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Form ADV 2A
Brochure
6500 International Pkwy, Ste 2050
Plano, TX 75093
Phone: 800-851-8845 / 650-851-3334
Fax: 650-529-1436
www.fisherinvestments.com
September 10, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Fisher Investments. If you have
any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 800-851-8845, or by email at pcg@fi.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.
Fisher Investments is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. Being registered with the SEC or any other
regulatory authority does not imply Fisher Investments has a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about Fisher Investments is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Material Changes
This section provides a summary of material changes that were made to this brochure since the last annual update,
and is intended to help clients determine if they want to review this brochure in its entirety, or contact Fisher
Investments with questions about the changes.
No material changes since the last Form ADV update.
Information about Fisher Investments is also available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. To request a
copy of the most recent disclosure brochure, contact us at:
Fisher Investments
6500 International Pkwy, Ste 2050
Plano, TX 75093
Phone: 800-851-8845 / 650-851-3334
pcg@fi.com
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Table of Contents
Material Changes ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Advisory Business .............................................................................................................................................. 4
Fees and Compensation ..................................................................................................................................... 5
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management .......................................................................... 7
Types of Clients .................................................................................................................................................. 7
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................................................................... 8
Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................................................... 9
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................................................... 9
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading .......................... 12
Brokerage Practices .......................................................................................................................................... 13
Review of Accounts ......................................................................................................................................... 17
Client Referrals and Other Compensation .................................................................................................... 17
Custody ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
Investment Discretion ...................................................................................................................................... 18
Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................................................... 18
Financial Information ....................................................................................................................................... 19
Additional Information: Fair Valuation ......................................................................................................... 19
Privacy Notice .............................................................................................................................................. PN-1
ERISA Guide to Services and Compensation ................................. EG-Error! Bookmark not defined.
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Advisory Business
Firm Description
Fisher Asset Management, LLC, doing business as Fisher Investments (“FI”), a privately held limited liability
company, is an investment adviser with primary offices in California, Florida, Texas and Washington. FI is registered
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”); in Canada with the Alberta Securities Commission,
British Columbia Securities Commission, Manitoba Securities Commission, New Brunswick Securities
Commission, Newfoundland and Labrador Financial Services Regulation Division, Nova Scotia Securities
Commission, Ontario Securities Commission, Prince Edward Island Securities Office, Quebec Autorité des Marchés
Financiers, and Saskatchewan Financial Services Commission; and with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial
Markets. FI has a branch office registered with the Dubai International Financial Centre. Being registered with the
SEC or any other regulatory authority does not imply FI has a certain level of skill or training.
FI manages assets within different client groups: Institutional (including Personalized Retirement Outcomes); US and
Canadian private clients; UK private clients; European private clients; Australian private clients, New Zealand private
clients; and Saudi Arabian private clients. Collectively, these groups comprise a global client base of diverse investors
including corporate, public and multi-employer pension plans, foundations and endowments, insurance companies,
healthcare organizations, governments, investment companies and high-net-worth individuals. The firm offers a
broad array of US, non-US, and global equity and fixed income strategies with various capitalization and style
orientations. Founded in 1979, all strategies are supported by the firm’s global research platform developed over its
45+ year history. Investment decisions are made by the firm’s five-member Investment Policy Committee (“IPC”). In
the mid-1990s, FI began offering separate portfolio management directly to high-net-worth individuals.
The bedrock of FI’s business is based on maintaining a culture of ethics and integrity with the highest possible
emphasis on clear and transparent communication with the investing public. Embedded within the firm’s culture is its
embrace of the fiduciary duty to put client interests first. FI fosters a culture that hires, trains, and rewards employees
in direct support of the values of openness, honesty, integrity, and trust.
A culture that fosters transparency is core to FI’s client service model. Every private client is assigned a dedicated
point of contact or team of service professionals who are available to answer questions in as much detail or as
frequently as the client would like. FI supplies clients with quarterly statements and written reviews from the
Investment Policy Committee. FI regularly creates written commentary and multimedia with its Investment Policy
Committee detailing the firm’s market outlook, which expands on many of the themes in the quarterly reviews and
gives clients a chance to hear directly from portfolio decision-makers. For clients who are interested in greater detail,
FI offers a variety of additional market commentary through its website (fisherinvestments.com) and social media
channels.
For clients who would like to meet and hear from senior FI representatives directly, FI offers client seminars which
allow clients to review our market forecast and ask questions in an in-person presentation setting. FI also offers online
communication and education opportunities through Fisher Connect Webinars and Client Video Conferences.
Principal Owners
Fisher Investments, Inc. owns more than 75% of the voting interests in FI, with legal entities controlled by Advent
International and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, respectively, owning the rest. In addition, the CEO (as co-
trustee, with his spouse, of a family trust) holds non-voting interests. Ken Fisher (as co-trustee, with his spouse, of a
family trust) owns more than 75% of the shares of Fisher Investments, Inc.
Types of Advisory Services
FI provides investment management services for clients within the categories of equity, fixed income, and blended
accounts. All accounts have the goal of maximizing returns relative to risk compared to particular benchmarks.
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• Equity accounts seek to do this using primarily common stock and cash equivalents.
• Fixed income accounts use various fixed income instruments and cash.
• Blended accounts use primarily a combination of stock, fixed income instruments, and cash seeking to
maximize returns to risk.
FI manages money for clients in one of these three fashions based on individual discussions with each client about the
client’s overall financial goals. FI also may engage in various defensive strategies in each of these styles in an effort
to minimize losses or to seek investment returns. However, there are special risks involved with those defensive
strategies. Refer to the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss section below.
FI serves as sub-manager to Fisher Investments Europe Limited (with respect to its institutional clients), Fisher
Investments Ireland Limited, Fisher Investments Luxembourg, Sàrl, and Fisher Investments GmbH, which manage
assets for clients in various European countries, and for Fisher Investments Australasia Pty Ltd and Fisher
Investments Japan. FI provides investment management support to Fisher Investments Arabia.
FI does not participate in formal wrap account programs, although we occasionally will agree to manage a
wrap account. A no-cost separate financial plan is offered to some clients.
Throughout the client relationship, FI strives to keep clients apprised of its strategy and current market outlook. The
firm fosters a culture that focuses on maintaining transparency and openness for successful relationships and stresses
this as both a core company value and an expectation of all employees in their dealings with clients and each other.
For certain clients with pre-existing or later-acquired concentrated holdings in one or more securities of a single
issuer, FI may recommend certain risk-limiting or diversification strategies such as Variable Prepaid Forwards
(VPFs) and collars. FI has a conflict of interest in recommending VPFs to the extent FI would manage the resulting
proceeds from a VPF and earn a fee from managing those additional assets.
