Overview
- Headquarters
- Skokie, IL
- Total Firm Assets
- $121 million
- Average High-Net-Worth Client Portfolio Size
- $17.3 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $500,000
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (FORM ADV PART 2A)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $1,000,000 | 1.00% |
| $1,000,001 | $5,000,000 | 0.70% |
| $5,000,001 | $10,000,000 | 0.60% |
| $10,000,001 | $15,000,000 | 0.55% |
| $15,000,001 | and above | 0.45% |
Minimum Annual Fee: $10,000
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $10,000 | 1.00% |
| $5 million | $38,000 | 0.76% |
| $10 million | $68,000 | 0.68% |
| $50 million | $253,000 | 0.51% |
| $100 million | $478,000 | 0.48% |
Clients
- High-Net-Worth Share of Firm Assets
- 99.75%
- Number of High-Net-Worth Clients
- 7
- Total Client Accounts
- 79
- Discretionary Accounts
- 50
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 29
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
- SEC CRD Number
- 286127
Primary Brochure: FORM ADV PART 2A (2026-05-26)
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Item 1: Cover Page
Item 1: Cover Page
Part 2A of Form ADV
Firm Brochure
May 22, 2026
4Sight Wealth Advisors LLC
d/b/a Foresight Wealth Advisors
CRD No. 286127
8401 Crawford Ave., Suite 104
Skokie, IL 60076
phone: 847-728-8304
email: info@foresightwealthadvisors.com
website: foresightwealthadvisors.com
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Foresight Wealth
Advisors. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 847-728-
8304 or email info@foresightwealthadvisors.com. The information in this brochure has not been approved
or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Registration with the SEC or state regulatory authority does not imply a certain level of skill or expertise.
Additional information about Foresight Wealth Advisors is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2: Material Changes
Item 2: Material Changes
This Firm Brochure is our disclosure document prepared according to regulatory requirements
and rules. Consistent with the rules, we will ensure that you receive a summary of any material
changes to this and subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close of our business fiscal
year. Furthermore, we will provide you with other interim disclosures about material changes as
necessary.
There are no material changes to this Brochure from the last annual update issued on March 30,
2026.
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 1: Cover Page ...................................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2: Material Changes .......................................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ......................................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4: Advisory Business ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................................ 7
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management ......................................................... 10
Item 7: Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................................... 11
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss ................................................. 12
Item 9: Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................................... 22
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................................ 23
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading ........................................................................................................................................................... 24
Item 12: Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................................... 26
Item 13: Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................................... 34
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ........................................................................................ 35
Item 15: Custody .......................................................................................................................................................... 36
Item 16: Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................................... 37
Item 17: Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................................................ 38
Item 18: Financial Information ................................................................................................................................ 39
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Item 4: Advisory Business
A. Ownership/Advisory History
4Sight Wealth Advisors LLC d/b/a Foresight Wealth Advisors (“Foresight Wealth Advisors” or the
“firm”) is an Illinois limited liability company. Foresight Wealth Advisors was founded in 2016
and is solely owned and managed by Galia Felemovicius.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Wealth Management Services
Foresight Wealth Advisors offers wealth management services encompassing a range of services
that may include any or all of the following depending upon the client’s specific needs.
▪ Portfolio management
▪ Selection of other advisers (sub-advisers)
▪ Financial planning and consulting
Portfolio Management
Foresight Wealth Advisors manages client investment portfolios on a discretionary or non-
discretionary basis. Portfolio management services are predicated on the client's investment
objectives, goals, tolerance for risk, and other personal and financial circumstances. Foresight
Wealth Advisors will analyze each client's current investments, investment objectives, goals,
age, time horizon, financial circumstances, investment experience, investment restrictions and
limitations, and risk tolerance and implement a portfolio consistent with such investment
objectives, goals, risk tolerance and related financial circumstances.
We also provide investment advice on clients’ retirement plan assets held in qualified
retirement plans, (i.e., 401(k) and 403(b) plans, etc.). Please be advised that our
recommendations to you are confined to the investment alternatives made available by the
plan.
Clients have the right to provide the firm with any reasonable investment restrictions on the
management of their portfolio, which must be in writing and sent to the firm. Clients should
promptly notify the firm in writing of any changes in such restrictions or in the client's
personal financial circumstances, investment objectives, goals and tolerance for risk. Foresight
Wealth Advisors will remind clients of their obligation to inform the firm of any such changes
or any restrictions that should be imposed on the management of the client’s account.
Foresight Wealth Advisors will also contact clients at least annually to determine whether there
have been any changes in a client's personal financial circumstances, investment objectives
and tolerance for risk.
Retirement Rollovers – Conflicts and Added Fees. Plan participants may be paying little or
nothing for the plan’s investment services. As such, investment management costs are likely to
be higher when engaging an investment adviser for professional investment management.
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Alternative courses of action are available to the plan participant: (i) Assuming it is permitted
by the Plan, you can leave your money in your current Plan. (ii) If you have changed employers,
you can roll your assets into the new employer’s Plan, if permissible by your new employer. (iii)
You can establish an IRA R/O and place into a commission-based account at a broker-dealer.
(iv) You can establish an IRA R/O and place into a fee-based advisory account. (v) You can
withdraw your retirement money and pay the taxes and any applicable penalties. Your decision
to roll assets from a qualified plan to a financial professional should be determined by your
need for a desired level of investment services, the associated costs, and access to a diverse
range of investment products that meet your personal risk tolerance and investment objective.
Selection of Other Advisers (Sub-Advisers)
As part of its portfolio management services, Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend one
or more third-party sub-advisers to manage all or a portion of the client's investment
portfolio. Factors taken into consideration when making recommendations include, but are
not limited to, the sub-adviser’s performance, investment strategies, methods of analysis,
advisory and other fees, assets under management, and the client's financial objectives and
risk tolerance. Foresight Wealth Advisors would generally retain authority to hire/fire the sub-
adviser and regularly monitors the performance of the sub-adviser to ensure its management
and investment style remain aligned with the client's objectives and risk tolerance.
Foresight Wealth Advisors has a sub-advisory agreement with Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
(“DFA”), an unaffiliated registered investment adviser and platform provider. Foresight Wealth
Advisors accesses various investment strategies made available through the DFA investment
platform. Foresight Wealth Advisors determines which strategies the client assets are to be
invested in, and thereafter DFA, as sub-adviser, implements all trades necessary to cause such
assets to be invested in the strategies.
Foresight Wealth Advisors continuously manages any sub-adviser relationship and regularly
monitors the client's account(s) for performance metrics and adherence to the client's
investment objectives. Each sub-adviser maintains a separate disclosure document that will be
provided to the client. The client should carefully review the sub-adviser's disclosure
document for information regarding fees, risks and investment strategies, and conflicts of
interest. The sub-adviser’s fee will be in addition to the advisory fees charged by Foresight
Wealth Advisors.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
As part of the wealth management services, Foresight Wealth Advisors will typically provide a
variety of financial planning and consulting services, which are offered in several areas of a
client’s financial situation, depending on their goals, objectives and financial situation.
Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan or
rendering a specific financial consultation based on the client’s financial goals and objectives.
This planning or consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not
limited to, investment management, retirement planning, cash flow planning, debt/credit
planning education planning, tax consulting, risk management/insurance review, estate and
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multi-generational wealth consulting, charitable and philanthropic giving, executive
compensation and management, and other areas of a client’s financial situation.
A financial plan developed for the client will usually include general recommendations for a
course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the client. For example, recommendations
may be made that the client start or revise their investment programs, commence or alter
retirement savings, establish education savings and/or charitable giving programs. Foresight
Wealth Advisors may also refer clients to an accountant, attorney or other specialist, as
appropriate for their unique situation. For certain financial planning engagements, Foresight
Wealth Advisors will provide a written summary of client’s financial situation, observations, and
recommendations. For consulting or ad-hoc engagements, Foresight Wealth Advisors may not
provide a written summary.
