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WRAP FEE PROGRAM BROCHURE
FORM ADV, PART 2A -APPENDIX 1
DAVINCI FINANCIAL DESIGNS LLC dba DAVINCI FINANCIAL DESIGNS
5301 N. TRENHOLM ROAD, SUITE A
COLUMBIA, SC 29206
803-741-0134
www.davincifinancialdesigns.com
CRD: 163362
JAMES AGOSTINI, CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
April 2026
This wrap fee program brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices
of DaVinci Financial Designs LLC (“DaVinci”). If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us by telephone at (803) 741-0134 or email at jim.agostini@dav-fd.com.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) or by any State Securities Authority.
information about DaVinci
is also available on
the SEC’s website at
Additional
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
Please note that the use of the term “registered investment adviser” and description of DaVinci
and/or our associates (“IAR(s)”) as “registered” does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
You are encouraged to review this Brochure and Brochure Supplements for our firm’s associates
who advise you for more information on the qualifications of our firm and our associates.
PLEASE RETAIN THIS BROCHURE FOR YOUR RECORDS.
© 2026 DaVinci Financial Designs LLC
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This Firm Brochure provides a summary of DaVinci’s services and fees, professionals, certain
business practices and policies, as well as actual or potential conflicts of interest, among other things.
At least annually within 90 days of the end of DaVinci’s fiscal year (“FYE”), the Securities and
Exchange Commission regulations require the firm to update certain information in the Firm
Brochure. Within 120 days of DaVinci’s FYE, we will distribute either: (1) this summary of the
material changes in information, or (2) we will provide Clients with our full revised Firm Brochure
which will include a summary of material changes in this Item. If we deliver the summary in lieu of
delivering the full Firm Brochure to each Client, a Client may notify us that the Client wishes to
receive a full Firm Brochure. If you would like to receive a complete copy of our Firm Brochure,
including the supplement, please contact us at 803-741-0134 or by email at jim.agostini@dav-
fd.com to request a copy free of charge.
SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGES
This section describes any material changes DaVinci may have since our last annual updating
amendment in March 2025. Any time a material change occurs in DaVinci’s operations, depending
on its nature, the Firm will promptly communicate this change to Clients (and it will be summarized
in this Item). "Material changes" requiring prompt notification to the Securities and Exchange
Commission and to Clients will include changes of ownership or control; location; disciplinary
proceedings; significant changes to our advisory services or advisory affiliates; specifically, any
information that is critical to a Client’s full understanding of who we are, how to find us, and how
we do business.
Please note that we are in the process of entering into a custodial arrangement with Fidelity Brokerage
Services LLC and/or National Financial Services LLC (collectively, “Fidelity”) to provide our Life
Design and Asset Managed Portfolio Services as described in Items 4 and 12. There have been no
other material changes since the last annual update.
We have made various additional non-material clarifications throughout this Firm Brochure.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Cover Page for Part 2A Appendix 1 of Form ADV: Wrap Fee Program Brochure .............................. 1
Summary of Material Changes .............................................................................................................. 2
Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. 3
About Our Advisory Services ............................................................................................................... 4
Fees and Compensation ......................................................................................................................... 6
Performance-Based Fees ..................................................................................................................... 12
Types of Clients and Account Requirements ...................................................................................... 12
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ........................................................... 12
Disciplinary Information ..................................................................................................................... 20
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................................... 20
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ...................... 21
Review of Accounts ............................................................................................................................ 23
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ........................................................................................... 23
Custody ............................................................................................................................................... 24
Investment Discretion ......................................................................................................................... 24
Voting Client Securities ...................................................................................................................... 24
Financial Information .......................................................................................................................... 25
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ABOUT OUR ADVISORY SERVICES
About DaVinci Financial Designs LLC
We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide array of investment
advisory services. DaVinci Financial Designs LLC (also referred to as us, we, our, DaVinci and, with
respect to your individual representative, “IAR”) is a registered investment adviser with its principal
place of business located in South Carolina. Our firm has been in business as an investment adviser
since 2012. As of December 31, 2025, DaVinci actively manages approximately $219,551,174 of
clients' assets on a discretionary basis. Currently, we do not oversee any non-discretionary assets
with third-party money managers.
Listed below are the firm's principal owners (i.e., those individuals and/or entities controlling 25% or
more of this company).
●
Agostini & Associates Inc.
Jim Agostini is the controlling owner of Agostini & Associates Inc. Jim Agostini is the manager
“Owner and Principal” of DaVinci. In this role, Jim Agostini supervises the investment advisory
services provided to DaVinci’s clients and as designated principal of LPL Financial (“LPL”), the
broker-dealer through which the IARs in their capacity as registered representatives of LPL provides
brokerage services.
About Our IARs
DaVinci’s investment adviser representatives (“IAR(s)”) are registered by the appropriate states
where registrations are required to provide its investment advisory services. Each IAR is an
independent contractor, not an employee, of DaVinci. Each IAR is also registered through LPL, a
registered broker/dealer, member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and the
Securities Investors Protection Corporation (“SIPC”).
About Our Advisory Services
DaVinci offers the following advisory services to our clients:
Asset Managed Portfolios Services
Our asset management services involve tailored asset managed portfolios ("AMP") which are
commonly called wrapped-fee arrangements. Based on your circumstances, we tailor a portfolio
suitable to your specific needs, particular investment goals and tolerance for market losses. We
generally create a portfolio consisting of mutual funds, individual stock and bonds and exchange-
traded funds ("ETFs"). Under certain more limited circumstances, we may also include in the
portfolio other investments such as options and public and private securities. We will then review
our proposed AMP with you. If you have objections or restrictions to any types of investments we
have proposed, you will have an opportunity to let us know and, to the extent we are able to manage
the account, you may place reasonable restrictions on the type of investments.
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We emphasize continuous and regular account supervision. Your IAR will review your portfolio on
a regular basis and at least annually. However, if your account value is less than $15,000, then we
may review your account less frequently. If appropriate, we will rebalance the investments or make
other changes to your account.
Through an agreement between DaVinci and LPL Financial (“LPL”) and Fidelity Clearing and
Custodian Services (“Fidelity”), DaVinci executes trades within for your portfolio. By signing the
Client Services Agreement with your IAR and DaVinci in which you select AMP, you are
authorizing your IAR and DaVinci to have discretion over your portfolio to actively manage and
trade your assets in your account.
We encourage you to contact your IAR if there is a significant change in your personal circumstances
impacting your investment objectives, personal goals, risk tolerance, risk management needs, tax
planning, estate planning, retirement planning or the like. Certain events which impact these areas
may trigger your IAR to perform an off-cycle review of your accounts. Major market or economic
events are some examples of triggering events. The AMP services is likely the most cost efficient
for you if you have securities which will not be actively managed and traded and/or if you have
assets under management of less than $25,000.
