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Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC
Firm Brochure - Form ADV Part 2A
485 Underhill Blvd. Suite 100
Syosset, NY 11791
(516) 447-4200
info@legacyedge.com
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC.
If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (516) 447-4200 or by email at:
info@legacyedge.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.
Additional information about Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC’s CRD number is: 328064.
Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Version Date: 03/23/2026
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Item 2: Material Changes
Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC has the following material changes to report. Material changes relate to
Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC policies, practices or conflicts of interest.
• Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC has updated their Assets Under Management. (Item 4.E)
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 1: Cover Page
Item 2: Material Changes ....................................................................................................................................... ii
Item 3: Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................... iii
Item 4: Advisory Business ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................................. 4
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ..................................................................... 6
Item 7: Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................................... 7
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, & Risk of Loss ................................................................ 7
Item 9: Disciplinary Information .......................................................................................................................... 12
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .......................................................................... 12
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ................ 13
Item 12: Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................................. 14
Item 13: Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................................ 15
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation .......................................................................................... 16
Item 15: Custody .................................................................................................................................................... 17
Item 16: Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................................ 17
Item 17: Voting Client Securities (Proxy Voting) ............................................................................................... 18
Item 18: Financial Information ............................................................................................................................. 18
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Item 4: Advisory Business
A. Description of the Advisory Firm
Legacy Edge Advisors, LLC (hereinafter “Legacy Edge Advisors”) is a Limited Liability
Company organized in the State of New York. The firm was formed in August 2023, and
the principal owners are Timothy Olin Urie, Scott Jason Israel, Robert Francis Rom, and
Jason Sean Kass.
B. Types of Advisory Services
Portfolio Management Services
Legacy Edge Advisors offers ongoing portfolio management services based on the
individual goals, objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance of each client. Legacy Edge
Advisors creates an Investment Policy Statement for each client, which outlines the client’s
current situation (income, tax levels, and risk tolerance levels) and then constructs a plan
to aid in the selection of a portfolio that matches each client's specific situation. Portfolio
management services include, but are not limited to, the following:
Investment strategy •
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Asset allocation
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Risk tolerance
Personal investment policy
Asset selection
Regular portfolio monitoring
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Legacy Edge Advisors evaluates the current investments of each client with respect to
their risk tolerance levels and time horizon. Legacy Edge Advisors will request
discretionary authority from clients in order to select securities and execute transactions
without permission from the client prior to each transaction. Risk tolerance levels are
documented in the Investment Policy Statement, which is given to each client.
Legacy Edge Advisors seeks to provide that investment decisions are made in accordance
with the fiduciary duties owed to its accounts and without consideration of Legacy Edge
Advisors’ economic, investment or other financial interests. To meet its fiduciary
obligations, Legacy Edge Advisors attempts to avoid, among other things, investment or
trading practices that systematically advantage or disadvantage certain client portfolios,
and accordingly, Legacy Edge Advisors’ policy is to seek fair and equitable allocation of
investment opportunities/transactions among its clients to avoid favoring one client over
another over time. It is Legacy Edge Advisors’ policy to allocate investment opportunities
and transactions it identifies as being appropriate and prudent, including initial public
offerings ("IPOs") and other investment opportunities that might have a limited supply,
among its clients on a fair and equitable basis over time.
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Financial Planning
Financial plans and financial planning may include, but are not limited to: investment
planning; life insurance; tax concerns; retirement planning; college planning; and
debt/credit planning.
Services Limited to Specific Types of Investments
Legacy Edge Advisors generally limits its investment advice to mutual funds, fixed
income securities, real estate funds (including REITs), insurance products including
annuities, equities, ETFs (including ETFs in the gold and precious metal sectors), treasury
inflation protected/inflation linked bonds, commodities, non-U.S. securities, venture
capital funds and private placements. Legacy Edge Advisors may use other securities as
well to help diversify a portfolio when applicable.