Assets under Management
FI manages client assets on a discretionary basis. As of December 31, 2024, FI managed a total of:
Private Client
Institutional
Total
Discretionary
Non-Discretionary
$254,807,643,256
$0
$43,921,785,643
$0
$298,729,428,900
$0
Total
$254,807,643,256
$43,921,785,643
$298,729,428,900
Fees and Compensation
Description
While at times FI may negotiate rates other than specified below, the following schedule lays out FI’s private client
basic billing rates for one or more aggregated accounts owned by the same client:
Equity and Blended Accounts
Annual Management Fee
First $1 million
Next $4 million
Additional Amounts Over $5 million
1.25%
1.125%
1.000%
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Income Only Account in Excess of $5 million
Annual Management Fee
First $5 million
Next $10 million
Next $10 million
Next $10 million
Next $10 million
Next $45 million
0.75%
0.50%
0.43%
0.38%
0.33%
0.28%
Clients who have hired FI to manage multiple accounts contracted with the same fee schedule, can request to have
the accounts aggregated for the purpose of determining the applicable billing rates based on the combined value of
the accounts. All accounts aggregated for billing will be displayed on the billing invoice for each account.
FI typically targets clients with at least $1,000,000 in investable assets, but will accept smaller client relationships at
FI’s discretion which will be billed at an annual rate of 1.50%. Clients with managed assets that fall below $900,000
due to withdrawal will be billed at the annual rate of 1.50%.
FI may negotiate certain fixed rates with clients that can apply to all asset levels. FI provides advisory services to
clients in a limited number of special situations for substantially reduced or no advisory fees. These include certain
accounts for friends of the firm, relatives or children of other clients, and legacy accounts that have been clients for
many years. Certain clients who become clients of FI as a result of its merger and acquisition activities may retain
their prior fee schedules and therefore pay higher or lower fees than other FI clients. FI will credit a portion of its
management fees to certain investors who incur charges to surrender annuities to have the proceeds managed by FI.
FI will not negotiate fees to manage a plan fiduciary’s personal assets in connection with plan assets.
Fee Billing
Investment management account fees are normally based on a percentage of total assets managed for long positions
(including cash balances) and do not deduct for margin debit balances (margin loans). For accounts invested in the
Long/Short strategy, investment management account fees are based on the combined market value of the separate
long and short positions (short positions do not reduce the value of long positions for this purpose), less the credit or
proceeds received from the short sales that are not reinvested. For accounts with short positions not invested in the
Long/Short strategy, both the current value of the short position and proceeds from the short sale are included when
determining the combined market value (short positions do reduce the value of the long positions for this purpose).
Fees are generally calculated and charged quarterly. Fees are based on the market value using closing prices at
quarter end, at one-quarter of the annual rates listed above. The quarter ending value includes accrued interest and/or
dividends. Fees are billed and paid after they are earned. Fees for the investment management services provided by
FI, which may begin before assets are received into the client’s account, are typically calculated and charged
beginning on the date the Letter of Agreement with FI (“LOA”) is signed by the client. The initial services include,
without limitation, conducting a comprehensive suitability evaluation with the client; analyzing the client’s assets,
goals, objectives, restrictions, and other circumstances; making investment recommendations; and providing updated
research to the client regarding FI’s views on the market. The fee will be calculated and deducted from the client’s
account each calendar quarter following the billing date as stated in the client’s LOA. The client may instead pay fees
from another account or via invoice by completing and submitting written instructions to FI.
Unless the LOA is signed on the first day of the calendar quarter, fees for the initial billing period will be calculated
based on the number of calendar days from the date the LOA is signed until the end of the quarter. A fee will not be
calculated and billed for an initial billing period if there are no assets in the client’s account or the number of billing
days in the period is less than 16. Instead, the following calendar quarter may be combined with the initial billing
period, making the billing period longer than the one calendar quarter depending upon when assets are received into
the account and FI begins trading in the client’s account. The fee will be calculated for that entire longer period based
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on the account value at the end of the following calendar quarter. Any net contributions or withdrawals made after the
initial billing period that is equal to or greater than $50,000 will be prorated if the fee adjustment is greater than
.0025% of the client’s quarter-end assets under management by FI and for the contributions/withdrawals greater than
or equal to $100.
In general, a client may terminate the LOA with FI at any time by notifying FI in writing. At such time, FI will bill
the client for services already rendered, prorated through the calendar day prior to the date of termination. Since FI
does not bill in advance, a refund of fees is not applicable.
Other Fees
Clients will incur fees in addition to the management fee paid to FI, as stated above. Such fees can include
brokerage commissions, other custodian fees, and expenses for investing in exchange traded funds or structured
notes. FI does not earn any of the foregoing fees. Please refer to the Brokerage Practices section below.
FI will waive its separate account advisory fee to the extent accounts indirectly pay an advisory fee by investing in
shares of the funds managed by FI described in the Affiliations section below that pay FI an advisory fee. FI may
instead reduce its advisory fee payable by the funds. Clients would pay for all the operating and other expenses
associated with an investment in the funds as well as with the separate account.
The use of defensive strategies may increase trading activity, and thus, the recognition (for income tax purposes) of
gains and losses, and increase other expenses (such as brokerage charges) compared to accounts that do not use these
techniques. Refer to the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss section below.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
FI does not typically charge performance-based fees for private client accounts but may for institutional clients
who specifically request it if appropriate. Performance-based fee arrangements permit FI to receive compensation
for unrealized appreciation as well as realized gains and may create an incentive for FI to make riskier or more
speculative investments. Managing accounts that are charged a performance-based fee and accounts that are
charged another type of fee, such as a fixed-rate fee, presents certain conflicts of interest in managing these
accounts at the same time. There is an incentive to favor performance-based fee accounts. FI’s policies and
procedures have been developed to ensure that all clients are treated fairly and equally, and without regard to the
fee type in determining trade allocation. Refer to the Order Aggregation section below. FI reviews trade
aggregation and allocation policies and procedures at least annually to ensure adherence to firm procedures and
that no client is being systematically favored.
Types of Clients
Description
FI has a global client base of diverse investors in an advisory and sub-advisory role including corporations,
retirement plans, public and multi-employer pension funds, foundations, endowments, governments, investment
companies and high-net-worth individuals across America, Europe, Canada, Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
Account Minimums
At present, The Private Client Group (PCG) targets aggregated accounts with at least $1,000,000 in
investable assets owned by a client, but may accept smaller values at FI’s discretion.
