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March 19, 2026
Form ADV Part 2A
Investment Advisor Brochure and Brochure Supplement
Item 1: Cover Page
Name of Firm
Dorsey, Wright & Associates, LLC dba Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
Address
3300 W. Leigh Street, Richmond, VA, 23230
Phone Number
(804) 320-8511
Website Address
www.dorseywright.com
E-mail Address
Lisa.Johnson@nasdaq.com
This Form ADV Part 2A (Investment Advisor Brochure) gives information about the investment advisor
and its business for the use of clients and prospective clients. If you have any questions about the contents
of this brochure, please contact us using one of the methods listed above. 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. Registration is mandatory for all persons meeting the
definition of investment advisor and does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
Additional information about our firm is available on the SEC’s website at: www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Item 2: Material Changes
The purpose of this section is to discuss only material changes since the last annual update of Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright (“Dorsey Wright”) Investment Advisor Brochure. The date of the last annual update was
March 19, 2025.
Summary of Material Changes:
Since our annual ADV Part 2 filing on March 19, 2025, there was a material change in ownership. The holding
companies, Granite Redux, Inc.and Graniteblock, Inc. and have been dissolved. Dorsey Wright & Associates is
100% owned by Nasdaq, Inc.
Delivery:
Within 120 days of our fiscal year end we will deliver our annual Summary of Material Changes if there
have been material changes since the last annual updating amendment.
Contents
Item 1: Cover Page ............................................................................................................................................. 1
Item 2: Material Changes .................................................................................................................................. 1
Item 4: Advisory Business (Advisory Firm and Services) .............................................................................. 2
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ...................................................................................................................... 10
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management............................................................... 13
Item 7: Types of Clients and Account Minimums ......................................................................................... 13
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss ....................................................... 14
Item 9: Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................................... 17
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................................... 17
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading ........... 18
Item 12: Brokerage Practices .......................................................................................................................... 19
Item 13: Review of Accounts and Reports on Accounts ................................................................................ 21
Item 14: Client Referrals & Other Compensation ........................................................................................ 22
Item 15: Custody............................................................................................................................................... 22
Item 16: Investment Discretion ....................................................................................................................... 23
Item 17: Voting Client Securities..................................................................................................................... 23
Item 18: Financial Information ....................................................................................................................... 23
Item 4: Advisory Business (Advisory Firm and Services)
Advisory Firm
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright (NDW”) has been providing investment advisory services since 1987. Dorsey
Wright’s current principal owners are:
• Nasdaq, Inc.
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Nasdaq Dorsey Wright offers several types of advisory services as described in more detail throughout this
document. These services include:
1. Investment Management provides personal investment advisory services for individual investors.
The Investment Management activity takes place primarily from the California office.
2. Research and subscription services directed primarily to financial professionals, institutional
clients (including mutual funds, unit investment trusts (“UITs”), exchange traded funds (“ETFs”)),
and some individual investors. These impersonal advisory services come in a digital format and
are primarily generated from the home office in Virginia.
3. Seminars, Webinars, and Broker Institutes.
4. Hourly special services.
5. Advisory, sub-advisory, licensing, and consultant services are provided to mutual funds, UIT
providers, providers of ETFs, and providers of structured notes and certificates of deposit.
Advisory Services
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Investment Management
The Investment Management arm of NDW provides investment supervisory services (“Investment
Management”). These personalized services are provided to individual investors, who in turn are clients
of several unaffiliated broker/dealer or investment advisory firms. Our goal for Investment Management
services is to attain meaningful investment results with emphasis on meeting the particular needs and
investment goals of each client. These services are primarily provided through our California branch
office; however, the methodologies and the portfolio management strategies used are created in
collaboration with our head office in Virginia. For further discussion on our methodologies and strategies,
see Item 8 of this brochure.
As of December 31, 2025, Dorsey Wright has $1,011,889,492 of assets under management on a discretionary basis.
This includes our separately managed accounts, as well as our advisory and sub- advisory arrangements.
Investment Management is based upon the same technical analysis that drives our research reports.
Investment Management provides the value-added service that the investment account is monitored and
that the advice is implemented by a qualified IA Representative of NDW. Individual advice is given to the
Investment Management clients. Advice and action taken on behalf of any client is likely to be similar to
but can be different from published research of a non-personalized nature.
A data gathering questionnaire is reviewed to determine the client's financial situation and investment
objectives, and to give the client the opportunity to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of
the account. Clients can leave standing instructions with the NDW IA Rep (or designee) to refrain from
investing in particular securities or types of securities or invest in limited amounts of securities.
Annually the IA Rep (or designee) will notify the client in writing to contact the IA Rep (or designee) if
there have been any changes in the client's financial situation or investment objectives, or to impose or
modify account restrictions. The IA Rep (or designee) will contact or attempt to contact the client
annually on these matters. It is the client's responsibility to notify the IA Rep (or designee) any time
there are changes. In the case where a client is referred by unaffiliated broker/dealer or investment
advisory firm (“sponsor firm”), the agent of the sponsor firm may be acting as the designee for Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright utilizes SEI Investment Managers Services, Inc. (“SEI”), to assist NDW in
many of the back-office functions that support our Investment Management business. NDW continues
to be responsible for the content, quality, and timeliness of our Investment Management services,
however, SEI’s outsourced operational solutions help facilitate account opening and maintenance, daily
reconciliation, and trade settlement. SEI prepares quarterly portfolio reports for Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright’s Investment Management clients on behalf of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright.
Clients may call in at any time during normal business hours to discuss directly with the IA Rep their
account, financial situation, or investment needs. Clients will receive confirmations from the
custodian/brokerage firm, unless they have elected to have their confirmations suppressed, and at least
quarterly statements containing a description of all transactions and all account activity. The client retains
the indicia of ownership of all securities and funds in the account. Clients are asked to rely solely on the
information provided by their custodian/brokerage firm for all details and account activities.
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Research and Subscription Services
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright offers four combinations of charting, research, and software services with our
Free, Basic, Professional, and Elite subscription packages. For any of the subscription packages, billing is
done either monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually in advance and payment is due upon receipt of
the invoice. Clients must cancel by the 10th of the month to receive a pro-rata fee following the end of the
previously paid advanced billing cycle (either monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually) to receive a
pro-rata fee for that billing period. Clients who notify NDW of cancelation after the 10th of the month
following the previously paid advanced billing cycle will be charged for the entire next billing cycle. and
will maintain access through the end of the month.
The Free subscription package gives subscribers access to our charts, a select number of model portfolios,
a limited search/sort feature, and occasional access to our Daily Equity Report. The Free subscription can
be free in perpetuity.