Written Acknowledgement of Fiduciary Status
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as
applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. We also have a fiduciary
duty under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 with respect to all client accounts. The
way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a
special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead
of yours. Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
• Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations
(give loyal advice);
• Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
• Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in
your best interest;
• Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
• Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
C. Client Tailored Services and Client Imposed Restrictions
Legacy Edge Advisors will tailor a program for each individual client. This will include
an interview session to get to know the client’s specific needs and requirements as well as
a plan that will be executed by Legacy Edge Advisors on behalf of the client. Legacy Edge
Advisors may use model allocations together with a specific set of recommendations for
each client based on their personal restrictions, needs, and targets. Clients may impose
restrictions in investing in certain securities or types of securities in accordance with their
values or beliefs. However, if the restrictions prevent Legacy Edge Advisors from
properly servicing the client account, or if the restrictions would require Legacy Edge
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Advisors to deviate from its standard suite of services, Legacy Edge Advisors reserves the
right to end the relationship.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Legacy Edge Advisors acts as portfolio manager for and sponsor of a wrap fee program,
which is an investment program where the client pays one stated fee that includes
management fees, transaction costs, and certain other administrative fees. However, this
brochure describes Legacy Edge Advisors’ non-wrap fee advisory services; clients
utilizing Legacy Edge Advisors’ wrap fee portfolio management should see Legacy Edge
Advisors’ separate Wrap Fee Program Brochure. Legacy Edge Advisors manages the
investments in the wrap fee program, but does not manage those wrap fee accounts any
differently than it would manage non-wrap fee accounts. Legacy Edge Advisors receives
the advisory fee set forth in Wrap Fee Program Brochure as a management fee under the
wrap fee program. Please also see Item 5 and Item 12 of this brochure.
E. Assets Under Management
Legacy Edge Advisors has the following assets under management:
Discretionary Amounts: Non-discretionary Amounts: Date Calculated:
$ 1,228,771,954
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December 2025
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
A. Fee Schedule
Portfolio Management Fees
With respect to accounts to which we provide discretionary asset management services,
we typically charge an annual fee ranging up to 2.50% of the value of your assets under
our management in such account. At our discretion, we may combine the account values
of family members living in the same household to determine the applicable advisory fee,
which may result in a lower advisory fee being charged than if such account values were
not combined.
An average of the daily balance in the client’s account throughout the prior billing period
is used to determine the market value of the assets upon which the advisory fee is based.
Legacy Edge Advisors will charge either a single rate or a tiered rate assets under
management fee.
These fees are generally negotiable and the final fee schedule will be memorialized in the
client’s advisory agreement. Clients may terminate the agreement without penalty for a
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full refund of Legacy Edge Advisors’ fees within five business days of signing the
Investment Advisory Agreement. Thereafter, clients may terminate the Investment
Advisory Agreement immediately upon written notice.
Financial Planning Fees
Fixed Fees
The negotiated fixed rate for creating client financial plans is between $2,000 and $25,000.
Hourly Fees
The negotiated hourly fee for these services is between $200 and $500.
Clients may terminate the agreement without penalty, for full refund of Legacy Edge
Advisors’ fees, within five business days of signing the Financial Planning Agreement.
Thereafter, clients may terminate the Financial Planning Agreement generally upon
written notice.
B. Payment of Fees
Payment of Portfolio Management Fees
Asset-based portfolio management fees are withdrawn directly from the client's accounts
with client's written authorization on a quarterly basis, or may be invoiced and billed
directly to the client on a quarterly basis. Clients may select the method in which they are
billed. Fees are paid in advance.
Payment of Financial Planning Fees
Financial planning fees are paid via check or secure third party credit card processor.
Fixed financial planning fees are paid 0-50% in advance, but never more than six months
in advance, with the remainder due upon presentation of the plan.
Hourly financial planning fees are paid 0-50% in advance, but never more than six months
in advance, with the remainder due upon presentation of the plan.
C. Client Responsibility For Third Party Fees
For client not in the wrap fee program, clients are responsible for the payment of all third
party fees (i.e. custodian fees, brokerage fees, mutual fund fees, transaction fees, etc.).
Those fees are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by Legacy Edge
Advisors. Please see Item 12 of this brochure regarding broker-dealer/custodian. Clients
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utilizing Legacy Edge Advisors’ wrap fee portfolio management should see Legacy Edge
Advisors’ separate Wrap Fee Program Brochure.