C. Client-Tailored Services and Client-Imposed Restrictions
Each client’s account will be managed on the basis of the client’s financial situation and
investment objectives and in accordance with any reasonable restrictions imposed by the client
on the management of the account—for example, restricting the type or amount of security to
be purchased in the portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not participate in wrap fee programs, where brokerage
commissions and transaction costs are included in the asset-based fee charged to the client.
E. Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2025, Foresight Wealth Advisors managed $95,348,000 of discretionary
assets and $25,900,000 of non-discretionary assets.
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Item 5: Fees and Compensation
A. Methods of Compensation and Fee Schedule
Wealth Management & Sub-Adviser Fees
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ portfolio management fee is an asset-based fee, calculated as a
percentage of the value of the managed assets. The total managed account fee will include
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ tiered fee as outlined in the following fee schedule (negotiable), plus
a model manager and platform fee if the sub-adviser’s platform is utilized (sub-adviser]’s fee
portion is non-negotiable). The client’s custodian statement will show two separate line items:
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ fee and the sub-adviser’s fee.
The annual fee for asset management services will be charged as a percentage of assets under
management according to the following fee schedule, which represents the firm’s maximum
fees for individual services. Fees are negotiable.
Total Account Value
Annual Fee Rate*
Up to $1,000,000
$1,000,001–$5,000,000
$5,000,001–$10,000,000
$10,000,001–$15,000,000
Over $15,000,000
1.00%
0.70%
0.60%
0.55%
0.45%
*For assets under supervision, the client shall pay 0.10% for ongoing monitoring and reporting
of assets that are not managed by Foresight Wealth Advisors.
Foresight Wealth Advisors generally requires a minimum account size of $500,000 and a
minimum annual fee of $10,000. For portfolio values less than $1,000,000, clients may be able to
obtain comparable services at a lower cost elsewhere. Foresight Wealth Advisors, at its sole
discretion, may waive this minimum requirement.
The sub-adviser’s fee is variable depending on the strategy(ies) selected and may change.
Clients will be required to approve in writing any strategy change that results in an increased
fee. Please ask your Foresight Wealth Advisors professional for a current list of strategies and
their costs. In consideration for such services, the sub-adviser will charge a program fee that
includes the investment management fee of the strategists, the administration of the program,
and trading, clearance and settlement costs. Clients should note that comparable services may
be available elsewhere at more favorable pricing. Clients are encouraged to discuss with their
financial professional the most appropriate tier of services, given the client’s needs and the
applicable cost given the client’s investment goals and objectives.
Asset-based fees are subject to the investment advisory agreement between the client and
Foresight Wealth Advisors, and if the sub-adviser’s platform is utilized, in the separate Portfolio
Confirmation Form clients are required to sign prior to implementation of their portfolio. Such
fees are payable quarterly in advance based on the value of assets as of the last business day of
the prior quarter. If a client utilizes leverage, the firm’s fees will be billed on the gross balance in
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the portfolio. The use of leverage creates a conflict of interest in that the adviser firm has an
economic incentive to utilize leverage as it inflates the market value upon which the adviser's
fees are calculated, thereby increasing the adviser's fee revenue. The fees will be prorated if the
investment advisory relationship commences otherwise than at the beginning of a calendar
quarter. Adjustments for significant withdrawals (25% or more) from a client’s portfolio are
prorated for the quarter in which the change occurs.
Foresight Wealth Advisors may modify the fee at any time upon 30 days’ written notice to the
client, and any fee increases must be approved in writing by the client. In the event the client
has an ERISA-governed plan, fee modifications must be approved in writing by the client.
B. Client Payment of Fees
Foresight Wealth Advisors generally requires fees to be prepaid on a quarterly basis. Foresight
Wealth Advisors requires clients to authorize the direct debit of fees from their accounts.
Exceptions may be granted subject to the firm’s consent for clients to be billed directly for our
fees. For directly debited fees, the custodian’s periodic statements will show each fee deduction
from the account. Clients may withdraw this authorization for direct billing of these fees at any
time by notifying us or their custodian in writing.
Foresight Wealth Advisors will deduct advisory fees directly from the client’s account provided
that (i) the client provides written authorization to the qualified custodian, and (ii) the qualified
custodian sends the client a statement, at least quarterly, indicating all amounts disbursed from
the account. The client is responsible for verifying the accuracy of the fee calculation, as the
client’s custodian will not verify the calculation.
A client investment advisory agreement may be canceled at any time by the client, or by
Foresight Wealth Advisors with 30 days’ prior written notice to the client. Upon termination, any
unearned, prepaid fees will be promptly refunded.
C. Additional Client Fees Charged
All fees paid for investment advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and
expenses charged by exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, separate account managers, private
placement, pooled investment vehicles, broker-dealers, and custodians retained by clients. Such
fees and expenses are described in each exchange-traded fund and mutual fund’s prospectus,
each separate account manager’s Form ADV and Brochure and Brochure Supplement or similar
disclosure statement, each private placement or pooled investment vehicle’s confidential
offering memoranda, and by any broker-dealer or custodian retained by the client. Clients are
advised to read these materials carefully before investing. If a mutual fund also imposes sales
charges, a client may pay an initial or deferred sales charge as further described in the mutual
fund’s prospectus. A client using Foresight Wealth Advisors may be precluded from using
certain mutual funds or separate account managers because they may not be offered by the
client's custodian.
Please refer to the Brokerage Practices section (Item 12) for additional information regarding the
firm’s brokerage practices.
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D. External Compensation for the Sale of Securities to Clients
Foresight Wealth Advisors advisory professionals are compensated through a salary and bonus
structure/ through a percentage of advisory fees charged to clients. Foresight Wealth Advisors is
not paid any sales, service, or administrative fees for the sale of mutual funds or any other
investment products with respect to managed advisory assets.
E. Important Disclosure – Custodian Investment Programs
Please be advised that the firm utilizes certain custodians/broker-dealers. Under these
arrangements, we can access certain investment programs offered through such custodian(s)
that offer certain compensation and fee structures that create conflicts of interest of which
clients need to be aware. Please note the following:
Limitation on Mutual Fund Universe for Custodian Investment Programs: There are certain
programs in which we participate where a client’s investment options may be limited in certain
of these programs to those mutual funds and/or mutual fund share classes that pay 12b-1 fees
and other revenue sharing fee payments, and the client should be aware that the firm is not
selecting from among all mutual funds available in the marketplace when recommending
mutual funds to the client.
Conflict Between Revenue Share Class (12b-1) and Non-Revenue Share Class Mutual Funds:
Revenue share class/12b-1 fees are deducted from the net asset value of the mutual fund and
generally, all things being equal, cause the fund to earn lower rates of return than those mutual
funds that do not pay revenue sharing fees. The client is under no obligation to utilize such
programs or mutual funds. Although many factors will influence the type of fund to be used, the
client should discuss with their investment adviser representative whether a share class from a
comparable mutual fund with a more favorable return to investors is available that does not
include the payment of any 12b-1 or revenue sharing fees given the client’s individual needs
and priorities and anticipated transaction costs. In addition, the receipt of such fees can create
conflicts of interest in instances where the custodian receives the entirety of the 12b-1 and/or
revenue sharing fees and takes the receipt of such fees into consideration in terms of benefits it
may elect to provide to the firm, even though such benefits may or may not benefit some or all
of the firm’s clients.
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Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not charge performance-based fees and therefore has no
economic incentive to manage clients’ portfolios in any way other than what is in their best
interests.
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Item 7: Types of Clients
Item 7: Types of Clients
Foresight Wealth Advisors offers its investment services to individuals and high-net-worth
individuals.
Foresight Wealth Advisors generally requires a minimum account size of $500,000 and a
minimum annual fee of $10,000. For portfolio values less than $1,000,000, clients may be able to
obtain comparable services at a lower cost elsewhere. Foresight Wealth Advisors, at its sole
discretion, may waive this minimum requirement.
Sub-advisers may also have minimum account requirements, which will be disclosed in the sub-
advisers’ separate disclosure documents.
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Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared to
bear. There is no guarantee that any specific investment or strategy will be profitable for a
particular client.