Cash Holdings
When performing tax harvesting at your request, DaVinci may hold proceeds of tax-related
transactions in cash until appropriate wash sale periods have expired. Once the wash sale period has
expired, the related proceeds will be invested according to the current targeted allocation for the
Portfolio. In addition, DaVinci may delay placing rebalancing transactions for non-retirement
accounts by a number of days, to be determined by DaVinci, in an attempt to limit short-term tax
treatment for any position being sold. In order to permit trading in a tax-efficient manner, you
expressly grant DaVinci the authority to select specific tax lots when liquidating securities within
your account. Under certain conditions, DaVinci will also accommodate requests for all or a portion
of an account to remain allocated in cash for a period of time.
In addition, in consultation with your IAR, a portion of your portfolio will be held in cash, cash
equivalents or money market funds as part of the overall investment strategy for the account.
Depending on your IAR’s investment outlook or strategy, these cash balances can be high and
represent a material portion of your overall portfolio. Cash and cash equivalents, including money
market funds, are subject to our advisory fee. Clients should understand that the advisory fees
charged on these balances may exceed the returns provided by cash, cash equivalents or money
market funds, especially in low interest rate environments. You should discuss such strategies with
your IAR to ensure your full understanding.
IRA Rollover Recommendations
For the purpose of complying with the DOL's Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ("PTE
2020-02") when applicable, we are providing the following acknowledgment to you. When we
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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
an exemption that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours.
Under this exemption, 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.
FEES AND COMPENSATION
DaVinci’s IARs are authorized, within certain stated limits, to negotiate a fee schedule with you for
compensating your IAR. Fees and charges taken to pay for our services are deducted from your account
by DaVinci. DaVinci shares some of this compensation with your IAR based on a compensation
arrangement between your IAR and DaVinci. The amounts retained by DaVinci are for supervision
and administrative support services provided by DaVinci to your IAR. Generally, your services and
fees are reviewed annually. Depending on your situation, you may decide to adjust the services or
negotiate a different fee with your IAR in accordance with the framework outlined in the following
section.
The following fee and compensation information provided are examples and a framework for your
consideration. You should review the fee structures and their limitations carefully when selecting
the services that we will be providing you. Several factors may influence the services we recommend
for your circumstances including:
1. Your preference for a “wrap fees” versus per trade transaction charges for trading certain or
all securities;
2. Account size;
3. Anticipated trading frequency;
4. Anticipated securities to be traded;
5. Management style; and
6. Long term investment goals.
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These variables in your particular situation may cause the fee structure for one or more of our
services to be more costly than other of our programs. Your overall cost relating to a particular
service may be higher or lower than you might incur if you were paying transaction costs separately
or if these costs were “wrapped” into your total fees. To compare the cost of our programs, you
should consider the anticipated frequency of your trading activity associated with your investment
goals, brokerage commissions charged by the broker-dealer and the advisory fees charged by your
IAR. You should review the following information regarding our fees and compensation framework
carefully and discuss with your IAR in order to select services that will be most likely to meet your
goals and to be most cost efficient. Because of the variables stated above, DaVinci cannot and does
not guarantee that any particular selection among our services will result in the lowest fees.
Fees for our AMP services are generally charged on a percentage basis. Our fees for these services
may be negotiated between you and your IAR based on the aggregated assets you have under
management with us and the complexity of your investment strategy. However, your negotiated
percentage fees will not exceed 3%. The fee is calculated using the average daily balance of the
assets during the quarter, and are deducted from your account in advance of the next quarter.1 In
limited circumstances, based on the complexity and magnitude of the assets to be managed in AMP
and/or for certain high net worth individuals, our management will permit your IAR to charge only
portfolio transaction costs when negotiating a compensation arrangement for combining Life Design
Services with AMP services.
All securities transactions are effected through LPL or Fidelity, a registered broker-dealer. LPL
charges us for brokerage commissions, program and/or transaction fees for executing securities
transactions in your account(s) or for maintaining a Model Portfolio. Generally, in the AMP program
you do not pay for these fees from your account balance because these fees are included within the
fees you pay on your account. However, for assets maintained at Fidelity, there is 1 bps (.01%) asset
based fee per account (e.g., $10 for every $100,000 in assets). This fee is not charged for assets
maintained at LPL. The result is that your costs may be more than paying for advisory fee plus
commissions or transaction charges to a broker-dealer for each transaction in your account. Further,
the wrap fee charges are based on the total assets in your account and include any securities
transferred into the account. You should also be aware that your account will be charged separately
by the mutual funds for management fees and other fund expenses. DaVinci does not receive any
portion of these fund-related fees. In addition, you may also pay other fees to LPL, the custodian of
your assets. These include, but may not be limited to, fees for wire transfers, stop payments, IRA
maintenance, duplicate check or statement copies, overnight deliveries, returned checks, and asset
transfers. It is between you and your IAR if these fees will be passed along to you whether in a
transaction fee account or a wrap fee account (ticket charges are not passed along in a wrap account).
Please discuss with your individual IAR.
In most of our programs, your fee is adjusted for deposits and withdrawals during the prior quarter
pro rata based on the asset value of the transaction and based on the fee rate in effect at the time of
the assessment. If there is a change in the advisory fee you negotiate with us during the quarter, the
1 Please note that although we calculate our fees quarterly, it is not necessarily a calendar quarter but will depend on the
month in which you open your account. Please inquire with your IAR if you have any questions.
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effective date of any increase or decrease will be at the beginning of the next quarterly cycle. Your
fee would typically be renegotiated if there was a substantial change in asset values (up or down).
Please discuss this with your IAR
As part of your analysis of the programs and services with your IAR, you should consider the
following:
1. A commission was previously paid on the security currently in your portfolio;
2. Whether you want the security(ies) to be managed as part of the account and be subject to
an advisory fee; or
3. Whether you want to hold the security in a brokerage account that is not managed and not
subject to an advisory fee.
In addition, you should be aware of the following if you select one of our investment services:
1. You authorize us to be paid directly by the independent custodian of your account;
2. You will be sent account statements by the independent custodian on at least a quarterly
basis;
3. Your account statements will list all disbursements from your account, including the advisory
fee paid to us; and
4. You should compare any information we give you regarding our fees with the independent
custodian’s information in account opening and subsequent account statements.
5. When you contribute to your investment account, the minimum amount for each contribution
must be $100.00.
Generally, DaVinci deducts the fees from your account(s) associated with the services you have
selected in your Client Services Agreement. Under certain circumstances, at your request, rather than
deduct fees from your account, we will direct the account custodian to bill you directly for these
services. We do not pay any portion of our fee to third-party portfolio managers.
