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Item 1 – Cover Page
LBMC Investment Advisors, LLC
Registered Investment Advisor
201 Franklin Road
Brentwood, Tennessee 37027
(615) 377-4603
www.lbmcinvestmentadvisors.com
December 31, 2025
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of LBMC
INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC [LBMCIA]. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure,
please contact us at (615) 377-4603 and/or LBMCInvestmentAdvisors@lbmc.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.
LBMC INVESTMENT ADVISORS, 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 LBMC INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2 – Material Changes
This Brochure is dated December 31, 2025
This Item will provide a summary of material changes made to this Brochure since the date of the last
annual update on December 31, 2024
Pursuant to SEC Rules, we will ensure that you receive a summary of any material changes to this and
subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close of our business’ fiscal year which is December 31.
We will further provide other ongoing disclosure information about material changes as necessary.
We will provide you with a new Brochure as necessary free of charge.
Material Changes:
• Effective December 4, 2025, Myles Blechner has been named Chief Compliance Officer
Currently, our Brochure may be requested by contacting our Chief Compliance Officer at (615) 377-4603
or LBMCInvestmentAdvisors@lbmc.com. Our Brochure is also available on our web site
www.lbmcinvestmentadvisors.com , free of charge.
Additional information about LBMC INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC is available via the SEC’s web site
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The SEC’s web site provides information about any persons affiliated with
LBMCIA who are registered as investment adviser representatives of LBMCIA.
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Item 3 -Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page ................................................................................................ .................................... i
Item 2 – Material Changes ........................................................................................................................ ii
Item 3 -Table of Contents......................................................................................................................... iii
Item 4 – Advisory Business........................................................................................................................ 1
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation............................................................................................................. 3
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management.................................................... 5
Item 7 – Types of Clients ................................................................................................ ........................... 6
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.............................................. 6
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information............................................................................................................. 7
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.............................................................. 7
Item 11 – Code of Ethics............................................................................................................................ 8
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................. 9
Item 13 – Review of Accounts ................................................................................................ ...............12
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation ..........................................................................13
Item 15 – Custody ................................................................................................ ....................................15
Item 16 – Investment Discretion................................................................................................ ............16
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities................................................................................................ ..........16
Item 18 – Financial Information ................................................................................................ .............16
Brochure Supplement(s)
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
LBMC Investment Advisors, LLC (LBMCIA) was established in 1998 by the principals of the regional
accounting firm LBMC, PC to provide investment advisory services. The principal owner of LBMCIA is
LBMC Financial Services, LLC.
Portfolio Management
LBMCIA has a fiduciary duty to provide services consistent with the client’s best interest. As part of its invest
ment advisory services, LBMCIA will review client portfolios on an ongoing basis to determine if any changes
performance, fund
are necessary based upon various factors, including, but not limited to, investment
manager tenure, style drift, account additions/withdrawals, and/or a change in the client’s investment objec
tive. Based upon these factors, there may be extended periods of time when LBMCIA determines that chang
es to a client’s portfolio are neither necessary nor prudent. Clients
nonetheless remain subject to the fe
es described in Item 5 below during periods of account inactivity.
Typically, LBMCIA allocates the client’s assets among a portfolio of index funds, mutual funds, bonds, or
other appropriate investments.
LBMCIA manages accounts on a discretionary basis, which means that clients grant LBMCIA the
authority to determine which securities and the amount of those securities to be bought or sold. This
authority is specifically granted to LBMCIA by the client in the Advisory Agreement. Any limitations on
this discretionary authority, including limitations on the types of investments which may be purchased
on the client’s behalf, must be stated in the Advisory Agreement, or must be accepted by LBMCIA in
writing. Clients may also change or amend these limitations by giving written notice to LBMCIA.
Changes become effective after they are accepted by LBMCIA.
Retirement Rollovers-Potential for Conflict of Interest
A client or prospective client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing
retirement plan (and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former
employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is available and
rollovers are permitted, (iii) roll over to an Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”}, or (iv) cash out the
account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age, result in adverse tax consequences). If
LBMCIA recommends that a client roll over their retirement plan assets into an account to be
managed by LBMCIA, such a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if LBMC will earn new
(or increase its current) compensation because of the rollover.
When acting in such capacity, LBMCIA serves as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act (ERISA), or the Internal Revenue Code, or both. As such, prior to the rollover of assets from
an employer plan, LBMCIA will obtain information about the existing employee benefit plan to the
extent possible in order to be reasonably certain that the rollover is in the client’s best interest.
No client is under any obligation to roll over retirement plan assets to an account managed by LBMCIA.
LBMCIA’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address any questions that a client or
prospective client may have regarding the potential for conflict of interest presented by a rollover
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transaction.