The Basic subscription package gives subscribers access to our charts, a limited number of watch lists, a
select number of model portfolios, a limited search/sort feature, computer generated stock comments, and
occasional access to our Daily Equity Report. The Basic subscription is $79/month.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright currently provides approximately one hundred managed model portfolios on its
website.
The purpose of these tools is to provide a guideline for managing a piece of a portfolio. The basis of the
allocations in the models is Point and Figure relative strength (technical analysis). No risk-management
tools or suitability considerations are factored into the models. The models are provided as impersonal
research services. Investment professionals must make the final decisions as to allocations in investment
portfolios when utilizing the research. These ETF model portfolios are included in subscriptions to all the
subscription options described herein. ETF providers, including but not limited to, Blackrock (iShares),
Invesco, First Trust, Franklin Templeton, DWS, KraneShares, BondBloxx, and New York Life (IndexIQ),
sponsor these models on a flat fee basis.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also makes certain ETF model portfolios available through other websites. NDW
has a contractual relationship with each of these companies to provide ETF models to their
representatives, or in the case of a model platform, to their financial professional clients. The licensing fee
paid to Dorsey Wright is based on the assets under management in the program. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
sometimes waives this fee at its discretion.
The Professional subscription package gives subscribers access to everything in Basic noted above plus
our Daily Equity Report, DALI and ESS services described below. The Professional subscription
package is
$299/month.
Daily Equity Report
This Report is a daily technical research report to financial advisors and institutions. The Report covers
a large universe of securities, which are updated daily using Point & Figure charts. Each week we review
our market indicators, highlighting any changes that may occur.
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DALI
The Dynamic Asset Level Investing (D.A.L.I.) service applies relative strength analysis across the
following six major asset classes, US Equities, International Equities, Commodities, Global Currencies,
Fixed Income, and Cash, to identify leadership and guide tactical asset allocation.
ESS
The Enhanced Security Selection (ESS) service includes the Teambuilder and Matrix tools. Teambuilder
aids in portfolio construction regarding mutual funds, ETFs, and stocks. The Relative Strength Matrix
service evaluates a portfolio on a relative strength basis by creating a relative strength chart of each
member of the portfolio versus every other member. This allows users to rank the portfolio by relative
strength buy signals and columns. The ESS Package service, offers a few additional features such as
email alerts for matrix movers, fund score methodology (FSM) models and select stock models.
The Elite subscription package gives subscribers access to everything in Basic and Professional noted
above plus custom strategy construction service. The Elite subscription package is $399/month.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright sometimes offers discounted rates for Basic, Professional and Elite for higher
volume relationships, academic institutions, promotions, and other circumstances.
Tactical Tilt Model Licensing
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright's Tactical Tilt Program is a model manager product that is licensed to broker
dealers, RIAs, or other financial institutions (the “licensee”). NDW constructs and manages the model
portfolios that are built with Exchange Traded Funds or open-end Mutual Funds as asset allocation
investment solutions. The Tactical Tilt methodology is a rules-based process by which Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright applies relative strength analysis to major asset classes to establish recommended investment
weightings for each category, and similar analysis within asset classes to determine recommended sector
weightings. The asset class weightings are based upon the results of the relative strength ranking process,
and the constraints of strategic boundaries. Tactical Tilt Models are generally offered as a family, which
provides a suite of risk-based options that vary materially only in the strategic boundaries within the
program.
Tactical Tilt model updates are provided on a scheduled basis, as frequently as weekly, or as infrequently
as monthly, as established by the licensee. The investment inventory (i.e. securities used to gain exposure
to a particular asset class or sector) vary based upon the availability of specific securities to the licensee
or licensee preference. Generally, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is compensated on an AUM basis for all assets
participating within Tactical Tilt guided models. However, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will charge a flat
subscription fee to licensees at NDW’s discretion. Since the guided models are updated no more
frequently than weekly, on a day chosen by the licensee, the licensee will receive some recommendations
after such recommendations or similar recommendations are distributed to other Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
clients. The Tactical Tilt Models do not provide individual or personalized investment advice and the
decision to put a client in a Tactical Tilt program belongs solely to the client’s broker or advisor.
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Seminars, Webinars, and Broker Institute
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright offers seminars to its clients. These seminars are based on Point and Figure
charting and designed to educate our clients on Point and Figure charting, its origin, the basics of this
charting method, specific chart formations, relative strength, sector analysis, Exchange Traded Funds
(ETF's), investment models, and our technical indicators. These seminars are approximately 1-3 hours in
length. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also offers intense, comprehensive one-day, a day and a half, and two-day
Point and Figure seminars for its subscription clients. Specialized seminars are also available at
negotiated prices.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also offers webinars for clients. Webinar series and specialized webinars are also
available at negotiated prices.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright offers a three-day educational event once or twice per year as well. These events
are held as the need arises but have typically been held in the spring and fall of each year. Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright also offers advanced educational events, and smaller events in other cities. Pricing for various
seminars, webinars and other educational events are negotiated based on complexity. From time to time,
the Firm may offer all or part of these workshops at reduced or no extra charge to subscribers to other
services or to other business partners.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also offers consulting services as part of its seminar services. This entails a visit to
the office of a client to advise him or her on how to better implement our service and some of the features
of our service. This service would include doing branch seminars as well as client seminars. The cost of
this service can be negotiated.
Hourly Special Services
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright periodically offers services where charges are on an hourly basis. This could
include such services as portfolio evaluation or conference calls. The hourly charges for these services
vary depending on the task.
Advisory, Sub-Advisory, Licensing, and Consultant Services to Mutual Funds, UITs,
Structured Products, Variable Insurance Trusts, ETFs, ETNs, and Unified Managed Account
(UMA) Platforms
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright provides advisory, sub-advisory, licensing, and consultant services to mutual
funds, unit investment trusts, structured products, variable insurance trusts, ETFs, and ETNs. The
majority of the products that utilize a NDW strategy are U.S.-listed or issued, however, NDW provides
model and index licensing services for use in a small number of foreign listed and issued products as
well. The product providers listed below represent our main clients from this category.
AdvisorShares
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Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses research and trademarks to AdvisorShares for a suite of AdvisorShares Dorsey
Wright ETFs. The AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright ADR ETF (AADR) is an all-cap international equity strategy
seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation through a portfolio of international companies in both
developed and emerging markets. The investment strategy is relative strength-based and considers current
sector and industry group allocations in order to keep the strategy diversified. There is no consideration given
to the allocation between developed and emerging markets; the strategy will allocate between the two
depending on global price trends. Exposure to international markets is primarily achieved through American
Depository Receipts (ADRs).
