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Form ADV Part 2A: Firm Brochure
Item 1 – Cover Page
LifeWealth Investments, LLC
d/b/a The LifeWealth Group
270 W. Plant St. Ste. 240
Winter Garden FL 34787
(407) 299-4129
www.thelifewealthgroup.com
Date of Disclosure Brochure: July 8, 2025
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This disclosure brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of LifeWealth
Investments, LLC doing business under the name The LifeWealth Group (also referred to as we and us
throughout this disclosure brochure). If you have any questions about the contents of this disclosure
brochure, please contact our office at 407-299-4129 or email to Janice@lifewealthgroup.com. The
information in this disclosure brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
information about The LifeWealth Group
is also available on
the
Additional
Internet at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can view our firm’s information on this website by searching for LifeWealth
Investments, LLC, The LifeWealth Group or our firm’s CRD number 332978.
*Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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Item 2 – Material Changes
We will ensure that you receive a summary of any material changes to this and subsequent disclosure
brochures within 120 days after our firm’s fiscal year ends. Our firm’s fiscal year ends on December 31,
so you will receive the summary of material changes no later than April 30 each year. At that time, we will
also offer or provide a copy of the most current disclosure brochure. We may also provide other ongoing
disclosure information about material changes as necessary.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation: We have updated this item to remove the separate fee schedule for
401(k) Management fees to unify our Asset Management fee schedules. Billing calculations and frequency
remain the same. We have also added language to clarify that legacy client relationships have different fee
schedules in place.
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Item 3 – Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2 – Material Changes ............................................................................................................................ 2
Item 3 – Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ 3
Item 4 – Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................... 4
Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 4
Description of Advisory Services .............................................................................................................. 4
Retirement Plan Rollover Recommendations ........................................................................................... 7
Limits Advice to Certain Types of Investments ......................................................................................... 8
Tailor Advisory Services to Individual Needs of Clients ............................................................................ 9
Client Assets Managed by The LifeWealth Group .................................................................................... 9
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................. 9
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management .......................................................... 13
Item 7 – Types of Clients ............................................................................................................................ 14
Minimum Investment Amounts Required ................................................................................................ 14
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ..................................................... 14
Methods of Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 14
Investment Strategies ............................................................................................................................. 15
Risk of Loss ............................................................................................................................................. 16
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................................. 20
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................................... 20
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ............................... 24
Code of Ethics Summary ........................................................................................................................ 24
Affiliate and Employee Personal Securities Transactions Disclosure..................................................... 24
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices .................................................................................................................... 24
Directed Brokerage ................................................................................................................................. 25
Block Trading Policy ................................................................................................................................ 26
Account Reviews and Reviewers ............................................................................................................ 26
Statements and Reports ......................................................................................................................... 26
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation .................................................................................. 27
Item 15 – Custody ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ................................................................................................................. 28
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................................... 28
Item 18 – Financial Information ................................................................................................................... 28
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
LifeWealth Investments, LLC
is a Florida limited liability company founded in 2024 with its principal
Hilgardt Lamprecht is the principal owner of Significant Wealth Management, Inc. Mr. Lamprecht founded
place of business in Florida and is principally owned by Significant Wealth Management, Inc.
Significant Wealth Management, d/b/a The LifeWealth Group in 2002 and has focused his practice on
holistic wealth management.
• Hilgardt Lamprecht is the Founder and primary control person of The LifeWealth Group. Full
details of the education and business background of Mr. Lamprecht are provided in his Form ADV
Part 2B Brochure Supplement.
• The LifeWealth Group filed its initial application with the SEC to become registered as an
investment adviser in September 2024.
Introduction
The investment advisory services of The LifeWealth Group are provided to you through an appropriately
licensed and qualified individual who is an investment adviser representative of The LifeWealth Group
(referred to as your investment adviser representative “IAR” or “Advisor” throughout this brochure). The
firm focuses on offering holistic wealth management services which may include but are not limited to
asset management, investment advice, financial planning, tax planning or estate planning.
Description of Advisory Services
The following are descriptions of the primary advisory services of The LifeWealth Group. Please
understand that a written agreement, which details the exact terms of the service, must be signed by you
and The LifeWealth Group before we can provide you with the services described below.
Asset Management Services
We offer discretionary asset management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet our clients'
needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for asset management services, we will meet with
you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant information at the
beginning of our advisory relationship. We will use the information we gather to develop a strategy that
enables our firm to give you continuous and focused investment advice. We may also consult with you
about options available to you in your pension plan. As part of our asset management services, we will
customize an investment portfolio for you according to your risk tolerance and investing objectives. We
may also invest your assets according to one or more model portfolios developed by an unaffiliated
investment adviser firm. Once we select a model portfolio, we will monitor your portfolio's performance on
an ongoing basis and will rebalance the portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in your
financial circumstances.
If you participate in our discretionary asset management services, we require you to grant our firm
discretionary authority to manage your account. Discretionary authorization will allow us to determine the
specific securities, and the amount of securities, to be purchased or sold for your account and the
commissions to be paid to brokerage firms without your approval prior to each transaction.
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Discretionary authority is typically granted by the Investment Advisory Agreement you sign with our firm
and the appropriate trading authorization forms. You may limit our discretionary authority (for example,
limiting the types of securities that can be purchased or sold for your account) by providing our firm with
your restrictions and guidelines in writing.
Asset Management Services: Sub-Advisors and AE Wealth Management
As part of our investment advisory services, we may use one or more third-party money manager(s) to
manage a portion of your account on a discretionary basis. Our firm may utilize the services of various
third-party money managers for the management of client accounts, allocating client assets among such
managers as appropriate. In such cases, the third-party money managers will be responsible for
continuously monitoring client accounts and making trades in client accounts when necessary. While the
chosen third-party money manager(s) will provide advice on specific securities and/or other investments
in connection with this service, our firm has discretionary authority to hire and fire such managers and
reallocate assets among them as deemed appropriate. We will assist you with identifying your risk
tolerance and investment objectives, and, in turn, retain third-party money managers in relation to your
stated investment objectives and risk tolerance. As a result, we allocate a portion of the total fee charged
and collected from you to the third-party money managers, if utilized, as compensation for their direct
management of your account.
We have a sub-advisory relationship with AE Wealth Management, LLC ("AEWM") to provide investment
advisory services to clients. This arrangement allows us to access model portfolios, model managers,
strategists, third-party money manager(s), and trading services through AEWM's managed account
program. As part of the AEWM program, you will give us and AEWM discretion to select third party,
nonaffiliated investment managers ("Model Managers") to design and manage model portfolios for your
assets. If we offer you services through AEWM, we will provide you with a copy of AEWM's disclosure
brochure which contains a detailed description of AEWM's services. We will regularly monitor the
performance of your accounts managed by AEWM or other third-party money manager(s) and may hire
and fire any third-party money manager(s) without your prior approval. AEWM has contracted with an
unaffiliated service provider to calculate the fee and instruct the qualified custodian(s) to deduct the fee
and pay AEWM and our firm in accordance with your agreement. However, you will not pay anything over
and above our firm’s advisory fee in order to receive the third-party money manager’s services.
Wrap Fee Programs
A wrap fee program is a program under which the client pays a single fee that covers both receipt of
investment advice and the execution of securities transactions. We serve as portfolio manager to a wrap
fee program sponsored by AEWM, which is also available to our clients. In the AEWM program, the
advisory fee paid by the client includes custody, trades, management expertise and reporting in a
bundled format. A client's total cost of each of the services provided through wrap fee programs could be
different if purchased separately. Cost factors may include the client's ability to:
1. Obtain the services provided within the programs separately from any of the mutual fund sponsors,
2. Invest and rebalance the selected mutual funds without the payment of a transaction charge, and
3. Obtain performance reporting comparable to those provided within each program.
When comparing costs, the combination of multiple mutual fund investments, advisory services, custodial
and brokerage services available through each program may not be available separately. Clients may be
required to have multiple accounts, sign numerous documents and incur various fees. If an account is not
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actively traded or the client qualifies for reduced sales charges, the fees in these programs may be more
expensive than if utilized separately.
We believe the charges and fees offered within each fee-based program are competitive and reasonable
when compared to alternative programs available through other firms and/or investment sources.
However, we make no guarantee that the aggregate cost of a particular program is lower than that which
may be available elsewhere.
