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HMS Capital Management, LLC
5130 Ashland City Hwy
Nashville, TN 37218
615.829.7200
www.hmscm.com
www.harmonyim.com
Disclosure Brochure
03/18/2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of HMS Capital Management,
LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 615.829.7200. 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.
HMS Capital Management, LLC is a registered investment adviser. Registration of an investment adviser does not
imply any level of skill or training. The oral and written communications of an adviser provide you with information
about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser.
Additional information about HMS Capital Management, LLC also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. HMS Capital Management, LLC’s CRD # is 149764.
Material Changes
The material changes in this brochure from the last annual updating amendment of HMS Capital
Management, LLC on 2/5/2025 are described below. Material changes related to HMS Capital
Management, LLC’s policies, practices, or conflicts of interest.
• HMS Capital Management, LLC updated this brochure to clarify that it does not charge
performance-based fees.
• HMS Capital Management, LLC updated its Disciplinary Information section.
• HMS Capital Management, LLC updated this brochure to state that neither it nor its
representatives have other financial activities or affiliations.
• HMS Capital Management, LLC disclosed that it compensates a third-party for referrals under
a previous agreement, but no longer enters into agreements with promoters.
Our current brochure may be requested by contacting Dana Brisendine, President and Chief Compliance Officer at 615.829.7200 or by email
at dana@hmscm.com. We will provide you with a new brochure at any time without charge.
Additional information about us and about persons affiliated with us who are registered as our investment adviser representatives (“your
advisory representative”) is also available via the SEC’s website, at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Information regarding your advisory
representative can also be found in the supplements to this brochure.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Material Changes __________________________________________________________________________ 2
Advisory Business __________________________________________________________________________ 4
Investment Management Services Fees _________________________________________________________ 7
Performance Based Fees ____________________________________________________________________ 9
Types of Clients ____________________________________________________________________________ 9
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ________________________________________ 9
Disciplinary Information _____________________________________________________________________ 10
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations _________________________________________________ 10
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading _____________________ 10
Brokerage Practices _______________________________________________________________________ 11
Review of Accounts ________________________________________________________________________ 14
Client Referrals and Other Compensation ______________________________________________________ 15
Custody _________________________________________________________________________________ 15
Investment Discretion ______________________________________________________________________ 15
Voting Client Securities _____________________________________________________________________ 16
Financial Information _______________________________________________________________________ 16
HMS Investment Management, LLC - CRD Number 149764
Advisory Business
HMS Capital Management, LLC
(hereinafter, “HMSCM”, “HMS Capital”,
“HMS”, “HMS Investment Advisors, we,
us, our, ours)
is a Limited Liability
Company organized under the laws of the
state of Tennessee. Angela Robinson,
Dana Moore Brisendine, and George
Stadler founded the Nashville -based
investment advisory firm in 2009 and are
the principal owners. HMS Capital is
registered with the SEC and notice filed in
all appropriate states.
Investment Management Services
• Innovators – multi capitalization
aggressive growth stock portfolio
• Mid Cap Growth – medium
capitalization aggressive growth stock
portfolio
• Core Growth – aggressive portfolio
of large capitalization growth and value
stocks
• Aggressive Growth – aggressive
portfolio of stocks, ETFs and mutual
funds
• Balanced Growth – balanced
portfolio of stocks, bonds, mutual
funds and ETFs
• Conservative Growth – income
oriented portfolio of stocks, bonds,
mutual funds, ETFs and covered call
positions
• Tactical Hedge – is a portfolio
overlay that can be used to help mitigate
risk in the client’s portfolio. This
overlay utilizes protective puts and
speculative calls and can be added to
any equity strategy. This overlay
includes a higher fee.
Through discussions, interviews and/or
client questionnaires, we assist you in
determining your investment goals and
identifying your risk tolerance levels. We
work with you to develop a detailed client
profile to determine an appropriate
investment model for you. We currently
have eight different investment models
that use a mix of domestic and foreign
equities, fixed income securities, mutual
funds, exchange traded funds and other
suitable investment vehicles. We directly
manage all portfolios.
The eight different investment models
are:
• Focus 20 -a portfolio of 20 multi-
capitalization growth stocks and a broad
market index ETF
We will rebalance and/or reallocate your
portfolio at least annually. We may
rebalance more frequently at our discretion
should market conditions dictate. You are
advised that transactions in the account,
account reallocations and rebalancing may
trigger a taxable event for you, with the
exception of IRA accounts, 403(b)
accounts and other qualified retirement
accounts.
