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Item 1. Cover Page
Part 2A of Form ADV: Firm Brochure
September 15, 2025
OMEGA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC
4501 N Fairfax Drive, Suite 602
Arlington, VA 22203
Telephone: 703-387-0919
Facsimile: 703-387-0918
E-mail: Andrew@OmegaWealthManagement.com
Web Address: www.OmegaWealthManagement.com
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Omega Wealth Management,
LLC. Reference to “Registered Investment Adviser” does not imply any certain level of skill or training. If you have any
questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 703-387-0919 ext. 1005 or at
Andrew@OmegaWealthManagement.com. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Omega Wealth Management, LLC is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search this site by a unique identifying number, known as a CRD number. The CRD
number for Omega Wealth Management, LLC is 132580.
4501 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 602, Arlington, VA 22203
Phone: (703) 387-0919 | Toll Free: (877) 678-8880 | Fax: (703) 387-0918 |
Email: Info@OmegaWealthManagement.com
www.OmegaWealthManagement.com
Item 2. Material Changes
This Item discusses specific material changes regarding our firm and services that are made to the
Brochure and provides clients with a summary of such changes.
Pursuant to current SEC Rules, we will ensure that you receive a summary of any materials changes
to this and subsequent Brochures within 120 days of the close of our business’ fiscal year. We will
provide other ongoing disclosure information about material changes as necessary.
Material Changes
We have the following material changes to report since the last annual filing of our Firm Brochure
that was dated March 26, 2024:
• As of April 15, 2024, our principal place of business is located at:
4501 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 602
Arlington, VA 22203
• Our annual fee range for the Life/Wealth Planning service has increased to $15,000 -
$55,000.
Our Investment Management fee is generally 0.35% annually based on assets under management,
but can be negotiated higher or lower depending on the client’s investable net worth and complexity
of their financial situation, not to exceed 1.00% annually.
• We have added a new financial life planning service: Canopy Planning Services.
• We have added a complimentary Second Opinion Service exclusively for friends, family, and
colleagues of our clients.
• We no longer offer Limited Term Advisory Services (i.e., Transition Planning).
• We have agreement(s) with sub-advisers to manage a portion of clients’ accounts when
appropriate.
• We have added options and derivatives strategies and have disclosed the associated risks.
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Item 3. Table of Contents
Item 1. Cover Page .................................................................................................................. 1
Item 2. Material Changes ........................................................................................................ 2
Item 3. Table of Contents ........................................................................................................ 3
Item 4. Advisory Business ....................................................................................................... 4
Item 5. Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................ 12
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ............................................. 16
Item 7. Types of Clients ......................................................................................................... 17
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ........................................ 17
Item 9. Disciplinary Information ............................................................................................. 22
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................... 22
Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading .................... 24
Item 12. Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................. 25
Item 13. Review of Accounts ................................................................................................. 28
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation ................................................................. 29
Item 15. Custody .................................................................................................................. 29
Item 16. Investment Discretion .............................................................................................. 30
Item 17. Voting Client Securities ........................................................................................... 31
Item 18. Financial Information ............................................................................................... 31
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Item 4. Advisory Business
Omega Wealth Management, LLC (hereafter “OWM” or “we”) is a Virginia limited liability company
and a registered investment adviser with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and has its
principal place of business in Arlington, Virginia. Our firm has been in business since 1999. The firm
is owned and managed by Lisa A. Kirchenbauer, Jared A. Jones, and Epheson A. Mehari.
As of December 31, 2024, OWM was managing $259,020,290 of client assets: $179,562,856 on a
non-discretionary basis and $79,457,434 on a discretionary basis.
OWM offers the following advisory services, where appropriate, to individuals, trusts, estates,
corporations, and other business entities.
Ongoing Life/Wealth Planning
OWM's business mission is to advise and guide clients in implementing appropriate financial and
life planning strategies so that they can maximize their financial capacity to achieve their life and
wealth goals.
To accomplish this mission, Omega Wealth Management:
1. leads clients through a formal process to identify their most significant life and wealth
goals,
2. assesses the financial opportunities, obligations, and threats faced by each client,
3. educates the client about their financial concerns,
4. presents a written strategy for each key area of the client’s financial life, outlining
priorities, opportunities, and next steps,
5. coordinates action by the client and appropriate professionals (e.g. portfolio managers,
lawyers, accountants, bankers, insurance agents, brokers, book-keepers) to take care of
those concerns.