D. Prepayment of Fees
Legacy Edge Advisors collects fees in advance. Refunds for fees paid in advance but not
yet earned will be refunded on a prorated basis and returned within fourteen days to the
client via check, or return deposit back into the client’s account.
For all asset-based fees paid in advance, the fee refunded will be equal to the balance of
the fees collected in advance minus the daily rate* times the number of days elapsed in
the billing period up to and including the day of termination. (*The daily rate is calculated
by dividing the annual asset-based fee rate by 365.)
Fixed fees that are collected in advance will be refunded based on the prorated amount of
work completed at the point of termination.
For hourly fees that are collected in advance, the fee refunded will be the balance of the
fees collected in advance minus the hourly rate times the number of hours of work that
has been completed up to and including the day of termination.
E. Outside Compensation For the Sale of Securities to Clients
Supervised persons in their outside business activities (see Item 10 below) are licensed to
accept compensation for the sale of investment products to Legacy Edge Advisors clients.
This presents a conflict of interest and gives the supervised person an incentive to
recommend products based on the compensation received rather than on the client’s
needs. When recommending the sale of securities or investment products for which the
supervised persons receives compensation, Legacy Edge Advisors will document the
conflict of interest in the client file and inform the client of the conflict of interest. Clients
always have the right to decide whether to purchase Legacy Edge Advisors -
recommended products and, if purchasing, have the right to purchase those products
through other brokers or agents that are not affiliated with Legacy Edge Advisors.
Commissions are not Legacy Edge Advisors’ primary source of compensation for
advisory services. Advisory fees that are charged to clients are not reduced to offset the
commissions or markups on securities or investment products recommended to clients.
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Legacy Edge Advisors does not accept performance-based fees or other 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
Legacy Edge Advisors generally provides advisory services to the following types of clients:
Individuals
High-Net-Worth Individuals
Trusts
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There is no account minimum for any of Legacy Edge Advisors’ services.
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, & Risk of
Loss
A. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
Methods of Analysis
Legacy Edge Advisors’ methods of analysis include Fundamental analysis, Modern
portfolio theory, Quantitative analysis and Technical analysis.
Fundamental analysis involves the analysis of financial statements, the general financial
health of companies, and/or the analysis of management or competitive advantages.
Modern portfolio theory is a theory of investment that attempts to maximize portfolio
expected return for a given amount of portfolio risk, or equivalently minimize risk for a
given level of expected return, each by carefully choosing the proportions of various asset.
Quantitative analysis deals with measurable factors as distinguished from qualitative
considerations such as the character of management or the state of employee morale, such
as the value of assets, the cost of capital, historical projections of sales, and so on.
Technical analysis involves the analysis of past market data; primarily price and volume.
Investment Strategies
Legacy Edge Advisors uses long term trading, short term trading, margin transactions
and options trading (including covered options, uncovered options, or spreading
strategies).
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared
to bear.
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B. Material Risks Involved
Methods of Analysis
Fundamental analysis concentrates on factors that determine a company’s value and
expected future earnings. This strategy would normally encourage equity purchases in
stocks that are undervalued or priced below their perceived value. The risk assumed is
that the market will fail to reach expectations of perceived value.
Modern portfolio theory assumes that investors are risk averse, meaning that given two
portfolios that offer the same expected return, investors will prefer the less risky one.
Thus, an investor will take on increased risk only if compensated by higher expected
returns. Conversely, an investor who wants higher expected returns must accept more
risk. The exact trade-off will be the same for all investors, but different investors will
evaluate the trade-off differently based on individual risk aversion characteristics. The
implication is that a rational investor will not invest in a portfolio if a second portfolio
exists with a more favorable risk-expected return profile – i.e., if for that level of risk an
alternative portfolio exists which has better expected returns.
Quantitative analysis Investment strategies using quantitative models may perform
differently than expected as a result of, among other things, the factors used in the models,
the weight placed on each factor, changes from the factors’ historical trends, and technical
issues in the construction and implementation of the models.
Technical analysis attempts to predict a future stock price or direction based on market
trends. The assumption is that the market follows discernible patterns and if these
patterns can be identified then a prediction can be made. The risk is that markets do not
always follow patterns and relying solely on this method may not take into account new
patterns that emerge over time.
