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FORM ADV PART 2A - FIRM BROCHURE
MSP WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
Item 1 – Cover Page
FIRM BROCHURE – FORM ADV PART 2A
MSP WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
824 Pine Street
Klamath Falls, Oregon 97601
Phone: (541) 884-4164
Website: www.mspwealth.com/
March 18, 2026
This firm brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of MSP
Wealth Management, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this firm brochure,
please contact us at (541) 884-4164. The information in this brochure has not been approved or
verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state
securities authority.
Please note that the use of the term “registered investment advisor” and description of our firm
and/or our associates as “registered” does not imply a certain level of skill or training. Clients are
encouraged to review this firm brochure and any brochure supplements (“brochure supplements”)
for more information on the qualifications of our firm and our associates.
Additional information about MSP Wealth Management, LLC is available on the SEC’s website
at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for MSP Wealth Management,
LLC is 306522.
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Item 2 – Material Changes
Since our last annual updating amendment filed on March 14, 2025, we have made the following
material changes.
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Item 15 was amended to disclose that we have custody of client securities and cash as a result
of Standing Letters of Authorization (SLOAs) executed by clients directing transfers to their
designated bank and other accounts.
We will ensure that all current clients receive a Summary of Material Changes to this and
subsequent firm brochures within 120 days of the close of our fiscal year. A Summary of Material
Changes is also included within our firm brochure available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for MSP Wealth Management,
LLC is set forth on the cover page of this firm brochure. Clients will further be provided with
disclosure about material changes affecting our firm or a new brochure as may become necessary
or appropriate at any time, without charge.
Currently, a copy of our firm brochure may be requested, free of charge, by contacting us at the
telephone number reflected on the cover page of this firm brochure.
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Item 3 – Table of Contents
Page
Item 1 – Cover Page ......................................................................................................................................... 1
Item 2 – Material Changes .............................................................................................................................. 2
Item 3 – Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 3
Item 4 – Advisory Business ............................................................................................................................ 4
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................... 8
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management .................................................... 12
Item 7 – Types of Clients .............................................................................................................................. 12
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss ............................................ 12
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ............................................................................................................... 17
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ............................................................ 17
Item 11 – Code of Ethics; Participation or Interest in Client Transaction & Personal Trading ..... 18
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ..................................................................................................................... 20
Item 13 – Review of Accounts ..................................................................................................................... 24
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation .............................................................................. 24
Item 15 – Custody ........................................................................................................................................... 25
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ................................................................................................................. 26
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities .............................................................................................................. 26
Item 18 – Financial Information .................................................................................................................. 27
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
A
Our Firm
MSP Wealth Management, LLC (“MSP”) is an Oregon limited liability company founded
in 2002. The principal owners of MSP are Terrence “Terry” Scroggin and Gerrin DeGroot.
The firm is registered as an investment advisor with the SEC. Our principal offices are
located in Klamath Falls, Oregon. We have an additional office located in Eagle Point,
Oregon.
The information contained in this brochure describes our investment advisory services,
practices, and fees. Please refer to the description of our investment advisory services
below for information on how we tailor our services to the needs of our clients. As used
throughout this firm brochure, the words “we,” “our,” “firm,” “MSP,” and “us” refer to
MSP Wealth Management, LLC and its investment advisor representatives, and the words
“you,” “your,” and “client” refer to you as either a client or prospective client of our firm.
Prior to forming an investment advisor-client relationship, we may offer a complimentary
general consultation to discuss the nature of our service offerings and to determine how we
may best assist you to meet your financial goals and objectives. Investment advisory
services begin only after the client and MSP formalize their relationship in a written
advisory agreement.
B C Our Advisory Services
We offer a wide range of investment advisory services to our clients. Our investment
advice is always custom tailored according to each client’s unique investment profile and
needs. We act in a fiduciary capacity and will only recommend investments to you when
we believe them to be in your best interests. A description of our various service offerings
is set forth below.
MSP Wrap Fee Program Services. Our firm offers ongoing and continuous portfolio
management services combined with financial planning services exclusively through the
MSP Wrap Fee Program. Under this program, we will design a customized investment
strategy, manage, and monitor your designated investment accounts held at an independent
qualified custodian (“Custodian”) in accordance with your unique investment objectives,
needs, and limitations. We will also provide you with annual financial planning services
(in the form described below), as well as advice regarding certain assets held-away from
the accounts we directly manage and monitor on your behalf. Clients pay a single asset-
based fee for these combined services that covers the costs of our investment advice,
together with certain custodial, trade execution, and other management costs incurred in
connection with our management of the client’s designated accounts. This is known as a
bundled or “Wrap Fee” program.
Additional details regarding the MSP Wrap Fee Program and its associated fees and costs
are contained within a separate MSP Wrap Fee Program Brochure (“Wrap Brochure”), a
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copy of which will be provided to you free of charge. Please call us at the telephone number
found on the cover of this firm brochure if you did not receive a copy of our Wrap
Brochure. A copy of our Wrap Brochure is also available free of charge at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services. Our firm offers traditional financial planning
and consulting services to clients which may address, without limitation, some or all of the
following financial topics:
financial, budgeting, and
cash management;
estate planning;
retirement planning;
investment planning/asset
allocation/portfolio design;
risk management, insurance
planning, and analysis;
financial planning relating to
divorce and marriage;
educational funding; and
investment goal setting.
charitable giving;
We will consult with you and assist you in identifying areas of potential financial concern
and provide you with a discrete set of short and/or long-term financial goals and actions
designed to address your unique financial circumstances.
Our financial planning and consulting services are offered on an annual retainer basis or
on a one-time consulting basis.
For annual retainer financial planning engagements, we will deliver an initial
written financial plan and meet with you at least once annually thereafter to review
the plan, track progress towards your financial goals, and update the plan
accordingly. Our written financial plans typically contain a written summary of the
client’s financial situation, our observations regarding the same, and a set of
recommendations for a course of action to be taken by the client with respect to the
pertinent financial topics. For example, recommendations may be made that the
client begin or revise certain investment programs, create or revise wills or trusts,
obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement savings, or
establish education savings or charitable giving programs.
We will also provide you with ongoing advice with respect to common financial
issues occurring throughout the term of our relationship which touch upon the
topics addressed within your written financial plan. However, we reserve the right
to charge additional fees for advice, investment research, due diligence, or other
additional services requested by the client that we determine to be outside the scope
of the engagement, or which we believe will require substantial additional work on
the part of our firm. We will automatically offer annual retainer clients the
opportunity to renew their financial planning engagement on an annual basis.