DaVinci, through LPL or Fidelity, deducts fees quarterly in advance. However, for the initial fee
deduction, LPL or Fidelity will deduct DaVinci’s fee at the beginning of the quarter following the
establishment of the Account and will include a prorated fee for the initial quarter in addition to the
quarterly DaVinci fee for the upcoming quarter. Subsequent fee deductions will be assessed at the
beginning of each quarter thereafter and based on the value of the Account’s assets under
management as of the close of business on the last business day of the preceding quarter and based
on the fee rate in effect at the time of assessment. At the time of a subsequent fee deduction, the
Account fee will be adjusted for deposits and withdrawals during the prior quarter pro rata based on
the asset value of the transaction and based on the fee rate in effect at the time of the assessment. If
there is a change in the advisory fee rate during the quarter, the effective date of any increase or
decrease will be at the beginning of the next quarterly cycle.
If your Client Services Agreement is terminated before the end of the quarterly period, DaVinci will
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pay you a pro-rated refund of any pre-paid quarterly fees based on the number of days remaining in
the quarter after the termination date. After the termination date, LPL may temporarily convert your
account to a brokerage account before it is fully self-directed. In a brokerage account, you are charged
a trading commission for each trade transaction through LPL and your IAR has no responsibility to
provide ongoing investment advice.
If you decide to terminate your Client Services Agreement with us within five (5) business days of
having signed the initial agreement or within five (5) business days of having signed a renewal
agreement, then fees you paid within those five (5) days will be refunded to you in full. At any time
after the five-day complete refund period, you may terminate your agreement and request a refund
of unearned fees, provided that the request is in writing and thirty (30) days’ notice. Upon
termination, we will refund unearned prepaid fees, on a pro-rata basis, and cease the payments for
the next calendar quarter. We can, under other circumstances, on our discretion, waive, refund or
discount fees. Note that your trading authorization will be relied upon and continue in full force and
effect in your account until you transfer your assets to another firm, or you provide termination
notice directly to portfolio managers, LPL and DaVinci, each independently. Your Client Services
Agreement will terminate if your IAR transfers to another investment advisory firm. DaVinci
reserves the right to terminate your Client Services Agreement for any reason.
In some cases, we may stand to earn more compensation from advisory fees paid to us through a wrap
fee program arrangement if your account is not actively traded and maintained for an extended period
of time, beyond three to five years.
DaVinci is not paid a commission or transaction charge for executing transactions in client accounts.
In addition, in the case of mutual funds, execution is made at the net asset value of the fund. Although
DaVinci is not paid a commission or transaction charge for transactions in an account, DaVinci may
bear transaction costs under AMP while these transaction costs are included in the LPL’s fees you
pay under LPL’s wrap fee programs. This presents a conflict of interest because these costs may be
a factor that your IAR considers when deciding which portfolio management service to recommend
to you, securities to select for your portfolio and whether or not to place transactions in your account.
To illustrate this point further, a conflict of interest arises when IARs are incentivized by mutual
fund companies to recommend that clients invest in mutual fund share classes with higher expense
ratios and that have sales loads even when lower cost shares in the same funds are available to the
client. These shares can be purchased through either a brokerage account or within a wrap account.
While the commission is waived in a wrap account, the custodian may still receive the 12b-1 fee
which in turn lowers the expenses to the advisory firm. In order to avoid this conflict of interest, our
firm’s policy is to recommend institutional share classes and ETFs which have no loads, and no 12b-
1 fees associated with them. Conversely, our firm does not recommend share classes where the firm
receives additional compensation from the mutual fund company. Our firm pays all expenses and
transaction fees from the advisory fees paid by our clients to the firm. In other words, we neither
receive additional compensation from mutual fund companies nor charge the client for the expenses
these 12b-1 fees are intended to cover.
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In limited circumstances, when a client is transferring a portfolio containing Class A shares to our
firm, our IARs may retain such shares in the account temporarily for reallocation in accordance with
the client’s specific needs if the IAR believes it is in the client’s best interest. For example, an IAR
may delay selling Class A shares transferred from another firm into a client’s account to meet the
client’s specific needs to manage tax consequences of the sale of the shares. In all circumstances,
our IARs work to reallocate these shares as quickly as possible while attempting to minimize
negative consequences to the client. In these limited circumstances, the custodian will receive the
associated 12b-1 fees until the shares are sold.
NTF Mutual Fund and ETF Fees
As described throughout this Brochure, DaVinci has a significant relationship with LPL. This
relationship includes access to wrap fee programs offered through the LPL Platform by third-party
money managers. In a wrap fee program, the money manager does not pass along transaction fees
incurred when the program rebalances positions or otherwise makes purchases or sales of mutual
funds. Because the Manager absorbs these transaction costs, they have an incentive to recommend
or select “no-transaction fee mutual funds or ETFs” (collectively “NTF Funds”). Mutual funds and
ETFs, including NTF funds, have their own internal charges, including management fees,
distribution and/or 12b-1 fees, and other expenses. These fees are detailed in the mutual fund
prospectuses.
Most NTF funds have transaction-fee alternatives that result in higher expense ratios. IARs that are
also registered representatives of LPL are limited to selecting wrap accounts that have been
previously approved by LPL and contain NTF funds, thus resulting in a higher cost to owning the
fund compared to lower share class funds. Similar to seeking best execution, the determining factor
we used in choosing to partner with LPL is not always the lowest possible cost, but whether the
relationship represents the best platform through which to provide the majority of our advisory
services. To make this determination, we take into consideration the full range of a LPL’s services,
including among others, the ability of our IARs to offer brokerage services as registered
representatives, their fees (both to us and to our clients), their financial wherewithal, their custodial
services, and their responsiveness. Accordingly, although DaVinci seeks to offer the most cost
effectives solutions for our clients, LPL may not necessarily offer the lowest cost mutual fund share
classes in all instances. LPL selects certain mutual fund product offerings because the share class
pays LPL compensation for the administrative and recordkeeping services LPL provides to the
mutual fund, and which we believe is passed along to us in the execution of their services to us. You
should understand that another custodian may offer the same, or similar, mutual fund products at a
lower overall cost.
Uses of NTFs can cause a potential conflict of interest because NTF funds typically (but not always)
are not the lowest share class available from the fund family. Notwithstanding this conflict, DaVinci
believes this arrangement does not interfere with its provision of advice to clients because of its
practices and controls. DaVinci’s IARs and supervisors review client accounts to ensure they are
consistent with the clients’ stated needs, objectives, and financial situation. While we believe that
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removing the cost to implement trades is important and helpful to our management of client assets
and to clients' overall performance, you need to understand the added cost to your portfolio. You
should review both the fees charged by the funds and our fees to fully understand the total amount
of fees you are paying and, thereby, to evaluate the advisory services being provided. We are happy
to explain these products and any associated conflicts in detail.