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Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
FI uses both qualitative and quantitative tools to analyze markets, sectors, and securities. FI makes extensive use of
computers, computer peripherals, software, and computer databases in screening for securities worthy of investment
consideration. FI uses a centralized portfolio management system, which includes block trading, portfolio
management, and securities price data collection.
Investment Strategies
Private clients are generally invested in an equity, fixed income, or blended account based on their individual
financial goals and objectives, restrictions, or investment limitations as expressed by the client. FI can adjust its
investment strategy for each client as appropriate depending on its forward-looking view of market conditions. For
equity and blended accounts, FI seeks to maximize opportunity and manage risk by investing globally to take
advantage of worldwide opportunities by investing in equities, fixed income securities, structured products, or other
derivatives that can include leverage. However, if FI forecasts a bear market on the horizon, a defensive approach
may be taken. FI’s goal is simply to help clients achieve their financial goals, regardless of market conditions.
FI uses investment benchmarks as a framework for constructing client portfolios, managing portfolio risk, and
monitoring client portfolio performance by comparing rates of return over time. FI can provide information about
particular investment benchmarks and how they are selected and constituted upon request.
For taxable portfolios, FI balances individual client considerations and tax management objectives while maintaining
appropriate portfolio positioning. The tax management process includes frequent review of portfolio holdings and
tax situation to identifying opportunities to generate losses where available and defer gains where practical.
Transactions are aimed at minimizing the realization of short-term gains. Throughout this process, FI maintains
controls to help maintain portfolio positioning aligned with the underlying strategy’s intended style, country, sector,
and individual security exposure. FI strives to achieve a similar pre-tax return to the underlying strategy while
working to improve after-tax return and relies on the accuracy of the information clients provide regarding their tax
circumstances. The benefits of this strategy could be reduced due to changes in tax codes and rates or changes to a
client’s financial or tax circumstances.
Any securities sold to realize losses will be temporarily restricted in the account where they were sold for a short
period in order to avoid forfeiture of the realized losses and increasing the deferred tax liability for clients (the “wash-
sale rule”). In order to maintain market exposure during the wash-sale rule restriction period, FI will reinvest
proceeds into the portfolio in accordance with the client’s goals and objectives. After the wash-sale period has passed,
FI may choose to maintain the new security or re-purchase the original security, whichever it believes is best for the
portfolio.
FI may conduct additional targeted tax loss harvesting at its discretion in taxable accounts to help further lower client
tax burdens. Clients will receive notice in advance of the implementation of this process and can opt-out at that time.
Clients can also mandate tax-loss harvesting in their taxable accounts managed by FI at any time.
The use of tax management strategies will increase trading activity and potentially increase transaction expenses.
If FI forecasts a prolonged and substantial downturn for the U.S. and/or the foreign stock markets, it may adopt a
defensive strategy for clients’ equity accounts by investing substantially in fixed income securities, money market
instruments, structured or exchange traded notes, put options, or other derivatives on securities or indexes or
exchange traded funds, selling short securities or exchange traded funds, and other hedging techniques. FI may also
invest clients’ accounts in shares of the Tactical Multi-Purpose Fund using its discretionary investment authority,
which employ these various defensive investments. There can be no guarantee that FI will accurately forecast any
prolonged and substantial downturn in the market, or that the use of derivatives and other defensive techniques would
be successful in avoiding losses. These defensive strategies may be used for a client’s account only to the extent not
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prohibited by the LOA, custodial limitations, and applicable law. Clients may specifically request, in writing, FI to
limit or avoid the use of these defensive techniques in their accounts.
Derivatives typically derive their value from the performance of an underlying asset, interest rates, or index. A
client’s account would lose the premium or other transaction costs related to the purchase of an option – a type of
derivative - that expires worthless. The price movements of derivatives may be more volatile than those of other
securities, and result in increased investment risk. Many of these investments do not enjoy as much liquidity as other
securities; although, consistent with its investment strategy FI will seek to invest in liquid investments to the extent
they represent the best investment option in FI’s view. FI will normally cause client accounts to “cover” options they
write with the underlying security and other liquid assets.
Short sales may be used to fully or partially hedge other investments in a client’s equity or blended account or to seek
returns unrelated to other investments. “Short sales” means borrowing a security and selling it. Short sales result in
profits or losses depending on whether the price of the security increases versus the price at the time of the short sale
(which results in a loss) or decreases versus the price at the time of the short sale (which results in a gain). The loss
from a short sale is theoretically unlimited depending on how much the security sold short increases in value. Clients
may specifically request, in writing, FI to limit or avoid the use of short sales in their accounts.
Structured and exchange traded notes are debt instruments whose return is derived from the performance of a
reference index or other underlying securities or investments. The performance of a note is determined primarily by
the performance of the underlying investments; therefore, despite technically being a corporate debt instrument, notes
can be designed to provide returns similar to other asset classes. These notes include leverage, which potentially
increases risk and volatility. These notes are issued by third-party financial institutions and thus bear the credit risk of
those entities. Though FI may choose the nature of the note and define the underlying investments, the third-party
financial institution will manage the note and charge a management fee to do so. Financing and other charges also
apply depending on the nature of the note and its construction.
Risk of Loss
Investing in capital markets involves risk of loss that each client should be prepared to bear. Investing in foreign stock
markets involves additional risks including political, economic, and currency risks, as well as differences in
accounting methods. Investing in fixed income instruments may involve certain costs and risks such as liquidity risk,
interest rate risk, and credit risk. Portfolios investing in derivatives could lose more than the principal amount
invested in those instruments. There can be no guarantee that a portfolio will meet its investment objectives or that it
will not suffer losses.
Disciplinary Information
Legal and Disciplinary
There have been no disciplinary events and no material legal events related to FI or any management person.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Financial Media
Ken Fisher, Aaron Anderson, and other senior members of the firm are regular contributors to various media and
publications globally. Fisher Investments can hold some or all of the securities mentioned in a particular article in
client portfolios.
Affiliations
FI acts as the investment adviser for the Tactical Multi-Purpose Fund (“Tactical Fund”), organized as a non-
diversified series of Unified Series Trust established under the laws of Ohio by an Agreement and Declaration of
Trust dated October 17, 2002. FI may recommend to clients, or use its discretionary authority over clients’ accounts,
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to invest client assets in shares of the Tactical Fund. Clients may also restrict or prohibit investment of their accounts
in the Tactical Fund in writing. Additionally, FI acts as the investment adviser for the Fisher Investments Institutional
Group Stock Fund for Retirement Plans, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group ESG Stock Fund for Retirement
Plans, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group Fixed Income Fund for Retirement Plans, the Fisher Investments
Institutional Group ESG Fixed Income Fund for Retirement Plans, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group All
Foreign Equity Environmental and Social Values Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group U.S. Large Cap
Equity Environmental and Social Values Fund, and the Fisher Investments Institutional Group U.S. Small Cap
Equity Fund, each a diversified series of Unified Series Trust.