Methods of Analysis
Foresight Wealth Advisors uses a variety of sources of data to conduct its economic, investment
and market analysis, which may include economic and market research materials prepared by
others, conference calls hosted by individual companies or mutual funds, corporate rating
services, annual reports, prospectuses, and company press releases, and financial newspapers
and magazines. Foresight Wealth Advisors may employ outside vendors or utilize third-party
software to assist in formulating investment recommendations to clients.
Foresight Wealth Advisors and its investment adviser representatives are responsible for
identifying and implementing the methods of analysis used in formulating investment
recommendations to clients. The methods of analysis may include quantitative methods for
optimizing client portfolios, computer-based risk/return analysis, technical analysis, and
statistical and/or computer models utilizing long-term economic criteria.
▪ Fundamental analysis is a method of evaluating the intrinsic value of an asset and
analyzing the factors that could influence its price in the future. This form of analysis is
based on external events and influences, as well as financial statements and industry
trends.
▪ Quantitative methods include analysis of historical data such as price and volume
statistics, performance data, standard deviation and related risk metrics, how the security
performs relative to the overall stock market, earnings data, price to earnings ratios, and
related data.
▪ Technical analysis involves charting price and volume data as reported by the exchange
where the security is traded to look for price trends.
Mutual Funds, Exchange-Traded Funds, Individual Securities, Third-Party Sub-Advisers
Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend ”institutional share class” mutual funds, exchange-
traded funds (“ETFs”), and individual securities (including fixed income instruments).
Foresight Wealth Advisors may also assist the client in selecting one or more appropriate sub-
adviser(s) for all or a portion of the client’s portfolio. Such sub-adviser will typically manage
assets for clients who commit to the sub-adviser a minimum amount of assets established by
that sub-adviser—a factor that Foresight Wealth Advisors will take into account when
recommending sub-advisers to clients. Foresight Wealth Advisors’ selection process cannot
ensure that sub-advisers will perform as desired, and Foresight Wealth Advisors will have no
control over the day-to-day operations of any of its selected sub-advisers. Foresight Wealth
Advisors would not necessarily be aware of certain activities at the underlying sub-adviser’s
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level, including without limitation a sub-adviser’s engaging in unreported risks, investment “style
drift,” or even regulatory breaches or fraud.
A description of the criteria to be used in formulating an investment recommendation for
mutual funds, ETFs, individual securities (including fixed-income securities), and sub-advisers is
set forth below.
Foresight Wealth Advisors has formed relationships with third-party vendors that:
▪ provide a technological platform for separate account management
▪ prepare performance reports
▪ perform or distribute research of individual securities
▪ perform billing and certain other administrative tasks
Foresight Wealth Advisors may utilize additional independent third parties to assist it in
recommending and monitoring individual securities, funds, and sub-advisers to clients as
appropriate under the circumstances.
Foresight Wealth Advisors reviews certain quantitative and qualitative criteria related to funds
and sub-advisers and to formulate investment recommendations to its clients. Quantitative
criteria may include:
▪ performance history of a fund or sub-adviser evaluated against that of its peers and
other benchmarks
▪ analysis of risk-adjusted returns
▪ analysis of the contribution to the investment return (e.g., manager’s alpha), standard
deviation of returns over specific time periods, sector and style analysis
▪
fund or sub-adviser’s fee structure
▪
relevant portfolio manager’s tenure
Qualitative criteria used in selecting/recommending funds or sub-advisers include the
investment objectives and/or management style and philosophy of a fund or sub-adviser; a fund
or sub-adviser’s consistency of investment style; and employee turnover and efficiency and
capacity.
Quantitative and qualitative criteria related to funds and sub-advisers are reviewed by Foresight
Wealth Advisors on a quarterly basis or such other interval as appropriate under the
circumstances. In addition, funds or sub-advisers are reviewed to determine the extent to which
their investments reflect any of the following: efforts to time the market, engage in portfolio
pumping, or evidence style drift such that their portfolios no longer accurately reflect the
particular asset category attributed to the fund or sub-adviser by Foresight Wealth Advisors (all
negative factors in implementing an asset allocation structure).
Foresight Wealth Advisors may negotiate reduced account minimum balances and reduced fees
with sub-advisers under various circumstances (e.g., for clients with minimum level of assets
committed to the manager for specific periods of time, etc.). There can be no assurance that
clients will receive any reduced account minimum balances or fees, or that all clients, even if
apparently similarly situated, will receive any reduced account minimum balances or fees
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available to some other clients. Also, account minimum balances and fees may significantly
differ between clients. Each client’s individual needs and circumstances will determine portfolio
weighting, which can have an impact on fees given the funds or sub-advisers utilized. Foresight
Wealth Advisors will endeavor to obtain equal treatment for its clients with funds or sub-
advisers, but cannot assure equal treatment.
Foresight Wealth Advisors will regularly review the activities of funds and sub-advisers utilized
for the client. Clients that engage sub-advisers or invest in funds should first review and
understand the disclosure documents of those sub-advisers or funds, which contain information
relevant to such retention or investment, including information on the methodology used to
analyze securities, investment strategies, fees and conflicts of interest.
Material Risks of Investment Instruments
Foresight Wealth Advisors generally invests in the following types of securities:
▪ Equity securities
▪ Mutual fund securities
▪ Exchange-traded funds
▪ Exchange-traded notes
▪ Leveraged and inverse exchange-traded products
▪ Fixed income securities
▪ Municipal securities
▪ U.S. government securities
▪ Pooled investment vehicles
▪ Structured products
▪ Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
▪ Physical gold and silver
▪ Hedge funds
▪ Private Equity
Equity Securities
Investing in individual companies involves inherent risk. The major risks relate to the
company’s capitalization, quality of the company’s management, quality and cost of the
company’s services, the company’s ability to manage costs, efficiencies in the manufacturing
or service delivery process, management of litigation risk, and the company’s ability to create
shareholder value (i.e., increase the value of the company’s stock price). Foreign securities, in
addition to the general risks of equity securities, have geopolitical risk, financial transparency
risk, currency risk, regulatory risk and liquidity risk.
Mutual Fund Securities
Investing in mutual funds carries inherent risk. The major risks of investing in a mutual fund
include the quality and experience of the portfolio management team and its ability to create
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fund value by investing in securities that have positive growth, the amount of individual
company diversification, the type and amount of industry diversification, and the type and
amount of sector diversification within specific industries. In addition, mutual funds tend to be
tax inefficient and therefore investors may pay capital gains taxes on fund investments while
not having yet sold the fund.
Exchange-Traded Funds (“ETFs”)
ETFs are investment companies whose shares are bought and sold on a securities exchange.
An ETF holds a portfolio of securities designed to track a particular market segment or index.
Some examples of ETFs are SPDRs®, streetTRACKS®, DIAMONDSSM, NASDAQ 100 Index
Tracking StockSM (“QQQs SM”) iShares® and VIPERs®. ETFs have embedded expenses that the
client indirectly bears.
Investing in ETFs involves risk. Specifically, ETFs, depending on the underlying portfolio and its
size, can have wide price (bid and ask) spreads, thus diluting or negating any upward price
movement of the ETF or enhancing any downward price movement. Also, ETFs require more
frequent portfolio reporting by regulators and are thereby more susceptible to actions by
hedge funds that could have a negative impact on the price of the ETF. Certain ETFs may
employ leverage, which creates additional volatility and price risk depending on the amount of
leverage utilized, the collateral and the liquidity of the supporting collateral.
Further, the use of leverage (i.e., employing the use of margin) generally results in additional
interest costs to the ETF. Certain ETFs are highly leveraged and therefore have additional
volatility and liquidity risk. Volatility and liquidity can severely and negatively impact the price
of the ETF’s underlying portfolio securities, thereby causing significant price fluctuations of the
ETF.