Asset Managed Portfolios Services
If you select AMP, you pay a single fee that covers your IAR’s advice and the execution of
transactions in your account through LPL as broker-dealer. All securities transactions are effected
through LPL. LPL charges us for brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees for executing
securities transactions in your account(s). You do not pay for these fees from your account balance.
These fees are included in our compensation.
DaVinci typically manages accounts in AMP differently than assets held in accounts that pay
transaction fees because of the different nature of services provided. You should refer to the
introductory language above under Fees and Compensation for a review of the variables which
influence the trading practices within portfolios and considerations when selecting this service. Your
overall cost in the AMP may be higher or lower than you might incur by paying transaction costs
separately.
Advisory fees for our AMP services are typically set based on a percentage of assets under
management as follows:
Assets Under Management
Annual Percentage of Assets Charge
Over $10,000,000
$5,000,000 - $9,999,999
$2,000,000 - $4,999,999
$1,000,000 - $1,999,999
$500,000 - $999,999
$250,000 - $499,999
$50,000 - $249,999
$15,000 - $49,999
Under $15,000
0.60%
0.70%
0.80%
1.00%
1.10%
1.25%
1.35%
1.60%
2.25%
These fees may be negotiated based on the aggregate assets you have under management with us
and the complexity of your investment strategy. However, negotiated percentage fees will not exceed
3%.
Additional Information about Our Fees
A wrap fee program allows you to pay a specified fee for investment advisory services and the
execution of transactions. The advisory services may include portfolio management, and the fee is
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not based directly upon transactions in your account. Your fee is bundled with our costs for executing
transactions in your account(s). This results in a higher advisory fee to you. We do not charge our
clients higher advisory fees based on their trading activity, but you should be aware that we may
have an incentive to limit our trading activities in your account(s) because we are charged for
executed trades. By participating in a wrap fee program, you may end up paying more or less than
you would through a non-wrap fee program where a lower advisory fee is charged, but trade
execution costs are passed directly through to you by the executing broker.
In addition to our fees, you may pay custodial fees, charges imposed directly by a mutual fund, index
fund, or ETF which shall be disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (i.e., fund management fees and other
fund expenses), mark-ups and mark-downs, spreads paid to market makers, wire transfer fees and
other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions. These fees are not included
within the wrap fee you are charged by our firm.
Your IAR receives a portion of the advisory fee that you pay us, either directly as a percentage of
your overall fee or as their compensation from our firm. In cases where our IAR is paid a percentage
of your overall advisory fee, this may create an incentive to recommend that you participate in a
wrap fee program rather than a non-wrap fee program (where you pay for trade execution costs) or
brokerage account where commissions are charged. This is because, in some cases, we may stand to
earn more compensation from advisory fees paid to us through a wrap fee program arrangement if
your account is not actively traded.
PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES
DaVinci does not charge performance-based fees, nor do we do side-by-side management.
TYPES OF CLIENTS and ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS
DaVinci provides its services to a wide variety of clients. Typically, we provide advisory services to
the following types of clients:
• Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
• High net worth individuals
• Charitable organizations
• Trusts and Estates
DaVinci does not require a minimum asset amount to provide our services to you.
METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
Before recommending or selecting portfolio managers for clients, we conduct initial due diligence
on a fund’s portfolio management, investment strategies and performance, amongst other factors.
We also provide ongoing review of the fund portfolio manager’s management of the portfolio. We
review fund portfolio managers’ reports at least annually. We will replace portfolio managers who
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are not meeting our criteria for fund management and performance.
When selecting fund portfolio managers, we use similar fundamental, technical, and quantitative
methods of analysis in its selection of equity and other securities for individual client accounts. We
use outside investment research when doing our analysis. Some of these outside sources of
information we use when developing our investment strategies include information from broker-
dealers and other third parties, investment publications on general economic conditions, and
financial publications from the investment banking industry and from other members of the
professional investment community. We have the flexibility when choosing which research we use,
and tailor investment recommendations to meet your risk tolerance and financial plan goals/strategy.
Each investment strategy we use reflects your financial goals, investment objectives, risk tolerance
and time horizon. We create a portfolio, generally consisting of mutual funds, individual stocks,
bonds, and ETFs. Equity investments are expected to maximize the long- term real growth of
portfolio assets, while the role of fixed income investments will be to generate current income,
provide for more stable periodic returns, and provide some protection against a prolonged decline in
the market value of portfolio equity investments. We will also employ mutual funds that use hedging
strategies to provide more diversity to our allocations and allow the fund managers to actively
manage portfolios with the goal of absolute returns regardless of overall market or index movement.
We use the following methods of analysis to design an investment strategy for you which aligns with
your personal life design strategy (Financial Plan):
• Alpha Based Investing. We manage assets on an Alpha Based metric of risk verse reward
through all market cycles while emphasizing downside protection. The return generated
from an Alpha Based Investment is based on a risk-adjusted basis. Alpha uses the volatility
(price risk) of an investment and compares its risk-adjusted performance to a benchmark.
The excess return of the investment relative to the return of the benchmark is the
investment’s alpha. We align your risk tolerance and wealth management strategy to this
risk reward profile.
• We generally use long-term purchases of securities with the idea of holding them for
relatively longer periods of time (typically held for at least a year) to implement our method
of analysis. A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that by holding the security for this
length of time, we may not take advantage of short-term gains that could be profitable to
you. Moreover, if our predictions are incorrect, an investment may decline sharply in value
before we make the decision to sell. This method of approach is fundamentally based on
the theory that investors rely on an overall investment strategy as a component of a larger
comprehensive financial plan/strategy and behave rationally to economic conditions.
However, we may attempt to mitigate this risk by varying the portfolio’s actual asset
allocation from its target asset allocation as a result of the varying market cycles in different
asset and sub classes. Typically, the portfolio will be rebalanced to its normal asset
allocation quarterly, unless specific market conditions or triggering events preclude
rebalancing back to the target asset allocation. As soon as the conditions that warranted the
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allocation being different from the target portfolio are no longer a factor, we will realign
the portfolio to the original target or align to specific sectors that provide for the overall
strategic objectives of the portfolio.
• ETF and Mutual Fund Risk: ETFs and mutual funds are subject to investment advisory and
other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by clients. As a result, the cost of our
investment strategies will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs or mutual
funds, as there are two levels of fees. ETFs and mutual funds are subject to specific risks,
depending on the nature of the fund.
ETFs are professionally managed pooled vehicles that invest in stocks, bonds, short-term
money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities, or any combination
thereof. ETF managers trade fund investments in accordance with fund investment
objectives. ETF risk can be significantly increased for funds concentrated in a particular
sector of the market, or that primarily invest in small cap or speculative companies, use
leverage (i.e., borrow money) to a significant degree or concentrate in a particular type of
security (i.e., equities), rather than balancing the fund with different types of securities.