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also licenses models to AdvisorShares for use in ETFs: The AdvisorShares
Dorsey Wright FSM All Cap World ETF (DWAW) and the AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM U.S. Core
ETF (DWUS)The underlying models for DWAW and DWUS utilize Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s Fund Score
Method (FSM) framework. The FSM evaluates trend analysis, market relative strength, and peer relative
strength to select funds that are showing outperformance. The All Cap World model is a global equity
rotation strategy, while the U.S. Core model is a large cap equity rotation strategy. The model provided
for the DWEQ utilizes two layers of relative strength, investing in high relative strength equities from
sectors or industry groups showing outperformance, and includes a defensive feature that allows the
strategy to gradually add cash based on market indicators.
Arrow Funds
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses models to Arrow Funds for use in two mutual funds and two exchange-
traded funds (ETFs). The Arrow Funds DWA Balanced Fund (DWAFX) is based upon the DWA
Balanced Model, a model that invests in five (5) areas: Sector Rotation, Style Rotation, International
Rotation, Fixed Income Rotation, and an Alternative Rotation. The Fund will rely primarily on relative
strength when making the allocation decisions, but other technical indicators may be used.
The Arrow DWA Tactical Fund (DWTFX) and the Arrow DWA Tactical ETF (DWAT) are based upon the
DWA Tactical Model, a model that provides broad diversification across markets, sectors, styles, long and
inverse domestic and international equities, fixed income, currencies and commodities primarily using
Exchange Traded Fund (ETFs) instruments. The Model is constructed pursuant to our proprietary ranking
and rotation methodology.
AssetMark
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright acts as a research provider by providing AssetMark with investment models for their
clients to follow. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not have discretion in the client accounts and solely provides
broad investment models.
First Trust
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright acts as a consultant to First Trust Portfolios L.P. in connection with the First Trust
Dorsey, Wright Relative Strength Top 50 unit investment trust series as well as the First Trust Dorsey,
Wright Relative Strength Dividend unit investment trust series. The securities selected for inclusion
within a series of the First Trust Dorsey Wright Relative Strength Top 50 are selected based on relative
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strength. The securities selected for inclusion within each series of the First Trust Dorsey Wright Relative
Strength Dividend are selected based on a combination of relative strength and dividend yield. Each
series of the unit investment trust is designed to be held over the fixed 15-month term of the trust.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses the Dorsey Wright Focus Five Index, the Dorsey Wright Dynamic Focus
Five Index, the Dorsey Wright International Focus Five Index, the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI1 Index,
the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright People’s Portfolio Index, the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Low Volatility
Index, the Dorsey Wright Momentum Plus Dividend Yield Index, and the Dorsey Wright Momentum
Plus Value Index to First Trust Advisors L.P. for use in the First Trust Focus 5 ETF (FV), the First Trust
Dorsey Wright Dynamic Focus 5 ETF (FVC), the First Trust International Focus 5 ETF (IFV), the First
Trust Dorsey Wright DALI1 ETF (DALI), the First Trust Dorsey Wright People’s Portfolio ETF
(DWPP), the First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum & Low Volatility ETF (DVOL), the First Trust
Dorsey Wright Momentum & Dividend ETF (DDIV), and the First Trust Dorsey Wright Momentum &
Value ETF (DVLU), respectively. The FV seeks to track the Focus Five Index, an index designed to
provide targeted exposure to the five First Trust sector and industry-based ETFs identified by Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright’s index methodology to possess high relative strength. First Trust sector and industry-
based ETFs provide the universe for the index selection and the Focus Five Index always contains five
ETFs. The Focus Five Index follows the Dorsey Wright Focus Five Model that Dorsey Wright has been
publishing within its Equity Chart Database Service since late-October 2009. The Focus Five strategy is
also licensed for use on Unified Managed Account (UMA) platforms. The FVC utilizes the same
methodology as the Focus Five Index (described above), however, in instances where relative strength
diminishes across the equity sectors, the Dynamic Focus Five Index can raise varying amounts of
exposure to a cash equivalent. The IFV seeks to track the International Focus Five Index, an index
designed to provide targeted exposure to the five First Trust country and region based ETFs identified by
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s index methodology to possess high relative strength. First Trust country and
region-focused ETFs provide the universe for the index selection and the International Focus Five Index
always contains five ETFs. The International Focus Five Index follows the Dorsey Wright International
Model that Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has been publishing within its Equity Chart Database Service since
late-February 2012. The DALI seeks to track the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright DALI1 Index, an index that
utilizes Dorsey Wright’s Dynamic Asset Level Investing (DALI) framework to allocate to the top asset
class among Domestic Equities, International Equities, Fixed Income, and Commodities via sub-indexes
composed of ETFs. The DWPP seeks to track the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright People's Portfolio Index, an
index designed to provide exposure to either the cap-weighted basket of equities representing the U.S.
equity market, an equal- weighted basket of equities representing the U.S. equity market, or T-bills, based
upon daily relative strength readings resulting from Dorsey Wright’s relative strength comparison
process. The DVOL seeks to track an index of approximately fifty stocks from a starting universe of U.S.
large and mid-cap equities that exhibit relatively low levels of volatility, while maintaining high levels of
relative strength. The DDIV seeks to track an index of approximately fifty high dividend paying stocks
that also maintain high levels of relative strength from a starting universe of U.S. large and mid-cap
equities. The DVLU seeks to track an index of approximately 50 undervalued stocks, as measured by
value-oriented metrics (Price-to-Sales, Price-to-Book, Price-to-Earnings, Price-to-Cash Flow), while
maintaining high levels or relative strength, from a starting universe of U.S. large and mid-cap equities.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also licenses the Dorsey Wright Tactical Tilt Moderate Core Index to First Trust
Advisors L.P. for use in a Variable Insurance Trust, the First Trust Dorsey Wright Tactical Core Portfolio. The
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Dorsey Wright Tactical Tilt Moderate Core Index is constructed using Dorsey Wright’s relative strength- based
Dynamic Asset Level Investing (“DALI”) asset allocation process. The Index is designed to allocate its
investments among the domestic equity, international equity, fixed income, and cash asset classes. The Index
gains exposure to the domestic equity, international equity, and fixed income asset classes through investment
in ETFs.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses models to other registered investment advisors and Unified Managed
Account (UMA) platforms. These model portfolios are built with exchange traded funds or open-end
mutual funds as asset allocation investment solutions for all, or part of a portfolio. These are impersonal,
non- discretionary, advisory solutions and Dorsey Wright is compensated on an AUM basis for assets
participating within the guided models. Dorsey Wright licenses such guided models to Carson Wealth
Management (CWM) for use by their representatives within client portfolios and is compensated for this
licensing arrangement by First Trust, who pays Dorsey Wright for all assets invested in the First Trust
products included within the guided models provided to CWM. There are First Trust products within the
guided models that Nasdaq Dorsey Wright or Nasdaq receives index licensing fees on, and in those cases
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright (or Nasdaq) will receive a fee from First Trust based on assets participating the
CWM guided model, as well as the licensing fees to Nasdaq Dorsey Wright from First Trust for assets
invested in the guided models attributable to First Trust exchange traded funds.