Investment Strategies
Legacy Edge Advisors’ use of margin transactions and options trading generally holds
greater risk, and clients should be aware that there is a material risk of loss using any of
those strategies.
Long term trading is designed to capture market rates of both return and risk. Due to its
nature, the long-term investment strategy can expose clients to various types of risk that
will typically surface at various intervals during the time the client owns the investments.
These risks include but are not limited to inflation (purchasing power) risk, interest rate
risk, economic risk, market risk, and political/regulatory risk.
Margin transactions use leverage that is borrowed from a brokerage firm as collateral.
When losses occur, the value of the margin account may fall below the brokerage firm’s
threshold thereby triggering a margin call. This may force the account holder to either
allocate more funds to the account or sell assets on a shorter time frame than desired.
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Options transactions involve a contract to purchase a security at a given price, not
necessarily at market value, depending on the market. This strategy includes the risk that
an option may expire out of the money resulting in minimal or no value, as well as the
possibility of leveraged loss of trading capital due to the leveraged nature of stock options.
Short term trading risks include liquidity, economic stability, and inflation, in addition to
the long term trading risks listed above. Frequent trading can affect investment
performance, particularly through increased brokerage and other transaction costs and
taxes.
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared
to bear.
C. Risks of Specific Securities Utilized
Legacy Edge Advisors’ use of margin transactions and options trading generally holds
greater risk of capital loss. Clients should be aware that there is a material risk of loss
using any investment strategy. The investment types listed below (leaving aside Treasury
Inflation Protected/Inflation Linked Bonds) are not guaranteed or insured by the FDIC or
any other government agency.
Mutual Funds: Investing in mutual funds carries the risk of capital loss and thus you may
lose money investing in mutual funds. All mutual funds have costs that lower investment
returns. The funds can be of bond “fixed income” nature (lower risk) or stock “equity”
nature.
Equity investment generally refers to buying shares of stocks in return for receiving a
future payment of dividends and/or capital gains if the value of the stock increases. The
value of equity securities may fluctuate in response to specific situations for each
company, industry conditions and the general economic environments.
Fixed income investments generally pay a return on a fixed schedule, though the amount
of the payments can vary. This type of investment can include corporate and government
debt securities, leveraged loans, high yield, and investment grade debt and structured
products, such as mortgage and other asset-backed securities, although individual bonds
may be the best known type of fixed income security. In general, the fixed income market
is volatile and fixed income securities carry interest rate risk. (As interest rates rise, bond
prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for longer-term
securities.) Fixed income securities also carry inflation risk, liquidity risk, call risk, and
credit and default risks for both issuers and counterparties. The risk of default on treasury
inflation protected/inflation linked bonds is dependent upon the U.S. Treasury defaulting
(extremely unlikely); however, they carry a potential risk of losing share price value, albeit
rather minimal. Risks of investing in foreign fixed income securities also include the
general risk of non-U.S. investing described below.
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Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): An ETF is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges,
similar to stocks. Investing in ETFs carries the risk of capital loss (sometimes up to a 100%
loss in the case of a stock holding bankruptcy). Areas of concern include the lack of
transparency in products and increasing complexity, conflicts of interest and the
possibility of inadequate regulatory compliance. Risks in investing in ETFs include
trading risks, liquidity and shutdown risks, risks associated with a change in authorized
participants and non-participation of authorized participants, risks that trading price
differs from indicative net asset value (iNAV), or price fluctuation and disassociation from
the index being tracked. With regard to trading risks, regular trading adds cost to your
portfolio thus counteracting the low fees that one of the typical benefits of ETFs.