Use of Mutual and Exchange Traded Funds
Most mutual funds and exchange traded funds are available directly to the public. Therefore, a
prospective client can obtain many of the funds that may be utilized by LBMCIA independent of
engaging LBMCIA as an investment advisor. However, if a prospective client determines to do so, he/she
will not receive LBMCIA's initial and ongoing investment advisory services.
In addition to LBMCIA’s investment advisory fee described below, and transaction and/or custodial fees
discussed below, clients will also incur, relative to all mutual fund and exchange traded fund purchases,
charges imposed at the fund level (e.g., management fees and other fund expenses).
Cash Positions
As discussed further in Item 5, LBMCIA continues to treat cash as an asset class. As such, unless
determined to the contrary by LBMCIA, all cash positions (money markets, etc.) shall continue to be
included as part of assets under management for purposes of calculating LBMCIA’s advisory fee. At any
specific point in time, depending upon perceived or anticipated market conditions/events (there being
no guarantee that such anticipated market conditions/events will occur), LBMCIA may maintain cash
positions for defensive purposes. In addition, while assets are maintained in cash, such amounts could
miss market advances. Depending upon current yields, at any point in time, LBMCIA’s advisory fee could
exceed the interest paid by the client’s money market fund.
Client Obligations
In performing its services, LBMCIA shall not be required to verify any information received from the
client or from the client’s other professionals and is expressly authorized to rely thereon. Moreover,
each client is advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify LBMCIA if there is ever any
change in their financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or
revising LBMCIA’s previous recommendations and/or services.
Cybersecurity Risk
The information technology systems and networks that LBMCIA and its third-party service providers use
to provide services to LBMCIA’s clients employ various controls, which are designed to prevent
cybersecurity incidents stemming from intentional or unintentional actions that could cause significant
interruptions in LBMCIA’s operations and result in the unauthorized acquisition or use of clients’
confidential or non-public personal information. Clients and LBMCIA are nonetheless subject to the risk
of cybersecurity incidents that could ultimately cause them to incur losses, including for example:
financial losses, cost and reputational damage to respond to regulatory obligations, other costs
associated with corrective measures, and loss from damage or interruption to systems. Although
LBMCIA has established its systems to reduce the risk of cybersecurity incidents from coming to fruition,
there is no guarantee that these efforts will always be successful, especially considering that LBMCIA
does not directly control the cybersecurity measures and policies employed by third-party service
providers. Clients could incur similar adverse consequences resulting from cybersecurity incidents that
more directly affect issuers of securities in which those clients invest, broker-dealers, qualified
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custodians, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial market
operators, or other financial institutions.
For California residents only-All material conflicts of interest under CCR Section 260.238(k) are disclosed
regarding our firm, our representatives, and any employees, which could be reasonably expected to
impair the rendering of unbiased and objective advice.
Disclosure Brochure
A copy of LBMCIA’s written Brochure and Client Relationship Summary, as set forth on Part 2 of Form
ADV and Form CRS respectively, shall be provided to each client prior to the execution of any advisory
agreement.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024 LBMCIA managed client assets of approximately $1,953,855,930 on a
discretionary basis. The Firm does not currently manage any non-discretionary assets.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
Portfolio Management
Annual fees charged for portfolio management services generally range from 0.4% to 1.00% of
assets under management. Fees are negotiable under certain circumstances, including, but not
limited to, accounts opened for employees (including affiliated company employees) or family members.
If a client opens multiple accounts, the advisory fees are calculated based on the aggregated total of
assets in the various accounts under management. Fees are calculated based on the market value,
typically obtained from qualified custodians or other creditable sources, of the assets held in the client’s
account at the end of each calendar quarter.CASH BALANCES POLICYIt is the Firm’s policy that cash
and cash equivalents (i.e., money market accounts) are an asset class. Absent approved mitigating
circumstances and/or deviations, it is the Firm’s policy to include cash balances as part of assets under
management for fee billing purposes. Exceptions or modifications shall be approved by the President.
Reasons for exceptions include, but are not limited to:
• Segregation of cash needed for short-term purposes (i.e., house purchase, medical expenses,
college tuition, etc.);
• Competition;
• Negotiations with the client; and,
• Hardship
The Firm, at its discretion, may suspend and/or modify its policy to bill on cash balances during any specific
billing quarter, including in the event that such billing would result in the client receiving a negative yield.
ANY QUESTIONS: The Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer remains available to address them.