Leveraged and Inverse Exchange-Traded Products (“ETPs”)
Leveraged ETPs employ financial derivatives and debt to try to achieve a multiple (for example
two or three times) of the return or inverse return of a stated index or benchmark over the
course of a single day. The use of leverage typically increases risk for an investor. However,
unlike utilizing margin or shorting securities in your own account, you cannot lose more than
your original investment. An inverse ETP is designed to track, on a daily basis, the inverse of its
benchmark. Inverse ETPs utilize short selling, derivatives trading, and other leveraged
investment techniques, such as futures trading to achieve their objectives. Leverage and
inverse ETPs reset each day; as such, their performance can quickly diverge from the
performance of the underlying index or benchmark. An investor could suffer significant losses
even if the long-term performance of the index showed a gain. Engaging in short sales and
using swaps, futures, contracts, and other derivatives can expose the ETP.
There is always a risk that not every leveraged or inverse ETP will meet its stated objective on
any given trading day. An investor should understand the impact an investment in the ETP
could have on the performance of their portfolio, taking into consideration goals and
tolerance for risk. Leveraged or inverse ETPs may be less tax-efficient than traditional ETPs, in
part because daily resets can cause the ETP to realize significant short-term capital gains that
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may not be offset by a loss. Be sure to check with your tax advisor about the consequences of
investing in a leveraged or inverse ETP. Leveraged and Inverse ETPs are not suited for long-
term investment strategies. These are not appropriate for buy-and-hold or conservative
investors and are more suitable for investors who understand leverage and are willing to
assume the risk of magnified potential losses. These funds tend to carry higher fees, due to
active management, that can also affect performance.
Exchange-Traded Notes (“ETN”)
ETNs are structured debt securities. ETN liabilities are unsecured general obligations of the
issuer. Most ETNs are designed to track a particular market segment or index. ETNs have
expenses associated with their operation. When a fund invests in an ETN, in addition to
directly bearing expenses associated with its own operations, it will bear its pro rata portion of
the ETN’s expenses. The risks of owning an ETN generally reflect the risks of owning the
underlying securities the ETN is designed to track, although lack of liquidity in an ETN could
result in it being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities. In addition, because
of ETN expenses, compared to owning the underlying securities directly it may be more costly
to own an ETN. The value of an ETN security should also be expected to fluctuate with the
credit rating of the issuer.
Fixed Income Securities
Fixed income securities carry additional risks than those of equity securities described above.
These risks include the company’s ability to retire its debt at maturity, the current interest rate
environment, the coupon interest rate promised to bondholders, legal constraints,
jurisdictional risk (U.S or foreign) and currency risk. If bonds have maturities of ten years or
greater, they will likely have greater price swings when interest rates move up or down. The
shorter the maturity the less volatile the price swings. Foreign bonds have liquidity and
currency risk.
Municipal Securities
Municipal securities carry additional risks than those of corporate and bank-sponsored debt
securities described above. These risks include the municipality’s ability to raise additional tax
revenue or other revenue (in the event the bonds are revenue bonds) to pay interest on its
debt and to retire its debt at maturity. Municipal bonds are generally tax free at the federal
level, but may be taxable in individual states other than the state in which both the investor
and municipal issuer is domiciled.
U.S. Government Securities
U.S. government securities include securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and by U.S.
government agencies and instrumentalities. U.S. government securities may be supported by
the full faith and credit of the United States.
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Pooled Investment Vehicles
A pooled investment vehicle, such as a commodity pool or investment company, is generally
offered only to investors who meet specified suitability, net worth and annual income criteria.
Pooled investment vehicles sell securities through private placements and thus are illiquid and
subject to a variety of risks that are disclosed in each pooled investment vehicle’s confidential
private placement memorandum or disclosure document. Investors should read these
documents carefully and consult with their professional advisors prior to committing
investment dollars. Because many of the securities involved in pooled investment vehicles do
not have transparent trading markets from which accurate and current pricing information can
be derived, or in the case of private equity investments where portfolio security companies are
privately held with no publicly traded market, the firm will be unable to monitor or verify the
accuracy of such performance information.
Structured Products
Structured products are designed to facilitate highly customized risk-return objectives. While
structured products come in many different forms, they typically consist of a debt security that
is structured to make interest and principal payments based upon various assets, rates or
formulas. Many structured products include an embedded derivative component. Structured
products may be structured in the form of a security, in which case these products may receive
benefits provided under federal securities law, or they may be cast as derivatives, in which case
they are offered in the over-the-counter market and are subject to no regulation.
Investment in structured products includes significant risks, including valuation, liquidity, price,
credit and market risks. One common risk associated with structured products is a relative lack
of liquidity due to the highly customized nature of the investment. Moreover, the full extent of
returns from the complex performance features is often not realized until maturity. As such,
structured products tend to be more of a buy-and-hold investment decision rather than a
means of getting in and out of a position with speed and efficiency.
Another risk with structured products is the credit quality of the issuer. Although the cash
flows are derived from other sources, the products themselves are legally considered to be the
issuing financial institution's liabilities. The vast majority of structured products are from high
investment grade issuers only. Also, there is a lack of pricing transparency. There is no uniform
standard for pricing, making it harder to compare the net-of-pricing attractiveness of
alternative structured product offerings than it is, for instance, to compare the net expense
ratios of different mutual funds or commissions among broker-dealers.
Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”)
A REIT is a tax designation for a corporate entity which pools capital of many investors to
purchase and manage real estate. Many REITs invest in income-producing properties in the
office, industrial, retail, and residential real estate sectors. REITs are granted special tax
considerations, which can significantly reduce or eliminate corporate income taxes. In order to
qualify as a REIT and for these special tax considerations, REITs are required by law to
distribute 90% of their taxable income to investors. REITs can be traded on a public exchange
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like a stock, or be offered as a non-traded REIT. REITs, both public exchange-traded and non-
traded, are subject to risks including volatile fluctuations in real estate prices, as well as
fluctuations in the costs of operating or managing investment properties, which can be
substantial. Many REITs obtain management and operational services from companies and
service providers that are directly or indirectly related to the sponsor of the REIT, which
presents a potential conflict of interest that can impact returns on investments.
Non-traded REITs include: (i) A REIT that is registered with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) but is not listed on an exchange or over-the-counter market (non-exchange
traded REIT); or, (i) a REIT that is sold pursuant to an exemption to registration (Private REIT).
Non-traded REITs are generally blind pool investment vehicles. Blind pools are limited
partnerships that do not explicitly state their future investments prior to beginning their
capital-raising phase. During this period of capital-raising, non-traded REITs often pay
distributions to their investors.
The risks of non-traded REITs are varied and significant. Because they are not exchange-traded
investments, they often lack a developed secondary market, thus making them illiquid
investments. As blind pool investment vehicles, non-traded REITs’ initial share prices are not
related to the underlying value of the properties. This is because non-traded REITs begin and
continue to purchase new properties as new capital is raised. Thus, one risk for non-traded
REITs is the possibility that the blind pool will be unable to raise enough capital to carry out its
investment plan. After the capital raising phase is complete, non-traded REIT shares are
infrequently re-valued and thus may not reflect the true net asset value of the underlying real
estate investments. Non-traded REITs often offer investors a redemption program where the
shares can be sold back to the sponsor; however, those redemption programs are often
subject to restrictions and may be suspended at the sponsor’s discretion. While non-traded
REITs may pay distributions to investors at a stated target rate during the capital-raising
phases, the funds used to pay such distributions may be obtained from sources other than
cash flow from operations, and such financing can increase operating costs.
With respect to publicly traded REITs, publicly traded REITs may be subject to additional risks
and price fluctuations in the public market due to investors’ expectations of the individual
REIT, the real estate market generally, specific sectors, the current yield on such REIT, and the
current liquidity available in public market. Although publicly traded REITs offer investors
liquidity, there can be constraints based upon current supply and demand. An investor when
liquidating may receive less than the intrinsic value of the REIT.
Physical Gold and Silver
Buying gold and silver bars and coins exposes the investor to the risk of loss and theft. Costs
are involved to mitigate this risk, such as transportation and storage, which will result in
additional expense which serves to reduce any potential gains. Gold and silver prices are
volatile and subject to market risk, inflation risk, currency risk, and political risk (government
could nationalize mines, fix prices, or create regulatory impediments that could have a material
impact on prices).