Risks of Investing You Should Consider
• Market Risk. This is the risk that the value of securities owned by an investor may go up
or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to factors affecting securities markets
generally or particular industries.
• Interest Rate Risk. This is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because
of an increase in interest rates; a bond or fixed income fund with a longer duration will be
more sensitive to changes in interest rates than a bond or bond fund with a shorter duration.
• Credit Risk. This is the risk that an investor could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of
a fixed security is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations.
• Issuer-Specific Risk. This is the risk that the value of an individual security or particular
type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently
from the value of the market as a whole.
• Investment Company Risk. To the extent a client account invests in ETFs or other
investment companies, its performance will be affected by the performance of those other
investment companies. Investments in ETFs and other investment companies are subject
to the risks of the investments companies’ investments, as well as to the investment
companies’ expenses. If a client account invests in other investment companies, you may
receive distributions of taxable gains from portfolio transactions by that investment
company and may recognize taxable gains from transactions in shares of that investment
company, which would be taxable when distributed.
• Concentration Risk. To the extent your account concentrates its investments by investing
a significant portion of its assets in the securities of a single issuer, industry, sector, country
or region, the overall adverse impact on you of adverse developments in the business of
such issuer, such industry or such government could be considerably greater than if they
did not concentrate their investments to such an extent.
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• Sector Risk. To the extent your account invests more heavily in particular sectors,
industries, or sub-sectors of the market, its performance will be especially sensitive to
developments that significantly affect those sectors, industries, or sub-sectors. An
individual sector, industry, or sub-sector of the market may be more volatile and may
perform differently than the broader market. The several industries that constitute a sector
may all react in the same way to economic, political, or regulatory events. Your account
performance could be affected if the sectors, industries, or sub-sectors do not perform as
expected. Alternatively, the lack of exposure to one or more sectors or industries may
adversely affect performance.
• Alternative Strategy Mutual Funds. Certain mutual funds available in the program invest
primarily in alternative investments and/or strategies. Investing in alternative investments
and/or strategies involves special risks, such as risks associated with commodities, real
estate, leverage, selling securities short, the use of derivatives, potential adverse market
forces, regulatory changes, and potential illiquidity. There are special risks associated with
mutual funds that invest principally in real estate securities, such as sensitivity to changes
in real estate values and interest rates, and price volatility because of the fund’s
concentration in the real estate industry. These types of funds tend to have higher expense
ratios than more traditional mutual funds. They also tend to be newer and have less of a
track record or performance history.
• Closed-End Funds. Client should be aware that closed-end funds available within the
program may not be readily marketable. In an effort to provide investor liquidity, the funds
may offer to repurchase a certain percentage of shares at net asset value on a periodic basis.
Thus, clients may be unable to liquidate all or a portion of their shares in these types of
funds.
• Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk. ETFs are subject to internal management fees and
other expenses, which will be indirectly paid by clients. As a result, the cost of the
investment strategy will be higher than the cost of investing directly in ETFs. ETFs are
subject to specific risks, depending on the nature of the fund.
• ETFs are professionally managed pooled vehicles that invest in stocks, bonds, short-term
money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities, or any combination
thereof. ETFs’ managers trade fund investments in accordance with fund investment
objectives. While ETFs generally provide diversification, risks can be significantly
increased for funds concentrated in a particular sector of the market, or that primarily invest
in small cap or speculative companies, use leverage (i.e., borrow money) to a significant
degree, or concentrate in a particular type of security (i.e., equities) rather than balancing
the fund with different types of securities. ETFs can be bought and sold throughout the day
like stock and their price can fluctuate throughout the day. During times of extreme market
volatility, ETF pricing may lead or lag versus the actual underlying asset values. This lead
or lag usually resolves itself in a short period of time (usually less than one day); however,
there is no guarantee this relationship will always exist.
• Unit Investment Trusts (UITs) Risk. UIT is an investment company that invests the money
raised from many investors in its one-time public offering in a generally fixed portfolio of
stocks, bonds, or other securities like a closed-end fund. UITs typically issue redeemable
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units, like a mutual fund for a specific period of time and holds them with little or no change
for the life of the UIT. It is designed to provide capital appreciation and/or dividend income.
Since UITs hold a variety of securities, each UIT may have different investment objectives,
strategies, and investment portfolios. They also can be subject to different risks and fees
and expenses.
• Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs). An ETN is a senior unsecured debt obligation designed
to track the total return of an underlying market index or other benchmark. ETNs may be
linked to a variety of assets, for example, commodity futures, foreign currency, and
equities. ETNs are similar to ETFs in that they are listed on an exchange and can typically
be bought or sold throughout the trading day. However, an ETN is not a mutual fund and
does not have a net asset value; the ETN trades at the prevailing market price. Some of the
more common risks of an ETN are as follows: The repayment of the principal, interest (if
any), and the payment of any returns at maturity or upon redemption are dependent upon
the ETN issuer’s ability to pay. In addition, the trading price of the ETN in the secondary
market may be adversely impacted if the issuer’s credit rating is downgraded. The index or
asset class for performance replication in an ETN may or may not be concentrated in a
specific sector, asset class or country and may therefore carry specific risks. ETNs may be
closed and liquidated at the discretion of the issuing company.
• Leveraged and Inverse ETFs, ETNs and Mutual Funds. Leveraged ETFs, ETNs and mutual
funds are designed to provide a 1x multiple of the underlying index's return, typically on a
daily basis. Inverse products are designed to provide the opposite of the return of the
underlying index, a -1x multiple, typically on a daily basis. These products are different
from and can be riskier than traditional ETFs, ETNs and mutual funds. Although these
products are designed to provide returns that generally correspond to the underlying index,
they may not be able to exactly replicate the performance of the index because of fund
expenses and other factors. This is referred to as tracking error. Continual re-setting of
returns within the product may add to the underlying costs and increase the tracking error.
As a result, this may prevent these products from achieving their investment objective. In
addition, compounding of the returns can produce a divergence from the underlying index
over time, in particular for leveraged products. In highly volatile markets with large
positive and negative swings, return distortions may be magnified over time. Some
deviations from the stated objectives, to the positive or negative, are possible and may or
may not correct themselves over time. To accomplish their objectives, these products use
a range of strategies, including swaps, futures contracts, and other derivatives. These
products may not be diversified and can be based on commodities or currencies. These
products may have higher expense ratios and be less tax- efficient than more traditional
ETFs, ETNs and mutual funds.
