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FORM ADV PART 2A
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc.
3501 E Evergreen Drive, Suite A
Appleton, WI 54913
P: 920-882-5299
www.mcglonesuttner.com
February 26, 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. If you have any questions about the contents of
this Brochure, please contact us at (920) 882-5299 and/or Compliance@mcglonesuttner.com.
The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. also is available on
the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Any references to McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. as a registered investment
adviser or its related persons as registered advisory representatives does not imply a certain
level of skill or training.
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc.
Item 2 – Material Changes
There are no material changes in this brochure from the last annual updating amendment of
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. on 02/28/2025. Material changes relate to McGlone
Suttner Wealth Management, Inc.’s policies, practices or conflicts of interest.
Our brochure may be requested free of charge by contacting Tom Suttner at (920) 882-5299 or
Compliance@mcglonesuttner.com.
Additional information about McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. is also available via the
SEC’s website www.adviser.sec.gov. The website also provides information about any persons
affiliated with McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc. who is registered as an investment
adviser representative of McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc.
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Item 3 – Table Of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page .............................................................................................................. Cover Page
Item 2 – Material Changes .................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3 – Table Of Contents ................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4 – Advisory Business .................................................................................................................. 4
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation .......................................................................................................... 7
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ................................................... 10
Item 7 – Types of Clients .................................................................................................................... 10
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ............................................ 10
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ...................................................................................................... 13
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .......................................................... 13
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ..... 14
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ............................................................................................................ 15
Item 13 – Review of Accounts............................................................................................................ 16
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation .......................................................................... 17
Item 15 – Custody ............................................................................................................................... 17
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ......................................................................................................... 17
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities...................................................................................................... 18
Item 18 – Financial Information ......................................................................................................... 18
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc., formerly Verus Investment Advisory Group, Inc.,
(hereinafter referred to as “McGlone Suttner”) is an investment advisory firm offering a variety of
advisory services customized to your individual needs.
McGlone Suttner Wealth Management, Inc., formerly Verus Investment Advisory Group, Inc., was
established April 1, 2009. The principal owners of McGlone Suttner are Thomas J. Suttner, President
and Chief Compliance Officer and Jason A. McGlone, Co-Owner. Additional business information
about Thomas Suttner and Jason McGlone are disclosed on the Supplemental Brochures available
upon request.
McGlone Suttner offers the following advisory services. As previously stated, each of the services is
more fully described below.
• Asset Management Services
• Financial Planning and Consulting Services
McGlone Suttner tailors the advisory services it offers to your individual needs. You may impose
restrictions and/or limitations on the investing in certain securities or types of securities. McGlone
Suttner will ask you to complete a Personal Confidential Questionnaire to assist McGlone Suttner
with obtaining information about your background, financial situation and history. Additionally,
McGlone Suttner will meet with you and conduct an interview and data gathering session to
continue the due diligence process. The information gathered by McGlone Suttner will assist
McGlone Suttner to provide you with the requested services and customize the services to your
financial situation. Depending on the services you have requested, McGlone Suttner will gather
various financial information and history from you including, but not limited to:
Investment objectives
Investment horizon
• Employment information
• Retirement and financial goals
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• Financial needs
• Cash flow analysis
• Cost of living needs
• Education needs
• Savings tendencies
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Insurance needs
• Other applicable financial information required by McGlone Suttner in order to
provide the investment advisory services requested.
McGlone Suttner will not verify any information received from you or from any other professional
(e.g., attorney, accountant) you have engaged on your behalf. McGlone Suttner will rely on the
information provided and assume the information is complete, true and accurate. You are under no
obligation to act upon any recommendations offered by McGlone Suttner or implement the
recommendations through McGlone Suttner.
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Written Acknowledgement of Fiduciary Status
When we provide investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual
retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing
retirement accounts. The way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests, so we
operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead
of yours. Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
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Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give
prudent advice);
Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give
loyal advice);
Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your
best interest;
Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
As of December 31, 2025, McGlone Suttner has $1,005,855,882 in discretionary assets under
management. McGlone Suttner also has $42,067,439 in assets under advisement.
Asset Management Services
Upon McGlone Suttner completing its analysis of your situation, McGlone Suttner will determine an
asset allocation customized to your financial goals, objectives, and risk tolerance. McGlone Suttner
utilizes a combination of individual investments and model portfolios designed by McGlone Suttner
to fit your needs. McGlone Suttner has designed several model portfolios. The models are designed
around various account sizes and risk tolerances.