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Hedge Funds
A hedge fund is an alternative investment vehicle suitable for sophisticated investors, such as
institutions and individuals that typically meet the Qualified Investor standard under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Hedge funds may invest in traditional securities, such as
stocks, bonds, commodities and real estate, but they typically use sophisticated (and risky)
investments, strategies, and techniques. Hedge funds typically use long-short strategies, which
invest in some balance of long positions (which means buying stocks) and short positions
(which means selling stocks with borrowed money, then buying them back later when their
price has, ideally, fallen).
Additionally, many hedge funds invest in “derivatives,” which are contracts to buy or sell
another security at a specified price. Many hedge funds also use leverage, which is essentially
investing with borrowed money—a strategy that could significantly increase return potential,
but also creates greater risk of loss.
Third, hedge funds are structured as private funds, exempt from registration, have limited
liquidity, and complex tax structures. Most hedge funds, in contrast, seek to generate returns
over a specific period of time called a “lockup period,” during which investors cannot sell their
shares.
Hedge fund managers earn a “management fee,” typically in the range of 1% to 2% of the net
asset value of the fund. In addition, the hedge fund manager receives a percentage of the
returns they earn for investors (performance-based fee), which typically is 20% of the net
profits over some hurdle or minimum return to the fund investors. Performance-based fee
structures may lead the hedge fund managers to invest aggressively to achieve higher returns,
increasing investor risk. Investors looking to invest in hedge funds and alternative investment
vehicles are urged to carefully review the fund’s offering documents, related investor
agreements, and disclosures prior to investing.
Private Equity
Private equity is an ownership interest in a company or portion of a company that is not
publicly owned, quoted, or traded on a stock exchange. Private equity takes an ownership
interest in a company with the goal of enhancing the company's value by bringing about
change. Compared to public equity, long-term results of private equity investments are less
dependent on overall market performance. Private equity investments are subject to certain
risks such as market and investment style risk. Investments are highly illiquid and subject to
greater risk. These risks include lack of liquidity, lack of valuation transparency, conflicts of
interest, higher management fees, and complex tax structures. Private equity investments may
require a longer holding period and are highly speculative and may result in a loss of invested
capital. The strategies discussed may only be appropriate for certain qualified investors.
B. Investment Strategy and Method of Analysis Material Risks
Our investment strategy is custom-tailored to the client’s goals, investment objectives, risk
tolerance, and personal and financial circumstances.
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Margin Leverage
Although Foresight Wealth Advisors, as a general business practice, does not utilize leverage,
there may be instances in which the use of leverage may be appropriate for certain clients and
situations or requested by the clients for personal use. In this regard please review the following:
The use of margin leverage enhances the overall risk of investment gain and loss to the client’s
investment portfolio. For example, investors are able to control $2.00 of a security for $1.00. So,
if the price of a security rises by $1.00, the investor earns a 100% return on their investment.
Conversely, if the security declines by $0.50, then the investor loses 50% of their investment.
The use of margin leverage entails borrowing, which results in additional interest costs to the
investor.
Broker-dealers who carry customer accounts have a minimum equity requirement when clients
utilize margin leverage. The minimum equity requirement is stated as a percentage of the value
of the underlying collateral security with an absolute minimum dollar requirement. For example,
if the price of a security declines in value to the point where the excess equity used to satisfy the
minimum requirement dissipates, the broker-dealer will require the client to deposit additional
collateral to the account in the form of cash or marketable securities. A deposit of securities to
the account will require a larger deposit, as the security being deposited is included in the
computation of the minimum equity requirement. In addition, when leverage is utilized and the
client needs to withdraw cash, the client must sell a disproportionate amount of collateral
securities to release enough cash to satisfy the withdrawal amount based upon similar reasoning
as cited above.
Regulations concerning the use of margin leverage are established by the Federal Reserve Board
and vary if the client’s account is held at a broker-dealer versus a bank custodian. Broker-dealers
and bank custodians may apply more stringent rules as they deem necessary.
Short-Term Trading
Although Foresight Wealth Advisors, as a general business practice, does not utilize short-term
trading, there may be instances in which short-term trading may be necessary or an appropriate
strategy. In this regard, please read the following:
High-frequency trading creates substantial transaction costs that in the aggregate could
negatively impact account performance.
Short Selling
Foresight Wealth Advisors generally does not engage in short selling but reserves the right to
do so in the exercise of its sole judgment. Short selling involves the sale of a security that is
borrowed rather than owned. When a short sale is effected, the investor is expecting the price of
the security to decline in value so that a purchase or closeout of the short sale can be effected at
a significantly lower price. The primary risks of effecting short sales is the availability to borrow
the stock, the unlimited potential for loss, and the requirement to fund any difference between
the short credit balance and the market value of the security.
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Technical Trading Models
Technical trading models are mathematically driven based upon historical data and trends of
domestic and foreign market trading activity, including various industry and sector trading
statistics within such markets. Technical trading models, through mathematical algorithms,
attempt to identify when markets are likely to increase or decrease and identify appropriate
entry and exit points. The primary risk of technical trading models is that historical trends and
past performance cannot predict future trends, and there is no assurance that the mathematical
algorithms employed are designed properly, updated with new data, and can accurately predict
future market, industry, and sector performance.
C. Concentration Risks
There is an inherent risk for clients who have their investment portfolios heavily weighted in one
security, one industry or industry sector, one geographic location, one investment manager, one
type of investment instrument (equities versus fixed income). Clients who have diversified
portfolios, as a general rule, incur less volatility and therefore less fluctuation in portfolio value
than those who have concentrated holdings. Concentrated holdings may offer the potential for
higher gain, but also offer the potential for significant loss.
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Item 9: Disciplinary Information
Item 9: Disciplinary Information
A. Criminal or Civil Actions
There is nothing to report on this item.
B. Administrative Enforcement Proceedings
There is nothing to report on this item.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization Enforcement Proceedings
There is nothing to report on this item.
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Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Broker-Dealer or Representative Registration
Neither Foresight Wealth Advisors nor its affiliates, employees, or independent contractors are
registered broker-dealers and do not have an application to register pending.
B. Futures or Commodity Registration
Neither Foresight Wealth Advisors nor its affiliates are registered as a commodity firm, futures
commission merchant, commodity pool operator or commodity trading advisor and do not have
an application to register pending.
C. Material Relationships Maintained by this Advisory Business and
Conflicts of Interest
Galia Felemovicius is dually registered with Maimon Wealth Management LTD., an SEC-
registered investment adviser. This creates a conflict of interest in that there is an incentive to
recommend the adviser that provides Ms. Felemovicius the greatest economic incentive instead
of what is in the best interest of the client. This activity takes approximately 15% of her time on a
monthly basis.
D. Recommendation or Selection of Other Investment Advisors and
Conflicts of Interest
With respect to its investment management services, the firm engages third-party investment
managers or sub-advisers to manage Foresight Wealth Advisors client accounts, and such third
parties charge a separate fee for their investment management services. Foresight Wealth
Advisors does not receive any referral remuneration from advisers, investment managers, or
other service providers that it recommends to clients.
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Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
A. Code of Ethics Description
In accordance with the Advisers Act, Foresight Wealth Advisors has adopted policies and
procedures designed to detect and prevent insider trading. In addition, Foresight Wealth
Advisors has adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”). Among other things, the Code includes
written procedures governing the conduct of Foresight Wealth Advisors’ advisory and access
persons. The Code also imposes certain reporting obligations on persons subject to the Code.
The Code and applicable securities transactions are monitored by the chief compliance officer of
Foresight Wealth Advisors. Foresight Wealth Advisors will send clients a copy of its Code of
Ethics upon written request.
Foresight Wealth Advisors has policies and procedures in place to ensure that the interests of its
clients are given preference over those of Foresight Wealth Advisors, its affiliates and its
employees. For example, there are policies in place to prevent the misappropriation of material
non-public information, and such other policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply
with federal and state securities laws.
B. Investment Recommendations Involving a Material Financial Interest and
Conflicts of Interest
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not engage in principal trading (i.e., the practice of selling stock
to advisory clients from a firm’s inventory or buying stocks from advisory clients into a firm’s
inventory). In addition, Foresight Wealth Advisors does not recommend any securities to
advisory clients in which it has some proprietary or ownership interest.