Additionally, regular trading to beneficially “time the market” is difficult to achieve. Even
paid fund managers struggle to do this every year, with the majority failing to beat the
relevant indexes. With regard to liquidity and shutdown risks, not all ETFs have the same
level of liquidity. Since ETFs are at least as liquid as their underlying assets, trading
conditions are more accurately reflected in implied liquidity rather than the average daily
volume of the ETF itself. Implied liquidity is a measure of what can potentially be traded
in ETFs based on its underlying assets. ETFs are subject to market volatility and the risks
of their underlying securities, which may include the risks associated with investing in
smaller companies, foreign securities, commodities, and fixed income investments (as
applicable). Foreign securities in particular are subject to interest rate, currency exchange
rate, economic, and political risks, all of which are magnified in emerging markets. ETFs
that target a small universe of securities, such as a specific region or market sector, are
generally subject to greater market volatility, as well as to the specific risks associated with
that sector, region, or other focus. ETFs that use derivatives, leverage, or complex
investment strategies are subject to additional risks. Precious Metal ETFs (e.g., Gold,
Silver, or Palladium Bullion backed “electronic shares” not physical metal) specifically
may be negatively impacted by several unique factors, among them (1) large sales by the
official sector which own a significant portion of aggregate world holdings in gold and
other precious metals, (2) a significant increase in hedging activities by producers of gold
or other precious metals, (3) a significant change in the attitude of speculators and
investors. The return of an index ETF is usually different from that of the index it tracks
because of fees, expenses, and tracking error. An ETF may trade at a premium or discount
to its net asset value (NAV) (or indicative value in the case of exchange-traded notes). The
degree of liquidity can vary significantly from one ETF to another and losses may be
magnified if no liquid market exists for the ETF’s shares when attempting to sell them.
Each ETF has a unique risk profile, detailed in its prospectus, offering circular, or similar
material, which should be considered carefully when making investment decisions.
Real estate funds (including REITs) face several kinds of risk that are inherent in the real
estate sector, which historically has experienced significant fluctuations and cycles in
performance. Revenues and cash flows may be adversely affected by: changes in local real
estate market conditions due to changes in national or local economic conditions or
changes in local property market characteristics; competition from other properties
offering the same or similar services; changes in interest rates and in the state of the debt
and equity credit markets; the ongoing need for capital improvements; changes in real
estate tax rates and other operating expenses; adverse changes in governmental rules and
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fiscal policies; adverse changes in zoning laws; the impact of present or future
environmental legislation and compliance with environmental laws.
Annuities are a retirement product for those who may have the ability to pay a premium
now and want to guarantee they receive certain monthly payments or a return on
investment later in the future. Annuities are contracts issued by a life insurance company
designed to meet requirement or other long-term goals. An annuity is not a life insurance
policy. Variable annuities are designed to be long-term investments, to meet retirement
and other long-range goals. Variable annuities are not suitable for meeting short-term
goals because substantial taxes and insurance company charges may apply if you
withdraw your money early. Variable annuities also involve investment risks, just as
mutual funds do.
Private placements carry a substantial risk as they are subject to less regulation than are
publicly offered securities, the market to resell these assets under applicable securities
laws may be illiquid, due to restrictions, and the liquidation may be taken at a substantial
discount to the underlying value or result in the entire loss of the value of such assets.
Venture capital funds invest in start-up companies at an early stage of development in
the interest of generating a return through an eventual realization event; the risk is high
as a result of the uncertainty involved at that stage of development.
Commodities are tangible assets used to manufacture and produce goods or services.
Commodity prices are affected by different risk factors, such as disease, storage capacity,
supply, demand, delivery constraints and weather. Because of those risk factors, even a
well-diversified investment in commodities can be uncertain.
Options are contracts to purchase a security at a given price, risking that an option may
expire out of the money resulting in minimal or no value. An uncovered option is a type
of options contract that is not backed by an offsetting position that would help mitigate
risk. The risk for a “naked” or uncovered put is not unlimited, whereas the potential loss
for an uncovered call option is limitless. Spread option positions entail buying and selling
multiple options on the same underlying security, but with different strike prices or
expiration dates, which helps limit the risk of other option trading strategies. Option
transactions also involve risks including but not limited to economic risk, market risk,
sector risk, idiosyncratic risk, political/regulatory risk, inflation (purchasing power) risk
and interest rate risk.
Non-U.S. securities present certain risks such as currency fluctuation, political and
economic change, social unrest, changes in government regulation, differences in
accounting and the lesser degree of accurate public information available.
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investing in securities involves a
risk of loss that you, as a client, should be prepared to bear.