McGlone Suttner will schedule a meeting with you and present the recommended portfolio
allocation. Upon your approval, McGlone Suttner will implement the portfolio allocation. McGlone
Suttner will provide continuous and ongoing management of your account. Unless otherwise
expressly requested by you, McGlone Suttner will manage the account and will make changes to the
allocation as deemed appropriate by McGlone Suttner on a discretionary basis. Therefore, McGlone
Suttner will determine the securities to be purchased and sold in the account and will alter the
securities holdings from time to time, without prior consultation with you. McGlone Suttner may
actively trade securities and hold such holdings for periods of 30 days or less or maintain positions
for longer or shorter-term periods.
McGlone Suttner generally limits its investment advice to mutual funds, exchange traded funds
(ETFs), individual stocks, bonds. McGlone Suttner may use other securities as well to help diversify
a portfolio when applicable. In some instances, McGlone Suttner may utilize the services of a sub-
adviser to manage some or all of a client’s portfolio.
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You are advised transactions in the account, account reallocations and rebalancing may trigger a
taxable event, with the exception of IRA accounts, 403(b) accounts and other qualified retirement
accounts.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Prior to engaging McGlone Suttner to provide financial planning or consulting services, you will be
required to enter into a written agreement. The agreement will set forth the terms and conditions of
the engagement, the scope of services to be provided and McGlone Suttner’s fees.
McGlone Suttner will schedule a meeting with you and present the analysis of your situation and
recommendations for steps to be taken to assist you to work toward financial goals.
Plans are based on your financial situation at the time and are based on financial information
disclosed by you to McGlone Suttner. You are advised that certain assumptions may be made with
respect to interest and inflation rates and use of past trends and performance of the market and
economy. However, past performance is in no way an indication of future performance. McGlone
Suttner cannot offer any guarantees or promises that your financial goals and objectives will be met.
Further, you must continue to review the plan and update the plan based upon changes in your
financial situation, goals, or objectives or changes in the economy. Should your financial situation or
investment goals or objectives change, you must notify McGlone Suttner promptly of the changes.
You are advised that the advice offered by McGlone Suttner may be limited and is not meant to be
comprehensive. Therefore, you may need to seek the services of other professionals such as an
insurance adviser, attorney and/or accountant.
You are not obligated to implement advice through McGlone Suttner or Advisory Representatives.
Should you implement the plan with McGlone Suttner’s Advisory Representatives commissions or
other compensation may be received in addition to the advisory fee paid to McGlone Suttner.
Pension Consulting Services
McGlone Suttner offers consulting services to pension or other employee benefit plans (including
but not limited to 401(k) plans). Pension consulting may include, but is not limited to:
identifying investment objectives and restrictions
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o providing guidance on various assets classes and investment options
o recommending money managers to manage plan assets in ways designed to achieve
objectives
o monitoring performance of money managers and
investment options and making
recommendations for changes
o recommending other service providers, such as custodians, administrators and broker-dealers
o creating a written pension consulting plan
These services are based on the goals, objectives, demographics, time horizon, and/or risk tolerance
of the plan and its participants.
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General Information
You are advised the investment recommendations and advice offered by McGlone Suttner are not
legal advice or accounting advice. You should coordinate and discuss the impact of financial advice
with your attorney and/or accountant. You are advised that it is necessary to inform McGlone
Suttner promptly with respect to any changes in your financial situation and investment goals and
objectives. Failure to notify McGlone Suttner of any such changes could result in investment
recommendations not meeting your needs.
Wrap Fee Programs
A wrap fee program is an investment program wherein the investor pays one stated fee that includes
management fees, transaction costs, and certain other administrative fees. McGlone Suttner does not
participate in any wrap fee programs.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
You are advised comparable services may be available from other investment advisers and financial
professionals at fees that may be more or less than the fees charged by McGlone Suttner.
Asset Management Services and Pension Consulting Services
Advisory fees will be charged in advance of each calendar quarter. The quarterly advisory fee will
be calculated based on the value of the Account on the last business day of the just completed
calendar quarter. Note, the quarter-end custodian account value may be different than the actual
value used to calculate fees due to the delayed posting of dividends to the account as of last day of
the quarter. Fees for partial calendar quarters (i.e. accounts established or closed during a calendar
quarter) will be prorated. In limited circumstances (i.e. Group Annuity accounts, TAMPs), fees will
be payable monthly or quarterly in arrears. The monthly/quarterly fee will be calculated based on
the market value of the assets on the last business day of the current month or calendar quarter. In
some cases, McGlone Suttner may charge clients a fixed annual fee instead of a percentage of assets
under management. This is not the normal fee structure, therefore, McGlone Suttner will handle
these situations on a case-by-case basis.