Invesco
Invesco is an exchange traded product provider with a family domestic and international ETFs. Invesco
ETFs trade on U.S. stock exchanges, as well as exchanges throughout Canada and Europe (source:
www.invesco.com, 3/11/2019).
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright created thirteen Technical Leaders indices. Technical Leaders indices are all
constructed mechanically, using objective criteria from Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s proprietary ranking
system, and contain between thirty and two hundred high relative strength stocks. The DWA tactical
indices are also rules- based, using objective criteria to rank a potential investment inventory of ETFs.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses these indices to Invesco for use in sixteen exchange traded funds. The
Invesco exchange traded funds that utilize Nasdaq Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders or tactical indices
are listed below.
• Exchange Traded Funds that utilize a Dorsey Wright Technical Leaders Index:
♦ Invesco DWA Momentum (PDP)
♦ Invesco DWA Developed Momentum (PIZ)
♦ Invesco DWA Emerging Momentum (PIE)
♦ Invesco DWA Smallcap Momentum (DWAS)
♦ Invesco DWA Basic Materials Momentum (PYZ)
♦ Invesco DWA Consumer Discretionary Momentum (PEZ)
♦ Invesco DWA Consumer Staples (PSL)
♦ Invesco DWA Energy Momentum (PXI)
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♦ Invesco DWA Financial Momentum (PFI)
♦ Invesco DWA Healthcare Momentum (PTH)
♦ Invesco DWA Industrials Momentum (PRN)
♦ Invesco DWA Technology Momentum (PTF)
♦ Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum (PUI)
ProShares
In May 2021, Proshares partnered with Nasdaq Dorsey Wright to create the Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright
Momentum Index (QQQA) to help investors take advantage of their findings regarding the potential of
momentum. The Nasdaq-100 Dorsey Wright Momentum selects and equally weights the top twenty-one stocks
ranked by Relative Strength every quarter. Once chosen, stocks will remain in the index until they fall to a
certain sell threshold, in which case they will be replaced at the next quarterly reconstitution. This approach
allows outperforming stocks to continue to run while reducing portfolio turnover. It also helps the index keep
pace with changing momentum trends in the Nasdaq-100 Index.
Strategy Shares
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright partnered with Nasdaq Index Group and Strategy Shares to create the Nasdaq
5HANDL and Nasdaq 7HANDL ETFs. The five & 7HANDL indices are split into two components with a
Fifty percent allocation to fixed income and equity ETFA (core Portfolio) and a 50% allocation to a
“Dorsey Wright Explore Portfolio”, a tactical allocation with U.S. fixed-income, U.S. blend, U.S. equity
and U.S. alternative assets, or categories that have historically provided high levels of income. The Dorsey
Wright portion of the ETF uses the tactical asset allocation methodology developed in consultation with
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright Investment Research & Analysis that seeks to incorporate momentum, yield and
risk.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
The current fees for Research, Seminars, and Special Services are disclosed above in Item 4. The
description of Fees for Investment Management are computed at an annualized percentage of assets under
management on a sliding scale. The current fee schedule is set forth below.
Equity - Growth, Aggressive Growth,
Growth & Income, Large Cap
Fusion, Small Cap Fusion
First $ 500,000 1.25%
Next $ 500,000 1.00%
Over $1,000,000 0.75%
(Minimum Annual Fee: $1,250)
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Systematic Relative Strength -
Systematic Relative Strength –
Balanced, Global Macro
First $1,000,000 1.00%
Aggressive, Growth, Core, International Core,
ESG Core
First $ 500,000 1.25%
Next $1,000,000 0.85%
Next $ 500,000 1.00%
Over $2,000,000 0.75%
Over $1,000,000 0.75%
(Minimum Annual Fee: $2,000)
(Minimum Annual Fee: $2,500)
Systematic Relative Strength –
Tactical Fixed Income
Focus Five Strategy
First $1,000,000 0.50%
First $1,000,000 0.50%
Next $1,000,000 0.40%
Next $1,000,000 0.40%
Over $2,000,000 0.35%
(Minimum Annual Fee: $1,000)
Over $2,000,000 0.35%
(Minimum Annual Fee: $1,000)
Moderate Risk Endowment
First $1,000,000 1.00%
Next $1,000,000 0.85%
Over $2,000,000 0.75%
(Minimum Annual Fee: $2,000)
The minimum account sizes and annual fees stated above are negotiable at the discretion of Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright. These fees are for Nasdaq Dorsey Wright advisory services only and do not include any
transaction fees or commissions. The fee is based on the total market value, including cash. Lower or
higher fees for comparable services may be available from other sources. Exceptions are made to the base
fee schedule and minimum account size at the discretion of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright.
In addition to fees paid for advisory services with respect to clients' investments in mutual funds, clients
pay additional fees on the mutual fund investment because the mutual funds also pay advisory and/or
management fees to an investment advisor. Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) also result in the layering of
fees, as ETFs impose their own advisory and other fees. To obtain more complete information about an
ETF, the documents are publicly available for free via EDGAR on the SEC website (http://www.sec.gov).
Advisory fees are calculated quarterly, using the value of the client account as of a specific day selected
by the custodian, which can be the final day of the previous quarter or a day after the end of the previous
quarter.
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Generally, we do not recommend securities that are illiquid or hard-to price. Should a rare occurrence of
this ever happen, NDW will value the assets in a manner determined in good faith. The asset may also
be treated as having no value if this is not misleading to clients.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not share investment management fees with an unaffiliated sponsor firm that
refers clients. Please refer to Client Referrals section for more information. The sponsor firms will be
compensated under arrangements made directly with their clients, which may be commission-based
and/or fee-based. Clients referred to by sponsor firms should carefully read the section on Brokerage
Practices (Brokerage for Client Referrals and Trade Aggregation).