If you participate in a third-party wrap program, it will be on a discretionary basis. The strategies
implemented are based on clients' individual investment objectives. If you participate in a wrap fee
program, we will provide you with a separate Wrap Fee Program Brochure from AEWM explaining the
program and costs associated with the program.
Our Financial Planning recommendations may include investment recommendations. If you choose to
implement any recommended transactions away from our firm they may be implemented in a non-wrap
program and you may pay separate commissions, ticket charges, and custodian fees.
Financial Planning Services
Our firm also provides financial planning services. Depending on your particular circumstance, such
services could include a comprehensive evaluation of your financial situation by using currently known facts
and variables, or it might focus on a few items of particular importance to you. Generally, such financial
planning services will involve preparing a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients
based on the client's current situation, financial goals and objectives. The financial planning process is used
with clients to discuss the current state of their finances and to establish goals and objectives for the future.
The Firm may charge additional fees for planning services, if charging additional fees we will detail them in
the Financial Planning agreement you sign with us. Regardless of the nature of the service, the
implementation of all recommendations will be at the client's discretion.
A financial plan will address one or more of the following areas:
• Financial Position: Understanding of a client's current financial situation.
•
Investment Planning: Determining the most suitable way to structure investments to meet financial
goals, and determine the appropriate account type (e.g., joint tenants, IRA, Roth IRA, etc.)
• Personal Tax Planning: Evaluating the current tax situation to help minimize a client's taxes and find
more profitable ways to use the extra income generated.
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•
• Retirement Planning: Assessing retirement needs to help a client determine how much to accumulate,
as well as distribution strategies designed to create a source of income during retirement years.
Insurance Planning and Risk Management: Evaluating the client's insurance needs and reviewing
insurance policies and the like.
*Estate Planning: Reviewing the client's cash needs at death, income needs of surviving dependents
and estate planning goals.
• Charitable Planning: Providing strategic charitable giving plans for clients and researching and
evaluating charitable entities and private foundations.
• Mortgage/Debt Analysis: Analyzing client's current mortgage debt, home equity, and financing
alternatives.
• Review of Employee Benefit Plans: Reviewing the client's investment options, allocation models and
historical performance of client assets held through employee benefit plans.
• Biblically Responsible Investing: Determining the most suitable way to structure investments in
accordance with faith-based biblical values.
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*Please see Item 5 - Fees and Compensation for additional information about our offerance of Estate Planning services.
We gather information at an initial meeting which includes interviews and a review of documents provided
by the client. Information gathered includes the client's current financial status, future goals, investment
objectives, risk tolerance and family circumstances.
Typical financial planning services include one or more of each of the service components. A financial plan
could require the services of a specialist such as an insurance specialist, attorney or tax accountant. We
will recommend third-party service providers if we feel it is appropriate and in your best interest, but you
are under no obligation to use any service provider recommended by us. Likewise, you are under no
obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. We do not receive referral or other fees from
third-party service providers.
Financial plans are based on the client's financial situation at the time we present the financial plan to the
client, and on the information provided to us. The client must promptly notify us if his/her financial situation,
goals, objectives or needs change. Certain assumptions are made with respect to interest rates, inflation
rates, and use of past trends and performance of the market and economy. Past performance is in no way
an indication of future performance. We do not offer any guarantees or promises that a client's financial
goals will be met.
Retirement Plan Rollover Recommendations
To the extent we recommend you roll over your account from a current retirement plan to an individual
retirement account (“Rollover IRA”), managed by The LifeWealth Group please know that The LifeWealth
Group and our investment adviser representatives have a conflict of interest.
We can earn increased investment advisory fees by recommending that you roll over your account at the
retirement plan to a Rollover IRA managed by The LifeWealth Group. We will earn fewer investment
advisory fees if you do not roll over the funds in the retirement plan to a Rollover IRA managed by The
LifeWealth Group.
Thus, our investment adviser representatives have an economic incentive to recommend a rollover of
funds from a retirement plan to a Rollover IRA which is a conflict of interest because our recommendation
that you open an IRA account to be managed by our firm can be based on our economic incentive and
not based exclusively on whether or not moving the IRA to our management program is in your overall
best interest.
We have taken steps to manage this conflict of interest. We have adopted an impartial conduct standard
whereby our investment adviser representatives will (i) provide investment advice to a retirement plan
participant regarding a rollover of funds from the retirement plan in accordance with the fiduciary status
described below, (ii) not recommend investments which result in The LifeWealth Group receiving
unreasonable compensation related to the rollover of funds from the retirement plan to a Rollover IRA,
and (iii) fully disclose compensation received by The LifeWealth Group and our supervised persons and
any material conflicts of interest related to recommending the rollover of funds from the retirement plan to
a Rollover IRA and refrain from making any materially misleading statements regarding such rollover.
To the extent we provide you investment advice as a participant in a retirement plan regarding whether to
maintain investments and/or proceeds in the retirement plan, roll over such investment/proceeds from the
retirement plan to a Rollover IRA or make a distribution from the retirement plan, The LifeWealth Group
hereby acknowledges our fiduciary obligations to you with regard to our investment advice about whether
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to maintain, roll over or distribute proceeds from the retirement plan, and as such a fiduciary with respect
to its investment advice to you about whether to maintain, roll over or distribute proceeds from the
retirement plan.
Our investment advisor representatives shall act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the
circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in a like capacity and familiar with such
matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims, based on the
investment objectives, risk, tolerance, financial circumstances, and a client’s needs, without regard to the
financial or other interests of The LifeWealth Group or our affiliated personnel.
Newsletters, Seminars, and Workshops
The LifeWealth Group occasionally prepares general, educational and informational newsletters.
Newsletters are always offered on an impersonal basis and do not focus on the needs of a specific
individual. Newsletters are provided to clients and prospective clients free of charge. We may host
occasional Seminars for clients or prospective clients. Seminar topics focus on retirement planning issues
but can also include other general financial planning topics. Seminars are always offered on an
impersonal basis and do not focus on the individual needs of participants. Seminars are offered to clients
and prospects free of charge. The LifeWealth Group offers educational workshops throughout the year
covering retirement planning and financial planning topics. Attendees may receive a course workbook
which further details the topic of discussion. See Item 5 – Fees and Compensation for the costs
associated with the workshops.
Limits Advice to Certain Types of Investments
The LifeWealth Group can provide investment advice on the following types of investments:
Interests in Partnerships Investing in Real Estate
Interests in Partnerships Investing in Oil and Gas Interests
• Mutual Funds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Exchange-listed Securities
• Securities Traded Over the Counter
• Foreign Issues
• Warrants
• Corporate Debt Securities
• Commercial Paper
• Certificates of Deposit
• Municipal Securities
• Variable Annuities
• Variable Life Insurance
• US Government Securities
• Options Contracts on Securities
• Options Contracts on Commodities
• Futures Contracts on Tangibles
• Futures Contracts on Intangibles
•
•
• Securities Properly Exempted from Registration
• Hedge Funds
• Non-Traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
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• Business Development Companies
• Private Placements or Equities
• Structured Notes
Although we generally provide advice only on the products previously listed, we reserve the right to offer
advice on any investment product that can be suitable for each client’s specific circumstances, needs,
goals and objectives.
It is not our typical investment strategy to attempt to time the market, but we can increase cash holdings
modestly as deemed appropriate based on your risk tolerance and our expectations of market
behavior. We can modify our investment strategy to accommodate special situations such as low basis
stock, stock options, legacy holdings, inheritances, closely held businesses, collectibles, or special tax
situations. (Please refer to Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss for more
information.)
Tailor Advisory Services to Individual Needs of Clients
The LifeWealth Group advisory services are always provided based on your individual needs. This
means, for example, that when we provide asset management services, you are given the ability to
impose restrictions on the Accounts we manage for you, including specific investment selections and
sectors. We work with you on a one-on-one basis through interviews and questionnaires to determine
your investment objectives and suitability information. Our recommendations are crafted with an
individualized, detailed financial plan which takes into consideration your overall investment knowledge
and goals.
We will not enter into an investment adviser relationship with a prospective client whose investment
objectives may be considered incompatible with our investment philosophy or strategies or where the
prospective client seeks to impose unduly restrictive investment guidelines.
When managing client Accounts through our firm’s Asset Management Services program, we can
manage a client’s Account in accordance with one or more investment models. When client Accounts are
managed using models, investment selections are based on the underlying model, and generally we do
not develop customized (or individualized) portfolio holdings for every client. However, the determination
to use a particular model or models is always based on each client’s individual investment goals,
objectives and mandates. We may recommend a mixture of investment models and individualized trade
strategies or create an individualized portfolio based on what we believe to be in our clients best interests.