In general, OWM gathers required information through in-depth client interviews and coordination
with client’s advisors. In addition to the in-depth interviews, OWM utilizes various assessments
such as Kolbe and online risk assessment tools to better understand the client’s risk tolerance and
how to best work with the client. Information gathered includes a client's current financial status,
future goals and attitudes towards risk, as well as the following areas of concern:
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Personal: Family records, budgeting, personal liability, estate information and financial goals.
Tax & Cash Flow: Income tax and spending analysis and planning for past, current and future years.
OWM will illustrate the impact of various investments on a client's current income tax and future
tax liability.
Education Funding: Assessing expected needs for private, college and graduate school costs.
Determining best funding strategies and related issues that may impact funding such as insurance
planning.
Investment Risk: Completion of a questionnaire and computer analysis to provide guidance as to
clients' attitude and tolerance for investment risk.
Insurance Risk Management: Analysis of areas of risk to a client's financial situation in case of
death, disability or the need for long-term care in addition to a general review of their property and
casualty coverage.
Retirement: Analysis of current strategies and investment plans to help the client achieve his or her
retirement goals.
Estate Planning: Review the client’s current estate planning documents. Determine current and
recommended titling and beneficiary designations based on client’s preferences and needs.
Portfolio Monitoring: Assisting in the establishment of custodial accounts and investment
management relationships not provided by OWM, review and monitoring of investments relative
to the client's overall investment strategy and appropriate benchmarks, and the effect of those
accounts on a client's overall financial situation.
Financial Life Planning Issues and Advice: A main focus of OWM is to provide financial education
and coaching on life planning issues and concerns. Advice and planning analysis on various
financial and life planning issues includes business, financial and life transitions.
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Wealth Management Technology Access: The client will gain access to a suite of online financial
planning tools for account aggregation, goal tracking, document storage, and other client-facing
software tools that may be used depending on the nature of your engagement.
Though OWM will support and coordinate action by the client regarding these concerns,
implementation of the appropriate financial strategies depends upon the client taking action and is
entirely at the client's discretion. Recommendations are not limited to any specific product or
service offered by a broker-dealer or insurance company.
Pro Bono Service: In an effort to create opportunity and success for people who may not be able
to take advantage of our fee based services, OWM offers a one time, general planning meeting to
qualified individuals and couples and to our clients' young adult children and lower income
parents. To qualify income must be under $65,000 for couples and $40,000 for individuals.
Investment Management Services
Investment Management is not a stand-alone service. It must be accompanied by an ongoing
Life/Wealth Planning engagement. OWM provides investment management to clients using a goals-
based investment philosophy. Through personal discussions which identify client’s goals and
objectives, OWM creates and manages portfolios based fundamentally on the time horizon for each
goal, investment objective (capital appreciation, growth, income, or growth and income), the
client’s risk tolerance and tax bracket. OWM utilizes multiple online risk assessment tools in the
construction of the client’s risk tolerance profile. Preservation of and prudent long-term growth of
capital is at the heart of our approach; market timing is not.
OWM works with its clients to select appropriate investment strategies that support their goals, risk
tolerance and tax considerations. Our advice is generally limited to exchange-listed securities,
mutual fund shares and bonds (e.g., United States governmental securities, corporate debt
securities, and municipal securities.)
OWM will manage these advisory accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Clients
will have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments which will be
made on their behalf and will retain individual ownership of all securities.
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Sub-Advisers
OWM has entered into agreement(s) with sub-advisers (i.e., investment management firms hired by
OWM to help identify, evaluate and manage investments within a portfolio using an investment
strategy that is outside of OWM’s area of expertise). For example, if appropriate to your situation,
we may recommend you use a sub-advisers to employ an options trading strategy within your
portfolio.
We will regularly monitor the performance of your account(s) managed by the sub-adviser, and may
hire and fire any sub-adviser without your prior approval. You will not pay our firm a higher advisory
fee as a result of any sub-advisory relationships.
OWM Mutual Fund Models
Clients may choose to invest in one of 4 Tax-Managed or 4 Non Tax-Managed Socially Responsible
Investment (“SRI”) portfolios which are based on the general investment philosophy described
above. These SRI Models are structured to maintain a diversified portfolio of stock, bond,
alternative and cash mutual funds which support a broad array of Environmentally Sustainable
Governance principles and are rebalanced to the original allotted allocations annually. The SRI
Models in each of the Tax-Managed and Non Tax-Managed portfolios include four risk profile
categories (Conservative, Moderate, Market Growth and Aggressive).