• Equity Income – a portfolio of large
cap dividend producing stocks and a
broad market index ETF
In addition to direct portfolio
management, we can consult with you on
assets not managed by us. Your entire
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Family Wealth Advisor Services
(Family Office)
investment portfolio can be analyzed (at
least annually) to evaluate the
appropriateness of the overall asset
allocation and the portion managed by
HMS in light of this. Additionally,
aggregation software fees may apply but
will be disclosed to you before any work is
completed.
Through Family Wealth Advisor
Services, HMS provides the client with
education, advice on wealth related
topics, and strategic recommendations.
Family Wealth Advisor Services includes
the following:
Financial Consulting Services
• Serve as the family's Gate Keeper or
"Go-To" advisor
• Develop a plan for the family to
make sure they reach their wealth
goals
• Design and implement a wealth plan
with the family's estate attorney and
tax professionals
• Assist with the selection of a
We act as a financial adviser to you to
provide education and strategic
recommendations on the following:
a) General Wealth Education
b) Investing to meet long term goals
c) Budgeting
d) Estate planning consultation
e) Insurance consultation
f) Risk Management and Asset
Corporate or Individual Trustee for
the family
• Provide financial education on a
Protection
g) Tax Plan Review
h) Other advice as needed
wide range of topics
• Work with the next generation to
develop the plan to reach their
financial goals
• Negotiate and facilitate personal and
business banking relationships with
several local, regional and national
banks
Fees for Financial Consulting Services are
charged on an hourly basis at $350/hr.
with a four-hour minimum. Client may
choose to hire HMS to provide financial
planning at a rate of $350 hour with a
maximum fee of $6,000 for financial
planning.
In addition to these services, HMS also
provides Family Wealth Advisor Services
(Family Office).
• Provide consolidated performance
reporting so the family can see all
the accounts in one place
• Identify and implement risk
management programs for the
family
• Cash Flow Management &
Budgeting
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• Coordinate Income and Retirement
& Social Security Income Planning
investment objectives or if you wish to
impose any reasonable restrictions upon
the management of your account.
• Assist with Long Term Care
Planning
Assets Under Management
• Provide Asset Allocation Oversight
As of December 31, 2025, we manage.
• Provide Investment Oversight
• Review Insurance Needs
• Provide Bill Payment Services
Fees & Compensation
$295,776,087 million in assets and have 367
client accounts we manage on a
discretionary basis where we make all the
investment decisions. We have 1 legacy
client account with approximately $10,769
dollars in assets that we manage on a non-
discretionary basis. All new accounts are
only accepted on a discretionary basis. In
addition, we have $83,199,011 in assets
under advisement but are not managed by
HMS.
The minimum fee charged by HMS
Capital Management, LLC for Family
Wealth Advisor Services (Family Office) is
$25,000/year. This represents 72 hours of
Family Wealth Advisory Services.
Additional monthly hours can be
purchased.
Needs and Restrictions
In managing your investment portfolio,
we consider your:
• financial situation,
• risk tolerance,
• investment horizon,
• liquidity needs,
• tax considerations,
• investment objectives, and
• any other issues important to your
state of affairs.
You should notify us promptly if there are
any changes in your financial situation or
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All fees are negotiable at our sole
discretion.
Investment Management Services
Fees
Payment Methods and Other Charges
Equity Accounts and Balanced
Accounts Account (s)AUM/AUA
Advisory Fee
For Investment Management Services,
you must authorize us in writing to have
the custodian/ broker-dealer pay us
directly by charging your account. This
authorization is typically provided in our
advisory agreement and/or in the limited
the
power of attorney section of
custodian’s new account forms.
We offer fee-only services based upon the
value of the assets in your portfolio. Broker
dealers and other financial institutions that
hold client accounts are referred to as
custodians (“custodian/ broker-dealer”). Your
custodian determines the values of the assets
in your portfolio. Our advisory agreement
gives us the authority to change the amount
of fees with thirty (30) days advance written
notice. At which time you will be asked to sign
a new fee schedule, or you may choose to
close the account.
$0 to $1,000,000
2.00%
Fees for the initial month will be adjusted
pro-rata based upon the number of days in
the month that the advisory agreement is in
effect. The fees are charged in arrears on a
monthly basis and are based upon the value
of the assets as of the month end. Fees will
be adjusted for deposits or withdrawals to
the account during the billing period.