Client Assets Managed by The LifeWealth Group
As of September 13, 2024, The LifeWealth Group does not manage any assets. The Firm will update
its AUM when given effectiveness.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
In addition to the information provided in Item 4 – Advisory Business, this section provides additional
details regarding our firm’s services along with descriptions of each service’s fees and compensation
arrangements. It should be noted that lower fees for comparable service can be available from other
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sources. The exact fees and other terms will be outlined in the agreement between you and The
LifeWealth Group.
Fees for Asset Management Services
The total annual advisory fee due to us for Asset Management Services (“Advisory Fee”) is negotiable at
the sole discretion of our firm and will be outlined in the Investment Advisory Agreement signed by the
client and our firm. The maximum annual Advisory Fee charged for these services will be up to 2% of the
total assets under management, and will include all fees payable to sub-advisers or third party investment
advisers (“TPAs”), unless otherwise agreed by you in a separate written agreement.
Our standard annual fee schedule for Asset Management and/or Asset Allocation Management are:
Asset Level
Asset
Management Fee
0 – 500K
500K - 1.5 Million
1.5 - 2.5 Million
2.5 - 5 Million
5 - 10 Million
10Million +
1.60%
1.30%
1.20%
1.10%
.90%
Negotiable
This is the current fee schedule for newly onboarded clients of the firm who have entered into an Advisory
Agreement with this schedule in place. Previous advisory relationships are subject to different fee
schedules and negotiated fee arrangements in accordance with the fee schedule and Advisory
Agreement in place at the time they onboarded. The fee schedule does not imply that fees are the same
for everyone, including legacy clients.
Asset Management Fees are typically billed monthly in arrears based on each account's average daily
balance during the prior calendar month, depending on the sub-adviser recommended. The calculation
for the average daily balance is based on the formula: Average Daily Balance x Client Fee / # of Days in
year X # of Invested Days in Month/Quarter. For Example:
Account average daily balance for account: $100,000
Client Fee: 1.30%
Invested January 5th, number of days invested for the month = 26
$100,000 x (130/10,000) / 365 x 26 = $92.60
Fees for Asset Management of retirement plans are typically billed quarterly in arrears based on the
period end balance during the prior calendar quarter.
The first monthly or quarterly fee shall be prorated based on the portion of such time period remaining
when you sign your agreement with us. When services begin the prorated fee is calculated and billed in
arrears during the next billing cycle. Advisory Fees are negotiable and will be deducted from client
account(s) by either us or a sub-adviser. In rare cases, our firm will agree to direct bill clients. The fee rate
for your accounts will always be reflected in your Investment Advisory Agreement with us.
Fees for Asset Management Services through Third Party Advisors (“TPAs”)
Our above fee schedule includes our standard fees for accounts managed by AEWM or sub-advisors we
select. The portion of the Advisory Fee payable to the sub-adviser or TPA is established and payable in
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accordance with the brochure provided by each TPA to whom you are recommended. These fees may or
may not be negotiable. Because we pay the TPA’s advisory fee, our net compensation differs depending
upon the individual agreement we have with each TPA. Furthermore, different models made available
through TPAs also charge different fees; accordingly, our net compensation also differs depending upon
the model selected. Investment Advisory fees incurred by Client may increase when the Client or
LifeWealth Group elects to use a TPA. Any fee exceeding those set forth in the Client Fee Disclosure
attached hereto shall always be agreed to by the Client in writing prior to being charged.
Nevertheless, because the costs attributable to supporting the use of each TPA and model varies, you
should not assume that the use of any TPA or model that results in a higher net compensation to us is
necessarily more profitable to us than using a TPA or model that results in a lower net compensation to
us. Whenever we recommend a TPA or model that would result in a higher profit to us than a different
TPA or model, a conflict of interest arises where our firm or our Associated Persons may have an
incentive to recommend one TPA or model with whom we have more favorable compensation
arrangements over other advisory programs offered by TPAs with whom we have less favorable or no
compensation arrangements. We address this conflict of interest by ensuring our recommendations of
TPAs and models are in our client’s best interest.
Services provided through AE Wealth Management, LLC ("AEWM") managed account program are
offered through a wrap fee program. In a wrap fee program, you will only pay fees based on assets under
management and you will not pay a separate commission, ticket charge, or custodian fee, for the
execution of transactions in your account. AEWM and our firm will receive a portion of the fee as
compensation for services. When services are provided through AEWM, we are generally entitled to the
portion of the Advisory Fee remaining after payment of AEWM’s portion of the fee, the portion for each
model manager, if applicable, and the portion for the custodian. The maximum total Advisory Fee is
2.00%. These annual fees are negotiable and therefore may vary from time to time or client to client. We
are responsible for negotiating AEWM’s platform fee for wrap accounts with AEWM on behalf of our
clients. This presents a conflict of interest, as we have an incentive to negotiate for a lower fee in order to
receive a higher percentage of our Advisory Fee. We address this conflict by ensuring our
recommendation to use the AEWM platform is in our client’s best interest. The actual Advisory Fee
charged to you is specified in the Investment Advisory Agreement between you and our firm. A more
detailed description of fees related to AEWM's managed account program is located in AEWM's
disclosure brochure which will be provided to you if we offer you services through AEWM.
Based on the cumulative value of assets maintained by our firm in the AEWM program, we receive
preferential pricing with respect to the fee charged by AEWM to our firm. In order to obtain this
preferential pricing we must maintain at least $500 million in assets on the AEWM platform. Furthermore,
certain Model Managers on the AEWM platform charge additional fees which are paid by our firm in
addition to AEWM’s fee. This presents a conflict of interest in that the existence of the $500 million
maintenance requirement and additional fees for certain Model Managers creates an incentive for our firm
to continue managing clients’ assets on the AEWM platform rather than some other platform and to
recommend Model Managers on the AEWM platform who do not charge additional fees. We manage this
conflict by periodically evaluating and assessing whether maintaining assets on the AEWM platform is in
the clients’ best interest, taking into consideration the quality of the services provided by AEWM for the
clients’ benefit, or available to our firm via the platform in connection with services we provide to our
clients, costs to the client and other factors. Additionally, we will take steps to assure our
recommendations regarding particular Model Managers are based on the needs of the clients and the
suitability of the Model Manager recommended, rather than the cost to us of making that
recommendation.
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AEWM also makes available to us certain other alternative ways for our clients to participate in its
platform. Alternatives offered to us by AEWM that would result in our firm receiving a higher percentage of
its Advisory Fee (i.e.., by paying a lower percentage to AEWM), include the ability to manage your assets
in models of our own design (our in house asset management services), the ability to hold certain assets
in accounts that charge transaction fees on a transaction-by-transaction basis (“transaction-based
accounts”), and access to certain mutual funds managed by AEWM. We typically only utilize these
alternatives in the form of our in house asset management services.
Because our clients do not pay transaction fees, it would not benefit our clients for us to determine
whether asset-based or transaction-based pricing is more expensive. Rather, it would only benefit our
firm to pay lower transaction fees. However, in order to simplify our business model and eliminate the
need for continuous analysis of which transaction pricing models are most profitable to our firm, we have
adopted a policy of using only asset-based pricing, which carries a platform fee that is higher than what
we would pay for transaction-based pricing. In the absence of this policy, in some situations we would
have an incentive to minimize our transaction costs by placing assets in transaction-based accounts and
to reduce trading in those accounts. Our policy to use asset-based pricing exclusively eliminates any
incentive to recommend those types of accounts to our clients, or to manage the accounts in that manner.
Our receipt of an asset-based fee presents a conflict of interest. This is because the more assets there
are in the client’s account, the more the client will pay in fees. Therefore, we have an incentive to
encourage clients to increase the assets in their accounts. We address this conflict of interest by ensuring
any such recommendations are in the client’s best interest.
Financial Planning & Estate Design Fees
We typically charge flat fee amounts for Financial Planning or Estate Design services. Our standard fee
schedule for Estate Design services is as follows:
Estate Value
Flat Fee
0 – 3 Million
$2,500
3 – 7 Million
$3,500
7 – 15 Million
$5,500
15 Million and Above
$7,500
In our sole discretion we may waive the above Estate Design fees for clients who have more than $2
Million of investable assets held with our firm. Financial Planning fees are negotiated based on the scope
of services to be provided and will be detailed in your Financial Planning Agreement with us. Financial
Planning & Estate Design fees are billed during the first year of the agreement in four equal payments.