For one-time financial planning/topical consulting engagements, the client may
select a discrete financial topic or topics upon which they would like to receive our
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financial advice. One-time financial planning and consulting services are narrower
in scope than annual retainer services and do not include comprehensive financial
planning or ongoing services of any kind. We will deliver our recommendations in
the form of a written financial report or checklist at the conclusion of the
engagement summarizing our observations and recommended actions for the client
to address the selected financial topics. Following delivery of this shorter financial
report or checklist, no further update or review of the financial report or checklist
or other advice is provided (unless specifically requested by the client and agreed
to in writing by MSP) and the engagement is deemed to be concluded.
Financial planning and consulting is a non-discretionary service - you retain the sole
discretion to accept or reject any of MSP’s financial planning or consulting
recommendations, in whole or in part, and to determine the service providers to be utilized
for their implementation. You are also solely responsible for the implementation and
monitoring of your investments. Upon request, we may assist you with implementation of
our investment advice - additional fees may apply. Clients are never obligated to use our
firm to implement any recommendations under this service and are never charged more
than $1,200, six (6) or more months in advance, for these services.
We may recommend the engagement of certain other professionals (attorneys, tax
professionals, insurance agents, and others) to assist you in implementing our financial
planning advice, including referrals to our affiliated accounting firm, Molatore & Co. LLP,
(“Molatore CPAs”) for accounting and/or tax advisory services. Clients are never obligated
to engage Molatore CPAs for any services. Please see Item 10 for a discussion of the
conflicts of interest that arise as a result of our policy of referring advisory clients to our
affiliated accounting firm. We do not receive compensation or referral fees of any kind in
connection with our recommendation of other professionals to advisory clients. You may
elect to engage any recommended professional(s) at your own discretion and risk for
additional fees to be negotiated independently with the chosen service provider. MSP does
not provide legal or tax1 advice of any kind.
D
MSP Wrap Fee Program Disclosures
As described above, MSP offers its portfolio management services exclusively as part of
the MSP Wrap Fee Program. We are the sponsor and a portfolio manager to the program.
The benefits you may experience under the MSP Wrap Fee Program depend, in part, upon
the size of your account, the costs associated with managing your account, and the
frequency and/or type of securities transactions executed in your account. For example, a
wrap fee program may not be suitable for all accounts, including but not limited to accounts
holding primarily, and for any substantial period of time, cash or cash equivalent
investments, fixed income securities, or no-transaction-fee mutual funds, or any other type
of security that can be traded without commissions or other transaction fees. In order to
1 Clients who elect to independently engage our affiliated accounting firm, Molatore CPAs, may receive tax advice
subject to the terms of a written agreement with that firm.
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evaluate whether the MSP Wrap Fee Program is appropriate for you, you should compare
our Wrap Fee and any other costs associated with participating in the program with the
amounts that would be charged to you for a similar suite of services by other investment
advisors, broker-dealers, and custodians if advisory fees, brokerage and execution costs,
and custodial services were to be charged to you separately.
When managing a client’s account on a Wrap Fee basis, we are compensated for our
investment advisory services with the balance of the Wrap Fee paid by you after certain
custodial, trading, and other management costs incurred in your account are paid. This
arrangement creates a conflict of interest, insofar as we have a financial incentive to
maximize our compensation by seeking to reduce or minimize the total costs incurred in
your account(s) subject to our Wrap Fee. For example, this arrangement creates an
incentive for MSP to trade your account less frequently and to select investments which
reduce our costs. To address the foregoing conflict of interest, we manage your account in
strict accordance with your investment policy statement and our ongoing fiduciary duty to
you.
Clients should further note that certain custodians, including those we recommend to
clients, may not charge trading commissions or transaction fees in connection with the
purchase of certain investments, which may include U.S. exchange listed equities, mutual
funds, and exchange traded funds. We are always available to discuss the trade execution
costs of the brokers we recommend so that our clients can better compare the total costs of
participating in our wrap fee program. Ultimately, participation in the MSP Wrap Fee
Program could cost you more or less than purchasing our investment advice and
custody/brokerage services separately. MSP does not offer portfolio management services
for an unbundled fee (i.e., where the costs of investment advice are paid separate from
brokerage and custodial fees).
Types of Investments Recommended
While we do not recommend one particular type of investment or asset class over any other,
we primarily advise our clients regarding investments in equity securities, mutual funds,
exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), corporate debt securities, the selection of appropriate
independent third-party money managers (“TPMMs”), and variable products (life
insurance and annuities). Depending on the client’s financial circumstances, our
investment advice may also concern other instruments, including, without limitation,
municipal securities, exchange traded notes, Delaware statutory trusts, business
development companies, non-traded real estate investment trusts, limited partnership
interests and private equity investments, money market accounts, and U.S. government
securities. We may also provide advice regarding investments held in the client’s portfolio
at the inception of our advisory relationship or advice concerning other investment
instruments specifically requested by the client.
Please see Item 8 of this brochure or a description of the investment strategies we typically
implement in client accounts.
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Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2025, we manage approximately $228,028,259 in regulatory assets
under management on a discretionary basis and $428,295 on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
A
Our Fees
The fees we charge clients for our services are described in this Item 5. All fees will be set
forth in a written advisory agreement to be executed with the client prior to the
commencement of any advisory services. While we believe our advisory fees to be
reasonable in relation to the value of the services we provide, you are advised that lower
fees for comparable services may be available from other sources. Our fees are negotiable,
and we may enter into fee arrangements that are materially different than those described
below.
Fees for MSP Wrap Fee Program Services. As described above, clients who engage us for
MSP Wrap Fee Program Services are subject to a bundled Wrap Fee arrangement. Please
see our Wrap Brochure for full details regarding the nature of our Wrap Fees.
Fees for Financial Planning Services. We charge hourly fees (typically ranging from $150
to $250 per hour) or fixed fees (typically ranging from $1,500 to $5,000) for our financial
planning and consulting services. These fees are negotiable and the specific hourly rate or
fixed fee applicable to your engagement will be determined prior to the commencement of
our services based on our expectation of the complexity, time, research, and resources
required to provide services to you, and any other factors we deem relevant. All fees for
financial planning services are invoiced directly to the client either monthly or quarterly
and are payable to us within thirty (30) days of invoicing, unless otherwise agreed in
writing. For one-time financial planning and consulting engagements, full payment of any
earned but unpaid fees is due and payable to MSP at the time of delivery of the written
financial report or checklist to the client.
Direct Deduction of Fees
B
MSP Wrap Fee Program Services. Our Wrap Fees for MSP Wrap Fee Program Services
will be directly deducted from your account held at the Custodian. Please see our Wrap
Brochure for full details regarding our policies for the direct deduction of Wrap Fees from
client accounts.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services. Fees for Financial Planning and Consulting
Services are directly invoiced in paper or electronic form to the client. Client may pay these
fees by check or other form of payment deemed acceptable by MSP.
