eliminate the current federal income tax exemption on municipal
securities or otherwise adversely affect the current federal or state tax status of municipal
securities.
Reinvestment Risk. Reinvestment risk is the risk that a bond's cash flows (coupon income
and principal repayment) will be reinvested in securities with a lower interest rate than on
the original investment. Reinvestment risk is more likely when interest rates are declining.
Epidemics, Pandemics and Market Disruption. The Adviser’s business may be materially
affected by conditions in the global financial markets and economic conditions or events
throughout the world that are outside of the Adviser’s control. This includes but is not limited
to, economic uncertainty, slowdown in global growth, changes in laws (including laws
relating to taxation and regulations on the financial industry), geo-political clashes (such as
the current war in Ukraine), due to disease, pandemics or other severe public health events.
Worth noting as well are trade and travel barriers, volatility in commodity prices, currency
exchange rates and controls and other national and international political circumstances.
Disease, pandemics, or other severe public health events (such as novel strain of coronavirus
from December 2019) may necessitate partial or complete remote work. Heavy reliance on
external sources for information and technology may make a business more vulnerable to
cybersecurity incidents and cyberattacks.
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Federal Income Tax Risks.
Partnership Status. The federal income tax and economic benefits anticipated to be derived
from an investment in the Partnership depend, in substantial part, upon the Partnership being
treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. No ruling from the Internal Revenue
Service (the “IRS”) with respect to the Partnership’s proper tax status has been requested, nor
is any such request contemplated. If the Partnership were classified as an association taxable as
a corporation, its after-tax investment return, if any, would be reduced. Only the Partnership,
and not the General Partner and the Limited Partners (together, the “Partners”), would be
entitled to deductions available for the costs incurred, thus preventing a flow-through of losses.
The Partnership would be taxed on its income and the Partners would be taxed on distributions
from the Partnership as dividends to the extent of the current and/or accumulated earnings and
profits of the Partnership. Distributions in excess of current and/or accumulated earnings and
profits
would be treated first as a reduction of basis and the balance as gain from the sale of an interest
in the association.
Risk of IRS Audit. Information returns filed by the Partnership are subject to audit by the IRS.
The IRS has recently placed increased emphasis on audits of limited partnerships. As a result,
the possibility of audits of the Partnership (and hence of the Limited Partners) has been
substantially increased. An audit of the Partnership’s return may lead to adjustments, in which
even the Limited Partners may be required to file amended personal federal income tax returns.
In addition, any such audit may lead to an audit of a Limited Partner’s individual tax return
which may lead to adjustments other than those relating to an investment in the Interest.
The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), permits the determination of
partner tax liability with respect to partnership items to be made at the partnership level in a
unified partnership proceeding, rather than in separate proceedings for each partner. The rules
governing such unified proceedings are complex and should be reviewed carefully by each
prospective investor or his tax advisor. The rules regarding determinations of the tax treatment
of partnership items can result in the assessment of a federal income tax deficiency with respect
to a partnership item considered by an investor regardless of whether the investor is a party to
the proceeding in which the tax treatment of such item is determined.
Potential investors should be aware that interest on tax deficiencies paid by individuals is
treated as “personal interest” and may not be deducted by the taxpayer.
Risks Associated with Current Investments. The information regarding current
opportunity in the Partnership Exhibits includes statements that are not purely historical and
are “forward-looking statements”, including statements regarding hopes, beliefs, intentions or
strategies regarding the future. All statements other than statements of historical, including,
without limitation, projected operating results, financial position, business strategy and other
plans and objectives for future operations regarding the various current holdings in the
Partnership, are forward-looking statements. The Partnership assumes no obligation to update
such forward-looking statements. Although the Partnership believes that the assumptions and
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expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no
assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct or that information provided to the
Partnership regarding the various holdings in the Partnership is accurate. There are numerous
uncertainties inherent in projecting future performance.
The Partnership’s Limited Operating History Makes Financial Forecasting Difficult.
The Partnership was organized in 2022. Accordingly, the Partnership has only a limited
operating history upon which an evaluation of the Partnership’s business and its prospects can
be made. The Partnership is subject to all of the risks inherent in the establishment of a new
enterprise. The Partnership can give no assurance that it will be successful in addressing these
risks, that revenue growth will continue in the future or that the Partnership will achieve
profitability in the future or, if achieved, that the Partnership will maintain profitability.