OWM will manage these SRI Models on a non-discretionary basis with limited time and price
discretion for purposes of periodic rebalancing, additions and withdrawals within the mutual funds
of the OWM SRI Models selected by the client.
SEI Management Program
OWM offers clients access to asset allocation portfolios and managed account solutions available
through selected programs offered by SEI Investments Management Corporation ("SIMC"), a
federally registered investment adviser. Account services are divided between SEI and OWM. Under
these programs, each client enters into a tri-party agreement with OWM and SIMC which sets forth
the terms under which the clients designated assets will be managed. SIMC constructs portfolios
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of SEI Funds using quantitative and qualitative analyses, and continuously monitors the portfolios,
rebalancing and/or reallocating when deemed necessary.
The services that OWM provides in connection with all SIMC programs generally include the
following:
1. Collecting information about clients and assisting them in selecting the appropriate
program and in designating assets to be managed;
2. Assisting client in determining their investment objectives, investment time horizons, and
risk profiles;
3. Assisting clients in selecting an asset allocation policy within the parameters of the program
selected;
4. Making investment recommendations consistent with the asset allocation policy
5. On-going monitoring of the client's portfolio and recommending changes to the investment
strategy as warranted; and
6. Serving as primary client contact, including periodically conferring with clients about their
accounts and responding to client inquiries.
A brief description of each program is as follows. For more information about the programs
generally, about SIMC, and about the fees SIMC charges in connection with the programs see
SIMC's Form ADV, Part 2 Firm Brochure or the applicable program wrap fee brochure.
SEI Managed Account Solutions program (including ETF portfolios): The SEI Managed Account
Solutions program is a wrap fee program which charges a bundled fee that includes advisory,
brokerage and custody services. In this program, OWM and the Client select an investment
strategy ("Strategy") which is then submitted and reviewed by an SIMC Investment Adviser
Representative. Using the Strategy, SIMC will likely invest client assets in mutual funds advised or
administered by SIMC or its affiliates ("SEI Funds"); or in outside money managers ("Sub Advisers")
hired by SIMC may invest client assets in individual securities. Client accounts may invest in a
combination of individual securities and SEI Funds. The Managed Account Solutions program
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offers a tax-management feature called ("IMAP") under which SIMC selects one sub-adviser to
serve as tax manager for the account. SIMC charges an additional fee for this service. Through the
Managed Account Solutions program, clients can utilize the SEI Dynamic ETF, SEI Sustainable ETF,
SEI Stability ETF, and SEI Tax-Managed ETF Strategies.
Private Client Model Program: In this program, OWM and the Client select an investment strategy
and choose from one of many mutual fund asset allocation models, which may be provided by SEI
Investments Management Corporation ("SIMC"), or purchase the individual mutual funds.
The Client, through OWM using limited time and price discretion, may adjust their asset allocation
to help ensure that the mix reflects the objectives of their chosen strategy. Investment options
include SEI's Managed Account Program, Private Client Models and may also include individual
mutual funds. SIMC expects to make changes to the Private Client Models periodically. Upon
consent from OWM (on behalf of the client), the asset allocation changes will be made to the client's
accounts.
Consulting Services
Under exceptional circumstances only, clients may also receive advisory services on a more
limited basis. This may include advice on only an isolated area(s) of concern such as estate
planning, retirement planning, or any other specific topic. OWM also provides specific consultation
and administrative services regarding investment and financial concerns of the client. Additionally,
OWM provides advice on non-securities matters. Generally, this is in connection with estate
planning, insurance, and/or annuity advice.
Canopy Planning Services
OWM offers ongoing, simplified financial life planning services for younger clients. Through
meetings requested on an as-needed by the client, a summary review of the client’s life planning
goals and financial situation will be provided. When appropriate based on the client’s individual
needs, these meetings will include Kolbe and online risk assessments to understand the client’s
risk tolerance and how to best work with the client. After a relationship is established, advisors are
available for as-needed consultation and ongoing education.
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In general, the Canopy Planning Services can address any or all of the following areas:
• Personal: We review basic personal and work information, discuss financial and life goals.