• Pledging Assets. Clients should be aware that pledging assets in an account to secure a loan
involves additional risks. The bank holding the loan may have the authority to liquidate all
or part of the securities, at any time, without your prior notice in order to maintain required
maintenance levels, or to call the loan at any time. As a practical matter, this may cause
you to sell assets and realize losses in a declining market. These actions may interrupt your
long-term investment goals and result in adverse tax consequences and additional fees to
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the bank. The returns on accounts or pledged assets may not cover the cost of loan interest
and account fees and may dictate a more aggressive investment strategy to support the costs
of borrowing. Before pledging assets in an account, clients should carefully review the loan
agreement, loan application and any forms required by the bank and any other forms and
disclosures provided by LPL.
• Legal and Regulatory Matters Risks. Legal developments which may adversely impact
investing and investment-related activities can occur at any time. “Legal Developments”
means changes and other developments concerning foreign, as well as US federal, state
and local laws and regulations, including adoption of new laws and regulations, amendment
or repeal of existing laws and regulations, and changes in enforcement or interpretation of
existing laws and regulations by governmental regulatory authorities and self-regulatory
organizations (such as the SEC, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the
Internal Revenue Service, the US Federal Reserve and the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority). DaVinci’s management of accounts may be adversely affected by the legal
and/or regulatory consequences of transactions effected for the accounts. Accounts may
also be adversely affected by changes in the enforcement or interpretation of existing
statutes and rules by governmental regulatory authorities or self- regulatory organizations.
• System Failures and Reliance on Technology Risks. DaVinci’s investment strategies,
operations, research, communications, risk management, and back-office systems rely on
technology, including hardware, software, telecommunications, internet-based platforms,
and other electronic systems. Additionally, parts of the technology used are provided by
third parties and are, therefore, beyond our direct control. We seek to ensure adequate
backups of hardware, software, telecommunications, internet-based platforms, and other
electronic systems, when possible, but there is no guarantee that our efforts will be
successful. In addition, natural disasters, power interruptions and other events may cause
system failures, which will require the use of backup systems (both on- and off-site).
Backup systems may not operate as well as the systems that they back-up and may fail to
properly operate, especially when used for an extended period. To reduce the impact a
system failure may have, we continually evaluate our backup and disaster recovery systems
and perform periodic checks on the backup systems’ conditions and operations. Despite
our monitoring, hardware, telecommunications, or other electronic systems malfunctions
may be unavoidable, and result in consequences such as the inability to trade for or monitor
client accounts and portfolios. If such circumstances arise, the Investment Committee will
consider appropriate measures for clients.
• Cybersecurity Risk. A portfolio is susceptible to operational and information security risks
due to the increased use of the Internet. In general, cyber incidents can result from
deliberate attacks or unintentional events. Cyberattacks include, but are not limited to,
infection by computer viruses or other malicious software code, gaining unauthorized
access to systems, networks, or devices through “hacking” or other means for the purpose
of misappropriating assets or sensitive information, corrupting data, or causing operational
disruption. Cybersecurity failures or breaches by third-party service providers may cause
disruptions and impact on the service providers’ and DaVinci’s business operations,
potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability to transact business, violations of
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applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage,
reimbursement, or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance costs. While
DaVinci has established business-continuity plans and risk management systems designed
to prevent or reduce the impact of such cyberattacks, there are inherent limitations in such
plans and systems due in part to the everchanging nature of technology and cyberattack
tactics.
• Pandemic Risks. The novel coronavirus rapidly became a pandemic and resulted in
disruptions to the economies of many nations, individual companies, and the markets in
general, the impact of which was material. This created closed borders, quarantines, supply
chain disruptions and general anxiety, negatively impacting global markets in an
unforeseeable manner. The impact of the novel coronavirus and other such future infectious
diseases in certain regions or countries may be greater or less due to the nature or level of
their public health response or due to other factors. Health crises caused by the coronavirus
outbreak and future infectious diseases may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social,
and economic risks in certain countries. The impact of such health crises may be quick,
severe and of unknown duration. These pandemics and other epidemics and pandemics that
may arise in the future could result in continued volatility in the financial markets and could
have a negative impact on investment performance.
• Emerging Technology. From time to time, we can use emerging technologies, such as
artificial intelligence (“AI”), as a complement to operational and investment research
processes. We can also invest in companies developing or leveraging emerging technology.
Emerging technology and AI are wide-ranging terms and include a broad spectrum of
technologies and applications, such as machine learning, deep learning, neural networks,
and natural language processing, that are quickly evolving. Such emerging technology and
AI present unique risks. For example, the automation of tasks previously performed by
humans can potentially lead to job displacement and economic disruption. Data privacy
concerns arise when AI systems collect and analyze vast amounts of personal data, which
can be misused or inadequately protected. Additionally, the rapid development of these
technologies often outpaces the creation of appropriate regulations, resulting in ethical
challenges such as bias in AI algorithms and the potential for misuse in surveillance,
investment decisions or other biases. New security vulnerabilities can also emerge as AI
tools are developed, making systems potentially more susceptible to cyberattacks when
using emerging AI technologies.
The above list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete list or explanation of the risks
involved in an investment strategy. In addition, due to the dynamic nature of investments and
markets, strategies may be subject to additional and different risk factors not discussed above.
Please Note:
Risks involved in these strategies will depend upon the types of investments chosen. Investing in
securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to bear. All securities have the risk of
potential for loss of income or principal. These strategies involve the use of benchmarks which
reflect past performance. Although this is reasonable methodology, benchmarks reflect past
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performance and do not guarantee future performance. Therefore, the risk of these methods of
analysis is the uncertainty of market performance. Generally, investments have costs such as fees,
even when there is a negative return. Additionally, there is a time lag and price uncertainty to the
purchase of securities. You should also account for other risks such as market volatility, inflation,
credit risk and interest rate changes.
Depending on the strategy that is right for you, different types of securities can be recommended,
including mutual funds, UITs, collective investment trusts, and equities. Securities such as mutual
funds carry the risk of lack of control in that fund or portfolio managers decide when to buy and sell.
A market volatility risk comes with investing in the stock market. While the market may increase
and your account(s) could enjoy a gain, it is also possible that the stock market may decrease, and
your account(s) could suffer a loss. It is important that you (1) understand the risks associated with
investing in the stock market, (2) are appropriately diversified in your investments, and (3) ask us
any questions you may have.
We generally place your cash balances in an FDIC insured cash account. We try to achieve the
highest return on your cash balances through this relatively low-risk conservative account. In most
cases, at least a partial cash balance will be maintained in this insured cash account so that our firm
may debit advisory fees for our services related to Asset Managed Portfolios, or the combined Life
Design Service and Asset Managed Portfolios Services, as applicable.
We act as portfolio manager(s) for the wrap fee program(s) previously described in this Wrap
Brochure. This may create a conflict of interest in that other investment advisory firms may charge
the same or lower fees than our firm for similar services. Our portfolio managers are not subject to
the same selection and review as outside portfolio managers that do not participate in the wrap fee
program. This is because we have chosen not to utilize outside portfolio managers.