As previously stated, the initial fee for accounts established during a quarter will be prorated. Fees
will be charged for each initial deposit based upon days in the account for the initial quarter. The
initial fee will be due at the end of the current quarter and will be charged along with the next
quarterly fee paid in advance.
McGlone Suttner will charge you an annual fee ranging up to 1.5%. You fee will be quoted to you
and agreed upon prior to implementation of the services. Your agreed upon fee will be indicated in
the agreement executed between you and McGlone Suttner. McGlone Suttner will determine your
fee after considering various factors including value of the assets under management, complexity of
your situation, and services to be rendered. McGlone Suttner aggregates or households all of your
managed accounts together to determine your quarterly fee.
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Fees are negotiable. The negotiability of the fee is at the discretion of McGlone Suttner and is based
on various factors including anticipated future earning capacity, anticipated future additional assets,
dollar amount of assets to be managed, related accounts, account composition, pre-existing client,
account retention and pro-bono activities. Fees are not based on a share of capital gains upon or
capital appreciation of the funds or any portion of the funds.
You may make additions to the Account or withdrawals from the Account, subject to McGlone
Suttner’ right to terminate its management services. You may withdraw account assets at any time
upon notice to McGlone Suttner of the withdrawal so that McGlone Suttner can best allocate the
balance. Additionally, withdrawals will affect the performance of your account. Additional assets
deposited into the Account in excess of $100,000, based on an aggregate of all deposits occurring
during the calendar quarter, a prorated fee will be charged based on the value of the deposit and
charged at the next account billing. Additionally, partial withdrawals in excess of $100,000, based
on an aggregate of all withdrawals occurring during the calendar quarter, will result in a prorated
portion of the fee being credited to the next fee billing. No fee adjustments will be made for
Account appreciation or depreciation.
McGlone Suttner reserves the right to liquidate any transferred securities or decline to accept
particular securities into your account. You are advised that when transferred securities are
liquidated, they may be subject to transaction fees, fees assessed at the mutual fund level (i.e.
contingent deferred sales charge) and/or tax ramifications.
McGlone Suttner may change the above fee schedule upon 30-days prior written notice to you.
In addition to the advisory fees above, you will pay transaction fees for securities transactions
executed in your account in accordance with the custodian’s transaction fee schedule. Additionally,
you may pay fees for custodial services, account maintenance fees, transaction fees, and other fees
associated with maintaining the Account. Such fees are not charged by McGlone Suttner and are
charged by the product, broker/dealer or account custodian. McGlone Suttner does not share in any
portion of such fees. Additionally, you may pay your proportionate share of the fund’s management
and administrative fees and sales charges as well as the mutual fund adviser’s fee of any mutual fund
they purchase. Such advisory fees are not shared with McGlone Suttner and are compensation to the
fund-manager.
Advisory fees will generally be collected directly from your account, provided you have given
McGlone Suttner written authorization. Authorization for McGlone Suttner to deduct its fees from
your managed account(s) will be given in the advisory agreement executed between you and
McGlone Suttner. You will be provided with an account statement reflecting the deduction of the
advisory fee. If the Account does not contain sufficient funds to pay advisory fees, McGlone Suttner
has limited authority to sell or redeem securities in sufficient amounts to pay advisory fees. You may
reimburse the account for advisory fees paid to McGlone Suttner, except for ERISA and IRA
accounts.
Termination Provisions
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The management agreement will continue until terminated by either you or McGlone Suttner. You
may terminate investment advisory services obtained from McGlone Suttner, without penalty, upon
written notice within five (5) business days after entering into the advisory agreement with McGlone
Suttner. You will be responsible for any fees and charges incurred from third parties as a result of
maintaining the Account such as transaction fees for any securities transactions executed and
Account maintenance or custodial fees. Thereafter, you may terminate investment advisory services
upon McGlone Suttner’s receipt of your written notice to terminate. Should you terminate
investment advisory services during a calendar quarter, you will be issued a pro-rated refund of the
advisory fee from the earlier of the date of receipt of written notice to terminate or the assets leaving
the account to the end of the calendar quarter.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
You are advised that fees for planning services are strictly for planning services. Therefore, you
may pay fees for additional services obtained such as asset management.