The fee will be payable quarterly in advance. The first payment is due and payable upon execution of the
Agreement and will be assessed pro-rata in the event the Agreement is executed other than the first day of
the new calendar quarter. Subsequent payments are calculated on the first day of each calendar quarter
based on the value of the account assets under management as of the close of business on the last business
day of the preceding quarter. When billing quarterly in advance, clients will also be billed for additional
monies added to their account during the advisory fee period that will be billed on a pro-rata basis.
Payment of fees may be paid direct by the client, or client may authorize the custodian holding client
funds and securities to deduct advisory fees direct from the client account in accordance with statements
prepared and submitted to the custodian by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. The custodian will provide periodic
account statements to the client. Such statements will reflect all fee withdrawals by Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright. It is the client’s responsibility to verify the accuracy of the fee calculation. The custodian will
not determine whether the fee is properly calculated.
Investment Management services will continue until either party terminates the agreement on thirty (30)
calendar days written notice. If termination occurs prior to the end of a calendar quarter, a pro-rata refund
of unearned fees will be made to the client.
Upon termination, all assets will be held at the custodian, and it will be Client’s responsibility to instruct
the custodian as to the final disposition of assets, unless Client specifically notifies Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright to liquidate or take other action. As of the date of termination, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will no
longer be advisor of record, and it will be Client’s responsibility to monitor the timely disposition of the
account and take all future actions in regard to the management of the account.
General Service and Fee Disclosures
Fees are not collected from any investment management client more than six months in advance.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is an investment advisory firm that receives fees as compensation for research,
investment management, and seminars.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is compensated for licensing certain products to other firms, such as the Technical
Leaders Indices to Invesco and the Focus Five Indices to First Trust Advisors L.P. Dorsey Wright's fee is
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based on the assets under management. Fees for the exchange-traded funds that utilize the licensed products
can be found on each exchange-traded fund’s prospectus document.
Nasdaq, Inc., Dorsey Wright’s parent company, is also compensated for the licensing of certain indexes to
investment vehicle sponsors, and the provision of index calculation services to index providers. There are
certain investment management account strategies and research models with the potential to invest in
ETFs or other investment vehicles for which Nasdaq, Inc. or one of its subsidiaries would also receive a
fee based on assets within that investment vehicle. Please see Item 10 for further discussion of this
potential conflict of interest.
The Investment Management Agreement contains a pre-dispute arbitration clause. Client understands that
the agreement to arbitrate does not constitute a waiver of the right to seek a judicial forum where such a
waiver would be void under the federal securities laws. Arbitration is final and binding on the parties.
The Investment Management agreement contains an acknowledgement and acceptance of electronic
delivery of communications including the communication of any notice, advice, or report in lieu of a
printed copy, including applicable disclosure documents and disclosures required under ERISA section
408(b)(2) at such email address as Client may designate in writing to Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. Client may
revoke this consent at any time and receive all communications in hard copy form by providing written
notice to NDW. Even if Client agrees to electronic delivery, Client may request a paper copy of any
communication via U.S. mail at no additional cost to Client.
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not charge performance-based fees, which are based on capital gains in the
client account.
Item 7: Types of Clients and Account Minimums
Types of Clients
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright provides personal and impersonal advisory services to individuals, banking
institutions, pension and profit-sharing plans and other ERISA accounts, trusts, estates, and business
entities.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright acts as sub-advisor to collective investment funds, a licensor to providers of
exchange- traded funds (ETFs) and exchange traded notes (ETNs), certificates of deposit and structured
products, a licensor to providers of variable insurance trusts, and a consultant to providers of unit
investment trusts.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses model or index products to one or more Registered Investment
Advisers and Broker-dealers.
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Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has arrangements with other investment advisors to act as sub-advisor for the
purpose of providing investment research, making investment recommendations or trading. Clients would
sign an advisory agreement for the other investment advisor and would not be clients of Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright. When we act as sub-advisor, the client’s primary investment advisor may offer within its Investment
Advisor Brochure to provide Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s Investment Advisor Brochure.
Account Minimums
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has minimums for account size and fees, subject to exceptions.
Minimum Size
$100,000
Minimum Fee
$1,250
Equity Account
(Growth, Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income
Large Cap Fusion, Small Cap Fusion)
$200,000
$ 2,500
Systematic Relative Strength
(Aggressive, Core, International Core, ESG Core)
$200,000
$ 2,000
Systematic Relative Strength
(Balanced, Global Macro)
$200,000
$ 1,000
Tactical Fixed Income
$200,000
$ 1,000
Focus Five
Moderate Risk Endowment
$200,000
$ 2,000
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
The Research and investment process for the Nasdaq Dorsey Wright Investment Management accounts
are firmly based on our principles of research. We at NDW believe that our methods, when followed
rigorously, can help mitigate the risk and uncertainty that are inherent in all investments. There is no
guarantee that the investment strategy selected for the client will result in the client’s goals being met, nor
is there any guarantee of profit or protection from loss. For those investments sold by prospectus, clients
should read the prospectus in full.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright uses internally generated charts and proprietary relative strength methods
based on technical security analysis as a main source of information for our research reports and
investment management services.
Technical analysis is a discipline for forecasting the direction of prices through the study of past market
data, primarily price. Technician’s use various methods and tools – the study of price charts is but one.
Technical analysis holds that prices reflect all factors that are known to investors.
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Technical analysis does not take into consideration fundamental analysis, which looks at how well the
company is operating and its competitive advantages.
All investments in securities include a risk of loss of principal (invested amount) and any profits that have
not been realized (i.e. the securities were not sold to “lock in” the profit). Stock markets and bond
markets fluctuate over time. In addition, as recent global and domestic economic events have indicated,
performance of any investment is not guaranteed. As a result, there is a risk of loss of the assets we
manage. We will do our best in the management of investors’ assets; however, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
cannot guarantee any level of performance or that accounting assets will not be lost. Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright does not represent, warrant, or imply that the services or method of analysis used can or will
predict future results, successfully identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate clients from major losses
due to market corrections or crashes. No promises or assumptions can be made that the advisory services
offered by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will provide a better return than other investment strategies.
There are risks inherent in international investments, which may make such investments unsuitable for
certain clients. These include, for example, economic, political, currency exchange, rate fluctuations, and
limited availability of information on international securities. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright and their affiliates
make no representation that the companies that issue securities that are the subject of their research
reports are subject to, or in compliance with, certain informational reporting requirements imposed by the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Sales of securities covered in the research reports may be made in only
those jurisdictions where such securities are qualified for sale. Individuals should seek professional
guidance in assessing their own objectives and risk tolerance.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is disclosing those risks and opportunities for the types of securities used:
• Stock represents ownership in a company. If the company prospers and grows, the value of the
stock may increase. Even if a company is profitable, the stock prices are subject to “market risk”
which is attributable to investor attitudes, and/or the performance of the broad economy. Stock
ownership in more established companies tends to be more conservative, while younger
companies typically provide the most risk and reward opportunities.