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C
Additional Fees and Expenses
MSP Wrap Fee Program Services. MSP’s Wrap Fee covers the costs of our investment
advice, together with certain custodial, trade execution, and other management costs
incurred in connection with our management of the client’s designated accounts. Separate
and in addition to our Wrap Fee, the client shall be solely responsible to bear the costs of
all internal management fees and other expenses that may be charged by mutual funds
and/or ETFs to their shareholders.
Certain additional fees and costs may not be covered by our Wrap Fee, such as custodial
costs related to certain alternative investments, and the costs of mark-ups, mark-downs,
and spreads charged in connection with securities transactions. Please see our Wrap
Brochure and the account opening documentation of your selected Custodian for full
details regarding the additional fees and expenses which may not be covered by our Wrap
Fee.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services. The hourly or fixed advisory fees we charge
for financial planning and consulting services cover the costs of our investment advice
only. You will separately bear all costs associated with the implementation and monitoring
of your investments and accounts (e.g., brokerage commissions, custodial, service, legal
and/or accounting fees, mutual fund, exchange traded fund, and TPMM management fees
and sales charges, wire transfer fees, taxes, and all other similar costs, expenses, and
charges).
We do not share in any portion of the additional fees and expenses described above. To
fully understand the total costs you will incur by engaging any of our services, you should
review the prospectus of each mutual fund, ETF, and/or TPMM advisory program in which
you participate and the contractual arrangement entered with your Custodian and any other
third party service providers you elect to retain. For information on our brokerage practices,
please refer to Item 12 of this brochure.
D
Our Termination and Refund Policy
Any of our advisory services may be terminated at any time by either party, within five (5)
business days of entering an advisory agreement, without penalty, and without the client
incurring any advisory fees to MSP. Thereafter, any of our advisory services may be
terminated by either party on ten (10) days’ written notice to the non-terminating party.
Termination of any separate TPMM engagements and refunds shall be governed by the
terms of conditions of the client’s agreement with the terminated TPMM.
Where we are compensated by means of an asset-based advisory fee (e.g., our Wrap Fee),
upon termination, we shall be compensated a pro-rated portion of such fee based on the
number of days in the terminating period during which services were provided, with any
excess pre-paid fees returned to the client promptly following termination.
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Where we are compensated by means of hourly fees, all hourly fees incurred but not yet
paid through termination shall become immediately due and payable to our firm, with any
excess pre-paid fees returned to the client promptly following termination. Where we are
compensated by means of fixed fees, we shall be compensated a pro-rated portion of the
agreed upon fixed fee based upon our good faith estimate of the total percentage of work
completed at the time of termination (which shall be final and binding on the client), with
any remaining balance refunded to the client. We consider substantially all of our financial
planning services to be complete upon our delivery of the written financial plan or report
to the client. Accordingly, any refunds after delivery of your written financial plan or report
will be nominal.
E
Compensation for Sale of Securities or Insurance Products
Certain associated persons of MSP are independently licensed to sell insurance in one or
more states acting as a direct agent representative of a specific insurance company or
companies. Insurance related business may be transacted with advisory clients and licensed
individuals may receive commissions from insurance products sold to clients. Clients are
advised that the fees paid to MSP or its associated persons for investment advisory services
are separate and distinct from any commissions earned by MSP or its associated persons
for selling insurance products to clients. If requested by a client, we will disclose the
amount of commissions expected to be paid.
The receipt of insurance related commissions by any individual associated with our firm
presents a conflict of interest. As fiduciaries we must act primarily for the benefit of our
investment advisory clients. As such, we will only transact insurance related business with
clients when fully disclosed, suitable, and appropriate. Further, we must determine in good
faith that any commissions paid to our associated persons are appropriate. Clients are
informed that they are under no obligation to use any individual associated with our firm
for the purchase of insurance products or services. Clients may use any insurance firm or
agent they choose for purchase of these products and services. We encourage you to ask us
about the conflicts of interest presented by the insurance licensing of our associated
persons.
Rollover Recommendations
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may recommend that you roll assets
from your employer’s retirement plan, such as a 401(k), 457, or ERISA 403(b) account
(collectively, a “Plan Account”), to an individual retirement account, such as a SIMPLE
IRA, SEP IRA, Traditional IRA, or Roth IRA (collectively, an “IRA Account”) that we
will manage on your behalf. We may also recommend rollovers from IRA Accounts to
Plan Accounts, from Plan Accounts to Plan Accounts, and from IRA Accounts to IRA
Accounts. When we provide any of the foregoing rollover recommendations we are acting
as fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security
Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws
governing retirement accounts.
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If you elect to roll the assets to an IRA that is subject to our management, we will charge
you an asset-based fee as set forth in the advisory agreement you executed with our firm.
This creates a conflict of interest because it creates a financial incentive for our firm to
recommend the rollover to you (i.e., receipt of additional fee-based compensation). You
are under no obligation, contractually or otherwise, to complete the rollover. Moreover, if
you do complete the rollover, you are under no obligation to have the assets in an IRA
managed by our firm. Due to the foregoing conflict of interest, when we make rollover
recommendations, we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your best
interests and not put our interests ahead of yours.
Under this special rule’s provisions, we must:
meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations
(give prudent advice);
never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations
(give loyal advice);
avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in
your best interests;
charge no more than a reasonable fee for our services; and
give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
Many employers permit former employees to keep their retirement assets in their company
plan. Also, current employees can sometimes move assets out of their company plan before
they retire or change jobs. In determining whether to complete the rollover to an IRA, and
to the extent the following options are available, you should consider the costs and benefits
of a rollover.
Note that an employee will typically have four options in this situation:
1. leaving the funds in your employer’s (former employer’s) plan;
2. moving the funds to a new employer’s retirement plan;
3. cashing out and taking a taxable distribution from the plan; or
4. rolling the funds into an IRA rollover account.
Each of these options has positives and negatives. Because of that, along with the
importance of understanding the differences between these types of accounts, we will
provide you with a written explanation of the advantages and disadvantages of both account
types and the basis for our belief that the rollover transaction we recommend is in your best
interests.
As an alternative to providing you with a rollover recommendation, we may instead take
an entirely educational approach in accordance with the U.S. Department of Labor’s
Interpretive Bulletin 96-1. Under this approach, our role will be limited only to providing
you with general educational materials regarding the pros and cons of rollover transactions.