C. Advisory Firm Purchase or Sale of Same Securities Recommended to
Clients and Conflicts of Interest
Foresight Wealth Advisors, its affiliates, employees and their families, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations and retirement plans established by it may purchase or sell the same securities as
are purchased or sold for clients in accordance with its Code of Ethics policies and procedures.
The personal securities transactions by advisory representatives and employees may raise
potential conflicts of interest when they trade in a security that is:
▪ owned by the client, or
▪ considered for purchase or sale for the client.
Such conflict generally refers to the practice of front-running (trading ahead of the client), which
Foresight Wealth Advisors specifically prohibits. Foresight Wealth Advisors has adopted policies
and procedures that are intended to address these conflicts of interest. These policies and
procedures:
▪
require our advisory representatives and employees to act in the client’s best interest
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▪ prohibit fraudulent conduct in connection with the trading of securities in a client
account
▪ prohibit employees from personally benefitting by causing a client to act, or fail to act in
making investment decisions
▪ prohibit the firm or its employees from profiting or causing others to profit on
knowledge of completed or contemplated client transactions
▪ allocate investment opportunities in a fair and equitable manner
▪ provide for the review of transactions to discover and correct any trades that result in an
advisory representative or employee benefiting at the expense of a client.
Advisory representatives and employees must follow Foresight Wealth Advisors’ procedures
when purchasing or selling the same securities purchased or sold for the client.
D. Client Securities Recommendations or Trades and Concurrent Advisory
Firm Securities Transactions and Conflicts of Interest
Foresight Wealth Advisors, its affiliates, employees and their families, trusts, estates, charitable
organizations, and retirement plans established by it may effect securities transactions for their
own accounts that differ from those recommended or effected for other Foresight Wealth
Advisors clients. Foresight Wealth Advisors will make a reasonable attempt to trade securities in
client accounts at or prior to trading the securities in its affiliate, corporate, employee or
employee-related accounts. Trades executed the same day will likely be subject to an average
pricing calculation. It is the policy of Foresight Wealth Advisors to place the clients’ interests
above those of Foresight Wealth Advisors and its employees.
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Item 12: Brokerage Practices
A. Factors Used to Select Broker-Dealers for Client Transactions
Custodian Recommendations
Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend that clients establish brokerage accounts with the
Schwab Advisor Services division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab” or “custodian”), a
FINRA-registered broker-dealer, member SIPC, to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to
effect trades for their accounts. Although Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend that
clients establish accounts at the custodian, it is the client’s decision to custody assets with the
custodian. Foresight Wealth Advisors is independently owned and operated and not affiliated
with custodian. For Foresight Wealth Advisors-managed advisory accounts, the custodian
generally does not charge separately for custody services but is compensated by account
holders through commissions and other transaction-related or asset-based fees for securities
trades that are executed through the custodian or that settle into custodian accounts.
Foresight Wealth Advisors considers the financial strength, reputation, operational efficiency,
cost, execution capability, level of customer service, and related factors in recommending
broker-dealers or custodians to advisory clients.
In certain instances and subject to approval by Foresight Wealth Advisors, Foresight Wealth
Advisors will recommend to clients certain other broker-dealers and/or custodians based on the
needs of the individual client, and taking into consideration the nature of the services required,
the experience of the broker-dealer or custodian, the cost and quality of the services, and the
reputation of the broker-dealer or custodian. The final determination to engage a broker-dealer
or custodian recommended by Foresight Wealth Advisors will be made by and in the sole
discretion of the client. The client recognizes that broker-dealers and/or custodians have
different cost and fee structures and trade execution capabilities. As a result, there may be
disparities with respect to the cost of services and/or the transaction prices for securities
transactions executed on behalf of the client. Clients are responsible for assessing the
commissions and other costs charged by broker-dealers and/or custodians.
How We Select Brokers/Custodians to Recommend
Foresight Wealth Advisors seeks to recommend a custodian/broker who will hold client assets
and execute transactions on terms that provide the most value given a particular client’s needs
when compared to other available providers and their services. We consider a wide range of
factors, including, among others, the following:
▪ combination of transaction execution services along with asset custody services
(generally without a separate fee for custody)
▪ capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for client accounts)
▪ capabilities to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts (wire transfers,
check requests, bill payment, etc.)
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▪ breadth of investment products made available (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-
traded funds (ETFs), etc.)
▪ availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment
decisions
▪ quality of services
▪ competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, margin interest rates,
other fees, etc.) and willingness to negotiate them
▪
reputation, financial strength, and stability of the provider
▪
their prior service to us and our other clients
▪ availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below
Client’s Custody and Brokerage Costs
For client accounts that the firm maintains, the custodian generally does not charge clients
separately for custody services but is compensated by charging either transaction fees or
custodian asset-based fees on trades that it executes or that settle into the custodian’s
accounts. For some accounts, the custodian may charge a percentage of the dollar amount of
assets in the account in lieu of commissions. The custodian’s commission rates and asset-
based fees applicable to the firm’s client accounts were negotiated based on the firm’s
commitment to maintain a certain minimum amount of client assets at the custodian. This
commitment benefits the client because the overall commission rates and asset-based fees
paid are lower than they would be if the firm had not made the commitment. In addition to
commissions or asset-based fees, the custodian charges a flat dollar amount as a “prime
broker” or “trade away” fee for each trade that the firm has executed by a different broker-
dealer but where the securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited
(settled) into the client’s custodian account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or
other compensation the client pays the executing broker-dealer. Because of this, in order to
minimize the client’s trading costs, the firm has the custodian execute most trades for the
account.
Soft Dollar Arrangements
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not utilize soft dollar arrangements. Foresight Wealth Advisors
does not direct brokerage transactions to executing brokers for research and brokerage
services.
Institutional Trading and Custody Services
The custodian provides Foresight Wealth Advisors with access to its institutional trading and
custody services, which are typically not available to the custodian’s retail investors. These
services generally are available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis, at
no charge to them so long as a certain minimum amount of the advisor’s clients’ assets are
maintained in accounts at a particular custodian. The custodian’s brokerage services include
the execution of securities transactions, custody, research, and access to mutual funds and
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other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or
would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment.
Other Products and Services
Custodian also makes available to Foresight Wealth Advisors other products and services that
benefit Foresight Wealth Advisors but may not directly benefit its clients’ accounts. Many of
these products and services may be used to service all or some substantial number of
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at custodian. The
custodian may also make available to Foresight Wealth Advisors software and other
technology that
▪ provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account
statements)
▪
facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client
accounts
▪ provide research, pricing and other market data
▪
facilitate payment of Foresight Wealth Advisors’ fees from its clients’ accounts
▪ assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting
The custodian may also offer other services intended to help Foresight Wealth Advisors
manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services may include
▪ compliance, legal and business consulting
▪ publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
▪ access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and insurance
providers
The custodian may also provide other benefits such as educational events or occasional
business entertainment of Foresight Wealth Advisors personnel. In evaluating whether to
recommend that clients custody their assets at the custodian, Foresight Wealth Advisors may
take into account the availability of some of the foregoing products and services and other
arrangements as part of the total mix of factors it considers, and not solely the nature, cost or
quality of custody and brokerage services provided by the custodian, which creates a conflict
of interest.
Independent Third Parties
The custodian may make available, arrange, and/or pay third-party vendors for the types of
services rendered to Foresight Wealth Advisors. The custodian may discount or waive fees it
would otherwise charge for some of these services or all or a part of the fees of a third party
providing these services to Foresight Wealth Advisors.