• Debt Securities (corporate or municipal bonds) are promissory notes that pay interest and the
return of principal at the end of a specified term. Credit risk is the chance the issuer will fail to
pay the interest payments on security or to pay the principal at maturity. Interest rate risk is that
the market value of the bonds will go down when interest rates go up. Prepayment risk is the
chance that a bond will be paid off early. For example, if interest rates fall, a bond issuer may
decide to pay off its debt. When this happens, the investor may not be able to reinvest the
proceeds in an investment with as high a return or yield.
• A Government Bond is a fixed-income security issued and backed by an agency of the United
States Government.
• A Mutual Fund is an investment pool, which may include money market instruments, stocks,
bonds, or other investment vehicles. Professional money managers research, select, and monitor
the performance of the securities the fund purchases. It is often easier to achieve diversification
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through ownership of mutual funds rather than through ownership of individual stocks or bonds.
Even with no load or load-waived funds, there are mutual fund expenses paid to the fund
company. Investors may have to pay taxes on capital gains distribution received by the fund but
not distributed to the investor. Mutual funds redeem shares at net asset value (“NAV”) at the end
of the trading day.
• A Unit Investment Trust (“UIT”) is like a mutual fund, but once the UIT selects the securities it
will hold them. The portfolio is not actively managed and does not sell securities in response to
ordinary market fluctuations. There may be special risks if a portfolio is concentrated within a
specific sector of the market.
• An Exchange Traded Fund (“ETF”) holds securities to match the price performance of a certain
market index or commodity. ETFs can track stock indexes and sectors, bonds, precious metals, or
other assets. ETFs are subject to the same market risks as the index or sector they are designed to
track. ETFs can be bought and sold throughout the day like stocks. ETFs may be an index fund or
a fully transparent actively managed fund.
• An Exchange Traded Notes (“ETN”) is a senior, unsecured, unsubordinated debt security typically
linked to the performance of an index, strategy, or benchmark. The note has a fixed maturity, is
backed by the credit of the issuer, and is traded on an exchange.
• A Variable Insurance Trust (“VIT”) is an investment vehicle for life insurance companies writing
variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts.
• A Futures contract is a standardized contract between two parties to buy or sell a specified asset
(e.g. oranges, oil, gold) of standardized quantity and quality at a specified future date at a price
agreed today (the futures price). The contracts are traded on a futures exchange. Futures contracts
are not “direct” securities like stocks or bonds. They are still securities, however, although they
are a type of derivative contract. The underlying asset to a futures contract may not be traditional
“commodities” – that is, for financial futures, the underlying asset or item can be currencies,
securities or financial instruments and intangible assets or referenced items such as stock indexes
and interest rates. Futures traders are traditionally placed in one of two groups: hedgers, who have
an interest in the underlying asset, and are seeking to hedge out the risk of price changes; and
speculators, who seek to make a profit by predicting market moves and opening a derivative
contract related to the asset “on paper,” while they have no practical use for or intent to actually
take or make delivery of the underlying asset. Trading security futures contracts may not be
suitable for all investors. You may lose a substantial amount of money in a very short period. The
amount you may lose is potentially unlimited and can exceed the amount you originally deposited
with your broker. This is because futures trading is highly leveraged, with a small amount of
money used to establish a position in assets having a much greater value. If you
are uncomfortable with this level of risk, you should not trade security futures contracts.
• Structured products are securities derived from or based on a single security, a basket of securities,
an index, a commodity, a debt issuance and/or a foreign currency (“underlying assets”). The return
of a structured product is linked to performance of the underlying assets. Some structured
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products offer full protection of principal invested while others may offer limited or no protection
of principal. Structured products are unsecured debt obligations of the issuer, so there is a credit
risk associated with their purchase. There is also a liquidity risk associated with structured
products, as they are not listed on an exchange or may be thinly traded. Investors who need to sell
their structured products prior to maturity are likely to receive less than the amount they invested.
• A collective investment fund (“CIF”) is a bank-administered trust that holds commingled assets
that meet specific criteria established by 12 CFR 9.18. The bank acts as a fiduciary for the CIF
and holds legal title to the fund’s assets. CIFs allow banks to avoid costly purchases of small lot
investments for their smaller fiduciary accounts. CIFs are bank maintained and not registered with
the SEC. The Declaration of Trust for the Trust describes the procedures for admission to and
withdrawal from a CIF.
• RS Core ESG:
The DWA Systematic RS Core ESG strategy invests in securities selected from the Nasdaq US
Mid+Large Index which are screened by a third-party vendor for Environmental, Social, and
Governance (“ESG”) factors as a criterion for inclusion. The vendor, Sustainalytics, categorizes
issuers based on a composite of multiple ESG factors and assigns each issuer to one of five ESG
categories: Negligible, Low, Medium, High, and Severe. NDW does not participate in the
screening process. The Nasdaq Dorsey Wright universe for the strategy is composed of companies
from the above-mentioned index which receive a Negligible or Low Sustainalytics rating. Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright will further accept individual account restrictions for the ESG strategy for any
client identified specific issues that go beyond the Sustainalytics ranking system.
Item 9: Disciplinary Information
An investment advisor must disclose material facts about any legal or disciplinary event that is material to
client’s evaluation of the advisory business or of the integrity of its management personnel. Nasdaq Dorsey
Wright does not have any such disclosure items.
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is registered as a Commodities Trading Adviser and may buy and sell futures
contracts. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright makes no commissions from implementing commodities advice.
Nasdaq, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation (NDAQ). Its subsidiaries include The Nasdaq Stock Market
LLC, Nasdaq PHLX LLC, Nasdaq BX, Inc., Nasdaq ISE, LLC, Nasdaq GEMX, LLC, and Nasdaq MRX,
LLC, all of which are SEC-registered national securities exchanges, Nasdaq Execution Services LLC,
Nasdaq Capital Market Advisory, LLC, and NFSTX LLC, all of which are SEC registered broker-dealers.
and FINRA member organizations, Nasdaq CXC Limited, a Canadian recognized exchange for the
trading of TSX, TSXV and CSE-listed securities. Nasdaq Inc. also has subsidiaries that are foreign
securities exchanges that receive listing and trading fees.