• Cash Flow/Debt Management: We review and assess current spending, debt and savings.
• Tax: If appropriate, we review the most-recent tax return to determine any changes that may
need to be considered and help the client determine whether they can do their own tax
preparation or need to seek out professional assistance.
• Benefits Review: We review, if applicable, the client’s employment benefits including
health, disability and life insurance, retirement plan options and any other benefits available
through work.
•
Investments: We review any existing investments that the client has and determine whether
there are changes that need to be considered based on the client’s risk tolerance, goals and
timeline.
• Estate: We review the client’s current circumstance to determine whether there is a need
for estate planning at this point in the client’s life.
After the relationship has been established, in order to implement investment advice, we may
recommend that the client engage Betterment LLC (“Betterment”) to provide investment advisory
services primarily over the internet via Betterment’s interactive online platform and mobile
application through their wrap fee program. We will provide guidance on potential or appropriate
model investment portfolios available at Betterment. The client will be responsible for account set-
up, ongoing management, deposits/withdrawals, and any trading that is required. We will
periodically review account performance with the client as needed.
The client will also have access to periodic educational webinars in order to be kept up to date on
planning areas (e.g., updates to the tax law) and to provide the client with guidance on how to
achieve certain goals (e.g., paying off student debt).
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Due to the limited nature of this service, Canopy clients will not receive full written financial plans.
Canopy clients seeking comprehensive financial planning services may consider our Ongoing
Life/Wealth Planning service described above.
Second Opinion Service
OWM offers a second opinion service exclusively for friends, family, and colleagues of our Clients.
We approach each new Second Opinion Service engagement with a Discovery Meeting. This allows
us to have an open dialogue in which we learn about the client’s values and goals while working
with them to tailor a plan to help achieve these goals. We will confirm whether or not a client is on
track to fulfill their values and goals with their current financial provider or suggest ways in which
we can help, including recommending another provider or retaining OWM to provide ongoing
Life/Wealth Planning, Investment Management, and/or Consulting Services.
There is no cost for the Second Opinion Service. Clients will receive a personalized general
summary of their current situation in the form of an ‘Observations and Priorities’ document to
conclude the engagement.
Seminars, Workshops, and Public Speaking
OWM staff members may, from time to time, be engaged to present workshops, seminars or speak
publicly on a range of topics including financial life planning, traditional financial planning and
investments. They are typically compensated for their time, travel costs and cost of
materials. Sometimes a fee is charged for their participation in the program or they receive a portion
of any fee paid by participants.
OWM staff members will not provide specific investment advice to any participants as part of the
public presentation. Specific advice can only be provided through the regular individual OWM
advisory services.
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Item 5. Fees and Compensation
Life/Wealth Advisory Fee: OWM’s Life/Wealth Advisory fee is determined based on the nature of
the services being provided and the complexity of each client’s circumstances. All fees are agreed
upon prior to entering into a contract with any client.
OWM’s fee is calculated and charged on a fixed fee basis, typically ranging from $15,000 to $55,000
annually. The exact fee is negotiated with the client and is then specified in the Life & Wealth
Planning Agreement.
Clients will be billed quarterly in advance based on the total annual agreed-upon Life/Wealth
Advisory fee. OWM will pro-rate the first fee invoice for any Client who begins service after the
second month in any calendar quarter. For example, a Client who begins service in the first
calendar quarter in March will receive an invoice that has been pro-rated because they did not
receive service in the first two month of the first quarter (i.e., January and February). Subsequent
quarterly invoices will be for the balance of the fixed fee divided by the number of quarters of service
remaining. Clients can pay by physical check, digital bank draft (i.e., PaySimple®) or debit from their
custodial account.
OWM will honor existing fee agreements for clients who have a prior relationship with Kirchenbauer
Financial Management and Consulting, and may offer special arrangements for related family
members.
Investment Management Fee: Our annual fees for Non-Discretionary and Discretionary
Investment Management services are based upon a flat percentage of assets under management.
Our Investment Management fee is generally 0.35% annually, but can be negotiated higher or lower
depending on the client’s investable net worth and complexity of their financial situation, not to
exceed 1.00% annually. The exact fee is negotiated with the client and is then specified in the
Investment Management Agreement. The fee will be deducted from the client’s account quarterly
in arrears at the end of each calendar quarter based upon the value (market value or fair market
value in the absence of market value, plus any credit balance or minus any debit balance), of the
client's account at the end of the previous quarter.