Fees are negotiable. Your fees will be dependent on several factors including time spent with
McGlone Suttner, number of meetings, complexity of your situation, amount of research, services
requested and staff resources. Additionally, the hourly fee charged by McGlone Suttner Advisory
Representatives may vary. Therefore, you are advised the fee you are paying may be more or less
than the hourly fee charged by another McGlone Suttner Advisory Representative.
Fee Type Maximum Fee
Hourly Fee
$250 per hour
Payable
At the time of engagement of the relationship, McGlone Suttner
will provide you with a fee quote. One-half (1/2) of the fee will be
due to McGlone Suttner upon execution of the agreement with
McGlone Suttner. The balance of the fee will be due upon delivery
of the plan or analysis or completion of the requested services.
If you obtain asset management services through McGlone Suttner, McGlone Suttner may agree to
offset all or a portion of your planning fee against asset management fee. The determination of
whether or not an offsetting of fees will be made will be dependent upon the amount of time
involved providing the planning services, complexity of your situation, amount of assets under
management and the Advisory Representative.
Termination Provisions
You may terminate advisory services obtained from McGlone Suttner, without penalty, upon written
notice within five (5) business days after entering into the advisory agreement with McGlone Suttner.
Thereafter, you may terminate advisory services upon delivery and receipt of your written notice to
McGlone Suttner. You will be responsible for any time spent by McGlone Suttner. McGlone
Suttner will refund any unearned fees. Refunds will be calculated by multiplying the time spent by
the agreed upon hourly rate.
Insurance Products
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Product sales from a financial professional of McGlone Suttner is separately licensed as an
independent insurance agent and earns additional commission-based compensation for selling
insurance products. Insurance commissions are separate from, and in addition to, our advisory fees.
This practice presents a conflict of interest because the professional has an incentive to recommend
insurance products based on their interest in earning the commissions rather than based solely on
your insurance or investment needs.
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
This section is not applicable to McGlone Suttner since McGlone Suttner does not charge
performance-based fees.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
McGlone Suttner’s services are geared toward individuals both high net worth and other than high
net worth, qualified plans and businesses and business owners.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
McGlone Suttner uses Morningstar Office as its analytical tool to assist with evaluating and
comparing your current portfolio holdings to McGlone Suttner’s proposed allocation. Additionally,
the program is used on an ongoing basis to evaluate your portfolio periodically.
McGlone Suttner uses a diversified portfolio approach to develop asset allocations and strategies
while taking into consideration your investment timeline and risk tolerance. Assets are diversified
by company size, asset class, style, geographic location, quality and manager.
McGlone Suttner uses the following guidelines when selecting mutual funds and ETFs to be
considered for your portfolio allocation: consistent and above average performance; five-year track
record; and the fund manager has managed for the fund for at least three years. However, the
aforementioned are not steadfast factors. McGlone Suttner uses its experience and other research to
aid in making investment decisions.
McGlone Suttner as a general guideline will maintain 2.25% or less of the account value in cash,
unless you have special cash needs. McGlone Suttner takes a long-term approach to investing.
McGlone Suttner does not represent, warrantee or imply that the services or methods of analysis
used by McGlone Suttner can or will predict future results, successfully identify market tops or
bottoms, or insulate you from losses due to major market corrections or crashes. Past performance is
no indication of future performance. No guarantees can be offered that your goals or objectives will
be achieved. Further, no promises or assumptions can be made that the advisory services offered by
McGlone Suttner will provide a better return than other investment strategies.
Equity investment generally refers to buying shares of stocks in return for receiving a future
payment of dividends and capital gains if the value of the stock increases. The value of equity
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securities may fluctuate in response to specific situations for each company, industry market
conditions and general economic environments.
Fixed Income investments generally pay a return on a fixed schedule, though the amount of the
payments can vary. This includes corporate and government debt securities, leveraged loans, high
yield, and investment grade debt and structured products, such as mortgage and other asset-backed
securities, although individual bonds may be the best known type of fixed income security. In
general the fixed income market is volatile, and fixed income securities carry significant interest rate
risk. (As interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more
pronounced for longer-term securities.) Fixed income securities also carry inflation risk, liquidity
risk, call risk and credit and default risks for both issuers and counterparties. The risk of default on
treasury inflation protected/inflation linked bonds is dependent upon the U.S. Treasury defaulting,
but these bonds still carry a risk of losing share price value. Risks of investing in foreign fixed
income securities also include the general risks inherent in non-U.S. investing.