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Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will not publish research or make recommendations concerning NDAQ, nor trade
security for its Investment Management clients. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does, however, publish research
on, recommend or trade other securities listed on the Nasdaq exchanges, which receive fees from the
listed companies and futures. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will not consider where a security is listed or traded
in exercising its independent judgment for clients. In addition, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not manage or
control where clients’ broker/dealers route orders for execution. Accordingly, client orders may be routed
to the subsidiaries of Nasdaq, Inc. for execution. These markets receive trading fees.
Nasdaq, Inc. and its subsidiaries receive index licensing fees from investment product sponsors, as well as
index calculation fees from index providers. These fees are often asset based. With respect to ETFs and
other investment products for which Nasdaq, Inc. or its subsidiaries may receive licensing or other asset-
based fees, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will, from time to time, (i) recommend such an ETF or other
investment product in research for which Nasdaq Dorsey Wright receives fees; (ii) include such an ETF
or other investment product in models or indexes for which Nasdaq Dorsey Wright receives an asset
based fee; and/or (iii) recommend or include such an ETF or other investment product in the investment
management accounts. While Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not receive any portion of Nasdaq’s fees
directly, the firm will indirectly benefit as a subsidiary that is part of a Nasdaq business unit. To manage
this potential conflict of interest, in the case of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright research or index and model
licensing, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will only include the Nasdaq investment product if the product helps to
meet the stated objectives of the strategy and it otherwise meets the rules-based methodology associated
with the strategy. In the case of the investment management accounts, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will only
recommend or include the Nasdaq investment product when the recommendation is suitable and meets
the client’s stated investment objectives. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will not consider the fees received by
Nasdaq, Inc. and its affiliates in exercising Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s independent judgment for clients.
“We have a broker/dealer affiliate, Nasdaq Capital Markets Advisory, LLC, (NCMA) which is engaged in
marketing certain Exchange Traded Funds which are based on Nasdaq Dorsey Wright models, indexes, or
other intellectual property. Some of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s personnel are also providing services for NCMA
and some are dually registered with Nasdaq Dorsey Wright and NCMA. This is a conflict of interest in that
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright, and its personnel have an incentive to promote those ETFs in our research,
commentary, public statements, and models. Where our employees are performing services for both firms,
they are being compensated for the services they provide to NCMA as well as the services they provide to
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. We mitigate this conflict by disclosing these conflicts to you, and by excluding all
these ETFs from our discretionary investment advice services.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions, and Personal
Trading
Code of Ethics
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright maintains a Code of Ethics. The Code of Ethics sets forth standards of conduct.
expected of advisory personnel, requires compliance with Federal securities laws, and addresses conflicts
that arise from personal trading by advisory personnel. Clients may request a copy of the Code of Ethics.
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Personal Trading
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright's goal is to be fair to its research (impersonal services) clients, its investment
management (personal advisory services) clients, clients of its licensing services, and sub advisory
clients. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright and its Access Persons will not use information for personal gain. At
times, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright or its Access Persons will take positions in the same securities as clients,
and we will try to avoid conflicts with clients. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright and its Access Persons will be ‘last
in’ and ‘last out’ for the trading day when trading occurs in close proximity to investment management
client trades. We will not violate the Advisor's fiduciary responsibilities to our clients. Scalping (trading
shortly ahead of clients) is prohibited. If a security is prudent for an investment management portfolio
and/or a recommendation is made in a research report we generate, we shall give clients adequate
opportunity to act before acting on our own behalf. In addition, to mitigate conflicts with clients of
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright research and subscription services, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has implemented
policies and procedures such as restricted periods wherein employees are prohibited from trading certain
securities.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not offer clients investments in initial public offerings (“IPOs,”) private
placements, or thinly traded securities because that is not the investment philosophy of the Investment
Management Accounts. However, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright and/or its IA Reps may have different
investment objectives and/or risk tolerance than that of the managed accounts, and thus at times may
invest in these types of securities that are not offered to clients.
Should a conflict with clients occur because of materiality (e.g., the Access Person or firm has an existing
position in a thinly traded stock), disclosure will be made to the client(s) at the time of trading, or the
research report is released. Incidental trading not deemed to be a conflict (e.g., a purchase or sale which is
minimal in relation to the total outstanding value, and as such would have negligible effect on the market
price), would not be disclosed at the time of trading if the Access Person or firm has an existing position.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright licenses index products to various exchange traded fund providers (please see
Item 4 for details on the index products). Nasdaq Dorsey Wright provides research reports on the various
exchange traded fund providers’ ETFs.
Principal and Agency Cross Transactions
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not engage in principal transactions with or agency cross transactions for,
investment management clients.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
Client Referrals from Brokers
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Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will maintain an existing broker/dealer relationship when the client is referred to NDW.
In maintaining the existing broker/dealer relationship, a conflict of interest may exist in obtaining best
execution by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright on behalf of the client. A conflict of interest may exist in obtaining future
referrals from a broker/dealer if Nasdaq Dorsey Wright did not maintain these existing relationships.
Directed Brokerage
Client may direct brokerage to a particular broker/dealer other than the referring broker/dealer. In both
these instances, it is up to the client to negotiate the commission rate, as Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not.
The client may not be able to negotiate the most competitive rate. As a result, clients may pay materially
disparate commissions. In these instances, the client may not be able to participate in aggregated
(“blocked”) trades, which may help reduce the cost of execution. When a client directs us to execute their
trades through a particular broker/dealer, the client may incur higher than usual commissions, transaction
costs, custodial and transfer fees, and other administrative costs which may not be readily apparent.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not collect or benefit from these charges.
Recommendation of Broker/Dealers
Where the client is not referred by an existing broker/dealer and/or the client does not otherwise designate
a broker/dealer, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will recommend a broker/dealer at the client’s request; however,
ultimately it is the client’s decision to select a broker/dealer and custodian. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does
not receive a referral fee from recommended broker/dealers.
Soft Dollar Practices
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not receive any “soft dollar” compensation from a brokerage firm. Soft dollars
mean products and services (anything other than trade execution) that an investment advisor receives from (or
through) a broker/dealer in exchange for commissions paid by a client. Soft dollars is a rebate of client
commissions to the advisor in the form of goods or services.
Trade Aggregation
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright often executes block trades when there are a number of accounts using the same
broker/dealer. When a client is referred to Nasdaq Dorsey Wright, and the client already has an existing
brokerage relationship, we will maintain this relationship using the broker/dealer’s commission or fee
schedule. This practice results in Nasdaq Dorsey Wright utilizing many different firms and limits block
trading capabilities. When placing trades at various firms, the order of trade communication is random so
that no client is systematically disadvantaged relative to another client.