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SEI Management Program Fee: The client will pay additional and separate fees to SIMC for the
services provided by SIMC and its affiliates under the program. Please refer to SIMC’s Form ADV
Part 2 Firm Brochure or the applicable program wrap fee brochure for additional information on their
fees and compensation. SEI Management Fees are withdrawn directly from client accounts on a
quarterly basis. Upon written notification, the program agreement may be terminated by SIMC,
OWM or the client. Prorated fees will be charged based on market value on the date notice is
received.
Consulting Service Fee: In certain circumstances, fees for specific administrative and other
consulting services will be billed on an hourly basis, ranging from $250 - $350 per hour, depending
on the nature and complexity of each client's circumstances. An estimate for total hours will be
determined at the start of the advisory relationship. All Consulting fees are due and payable to
Omega Wealth Management LLC upon completion of the work.
Canopy Planning Services Fees:
The client will not pay fees to OWM for Canopy Planning Services.
If the client establishes an investment account with Betterment, LLC, the client should refer to
Betterment’s disclosure documents for information regarding Betterment’s fees, billing practices,
minimum required investments, and termination of advisory agreements. OWM will provide these
disclosure documents to our clients at the time of making the referral to Betterment. OWM does
not charge an advisory fee or receive a portion of the advisory fee for client accounts managed at
Betterment. OWM does not receive any compensation from Betterment for OWM clients referred
to Betterment.
Betterment Wrap Fee Program: In some instances, we may recommend Canopy Planning clients
establish an account as part of a wrap fee program sponsored by Betterment LLC. Clients
participating in wrap fee programs may be charged various program fees. Such fees may include
the investment advisory fees of the third-party manager, which may be charged as part of a wrap fee
arrangement. In a wrap fee arrangement, clients pay a single fee for advisory, brokerage, and
custodial services. Client’s portfolio transactions are typically executed without commission
charge in a wrap fee arrangement. In evaluating such an arrangement, the client should also
consider that, depending upon the level of the wrap fee charged by the broker-dealer or advisor, the
amount of portfolio activity in the client’s account and other factors, the wrap fee may or may not
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exceed the aggregate cost of such services if they were to be provided separately. Additional
information regarding Betterment’s fees and compensation is described in Betterment’s Form ADV
Part 2 Brochures.
Seminars/Workshops/Public Speaking Fee: OWM staff members may, from time to time, be
engaged to present workshops, seminars or speak publicly on a range of topics including financial
life planning, traditional financial planning and investments. If fees are charged, they will be based
on the amount of time to prepare and deliver the presentation and could range from $500 to $10,000
for a 1 hour to 1 day workshop; plus travel costs and cost of materials. They typically receive a fee
for participation in the program or receive a portion of any fee paid by participants. The amount and
timing of fee payments are negotiated prior to performance of the event and payable to Omega
Wealth Management LLC.
General Information on Fees and Services:
Negotiability of Fees and Minimum Requirements: In certain circumstances, all fees may be
negotiable or waived. Under no circumstances will we earn fees in excess of $1,200 more than six
months in advance of services rendered.
Fee Calculation: The fee charged is calculated as described above and is not charged on the basis
of a share of capital gains upon or capital appreciation of the funds or any portion of the funds of an
advisory client (Section 205(a)(1) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended).
Portfolio Valuation: OWM relies on SEI and Schwab for client portfolio valuation. OWM periodically
reviews their valuation processes for adequacy.
Grandfathering of Minimum Account Requirements: Pre-existing advisory clients are subject to
OWM’s minimum account requirements and advisory fees in effect at the time the client entered
into the advisory relationship. Therefore, our firm's minimum account requirements and advisory
fees will differ among clients.
ERISA Accounts: OWM is deemed to be a fiduciary to advisory clients that are employee benefit
plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs) pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act (ERISA) and regulations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, respectively. As
such, our firm is subject to specific duties and obligations under ERISA and the Internal Revenue
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Code that include among other things, restrictions concerning certain forms of compensation.
Termination of Advisory Relationship: A client agreement may be canceled at any time, by either
party, for any reason upon receipt of 30 days prior written notice. Upon termination of any account,
any prepaid, unearned fees will be promptly refunded, and any earned, unpaid fees will be due and
payable.