The Partnership May Be Unable to Acquire Additional Financing for Capital Needs.
In order to fully execute its business strategy, the Partnership may possibly need additional
capital. There can be no assurance that the Partnership will be able to acquire the additional
capital or, that any capital acquired will be sufficient for the Partnership to execute its business
strategy.
Future Sales of Partnership Securities May Dilute Ownership. The Partnership expects to raise
additional capital in the future. If capital is raised through sales of additional equity
securities, these sales may dilute the Limited Partners’ ownership in the Partnership and the
value of the Partnership Securities owned by the Partnership, perhaps materially.
The Partnership May Be Adversely Affected If Key Personnel Leave. The Partnership’s
continued success depends largely on the skills, experience and performance of its key members
of management of the General Partner. If one or more of these key employees leave
the Partnership, the Partnership’s business, operating results and financial condition could be
materially adversely affected. In addition, the Partnership’s future success depends largely on
the Partnership’s ability to continue attracting and retaining qualified personnel. Like other
companies, the Partnership faces competition for qualified personnel. The Partnership cannot
be certain that it will be successful in attracting, assimilating or retaining qualified personnel in
the future.
The Partnership Faces Intense Competition. The market in which the Partnership
operates is intensely competitive. Clients’ requirements in the targeted investment area
continually change. The Partnership expects competition to persist and intensify in the future.
Many of the Partnership’s competitors have longer operating histories and significantly greater
financial, technical, marketing and other resources than the Partnership. The Partnership cannot
be certain that it will compete successfully with existing and new competitors. If the Partnership
fails to compete successfully, its business, operating results and financial condition will be
materially adversely affected.
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Please note that investing in any of our strategies involves risk of loss that clients should
be prepared to bear.
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Item 9: Disciplinary Information
There have been no disciplinary actions against the Adviser or any of its employees within the
last ten years by:
• Any domestic, foreign or military court,
• The SEC, any other federal regulatory agency, any state regulatory agency or any
foreign financial regulatory authority, or
• Any self-regulatory organization (SRO).
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Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
None of the Adviser’s management persons are registered, or have an application pending to
register, as a broker-dealer or a registered representative of a broker-dealer.
None of the Adviser’s management persons are registered, or have an application pending to
register, as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, or as a commodity
trading advisor.
We may, from time to time, recommend to our Clients the purchase of shares in the Fund.
Consequently, we have a conflict of interest when we make such recommendations.
Generally, the securities held in the Fund are substantially similar to securities held in the
domestic equity asset allocation for our full discretion, individually managed accounts. When
Clients’ assets are invested in the Fund, we do not charge Clients a fee on those assets, rather;
we earn a fee on those assets through our position as investment adviser to the Fund.
Historically, investment allocations to the Fund in Client individually managed accounts have
been for Client convenience, to achieve diversification or for accounts for which the use of
individual equities is not practical. We receive a fee for advisory services based on the Fund’s
average daily net assets at the annual rate of .80%. Since the annual fee of .80% of assets of
the Fund is less than the top tier of fees for managing Client’ private accounts (see Item 5 for
our fee schedule), we have an interest in maximizing Clients’ investments in the Fund after
the Client’s total portfolio exceeds $1,111,111. Without the trading efficiencies offered by
investments in the Fund, Clients with relatively small accounts would incur transaction costs
that would be too high. We occasionally will purchase shares of the Fund in the Adviser’s
brokerage account.
We generally retain a limited power of attorney with respect to the trading activity of accounts
managed. Accordingly, we generally exercise full discretion as to brokerage placement and
securities purchased and sold and the amount of such transactions, within the scope of an
agreed upon Client policy asset allocation. Investment limitations may be placed by the Client
as outlined in the investment advisory agreement of separately managed accounts.
When appropriate, certain Clients are advised to invest in entities which may be controlled by
other entities that have a relationship with Gary B. Wood (“Wood”), an equity owner of the
Adviser. Such investments are not at the discretion of the Adviser and require the Client’s
specific authority. Dr. Wood is the majority owner of Concorde Capital Corporation (“CCC”),
is majority owner of OmniMed Corporation (“OMC”), and one of the controlling shareholders
of Omnimed Capital LLC (“OCC”), all of which serve as general partner for the limited
partnerships listed below, in which some Clients have invested. Such investments are at the
Client’s discretion after all the required disclosure documents are provided. The Adviser, itself,
does not typically invest in venture entities but has accepted shares in one venture firm as
payment for an old receivable. All mentioned companies have sole responsibility for the
management of the partnerships’ investment portfolios, administrations and business affairs.