FI acts as the investment manager for the UK-based Purisima Investment Funds, an open-ended investment company
incorporated in England and Wales under registered number IC 162 and authorized an Undertaking for Collective
Investment in Transferrable Securities (“UCITS”) by the UK Financial Conduct Authority, which is comprised of
three sub-funds: the Purisima Global Total Return Fund, the Purisima UK Total Return Fund, and the Purisima
EAFE Total Return Fund.
FI acts as the investment manager for the Purisima Investment Fund (CI) Limited, an open-ended investment
company established in Jersey, Channel Islands, as an Expert Fund in accordance with the Jersey Collective
Investment Funds Order 1995.
FI acts as the investment manager for the Fisher Investments Institutional Funds plc, an open ended investment
company with variable capital incorporated in Ireland under the Irish Companies Act 1963 to 2009 with registered
number 496650 and authorized as a UCITS by the Central Bank of Ireland, which is currently comprised of twenty-
eight sub-funds: the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging Markets Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments
Institutional Emerging Markets Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Frontier Markets Equity
Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Asia ex-Japan Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global
Small Cap Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional US Small Cap Core Equity ESG Fund, the FIE All-
Purpose Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional European Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global
Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global Equity Focused Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional
Global Equity High Yield Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global Developed Equity Fund, the Fisher
Investments Institutional Global Developed Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional US Small and
Mid-Cap Core Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging Markets Equity Fund (Cash Limit), the
Fisher Investments Institutional US Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging Markets
Responsible Equity ex Fossil Fuels Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging Markets Concentrated
Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global Sustainable Equity Impact ESG Fund, the Fisher
Investments Institutional Quantitative Global Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging
Markets Hard Currency Government Bond Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional US High Yield Bond Fund, the
Fisher Investments Institutional China A-Shares Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional US All Cap Equity
ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Emerging Markets Sustainable Equity Impact ESG Fund, the Fisher
Investments Institutional Global Small Cap Equity ESG Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Global Low
Volatility Equity Fund, and the Fisher Investments Institutional Global ex-US Equity ESG Fund.
FI acts as the investment manager for the Fisher Investments Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, which currently has
eight series: Fisher Investments Institutional Group Emerging Markets Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments
Institutional Group Foreign Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group Global Small Cap Fund, the
Fisher Investments Institutional Group All Foreign Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group All
Foreign Small Cap Equity Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group All Foreign Small Cap Equity Quant
Fund, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group Emerging Markets Equity ESG Fund, and the Fisher Investments
Institutional Group Emerging Markets Equity Opportunities Fund.
FI acts as the investment manager for the Fisher Investments Canadian Series Trust Funds, an Ontario, Canada multi-
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series trust, which currently has nine series: the Fisher Investments Global Total Return Unit Trust Fund, the Fisher
Investments Emerging Markets Equity Unit Trust Fund, the Fisher Investments Emerging Markets Equity ESG Unit
Trust Fund, the Fisher Investments International Small Cap Equity Unit Trust Fund, the Fisher Investments Global
Small Cap Unit Trust Fund, the Fisher Investments Global Equity ESG Ex-Fossil Fuels Unit Trust Fund, and the
Fisher Investments US Small Cap Core Equity ESG Unit Trust Fund, the Fisher Investments Global Equity Unit
Trust Fund, and the Fisher Investments Global Sustainable Equity Impact ESG Unit Trust Fund.
FI acts as investment adviser to the following bank-maintained collective funds: the Fisher Investments All Foreign
Equity Collective Fund; the Fisher Investments Emerging Markets Equity Collective Fund; the Fisher Investments
All World Equity Collective Fund; the Fisher Investments U.S. Fixed Income Collective Fund, and the Fisher
Investments U.S. Equity Market Collective Fund. Each is a Fund established under the Fisher Investments Collective
Trust. SEI Trust Company is the trustee and manager.
FI acts as investment manager to the following Australian registered funds: the Fisher Investments Australasia Global
Equity Focused Fund, the Fisher Investments Australasia Global Small Cap Equity Fund, and the Fisher Investments
Australasia Emerging Markets Equity ESG Fund. Equity Trustees Limited is the Responsible Entity.
Where FI manages a separate account and invests those assets in a fund it also advises or manages, FI would either
waive its separate account advisory fee on assets invested in any fund or reduce its fee paid by the funds to the extent
of any other advisory fee charged by FI on those assets. Where the Personalized Retirement Outcomes service invests
participant assets into funds which pay FI a management fee, FI will reduce the fee rate charged for the Personalized
Retirement Outcome service by an amount equal to the management fee rate it receives from the funds.
FI owns Fisher Investments Europe Limited, doing business as Fisher Investments UK (“FIUK”), an investment firm
in the United Kingdom whose main activities are marketing FI’s and its own investment management services to
prospective private clients in the United Kingdom, including providing investment and pension transfer
recommendations and marketing its own investment management services to and managing assets for institutional
clients in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Belgium, which are sub-managed by FI. FI earns a sub-
management fee for the sub-management services it provides to FIUK.
FI owns Fisher Investments Australasia Pty Ltd (“FIA”), a financial services licensee in Australia whose primary
purpose is to manage assets for wholesale clients (as defined by the Australian Securities and Investments
Commission) in Australia that are sub-managed by FI. FI earns a sub-management fee for the sub-management
services it provides to FIA.
FI owns Fisher Investments Japan Limited (“FIJ”), a Delaware corporation with a branch in Japan that has a
discretionary investment management (“DIM”) and investment advisory and agency (“IAA”) licenses in Japan. FIJ’s
primary purpose is to manage assets for professional and general clients (as defined by the Japan Financial Service
Agency), a portion of which management will be delegated to FI. FI earns a sub-management fee for the sub-
management services it provides to FIJ.
FI has a branch established in the Dubai International Financial Centre, whose primary purpose is to market FI’s
investment management services to prospective institutional clients in the Middle East.
FI owns Fisher Investments GmbH (“FIG”), an investment firm in Germany whose primary purpose is to
manage assets for private clients in Germany, Austria and Switzerland that are sub-managed by FI. FI earns a
sub-management fee for the sub-management services it provides to FIG.
FI owns Fisher Investments Ireland Limited (“FII”), an investment firm in Ireland whose primary purpose is to
manage assets for private and institutional clients in Europe that is sub-managed by FI. FI earns a sub-management
fee for the sub-management services it provides to FII.