Client Information Provided To Portfolio Manager(s)
We are required to describe the information that we communicate to your portfolio manager(s) about
you, and how often or under what circumstances we provide updated information. Our firm
communicates with your portfolio manager(s) on a regular basis as needed (daily, weekly, monthly,
etc.) to ensure your most current investment goals and objectives are understood by your portfolio
manager(s). In most cases, we will communicate such information as part of our regular investment
management duties. Nevertheless, we will also communicate information to your portfolio
manager(s) when you ask us to, when market or economic conditions make it prudent to do so, etc.
Client Contact with Portfolio Manager(s)
Clients are always free to contact their portfolio manager(s) directly at our principal place of business
or by phone listed on the cover page of the Firm Brochure with any questions or concerns they have
about their portfolios or other matters.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to our firm or the integrity of our
management.
OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
Our IARs are registered representatives of LPL, member FINRA/SIPC and agents for various
insurance companies. As such, these IARs are paid separately, yet customary commissions from LPL,
third-party investment management companies, and issuing insurance companies when you
implement a recommendation to purchase a security investment or an insurance product. Because
the compensation we receive from these organizations varies, we may have an incentive to direct you
to investments, products and /or third-party money managers who will pay higher compensation
and/or share of its advisory services fees. You, however, are not under any obligation to engage your
IAR when considering implementing any recommendation to purchase a security or insurance.
Implementing any or all your IAR’s recommendations is solely at your discretion.
You should be aware that when we receive compensation from other companies, it creates a conflict
of interest that may impair the objectivity of your IAR when making advisory recommendations. For
example, your IAR receives a portion of the advisory fee that you pay us, either directly as a
percentage of your overall fee or as his/her compensation from our firm. In cases where your IAR is
paid a percentage of your overall advisory fee, this may create an incentive to recommend that you
participate in a wrap fee program rather than a non-wrap fee program (where you would pay for trade
execution costs) or brokerage account where commissions are charged. This is because, in some cases,
we may stand to earn more compensation from advisory fees paid to us through a wrap fee program
arrangement if your account is not actively traded.
DaVinci always endeavors to put the interest of its clients first as part of our fiduciary duty as a
registered investment adviser; we take the following steps to address this conflict:
• we disclose to you the existence of all material conflicts of interest, including the potential
for our firm and IARs to be compensated from advisory clients in addition to our firm's
advisory fees;
• we disclose to you that you are not obligated to implement your IAR’s recommendations
by purchases of recommended investment and/or insurance products through our IARs;
• we collect, maintain and document accurate, complete, and relevant client background
information, including your financial goals, objectives, and risk tolerance;
• our firm's management conducts regular reviews of each client account to verify that all
recommendations made to you are suitable to your needs and circumstances;
• we require that our IARs seek prior approval of any outside employment activity so that we
may ensure that any conflicts of interests in such activities are properly addressed;
• we periodically monitor these outside employment activities to verify that any conflicts of
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interest continue to be properly addressed by our firm;
• we educate our employees regarding the responsibilities of a fiduciary, including the need
for having a reasonable and independent basis for the investment advice provided to you.
CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS
AND PERSONAL TRADING, CONFLICTS RELATING TO COMPENSATING
YOUR IAR
Our firm has adopted a Code of Ethics which sets forth high ethical standards of business conduct
that we require of our IARs and associates, including compliance with applicable state and Federal
securities laws. DaVinci and our IARs owe a duty of loyalty, fairness, and good faith towards you,
and have an obligation to adhere not only to the specific provisions of the Code of Ethics but to the
general principles that guide fiduciaries. As a fiduciary, it is an IAR’s responsibility to provide fair
and full disclosure of all material facts, to always act solely in the best interest of each of our clients,
and to avoid all circumstances that might negatively affect or appear to affect our duty of complete
loyalty to all clients.
Our firm and/or its IARs may buy or sell for their personal accounts securities identical to or different
from those recommended to our clients. In addition, the firm and/or our IARs may have an interest or
position in a certain security(ies) which may also be recommended to a client. This presents a
potential conflict of interest because trading by the firm and/or our IARs in the same security on or
at about the same time as trading in that security for a client can disadvantage the client. We recognize
that the personal investment transactions of our IARs and associates demand high standards. As a
result, our Code of Ethics is designed to assure that the personal securities transactions, activities,
and interests of our IARs will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the best interest of our clients;
and (ii) allowing IARs and associates to invest for their own accounts. Our Code of Ethics also
provides for reporting, oversight, enforcement, and recordkeeping provisions.
In situations which might represent conflicts of interest to our clients, we have established the
following policies and procedures for implementing our firm’s Code of Ethics, to ensure our firm
complies with its regulatory obligations and provides our clients and potential clients with full and
fair disclosure of such conflicts of interest:
• No IAR or an associate of our firm may put his or her own interest above the interest of an
advisory client.
• To prevent the misuse of material non-public information by our IARs (often referred to as
insider trading), no associate of our firm may buy or sell securities for his or her other
personal portfolio(s) where his or her decision is a result of information received as a result
of his or her association unless the information is also available to the investing public.
• It is the expressed policy of our firm that no person associated with us may purchase or sell
any security prior to a transaction(s) being implemented for an advisory account. This
prevents such associates from benefiting from transactions placed on behalf of advisory
accounts.
• Our firm requires prior approval for any initial public offerings or private placement
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investments by the firm’s associates.
• We maintain a list of all reportable securities holdings for our firm, and anyone associated
with this advisory practice that has access to advisory recommendations ("access person").
These holdings are reviewed on a regular basis by our firm's Chief Compliance Officer or
his/her designee.
• All our associates must act in accordance with all applicable Federal and State regulations
governing registered investment advisory practices.
• We have established procedures for the maintenance of all required books and records.
• All clients are fully informed that related persons may receive separate commission
compensation when effecting transactions during the implementation process.
You can decline to implement any advice rendered, except in situations where our firm is granted
discretionary authority. However, as part of our services, an IAR may provide recommendations as
to investment products or insurance. To the extent that an IAR recommends that you invest in
products or services that will result in compensation being paid to us, this presents a conflict of
interest. The compensation to the IAR and us may be more or less depending on the product or
services that the IAR recommends. Therefore, the IAR has a financial incentive to recommend that
a financial plan or strategy be implemented using a certain product or service over another product
or service.
You should also understand that our IARs may perform advisory and/or brokerage services for
various other clients, and that we may give advice or take actions for those other clients that differ
from the advice given to you. The timing or nature of any action taken for the account may also be
different.