Additional Compensation Received from Custodians
Foresight Wealth Advisors may participate in institutional customer programs sponsored by
broker-dealers or custodians. Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend these broker-dealers
or custodians to clients for custody and brokerage services. There is no direct link between
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Foresight Wealth Advisors’ participation in such programs and the investment advice it gives
to its clients, although Foresight Wealth Advisors receives economic benefits through its
participation in the programs that are typically not available to retail investors. These benefits
may include the following products and services (provided without cost or at a discount):
▪ Receipt of duplicate client statements and confirmations
▪ Research-related products and tools
▪ Consulting services
▪ Access to a trading desk serving Foresight Wealth Advisors participants
▪ Access to block trading (which provides the ability to aggregate securities transactions
for execution and then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts)
▪ The ability to have advisory fees deducted directly from client accounts
▪ Access to an electronic communications network for client order entry and account
information
▪ Access to mutual funds with no transaction fees and to certain institutional money
managers
▪ Discounts on compliance, marketing, research, technology, and practice management
products or services provided to Foresight Wealth Advisors by third-party vendors
The custodian may also pay for business consulting and professional services received by
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ related persons, and may pay or reimburse expenses (including
client transition expenses, travel, lodging, meals and entertainment expenses for Foresight
Wealth Advisors’ personnel to attend conferences). Some of the products and services made
available by such custodian through its institutional customer programs may benefit Foresight
Wealth Advisors but may not benefit its client accounts. These products or services may assist
Foresight Wealth Advisors in managing and administering client accounts, including accounts
not maintained at the custodian as applicable. Other services made available through the
programs are intended to help Foresight Wealth Advisors manage and further develop its
business enterprise. The benefits received by Foresight Wealth Advisors or its personnel
through participation in these programs do not depend on the amount of brokerage
transactions directed to the broker-dealer.
Foresight Wealth Advisors also participates in similar institutional advisor programs offered by
other independent broker-dealers or trust companies, and its continued participation may
require Foresight Wealth Advisors to maintain a predetermined level of assets at such firms. In
connection with its participation in such programs, Foresight Wealth Advisors will typically
receive benefits similar to those listed above, including research, payments for business
consulting and professional services received by Foresight Wealth Advisors’ related persons,
and reimbursement of expenses (including travel, lodging, meals and entertainment expenses
for Foresight Wealth Advisors’ personnel to attend conferences sponsored by the broker-
dealer or trust company).
As part of its fiduciary duties to clients, Foresight Wealth Advisors endeavors at all times to put
the interests of its clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that the receipt of economic
benefits by Foresight Wealth Advisors or its related persons in and of itself creates a conflict of
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interest and indirectly influences Foresight Wealth Advisors’ recommendation of broker-
dealers for custody and brokerage services.
The Firm’s Interest in Custodian’s Services
The availability of these services from the custodian benefits the firm because the firm does
not have to produce or purchase them. These services are not contingent upon the firm
committing any specific amount of business to the custodian in trading commissions or assets
in custody. Custodian’s services give the firm an incentive to recommend that clients maintain
their accounts with the custodian based on the firm’s interest in receiving the custodian’s
services that benefit the firm’s business rather than based on the client’s interest in receiving
the best value in custody services and the most favorable execution of client transactions. This
is a conflict of interest. The firm believes, however, that the selection of the custodian as
custodian and broker is in the best interest of clients. It is primarily supported by the scope,
quality, and price of the custodian’s services and not the custodian’s services that benefit only
the firm.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not engage in the practice of directing brokerage commissions
in exchange for the referral of advisory clients.
Directed Brokerage
Foresight Wealth Advisors Recommendations
Foresight Wealth Advisors typically recommends Schwab as custodian for clients’ funds and
securities and to execute securities transactions on its clients’ behalf.
Client-Directed Brokerage
Occasionally, clients may direct Foresight Wealth Advisors to use a particular broker-dealer to
execute portfolio transactions for their account or request that certain types of securities not
be purchased for their account. Clients who designate the use of a particular broker-dealer
should be aware that they will lose any possible advantage Foresight Wealth Advisors derives
from aggregating transactions. Such client trades are typically effected after the trades of
clients who have not directed the use of a particular broker-dealer. Foresight Wealth Advisors
loses the ability to aggregate trades with other Foresight Wealth Advisors advisory clients,
potentially subjecting the client to inferior trade execution prices as well as higher
commissions.
B. Aggregating Securities Transactions for Client Accounts
Best Execution
Foresight Wealth Advisors may recommend that clients establish brokerage accounts with
Schwab to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to effect trades for their accounts. Such
accounts will be prime broker eligible so that if and when the need arises to effect securities
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transactions at broker-dealers ("executing brokers") other than with the client’s current
custodian, such custodian will accept delivery or deliver the applicable security from/to the
executing broker. Schwab charges a “trade away” fee which is charged against the client account
for each trade away occurrence. Other custodians have their own policies concerning prime
broker accounts and trade away fees. Clients are directed to consult their current custodian for
their policies and fees.
Foresight Wealth Advisors, pursuant to the terms of its investment advisory agreement with
clients, has discretionary authority to determine which securities are to be bought and sold, the
amount of such securities, the executing broker, and the commission rates to be paid to effect
such transactions. Foresight Wealth Advisors recognizes that the analysis of execution quality
involves a number of factors, both qualitative and quantitative. Foresight Wealth Advisors will
follow a process in an attempt to ensure that it is seeking to obtain the most favorable
execution under the prevailing circumstances when placing client orders. These factors include
but are not limited to the following:
▪ The financial strength, reputation and stability of the broker
▪ The efficiency with which the transaction is effected
▪ The ability to effect prompt and reliable executions at favorable prices (including the
applicable dealer spread or commission, if any)
▪ The availability of the broker to stand ready to effect transactions of varying degrees of
difficulty in the future
▪ The efficiency of error resolution, clearance and settlement
▪ Block trading and positioning capabilities
▪ Performance measurement
▪ Online access to computerized data regarding customer accounts
▪ Availability, comprehensiveness, and frequency of brokerage and research services
▪ Commission rates
▪ The economic benefit to the client
▪ Related matters involved in the receipt of brokerage services
Consistent with its fiduciary responsibilities, Foresight Wealth Advisors seeks to ensure that
clients receive best execution with respect to clients’ transactions by blocking client trades to
reduce commissions and transaction costs. To the best of Foresight Wealth Advisors’ knowledge,
these custodians provide high-quality execution, and Foresight Wealth Advisors’ clients do not
pay higher transaction costs in return for such execution.
Commission rates and securities transaction fees charged to effect such transactions are
established by the client’s independent custodian and/or broker-dealer. Based upon its own
knowledge of the securities industry, Foresight Wealth Advisors believes that such commission
rates are competitive within the securities industry. Lower commissions or better execution may
be able to be achieved elsewhere.
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Item 12: Brokerage Practices
Security Allocation
Since Foresight Wealth Advisors may be managing accounts with similar investment objectives,
Foresight Wealth Advisors may aggregate orders for securities for such accounts. In such event,
allocation of the securities so purchased or sold, as well as expenses incurred in the transaction,
is made by Foresight Wealth Advisors in the manner it considers to be the most equitable and
consistent with its fiduciary obligations to such accounts.
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ allocation procedures seek to allocate investment opportunities
among clients in the fairest possible way, taking into account the clients’ best interests.
Foresight Wealth Advisors will follow procedures to ensure that allocations do not involve a
practice of favoring or discriminating against any client or group of clients. Account
performance is never a factor in trade allocations.
Foresight Wealth Advisors’ advice to certain clients and entities and the action of Foresight
Wealth Advisors for those and other clients are frequently premised not only on the merits of a
particular investment, but also on the suitability of that investment for the particular client in
light of his or her applicable investment objective, guidelines and circumstances. Thus, any
action of Foresight Wealth Advisors with respect to a particular investment may, for a particular
client, differ or be opposed to the recommendation, advice, or actions of Foresight Wealth
Advisors to or on behalf of other clients.
Order Aggregation
Orders for the same security entered on behalf of more than one client will generally be
aggregated (i.e., blocked or bunched) subject to the aggregation being in the best interests of
all participating clients. Subsequent orders for the same security entered during the same
trading day may be aggregated with any previously unfilled orders. Subsequent orders may also
be aggregated with filled orders if the market price for the security has not materially changed
and the aggregation does not cause any unintended duration exposure. All clients participating
in each aggregated order will receive the average price and, subject to minimum ticket charges
and possible step outs, pay a pro rata portion of commissions.