The client has the right to terminate an agreement without penalty within five business days after
entering into the agreement.
Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses: All fees paid to OWM for investment advisory services are
separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds and/or ETFs to their
shareholders. These fees and expenses are described in each fund's prospectus. These fees will
generally include a management fee, other fund expenses, and a possible distribution fee. If the
fund also imposes sales charges, a client will pay an initial or, in some cases, a deferred sales
charge. A client could invest in a mutual fund or ETF directly, without the services of OWM. In that
case, the client would not receive the services provided by OWM which are designed, among other
things, to assist the client in determining which mutual fund(s) or ETF(s) are most appropriate to
each client's financial condition and objectives. Accordingly, the client should review both the fees
charged by the funds and the fees charged by OWM to fully understand the total amount of fees to
be paid by the client and to thereby evaluate the advisory services being provided.
Mutual Fund Risks: Before investing in mutual funds, clients should understand that mutual funds
and annuities are not insured by the FDIC or any other federal government agency and are not
deposits or obligations of, guaranteed by, or insured by, the depository institution where offered or
any of its affiliates. Mutual funds and annuities involve investment risk and may lose value.
Brokerage and transaction costs: Clients should be aware that they may or may not
pay commissions to broker dealers and other transaction costs associated with the purchase and
sale of mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds, fixed-income and equity securities, and options that
are separate and distinct from the advisory fees charged by OWM. OWM in no way shares in these
commissions and costs. Some investment programs do not charge transaction fees.
Advisory Fees in General: Clients should note that similar advisory services may (or may not) be
fees.
available
from other
registered
investment advisers
for similar or
lower
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OWM in General: OWM is a Virginia-based limited liability corporation. This Firm Brochure provides
clients with information regarding OWM and its advisory services that should be considered before
becoming a client of OWM. This Firm Brochure also provides information about the qualifications
and business practices of OWM. The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Any representation to the contrary is illegal. Additional information about OWM is available on the
Internet at "www.adviserinfo.sec.gov". You can search this site by a unique identifying number,
132580.
known
as
a CRD
number.
The CRD
number
for OWM
is
Use of "Registered Investment Adviser": Clients should be aware that the term "Registered
Investment Adviser" does not imply any certain level of skill or training.
Privacy Policy: OWM does not disclose any non-public, personal information (such as name,
address or tax identification number) about its clients or former clients to anyone except as
permitted by applicable law or required by regulation.
OWM maintains physical safeguards to protect such unauthorized disclosure and will notify clients
of its policies and practices in this regard on an annual basis or at any time at which there is a
material change in its policies which would require their consent. OWM does not sell client lists.
Even if you are no longer a client of OWM, our Privacy Policy will continue to apply to you. To conduct
regular business, OWM will collect non-public personal information from sources such as: (a)
information provided by you on applications or other forms you provide to us; and/or (b) information
about your investment and securities transactions. Clients with questions regarding OWM's Privacy
Policy should contact OWM.
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
As a matter of OWM policy and practice, we have not and do not offer or provide advisory services
on a performance fee basis for any clients, and therefore do not engage in side-by-side
management.
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Item 7. Types of Clients
OWM offers advisory and wealth planning services to individuals, estates, corporations, and other
business entities.
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis: As part of its Life/Wealth Planning service, OWM may offer advice on any of
the items indicated under Item 4.
For those clients participating in SEI's Managed Accounts Program, OWM will provide the client with
a copy of SEI's Form ADV Part 2 Firm Brochure.
Clients should refer to SEI's Form ADV Firm Brochure for information on the types of investments,
methods of analysis, sources of information and investment strategies used by SEI in servicing
client accounts.
Fundamental analysis: Fundamental analysis of a business involves analyzing its income
statement, financial statements and health, its management and competitive advantages, and its
competitors and markets. Fundamental analysis school of thought maintains that markets may
mis-price a security in the short run but that the "correct" price will eventually be reached. Profits
can be made by trading the mis-priced security and then waiting for the market to recognize its
"mistake" and re-price the security. However, unforeseen market conditions and/or company
developments may result in significant price fluctuations that can lead to investor losses.
Technical analysis: Technical analysis seeks to identify price patterns and trends in financial
markets and attempt to exploit those patterns. We follow and examine such indicators as price,
volume, moving averages of the price and market sentiment. Since technical analysis predictions
are only extrapolations from historical price patterns, investors bear risk that these patterns will not
reoccur as expected.