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Item 9: Disciplinary Information
A. Criminal or Civil Actions
There are no criminal or civil actions to report.
B. Administrative Proceedings
There are no administrative proceedings to report.
C. Self-regulatory Organization (SRO) Proceedings
There are no self-regulatory organization proceedings to report.
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Registration as a Broker/Dealer or Broker/Dealer Representative
Neither Legacy Edge Advisors nor its representatives are registered as, or have pending
applications to become, a broker/dealer or a representative of a broker/dealer.
B. Registration as a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity
Pool Operator, or a Commodity Trading Advisor
Neither Legacy Edge Advisors nor its representatives are registered as or have pending
applications to become either a Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool
Operator, or Commodity Trading Advisor or an associated person of the foregoing
entities.
C. Registration Relationships Material to this Advisory Business
and Possible Conflicts of Interests
Timothy Olin Urie, Robert Paul Marronaro, Kevin Marshall Brooks, Hui Yao Kelly Lin,
and Barry Howard Gladstein are independent licensed insurance agents. This activity
creates a conflict of interest since there is an incentive to recommend insurance products
based on commissions or other benefits received from the insurance company, rather than
on the client’s needs. Additionally, the offer and sale of insurance products by supervised
persons of Legacy Edge Advisors are not made in their capacity as a fiduciary, and
products are limited to only those offered by certain insurance providers. Legacy Edge
Advisors addresses this conflict of interest by requiring its supervised persons to act in
the best interest of the client at all times, including when acting as an insurance agent.
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Legacy Edge Advisors periodically reviews recommendations by its supervised persons
to assess whether they are based on an objective evaluation of each client’s risk profile and
investment objectives rather than on the receipt of any commissions or other benefits.
Legacy Edge Advisors will disclose in advance how it or its supervised persons are
compensated and will disclose conflicts of interest involving any advice or service
provided. At no time will there be tying between business practices and/or services (a
condition where a client or prospective client would be required to accept one product or
service conditioned upon the selection of a second, distinctive tied product or service). No
client is ever under any obligation to purchase any insurance product. Insurance products
recommended by Legacy Edge Advisors’ supervised persons may also be available from
other providers on more favorable terms, and clients can purchase insurance products
recommended through other unaffiliated insurance agencies.
D. Selection of Other Advisers or Managers and How This Adviser
is Compensated for Those Selections
Legacy Edge Advisors does not utilize nor select third-party investment advisers.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading
A. Code of Ethics
Legacy Edge Advisors has a written Code of Ethics that covers the following areas:
Prohibited Purchases and Sales, Insider Trading, Personal Securities Transactions,
Exempted Transactions, Prohibited Activities, Conflicts of
Interest, Gifts and
Entertainment, Confidentiality, Service on a Board of Directors, Compliance Procedures,
Compliance with Laws and Regulations, Procedures and Reporting, Certification of
Compliance, Reporting Violations, Compliance Officer Duties, Training and Education,
Recordkeeping, Annual Review, and Sanctions. Legacy Edge Advisors’ Code of Ethics is
available free upon request to any client or prospective client.
B. Recommendations Involving Material Financial Interests
Legacy Edge Advisors does not recommend that clients buy or sell any security in which
a related person to Legacy Edge Advisors or Legacy Edge Advisors has a material
financial interest.
C. Investing Personal Money in the Same Securities as Clients
From time to time, representatives of Legacy Edge Advisors may buy or sell securities for
themselves that they also recommend to clients. This may provide an opportunity for
representatives of Legacy Edge Advisors to buy or sell the same securities before or after
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recommending the same securities to clients resulting in representatives profiting off the
recommendations they provide to clients. Such transactions may create a conflict of
interest. Legacy Edge Advisors will always document any transactions that could be
construed as conflicts of interest and will never engage in trading that operates to the
client’s disadvantage when similar securities are being bought or sold.