$1,000,001 to $10,000,000
1.50%
$10,000,001 to $20,000,000
1.25%
Over $20,000,001
1.00%
Fixed Income Only Accounts
Your custodian also provides you with
statements that show the amount paid
directly to us. You should review your
custodian’s statement and verify that the
proper amount has been deducted. Your
custodian does not typically verify the
accuracy of fee calculations.
Account(s) AUM/AUA Advisory Fee
$0 to $5,000,000 1.50%
$5,000,001 to $10,000,000 1.00%
$10,000,001 to $20,000,000 0.75%
Fees for Financial Consulting Services are
billed as described above with the balance
billed to you monthly based upon the hours
completed. If more hours are requested,
then details of how and when all payments
are to be made will be included in your
advisory agreement for these services.
Over $20,000,001 0.50%
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In addition to our fee, you may be required
to pay other charges such as:
• custodial fees,
• brokerage commissions,
• transaction fees,
• internal fees and expenses charged
While you may purchase shares of mutual
funds directly from the mutual fund
company without a transaction fee, those
investments would not be part of our
advisory relationship with you. This means
that they would not be included in our
investment strategies, investment
performance monitoring, or portfolio
reallocations.
by mutual funds or exchange traded
funds (“ETFs”)
• other fees and taxes on brokerage
accounts and securities transactions.
• aggregation software fees
Please be sure to read the section entitled
“Brokerage Practices,” which follows later
in this brochure.
None of these fees are paid to, or are
shared with, us.
Mutual fund companies, ETFs, and
annuity issuers charge internal fees and
expenses for their products. These fees
and expenses are in addition to any
advisory fees charged by us. Complete
details of these internal fees and expenses
are explained in the prospectuses for each
investment. You are strongly encouraged
to read these explanations before investing
any money.
You may ask us any questions you have
about fees and expenses.
Our investment advisory fees are billed in
arrears. Clients may terminate the advisory
agreement with five (5) days’ advance
written notice. Should either party
terminate the advisory agreement we have
entered before the end of a billing period,
we will deduct any earned fees prior to
closing the account. If we are unable to
collect the final fee from your account, we
may invoice you for the final amount. The
amount charged to you is calculated by
multiplying the market value of your
account on the day the agreement is
terminated by the fee percentage times the
days in the prorated period. This amount,
which equals the amount we earned for the
partial month is deducted from your
account. Your custodian may charge
account closing or termination fees. Those
fees are paid to the custodian, and HMS
does not receive any of these fees.
If you purchase mutual funds through the
custodian/broker-dealer, you may pay a
transaction fee that would not be charged if
the transactions were made directly
through the mutual fund company. Also,
mutual funds held in accounts at brokerage
firms may pay internal fees that are
different from funds held at the mutual
fund company.
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Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies and Risk of Loss
Family Wealth Advisor Services
(Family Office) Fees
The minimum fee charged by HMS Capital
Management, LLC for Family Wealth
Advisor Services is $25,000/year. This
represents 72 hours of Family Wealth
Advisory Services. The Family Wealth
Advisory team consists of a Family Wealth
Advisor, a Portfolio Manager, and a Family
Wealth Strategist. Fees are due 15 days
after the receipt of the Invoice. Additional
monthly hours may be purchased as
needed.
Performance Based Fees
We select specific investments for your
portfolios using fundamental analysis.
Fundamental analysis is a method of
evaluating a company that has issued a
security by attempting to measure the value
of its underlying assets. It entails studying
overall economic and industry conditions
as well as the financial condition and the
quality of the company’s management.
Earnings, expenses, assets, and liabilities are
all important in determining the value of a
company. The value is then compared to
the current price of the issuing company’s
security to determine whether to purchase,
sell or hold the security.
We do not accept performance-based fees
or other fees based on a share of capital
gains on or capital appreciation of a client.
Types of Clients
We select securities based upon a
combination of quantitative, fundamental
and technical factors. We use information
from public sources, such as financial
reports and industry and financial
periodicals, as well as technical and
charting analysis prepared by independent
sources.
Our investment strategies may include
long-term and short-term purchases and
sales. You may place reasonable
restrictions on the strategies to be
employed in your portfolio and the types
of investments to be held in your
portfolio.