We will make no recommendation to you regarding the prospective rollover of your assets
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and you are advised to speak with your trusted tax and legal advisors with respect to
rollover decisions. As part of this educational approach, we may provide you with materials
discussing some or all of the following topics: the general pros and cons of rollover
transactions; the benefits of retirement plan participation; the impact of pre-retirement
withdrawals on retirement income; the investment options available inside your Plan
Account; and high level discussion of general investment concepts (e.g., risk versus return,
the benefits of diversification and asset allocation, historical returns of certain asset classes,
etc.). We may also provide you with questionnaires and/or interactive investment materials
that may provide a means for you to independently determine your future retirement
income needs and to assess the impact of different asset allocations on your retirement
income. You will make the final rollover decision.
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not charge any performance-based fees for our services or engage in side-by-side
management of client accounts.
MSP and/or individuals associated with our firm may manage accounts which belong either to
themselves, individually, or to their family or their affiliates (collectively, “Proprietary Accounts”)
while simultaneously managing client accounts. It is possible that orders for Proprietary Accounts
may be entered simultaneously (but typically only as part of a block trade) with or opposite to
orders for client accounts, pursuant to, for instance, a neutral allocation system, a different trading
strategy, or trading at a different risk level. The management of any Proprietary Account is subject
to our Code of Ethics and the duty of our firm and its personnel to exercise good faith and fairness
in all matters affecting client accounts. Please see Item 11 for more information.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
We typically provide investment advice to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts,
partnerships, corporations, and other business entities. Because each client is unique, they must be
willing to be involved in the planning and ongoing processes of our management of their account.
Such involvement does not have to be time consuming, however we want our clients to remain
informed and have a sense of security about their investments.
We do not require any minimum account size to engage our services.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
A
Our Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
The types of investments we typically recommend are discussed in Item 4 of this brochure.
We may use some or all of the following methods of analysis in providing investment
advice to you:
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Fundamental Analysis. In using fundamental analysis, we attempt to determine the intrinsic
value of target securities through a review of, among other things, company specific
financial disclosures, the strength and track record of management personnel, industry
sector financial health, and at a macro level, the overall direction of the economy at large.
We use this information as a basis to determine if such securities are underpriced or
overpriced relative to current market prices and then to make a buy or sell recommendation
to you.
Relying on this type of analysis leaves open the risk that the price of a security may move
along with the overall direction of the market, irrespective of the economic and financial
factors which may have indicated that an opposite movement would have been expected.
The main sources of information we rely upon when researching and analyzing securities
using fundamental analysis include research materials prepared by others, annual reports,
corporate rating services, prospectuses, and company press releases.
Technical Analysis. We analyze past market movements and apply that analysis to the
present in an attempt to recognize recurring patterns of investor behavior and potentially
predict future price movement. Technical analysis does not consider the underlying
financial condition of a company or security. This presents a risk in that a poorly-managed
or financially unsound company may underperform regardless of overall market
movement.
Asset Allocation. Rather than focusing on selecting the particular securities or other assets
to invest for your account, we attempt to identify an appropriate ratio of various types of
investments (for example, stocks, fixed income, and cash) suitable to investment goals,
time horizon, and risk tolerance. A risk of asset allocation is that you may not participate
in sharp increases in a particular security, industry or market sector. Another risk is that
the ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash will change over time due to stock and market
movements and, if not corrected, will no longer be appropriate to meet with your
investment goals.
Mutual Fund and ETF Selection and Analysis. We evaluate and select mutual funds and/or
ETFs for your account based on several factors which may include, without limitation, (1)
the experience and track record of the underlying portfolio manager(s), (2) the performance
of the mutual fund or ETF over time and through various market conditions; (3) expected
market conditions that might impact the underlying holdings of the mutual fund or ETF or
applicable market sector; and (4) whether and to what extent the underlying holdings of
the mutual fund or ETF overlap with other assets held in your account. We also monitor
the mutual fund or ETF in an attempt to determine if the fund is continuing to follow its
stated investment strategy.
A risk of mutual funds and ETF analysis is that, as in all securities investments, past
performance does not guarantee future results. A fund manager’s past track record of
success cannot be relied upon as a predictor of success in the future. In addition, the
underlying holdings of the fund are determined by independent fund managers and may
change overtime without advance warning, creating the potential for overlap with other
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investments held in your account. This increase in the correlation of your holdings will
increase the risk of loss where the value of any overlapping holdings should decrease.
There is also a risk that a manager may deviate from the stated investment mandate or
strategy of the mutual fund or ETF, which could make the holding(s) less suitable for the
client’s portfolio.
TPMM Selection and Analysis. This is the analysis of the experience, investment
philosophies, and past performance of independent TPMMs in an attempt to determine if
that manager has demonstrated an ability to invest over a period of time and in different
economic conditions. Key factors we consider when evaluating TPMMs are their
investment process and philosophy, risk management methods and procedures, historical
performance, investment strategy and style, fees and operating expenses, assets under
management and number or clients, and tax‐efficiencies. Our evaluation may also
incorporate both qualitative and quantitative fundamental analysis to validate and confirm
a TPMM’s investment style and skill, as well as to compare them to other managers of
similar style. We may utilize various research databases, proprietary models, financial
periodicals, prospectuses and filings with the SEC, industry contacts and manager data,
among other items, as part of the research process. Monitoring the TPMM’s underlying
holdings, strategies, concentrations, and leverage as part of our overall periodic risk
assessment completes the analysis. As part of the due-diligence process, the TPMM’s
compliance and business enterprise risks may be surveyed and reviewed.
Methods of analysis such as charting, fundamental, technical, or cyclical analysis may be
used by the TPMMs we help select or recommend to clients. Please refer to the disclosure
brochure of the TPMM for more information.
We typically use the following investment strategies in managing client accounts:
Long-term Purchases. We may take a long term, passive, “buy and hold” approach to
investing client assets. In this type of investment strategy, we suggest the purchase of
securities with the idea of holding them in a portfolio for a year or longer. Typically, we
employ this strategy when (1) we believe the securities to be currently undervalued, and/or
(2) we want the portfolio to have exposure to a particular asset class over time, regardless
of the current projection for this class.
A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that by holding the security for this length of
time, we may not take advantage of short-term gains that could be profitable to a client.
Moreover, if our predictions are incorrect, a security may decline sharply in value before
we make the recommendation to sell.
Short-term Purchases. When utilizing this strategy, we may suggest the purchase of
securities with the idea of selling them within a relatively short time (typically a year or
less). We do this in an attempt to take advantage of conditions that we believe will soon
result in a price swing in the securities we recommend for purchase.