D. Trading Securities At/Around the Same Time as Clients’
Securities
From time to time, representatives of Legacy Edge Advisors may buy or sell securities for
themselves at or around the same time as clients. This may provide an opportunity for
representatives of Legacy Edge Advisors to buy or sell securities before or after
recommending securities to clients resulting in representatives profiting off the
recommendations they provide to clients. Such transactions may create a conflict of
interest; however, Legacy Edge Advisors will never engage in trading that operates to the
client’s disadvantage if representatives of Legacy Edge Advisors buy or sell securities at
or around the same time as clients.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
A. Factors Used to Select Custodians and/or Broker/Dealers
Custodians/broker-dealers will be recommended based on Legacy Edge Advisors’ duty
to seek “best execution,” which is the obligation to seek execution of securities transactions
for a client on the most favorable terms for the client under the circumstances. Clients will
not necessarily pay the lowest commission or commission equivalent, and Legacy Edge
Advisors may also consider the market expertise and research access provided by the
broker-dealer/custodian, including but not limited to access to written research, oral
communication with analysts, admittance to research conferences and other resources
provided by the brokers that may aid in Legacy Edge Advisors’ research efforts. Legacy
Edge Advisors will never charge a premium or commission on transactions, beyond the
actual cost imposed by the broker-dealer/custodian.
Legacy Edge Advisors will require clients to use Schwab Institutional, a division of
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc..
1. Research and Other Soft-Dollar Benefits
While Legacy Edge Advisors has no formal soft dollars program in which soft dollars
are used to pay for third party services, Legacy Edge Advisors may receive research,
products, or other services from custodians and broker-dealers in connection with
client securities transactions (“soft dollar benefits”). Legacy Edge Advisors may enter
into soft-dollar arrangements consistent with (and not outside of) the safe harbor
contained in Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. There
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can be no assurance that any particular client will benefit from soft dollar research,
whether or not the client’s transactions paid for it, and Legacy Edge Advisors does not
seek to allocate benefits to client accounts proportionate to any soft dollar credits
generated by the accounts. Legacy Edge Advisors benefits by not having to produce
or pay for the research, products or services, and Legacy Edge Advisors will have an
incentive to recommend a broker-dealer based on receiving research or services.
Clients should be aware that Legacy Edge Advisors’ acceptance of soft dollar benefits
may result in higher commissions charged to the client.
2. Brokerage for Client Referrals
Legacy Edge Advisors receives no referrals from a broker-dealer or third party in
exchange for using that broker-dealer or third party.
3. Clients Directing Which Broker/Dealer/Custodian to Use
Legacy Edge Advisors will require clients to use a specific broker-dealer to execute
transactions. Not all advisers require clients to use a particular broker-dealer.
B. Aggregating (Block) Trading for Multiple Client Accounts
Legacy Edge Advisors does not aggregate or bunch the securities to be purchased or sold
for multiple clients. This may result in less favorable prices, particularly for illiquid
securities or during volatile market conditions.
Item 13: Review of Accounts
A. Frequency and Nature of Periodic Reviews and Who Makes
Those Reviews
All client accounts for Legacy Edge Advisors’ advisory services provided on an ongoing
basis are reviewed at least annually by Timothy Urie, Chief Compliance Officer, with
regard to clients’ respective investment policies and risk tolerance levels. All accounts at
Legacy Edge Advisors are assigned to this reviewer.
All financial planning accounts are reviewed upon financial plan creation and plan
delivery by Timothy Urie, Chief Compliance Officer. Financial planning clients are
provided a one-time financial plan concerning their financial situation. After the
presentation of the plan, there are no further reports. Clients may request additional plans
or reports for a fee.
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B. Factors That Will Trigger a Non-Periodic Review of Client
Accounts
Reviews may be triggered by material market, economic or political events, or by changes
in client's financial situations (such as retirement, termination of employment, physical
move, or inheritance).
With respect to financial plans, Legacy Edge Advisors’ services will generally conclude
upon delivery of the financial plan.
C. Content and Frequency of Regular Reports Provided to Clients
Each client of Legacy Edge Advisors’ advisory services provided on an ongoing basis will
receive a monthly report detailing the client’s account, including assets held, asset value,
and calculation of fees. This written report will come from the custodian.