Fees may be deducted from accounts you have with our firm, or paid separately via check or our firm’s
digital payment platform. Upon completion and delivery of the financial plan, the fixed fee is considered
earned by the firm and any unpaid amount is due.
If you terminate the financial planning and consulting services after entering into an agreement with us
and the IAR did not waive your fees, you will be responsible for immediate payment of any financial
planning and consulting services performed by the firm prior to our receipt of your notice of termination.
We may on occasion agree to do specialized projects for a Client at an hourly rate of $350 per hour which
will be memorialized in your Financial Planning Agreement with us. You will be invoiced and provided with
a reconciliation for hours billed if you engage in this type of agreement.
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Fees for Workshops
From time to time, The LifeWealth Group will charge a minimal fee, as needed, due to costs associated
with the content of the workshop and/or course workbook. Costs associated with workshops will be
disclosed to you at the time you register for the workshop and may be assessed afterwards, without
additional notice.
Other Fee Terms
You should notify The LifeWealth Group within ten (10) days of receipt of an invoice if you have questions
about or dispute any billing entry.
All fees paid to LifeWealth Group for advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and
expenses charged by mutual funds to their shareholders. These fees and expenses are described in each
mutual fund’s prospectus. These fees will generally include a management fee, other fund expenses, and
a possible distribution fee. If the fund also imposes sales charges, you may pay an initial or deferred
sales charge.
Clients incur certain charges imposed by custodians, brokers, and other third parties such as administrative
custodial fees, deferred sales charges, odd-lot differentials, transfer taxes, and electronic fund fees, and
other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities transactions. Please refer to Item 12 (Brokerage
Practices) in this Brochure for additional information.
Client with non-discretionary “Client Managed” accounts, AEWM will charge an annual administrative fee,
billed monthly based on the number of days in the month.
All fees paid to LifeWealth Group for services are separate and distinct from the commissions, fees, and
expenses charged by insurance companies associated with any disability insurance, life insurance, and
annuities subsequently acquired by you. If you sell or liquidate certain existing securities positions to
acquire any insurance or annuity, you may also pay commissions, fees, and expenses charged by the
insurance company for subsequently-acquired insurance and/or annuities in addition to the financial
planning and consulting fees paid to LifeWealth Group for Advisory Services. Please see Item 10 of this
brochure for more information about our outside professional activities.
To the extent The LifeWealth Group engages an outside professional (i.e., attorney, independent
investment adviser or Accountant) while providing advisory services to you, The LifeWealth Group will be
responsible for the payment of the fees for the services of such an outside professional, and you will not
be required to reimburse The LifeWealth Group for such payments. To the extent that you personally
engage such an outside professional, you will be responsible for the payment of the fees for the services
of such an outside professional, and The LifeWealth Group will not be required to reimburse Client for
such payments. Fees for the services of an outside professional (i.e., attorney, independent investment
adviser or Accountant) will be in addition to and separate from the fees charged by The LifeWealth
Group, and you will be responsible for the payment of the fees for the services of such an outside
professional. In no event will the services of an outside professional be engaged without your express
approval. Please see Item 10 of this brochure for more information about our outside professional
activities.
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
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Performance-based fees are defined as fees based on a share of capital gains on or capital appreciation
of the assets held in a client’s Account. Item 6 is not applicable to this Disclosure Brochure because we
do not charge or accept performance-based fees.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
The LifeWealth Group generally provides investment advice to the following types of clients:
Individuals
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• High net worth individuals
• Businesses
• Retirement Plans
You are required to execute a written agreement with The LifeWealth Group specifying the particular
advisory services in order to establish a client arrangement with The LifeWealth Group.
Minimum Investment Amounts Required
The LifeWealth Group typically requires a minimum of $500,000 in order to open an Account. To reach
this Account minimum, clients can aggregate all household Accounts. Exceptions can be granted to
family members and long-standing clients and referrals in the sole discretion of The LifeWealth Group.
AEWM or other sub-advisors we recommend may have minimum account and minimum fee requirements
in order to participate in their programs. AEWM will disclose its minimum account size and fees in its
Form ADV Part 2A Disclosure Brochure and Appendix 1.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
The LifeWealth Group uses the following methods of analysis in formulating investment advice:
Charting - This is a set of techniques used in technical analysis in which charts are used to plot
price movements, volume, settlement prices, open interest, and other indicators, in order to
anticipate future price movements. Users of these techniques, called chartists, believe that past
trends in these indicators can be used to extrapolate future trends.
Charting is likely the most subjective analysis of all investment methods since it relies on proper
interpretation of chart patterns. The risk of reliance upon chart patterns is that the next day's data
can always negate the conclusions reached from prior days' patterns. Also, reliance upon chart
patterns bears the risk of a certain pattern being negated by a larger, more encompassing pattern
that has not shown itself yet.
Fundamental – This is a method of evaluating a security by attempting to measure its intrinsic
value by examining related economic, financial and other qualitative and quantitative factors.
Fundamental analysts attempt to study everything that can affect the security's value, including
macroeconomic factors (like the overall economy and industry conditions) and individually
specific factors (like the financial condition and management of a company). The end goal of
performing fundamental analysis is to produce a value that an investor can compare with the
security's current price in hopes of figuring out what sort of position to take with that security
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(underpriced = buy, overpriced = sell or short). Fundamental analysis is considered to be the
opposite of technical analysis. Fundamental analysis is about using real data to evaluate a
security's value. Although most analysts use fundamental analysis to value stocks, this method of
valuation can be used for just about any type of security.
The risk associated with fundamental analysis is that it is somewhat subjective. While a
quantitative approach is possible, fundamental analysis usually entails a qualitative assessment
of how market forces interact with one another in their impact on the investment in question. It is
possible for those market forces to point in different directions, thus necessitating an
interpretation of which forces will be dominant. This interpretation may be wrong and could
therefore lead to an unfavorable investment decision.
Technical – This is a method of evaluating securities by analyzing statistics generated by market
activity, such as past prices and volume. Technical analysts do not attempt to measure a
security's intrinsic value, but instead use charts and other tools to identify patterns that can
suggest future activity. Technical analysts believe that the historical performance of stocks and
markets are indications of future performance.
Technical analysis is even more subjective than fundamental analysis in that it relies on proper
interpretation of a given security's price and trading volume data. A decision might be made
based on a historical move in a certain direction that was accompanied by heavy volume;
however, that heavy volume may only be heavy relative to past volume for the security in
question, but not compared to the future trading volume. Therefore, there is the risk of a trading
decision being made incorrectly, since future trading volume is unknown. Technical analysis is
also done through observation of various market sentiment readings, many of which are
quantitative. Market sentiment gauges the relative degree of bullishness and bearishness in a
given security, and a contrarian investor utilizes such sentiment advantageously. When most
traders are bullish, then there are very few traders left in a position to buy the security in question,
so it becomes advantageous to sell it ahead of the crowd. When most traders are bearish, then
there are very few traders left in a position to sell the security in question, so it becomes
advantageous to buy it ahead of the crowd. The risk in utilization of such sentiment technical
measures is that a very bullish reading can always become more bullish, resulting in lost
opportunity if the money manager chooses to act upon the bullish signal by selling out of a
position. The reverse is also true in that a bearish reading of sentiment can always become more
bearish, which may result in a premature purchase of a security.
Investment Strategies
The LifeWealth Group may employ the following investment strategies when managing client assets
and/or providing investment advice:
Long term purchases. Investments held at least a year.
Short term purchases. Investments sold within a year.
Value Investing. Value Investing can be described as a strategy of selecting stocks that trade for
less than their intrinsic values. Value investors typically seek stocks of companies that they
believe the market has undervalued. They believe the market overreacts to good and bad news,
resulting in stock price movements that do not correspond with the company's long-term
fundamentals. The result is an opportunity for value investors to profit by buying when the price is
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deflated. Often, value investors select stocks with lower-than-average price-to-book or price-to-
earnings ratios and/or high dividend yields. The risks associated with value-investing include
incorrectly analyzing and overestimating the intrinsic value of a business, concentration risk,
under performance relative to major benchmarks, macro-economic risks, investing in value traps
i.e., businesses that remain perpetually undervalued, and lost purchasing power on cash holdings
in the case of inflation.