Mutual Funds: Investing in mutual funds carries the risk of capital loss and thus you may lose
money investing in mutual funds. All mutual funds have costs that lower investment returns. The
funds can be of bond (fixed income) nature or stock (equity) nature, or a mix of multiple underlying
security types.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): An ETF is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, similar
to stocks. Investing in ETFs carries the risk of capital loss (sometimes up to a 100% loss in the case
of a stock holding bankruptcy). Areas of concern include the lack of transparency in products and
increasing complexity, conflicts of interest and the possibility of inadequate regulatory compliance.
Because ETFs use “authorized participants” (Aps) as agents to facilitate creations or redemptions
(primary market), there is a risk that an AP decides to no longer participate for a particular ETF;
however, that risk is mitigated by the fact that other Aps can step in to fill the vacancy of the
withdrawing AP [an ETF typically has multiple Aps] and ETF transactions predominantly take place
in the secondary market without need for an AP. Like other liquid securities, ETF pricing changes
throughout the trading day and there can be no guarantee that an ETF is purchased at the optimal
time in terms of market movements. Moreover, due to market fluctuations, ETF brokerage costs,
differing demand and characteristics of underlying securities, and other factors, the price of an ETF
can be lower that the aggregate market price of its cash and component individual securities (net
asset value – NAV). An ETF is subject to the same market risks as those of its underlying individual
securities, and also has internal expenses that can lower investment returns.
Structured notes are debt securities issued by financial institutions with performance linked to an
underlying index or indices. Specifically, the return is typically based on a single equity, a basket of
equities, equity indices, interest rates, commodities, or foreign currencies. The performance of a
structured note is linked to the performance of the underlying investment, so risk factors applicable
to that investment will also apply to the structure note. Investing in structured notes also carries
liquidity risk, credit risk, and market risk. There is also the risk of capital loss and additional
complexity beyond more direct investment in the underlying asset.
Margin transactions use leverage that is borrowed from a brokerage firm as collateral. Leverage
enhances the ability to acquire assets, but also amplifies net profits and losses and increases
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transaction costs. When losses occur, the value of the margin account may fall below the brokerage
firm’s threshold thereby triggering a margin call. This may force the account holder to either allocate
more funds to the account or sell assets on a shorter time frame than desired.
Selection of Other Advisers: Although McGlone Suttner will seek to select only money managers
who will invest clients' assets with the highest level of integrity, McGlone Suttner’s selection
process cannot ensure that money managers will perform as desired and McGlone Suttner will have
no control over the day-to-day operations of any of its selected money managers. McGlone Suttner
would not necessarily be aware of certain activities at the underlying money manager level,
including without limitation a money manager's engaging in unreported risks, investment “style
drift” or even regulator breach or fraud. In monitoring and analyzing the third-party advisers,
McGlone Suttner uses benchmarking analysis, assessing whether the adviser’s performance has met,
exceeded, or fallen short of comparable benchmarks (e.g., Russell 2000, S&P 500, etc.), together
with comparison against any stated benchmarks the adviser has set for itself.
Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (BTC ETF) are a relative newcomer to the exchanged traded
funds. Investing in a BTC ETF offers investors indirect exposure to digital assets through bitcoin
futures or spot prices. A BTC ETF may invest primarily in assets related to the original
cryptocurrency, bitcoin. BTC ETFs sell shares to investors on the open market and use the proceeds
to build a portfolio of assets, and trade directly on the stock exchange. All ETFs come with a
prospectus that outlines the product, costs and risks.
BTC ETF Risks: Every investment comes with risk, and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin have
proven to be extremely volatile. No investor should risk more than they can afford to lose. (See
Crypto Assets Risks.) (Firm) will only offer such to those clients that understand the risk and have
the ability to withstand the loss of principal. Risks include but are not limited to; the cost to own
these ETFs may be more than owning the actual bitcoin (but may eliminates the risk of investors
being hacked or losing passwords or private keys needed to access their investment when it is stored
in a secure bitcoin wallet), the risk of the individual ETF fund company failure, (which would
require liquidation of the fund and the costs associated with the failure of the company), lack of
underlying assets being blocked by regulatory authorities, reinvestment risk, high transaction
costs, limited historical data as these offering have only been in existence and available for investors
since January 2024. Additionally, the BTC ETF may have no earnings, dividends, or interest
payments generated by underlying holding of bitcoin, operational and management costs may
decrease the value of the ETF as a whole, expense ratios should be considered and understood as
presented in the ETF Prospectus. Due to the above risk factors along with other risk factors, we
assess that the value at risk at any given time is always 100% downside, therefore, we must limit
total exposure along with carefully considering the risks and needs of each individual investor.