As mentioned in Item 5, the Adviser provides financial and business advice for private funds
managed by CCC and OCC on a consulting basis, in which it receives compensation. CCC may
also receive performance-based fees from the private funds, in which the Adviser’s client
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in
the
accounts may invest. However, the Adviser does not have discretion to invest client accounts
in the private funds managed by CCC or OCC. If such investment is recommended by the
Adviser, each client account participating
investment must approve such
recommendation before the investment is made. Furthermore, the Adviser discloses affiliations
with CCC and OCC to all client accounts prior to making such investments. It is the Adviser’s
general policy to allocate investments at all times among the accounts of its clients, or
recommend such investments to clients of its affiliate, in a manner which it believes to be fair
and equitable. As mentioned below, allocations of investment opportunities shall not be based
on the fees paid by one account over another or to generate greater fees to the Adviser. To
address these conflicts of interest with respect to any future clients, the CCO will review
allocation of private investments (including underlying rationale) across each client account,
including the affiliated private funds to ensure such investment opportunities were allocated
fairly.
Private funds managed by CCC and OCC in which Adviser Clients invest can and have made
investments in companies on which Adviser personnel sit on the company’s board of directors.
Prospective investors are provided disclosures of material facts and potential conflicts of interests
related to a potential investment, including whether Adviser personnel sit on the company’s board
of directors and if they receive compensation for this role, prior to making an investment.
With respect to investment opportunities that may be deemed appropriate for both the Client
accounts and private funds managed by CCC and OCC, the Adviser will take into account the
following considerations to determine if such investment is appropriate: (i) the size, nature
and type of investment or sale opportunity; (ii) the investment guidelines and restrictions of
the client; (iii) regulatory and contractual requirements; (iv) pre-determined tactical plan of a
client or clients and corresponding capital commitments; (v) the cash position of the client;
(vi) liquidity needs/constraints of the client; (vii) asset/liability management; (viii) minimum
trade denominations; (ix) a determination by the portfolio manager that the investment or sale
opportunity is inappropriate, in whole or in part, for one or more of the clients; (x) restrictions
under ERISA or other applicable regulations; (xi) tax issues; (xii) the size of a client’s account;
(xiii) client risk tolerance; and (xiv) such other factors as the portfolio manager deems
relevant. The allocation of investment opportunities will not be based on any of the following,
or similar reasons:
• To generate higher fees paid by one account over another, or to produce greater fees
to the Adviser;
• To develop a relationship with a Client or prospective client; or
• To compensate a Client for past services or benefits rendered to the Adviser or any
employee of the Adviser to induce future services or benefits to be rendered to the
Adviser or any employee of the Adviser.
The CCO is also responsible for reviewing the side-by-side management of the Adviser’s client
accounts, including performance dispersion and investment allocations. The CCO periodically
reviews and tests the trade aggregation and allocation practices and related documentation to
determine whether these procedures are being followed and whether Client accounts are being
treated fairly.
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Partnership
Partnership Purpose
Compensation Method
General
Partner
OMC
OMC currently receives no fee,
no fees charged to clients
OMC
investments
are
Uro-Tech, Ltd.
(closed to new
investors)
IHC Capital Partners,
LP
Client
included in billable assets
CCC
Medical technology
services
and
investments
Investments in Latin
American hospital
companies
Energy investments
receives
Concorde Capital
Energy Partners II,
L.P.
agreed
CCC
a 1% of
partnership value management
fee and pays Concorde an
annually
upon
consulting fee, no fees charged
to clients
OCC
Healthcare investments OCC
receives
Omnimed Equity
Partners, L.P.
value
a 1% of
partnership
a
as
management fee and will pay
Concorde an annually agreed
upon consulting fee, no fees
charged to clients
OCC
Healthcare investments OCC
receives
value
.5%
as
Omnimed Equity
Partners CoInvest,
LP
of
partnership
a
management fee and will pay
Concorde an annually agreed
upon consulting fee, no fees
charged to clients.