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Management fees are prorated for each significant ($25,000 or more individually or aggregated) capital
contribution and/or withdrawal made during the applicable calendar quarter. LBMCIA’s standard fee
schedule for portfolio management services is as follows:
Annualized Rate
1.00%
0.75%
0.65%
0.60%
0.50%
Quarterly rate
0.25%
0.1875%
0.1625%
0.15%
0.125%
For assets under management:
Account Market Value
On the first $2 Million($0-2MM)
On the next $2 Million($2-4MM)
On the next $2 Million($4-6MM)
On the next $4 Million($6-10MM)
On all amounts thereafter (over $10MM)
There is a minimum quarterly fee of $500. LBMCIA has the option to waive any portion of the minimum
quarterly fee.
Clients typically grant LBMCIA the authority to deduct fees directly from the client’s account. Fees are
due quarterly in arrears based on the value of the account on the last day of the quarter with
adjustments for significant contributions or withdrawals ($25,000 or more) and for accounts with margin
balances greater or equal to $25,000 at the date fees are calculated. Both LBMCIA’s Agreement and the
custodial/clearing agreement may authorize the custodian to debit the account for the amount of
LBMCIA’s investment advisory fee and to directly remit that advisory fee to LBMCIA in compliance with
regulatory procedures. In the limited event that LBMCIA bills the client directly, payment is due upon
receipt of LBMCIA’s invoice. Upon termination of any account, any prepaid, unearned fees will be
promptly refunded, and any earned, unpaid fees will be due and payable. Fees for terminated accounts
are calculated in a similar way to quarterly billing but are prorated to the date of termination.
Margin Accounts: Risks/Conflict of Interest. LBMC does not recommend the use of margin for investment
purposes. A margin account is a brokerage account that allows investors to borrow money to buy
securities. The broker/custodian charges the investor interest for the right to borrow money and uses the
securities as collateral. By using borrowed funds, the customer is employing leverage that will magnify
both account gains and losses. Should a client determine to use margin, LBMCIA will include the entire
market value of the margined assets when computing its advisory fee. Accordingly, LBMCIA’s fee shall be
based upon a higher margined account value, resulting in LBMCIA earning a correspondingly higher
advisory fee. As a result, the potential of conflict of interest arises since LBMCIA may have an economic
disincentive to recommend that the client terminate the use of margin. Please Note: The use of margin
can cause significant adverse financial consequences in the event of a market correction. Our Financial
Advisors remain available to address any questions that a client or prospective client may have
regarding the use of margin.
General Information on Fees
All fees paid to LBMCIA for investment advisory services are separate and distinct from, and in
addition to, fees and expenses charged by mutual funds, independent advisers of separate accounts, or
other investment products that are used in client accounts. These fees and expenses are described in
each fund’s prospectus or other disclosure documents. LBMCIA’s fees are exclusive of brokerage
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commissions, transaction fees, and other related costs and expenses which shall be incurred by the
client. Clients will incur certain charges imposed by custodians, brokers, and other third parties such as
fees charged by managers, custodial fees, deferred sales charges, odd-lot differentials, transfer taxes,
wire transfer and electronic fund fees, trade away fees, and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts
and securities transactions. Mutual funds and exchange traded funds also charge internal management
fees which are disclosed in the fund’s prospectus. Such charges, fees and commissions are exclusive of
and in addition to LBMCIA’s fee, and LBMCIA shall not receive any portion of these commissions, fees,
and costs. LBMCIA and its supervised persons do not receive compensation for the sale of securities or
other products.
A client could invest directly in the types of securities listed in the Portfolio Management section above
without the services of LBMCIA. In that case, the client would not receive the services provided by
LBMCIA which are designed, among other things, to assist the client in determining which investment
securities are appropriate for each client’s financial condition and objectives. Accordingly, the client
should review the fees charged by the funds, other service providers and LBMCIA. The client should
fully understand the total amount of fees to be paid and evaluate the advisory services being provided.
For California residents only-Subsection (j) of Rule 260.238, California Code of Regulations requires that
all investment advisers disclose to their advisory clients that similar services may be available from other
registered investment advisers for lower fees.
Clients are expected to enter into a written Advisory Agreement with LBMCIA prior to the provision of
services by the firm. LBMCIA does not represent, warrant, or imply that the services or methods of
analysis used can or will predict future results, successfully identify market trends, identify high
performing independent money managers, or insulate clients from losses due to market declines. The
agreement may be cancelled at any time, for any reason, by the client upon written notice or by LBMCIA
upon 60 days written notice. Upon termination of any account, any prepaid, unearned fees will be
promptly refunded. LBMCIA’s fees are not charged on the basis of a share of capital appreciation of the
funds or any portion thereof.
LBMCIA may recommend alternative investment vehicles, such as hedge funds, to qualifying clients
based upon the client’s risk tolerance, net worth, financial objectives, investment expertise, and how
the investment fits within the client’s asset allocation strategy. With respect to such investments,
LBMCIA will monitor the investment’s performance and provide periodic reports to the client.