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When the firm, in its sole discretion, believes it is in the best interests of its clients to do so, it will
aggregate trades in the same security and then allocate them across client accounts. We do this because
we believe that it will result in better execution prices and overall lower trading costs to our clients.
Block trading is subject to the ability of the broker/dealer to accept block trades. While generally not the
case, some brokerage firms may require Nasdaq Dorsey Wright to call trades to the various branch offices
and not to a central desk, thus delaying timely trading and the ability to seek best execution.
Individual investment advice and treatment will be provided to each advisory client within a block trade.
All trades within a block will be aggregated and done in the name of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. The
executing broker will be informed that the trades are for the account of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright's clients
and not for Nasdaq Dorsey Wright itself. No advisory account within the block trade will be favored over
any other advisory account, and, thus, each account will participate in an aggregated order at the average
share price and commissions will be applied on the same basis (or lower) as if the trade had been entered
on an individual basis. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will not aggregate a client's order if in a particular instance
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright believes that aggregation would cause the client's cost of execution to be
increased. The Custodian will be notified of the amount of each trade for each account.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright utilizes a trade rotation policy to determine the order in which each sponsor firm
receives trade communications related to a particular strategy. Due to the sequence of placing trades for
accounts with sponsor firms, it is possible that accounts that are traded earlier in the rotation may receive
a more or less favorable execution. The rotation is used to create an orderly trading process that over time
provides fairness in the trading order. We reserve the right to deviate from this procedure within the
discretion of our investment team, because of, among other reasons: a) the security involved,
b) NDW’s view as to the best interest of affected clients, c) market conditions at the time of the order, or
d) the investment strategy being traded.
Item 13: Review of Accounts and Reports on Accounts
Reviews
Investment management services include the continuous review of underlying assets to determine what, if
any, action is necessary and timely.
The client account reviews are performed by our CCO, primarily using reports produced by our back-
office system, SEI Investment Managers Services, Inc. and other systemic processes. Additionally, the
CCO performs periodic reviews of Investment Management client new accounts.
Reports
The client receives a copy of each confirmation (unless the client has chosen to suppress the
confirmations), as well as a copy of the standard account statement from the qualified custodian of his or
her respective brokerage firm. For sponsor firm client accounts, where Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has an
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investment management agreement with the client, Nasdaq Dorsey Wright also sends quarterly statements
that show the portfolio, value, and basis for fees charged.
Item 14: Client Referrals & Other Compensation
Referral Fees Paid
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not currently have any unaffiliated solicitors that refer Investment
Management clients; however, in the future Nasdaq Dorsey Wright may compensate for client referrals.
All Solicitors’ Agreements will comply with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. In addition, all
applicable federal and state laws will be observed. All clients procured by solicitors for personal advisory
services will be given full written disclosures describing the terms and fee arrangements between the
advisor and the solicitor prior to or at the time of entering into the advisory agreement. All clients
procured by solicitors for impersonal advisory services (subscriptions) will be offered Form ADV 2A.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright currently has an arrangement with its parent company, Nasdaq, Inc., wherein
Nasdaq sales representatives sell Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s impersonal advisory services such as the
licensing of Nasdaq Dorsey Wright models, as well as subscriptions to the research website. The Nasdaq
sales representatives also refer potential investment advisory clients to Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s asset
management business. NDW does not compensate Nasdaq for these services.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright attempts to get competitive commission rates for its clients, subject to existing
relationships. At times, a registered representative of a broker/dealer will refer a client to Dorsey Wright,
with instructions to direct brokerage to the firm. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not pay a referral fee.
Generally, the broker/dealer and its registered representatives will be compensated by commissions, or
other agreed upon arrangements. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright reserves the right to execute trades at other
broker/dealers if Nasdaq Dorsey Wright believes the client will not receive best execution at his or her
existing broker/dealer relationship. In requesting directed brokerage, the client should satisfy himself or
herself that they are receiving best execution, which includes price, commissions, transaction fees,
timeliness of execution, research, and other factors.
Item 15: Custody
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright is deemed to have custody of client funds solely because of the fee deduction
authority granted by the client in the investment advisory agreement.
Clients will receive account statements at least quarterly from their broker-dealer or other qualified
custodian. Clients are urged to compare custodial account statements against statements prepared by
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright for accuracy. Minor variations may occur because of reporting dates, accrual
methods of interest and dividends, and other factors. The custodial statement is the official record of your
account for tax purposes. Clients should contact Nasdaq Dorsey Wright’s CCO, using the contact
information listed on the cover page of this Brochure, if there are discrepancies between the custodial
account statements and the quarterly statement he or she receives from Dorsey Wright.
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Item 16: Investment Discretion
The Nasdaq Dorsey Wright Investment Management division maintains full discretion under a limited
power of attorney as to the securities and amount of securities held within the Investment Management
accounts. On occasion, a client may direct NDW to make a trade in their separately managed account.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright will not have authority to withdraw client funds/securities or to take custody of
client funds or securities, other than under the terms of the Fee Payment Authorization clause in the
Agreement with the client.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has the authority to vote proxies, unless the client otherwise specifically directs.
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright has engaged Institutional Shareholder Services to provide research and
recommendations regarding client proxy votes, pursuant to the ISS Proxy Voting Guidelines. Nasdaq
Dorsey Wright votes proxies in the best economic interest of the client, and not in the interest of our firm.
While it is unlikely that we will have a material conflict when voting client proxies, a conflict could arise
from time to time. We can resolve such conflicts to include, but not limited to, documenting that votes
were cast in the interest of the client. As a secondary option, we can resolve conflicts that are more
material by obtaining clients’ informed consent to vote a proxy in a specific manner. When seeking a
client's consent, we will provide the client with sufficient information regarding the matter and the nature
of the conflict to enable the client to make an informed decision. Clients may contact us directly at the
phone number or address listed on the first page of this document to direct specific proxy votes or to
obtain information on how the client’s securities were voted on behalf of the client, as well as for a
description of the Institutional Shareholder Services proxy voting policy. There may be times when
refraining from voting a proxy is in the client's best interest, such as when the cost of voting exceeds the
expected benefit to the client. Clients may request a complete copy of our proxy voting policy.
Item 18: Financial Information
An investment advisor must provide financial information if a threshold of fee prepayments is met; there
is a financial condition likely to impair the ability to meet contractual commitments; or, a bankruptcy
within the past ten years. Nasdaq Dorsey Wright does not have any disclosure items related to t
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