Crypto Assets Risks: In general, investing in Crypto Assets, or in instruments the value of which
are derived from or based on Crypto Assets, is highly speculative and subject to numerous risks, as
discussed below. Crypto Assets come in different forms. A cryptocurrency, like bitcoin, is a peer-to-
peer, decentralized, crypto currency the implementation of which relies on the principles of
cryptography to validate the transactions and generation of the currency itself. A network (or utility)
token relies on a network protocol with similar principles to a cryptocurrency, but also purports to
serve functions other than the storage of value. The creation and use of Crypto Assets is not
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currently subject to a fully developed set of legal or regulatory requirements, and trading in Crypto
Assets is subject to high levels of volatility and the potential for market abuse.
Crypto Assets exist entirely in electronic form, as entries in decentralized (or "distributed") crypto
ledgers. The ledgers themselves, as well as the private encryption keys used to access Crypto Asset
balances, are held on hardware (which can be physically controlled by the holder or by a third party)
or via software programs on third- party servers, and as such are susceptible to all of the risks
inherent in holding any electronic data, such as power failure, data corruption, security breach,
communication failure, and user error, among others. Accordingly, Crypto Assets are subject to theft,
destruction, or loss of value from hackers, corruption, or technology-specific factors such as viruses
that do not affect traditional currency, which is underwritten by central banks and monetary
authorities.
You are advised investing in securities involves risk of loss, including the potential loss of principal.
Therefore, your participation in any of the management programs offered by McGlone Suttner will
require you to prepare to bear the risk of loss and fluctuating performance.
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information
There is no reportable disciplinary information required for McGlone Suttner or its management
persons that is material to your evaluation of McGlone Suttner, its business or its management
persons.
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Neither McGlone Suttner nor its representatives are registered as, or have pending applications to
become, a broker/dealer or a representative of a broker/dealer.
Neither McGlone Suttner nor its representatives are registered as or have pending applications to
become either a Pool Operator, or Commodity Trading Advisor or an associated person of the
foregoing entities.
Several of McGlone Suttner’s investment adviser representatives are also licensed as insurance
agents. This activity creates a conflict of interest since there is an incentive to recommend insurance
products based on commissions or other benefits received from the insurance company, rather than
on the client’s needs. Additionally, the offer and sale of insurance products by supervised persons of
McGlone Suttner are not made in their capacity as a fiduciary, and products are limited to only those
offered by certain insurance providers. McGlone Suttner addresses this conflict of interest by
requiring its supervised persons to act in the best interest of the client at all times, including when
acting as an insurance agent. McGlone Suttner periodically reviews recommendations by its
supervised persons to assess whether they are based on an objective evaluation of each client’s risk
profile and investment objectives rather than on the receipt of any commissions or other benefits.
McGlone Suttner will disclose in advance how it or its supervised persons are compensated and will
disclose conflicts of interest involving any advice or service provided. At no time will there be tying
between business practices and/or services (a condition where a client or prospective client would be
required to accept one product or service conditioned upon the selection of a second, distinctive tied
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product or service). No client is ever under any obligation to purchase any insurance product.
Insurance products recommended by McGlone Suttner’s supervised persons may also be available
from other providers on more favorable terms, and clients can purchase insurance products
recommended through other unaffiliated insurance agencies.
McGlone Suttner does not utilize nor select third-party investment advisers except when utilizing a
sub-adviser.
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
McGlone Suttner and its associated persons may buy or sell securities identical to those securities
recommended to you. Therefore, McGlone Suttner and/or its associated persons may have an
interest or position in certain securities that are also recommended and bought or sold to you.
McGlone Suttner and its associated persons will not put their interests before your interest. McGlone
Suttner and its associated persons may not trade ahead of you or trade in such a way to obtain a
better price for themselves than for you or other clients.
McGlone Suttner is required to maintain a list of all securities holdings for its associated persons and
develop procedures to supervise the trading activities of associated persons who have knowledge of
your transactions and their related family accounts at least quarterly. Further, associated persons are
prohibited from trading on non-public information or sharing such information.