Item 12 further describes the factors that LBMCIA considers in selecting or recommending broker-
dealers for client transactions and determining the reasonableness of their compensation (e.g.,
commissions).
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
LBMCIA does not charge any performance-based fees (fees based on a share of capital gains on or
capital appreciation of the assets of a client).
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Item 7 – Types of Clients
LBMCIA provides portfolio management services to individuals, high net worth individuals, corporate
entities, and foundations.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
LBMCIA might use Morningstar Advisor, investment risk questionnaires, asset allocation models, and
Monte Carlo Simulations to conduct an “Investment Check-Up” as part of its process to identify an
appropriate investment strategy for clients and to provide the following services:
CURRENT PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS: Assist the client in understanding how their current investment
portfolio is allocated and how investments have performed. Additionally, it is used to determine areas
that might be over or under-weighted in the current allocation and to approximate the costs of the
investments.
OBJECTIVE SETTING: Assist the client in defining appropriate investment objectives and desired
investment returns based upon the client’s financial situation and tolerance for risk.
ASSET ALLOCATION: Assist the client in allocating their assets among different investment types -- to
implement this approach, LBMCIA may use mutual funds, exchange traded funds (EFTs), money
managers, individual securities such as bonds and stocks, hedge funds and / or other investment
vehicles that are deemed appropriate -- in a manner most likely to achieve the client’s objective.
LBMCIA’s investment strategy is based on the science of investing built upon decades of academic
research and institutional application. Our portfolios are designed to accomplish one single task – to
capture the market’s return while minimizing risk through prudent diversification. Our philosophy is
firmly grounded in Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT).
MPT guides us in the construction of our portfolios. One of the most important and influential economic
theories ever postulated (it won the Nobel Prize in 1992), MPT provides the framework for creating opti-
mal portfolios by closely considering the relationship between risk and reward. MPT proves that by
mixing assets of varying correlation in a portfolio, the portfolio’s risk can actually be lower than the sum
of its individual parts.
Market timing -- the attempt to determine the best time to buy or sell an investment -- and security
selection add very little, if any, return to a portfolio. We do not follow the latest investment fads, chase
performance or engage in emotion-based trading in our clients’ portfolios. All of these activities will
reduce the probability of delivering the risk-adjusted returns that are there for investors who stay the
course.
We direct our attention to factors that have a high probability of creating a successful investment
strategy:
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1.) Diversification- using different Asset Classes (i.e. Equity and Fixed Income) and different
classifications within them. Equity classes would include large capitalization companies, small
capitalization companies, international companies, emerging markets, real estate, and others. Fixed
income could be composed of long-term, short-term, taxable and tax-free classes.
2.) Minimizing fees and transaction costs when possible
3.) Focus on our clients’ after-tax returns when possible.
Finally, we closely monitor the portfolio to ensure the structural integrity of the investments is never
compromised.
By embracing proven academic theories and building an investment strategy focused on factors that can
be controlled, we can create portfolios that have a much greater likelihood of success for our clients
than the typical trading-intensive, performance chasing approach.
Investment Risk
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
All investments present the risk of loss of principal- which means that the investments could be worth
less when sold than the price paid for the securities. There is also the risk of losing purchasing power
which means the rate of appreciation of the investment was less than the rate of inflation.
The investments used by LBMCIA for clients include domestic large and small companies, international
and emerging market equities, real estate investment trusts, government and corporate bonds, bank
certificates of deposit, commodities, hedge funds, and any other investments we reasonably believe will
enable the client to reach their investment objectives.
Each of these investments has unique risk characteristics which must be considered before investing.
These risks include loss of value, loss of purchasing power, and the ability to convert the investment
quickly to cash.
More information about the risks of any specific investment should be discussed with your LBMCIA
advisor before investing.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all facts regarding any legal or disciplinary
events that would be material to your evaluation of LBMCIA or the integrity of LBMCIA’s management.
Public information about the Firm’s history may be found by accessing the SEC’s public disclosure site at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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LBMCIA is affiliated with LBMC, PC (LBMCPC) an accounting firm.
Individuals associated with LBMCPC occasionally recommend LBMCIA to clients of LBMCPC in need of
investment advisory services.
LBMCIA may also recommend LBMCPC to advisory clients for accounting services. Accounting services
provided by LBMCPC are separate and distinct from LBMCIA advisory services. LBMCPC will charge for
those services separately under an agreement with the client. LBMCIA nor its employees receive any
compensation for referrals to LBMCPC.