Tactical asset allocation. Allows for a range of percentages in each asset class (such as Stocks =
40-50%). The ranges establish minimum and maximum acceptable percentages that permit the
investor to take advantage of market conditions within these parameters. Thus, a minor form
of market timing is possible, since the investor can move to the higher end of the range when
stocks are expected to do better and to the lower end when the economic outlook is bleak.
Strategic asset allocation. Calls for setting target allocations and then periodically rebalancing
the portfolio back to those targets as investment returns skew the original asset allocation
percentages. The concept is akin to a “buy and hold” strategy, rather than an active trading
approach. Of course, the strategic asset allocation targets may change over time as the client’s
goals and needs change and as the time horizon for major events such as retirement and college
funding grow shorter.
Investment Model Strategies. The LifeWealth Group has created proprietary Model Portfolios.
Based on the information you provide us, we consider multiple time horizons (long, medium and
short-term) when determining investment strategies. Depending on our clients’ needs, we may
recommend one or several of our investment management models.
In the development and management of our Model Portfolios, The LifeWealth Group uses
industry standard techniques that include technical analysis, fundamental analysis and charting.
We may engage various types of execution tactics such as long term and short-term buys and
value investing as well as asset allocation strategies to achieve the Model Portfolios’ objectives.
Each model engages in its own type of techniques, execution tactics and use of research tools to
enhance the ability to manage its assets effectively to its stated philosophy. The LifeWealth
Group actively manages each model’s investment objective, driven by its investment philosophy
and style.
Primarily Recommend One Type of Security
We do not primarily recommend one type of security to clients. Instead, we recommend any product that
may be suitable for each client relative to that client’s specific circumstances and needs.
Risk of Loss
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Therefore, you should never assume that the future
performance of any specific investment or investment strategy will be profitable. Investing in securities
(including stocks, mutual funds, and bonds, etc.) involves risk of loss. Further, depending on the different
types of investments there may be varying degrees of risk. You should be prepared to bear investment
loss including loss of original principal.
Because of the inherent risk of loss associated with investing, our firm is unable to represent, guarantee,
or even imply that our services and methods of analysis can or will predict future results, successfully
identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate you from losses due to market corrections or declines. There
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are certain additional risks associated with investing in securities through our investment management
program, as described below:
• Alternative Investments Risk – Alternative investments typically do not correlate to the
stock market, which means they can be used to add diversification to a portfolio and help
mitigate volatility. Alternative Investments can be illiquid due to restrictions on transfer
and the lack of a secondary trading market. These investments may lack transparency as
to share price, valuation, and portfolio holdings. Complex tax structures often result in
delayed tax reporting. Compared to mutual funds, private funds are subject to less
regulation and often charge higher fees. Alternative investments encompass a broad
array of strategies, each with its own unique return and risk characteristics to be
considered on a case-specific basis.
• Collateralized Loan Obligation (“CLO”) Risk – A CLO is a single security backed by a
pool of debt. That pool of debt often consists of a bundle of corporate loans that are
ranked below investment grade. CLOs are securities subject to credit, liquidity, and
interest rate risks. The investor will receive scheduled debt payments from the underlying
loans, assuming most of the risk if the borrowers of those loans default. A CLO usually
has multiple “tranches.” Each tranche is a piece of the CLO, and the order of the tranches
dictates in what order the investors will be paid when the underlying loan payments are
made. The tranches also dictate the associated risk since investors who are paid last
have the highest overall risk of loss. Those paid first have less risk and are therefore paid
smaller interest payments—whereas those paid last receive higher interest payments to
compensate for the risk.
• Company Risk. When investing in stock positions, there is always a certain level of
company or industry specific risk that is inherent in each investment. This is also referred
to as an unsystematic risk and can be reduced through appropriate diversification. There
is the risk that the company will perform poorly or have its value reduced based on
factors specific to the company or its industry. For example, if a company’s employees
go on strike or the company receives unfavorable media attention for its actions, the
value of the company may be reduced.
• Cybersecurity Risk – With the increased use of technologies to conduct business,
companies are susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. In
general, information and cyber-incidents can result from deliberate attacks or
unintentional events and arise from external or internal sources. Cyber-attacks include
unauthorized access to digital systems (such as through “hacking” or malicious software
coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information; corrupting data,
equipment, or systems; or causing operational disruption. Cyber-attacks may also be
carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such as
causing denial of service attacks on websites (making network services unavailable to
intended users). Cyber-incidents may cause disruptions and affect business operations,
potentially resulting in financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability to transact
business, destruction to equipment and systems, violations of applicable privacy and
other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other
compensation costs, or additional compliance costs.
• Duration Risk – Duration is a way to measure a bond’s price sensitivity to changes in
interest rates. The duration of a bond is determined by its maturity date, coupon rate, and
call feature. Duration is a method to compare how different bonds will react to interest
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rate changes. For example, if a bond has a duration of five (5) years, it means that the
value of that security will decline by approximately five percent (5%) for every one
percent (1%) increase in interest rates.
• Emerging Markets Risk – The risks associated with foreign investments are heightened
when investing in emerging markets. The governments and economies of emerging
market countries may show greater instability than those of more developed countries.
Such investments tend to fluctuate in price more widely and to be less liquid than other
foreign investments.
• Market Risk – Either the stock market as a whole, or the value of an individual company,
goes down resulting in a decrease in the value of client investments. This is also referred
to as systemic risk.
• Equity (stock) market risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market
fluctuations and to volatile increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and
perceptions of their issuers change. If you held common stock, or common stock
equivalents, of any given issuer, you would generally be exposed to greater risk than if
you held preferred stocks and debt obligations of the issuer.
• ETF and Mutual Fund Risk – When investing in an ETF or mutual fund, you will bear
additional expenses based on your pro rata share of the ETF’s or mutual fund’s operating
expenses, including the potential duplication of management fees. The risk of owning an
ETF or mutual fund generally reflects the risks of owning the underlying securities the
ETF or mutual fund holds. You will also incur brokerage costs when purchasing ETFs.
• Fixed Income Risk. When investing in bonds, there is the risk that the issuer will default
on the bond and be unable to make payments. Further, individuals who depend on set
amounts of periodically paid income face the risk that inflation will erode their spending
power. Fixed-income investors receive set, regular payments that face the same inflation
risk.
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International Investing Risk – International investing, especially in emerging markets,
involves special risks, such as currency exchange and price fluctuations and political and
economic risks.
•
Interval Fund Risk – Interval funds are classified as closed-end funds, but they are
distinct because the shares do not trade on the secondary market, but instead
periodically the fund offers to buy back a percentage of outstanding shares at net asset
value. This results in the funds being largely illiquid. There is no guarantee that investors
will be able to sell their shares at any given time or in the desired amount. Additionally,
repurchase is done on a pro-rata basis; therefore, there is no guarantee you can redeem
the number of shares you want during a given redemption.
• Liquidity Risk – Liquidity is how easily an asset or security can be bought or sold in the
market and converted to cash. Generally, the less liquid an asset is, the greater the risk
that if an investor needed to sell the asset quickly, the asset will be sold at a loss. Simple
assets tend to be more liquid than complex assets. An asset tends to be more liquid if it
represents a standardized product or security and there are many traders interested in
making a market in that product or security. Some investments, like Qualified Opportunity
Zone Funds, are considered private investments and are illiquid because there is no
public market that currently exists for the investment type. Therefore, the inability to
quickly sell or liquidate this investment carries a higher risk for a loss in the investment.
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• Management Risk – Your investment with our firm varies with the success and failure of
our investment strategies, research, analysis and determination of portfolio securities. If
our investment strategies do not produce the expected returns, the value of the
investment will decrease.
• Margins Risk – A margin transaction occurs when an investor uses borrowed assets by
using other securities as collateral to purchase financial instruments. The effect of
purchasing a security using margin is to magnify any gains or losses sustained by the
purchase of the financial instruments on margin. Margin trading involves interest charges
and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit
additional collateral in a falling market. Some Sub-Advisor strategies may require the use
of margin accounts.
• Options Risk. Options on securities may be subject to greater fluctuations in value than
an investment in the underlying securities. Purchasing and writing put and call options
are highly specialized activities and entail greater than ordinary investment risks.