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FI owns Fisher Investments Luxembourg, Sàrl (“FIL”), an investment firm in Luxembourg whose primary purpose is
to manage assets for private clients in Europe that are sub-managed by FI. FIL also engages in insurance brokerage
activities in France. FI earns a sub-management fee for the sub-management services it provides to FIL.
FI owns Fisher Investments Arabia (“FISA”), a capital market institution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia whose
primary purpose is to manage assets for private and institutional clients in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. FI earns a
fee for investment management support it provides to FISA.
To improve fiduciary literacy and advance brand awareness, the Fisher Investments Institutional Group, from time to
time, may sponsor, either independently or with other managers, consultants, or advisers, training and educational
programs and conferences attended by retirement advisors and plan sponsor fiduciaries.
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Code of Ethics and Personal Trading
Ethics and integrity are the bedrock on which the rest of our business is built. When designated employees and
contractors of FI and its subsidiaries invest for their own accounts, conflicts of interest may arise between clients and
employees. As an investment adviser and mutual fund adviser, FI is subject to Rule 204A-1 of the Advisers Act and
Rule 17j-1 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. To comply with these requirements, FI has adopted
a Code of Ethics containing provisions reasonably necessary to prevent its “Access Persons,” as defined in the Code
of Ethics, from engaging in any act, practice or course of business prohibited by these Rules. The Code of Ethics
addresses investments by Access Persons in securities with particular rules for initial public offerings and limited
offerings.
In accordance with FI’s Code of Ethics, all Access Persons are required to have most security transactions including
all common stock, options, corporate bonds, exchange traded funds, and trades in mutual funds where FI is the sub-
adviser to the fund company approved in advance by designated personnel involved in the trading process. Access
Persons and FI Principals have bought, owned, and sold securities in various publicly traded corporations, including
those held and traded in clients’ accounts or in the funds managed or advised by FI.
Access Persons and Principals may hold securities, which were purchased previous to their employment with FI, and
are now still held. Access Persons and Principals whose accounts are managed by FI may participate in block
transactions placed for clients. Additionally, Access Persons and Principals must submit all brokerage statements,
which reflect transactions for their benefit, to ensure this policy is implemented according to stated objectives. FI will
provide a copy of its Code of Ethics upon request.
FI has adopted policies and procedures designed to address potential conflicts that arise between FI and its minority
owners. These policies and procedures include information barriers designed to prevent the flow of portfolio holdings
and trading information between FI, its personnel and its minority owners; and restrictions relating to brokerage
selection and trading with entities under control of its minority owners. No assurance can be made that any of FI’s
current policies and procedures, or any policies and procedures that are established by FI in the future will have their
desired effect.
In addition to these explicit policies, we also stress ethics in our company vision statement, which states that “our
quest requires delivering unparalleled service, continuous education, and appropriate solutions to our clients and
always considering their interests first.” Likewise, ethics and integrity are a core component of employee
performance reviews, where they are listed as an explicit competency and factor directly into performance
evaluations.
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Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
FI imposes restrictions upon itself and all managed accounts that have a relationship with an FI Access Person or
Principal to ensure the clients’ interests are considered before the interests of FI or any person associated with FI.
Such accounts are called proprietary accounts. They will trade in block trades with or after non-proprietary clients.
Exceptions may be made to liquidate certain previously held equity positions in proprietary accounts that cannot be
blocked with non-proprietary clients provided a determination is made that no non-proprietary client will be
disadvantaged. All proprietary clients are aware of such trading practices. At no time will transactions be effected in
any manner such that FI or the FI Access Person could benefit at the expense of a non-proprietary client.
Political Contributions
FI personnel may make personal contributions to support political candidates or elected officials, including
candidates who may share the firm's views on issues related to its business interests. Designated personnel are
responsible for ensuring that their political activities comply with applicable laws restricting political contributions
and solicitations, as well as FI's policies and procedures.
Brokerage Practices
Selecting Brokerage Firms
FI generally determines both the brokers to be used to effect transactions for clients and the commissions at which
those transactions are to be effected. Brokers are selected on the basis of the clients’ interests, requirements and
preferences as well as FI’s assessment of the brokers execution and other services relative to the commission charged
for each trade. FI evaluates brokers’ fees and commission rates in light of rates other advisers could readily obtain
from brokers in general for similar transactions.
Each client’s investment advisory agreement generally gives FI full authority to determine (without obtaining client
consent or consulting with the client on a transaction-by-transaction basis) the brokers or dealers through which all
transactions for the client’s account will be executed. A client may, however, direct FI to execute transactions for the
client’s account through a specified broker or dealer (the “Specified Broker”). A client may choose to direct FI in
writing to execute transactions through a Specified Broker if, for example, the client will be receiving investment
management consulting services from such Specified Broker.
FI has delegated a portion of its trading function for certain markets and securities to its affiliate, Fisher Investments
Luxembourg, Sàrl (“FIL”), subject to the oversight of FI.
Best Execution
Where a client authorizes FI to select the brokers and/or dealers through which transactions for the client’s account
are executed, FI allocates transactions to brokers and/or dealers for execution on such markets at such prices and at
such commission rates (which may be in excess of the prices or commission rates that might have been charged for
execution on other markets or by other brokers or dealers) as in the good faith judgment of FI are appropriate. FI
considers the selection of brokers and/or dealers based not only on the available prices and rates of brokerage
commissions, but also other relevant factors which can include:
(a) the execution capabilities of the brokers and/or dealers;
(b) the size of the transaction
(c) the difficulty of execution;
(d) the operational facilities of the brokers and/or dealers involved;
(e) the risk in positioning a block of securities;
(f) custodial relationship;
(g) the quality of the overall brokerage and research services provided by the broker and/or dealer; and
(g) research (including economic forecasts, investment strategy advice, fundamental and technical advice on
individual securities, valuation advice, and market analysis), custodial, trade generation and management
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software, and other services provided by such brokers and/or dealers which are expected to enhance FI’s
general management capabilities.
FI may cause a client’s account to pay a broker or dealer a higher amount of commission for effecting a transaction
for the client’s account than another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that same transaction if FI
determines in good faith that the amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and
research services provided by the broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either the particular transaction or FI’s overall
responsibilities with respect to the accounts for which FI exercises investment discretion.