Clients are under no obligation to use LBMCPC for any services.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics
The Code of Ethics is designed to assure that the personal securities transactions, activities, and
interests of the employees of LBMCIA will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the best interest of
advisory clients and (ii) implementing such decisions.
A. Under the Code, certain classes of securities have been designated as exempt transactions, based
upon a determination that these would not materially interfere with the best interest of LBMCIA’s
clients. In addition, the Code requires pre-clearance of certain transactions and restricts trading in close
time proximity to client trading activity.
B. LBMCIA maintains an investment policy relative to personal securities transactions. This investment
policy is part of LBMCIA’s overall Code of Ethics, which serves to establish a standard of business
conduct for all of LBMCIA’s Representatives that is based upon fundamental principles of openness,
integrity, honesty and trust, a copy of which is available upon request. In accordance with Section 204A
of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, LBMCIA also maintains and enforces written policies reasonably
designed to prevent the misuse of material non-public information by LBMCIA or any person associated
with LBMCIA.
C. Neither LBMCIA nor any related person of LBMCIA recommends, buys, or sells for client accounts,
securities in which LBMCIA or any related person of LBMCIA has a material financial interest.
D. LBMCIA and/or representatives of LBMCIA may buy or sell securities that are also recommended to
clients. This practice may create a situation where LBMCIA and/or representatives of LBMCIA are in a
position to materially benefit from the sale or purchase of those securities. Therefore, this situation
creates a conflict of interest.
LBMCIA has a personal securities transaction policy in place to monitor the personal securities
transactions and securities holdings of each of LBMCIA’s “Access Persons”. LBMCIA’s securities
transaction policy requires that an Access Person of LBMCIA must provide the Chief Compliance Officer
or his/her designee with a written report of their current securities holdings within ten (10) days after
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becoming an Access Person. Additionally, each Access Person must provide the Chief Compliance Officer
or his/her designee with a written report of the Access Person’s current securities holdings at least once
each twelve (12) month period thereafter on a date LBMCIA selects.
E. LBMCIA and/or representatives of LBMCIA may buy or sell securities, at or around the same time as
those securities are recommended to clients. This practice creates a situation where LBMCIA and/or
representatives of LBMCIA are in a position to materially benefit from the sale or purchase of those
securities. Therefore, this situation creates a conflict of interest. As indicated above in Item 11.C,
LBMCIA has a personal securities transaction policy in place to monitor the personal securities
transaction and securities holdings of each of LBMCIA’s Access Persons.
LBMCIA’s clients or prospective clients may request a copy of the firm's Code of Ethics by contacting
Tracey Hill at Tracey.Hill@lbmc.com or (615) 377-4603.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
The Custodians and Brokers We Use
LBMCIA does not maintain custody of your assets that we manage, although we are deemed to have
custody of your assets if you give us authority to withdraw assets from your account (see Item 15 –
Custody, below). Your assets must be maintained in an account at a “qualified custodian,” generally a
broker-dealer or bank. We recommend that our clients use either Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab),
or Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (Fidelity) as the qualified custodian. Both are registered broker-
dealers and members of SIPC. LBMCIA is independently owned and operated and is not affiliated with
Schwab or Fidelity. Schwab or Fidelity will hold your assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell
securities when we instruct them to.
While we recommend that you use Schwab or Fidelity as your custodian/broker, you will decide
whether to do so and will open your account by entering into an account agreement directly with them.
We do not open the account for you, although we may assist you in doing so. If your account is
maintained at Schwab or Fidelity, we can still use other brokers to execute trades for your account as
described below (see “Your Brokerage and Custody Costs”). A client who directs LBMCIA to use a broker
other than Schwab or Fidelity should be aware that they may not receive any of the advantages that
LBMCIA derives from its arrangements with Schwab or Fidelity.
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How We Select Brokers/Custodians
We seek to recommend a custodian/broker who will hold your assets and execute transactions on terms
that are, overall, more advantageous when compared to other available providers. We consider a wide
range of factors, including, among others:
• Combination of transaction execution services and asset custody services (generally without a
separate fee for custody)
• Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your account)
• Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts (wire transfers, check requests,
etc.)
• Breadth of available investment products (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 the prices
• Reputation, financial strength, security, and stability
• Prior service to us and our clients
• Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below (see “Products and
Services Available to Us”)
Your Brokerage and Custody Costs
For our clients’ accounts that Schwab or Fidelity maintain, they generally do not charge you separately
for custody services but are compensated by charging you commissions or other fees on trades that
they execute or settle into your account. Certain trades (for example, many mutual funds and ETFs) may
not incur commissions or transaction fees. Schwab is also compensated by earning interest on the
uninvested cash in your account in Schwab’s Cash Features Program. For some accounts, Schwab may
charge you a percentage of the dollar amount of assets in the account in lieu of commissions (asset-
based fees). Schwab’s commission rates and asset-based fees applicable to our client accounts were
negotiated based on the condition that our clients collectively maintain a total of at least $10 million of
their assets in accounts at Schwab. This commitment benefits you because the overall commission rates
and asset-based fees you pay are lower than they would be otherwise.