OCC
Equity
receives
Omnimed
Partners II, LP
Healthcare
investments
value
a 1% of
OCC
partnership
a
as
management fee and will pay
Concorde annually agreed upon
consulting fee, no fee charged
to client.
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Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
The Adviser has adopted a written Code of Ethics (the “Code”) designed to address and avoid
potential conflicts of interest as required under Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act. The
Code sets forth a standard of business conduct and compliance with federal securities laws by
all of the Adviser's employees. The Code contains policies and procedures that ensure that all
personal securities trading by employees of the Adviser is conducted in such a manner as to
avoid actual or potential conflicts of interest or any abuse of an individual's position of trust and
responsibility.
As part of its Code, the Adviser has established procedures to prevent the abuse of material,
non-public information.
A copy of the Code is available upon request and at no cost to any Client or prospective client.
The Adviser and its affiliates and principals’ accounts (referred to herein as “related persons”)
hold economic interests in the Fund and the private funds advised by CCC and OCC, which
in certain cases are material. The Adviser’s Clients may invest in securities that the Fund and
private funds also invest in, as well as the Fund and private funds themselves. As a result of
these securities recommendations made to the Clients by the Adviser, the Adviser and its
related persons have a pecuniary interest from investments made by the Fund and the other
private funds as a result of their economic interest in them.
The Adviser has adopted the policy that it will, at all times, place the interests of its Clients
before its own, and Adviser’s employees will do the same with regard to their personal
securities transactions. In alignment with the policy, the Adviser has put procedures in place
to prevent conflicts of interest created by the Adviser and its related persons’ economic
interests in the Fund and the private funds such as personal trading procedures and an
alternative fee structure for Clients. The Adviser’s Code calls for the ongoing monitoring of
employees’ personal trading accounts, which is designed to detect any impropriety and self-
dealing by an employee. Further, while the Adviser will recommend investment in the Fund
to certain Clients, the Clients do not pay asset management fees on shares of the Fund held in
their accounts.
The Adviser may trade the same securities in its’ Client accounts that it trades in its principals’
accounts and in the Fund. To mitigate any acts of impropriety, the Adviser’s policy is that no
employee shall purchase or sell, directly or indirectly, any security in which he or she has any
direct or indirect beneficial ownership and which to his or her actual knowledge at the time
of such purchase or sale is being considered for purchase or sale by the Fund or in any client
accounts managed by the Adviser or in the private funds managed by CCC and OCC or is
being purchased or sold by the Fund or another client account managed by the Adviser or in
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private funds managed by CCC and OCC. Additionally, it is the Adviser’s policy that no
employee shall use any information concerning the investments or investment intentions of
the Fund, or the employee’s ability to influence such investment intentions, for personal gain
or in a manner detrimental to the interest of the Fund. While Adviser employees are allowed to
participate in block trades with Clients, these trades will be allocated to avoid disadvantaging
Clients or creating unequal treatment.
All employee personal securities transactions are subject to monitoring in order to ascertain
any patterns of conduct which may evidence conflicts with the principles of the Code,
including patters of front-running or other inappropriate behavior. The CCO shall be
responsible for (i) notifying employees of their reporting obligations under the Code and (ii)
reviewing the reports submitted by each employee. The CCO shall maintain records of all
reports filed pursuant to these procedures.
The Code requires employees to comply with applicable securities laws, prohibits purchasing
or selling securities that the Adviser is considering for investment in the Fund or Client
accounts and to provide periodic reports of their personal securities trading for review by the
Chief Compliance Officer. The Code also requires them to report any violations of the Code
promptly and if violations or conflicts are discovered, sanctions may be imposed.
The Code prohibits employees from the use of any information concerning the investments or
investment intentions of any Client account, or the ability to influence such investment
intentions, for personal gain or in a manner detrimental to the interests of the Adviser’s
Clients.
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Item 12: Brokerage Practices
Our overriding objective in selecting broker-dealers for effecting portfolio transactions for
Client accounts is to obtain the best combination of price and execution. We receive no
commissions for trading activities. The best net price is an important factor, but we also
consider the full range and quality of a broker-dealer’s services, including the value of
research provided; execution, clearance and settlement capabilities; commission rates;
custodial services; financial responsibility; length and quality of the business relationship
with us; our trust and confidence in the broker-dealer and responsiveness to us.