You have the right to decline any investment recommendation. McGlone Suttner and its associated
persons are required to conduct their securities and investment advisory business in accordance with
all applicable Federal and State securities regulations.
Code of Ethics
McGlone Suttner has a fiduciary duty to you to act in your best interest and always place your
interests first and foremost. McGlone Suttner takes seriously its compliance and regulatory
obligations and requires all staff to comply with such rules and regulations as well as McGlone
Suttner’s policies and procedures. Further, McGlone Suttner strives to handle your non-public
information in such a way to protect information from falling into hands that have no business
reason to know such information and provides you with McGlone Suttner’s Privacy Policy. As such,
McGlone Suttner maintains a code of ethics for its Advisory Representatives, supervised persons and
staff. The Code of Ethics contains provisions for standards of business conduct in order to comply
with federal securities laws, personal securities reporting requirements, pre-approval procedures for
certain transactions, code violations reporting requirements, and safeguarding of material non-public
information about your transactions. Further, McGlone Suttner’s Code of Ethics establishes
McGlone Suttner’s expectation for business conduct. A copy of our Code of Ethics will be provided
to you upon request.
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Item 12 - Brokerage Practices
McGlone Suttner has entered into a relationship with National Financial Services, LLC and Fidelity
Brokerage Services, LLC (together referred to as “Fidelity”) to participate in the Fidelity
Institutional Wealth Services (“FIWS”) platform. Fidelity provides custody, execution, and
clearance and settlement services for stocks, bonds, Fidelity mutual funds, non-Fidelity mutual funds,
and other securities held at Fidelity for clients who select Fidelity as custodian of their accounts.
McGlone Suttner is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Fidelity.
You are under no obligation to utilize the services of Fidelity. You are advised you may maintain
accounts at another broker/dealer. However, in order for McGlone Suttner to effectively provide its
management services to you, the broker/dealer you select must provide McGlone Suttner access to
its trading platform and provide duplicate statements and confirmations. Further, you are advised if
you select another broker/dealer McGlone Suttner may not be able to achieve the most favorable
execution of your transactions. Trading costs and account maintenance may be higher than what is
available through Fidelity.
In initially selecting Fidelity, McGlone Suttner conducted due diligence. McGlone Suttner’s
evaluation and criteria included ability to service you, staying power as a company, industry
reputation, ability to report to you and to them, trading platform, products and services available,
technology resources, and educational resources.
Periodically, McGlone Suttner will review alternative broker/dealers and custodians in the
marketplace to ensure Fidelity is meeting McGlone Suttner’s duty to provide best execution for your
accounts. The review will include a comparison to Fidelity which involves evaluating criteria such
as overall expertise, cost competitiveness and financial condition. Best execution does not simply
mean the lowest transaction cost. Therefore, no single criteria will validate nor invalidate a
custodian, but rather, all criteria taken together will be used in evaluating the currently utilized
custodian.
You are advised there is an incentive for McGlone Suttner to recommend a broker/dealer over
another based on the products and services that will be received rather than your best interest.
Fidelity provides McGlone Suttner with access to its institutional trading and custody services,
which are typically not available to Fidelity retail investors. These services generally are available
to independent investment advisers on an unsolicited basis, at no charge. There is no other
contingent placed upon McGlone Suttner committing to Fidelity any specific amount of business
(assets in custody or trading). Fidelity’s services 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.
For McGlone Suttner’s clients’ accounts maintained in its custody, Fidelity generally does not
charge separately for custody but is compensated by account holders through commissions or other
transaction-related fees for securities trades that are executed through Fidelity or that settle into
Fidelity accounts.
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Fidelity makes available to McGlone Suttner other products and services that benefit McGlone
Suttner but may not benefit you. Some of these other products and services assist McGlone Suttner
in managing and administering your accounts. These include software and other technology that
provide access to your 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 McGlone Suttner’s fees
from your accounts; and 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 McGlone Suttner’s
accounts, including accounts not maintained at Fidelity. Fidelity also makes available to McGlone
Suttner other services intended to help McGlone Suttner manage and further develop its business
enterprise. These services may include consulting, publications and conferences on practice
management, information technology, business succession, regulatory compliance and marketing. In
addition, Fidelity may make available, arrange and/or pay for these types of services rendered to
McGlone Suttner by independent third parties. Fidelity may discount or waive fees it would
otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part of the fees of a third party providing
these services to McGlone Suttner. While as a fiduciary, McGlone Suttner endeavors to act in your
best interests, and McGlone Suttner’s recommendation that you maintain your assets in accounts at
Fidelity may be based in part on the benefit to McGlone Suttner 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 which may create a potential conflict of interest.