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A short-term purchase strategy poses risks should the anticipated price swing not
materialize; we are then left with the option of having a long-term investment in a security
that was designed to be a short-term purchase, or potentially taking a loss. In addition, this
strategy involves more frequent trading than does a longer-term strategy, and will result in
increased brokerage and other transaction-related costs, as well as less favorable tax
treatment of short-term capital gains.
Trading. A trading program rather than an investment program may not be suitable for all
clients. “Trading” refers to purchasing and selling securities on a short-term basis with the
intention of achieving quick profits. Trading is, by definition, a form of speculating as
distinguished from investing.
A trading strategy poses risks should the anticipated price swing not materialize; we are
then left with the option of having a long-term investment in a security that was designed
to be a short-term purchase, or potentially taking a loss. In addition, this strategy involves
more frequent trading than does a longer-term strategy and will result in increased
brokerage and other transaction-related costs, as well as less favorable tax treatment of
short-term capital gains. For these reasons, we will use trading strategies only in client
accounts we believe will benefit from the strategy and which can assume the increased risk
of loss.
B
Summary of Investment Risks
We use our best judgment and good faith efforts in rendering investment advice to our
clients. We cannot warrant or guarantee any particular level of account performance, or
that an account will be profitable over time. Not every investment recommendation we
make will be profitable. Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should
be prepared to bear. You assume all market risk involved in the investment of your
account assets. Investments are subject to various market, currency, economic, political,
and business risks.
C
Risks Related to the Securities and Strategies We May Recommend
While all investing involves risks and losses can and will occur, we generally recommend
a broad and diversified allocation of mutual funds and other securities intended to reduce
the specific risks associated with a concentrated or undiversified portfolio. Nonetheless,
you should consider the following high-level summary of investment risks. This list is not
intended to be an exhaustive description of all risks you may encounter in engaging
our firm for advisory services. We encourage you to inquire with us frequently about
the risks related to any investments in your account.
Risk of Loss. Securities investments are not guaranteed, and you may lose money on your
investments. As with any investment manager that invests in common stocks and other
equity securities, our investment recommendations are subject to market risk—the
possibility that securities prices will decline over short or extended periods of time. As a
result, the value of your account(s) will fluctuate with the market, and you could lose money
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over short or long periods of time. You should recognize whenever you determine to invest
in the securities markets your entire investment is at risk. Clients should not invest money
if they are unable to bear the risk of total loss of their investments.
Economic Risk. The prevailing economic environment is important to the health of all
businesses. Some companies, however, are more sensitive to changes in the domestic or
global economy than others. These types of companies are often referred to as cyclical
businesses. Countries in which a large portion of businesses are in cyclical industries are
thus also very economically sensitive and carry a higher amount of economic risk. If an
investment is issued by a party located in a country that experiences wide swings from an
economic standpoint or in situations where certain elements of an investment instrument
are hinged on dealings in such countries, the investment instrument will generally be subject
to a higher level of economic risk.
Financial Risk. Financial risk is represented by internal disruptions within an investment or
the issuer of an investment that can lead to unfavorable performance of the investment.
Examples of financial risk can be found in cases like Enron or many of the dot com
companies that were caught up in a period of extraordinary market valuations that were not
based on solid financial footings of the companies.
Market Risk. The value of your portfolio may decrease if the value of an individual
company or multiple companies in the portfolio decreases or if our belief about a company’s
intrinsic worth is incorrect. Further, regardless of how well individual companies perform,
the value of your portfolio could also decrease if there are deteriorating economic or market
conditions. It is important to understand that the value of your investment may fall,
sometimes sharply, in response to changes in the market, and you could lose money.
Investment risks include price risk as may be observed by a drop in a security’s price due
to company specific events (e.g., earnings disappointment or downgrade in the rating of a
bond) or general market risk (e.g., such as a “bear” market when stock values fall in
general). For fixed-income securities, a period of rising interest rates could erode the value
of a bond since bond values generally fall as bond yields go up. Past performance is not a
guarantee of future returns.
TPMM Risks. A TPMM’s past track record of success cannot be relied upon as a predictor
of success in the future. In addition, the underlying holdings of your TPMM account(s) are
determined by TPMM directly, and may change overtime without advance warning to our
firm, creating the potential for overlap with other investments held in your account. This
increase in the correlation of your holdings will increase the risk of loss where the value of
any overlapping holdings should decrease. There is also a risk that a TPMM may deviate
from the stated investment mandate or strategy of the account, which could make the
holding(s) less suitable for the client’s portfolio. We do not control any TPMM’s daily
business and compliance operations, and thus our firm may be unaware of any lack of
internal controls necessary to prevent business, regulatory or reputational deficiencies.
Risks Related to Analysis Methods. Our analysis of securities relies in part on the
assumption that the issuers whose securities we recommend for purchase and sale, the rating
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agencies that review these securities, and other publicly-available sources of information
about these securities, are providing accurate and unbiased data. While we are alert to
indications that data may be incorrect, there is always a risk that our analysis may be
compromised by inaccurate or misleading information.
Securities Transactions at the Direction of Clients. Irrespective of whether you engage us
on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis, you always maintain the concurrent ability to
direct transactions within your accounts held at the Custodian. We are not responsible for
the consequences of your self-directed investment decisions or the costs and fees they
generate within your account.
Interim Changes in Client Risk Tolerance and Financial Outlook. The particular
investments recommended by our firm are based solely upon the investment objectives and
financial circumstances disclosed to us by the client. While we strive to meet with clients
at regular intervals (at least annually, unless otherwise agreed, either in person,
telephonically, or by electronic means) to discuss any changes in the client’s financial
circumstances, the lack of constant and continuous communication presents a risk insofar
as your liquidity, net worth, risk tolerance and/or investment goals could change abruptly,
with no advance notice to our firm, resulting in a mis-aligned investment portfolio and the
potential for losses or other negative financial consequences.
It is your continuing and exclusive responsibility to give us complete information and
to notify us of any changes in your financial circumstances, income level, investment
goals or employment status. We encourage you to contact us regularly and promptly
to discuss any such changes.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
MSP is required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary event that would
be material to your evaluation of our firm, or the integrity of our management. No principal or
person associated with our firm has any information to disclose which is applicable to this Item.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A
Registration as a Broker-Dealer or Registered Representative of a Broker-Dealer
Neither MSP, nor its associated persons, are or intend to become registered as a broker-
dealer or registered representative of a broker-dealer.
B
Futures or Commodities Registration
Neither MSP, nor its associated persons, are or intend to become registered as a futures
commission merchant, commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, or an
associated person of any of the foregoing.