Each financial planning client will receive the financial plan upon completion.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A. Economic Benefits Provided by Third Parties for Advice
Rendered to Clients (Includes Sales Awards or Other Prizes)
Legacy Edge Advisors does not receive any economic benefit, directly or indirectly from
any third party for advice rendered to Legacy Edge Advisors’ clients.
With respect to Schwab, Legacy Edge Advisors receives access to Schwab’s institutional
trading and custody services, which are typically not available to Schwab retail investors.
These services generally are available to independent investment advisers on an
unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10 million of the
adviser’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at Schwab Advisor Services. Schwab’s
services include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities
transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice, analyses and reports,
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. For Legacy Edge Advisors client accounts maintained in its custody, Schwab
generally does not charge separately for custody services but is compensated by account
holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees for securities
trades that are executed through Schwab or that settle into Schwab accounts.
Schwab also makes available to Legacy Edge Advisors other products and services that
benefit Legacy Edge Advisors but may not benefit its clients’ accounts. These benefits may
include national, regional or Legacy Edge Advisors specific educational events organized
and/or sponsored by Schwab Advisor Services. Other potential benefits may include
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occasional business entertainment of personnel of Legacy Edge Advisors by Schwab
Advisor Services personnel, including meals, invitations to sporting events, including golf
tournaments, and other forms of entertainment, some of which may accompany
educational opportunities. Other of these products and services assist Legacy Edge
Advisors in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These include software and
other technology (and related technological training) that provide access to client account
data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution (and
allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts, if applicable), provide
research, pricing information and other market data, facilitate payment of Legacy Edge
Advisors’ fees from its clients’ accounts (if applicable), and assist with back-office training
and support functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of these services
generally may be used to service all or some substantial number of Legacy Edge Advisors’
accounts. Schwab Advisor Services also makes available to Legacy Edge Advisors other
services intended to help Legacy Edge Advisors manage and further develop its business
enterprise. These services may include professional compliance, legal and business
information
consulting, publications and conferences on practice management,
technology, business succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers,
human capital consultants, insurance and marketing. In addition, Schwab may make
available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services rendered to Legacy Edge
Advisors by independent third parties. Schwab Advisor Services may discount or waive
fees it would otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part of the fees of
a third-party providing these services to Legacy Edge Advisors. Legacy Edge Advisors is
independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Schwab.
B. Compensation to Non – Advisory Personnel for Client Referrals
Legacy Edge Advisors does not directly or indirectly compensate any person who is not
advisory personnel for client referrals.
Item 15: Custody
When advisory fees are deducted directly from client accounts at client's custodian, Legacy Edge
Advisors will be deemed to have limited custody of client's assets and must have written
authorization from the client to do so. Clients will receive all account statements and billing
invoices that are required in each jurisdiction, and they should carefully review those statements
for accuracy.
Item 16: Investment Discretion
Legacy Edge Advisors provides discretionary investment advisory services to clients. The
advisory contract established with each client sets forth the discretionary authority for trading.
Where investment discretion has been granted, Legacy Edge Advisors generally manages the
client’s account and makes investment decisions without consultation with the client as to when
the securities are to be bought or sold for the account, the total amount of the securities to be
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bought/sold, what securities to buy or sell, or the price per share. In some instances, Legacy Edge
Advisors’ discretionary authority in making these determinations may be limited by conditions
imposed by a client (in investment guidelines or objectives, or client instructions otherwise
provided to Legacy Edge Advisors.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities (Proxy Voting)
Legacy Edge Advisors will not ask for, nor accept voting authority for client securities. Clients
will receive proxies directly from the issuer of the security or the custodian. Clients should direct
all proxy questions to the issuer of the security.
Item 18: Financial Information
A. Balance Sheet
Legacy Edge Advisors neither requires nor solicits prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees
per client, six months or more in advance, and therefore is not required to include a
balance sheet with this brochure.
B. Financial Conditions Reasonably Likely to Impair Ability to
Meet Contractual Commitments to Clients
Neither Legacy Edge Advisors nor its management has any financial condition that is
likely to reasonably impair Legacy Edge Advisors’ ability to meet contractual
commitments to clients.
C. Bankruptcy Petitions in Previous Ten Years
Legacy Edge Advisors has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition in the last ten
years.
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