All investments involve risks that can
result in loss:
•
loss of principal,
We provide advisory services primarily to
individuals, high net worth individuals,
charitable organizations, corporations, and
insurance companies. As a condition for
starting and maintaining an advisory
relationship, we generally require a
minimum portfolio size of $500,000. At
our sole discretion, we may accept clients
with smaller portfolios based upon certain
factors including anticipated future earning
capacity, anticipated future additional assets,
account composition, related accounts, and
pre-existing client relationships. We may
consider the portfolios of your family
members to determine if your portfolio
meets the minimum size requirement.
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Disciplinary Information
•
• a reduction in earnings (including
interest, dividends and other
distributions), and
the loss of future earnings.
We have not been the subject of any legal
or disciplinary events that would be
material to your evaluation of our business
or the integrity of our management.
interest rate risk,
issuer risk,
Additionally, these risks may include:
• market risk,
•
•
• general economic risk, and
• option risk
Other Financial Industry Activities
and Affiliations
Certain representatives of HMS own or
operate separate entities through which they
may provide services such as trustee
services or independent consulting. These
activities are conducted outside of HMS’s
advisory services and clients are not
required to engage those entities. To the
extent a client elects to engage an adviser in
such capacity, the adviser may receive
separate compensation. This creates a
conflict of interest because the adviser has
an incentive to recommend those services.
Clients are under no obligation to use those
services.
Code of Ethics, Participation or
Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Options transactions carry a high degree of
risk. In some strategies such as Tactical
Hedge, HMS utilizes options to help
reposition a portfolio for a short period of
time. Put Options (option to sell a stock)
are used when HMS believes that the risk
in the market is rising. Call Options
(option to buy a stock) are used when HMS
believes that the risk in the market is
falling. Options have unique factors that
impact the value of the option such as time
to maturity, rising or falling market
volatility, and distance to the strike price.
Thus, options can be expensive and most
expire worthless. Hedging can result in
lower returns due to the increased cost of
the options. Options can also have
negative tax consequences if a large gain is
realized. Many can be subject to short
term capital gains tax.
We have adopted a Code of Ethics (“Code”) to
address the securities-related conduct of our
advisory representatives and employees.
The Code includes our policies and
procedures developed to protect your
interests in relation to the following:
• the duty at all times to place your
interests ahead of ours,
Although we manage your portfolio in a
manner consistent with your risk
tolerances, there can be no guarantee that
our efforts will be successful. You should
be prepared to bear the risk of loss.
• that all personal securities transactions
of our advisory representatives and
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• require our advisory representatives and
employees to act in your best interest,
• prohibit favoring one client over
another, and
employees be conducted in a manner
consistent with the Code and avoid any
actual or potential conflict of interest,
or any abuse of an advisory
representative’s or employee’s position
of trust and responsibility;
• that advisory representatives may not
take inappropriate advantage of their
positions;
• provide for the review of transactions
to discover and correct any same-day
trades that result in an advisory
representative or employee receiving a
better price than a client.
• that information concerning the identity
of your security holdings and financial
circumstances are confidential; and
Advisory representatives and employees
must follow our procedures when
purchasing or selling the same securities
purchased or sold for you.
• that independence in the investment
decision-making process is paramount.
Brokerage Practices
We will provide a copy of the Code to you
or any prospective client upon request.
We may recommend that the custodian for
your account be Fidelity Brokerage Services,
LLC (“Fidelity”) or Charles Schwab
Corporation (“Schwab”). Fidelity, and
Schwab will assist us in servicing your
accounts. We are independently owned and
operated and not affiliated with Fidelity, or
Schwab. We are not required to affect a
minimum volume of transactions or
maintain a minimum dollar amount of client
assets to receive these services. We have not
entered into any soft dollar agreements with
Fidelity, or Schwab.
We do not buy or sell securities for our
firm that we also recommend to clients.
Our advisory representatives and
employees are permitted to buy or sell the
same securities for their personal and
family accounts that are bought or sold
for your account(s). 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 you or
• considered for purchase or sale for
you.
In recommending Fidelity or Schwab as
custodian and as the securities brokerage
firm responsible for executing transactions
for your portfolios, we consider at a
minimum the custodian’s:
We have adopted policies and procedures
that are intended to address these conflicts
of interest. These policies and procedures:
• existing relationship with us,
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these products and services assist us in
managing and administering our client
accounts, such as software and other
technology that:
• provide access to account data such
as:
• financial strength,
• reputation,
• reporting capabilities,
• execution capabilities,
• pricing, and
• types and quality of research.