As our primary broker, the Adviser has an arrangement with National Financial Services
LLC and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (collectively, and together with all affiliates,
"Fidelity") through which Fidelity provides us with "institutional platform services." The
institutional platform services include, among others, brokerage, custody, and other related
services. Fidelity's institutional platform services that assist us in managing and
administering Clients’ accounts include software and other technology that (i) provide
access to Client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements); (ii)
facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple Client accounts;
(iii) provide research, pricing and other market data; (iv) facilitate payment of fees from its
Clients' accounts; and (v) assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and Client
reporting. Fidelity also offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop
our advisory practice. Such services include, but are not limited to, performance reporting,
financial planning, contact management systems, third party research, publications, access
to educational conferences, roundtables and webinars, practice management resources,
access to consultants and other third-party service providers who provide a wide array of
business-related services and technology with whom we may contract directly.
The Adviser is independently operated and owned and is not affiliated with Fidelity.
Fidelity generally does not charge its advisor clients separately for custody services but is
compensated by account holders through commissions and other transaction-related or
asset-based fees for securities trades that are executed through Fidelity or that settle into
Fidelity accounts (i.e., transactions fees are charged for certain no-load mutual funds,
commissions are charged for individual equity and debt securities transactions). Fidelity
provides access to many no-load mutual funds without transaction charges and other no-
load funds at nominal transaction charges. The Firm’s policy is to select no-load funds
when available that are in line with the Client’s respective investment guidelines. The Firm
has no contractual arrangements with Fidelity regarding 12b-1 fees. Additionally, Fidelity
does not charge our Clients accounts for trading as long as they meet certain hurdles.
The Adviser permits Clients to direct brokerage. Because of this, the Adviser may be unable to
achieve most favorable execution of Client transactions. Directing brokerage may cost Clients
more money. For example, in a directed brokerage account, Clients may pay higher brokerage
commissions because the Adviser may not be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction
costs, or the Client may receive less favorable prices.
Fidelity is providing the Adviser with certain brokerage and research products and services
that qualify as "brokerage or research services" under Section 28(e) of the Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act").
In the past year, Fidelity and certain other broker-dealers who provide best execution also
furnished us individual equity and fixed income research. Such products and information
are used in providing advisory services to all accounts and may not necessarily be used in
connection with the accounts that paid commissions to the broker-dealers providing them.
Certain brokers have agreed to provide custodial and brokerage services, including client
commission benefits, at specified rates, including specified minimum ticket prices, based
upon expected amounts of brokerage usage which, if not met, such rates may be changed
and may be in excess of rates that could be obtained from another broker.
When we use Client brokerage commissions (or markups or markdowns) to obtain research
and services, we receive a benefit (known as soft dollars) because we do not have to produce
or pay for some or all of the cost of those products. But we believe it is cost effective to
obtain such information in this manner rather than increasing our fees. Thus, we may have
an incentive to select or recommend a broker-dealer based on the receipt of research, rather
than the Client’s interest in receiving most favorable execution. Currently, the range of
Client brokerage commissions per share on equity transactions is the same for broker-
dealers used in Client commission arrangements as for broker-dealers used without such
arrangements.
The procedures used to direct Client transactions to a particular broker-dealer in return for
soft dollar benefits include developing a soft dollar budget for the year and then allocating
trades throughout the year to designated soft dollar brokers.
We typically try to aggregate trade orders for best execution and to minimize the transaction
costs. Any commission costs incurred in such an aggregated transaction are divided and
charged to Clients pro-rata based on the number of shares purchased or sold for each Client.
Occasionally when we aggregate brokerage orders for multiple Clients and the order is not
completed, we may allocate the completed securities in a manner such that accounts with
smaller allocations are completed prior to the other accounts in order to lower their total
transaction costs in anticipation of the order being completed on a subsequent trading day.
Also, in an attempt to avoid excess trading costs, we retain the right to allocate trades that
filled at a small percent of the total to be allocated to our largest accounts. Due to the nature
and volatility of publicly traded securities and in order to minimize transaction costs
resulting from constant rebalancing, our advisors allow Client policy allocations to deviate
from agreed policy to a degree not deemed to significantly impact the long-term risk or
performance of the investment account.