In addition to commissions and asset-based fees, Schwab and Fidelity charge you a flat dollar amount as
a “trade away” fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but where the
securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into either your Schwab or
Fidelity account. This occurs most often when buying bonds for a client account. These fees are in
addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay the executing broker-dealer. We have
determined that having Schwab or Fidelity execute most trades is consistent with our duty to seek “best
execution” of your trades. Best execution means the most favorable terms for a transaction based on all
relevant factors, including those listed above (see “How We Select Brokers/Custodians”).
Products and Services Available to Us
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Schwab and Fidelity are in business to serve independent investment advisory firms like us. They provide
us and our clients with access to their institutional brokerage services—trading, custody, reporting, and
related services—many of which are not typically available to their retail customers. They also make
available various support services. Some of those services help us manage or administer our clients’
accounts, while others help us manage and grow our business. These support services generally are
available on an unsolicited basis (we don’t have to request them) and at no charge to us. The following is
a more detailed description of available support services.
Services That Benefit You
Schwab and Fidelity institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of investment
products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment products
available through them include some to which we might not otherwise have access or that would
require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our clients. The services described in this
paragraph generally benefit you and your account.
Services That May Not Directly Benefit You
Schwab and Fidelity also make available to us other products and services that benefit us but may not
directly benefit you or your account. These products and services assist us in managing and
administering our clients’ accounts. They include investment research from them and that of third
parties. We may use this research to service all or a substantial number of our clients’ accounts. In
addition to investment research, Schwab and Fidelity also make available software and other technology
that:
• Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and account statements)
• Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts
• Provide pricing and other market data
• Facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting
Services That Generally Benefit Only Us
Schwab and Fidelity also offer other services intended to help us manage and further develop our
business enterprise. These services include:
• Educational conferences and events
• Consulting on technology, compliance, legal, and business needs
• Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
• Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance providers
• Marketing consulting and support
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Schwab and Fidelity may provide some of these services themselves. In other cases, they may arrange
for third-party vendors to provide the services to us. They may also discount or waive their fees for
some of these services or pay all or a part of a third party’s fees. Schwab and Fidelity may provide us
with other benefits, such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel.
When appropriate, LBMCIA makes use of the benefits described in the previous three sections.
Our Interest in Schwab and Fidelity Services
The availability of these services from Schwab and Fidelity benefits us because we do not have to
produce or purchase them. We don’t have to pay for Schwab’s services so long as our clients collectively
keep a total of at least $10 million of their assets in accounts at Schwab. Beyond that, these services are
not contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading commissions
or assets in custody. The $10 million minimum may give us an incentive to recommend that you
maintain your account with Schwab, based on our interest in receiving Schwab’s services that benefit
our business rather than based on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the
most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a potential conflict of interest. We believe,
however, that our recommendation of Schwab or Fidelity as custodian and broker is in the best interests
of our clients. Our recommendation is primarily supported by the scope, quality, and price of their
services (see “How We Select Brokers/Custodians”) and not the services that benefit only us.
LBMCIA will use trade aggregation when multiple orders for a security are made and implementation is
consistent with our obligation for best execution.
LBMCIA does not participate in any formal soft-dollar programs with any broker-dealers, but we do
receive soft dollar benefits as a part of using those broker-dealers. These benefits have been described
above.
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Investment accounts are reviewed at least annually by a committee composed of the President, other
LBMCIA Advisors and other associated persons of LBMCIA that provide investment advisory, portfolio
management or client services. Each clients’ accounts are reviewed in aggregate for appropriate
allocation to desired investment categories and compared to the investment strategy statement for
adjustment. As part of this process, the Investment Strategy Statement is reviewed to determine its
continued appropriateness. More frequent reviews could be triggered by material economic or market
events, or by a change in the client’s financial circumstances. The number of accounts (client
relationships) reviewed by the committee during each monthly scheduled meeting is about one-twelfth
of the total LBMCIA client relationships.
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LBMCIA provides performance reports to portfolio management clients at least quarterly. These are in
addition to the custodial/brokerage statements and transaction confirmations received by the clients
directly from the account custodians.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We receive an economic benefit from Schwab and Fidelity in the form of support products and services
they make available to us and other independent investment advisors whose clients maintain their
accounts with them. These products and services, how they benefit us, and the related conflicts of
interest are described above (see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices). The availability of Schwab’s and
Fidelity’s products and services is not based on us giving particular investment advice, such as buying
particular securities for our clients.