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C
Other Material Relationships
Certain principals and associated persons of MSP are also principals and/or associated
persons of Molatore & Co. LLP (i.e., “Molatore CPAs”), where they may provide
accounting and/or tax advisory services and are paid separate compensation. Molatore
CPAs typically recommends MSP to its accounting clients in need of investment advisory
services. Conversely, MSP typically recommends Molatore CPAs to advisory clients in
need of accounting and/or tax advisory services. Accounting and tax advisory services
provided by Molatore CPAs are separate and distinct from MSP’s advisory services and
are provided to clients for typical compensation that is separate and distinct from MSP’s
advisory fees. MSP clients are never obligated to engage Molatore CPAs for any
accounting or tax advisory services and conversely, no accounting client is obligated to use
the advisory services of MSP.
Clients should be aware that the foregoing referral arrangements with our affiliate,
Molatore CPAs, creates a conflict of interest that may impair the objectivity of our firm
and our personnel when making advisory recommendations. MSP endeavors at all times to
put the interest of its clients first as part of our fiduciary duty as a registered investment
advisor and discloses the potential for our firm and our employees to earn compensation
(in the form of accounting fees) from advisory clients in addition to our firm’s advisory
fees. We do not pay or receive any compensation as a result of the foregoing referral
relationship with our affiliate, Molatore CPAs.
D
Recommendation of Other Advisors
While MSP may recommend or allocate a client’s asset to certain TPMMs, we do not
receive any referral fees or similar compensation, either directly or indirectly, in connection
with such recommendations or allocations. We do not act as a solicitor for any TPMM.
Except for certain benefits we receive from the custodian we recommend to clients as
outlined in Item 12 of this brochure, we do not receive any additional compensation or
benefits, either directly or indirectly, in connection with referrals of our clients to any
broker-dealers, custodians, attorneys, tax advisors, accountants, or any other third-parties.
We will only recommend and refer third-party providers to you when we believe such
recommendations to be in your best interests. Clients are never obligated to engage any
third-party we recommend by MSP and elect to do so at their sole discretion and risk.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics; Participation or Interest in Client Transaction & Personal Trading
A
Our Code of Ethics
We subscribe to an ethical and high standard of conduct in all our business activity in order
to fulfill the fiduciary duty we owe to our clients. Included in these ethical obligations is
the duty to put our client’s interests ahead of our own along with duties of loyalty, fairness,
and good faith towards our clients. We disclose to clients material conflicts of interest
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which could reasonably be expected to impair our rendering of unbiased and objective
advice.
MSP has a Code of Ethics (“Code”) which all employees are required to follow. The Code
outlines proper conduct related to all services provided to clients and will be made available
to you, free of charge, upon request by contacting us at the phone number listed on the
cover page of this brochure. Prompt reporting of internal violations is mandatory. MSP’s
Chief Compliance Officer and/or an appropriate designee evaluates employee performance
to ensure compliance with our Code.
Designed to prevent conflicts of interest between the financial interests of clients and the
interests of the firm and its staff, the Code requires, among other procedures, our “access
persons” to report their personal securities transactions quarterly and to report all securities
positions in which they have a beneficial interest at least annually. These reporting
requirements allow supervisors at the firm to determine whether to allow or prohibit certain
employee securities purchases and sales based on transactions made, or anticipated to be
made, in the same securities which may be purchased or sold for client accounts. The Code
is required to be reviewed annually and updated as necessary.
B-D Material/Proprietary Interests in Securities Recommended to Clients.
Our firm and individuals associated with our firm do not have any proprietary or material
interests in or any role in the management of any companies or investments that we
recommend to our clients.
Personal Trading; Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
As described in Item 6 of this firm brochure, MSP and/or individuals associated with our
firm may manage Proprietary Accounts. Proprietary Accounts may buy and sell some the
same securities as we buy or sell for client accounts. This practice creates an actual conflict
of interest with our clients insofar as our firm or individuals associated with our firm may
have a financial incentive to trade in securities for Proprietary Accounts in advance of or
opposite to transactions in the same securities for client accounts. To address this conflict,
our policy is that, assuming the purchase or sale is otherwise appropriate for the subject
client accounts, we will purchase or sell securities for our clients’ accounts, as the case may
be, before purchasing or selling any of the same securities for any Proprietary Accounts.
In some cases, we may buy or sell securities for our own account for reasons not related to
the strategies adopted by our clients. The only exception to this general rule is where our
Proprietary Accounts may participate in an aggregate (“block”) trade simultaneously with
client accounts.
In summary, our practice of buying and selling for Proprietary Accounts the same securities
that we buy or sell for client accounts is restricted by the following controls:
We are required to uphold our fiduciary duty to our clients;
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We are prohibited from misusing information about our clients’ securities holdings
or transactions to gain any undue advantage for ourselves or others;
We are prohibited from buying or selling any security that we are currently
recommending for client accounts, unless we participate in an aggregated trade with
clients, or unless we place our orders after client orders have been executed; and
We are required to periodically report our securities holdings and transactions to
the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer, who must review those reports for improper
trades.
We act in a fiduciary capacity. If a conflict of interest arises between us and you, we shall
make every effort to resolve the conflict in your favor. Conflicts of interest may also arise
in the allocation of investment opportunities among the accounts that we advise. We will
seek to allocate investment opportunities according to what we believe is appropriate for
each account. We strive to do what is equitable and in the best interest of all the accounts
we advise.
We will disclose to advisory clients any material conflict of interest relating to us, our
representatives, or any of our employees which could reasonably be expected to impair the
rendering of unbiased and objective advice.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
A
Recommendation of Broker-Dealers
Clients maintain the discretion to select the Custodian(s) to be used for custody of their
assets and for the execution of transactions within their account(s). Clients engage their
desired Custodian(s) by executing the appropriate account opening documentation of the
Custodian(s), and in doing so, authorize our firm to direct the execution of transactions for
the client’s account through such Custodian(s).
As of the date of this brochure, we typically recommend that clients engage the custodial
and trade execution services of Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. (“Schwab”). Schwab is
an SEC registered broker-dealer and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority (“FINRA”) and the Securities Investors Protection Corporation (“SIPC”).
Conflicts of interest associated with our recommendation of any Recommended
Custodians are described below as well as in Item 14 of this brochure. You should consider
these conflicts of interest when selecting your custodian.
We are not affiliated with Schwab and Schwab does not monitor or control the activities
of our firm or its personnel. Schwab will act solely as a custodian and/or broker-dealer and
not as your investment advisor. They will hold your assets in your name in a brokerage
account or accounts and buy and sell securities and execute other transactions when
instructed to do so by you or MSP.