• Private Investments Risk – A private investment is a financial asset outside public market
assets, meaning they are not listed on an exchange. Investors often access private
investments through a private investment fund. A private investment fund is an
investment company that doesn’t solicit capital from retail investors or the public. Hedge
funds and private equity funds are two of the most common types of private investment
funds. Private equity investing often has high investment minimums and they may also
have higher liquidity risks since private equity investors are expected to invest their funds
with the firm for several years, on average. Investors often utilize private investments to
diversify their portfolio and reduce overall risk exposure across specific sectors. However,
because there is no major public exchange for these investments, a fund manager may
find it difficult to liquidate the investments in a fund in times of economic stress.
• REITs and Real Estate Risk – Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are popular
investment vehicles that pay dividends to investors. The value of an investment in REITs
may change in response to a change in the real estate market. REITs may subject an
investment to additional risks such as decline in the value of real estate, changes in
interest rates may result in lack of available mortgage funds or other capital and financing
limits, extended vacancies of properties, increases in property taxes and operating
expenses, and changes in zoning laws and regulations. When traded like shares of stock
on exchanges, REITs can give exposure to diversified real estate holdings.
• Structured Notes Risk – Structured notes are complex instruments consisting of a bond
component and an imbedded derivative component that adjusts the security’s risk-return
profile. There are both principal-at-risk and principal-protected notes. Principal-protected
notes offer full principal protection, subject to the credit risk of the issuer, even if the
market is down at the note’s maturity. Principal-at-risk notes offer no principal protection,
and an investor can lose some or all of their invested principal at maturity. A structured
note will result in loss of principal if the reference asset declines by more than the stated
buffer or barrier level, either at maturity, or on a scheduled observation date. Structured
notes are classified as senior unsecured debt and are therefore subject to the risk of
default. They lack liquidity, are not listed on securities exchanges, and do not participate
in dividends. Typically, the issuer will maintain a secondary market; but there is no
obligation to do so. Therefore, there may be little to no secondary market available. To
the extent a secondary market may exist, a sale in the secondary market prior to maturity
may result in a significant discount in the sale price of the note resulting in a loss of
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principal. Structured notes are also subject to credit and call risks. The credit risk involves
a situation where, if the issuer were to default on its payment obligations, you may not
receive any amount owed under the structured note and you could lose your entire
principal investment. Certain notes may be callable automatically or at the option of the
issuer. If a note is called, the investor will not receive any interest payments that would
have been payable for the remainder of the term of the note. Depending on the nature of
the linked asset or index, the market risk of the structured note may include changes in
equity or commodity prices, changes in interest rates or foreign exchange rates, or
market volatility. After issuance, structured notes may not be re-sold on a daily basis and
thus may be difficult to value given their complexity.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Our firm and our financial professionals are required to disclose any legal or disciplinary events that are
material to a client's or prospective client's evaluation of us, our business or the integrity of our
management or associated persons. Information regarding our firm and associated persons is always
available by searching the firm or individuals name on the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website:
https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/.
Hilgardt Lamprecht, CEO and President of The LifeWealth Group has a history of customer disputes
which are disclosed in his individual ADV Part 2B brochure supplement. The firm has no other disciplinary
information which would be material to a client’s evaluation of us.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
The LifeWealth Group is not and does not have a related person that is a broker/dealer, municipal
securities dealer, government securities dealer or broker, an investment company or other pooled
investment vehicle (including a mutual fund, closed-end investment company, unit investment trust,
private investment company or "hedge fund," and offshore fund), another investment adviser or financial
planner, a futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, or commodity trading advisor, a
banking or thrift institution, or a sponsor or syndicator of limited partnerships.
The LifeWealth Group does have Investment Advisor Representatives, including control persons, who are
engaged in separate business activities as an Accountant or Accounting firm, a lawyer or law firm, an
insurance company or agency, a pension consultant, a real estate broker or dealer, a business
consultant, or as Investment Advisor Representatives of an unaffiliated investment adviser.
Clients are never under any obligation to utilize outside services or products which may be offered by
their advisors in these separate capacities. All outside activities of your advisor are disclosed in their
individual brochure supplement (ADV 2B) along with any conflicts of interest such activities may present.
Compensation received as part of an outside activity is separate from and in addition to the Advisory
Fees you pay us for Advisory Services. Please refer to Item 5 – Fees and Compensation for information
regarding fees our firm charges for Advisory Services.
Insurance Product Recommendations
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Through our affiliate Significant Wealth Management, d/b/a The LifeWealth Group, our financial
representatives can sell other products or provide services outside of their role as investment adviser
representatives with us.
Due to the firm’s financial planning philosophy, it is common for our financial professionals to recommend
that clients utilize insurance products (for example, a fixed index annuity (“FIA”)) as part of the client’s
overall financial plan in lieu of separately managed accounts (specifically, in lieu of cash and fixed income
asset classes). You should be aware that there are a number of conflicts of interests that are present due
to our planning philosophy and recommendations to utilize insurance products in this nature.
As an estimate, our financial professionals that are registered as investment advisor representatives
spend approximately 50% of their time on insurance sales and services and 50% of their time on
investment advisory services in the future. Please refer to Item 5 – Fees and Compensation and Item 14
– Client Referrals and Other Compensation for more details.
You may therefore work with your financial professional in both their capacity as an investment adviser
representative of LifeWealth Investments, as well as in their capacity as an insurance agent through our
affiliate Significant Wealth Management. As such, your LifeWealth Investments financial professional, in
their dual capacity as an IAR and insurance agent, may advise you to purchase insurance products
(general disability insurance, life insurance, annuities, and other insurance products to you), and then
assist you in implementing the recommendations by selling you those same products through our
affiliated insurance agency. For the reasons described below, this creates a variety of conflicts of interest
that you should be aware of.
• Commissions: Although LifeWealth Investments, LLC and its investment adviser representatives
owe you a fiduciary duty, it should be noted that the receipt of a commission provides a variety of
incentives for our affiliate and our shared financial professionals to recommend these products.
For example, your financial professional will earn a larger commission the more assets are
invested in an annuity, therefore they are economically incentivized to recommend that you
purchased an annuity over placing those assets in a brokerage or advisory account, which may
provide lower total compensation. Our financial professional could also be incentivized to
recommend a product that pays a commission now, versus an advisory product that pays fees
over a longer period of time. As an example, all other variables held equal, a 5% commission paid
by an insurance company upon sale of a $100,000 annuity product, may be more attractive to a
financial professional than a one percent (1%) advisory fee charged on a $100,000 account paid
over a period of five (5) years, despite the overall pre-tax compensation paid to the financial
professional being equal. Note that some products pay a higher street or bonus commission than
others, increasing this incentive and creating an economic incentive to favor higher fee-paying
products.
• Additional Compensation: Significant Wealth Management, its affiliates, and our shared
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financial professionals also receive additional compensation or incentives in the form of bonus
commissions, gifts, meals or entertainment, reimbursement for training, marketing, education,
advertising, or travel expenses associated with sponsored conferences or events. The exact
compensation cannot be accurately calculated at the time of recommendation because they rely
on sales goals, but you should be aware that there are a variety of forms of indirect compensation
paid by carriers and insurance marketing organizations, and this compensation creates a conflict
of interest.
In addition, each of the individual insurance carriers that our financial professionals work with may
also separately provide incentive-based bonuses or awards in exchange for sales-related
production over specific periods of time, which is a conflict of interest. They may also provide
indirect compensation by providing marketing assistance, business development tools,
technology, back office/operations support, business succession planning, business conferences,
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and incentive trips. These incentive programs do not directly affect fees paid by the client.
Although some of these services can benefit a client, other services obtained by our IARs such as
marketing assistance, business development, and incentive trips, will not benefit an existing client
and is a conflict of interest.
• At times, our financial professionals receive expense reimbursement for travel and/or marketing
expenses from distributors of investment and/or insurance products. Travel expense
reimbursements are a result of attendance at due diligence and/or investment training events
hosted by product sponsors. Marketing expense reimbursements are the result of informal
expense sharing arrangements in which product sponsors will underwrite costs incurred for
marketing, such as client appreciation events, advertising, publishing, and seminar expenses.
Although receipt of these travel and marketing expense reimbursements are not predicated upon
specific sales quotas, the product sponsor reimbursements are made by those sponsors for
which sales have been made or for which it is anticipated sales will be made. This creates a
conflict of interest in that there is an incentive to recommend certain products and investments
based on the receipt of this compensation instead of what is in the best interest of clients.