Where a client directs FI to effect transactions for the client’s account through a Specified Broker, FI does not
negotiate brokerage commissions with respect to transactions executed by the Specified Broker for the client’s
account. Rather, the client and the Specified Broker agree on the commission rate that the Specified Broker will
charge for transactions effected for the account. As a result, the client may pay higher commissions than those paid
by FI’s clients who have not directed FI to execute transactions through a specified broker or dealer depending upon:
(a) the client’s arrangement with the Specified Broker;
(b) such factors as the number of securities, instruments, or obligations being bought or sold for the client,
whether round or odd lots are being acquired for the client and the market for the security, instrument or
obligation; and
(c) the fact that the client will be foregoing any benefit from savings on execution costs that FI may obtain for its
clients through negotiating volume commission discounts on batched transactions.
In addition, the client may not receive the lowest available price with respect to certain transactions effected for the
client’s account. Clients that restrict the ability to execute trades for their accounts away from their custodian through
a prime broker services agreement may receive lower commissions for certain trades, but may also be traded
separately in a less advantageous manner than those trades which can be aggregated with other accounts that allow
for prime brokerage. Smaller size and certain other accounts are not eligible for prime brokerage.
To the extent FIL places trades on behalf of client accounts, FIL will abide by its best execution policy, which is
substantially similar to FI’s best execution policy described above.
Soft Dollars
FI does not have any formal soft dollar arrangements where it uses a portion of commissions generated by trades
by clients’ accounts to pay specific amounts for research products and brokerage services from broker-dealers or
research vendors. However, broker-dealers that custody client assets or effect securities transactions provide their
own research services such as reports, access to website materials, and access to their analysts. In some cases, FI
uses that research if it is believed to be useful and of reasonable value, which can be considered a soft-dollar
benefit for FI even though there is no specific allocated amount of commissions in order for FI to receive those
benefits nor is there believed to be any impact to the transaction costs for our clients. Additionally, some broker-
dealers also provide FI with unsolicited research that FI considers to have limited value and does not use, which
also are technically considered soft dollar benefits for FI. To the extent FIL places trades on behalf of client
accounts, FIL may also receive research services, which would be made available to FI.
Generally speaking, all of FI’s clients benefit from research services provided to FI by the brokers and dealers who
effect transactions for FI’s client accounts. FI periodically considers the value and usefulness of proprietary research
services available through broker-dealers as part of assessing FI’s overall relationship with a broker-dealer and the
quality of services provided, but FI does not make specific trading or commission allocation decisions based on the
research provided. FI’s receipt of research services from brokers and dealers that effect transactions for FI’s client
accounts does not reduce FI’s customary research activities.
Order Aggregation
FI has adopted the following allocation policy and procedure for aggregating advisory clients’ trade orders.
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• Orders will not be aggregated unless aggregation is consistent with our best execution duty and the
applicable advisory agreements.
• No advisory account will be consistently favored over any other account.
• Before entering an aggregated order, an electronic summary of the proposed allocation shall be made in
connection with that order.
FI’s IPC determines the securities to be purchased and sold in client accounts where FI acts with discretion. FI will
aggregate all Private Client group orders directed by the IPC by internal custodian designation (“custodian code”) and
trade objective (“PM Order Reason”). The custodian code is determined by, but not limited to, a combination of the
Private Client account’s custodian, prime brokerage eligibility, and order size. Blocks are not aggregated across
custodians, and each custodial block would be treated as a separate brokerage ticket. Orders across Institutional and
Private Clients will not be blocked and will be executed separately.
FI uses Charles River (“CRD”) as its Order Management System (“OMS”). CRD facilitates the execution of trades
for the Institutional Group and Private Client Group.
• When transactions are aggregated into blocks:
– The actual execution prices applicable to the aggregated transaction will be averaged, and each client
account participating in the aggregated transaction will be deemed to have purchased or sold its share
of the security, instrument, or obligation involved at that average price; and
– All transaction costs incurred in effecting the aggregated transaction shall be shared on a pro rata basis
among all participating accounts, except to the extent certain broker-dealers that also furnish custody
services impose minimum transaction charges applicable to some of the participating accounts. Client
direction and restrictions may result in different costs for a particular client.
• For Private Clients, if it takes more than one day to complete a transaction for a security or group of
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securities, the allocation order of accounts must be subject to a rotation by custodian within a grouping of
strategy models to ensure all accounts are treated equally over time. The IPC has discretion in determining
what grouping of strategy models trade together, including minimum account sizes to avoid excessive costs
to smaller accounts. A custodian rotation and random allocation (CRD) is applied to each respective
grouping. Orders executed through CRD will be allocated by CRD Account ID using the CRIMS Random
Allocation Generator, broken up by custodian on a rotational basis. These selections are tracked and the
rotation is progressed with the next block allocation.
Orders will be allocated on a basis different from the above only if all clients receive fair treatment and the
reason for the different allocation is approved by a member of the IPC member in writing. Common reasons
for deviations include, but are not limited to, cash balance differences and relative position sizes.
If a block is being executed with a broker and then trading commences with a different broker for that
block, the initial ticket is closed. If the remaining block is returned to the initial broker after partial
execution elsewhere, a new ticket is created, and executions will receive a separate average price.
• Groups of private client orders for a given security determined to be insignificant in size relative to all
existing orders for that security may be traded outside the rotation.
• During an IPC directed portfolio shift, FI traders may be executing given order(s) over multiple days in a
rotation. During this time, trades may have to be placed within client accounts to accommodate client
requests that overlap with the "Rebalance” orders. Where these orders are deemed non-material/non-
impactful to the broader rebalance, the Portfolio Implementation Group may enter these orders as “Non-
Rebalance” to be executed outside of the rotation as a separate custodial block with a different average price
from the “Rebalance” orders.
• Client mandated orders are generally segregated from existing blocks and executed at the market. If it is
deemed that executing the order at the market may have significant market impact, the order will be executed
with discretion.
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• Certain private client accounts with special mandates or restrictions will not be included in the rotation
process. In order to satisfy the requirements and restrictions for these accounts, they will be traded
separately. For that reason, these accounts will normally be traded after trades have been executed in
other accounts managed by FI and, therefore these accounts have the potential to be executed on different
terms, which can be less or more favorable and less promptly depending on market conditions. Clients
with these special accounts are informed of these limitations.
• European private client custodian blocks may be traded outside the regular rotation if trading cannot be
executed at the appropriate time due to the absence of trading personnel at the custodian’s local European
offices or custodian specific execution restrictions. Rotation deviations of this nature may cause the
clients to receive better or worse execution prices than would be received if they remained in the regular
rotation.
• Private client orders to unwind option positions associated with equity positions will be segregated from
existing blocks. The equity and option orders will generally be executed as close together as possible.