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Best Execution
In recommending broker-dealers to clients, we have an obligation to seek the “best
execution” of transactions for your account. This duty requires that we seek to execute
securities transactions for clients such that the total costs or proceeds in each transaction
are the most favorable under the circumstances. The determinative factor in the analysis of
best execution is not the lowest possible commission cost, but whether the transaction
represents the best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the full range of the
recommended broker-dealer’s services. The factors we consider when evaluating a broker-
dealer for best execution include, without limitation, the broker-dealer’s:
execution capability;
commission rates;
financial responsibility;
responsiveness and customer service;
custodial capabilities;
research services/ancillary brokerage services provided; and
any other factors that we consider relevant.
Therefore, we will seek competitive commission rates, but we may not obtain the lowest
possible commission rates for specific account transactions. With this in consideration, our
firm will continue to recommend the Recommended Custodians until their services do not
result, in our opinion, in best execution of client transactions.
Directed Brokerage
If the client selects a Custodian other than those we recommend (i.e., Schwab) for
execution of transactions (i.e., client directed brokerage), you are advised that we may be
unable to seek best execution of your transactions and the costs you will incur may be
higher than those charged by Schwab. For example, in a directed brokerage account, you
may pay higher brokerage commissions and/or receive less favorable prices on the
underlying securities purchased or sold for your account because we may not be able to
aggregate your order with the orders of other clients. In addition, where you direct
brokerage, we may place orders for your transactions after we place transactions for clients
using Schwab. We reserve the right to reject your request to use a particular Custodian if
such selection would frustrate our management of your account, or for any other reason.
Soft Dollars
The Custodian(s) we recommend to you (including Schwab) may provide us with certain
brokerage and research products and services that qualify as “brokerage or research
services” under Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Exchange Act”).
This is commonly referred to a “soft dollar” arrangement. These research products and/or
services will assist us in our investment decision making process. Such research generally
will be used to service all of our client accounts, but brokerage charges and similar fees
paid by the client may be used to pay for research that is not used in managing that specific
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client’s account. Your account may pay Schwab a charge greater than another qualified
broker-dealer might charge to affect the same transaction where we determine in good faith
that the charge is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
received.
Benefits Received from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services™ is Schwab’s business serving independent investment
advisory firms like ours. They provide our firm and clients with access to its institutional
brokerage – trading, custody, reporting, and related services – many of which are not
typically available to Schwab retail customers. Schwab also makes available various
support services. Some of those services help manage or administer our client accounts
while others help manage and grow our business. Schwab’s support services are generally
available on an unsolicited basis (our firm does not have to request them) and at no charge
as long as our firm keeps a specific amount of client assets in accounts at Schwab. If our
firm has less than this amount of client assets at Schwab, our firm may be charged quarterly
service fees.
Here is a more detailed description of Schwab’s support services:
Schwab’s institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of investment
products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment
products available through Schwab include some to which our firm might not otherwise
have access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by
firm clients. Schwab’s services described in this paragraph generally benefit clients and
their accounts.
Schwab also makes available other products and services that benefit our firm but may not
directly benefit clients or their accounts. These products and services assist in managing
and administering our client accounts. They include investment research, both Schwab’s
and that of third parties. This research may be used to service all or some substantial
number of client accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to
investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
provides access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and
account statements);
facilitates trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client
accounts;
provides pricing and other market data;
facilitates payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts; and
assists with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting.
Schwab also offers other services intended to help manage and further develop our business
enterprise. These services include:
educational conferences and events;
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technology, compliance, legal, and business consulting;
publications and conferences on practice management and business succession; and
access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and insurance
providers.
Schwab may provide some of these services itself. In other cases, Schwab will arrange for
third-party vendors to provide the services to our firm. Schwab may also discount or waive
fees for some of these services or pay all or a part of a third-party’s fees. Schwab may also
provide our firm with other benefits, such as occasional business entertainment for our
personnel. If you did not maintain your account with Schwab, we would be required to pay
for these services from our own resources.
Conflicts of Interest Related to Benefits Received from Schwab
Irrespective of any direct or indirect benefits received by our clients through our
relationship with Schwab, our firm always strives to enhance the client experience, help
clients reach their goals, and puts client interests before that of our firm or its associated
persons.
Clients are advised that as a result of receiving the services and benefits discussed above
for no additional cost (or discounted cost), we may have an incentive to continue to
recommend, use, or expand our use of Schwab’s custodial and execution services. Our firm
examined this potential conflict of interest when we chose to enter into our relationship
with Schwab and we have determined that these relationships are in the best interest of our
firm’s clients and satisfies our client obligations, including our duty to seek best execution.
Other than the services described above, MSP and its representatives do not direct
transactions and the commissions they generate (soft dollars) to brokerage firms or other
parties to receive research or other benefits.
MSP does not process transactions through any Custodian in return for referrals of advisory
clients.
B
Trade Aggregation
We may aggregate client orders, so long as it is done for purposes of achieving best
execution, and so long as no client is systematically advantaged or disadvantaged. Before
aggregating client orders, we document the participating accounts and the allocation
instructions. We submit allocation instructions to the broker-dealer before the market
closes on the day of the order. We allocate aggregated orders to client accounts at the
average price obtained. We allocate partially filled orders pro rata based on the size of the
order placed by each account. If we judge that we cannot or should not allocate a partially
filled order pro rata (e.g., if the quantity of securities obtained is too small or would not
have a material impact if distributed among each account), then we apply the following
procedures:
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We allocate the order to client accounts only (i.e., no employees that participated
in the order may receive any allocation); and
We document our allocation decision.
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
A
Account Review Policy
MSP Wrap Fee Program Services. Client accounts are typically reviewed by the investment
advisor representative and/or portfolio manager who is primarily responsible for managing
the client’s account. However, individuals conducting reviews may vary from time to time,
as personnel join or leave our firm. The frequency of reviews is determined based on each
client’s investment objectives and investment profile. Accounts are generally reviewed
quarterly, but in any event, no less than annually.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services. Annual retainer financial planning and
consulting clients receive comprehensive, written financial plans that are formally
reviewed and updated annually. Our investment advisor representatives conduct these
reviews in person, over the phone, and/or via the internet. One-time financial planning and
consulting clients do not receive updates or account reviews following delivery of our
written investment recommendations unless the client specifically requests such review,
MSP agrees to the additional review in writing, and the client pays an additional advisory
fee.
B
More Frequent Account Reviews
More frequent reviews of accounts may be triggered by a change in client’s investment
objectives; risk/return profile; tax considerations; contributions and/or withdrawals; large
sales or purchases; security specific events; or changes in the economy more generally.