❖ duplicate trade confirmations,
❖ bundled duplicate account
statements, and
❖ access to an electronic
communication network for
client order entry and account
information;
• facilitate trade execution, including:
The determining factor in the selection of
Fidelity, or Schwab to execute transactions
for your accounts is not the lowest possible
transaction cost, but whether Fidelity, or
Schwab can provide what is in our view the
best qualitative execution for your account.
❖ access to a trading desk
serving advisory participants
exclusively and
❖ access to block trading which
provides the ability to combine
securities transactions and then
allocate the appropriate
number of shares to each
individual account;
• provide research, pricing information
and other market data;
• facilitate payment of our fees from
client accounts; and
Fidelity or Schwab provide us with
access to its institutional trading and
custody services, which includes:
• brokerage,
• custody,
• research, and
• access to mutual funds and other
investments that are otherwise
generally available only to institutional
investors or would require a
significantly higher minimum initial
investment.
• assist with back-office functions,
record keeping and client reporting;
and
• receipt of compliance publications.
Fidelity or Schwab do not charge
separately for holding our clients’
accounts but may be compensated by you
through other transaction-related fees
associated with the securities transactions
it executes for your accounts.
•
Fidelity or Schwab also make available to us
other services intended to help us manage
and further develop our business. These
services may include:
consulting,
Fidelity or Schwab also make available to us
other products and services that benefit us
but may not benefit you directly. Some of
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• publications and conferences on
practice management,
information technology,
•
• business succession,
•
regulatory compliance, and
• marketing.
custodian firm to execute transactions and
maintain custody of your account. We
believe, however, that the overall level of
services and support provided to our
clients by Fidelity or Schwab outweighs the
benefit of possibly lower transactions cost
which may be available under other
brokerage arrangements.
Many of the services described above may
be used to benefit all or a substantial
number of our accounts, including accounts
not maintained at Fidelity, or Schwab. We
do not attempt to allocate these benefits to
specific clients.
Directed Brokerage
Fidelity or Schwab may also make available
or arrange for these types of services to be
provided to us by independent third parties.
Fidelity, or Schwab may discount or waive
the fees it would otherwise charge for some
of the services it makes available to us. It
may also pay all or a part of the fees of a
third party providing these services to us.
Thus, we receive economic benefits because
of our relationship with Fidelity, and
Schwab, because we do not have to produce
or purchase the products and services listed
above.
Because the products or services we receive
may vary depending on the custodian we
recommend being used by our clients, we
may have a conflict of interest in making
that recommendation. Our
recommendation of specific custodian may
be based in part on the economic benefit to
us and not solely on the nature, cost or
quality of custody and brokerage services
provided to you and our other clients. We
nonetheless strive to act in your best
interests at all times.
You may direct us in writing to use a
particular broker-dealer to execute some or
all the transactions for your account. If you
do so, you are responsible for negotiating
the terms and arrangements for the
account with that broker-dealer. We may
not be able to negotiate commissions,
obtain volume discounts, or best execution.
In addition, under these circumstances a
difference in commission charges may exist
between the commissions charged to
clients who direct us to use a particular
broker or dealer and other clients who do
not direct us to use a particular broker or
dealer. You should also know that your
directed account may not be eligible for
FIX trading (an automated order entry
system that allows trades to be executed
quickly and efficiently with various
custodians). This will require your account
to be traded manually and will result in
Commissions and other fees for
transactions executed through Fidelity, or
Schwab may be higher than commissions
and other fees available if you use another
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your trades being executed after client
accounts that do utilize FIX trading.
Bunched or Block Trading
will not be effected for any client’s account
if doing so is prohibited or otherwise
inconsistent with that client’s investment
advisory agreement. No client will be
favored over any other client.
Review of Accounts
Investment Management accounts are
reviewed on a periodic basis as needed. The
reviews focus on consistency of your
portfolio investments with your investment
objectives and risk tolerances. In addition,
your investment constraints are considered
and tested with your portfolio holdings.
These constraints include your:
We may engage in bunched trading, which
is the purchase or sale of a security for the
accounts of multiple clients in a single
transaction. If a bunched trade is executed,
each participating client receives a price that
represents the average of the prices at
which all the transactions in each bunch
were executed. Executing a bunched trade
allows transaction costs to be shared equally
and on a pro rata basis among all the
participating clients. If the order is not
completely filled, the securities purchased or
sold are distributed among participating
clients on a pro rata basis or in some other
equitable manner.