If McGlone Suttner buys or sells the same securities on behalf of more than one client, it might, but
would be under no obligation to, aggregate or bunch, to the extent permitted by applicable law and
regulations, the securities to be purchased or sold for multiple clients in order to seek more favorable
prices, lower brokerage commissions or more efficient execution. In such case, McGlone Suttner
would place an aggregate order with the broker on behalf of all such clients in order to ensure
fairness for all clients; provided, however, that trades would be reviewed periodically to ensure that
accounts are not systematically disadvantaged by this policy. McGlone Suttner would determine the
appropriate number of shares to place with brokers and will select the appropriate brokers consistent
with McGlone Suttner’s duty to seek best execution, except for those accounts with specific
brokerage direction (if any). When McGlone Suttner does not or cannot aggregate trades, clients
may receive less favorable prices, pay higher brokerage commissions, or experience less efficient
trade execution.
Item 13 - Review of Accounts
Asset Management Services
You will be invited to participate in at least an annual review. Reviews can be conducted in person
at McGlone Suttner’s office or over the phone. During the annual review you will be requested to
complete an annual review form. The information obtained will assist McGlone Suttner to update
your information and determine if there is a need to alter your portfolio allocation. You may request
more frequent reviews and may set thresholds for triggering events that would cause a review to take
place. Additionally, McGlone Suttner may contact you for a review if economic factors, changes to
your financial situation, and market conditions warrant a review and potential changes to the
management of your portfolio.
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Management of your assets under McGlone Suttner management program are monitored
continuously. Your managed accounts will be reviewed internally by McGlone Suttner at least
quarterly. McGlone Suttner will monitor for changes or shifts in the economy, changes to the
management and structure of a mutual fund or company in which your assets are invested, and
market shifts and corrections.
You are advised that you must notify McGlone Suttner promptly of any changes to your financial
goals, objectives or financial situation as such changes may require a review of the portfolio
allocation and recommendations for changes.
You will be provided statements at least quarterly direct from the account custodian. Additionally,
you will receive confirmations of all transactions occuring direct from the account custodian. At
least annually when you attend the annual review, McGlone Suttner will provide you with a
consolidated report of your managed account(s). More frequent reports will be provided upon your
request. You should compare the report with statements received direct from the account custodian.
Should there be any discrepancy the account custodian’s report will prevail.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
You will not receive regular reviews unless specifically requested by you. The time and frequency
of the reviews is solely your decision. McGlone Suttner recommends you have at least an annual
review and update to any plan or analysis. Additionally, if there are any changes to your financial
situation, goals and/or objectives, it will be necessary for you to have a review of the plan or analysis.
Other than the initial plan or analysis, there will be no other reports issued.
Item 14 - Client Referrals and Other Compensation
McGlone Suttner does not directly or indirectly compensate any person who is not a supervised
person of McGlone Suttner for referrals. Further, McGlone Suttner does not receive an economic
benefit from a non-client for providing advisory services to you, other than those benefits disclosed
above under Brokerage Practices.
Item 15 - Custody
With the exception of deduction of McGlone Suttner’s advisory fees from your accounts, McGlone
Suttner does not take custody of your funds or securities.
Item 16 - Investment Discretion
You may grant McGlone Suttner authorization to manage your account on a discretionary basis.
You will grant such authority to McGlone Suttner by execution of the advisory agreement. You may
terminate discretionary authorization at any time upon receipt of written notice by McGlone Suttner.
Additionally, you are advised that:
1) You may set parameters with respect to when account should be rebalanced and set trading
restrictions or limitations;
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2) Your written consent is required to establish any direct mutual fund account, variable annuity
or brokerage account;
3) With the exception of deduction of McGlone Suttner’s advisory fees from the account, if you
have authorized automatic deductions, McGlone Suttner will not have the ability to withdraw
your funds or securities from the account.
Item 17 - Voting Client Securities
McGlone Suttner does not vote your securities.
Item 18 - Financial Information
McGlone Suttner will not require you to prepay more than $1,200 of Financial Planning Fees and six
or more months in advance of receiving for Investment Management Fees.
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