Certain client accounts do not participate in “bunched” orders, even when an investment
opportunity would be suitable for such clients. Generally, such client accounts execute via
underlying custodian. Such practices could result in different prices and execution cost
among clients for same securities. This disparity between client accounts is due to third
party restrictions such as custodian’s requirements placed on certain accounts in a form of
minimum trade requirements and high cost of execution outside of custodian’s platform.
The Adviser utilizes a trading rotation system to ensure that no one client account gains any
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advantage over any other client account. Since some client accounts have to be traded at
certain broker-dealers or through specific trading platforms, these client accounts could be
disadvantaged if they are always left to be traded last. In a rotation, all client accounts cycle
through the rotation with each trade.
The Adviser recognizes that trading practices described above may create potential conflicts
of interest. Specifically, trading in smaller, less liquid securities may affect the prices of those
securities and therefore affect the price paid by other client accounts. To mitigate such risks,
the Adviser, to the extent possible, shall aggregate orders for all client accounts for any less
liquid or smaller securities. If it is not possible to aggregate all orders for thinly traded
securities, the supervised person shall consult with the CCO prior to executing such trades
to minimize any potential negative impact on client accounts.
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Item 13: Review of Accounts
We develop customized portfolios tied to the needs and objectives of an individual Client.
All accounts are reviewed periodically on an ongoing basis, but in no event less than
quarterly. Reviews are conducted by members of the Investment Committee which consists
of Gary B. Wood, President, and John A. Stetter, Vice President, and Gregory B. Wood,
Chief Compliance Officer. Gary Wood, John Stetter, and Greg Wood are co-managers of
Client accounts and the Fund. We review Client’s overall financial planning issues when
asked to do so by the Client, but no less than annually. Financial planning reviews are
conducted by Greg Wood and Gary Wood.
More frequent reviews would be triggered by circumstances such as major changes in
market or economic conditions or personal events specific to the Client that may
significantly change their objectives or needs. Portfolio and sector weightings are compared
to applicable investment policy guidelines and adjustments made as necessary.
Separate Account Clients receive from us, at a minimum, a written quarterly portfolio
appraisal report containing a summary of their assets. In addition, they receive trade
confirmations, monthly and annual statements and year-end tax reports directly from
Fidelity, the qualified custodian. Other reports (for example, performance reports,
realized/unrealized gains/losses, receipts/disbursements) are generated per Client request.
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Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
The Adviser does not receive any economic benefit from any third party for providing
advisory services to the Clients.
The Adviser does not compensate other individuals or institutions for the referral of private
investment funds or separately managed account Clients.
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Item 15: Custody
We are not deemed to have custody over Client assets or of assets in private pooled
investment vehicles managed by CCC or OCC.
Clients in separately managed accounts will receive statements directly from the qualified
custodian (as indicated in Items 12 and 13), as well as reports from us. We urge our Clients
to carefully review the statements they receive from the custodian and to compare them to
the reports received from us.
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Item 16: Investment Discretion
We have investment discretion over the accounts we manage for Clients (that is, we make
the decisions regarding the securities we will purchase or sell on behalf of the Client). As
stated in Item 4, separately managed account Clients may set limits on this investment
discretion. Our authority to exercise investment discretion is agreed to in advance by the
Client through the terms of our investment management agreement with the Client. Mutual
fund Clients cannot set limits on our investment discretion.
We do not have discretion over Client investments in private partnerships as Clients must
approve any purchase or disposition of such investment.
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Item 17: Voting Client Securities
We vote proxies on securities held in discretionary Client accounts according to our written
policies and procedures which are designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best
interest of our Clients should there be any conflict between the best interest of the Client
and that of the Adviser. Our general policy is to align with the management of the company
in which we invest, although individual votes are reviewed. If we find significant
differences with management, we typically will not continue to hold the security. For
unusual votes (i.e., mergers, acquisitions, etc.), the portfolio manager will vote for the
option that he or she believes is in the best interest for a long-term investor in the security.
Upon request, written or verbal, any Client will be provided, without charge, with a copy
of our proxy voting policies and procedures or information on how we voted proxies on
securities held in their account.
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Item 18: Financial Information
The Adviser does not require or solicit prepayment of any fees greater than six months in
advance.
The Adviser does not believe it has any financial condition that is reasonably likely to
impair its ability to meet its contractual commitments to its Clients.
The Adviser has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten
years.
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