• time horizon,
• liquidity needs,
• tax considerations,
• risk tolerance
• legal/regulatory constraints, and
• any other individual circumstances.
Bunched trades are placed only when we
reasonably believe that the combination of
the transactions provides better prices for
clients than had individual transactions been
placed for clients. Transactions for the
accounts of our employees and advisory
representatives may be included in bunched
trades.
We will periodically review and update your
financial circumstances and investment
objectives; however, it is your responsibility
to notify us of any material changes to your
financial situation.
Your advisory representative is responsible
for conducting reviews of your account.
They receive the same average price and pay
the same commissions and other
transaction costs as clients. Transactions for
the accounts of our advisory representatives
or employees will not be favored over
transactions for client accounts.
Investment Management and Family
Wealth Services accounts receive reports
at least quarterly which provide a summary
of asset growth and fundamental risk
We are not obligated to include any client
account in a bunched trade. Bunched trades
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exposures, along with extensive
investment performance analysis.
(SLOA). Accordingly, HMS will follow the
safeguards specified by the SEC rather than
undergo an annual audit of these client
accounts.
Client Referrals and Other
Compensation
HMS does not receive any economic
benefit, directly or indirectly, from any third
party for advice rendered to its clients. We
no longer enter into agreements to
compensate non-advisory personnel (such
as solicitors or promoters) for client
referrals. Previously, HMS participated in
TD Ameritrade’s Advisor Direct program.
Since TD Ameritrade merged with Schwab,
Schwab continues to receive a percentage of
client fees for the accounts referred to HMS
under the Advisor Direct program.
All client assets are maintained by a
qualified custodian or bank. You will
receive statements from the custodian\bank
that holds your investment account on at
least a quarterly basis. We urge you to
carefully review these statements and
compare them to the account statements
that we may provide to you. You should
verify that the transactions in your account
are consistent with your investment goals
and the objectives for your account. We
also encourage you to contact your advisory
representative or our Chief Compliance
Officer should you have any questions or
concerns regarding your account.
Custody
Investment Discretion
HMS may be deemed to have custody over
certain client accounts that HMS manages.
This includes accounts where HMS can pay
bills for clients and where an employee of
HMS serves as Power of Attorney or
Trustee for a client account.
We offer our advisory services only on a
discretionary basis (with the exception of 1
legacy account). This means that we do not
need advance approval from you to
determine the type and amount of securities
to be bought and sold for your accounts.
HMS submits the transaction to the
custodian of your account. The trading
desk at the custodian then selects how to
best execute the transaction.
Any accounts that meet these criteria are
audited via an annual surprise audit by an
independent third-party auditor and the
findings are submitted to the SEC.
Additionally, we do not have the ability to
withdraw funds from your account (other
than to withdraw our advisory fees which
Custody is also disclosed in Form ADV
because HMS has authority to transfer
money from client account(s), which
constitutes a standing letter of authorization
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may only be done with your prior written
authorization.)
We have no financial commitment that
impairs our ability to meet contractual and
fiduciary commitments to you. With your
written authorization, we have
discretionary authority over your account.
This discretion is limited to determining
the types and amounts of securities to be
bought or sold in your account, pursuant to
your stated investment objectives.
This discretion is used in a manner
consistent with the stated investment
objectives for your account, if you have
given us written authorization to do so. We
only exercise discretion in accounts where
we have been authorized by you. This
authorization is typically included in the
investment advisory agreement you enter
into with us and/or in the limited power of
attorney section of the custodian’s new
account forms.
We do not have physical custody of client
funds or securities except in the case of the
client bill pay or an employee of HMS
serving as Trustee\POA for a client. All
client assets are maintained with a qualified
custodian.
Voting Client Securities
We do not require prepayment of more than
$1200 in fees per client, six months or more
in advance.
We do not vote proxies unless you
specifically request in writing that we do so.
We will receive copies of your proxies so
that you do not have to receive them.
We have never been the subject of a
bankruptcy proceeding.
When we do vote proxies for a client, we
always vote with management on routine
matters related to the operation of the
company. If a client wishes to vote for or
against specific issues, then we advise them
to elect to receive their proxies instead of
having HMS receive them.
We will work with your custodian to ensure
receipt of proxies. However, if the
custodian is not able to facilitate this
procedure, you will receive the proxies.
Financial Information
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