• Exchanges & Replacement Recommendations: Your financial professional may recommend
that you exchange or replace an existing annuity with a new annuity if they believe it is
appropriate. You should be aware that the firm and financial professional receive additional
commission when an exchange or replacement is made, in the form of commissions and
bonuses, and other additional compensation described above. You may also incur a surrender
charge on the old annuity. The new purchase be also subject to the commencement of a new
surrender period, lose existing benefits, such as accumulated value, death, living or other
contractual benefits, or be subject to increased fees, or additional charges for riders and similar
product enhancements.
• Other Issues: There are other conflicts present as well. LifeWealth and its insurance agency
Significant Wealth Management utilize the services of a third-party insurance marketing
organization ("IMO") to select the appropriate product for our clients. The purpose of the IMO is to
assist us in finding the insurance product that best fits the client’s situation, although the IMO and
insurance carrier may also offer special bonus or incentive compensation to our firm and our
investment adviser representatives when they act in their separate capacities as insurance
agents when they meet certain overall sales goals by placing annuities and/or other insurance
products through the IMO. This creates a conflict of interest for the firm and our financial
professionals in utilizing the products recommended by the IMO.
• The IMO is also a related company of AE Wealth Management. The IMO provides affiliate
members such as our firm, LifeWealth Investments, with marketing assistance and business
development tools to acquire new clients, technology with the goal of improving the client
experience and our firm’s efficiency, back office and operations support to assist in the
processing of our insurance (through the IMO) and investment advisory services (through AE
Wealth Management) for clients. Although some of these services may directly benefit a client,
other services obtained by us from Advisors Excel such as marketing assistance and business
development may not benefit an existing client. There is a conflict of interest when we use the
sub-adviser and financial planning services of AE Wealth Management because we are
influenced to use AE Wealth Management based upon our relationship and services provided
and support of the IMO.
The sale of commission-based products is supervised by the firm’s Chief Executive Officer, and the firm
makes periodic reviews of its insurance recommendations to ensure that our financial professionals act in
accordance with our fiduciary duty. If you have any questions or concerns about annuity
recommendations made during the financial planning process, we encourage you to immediately bring
them to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer or the CCO.
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Finally, you should be aware that there are other insurance products that are offered by other insurance
agents other than those recommended by our financial professionals. You are under no obligation to
implement any insurance or annuity transaction through our affiliate Significant Wealth Management.
Finally, you should be aware that there are other insurance products that are offered by other insurance
agents other than those recommended by our financial professionals. You are under no obligation to
implement any insurance or annuity transaction through The LifeWealth Group.
Registered Representatives of a Broker Dealer
Some IARs of our firm may also be registered with independent broker-dealers as registered
representatives. This presents a conflict of interest in that our IARs may be financially incentivized to
recommend commissionable brokered products to you. Information about if your advisor is registered with
a broker-dealer can be found in their ADV 2B brochure supplement.
Accounting Services
Some IARs of our firm may also be Certified Public Accountants, Enrolled Agents, Accountants,
Bookkeepers or Tax Preparers. Information about if your advisor is engaged in this type of activity can be
found in their individual ADV 2B brochure supplement.
Legal Services; Estate Planning
Some IARs of our firm may also be Attorneys or other Legal Professionals. While we may include estate
planning as part of our financial planning advisory services some of our IARs may offer additional legal
services through their separate business activity. Information about if your advisor is engaged in this type
of activity can be found in their ADV 2B brochure supplement.
Real Estate Businesses or Services
Some IARs of our firm may also be Realtors, Mortgage Brokers or other Real Estate related
Professionals. Information about if your advisor is engaged in this type of activity can be found in their
individual ADV 2B brochure supplement.
Broker of Business Successions
Hilgardt Lamprecht operates a separate business as a Broker for Business Successions through
LifeWealth Transition Partners. In this capacity Mr. Lamprecht provides services including, but not limited
to Exit Planning; Clarifying Exit Objectives, Maximizing & Protecting Business Value; Identifying a
Successor Target; Assisting with negotiations with successor; Business Continuity Planning; and
advanced tax planning prior to sale of business. Additional information about this activity can be found in
his individual ADV 2B brochure supplement.
Unaffiliated Investment Adviser
Some of our IARs may also be registered with a separate unaffiliated Registered Investment Adviser firm.
This presents a conflict of interest in that our IARs may be financially incentivized to offer you advisory
services through another Investment Adviser. Information about if your advisor is registered with another
firm can be found in their individual ADV 2B brochure supplement.
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Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Code of Ethics Summary
An investment adviser is considered a fiduciary and has a fiduciary duty to all clients. The LifeWealth
Group has established a Code of Ethics to comply with the requirements of the securities laws and
regulations that reflects its fiduciary obligations and those of its supervised persons. The Code of Ethics
also requires compliance with federal securities laws. The LifeWealth Group’ Code of Ethics covers all
individuals that are classified as “supervised persons”. All employees, officers, directors and investment
adviser representatives are classified as supervised persons. The LifeWealth Group requires its
supervised persons to consistently act in your best interest in all advisory activities. The LifeWealth
Group imposes certain requirements on its affiliates and supervised persons to ensure that they meet the
firm’s fiduciary responsibilities to you. The standard of conduct required is higher than ordinarily required
and encountered in commercial business.
This section is intended to provide a summary description of the Code of Ethics of The LifeWealth Group.
If you wish to review the Code of Ethics in its entirety, you should send us a written request and upon
receipt of your request, we will promptly provide a copy of the Code of Ethics to you.
Affiliate and Employee Personal Securities Transactions Disclosure
The LifeWealth Group or supervised persons of the firm can buy or sell for their personal accounts
investments identical to those recommended to clients. This creates a conflict of interest. It is the
express policy of The LifeWealth Group that all persons supervised in any manner by our firm must place
clients’ interests ahead of their own when implementing personal investments. As is required by our
internal procedures manual, The LifeWealth Group and its supervised persons will not buy or sell
securities for their personal account(s) where their decision is derived, in whole or in part, by information
obtained as a result of employment or association with our firm unless the information is also available to
the investing public upon reasonable inquiry.
We are now and will continue to be in compliance with applicable state and federal rules and regulations.
To prevent conflicts of interest, we have developed written supervisory procedures that include personal
investment and trading policies for our representatives, employees and their immediate family members
(collectively, supervised persons). Any supervised person not observing our policies is subject to
sanctions up to and including termination.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
Best execution does not necessarily mean that clients receive the lowest possible commission costs but
that the qualitative execution is best. In other words, all conditions considered, the transaction execution
is in your best interest. When considering best execution, we look at a number of factors besides prices
and rates including, but not limited to:
• Execution capabilities (e.g., market expertise, ease/reliability/timeliness of execution,
responsiveness, integration with our existing systems, ease of monitoring investments)
• Products and services offered (e.g., investment programs, back-office services, technology,
regulatory compliance assistance, research and analytic services)
• Financial strength, stability and responsibility
• Reputation and integrity
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
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We exercise reasonable due diligence to make certain that best execution is obtained for all clients when
implementing any transaction by considering the back-office services, technology and pricing of services
offered.
At least annually, we will review alternative custodians in the marketplace for comparison to the currently
used custodian, evaluating criteria such as overall expertise, cost competitiveness, and financial
condition. Quality of execution for custodians will be reviewed through trade journal evaluations.
Currently, we require the use of Fidelity as your qualified custodian. This decision is based on our
participation in the Fidelity Intuitional Wealth Services program. For AEWM Programs, Fidelity will also be
used as the qualified custodian. Fidelity provides The LifeWealth Group with access to their institutional
trading and custody services, typically not available to retail investors. The services from Fidelity include
brokerage, custody, research and access to mutual funds and other investments that are otherwise
generally available only to institutional investors or would require a significantly higher minimum initial
investment.
Fidelity and AEWM also make available to The LifeWealth Group other products and services that we
benefit from but may not benefit your Accounts. Some of these other products and services assist us in
managing and administering client Accounts. These include software and other technology that:
• Provide access to client Account data (such as trade confirmation and Account statements)
• Facilitate trade execution (and allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client Accounts)
• Provide research, pricing information and other market data
• Facilitate payment of our fees from client Accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting.
Many of these services generally may be used to service all or a substantial number of our Accounts.
Fidelity also makes available other services intended to help us manage and further develop our
business. These services can include:
Information technology
• Consulting, publications and conferences on practice management
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• Business succession
• Regulatory compliance
• Marketing.