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Qualitative analysis: We subjectively evaluate non-quantifiable factors such as quality of
management, labor relations, and strength of research and development factors not readily subject
to measurement, and predict changes to share price based on that data. A risk is using qualitative
analysis is that our subjective judgment may prove incorrect.
Asset Allocation: Rather than focusing primarily on securities selection, we attempt to identify an
appropriate ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash suitable to the client’s investment goals and
risk tolerance.
A risk of asset allocation is that the client 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 for the client’s goals.
Mutual fund and/or ETF analysis: We look at the experience and track record of the manager of the
mutual fund or ETF in an attempt to determine if that manager has demonstrated an ability to invest
over a period of time and in different economic conditions. We also look at the underlying assets in
a mutual fund or ETF in an attempt to determine if there is significant overlap in the underlying
investments held in other fund in the client’s portfolio. We also monitor the funds or ETFs in an
attempt to determine if they are continuing to follow their stated investment strategy.
A risk of mutual fund and/or ETF analysis is that, as in all securities investments, past performance
does not guarantee future results. A manager who has been successful may not be able to continue
or replicate that success in the future.
In addition, as we do not control the underlying investments in a fund or ETF, managers of different
funds held by the client may purchase the same security, increasing the risk to the client if that
security were to fall in value.
There is also a risk that a manager may deviate from the stated investment mandate or strategy of
the fund or ETF, which could make the fund or ETF less appropriate for the client’s portfolio.
Risks for all forms of analysis: Our securities analysis methods rely on the assumption that the
companies whose securities we recommend, purchase and sell, the rating agencies that review
these securities, and other publicly-available sources of information about these securities, are
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providing accurate and unbiased data. While we are aware that indications, reporting or data may
be incorrect, there is always a risk that our analysis may be compromised by inaccurate or
misleading information.
Investment Strategies
Omega Wealth Management uses the following strategies in managing client portfolios:
Goals-based approach: We utilize a goals-based approach to create client portfolios based on the
Client’s risk tolerance, timeline and tax considerations. Often this may include establishing
multiple accounts to allocate appropriate assets for each goal, invested in different investment
strategies. Goals and the account strategies are regularly revisited to determine changes in goals,
cash needs, and other changes that may impact the structure of the Client’s portfolio. Shorter-term
goals generally have less aggressive investment strategies and longer-term goals and have more
growth-oriented strategies. This goals-based approach also includes diversification across active
and passive investment strategies, where possible.
Tax management: Depending on the Client’s current and future tax situation, we will recommend
particular strategies that may help support the Client’s overall tax situation. Utilizing separately
managed accounts, tax managed mutual fund strategies and exchange-traded fund strategies may
be employed to support the Client’s tax planning needs.
Long-term purchases: We purchase securities with the idea of holding them in a client’s portfolio
for a year or longer. We may do this because we believe the securities to be currently undervalued.
We may do this because we want exposure to a particular asset class over time, regardless of the
current projection for this asset class or security.
A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that, by holding the security for this length of time, we may
not take advantages 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 decision to
sell.
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Short-term purchases: On rare occasions we may purchase securities with the idea of selling them
within a relatively short time (typically a year or less). We may do this in an attempt to take
advantage of market conditions that we believe will soon result in a price swing in the securities we
purchase.
A risk in a short-term purchase strategy is that, should the anticipated price swing not materialize,
we are 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.
Margin transactions: We will purchase stocks for your portfolio with money borrowed from your
brokerage account. This allows you to purchase more stock than you would be able to with your
available cash and allows us to purchase stock without selling other holdings.
Option Writing: An option is the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a particular security at a
specified price before the expiration date of the option. An investment strategy utilizing option
writing involves selling (writing) an option. When an investor sells (writes) an option, he or she must
deliver to the buyer a specific number of shares if the buyer exercises the option. The seller receives
from the buyer a premium (the market price of the option at a particular time) in exchange for writing
the option.
The actual income from the options strategy will depend, to a large extent, on the “target price” of
the underlying stock. Therefore, the amount of incremental cash yield is predominantly determined
by investors’ risk tolerances and willingness to sell the security.