• Trades placed to correct errors in client accounts will be executed at the market separately from any
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existing blocks and will not be aggregated with any IPC block trades. If it is deemed that executing the
order at the market may have significant market impact, the order will be executed with discretion.
• Orders of material size entered in individual accounts as compared to other accounts within an existing
block may be segregated and executed separately for the purpose of saving such clients explicit cost
(commission). Additionally, if an order is entered intraday and blocking with existing orders may
significantly change the average price of the block, the order may be segregated and executed separately
at the discretion of the Trading department.
If the custodian/broker receives multiple orders for the same side and symbol at different times and is
unable to average price all executions due to system limitations, it is permissible to book such trades at
their different, respective prices.
• FX trade orders for Private Clients are executed outside of Fisher’s OMS directly in client accounts with
the applicable custodian. Private Client FX trade orders will not normally be aggregated because of the
varied timing and custodians involved for affected clients.
Individual investment advice and treatment will be provided to each client’s account.
• Books and records will reflect separately for each account the securities held, bought, and sold.
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• FI does not participate in initial public offerings and therefore has no allocation policy with respect to
such offerings.
• No additional compensation or remuneration of any kind will be received by FI as a result of the
procedure referenced above.
Trades executed by FIL (as described above under “Selecting Brokerage Firms”) will be aggregated by FIL
with respect to multiple accounts and clients for which the same security is being traded by FIL. Trades
executed by FIL will not, however, be executed together with trades in the same security executed directly
by FI.
Trading Errors
Trading errors sometimes happen for various reasons that may or may not be FI’s responsibility. FI handles trading
errors according to its trade error policy and procedure, including the use of trade error accounts. Trade error accounts
can be used by FI to absorb unfavorable consequences of trade errors to reduce the chance that clients would be
adversely affected. Trade errors with favorable consequences that the client wishes to accept will generally be
credited against the client’s management fees until the amount of full benefit is provided, which may extend over
multiple quarters. FI aggregates the balances of its error accounts among various broker-dealer and bank custody
accounts on a quarterly basis to determine whether to donate aggregate gains to charity or to contribute to one or
more accounts for aggregate losses. In any event, the client will always be made whole and soft dollars will never be
used to correct trade errors.
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Review of Accounts
Periodic Reviews
Account information, including quantities and values of securities held, the amounts of cash and cash equivalents,
and account transaction activity for each client is maintained in FI’s computer systems. This account information is
reconciled against statements or electronic files from appropriate custodial agents generally daily, but no less than
monthly.
Review Triggers
All existing managed accounts are subject to periodic reviews depending on the criteria being evaluated. Most
reviews utilize computer-generated exception reports from FI’s portfolio management and accounting systems. Cash
balance, position count, position size, asset allocation, country weight, and sector weight reports are among the
measures periodically evaluated. Additionally, ad hoc reports supplement the review process. FI’s Implementation
department oversees the daily operations of the existing account review process.
The IPC consists of five members: the Executive Chairman, a Vice Chairman, an Executive Vice President, and two
Senior Vice Presidents. They collectively determine firm investment policy and are responsible for managing broad
investment strategies. All are actively engaged in securities and capital markets research contributing to the review
process.
Regular Reports
Clients receive a quarterly accounting showing asset value by security, unit cost, total cost, cash balances, current per
share values, etc. Clients are urged to compare the quarterly reports provided by FI with those provided by their
custodian and notify FI of any differences. Additionally, clients regularly receive Quarterly Reviews, which include
the IPC’s general economic outlook and current investment trends. Clients are encouraged to phone or write FI as
often as they deem necessary to receive information regarding the investment tactics and strategies being followed.
Upon specific client request, FI will prepare written portfolio analysis and reports to satisfy the client’s informational
needs.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Referrals
From time to time, FI has client referral relationships with outside vendors and will pay a referral fee to these
vendors. There is no increase in fees that clients will pay to Fisher as a result of the referral fees that FI pays to outside
vendors. Conflicts of interest exist with respect to these referral relationships, as FI receives certain economic
benefits through its participation in these relationships. FI also has incentives for its personnel to solicit and refer
clients. FI occasionally pays a referral fee to third-party solicitors. No referral fee is paid unless the referral
arrangement and any compensation paid are disclosed. FI’s participation in referral relationships does not reduce or
eliminate FI’s fiduciary duties to put the interests of its clients first and seek best execution in securities transactions
on behalf of its clients.
FI receives compensation to refer prospective clients and clients to non-affiliated investment advisers. Conflicts of
interest exist with these referral relationships. No referral will occur unless consent has been obtained from the
prospective client or client and the referral arrangement and any compensation paid are disclosed.
Other Compensation
FI has obligations under referral programs with custodians with respect to certain clients, including certain clients
who become clients of FI as part of its merger and acquisition activities. Pursuant to such programs, FI is obligated to
pay the custodian an ongoing fee, usually as a percentage of the fees billed to the account or a percentage of the assets
in the account, with a one-time fee generally payable in the event the account is transferred away from such
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custodian. Since the one-time fee is generally higher than the ongoing fee, FI will have an incentive to maintain the
account at the existing custodian.
FI receives very limited income from speaking, writing, and royalties—all related to finance and investing. Ken
Fisher receives royalties from his books. In addition, FI currently receives income for books published under Fisher
Investments Press, an imprint series published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. from 2009 to 2011.
Custody
Account Statements
FI is not a broker-dealer and does not take possession of client assets. FI client assets are housed in nationally
recognized brokerage firms or banks, otherwise known as custodians. FI has a limited power of attorney to place
trades on the client’s behalf. The custodian will issue trade confirmations and monthly statements directly to clients,
while the client’s account will be managed by FI. Clients are urged to compare the information in their quarterly FI
statements with the statements provided by their custodian.
FI will work with the client and custodian to open and establish a custodian account. It is possible a prospective client
will be assigned to a new custodian even if their existing account is at a custodian FI uses. Once opened, FI will
notify the client of the custodian’s name, address, and the manner in which the funds or securities are maintained, and
promptly thereafter of any changes to this information.
Direct Debit of Fees
FI does have the ability to directly debit fees from clients’ accounts. FI has policies and procedures in place to ensure
fees are calculated correctly and in accordance with clients’ agreed upon rates. Refer to the Fee Billing under Fees
and Compensation section above.
Investment Discretion
Discretionary Authority for Trading and Limited Power of Attorney
FI generally has limited power of attorney to act on a fully discretionary basis on clients’ behalf. When such limited
powers exist between FI and a client, FI chooses the amount and type of securities to be bought and sold to satisfy
account objectives. This is the case with most of FI’s clients. Additionally, FI accepts any reasonable limitation or
restriction to such authority placed by the client. Refer to the Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of
Loss section above. All limitations and restrictions placed on accounts must be provided to FI in writing.