LBMCIA compensates outside promoters, associated persons, and or affiliated persons, including David
K. Morgan; a board member and Secretary of LBMCIA, John A. Litchfield; Chairman and President of
LBMCFS; an owner of LBMCIA, Sidney Pilson, Cheryl Panther, Scott Womack, Melissa Cothran, and
Jonathan Cooke, employees of LBMCPC, an accounting firm affiliated with LBMCIA, for referring advisory
clients to LBMCIA. Each client referred to LBMCIA by a third party will receive a written promoter’s
disclosure statement that details the terms of the compensation sharing arrangement. Clients obtained
through promoters, associated or affiliated persons do not pay higher fees either initially or, on an
annual basis, than those charged to clients obtained directly by LBMCIA.
Fidelity Investments Wealth Advisors Solutions® Program
LBMCIA no longer receives referrals for new clients under this program. However, for existing clients
referred before 3/31/2021, LBMCIA still participates in the Fidelity Wealth Advisor Solutions® Program
(the “WAS Program”), through which LBMCIA received referrals from Fidelity Personal and Workplace
Advisors, LLC (FPWA), a registered investment adviser and Fidelity Investments company. LBMCIA is
independent and not affiliated with FPWA or any Fidelity Investments company. FPWA does not
supervise or control LBMCIA, and FPWA has no responsibility or oversight for LBMCIA’s provision of
investment management or other advisory services.
Under the WAS Program, FPWA acted as a promoter for LBMCIA, and LBMCIA pays referral fees to FPWA
for each referral received based on LBMCIA’s assets under management attributable to each client
referred by FPWA or members of each client’s household. The WAS Program is designed to help
investors find an independent investment advisor, and any referral from FPWA to LBMCIA does not
constitute a recommendation or endorsement by FPWA of LBMCIA’s particular investment management
services or strategies. More specifically, LBMCIA pays the following amounts to FPWA for referrals:
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the sum of (i) an annual percentage of 0.10% of any and all assets in client accounts where such
assets are identified as “fixed income” assets by FPWA and,
(ii) an annual percentage of 0.25% of all other assets held in client accounts.
In addition, LBMCIA agreed in the past to pay FPWA a minimum annual fee amount in connection with
its participation in the WAS Program. These referral fees were paid by LBMCIA and not the client.
To receive referrals from the WAS Program, LBMCIA had to meet certain minimum participation
criteria, but LBMCIA may have been selected for participation in the WAS Program as a result of its
other business relationships with FPWA and its affiliates, including Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC
(“FBS”). As a result of its participation in the WAS Program, LBMCIA may have a potential conflict of
interest with respect to its decision to use certain affiliates of FPWA, including FBS, for execution,
custody and clearing for certain client accounts, and LBMCIA may have a potential incentive to
suggest the use of FBS and its affiliates to its advisory clients, whether or not those clients were
referred to LBMCIA as part of the WAS Program. Under an agreement with FPWA, LBMCIA agreed that
they will not charge clients more than the standard range of advisory fees disclosed in its Form ADV
2A Brochure to cover promoter fees paid to FPWA as part of the WAS Program. Pursuant to these
arrangements, LBMCIA has agreed not to solicit clients to transfer their brokerage accounts from
affiliates of FPWA or establish brokerage accounts at other custodians for referred clients other than
when LBMCIA’s fiduciary duties would so require, and LBMCIA has agreed to pay FPWA a one-time fee
equal to 0.75% of the assets in a client account that is transferred from FPWA’s affiliates to another
custodian; therefore, LBMCIA may have an incentive to suggest that referred clients and their
household members maintain custody of their accounts with affiliates of FPWA. However,
participation in the WAS Program does not limit LBMCIA’s duty to select brokers on the basis of best
execution.
Schwab Advisor Network
LBMCIA receives client referrals from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”) through LBMCIA’s
participation in Schwab Advisor Network® (“the Service”). The Service is designed to help investors find
an independent investment advisor. Schwab is a broker-dealer independent of and unaffiliated with
LBMCIA. Schwab does not supervise LBMCIA and has no responsibility for LBMCIA’s management of
clients’ portfolios or LBMCIA’s other advice or services. LBMCIA pays Schwab fees to receive client
referrals through the Service. LBMCIA’s participation in the Service may raise potential conflicts of
interest described below.