To minimize performance dispersion, “strategy” trades should be aggregated and average
priced. However, when a trade is to be executed for an individual account and the trade is not in
the best interests of other accounts, then the trade will only be performed for that account. This
is true even if Foresight Wealth Advisors believes that a larger size block trade would lead to
best overall price for the security being transacted.
Allocation of Trades
All allocations will be made prior to the close of business on the trade date. In the event an
order is “partially filled,” the allocation will be made in the best interests of all the clients in the
order, taking into account all relevant factors including, but not limited to, the size of each
client’s allocation, clients’ liquidity needs and previous allocations. In most cases, accounts will
get a pro forma allocation based on the initial allocation. This policy also applies if an order is
“over-filled.”
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Foresight Wealth Advisors acts in accordance with its duty to seek best price and execution and
will not continue any arrangements if Foresight Wealth Advisors determines that such
arrangements are no longer in the best interest of its clients.
Trade Errors
From time to time, Foresight Wealth Advisors may make an error in submitting a trade order on
the client’s behalf. When this occurs, Foresight Wealth Advisors may place a correcting trade
with the broker-dealer. If an investment gain results from the correcting trade, the gain will
remain in client’s account unless the same error involved other client account(s) that should
have received the gain, it is not permissible for client to retain the gain, or Foresight Wealth
Advisors confers with client and client decides to forego the gain (e.g., due to tax reasons).
If the gain does not remain in client’s account and Schwab is the custodian, Schwab will donate
the amount of any gain $100 and over to charity. If a loss occurs greater than $100, Foresight
Wealth Advisors will pay for the loss. Schwab will maintain the loss or gain (if such gain is not
retained in client’s account) if it is under $100 to minimize and offset its administrative time and
expense. Generally, if related trade errors result in both gains and losses in client’s account, they
may be “netted.”
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Item 13: Review of Accounts
Item 13: Review of Accounts
A. Schedule for Periodic Review of Client Accounts or Financial Plans and
Advisory Persons Involved
Accounts are reviewed by Foresight Wealth Advisors’ President, Galia Felemovicius. The
frequency of reviews is determined based on the client’s investment objectives, but reviews are
conducted no less frequently than semi-annually. More frequent reviews may also be triggered
by a change in the client’s investment objectives, tax considerations, large deposits or
withdrawals, large purchases or sales, loss of confidence in the underlying investment, or
changes in macro-economic climate.
B. Review of Client Accounts on Non-Periodic Basis
Foresight Wealth Advisors may perform ad hoc reviews on an as-needed basis if there have
been material changes in the client’s investment objectives or risk tolerance, or a material
change in how Foresight Wealth Advisors formulates investment advice.
C. Content of Client-Provided Reports and Frequency
Per the individual client agreement, Foresight Wealth Advisors may report to the client
information on contributions and withdrawals in the client's investment portfolio and the
performance of the client's portfolio.
The client’s independent qualified custodian provides account statements directly to the client
no less frequently than quarterly. The custodian’s statement is the official record of the client’s
securities account and supersedes any statements or reports created on behalf of the client by
Foresight Wealth Advisors.
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Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A. Economic Benefits Provided to the Advisory Firm from External Sources
and Conflicts of Interest
Foresight Wealth Advisors receives an economic benefit from custodians in the form of the
support products and services they make available to us. These products and services, how they
benefit us, and the related conflicts of interest are described in this Brochure under Item 12:
Brokerage Practices. The availability to us of custodians’ products and services is not based on
us giving particular investment advice, such as buying particular securities for our clients.
B. Advisory Firm Payments for Client Referrals
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not pay for client referrals.
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Item 15: Custody
Item 15: Custody
Foresight Wealth Advisors is considered to have custody of client assets for purposes of the
Advisers Act for the following reasons:
▪ The client authorizes us to instruct their custodian to deduct our advisory fees directly
from the client’s account. The custodian maintains actual custody of clients’ assets.
▪ Our authority to direct client requests, utilizing standing instructions, for wire transfer of
funds for first-party money movement and third-party money movement (checks and/or
journals, ACH, Fed-wires). The firm has elected to meet the SEC’s seven conditions to
avoid the surprise custody exam, as outlined below:
1. The client provides an instruction to the qualified custodian, in writing, that includes
the client’s signature, the third party’s name, and either the third party’s address or
the third party’s account number at a custodian to which the transfer should be
directed.
2. The client authorizes the investment adviser, in writing, either on the qualified
custodian’s form or separately, to direct transfers to the third party either on a
specified schedule or from time to time.
3. The client’s qualified custodian performs appropriate verification of the instruction,
such as a signature review or other method to verify the client’s authorization, and
provides a transfer of funds notice to the client promptly after each transfer.
4. The client has the ability to terminate or change the instruction to the client’s
qualified custodian.
5. The investment adviser has no authority or ability to designate or change the identity
of the third party, the address, or any other information about the third party
contained in the client’s instruction.
6. The investment adviser maintains records showing that the third party is not a
related party of the investment adviser or located at the same address as the
investment adviser.
7. The client’s qualified custodian sends the client, in writing, an initial notice confirming
the instruction and an annual notice reconfirming the instruction.
Individual advisory clients will receive at least quarterly account statements directly from their
qualified custodian containing a description of all activity, cash balances, and portfolio holdings
in their accounts. Clients are urged to compare the account balance(s) shown on their account
statements to the quarter-end balance(s) on their custodian's monthly statement. The
custodian’s statement is the official record of the account.
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Item 16: Investment Discretion
Item 16: Investment Discretion
Clients may grant a limited power of attorney to Foresight Wealth Advisors with respect to
trading activity in their accounts by signing the appropriate custodian limited power of attorney
form. In those cases, Foresight Wealth Advisors will exercise full discretion as to the nature and
type of securities to be purchased and sold and the amount of securities for such transactions.
Investment limitations may be designated by the client as outlined in the investment advisory
agreement.
In addition, subject to the terms of its investment advisory agreement, Foresight Wealth
Advisors may be granted discretionary authority for the retention of independent third-party
sub-advisers. Under such terms, the firm would also exercise discretion as to the executing
broker to be used for securities transactions and the amount of commissions to be paid. Please
see the applicable third-party sub-adviser’s disclosure brochure for detailed information relating
to discretionary authority.
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Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not take discretion with respect to voting proxies on behalf of
its clients. All proxy material will be forwarded to the client by the client’s custodian for the client’s
review and action. Clients may contact the firm with questions regarding proxies they have
received.
Except as required by applicable law, Foresight Wealth Advisors will not be obligated to render
advice or take any action on behalf of clients with respect to assets presently or formerly held in
their accounts that become the subject of any legal proceedings, including bankruptcies.
From time to time, securities held in the accounts of clients will be the subject of class action
lawsuits. Foresight Wealth Advisors has no obligation to determine if securities held by the client
are subject to a pending or resolved class action lawsuit. Foresight Wealth Advisors also has no
duty to evaluate a client’s eligibility or to submit a claim to participate in the proceeds of a
securities class action settlement or verdict. Furthermore, Foresight Wealth Advisors has no
obligation or responsibility to initiate litigation to recover damages on behalf of clients who may
have been injured as a result of actions, misconduct, or negligence by corporate management of
issuers whose securities are held by clients.
Where Foresight Wealth Advisors receives written or electronic notice of a class action lawsuit,
settlement, or verdict affecting securities owned by a client, it will forward all notices, proof of
claim forms, and other materials to the client. Electronic mail is acceptable where appropriate
and where the client has authorized contact in this manner.
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Item 18: Financial Information
Item 18: Financial Information
A. Balance Sheet
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not require the prepayment of fees of $1200 or more, six
months or more in advance, and as such is not required to file a balance sheet.
B. Financial Conditions Reasonably Likely to Impair Advisory Firm’s Ability
to Meet Commitments to Clients
Foresight Wealth Advisors does not have any financial issues that would impair its ability to
provide services to clients.
C. Bankruptcy Petitions During the Past Ten Years
There is nothing to report on this item.
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