In addition, Fidelity will make available, arrange and/or pay for these types of services rendered to The
LifeWealth Group by independent third parties providing these services to us. As a fiduciary, we
endeavor to act in your best interest. Our requirement that you maintain your assets in Accounts at
Fidelity may be based in part on the benefit to us of the availability of some of the foregoing products and
services and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by
Fidelity. This creates a conflict of interest.
You are under no obligation to act on our recommendations. You may select a broker/dealer or Account
custodian other than Fidelity, although in this case we cannot assist you with asset management
services.
Directed Brokerage
Clients should understand that not all investment advisors require the use of a particular broker/dealer or
custodian. Some investment advisors allow their clients to select whichever broker/dealer the client
decides. By requiring clients to use a particular broker/dealer, The LifeWealth Group may not achieve the
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most favorable execution of client transactions and the practice requiring the use of specific
broker/dealers can cost clients more money than if the client used a different broker/dealer or
custodian. However, for compliance and operational efficiencies, The LifeWealth Group has decided to
require our clients to use broker/dealers and other qualified custodians determined by The LifeWealth
Group.
Block Trading Policy
We may elect to purchase or sell the same securities for several clients at approximately the same time.
This process is referred to as aggregating orders, batch trading or block trading and is used by our firm
when The LifeWealth Group believes such action may prove advantageous to clients. If and when we
aggregate client orders, allocating securities among client Accounts is done on a fair and equitable basis.
Typically, the process of aggregating client orders is done in order to achieve better execution, to
negotiate more favorable commission rates or to allocate orders among clients on a more equitable basis
in order to avoid differences in prices and transaction fees or other transaction costs that might be
obtained when orders are placed independently.
The LifeWealth Group uses the pro rata allocation method for transaction allocation. Under this
procedure, pro rata trade allocation means an allocation of the trade at issue among applicable advisory
clients in amounts that are proportional to the participating advisory client’s intended investable assets.
The LifeWealth Group will calculate the pro rata share of each transaction included in a block order and
assign the appropriate number of shares of each allocated transaction executed for the client’s Account.
If and when we determine to aggregate client orders for the purchase or sale of securities, including
securities in which The LifeWealth Group or our associated persons may invest, we will do so in
accordance with the parameters set forth in the SEC No-Action Letter, SMC Capital, Inc. Neither we nor
our associated persons receive any additional compensation as a result of block trades.
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Account Reviews and Reviewers
Managed Accounts are reviewed at least annually but reviews may occur more frequently based on your
IARs assessment of your financial needs and investment strategy. While the calendar is the main
triggering factor, reviews can also be conducted at your request. Account reviews will include investment
strategy and objectives review and making a change if strategy and objectives have changed. Reviews
are conducted by your Advisor on record, with reviews performed in accordance with your investment
goals and objectives.
Statements and Reports
For our asset management services, you are provided with transaction confirmation notices and regular
quarterly Account statements in writing directly from the qualified custodian. Additionally, The LifeWealth
Group may provide position or performance reports to you quarterly and upon request. Financial Planning
client receive reports as agreed in the Financial Planning Agreement with us which may or may not be
ongoing.
You are encouraged to always compare any reports or statements provided by us or a co-adviser against
the Account statements delivered from the qualified custodian. When you have questions about your
Account statement, you should contact our firm and the qualified custodian preparing the statement.
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Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
The LifeWealth Group participates in referral arrangements with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties,
which are made in accordance with applicable rules. Before we compensate a third party for referrals,
clear and prominent disclosures are provided on the material terms of the compensation arrangement
between the referral source and our Firm, whether there is any affiliation between the referral source and
our Firm, and whether the client bears any costs with respect to the referral. Additionally, we disclose that
fees paid by a referred client may differ from fees paid by other similarly situated clients who are not
introduced to The LifeWealth Group through a referral. We strongly recommend prospective clients
review the disclosures carefully to help address any potential conflicts of interest.
As disclosed under the "Fees and Compensation" section in this Brochure, our financial professionals
providing investment advice on behalf of our firm are licensed insurance agents and registered
representatives of a broker dealer and earn commission-based compensation for selling insurance or
brokerage-based products. In addition, these persons may receive certain benefits from AEWM, including
sales awards and trips, based on the volume of insurance business referred to Advisors Excel, an affiliate
of AEWM. Our representatives who are licensed insurance agents also receive certain benefits from
insurance carriers, including small gifts such as fruit baskets or snacks. These practices present conflicts
of interest because our representatives who are licensed insurance agents have an incentive to
recommend insurance products, as well as insurance products through specific carriers, to you based on
the receipt of these benefits. For information on how we address the conflicts associated with the sale of
insurance products, please refer to the "Fees and Compensation" and "Other Financial Industry Activities
and Affiliations" sections of this Brochure.
The Firm and its supervised persons may receive certain benefits from third-party managers or vendors,
including sales awards and trips, based in part on the amount of advisory business directed to the third-
party manager. This presents a conflict of interest because we have an incentive to recommend the
services of the third-party manager. We address this conflict by ensuring the recommendation is in your
best interest.
Item 15 – Custody
Custody, as it applies to investment advisors, has been defined by regulators as having access to or
control over client funds and/or securities. In other words, custody is not limited to physically holding
client funds and securities. If an investment adviser has the ability to access or control client funds or
securities, the investment adviser is deemed to have custody and must ensure proper procedures are
implemented.
For all of our managed accounts, we have established procedures to ensure all client funds and securities
are held by a qualified custodian in a separate account for each client under that client’s name. Clients
will direct, in writing, the establishment of all accounts and therefore are aware of the qualified custodian’s
name, address and the manner in which the funds or securities are maintained. Finally, account
statements are delivered directly from the qualified custodian to each client, at least quarterly. Clients
should carefully review those statements and are urged to compare the statements against reports
received from The LifeWealth Group or AEWM. When clients have questions about their account
statements, they should contact The LifeWealth Group or the qualified custodian preparing the statement.
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Item 16 – Investment Discretion
When providing asset management services, The LifeWealth Group maintains trading authorization over
your Account and can provide management services on a discretionary basis. When discretionary
authority is granted, we will have the authority to determine the type of securities and the amount of
securities that can be bought or sold for your portfolio without obtaining your consent for each transaction.
However, it is the policy of The LifeWealth Group to consult with you prior to making significant changes
in the Account even when discretionary trading authority is granted.
If you decide to grant trading authorization on a non-discretionary basis, we will be required to contact
you prior to implementing changes in your Account. Therefore, you will be contacted and required to
accept or reject our investment recommendations including:
• The security being recommended
• The number of shares or units
• Whether to buy or sell
Once the above factors are agreed upon, we will be responsible for making decisions regarding the timing
of buying or selling an investment and the price at which the investment is bought or sold. If your
Accounts are managed on a non-discretionary basis, “Client Managed” you need to know that if we are
not able to reach you or you are slow to respond to our request, it can have an adverse impact on the
timing of trade implementations, and we may not achieve the optimal trading price.
You will have the ability to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments that may be
purchased in your Account. You may also place reasonable limitations on the discretionary power
granted to The LifeWealth Group so long as the limitations are specifically set forth or included as an
attachment to the client agreement.
Through the AEWM Program, you give The LifeWealth Group and AEWM discretionary authority to select
Model Managers. You also grant the AEWM with the discretionary authority (without first consulting with
client) to make all decisions to buy, sell or hold securities, cash or other investments for such portion of
the account managed by the AEWM. You also grant AEWM the power and authority to carry out these
decisions by giving instructions, on your behalf, to the qualified custodian(s) of the account.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
The LifeWealth Group does not vote proxies on behalf of Clients. We have determined that taking on the
responsibility for voting client securities does not add enough value to the services provided to you to
justify the additional compliance and regulatory costs associated with voting client securities. Therefore,
it is your responsibility to vote all proxies for securities held in Account.
You will receive proxies directly from the qualified custodian or transfer agent; we will not provide you with
the proxies. You are encouraged to read through the information provided with the proxy-voting
documents and make a determination based on the information provided.
Item 18 – Financial Information
This Item 18 is not applicable to this brochure. The LifeWealth Group does not require or solicit
prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six months or more in advance. Therefore, we are not
required to include a balance sheet for the most recent fiscal year. We are not subject to a financial
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condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet contractual commitments to clients. Finally,
The LifeWealth Group has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time.
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