LBMCIA pays Schwab a Participation Fee on all referred clients’ accounts that are maintained in custody
at Schwab and a Non-Schwab Custody Fee on all accounts that are maintained at, or transferred to,
another custodian. The Participation Fee paid by LBMCIA is a percentage of the value of the assets in the
client’s account, subject to a minimum Participation Fee. LBMCIA pays Schwab the Participation Fee for
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so long as the referred client’s account remains in custody at Schwab. The Participation Fee is billed to
LBMCIA quarterly and may be increased, decreased or waived by Schwab from time to time. The
Participation Fee is paid by LBMCIA and not by the client. LBMCIA has agreed not to charge clients
referred through the Service fees or costs greater than the fees or costs LBMCIA charges clients with
similar portfolios who were not referred through the Service.
LBMCIA generally pays Schwab a Non-Schwab Custody Fee if custody of a referred client’s account is not
maintained by, or assets in the account are transferred from Schwab. This Fee does not apply if the
client was solely responsible for the decision not to maintain custody at Schwab. The Non-Schwab
Custody Fee is a one-time payment equal to a percentage of the assets placed with a custodian other
than Schwab. The Non-Schwab Custody Fee is higher than the Participation Fees Advisor generally
would pay in a single year. Thus, LBMCIA will have an incentive to recommend that client accounts be
held in custody at Schwab.
The Participation and Non-Schwab Custody Fees will be based on assets in accounts of LBMCIA’s clients
who were referred by Schwab and those referred clients’ family members living in the same household.
Thus, LBMCIA will have incentives to encourage household members of clients referred through the
Service to maintain custody of their accounts and execute transactions at Schwab and to instruct
Schwab to debit LBMCIA’s fees directly from the accounts.
For accounts of LBMCIA’s clients maintained in custody at Schwab, Schwab will not charge the client
separately for custody but will receive compensation from LBMCIA’s clients in the form of commissions
or other transaction-related compensation on securities trades executed through Schwab. Schwab also
will receive a fee (generally lower than the applicable commission on trades it executes) for clearance
and settlement of trades executed through broker-dealers other than Schwab. Schwab’s fees for trades
executed at other broker-dealers are in addition to the other broker-dealer’s fees. Thus, LBMCIA may
have an incentive to cause trades to be executed through Schwab rather than another broker-dealer.
LBMCIA nevertheless, acknowledges its duty to seek best execution of trades for client accounts. Trades
for client accounts held in custody at Schwab may be executed through a different broker-dealer than
trades for LBMCIA’s other clients. Thus, trades for accounts maintained at Schwab may be executed at
different times and different prices than trades for other accounts that are executed at other broker-
dealers.
Item 15 – Custody
Under government regulations, we are deemed to have custody of your assets if, for example, you
authorize us to instruct the account custodian (Schwab or Fidelity) to deduct our advisory fees directly
from your account or if you grant us authority to move your money or investments to another person’s
account. The custodian maintains actual custody of your assets. You will receive account statements
directly from Schwab or Fidelity at least quarterly. They will be sent to the email or postal mailing
address you provided to them. You should carefully review those statements promptly when you receive
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them. LBMCIA urges you to compare those account statements to the periodic portfolio reports you will
receive from us. Our statements might vary slightly from custodial statements based on accounting
procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methodologies of certain securities.
If you grant an LBMCIA employee or any individual considered by the Securities and Exchange
Commission(SEC) to be a supervised person of LBMCIA access to your investment accounts or other
financial accounts (i.e. bank accounts not managed by LBMCIA), LBMCIA is considered to have custody
of your account with the ability to transfer your assets without your express knowledge, This includes
any transfers to a third party as directed by a standing letter of authorization . All the accounts that are
considered to be in custody require an annual surprise examination by an independent Certified Public
Accountant at a date of their choosing and who will submit their report findings directly to the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Accounts that are considered to be in custody because LBMCIA can deduct
fees directly from the account or the accounts where disbursements to a third-party meet the seven
conditions the SEC requires to qualify for the “no-action” relief from examination, are not subject to an
annual surprise examination.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
LBMCIA usually receives discretionary authority from the client at the outset of an advisory relationship
to select the identity and amount of securities to be bought or sold. In all cases, however, such
discretion is to be exercised in a manner consistent with the stated investment objectives for the
particular client account.
When selecting securities and determining amounts, LBMCIA observes the investment strategy
statement, limitations, and restrictions of the clients.
Limitations and restrictions must be provided to LBMCIA in writing.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
LBMCIA does not vote proxies of securities held in clients’ accounts. Any proxy solicitations received by
LBMCIA will be forwarded to the client so that they may vote them according to their own best interest.
Item 18 – Financial Information
Registered investment advisers are required in this Item to provide you with certain financial
information or disclosures about LBMCIA’s financial condition. LBMCIA has no financial commitment
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that impairs its ability to meet contractual and fiduciary commitments to clients and has not been the
subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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