Voting Client Securities
Proxy Votes
Generally, except to the extent that a client otherwise instructs FI in writing, FI will vote (by proxy or otherwise) on
all matters for which a shareholder vote is solicited by, or with respect to, issuers of securities beneficially held in
client accounts in such manner as FI deems appropriate in accordance with its written policies and procedures. These
policies and procedures set forth guidelines for voting (or abstaining from voting) many typical proxy proposals. FI
regularly reviews these guidelines. In certain instances the IPC will determine it is in the client’s best interest to vary
from the guidelines or the proxy issue will require individual case-by-case consideration under the guidelines. Where
a proxy proposal raises a material conflict of interest between the interests of FI and its clients, FI will vote in
accordance with the guidelines where FI does not have discretion to vary from the guidelines. Alternatively, FI will
obtain voting direction from Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”), an independent third-party proxy service
provider, disclose the conflict of interest to the client and abstain from voting, or obtain client consent prior to voting
the securities. Clients may obtain a copy of FI’s proxy voting policies and procedures and/or information on how FI
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has voted the client’s securities by written request to FI. There may also be a variety of corporate actions or other
matters for which shareholder action is required or solicited and with respect to which FI may take action that it
deems appropriate in its best judgment except to the extent otherwise required by agreement with the client. These
actions may include, for example and without limitation, tender offers or exchanges, and bankruptcy proceedings.
Unless FI otherwise agrees in writing, FI will not have any duty or obligation to advise or take any action on behalf of
clients in any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies or class actions, involving securities held in or formerly held
in the client’s account or the issuers of securities. At the client’s written request, FI will assist when practical with
administrative matters regarding any settlement or judgment.
Financial Information
Financial Condition
FI does not require or solicit prepayment of fees. FI is currently not in, nor has been historically in, a financially
precarious situation, or the subject to a bankruptcy petition.
Additional Information: Fair Valuation
In separate accounts and certain funds FI manages, FI is responsible for determining the fair value of illiquid
securities and other holdings in the unlikely event a price is not readily available or after a significant event materially
affects the value of a security between the time of its last sale on the exchange or market in which the security trades,
and the US market close. FI’s Valuation Committee meets as necessary when a price is not readily available and will
determine if the value of a security should be re-evaluated to reflect a more current fair market value. Custodians for
some clients have alternative valuation procedures that will apply to accounts managed by FI. Some funds, including
the collective funds advised by FI, are subject to the valuation policies of their trustee or administrator.
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Rev. 02.2025
FACTS
WHAT DOES FISHER INVESTMENTS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL
INFORMATION?
Why?
Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right
to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect
your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do.
What?
The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us.
This information can include:
Investment experience and assets
• Social Security number and income
• Account balances and transaction history
•
When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice.
How?
All financial companies need to share customers’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the
section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their customers’ personal information, the
reasons Fisher Investments chooses to share, and whether you can limit this sharing.
Reasons we share your personal
information
Does Fisher Investments
Share?
Can you limit
sharing?
Yes
No
For our everyday business purposes—
such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s),
respond to court orders and legal investigations, or report to
credit bureaus
Yes
No
For our marketing purposes—
to offer our products and services to you
No
We don’t share
For joint marketing with other financial companies
Yes
No
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your transactions and experiences
No
We don’t share
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes—
information about your creditworthiness
Yes
Yes
For nonaffiliates to market to you
Call 1-800-851-8845
Questions?
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Who we are
Fisher Investments
Who is providing this notice?
What we do
How does FISHER INVESTMENTS protect my personal
information?
To protect your personal information from unauthorized access
and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law.
These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and
buildings.
We collect your personal information, for example, when you
• Open an account or provide account information
• Make deposits or withdrawals from your account or make a
wire transfer
How does FISHER INVESTMENTS collect my personal
information?
• Give us your contact information
We also collect your personal information from others, such as
credit bureaus, affiliates, or other companies.
Federal law gives you the right to limit only
• Sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes-
information about your creditworthiness
Why can’t I limit all sharing?
• Affiliates from using your information to market to you
• Sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you
State laws and individual companies may give you
additional rights to limit sharing.
Definitions
Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be
financial and nonfinancial companies.
Affiliates
• Fisher Investments Europe Limited, Fisher Investments
Australasia Pty Ltd, Fisher Investments Ireland Limited,
Fisher Investments Japan, Fisher Investments GmbH,
Fisher Investments Arabia, and Fisher Investments Costa
Rica FICR S.R.L.
Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can
be financial and nonfinancial companies.
Nonaffiliates
• Fisher Investments may share information with
nonaffiliates so they can market to you if you provide your
consent.
A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies
that together market financial products or services to you.
Joint marketing
• Fisher Investments does not jointly market.
Other important information
This privacy notice applies to individual consumers who are customers or former customers. This notice replaces all previous notices of
our consumer privacy policy, and may be amended at any time. For the most up-to-date information, please visit the privacy policy on our
website at https://www.fisherinvestments.com/en-us/privacy.
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ERISA Guide to Services and Compensation
The following is a guide to important information that you should consider in connection with the services provided by
Fisher Investments to your Plan. Should you have any questions concerning this guide or the information provided to you
concerning our services or compensation, please do not hesitate to contact Fisher Investments at 1-800-851-8845.
Required Information
Location
Description of the services Fisher Investments will
provide to your Plan.
See page 4 - “Types of Advisory Services”
and
Letter of Agreement
Section 2 - “Discretionary Investment Management”
A statement that Fisher Investments will provide
the services as an ERISA fiduciary and registered
investment adviser.
See page 4 - “Firm Description”
and
Letter of Agreement
Section 9 - “Retirement or Employee Benefit Plan Accounts”
Compensation Fisher Investments will receive
from your Plan (“direct” compensation).
See page 5 – “Fees and Compensation”
and
Letter of Agreement
Section 7 - “Advisory Fees”
Schedule A, Section 2 - “Annual Advisory Fees”
See page 17 - “Client Referrals and Other Compensation”
Compensation to be paid among Fisher
Investments and related parties.
Compensation Fisher Investments will receive if
you terminate this service agreement.
Letter of Agreement
Section 8 - “Termination”
Schedule A, Section 2 - “Annual Advisory Fees”
Manner in which compensation will be received.
See page 17 - “Client Referrals and Other Compensation”
and
Letter of Agreement
Section 7 - “Advisory Fees”
Section 8 “Termination”
Schedule A, Section 2 - “Annual Advisory Fees”
Schedule A, Section 3 - “Payment”
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