C
Reporting to Clients
Clients will receive trade confirmations and standard account statements from the
Custodian selected by the client no less than quarterly. We will provide you with
independently prepared written reports as you may reasonably request. Reports we provide
to you will contain relevant account and/or market-related information such as an inventory
of account holdings and account performance, as examples.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A
Additional Compensation
As discussed in Item 5, certain associated persons of MSP may receive additional
compensation as a result of their status as licensed insurance agents. If a client decides to
purchase an insurance product through any of these persons outside of the client’s advisory
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relationship with MSP, this relationship constitutes a conflict of interest. When this occurs,
such compensation will be disclosed to the client for their evaluation. Clients are under no
obligation to purchase insurance products from any of our associated persons.
As referenced in Item 12 above, Schwab provides services and products to MSP without
cost or at a discount that we may use to service some or all of our client accounts. They
may also provide services and products to MSP which are to MSP’s exclusive benefit. We
may enter into similar arrangements with other broker-dealers and custodians we
recommend to clients in the future. As part of its fiduciary duties to clients, MSP endeavors
at all times to put the interests of its clients first. Clients should be aware, however, that the
receipt of economic benefits by our firm and/or our associated persons in and of itself
creates a potential conflict of interest and may indirectly influence our decision to
recommend certain Custodians (including Schwab) to clients for custody and trade
execution services.
B
Compensation Paid or Received for Client Referrals
We have no arrangements, written or oral, in which we compensate others or are
compensated by others for client referrals.
Item 15 – Custody
All client funds and securities on which we advise are held in accounts titled in the client’s name
maintained by an independent qualified custodian (typically, Schwab). For MSP Wrap Fee
Program clients, the Custodian will be authorized to execute trades within the client’s account
upon our instructions, acting within the scope of the authority granted to us in our written advisory
agreement with the client and the Custodian’s account opening documentation.
Where we directly debit our advisory fees from your account held at the custodian, the custodian
will independently send you an account statement at least quarterly identifying the amount of funds
and each security in your account at the end of the period and setting forth all transactions in your
account during the period, including the amount of any fees paid to us. Your Custodian is not
responsible for verifying the accuracy of our fee calculations. Therefore, we encourage you to
review the Custodian’s account statements carefully upon receipt. If you believe our fees have
been miscalculated or if you have any other questions related to your account, you should contact
us immediately at the phone number listed on the cover page of this brochure.
Except for our ability to directly deduct our advisory fees and to disburse or transfer certain client
funds pursuant to Standing Letters of Authorization (“SLOAs”) executed at the option of the client,
we will not maintain custody of any client funds or securities or the authority to obtain possession
of them. Where a client has elected to execute a SLOA, the firm implements the following
additional safeguards:
1. The client must provide an instruction to the custodian, in writing, that includes the client’s
signature, the third party payee’s name, and either the third party payee’s address or the
third party payee’s account number at a custodian to which the transfer should be directed.
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2. The client authorizes MSP, in writing, either on the custodian’s form or separately, to direct
transfers to the third party payee either on a specified schedule or from time to time.
3. The custodian performs appropriate verification of the instruction, such as a signature
review or other method to verify the client’s authorization and provides a transfer of funds
notice to the client promptly after each transfer.
4. The client has the ability to terminate or change the instruction to the client’s custodian.
5. MSP has no authority or ability to designate or change the identity of the third party payee
identified by the client, the address, or any other information about the third party payee
contained in the client’s instruction.
6. MSP maintains records showing that the third party payee indicated by the client is not a
related party of MSP and does not share an address with MSP.
7. The custodian sends the client, in writing, an initial notice confirming the instructions and
an annual notice reconfirming the instructions.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
When you participate in the MSP Wrap Fee Program, you will have the option to grant us ongoing
and continuous discretionary authority to execute our investment recommendations within your
account(s) held at the Custodian without obtaining your approval for each specific transaction.
Our discretionary shall also extend to allow us to retain and terminate TPMMs on your behalf
without obtaining your approval of each specific transaction. Our discretionary management of
your account will be conducted in strict accordance with your investment policy statement (or
similar document used to establish each client’s objectives and suitability). Alternatively, you may
elect to enter into a non-discretionary arrangement with MSP, requiring that we obtain your
consent prior to implementing any investments or retaining or terminating any TPMMs for
management of your account. You will have the opportunity to make this election in the written
investment advisory agreement you will enter with our firm prior to the commencement of our
services.
Except for direct deductions of its advisory fees or where otherwise authorized in writing by the
client, MSP will not be permitted to initiate transfers of funds in or out of client accounts.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
A
We will not vote proxies on behalf of clients and will not provide advice to clients on how
the client should vote.
B
We do not have or accept authority to vote client securities. Most clients will receive
proxies and other solicitations directly from the custodian or transfer agent. If any proxy
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materials are received on behalf of a client, they will be sent directly to the client or a
designated representative of the client, who is responsible to vote the proxy.
Security Claims Class Action Litigation
MSP has engaged an independent third‐party service provider, Chicago Clearing
Corporation (“CCC”), to monitor and file securities claims class action litigation
paperwork with claims administrators on behalf of our firm’s portfolio management
clients. MSP does not receive any fees or remuneration in connection with this service, nor
does it receive any fees from the third‐party provider(s). CCC earns a fee based on a flat
percentage (typically 15%) of all claims it collects on behalf of MSP’s clients. This fee is
collected and retained by CCC out of the claims paid by the claim administrator.
Clients are advised that it may be necessary to share client information, such as your name
and account number, with CCC in connection with this service. All clients who engage
MSP for portfolio management services under the MSP Wrap Fee Program are
automatically enrolled in this service, unless they elect to opt-out. You may opt-out of this
service at any time by notifying us in writing. If a client opts out, MSP does not have an
obligation to advise or take any action on behalf of a client with regard to class action
litigation involving investments held in or formerly held in a client’s account. We have the
right to change the provider of this service at our sole discretion. If we do so, we will notify
you and send you another opt-out election form.
Because we are providing this service through CCC, we no longer monitor class action
suits or process claim forms on your behalf (whether or not you participate in the service
CCC provides). We are not responsible or liable for: (a) any assistance we provide to CCC
concerning monitoring or processing class action claims or (b) any CCC act in monitoring
or processing such claims.
Item 18 – Financial Information
A
MSP does not require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six
months or more in advance.
B
Advisors who have discretionary authority over client accounts, custody of client assets,
or who require or solicit pre-payment of more than $1,200 in fee per client, six months or
more in advance, are required to disclose any financial condition that is reasonably likely
to impair their ability to meet contractual commitments to clients. MSP maintains
discretionary authority over client funds and securities. We have no financial commitments
that would impair our ability to meet contractual and fiduciary commitments to our clients.
C
Neither MSP nor any of its principals, have been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at
any time in the past.
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