In addition, DaVinci charges your IAR various fees under their independent contractor arrangement
with DaVinci. For example, DaVinci charges your IAR for supervision, administrative, custody and
clearing services to accounts, technology, and licensing. DaVinci charges these fees and deducts
them from your IAR’s compensation, based on your IAR’s overall business production and/or on
the amount of assets serviced in DaVinci advisory relationships. When we compensate or charge
fees based on your IAR’s level of production or advisory assets, your IAR has a financial incentive
to meet those production or asset levels. The amount of this compensation from DaVinci could be
more, and the amount of these fees charged by DaVinci could be less than what your IAR would
receive, or pay, if he or she was associated with another investment advisory firm. The level of
compensation and costs is an incentive for your IAR to become associated with DaVinci over another
investment adviser firm.
Your IAR’s compensation from DaVinci could be more than what your IAR would receive if you
participated in other DaVinci programs, programs of other investment advisers or paid separately
for investment advice, brokerage, and other client services. The fees that your IAR pays to DaVinci
could be less for some programs and services than other programs or services. In such cases, your
IAR has a financial incentive to recommend advisory services in one program or service over other
DaVinci programs and services. However, your IAR will factor in the fees DaVinci will charge them
when negotiating the account fee with you. In addition, your IAR may only recommend a program
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or service that he or she believes is suitable and in your best interest in accordance with the applicable
standards under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. DaVinci reviews managed accounts in the
various programs for suitability over the course of the advisory relationship.
We have established policies requiring the reporting of Code of Ethics violations to our senior
management. Anyone who violates any of the above restrictions may be subject to being
disassociated from our firm.
As disclosed in the Firm Brochure under “Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations,” our
firm’s associates are separately registered as securities representatives of a broker-dealer, and/or
licensed as an insurance agent/broker of various insurance companies. Please refer to “Other
Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations” of our Firm Brochure for a detailed explanation of these
relationships and important conflict of interest disclosures.
A copy of our Code of Ethics is available to our advisory clients and prospective clients. You may
request a copy by email sent to jim.agostini@dav-fd.com, or by calling us at 803-741-0134.
REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
As described in our advisory services agreement, your IAR will review your accounts regularly
intending to learn whether your accounts are in line with your investment objectives and
appropriately positioned based on market conditions and investment policies. Your IAR will
generally review your accounts with you at least once annually. We encourage you to contact your
IAR if there is a significant change in your personal circumstances impacting your investment
objectives, personal goals, risk tolerance, risk management needs, tax planning, estate planning,
retirement planning or the like. Certain events which impact these areas may trigger your IAR to
perform an off-cycle review of your accounts. Major market or economic events are some examples
of triggering events. We will recommend rebalancing your accounts, as appropriate, or other actions
to address your current circumstances and market conditions.
CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
It is our policy not to engage or pay anyone for referring potential clients to our firm. To the extent
that they are in compliance with law and regulations relating to client referrals, some of our IARs may
participate in various marketing programs but do not pay a fee for any lead or solicitation of a
potential client.
We may also be compensated by LPL, our broker-dealer, in different ways for example, payments
based on production, reimbursements of fees we pay to LPL for items such as administrative
services, and other things of value such as free or reduced-costs marketing materials, as well as
attendance at LPL conferences and events. Payments in connection with transition assistance to an
IAR are designed to offset the cost associated with an industry career move and to reduce the
financial burdens on the IAR and potential clients. These payments are typically based on the IAR’s
overall production and/or on the amount of assets serviced by LPL as a custodian or broker dealer. As
a result of this compensation, our IARs may have a financial incentive to recommend some services
or programs to you.
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We may benefit when LPL or a mutual fund company, without cost and/or at a discount, provide us
with support services and/or products, to assist us to better monitor and service client accounts
maintained at such institutions. Included within the support services, we may receive investment-
related research, pricing information and market data, computer hardware and/or software and other
technology to assist us in our investment advisory business operations, compliance and/or practice
management-related publications, consulting services, attendance at conferences, meetings, and
other educational and/or social events, and marketing support.
You do not pay more for investment transactions effected and/or assets maintained at LPL as a result
of these arrangements. There is no commitment made by us to LPL or any other institution as a result
of the above arrangement.
CUSTODY
Our firm does not have actual or constructive custody of your accounts.
We previously disclosed in the "Fees and Compensation" section of this Brochure when our firm
directly debits advisory fees from your accounts.
As part of this billing process, your account custodian will debit the fee you authorized the custodian
to deduct from your account. On at least a quarterly basis, your account custodian is required to send
you a statement showing all transactions within the account during the reporting period. We urge
you to review your statement. It is important for you to carefully review your account statements to
review your fee calculation, and investment holdings, among other things. You should contact us
directly if you believe that there may be an error in your statement.
INVESTMENT DISCRETION
When you hire us to provide discretionary asset management services, we place transactions in your
account without obtaining your permission prior to each transaction.
Our discretionary authority includes the ability to do the following without contacting the client:
• Determine the security to buy or sell; and/or
• Determine the amount of the security to buy or sell.
You give us discretionary authority when you sign the Client Services Agreement with our firm, and
you may limit this authority by giving us written instructions. You may also change/amend such
limitations by providing us with written instructions.
VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
As a matter of firm policy, we do not vote proxies on your behalf. Therefore, although our firm may
provide investment advisory services relative to your investment assets, you maintain exclusive
responsibility for: (1) directing the manner in which proxies solicited by issuers of securities you
beneficially own shall be voted, and (2) making all elections relative to any mergers, acquisitions,
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tender offers, bankruptcy proceedings or other type events pertaining to your investment assets. You
are also responsible for instructing each custodian of the assets to forward you copies of all proxies
and shareholder communications relating to your investment assets.
You will receive proxy materials directly from the custodian or transfer agent. If your account is part
of a plan subject to ERISA, the applicable ERISA plan documents will determine who receives the
proxy materials and who is responsible for voting proxies. Typically, rights to vote proxies are
reserved to the plan trustees or the investment manager who is the custodian of the assets.
We do not offer you any consulting assistance regarding proxy issues although your IAR may answer
your general questions regarding the proxy materials.
DaVinci does not render advice to or take any actions on behalf of clients with respect to any legal
proceedings including bankruptcies and shareholder litigation, to which any securities or other
investments held in client accounts, or the issuers thereof, become subject, and does not initiate or
pursue legal proceedings, including without limitation shareholder litigation, on behalf of clients
with respect to transactions, securities, or other investments held in client accounts. The right to take
any action with respect to legal proceedings, including shareholder litigation with respect to
transactions, securities or other investments held in client accounts, is expressly reserved to the client.
DaVinci IARs may buy or sell for their own accounts the same securities, which may be
recommended to clients.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Since DaVinci is an advisory firm that maintains discretionary authority for client’s accounts, we
are required to disclose any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet
our obligations. We have no financial circumstances to report.
Under no circumstances do we require or solicit payment of fees in excess of $1,200 per client, more
than six months in advance of services rendered. Therefore, we are not required to include a financial
statement.
DaVinci has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
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