There are numerous risks associated with transactions in option on securities or securities indexes
and therefore, are not suitable for everyone. A decision as to whether, when, and how to use options
involves the exercise of skill and judgment, and even a well-conceived transaction may be
unsuccessful to some degree because of market behavior or unexpected events. For example, as
the writer of covered call options, the client forgoes, during the option’s life, the opportunity to profit
from increases in the market value of the underlying security or the index above the sum of the
option premium received and the exercise price of the call, but has retained the risk of loss, minus
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the option premium received, should the price of the underlying security decline. In the case of
index options, the client incurs basis risk between the performance of the underlying portfolio and
the performance of the underlying index (e.g., the underlying portfolio may decline in value while
the underlying index may increase in value, resulting in a loss on the call option while the underlying
portfolio declines as well.).
Covered call writing can provide limited downside protection. It does not, however, eliminate
downside risks. Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors.
Derivatives Risk: Certain strategies involve the use of derivatives to create market exposure.
Derivatives may be illiquid, difficult to price and leveraged so that small changes may produce
disproportionate losses for a client’s portfolio and may be subject to counterparty risk to a greater
degree than more traditional investments. Because of their complex nature, some derivatives may
not perform as intended. As a result, a portfolio may not realize the anticipated benefits from a
derivative it holds, or it may realize losses. Derivative transactions may create investment leverage,
which may increase a portfolio’s volatility and may require the portfolio to liquidate portfolio
securities when it may not be advantageous to do so.
Securities-Backed Lines of Credit: We may recommend a Securities-Backed Line of Credit
(“SBLOC”) as part of our investment strategies. SBLOCs are loans borrowed against the assets in
an investment portfolio without having to liquidate the securities. Risks of an SBLOC include
unintended tax consequences and the possibility of having to sell your holdings, which could have
a significant impact on your long-term investment goals. If the value of the securities you pledge as
collateral decreases, you may need to come up with extra money quickly, or your positions could
be liquidated. SBLOCs are non-purpose loans, which means you may not use the proceeds to
purchase or trade securities.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG): The strategies used for some client portfolios may
incorporate positive and negative screens for environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors
into the investment selection process. Doing so exposes the subject portfolio to the following risks:
• Less Diversification. An ESG strategy may cause a portfolio to forego some market
opportunities available to similar portfolios that do not incorporate ESG factors. As a
result, an ESG strategy may cause a portfolio to be less diversified than a portfolio with a
non-ESG strategy.
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• Performance. An ESG strategy may cause a portfolio to exclude certain high performing
investments that a non-ESG portfolio would otherwise include. Moreover, companies
with practices that are favorable with respect to ESG factors may be out of favor in
particular market cycles, be dependent on government subsidies, be engaged in the
development of new technologies, or otherwise carry greater risk than other companies.
Accordingly, an ESG portfolio may perform differently than a non-ESG portfolio over the
same time period.
• ESG Data. The ESG data we use to recommend ESG investments is sourced from a third-
party provider. Some of the data used to compile third-party ESG scores and ratings may
be subjective. Other data may be objective in principle but are not verified or reliable.
Third-party scores also may consider or weight ESG differently, meaning that companies
can receive widely different scores from different third-party providers.
For all strategies: Investments in securities are not guaranteed, and you may lose money on your
investments. We make significant efforts and inquiries to help us understand your tolerance for risk
and any changes in your financial objectives and circumstances. We also request that clients notify
us of any such changes promptly.
Clients should understand that investing in any securities, including mutual funds, involves
a risk of loss of both income and principal.
Item 9. Disciplinary Information
Our firm, its principal and associated persons have no reportable disciplinary or regulatory events
to disclose.
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
OWM can provide non-advisory consulting to clients on topics such as business succession and
coaching for separate and typical compensation. OWM typically spends approximately 5% of its
time with these related activities.
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Lisa Kirchenbauer, President of Omega Wealth Management, LLC also owns and operates Omega
Wealth Consulting, LLC. Omega Wealth Consulting offers training, coaching and consulting
services to institutions, small businesses and individuals in the areas of business and life planning.
Omega Wealth Management, LLC is Ms. Kirchenbauer’s primary business. In her capacity with
Omega Wealth Consulting, Ms. Kirchenbauer will earn separate and distinct compensation as
owner and manager.
Clients should be aware that the receipt of additional compensation by our firm and its associated
persons creates a conflict of interest.
We endeavor at all times to put the interest of our clients first as part of its fiduciary duty as a
registered investment adviser and takes the following steps to address this conflict:
1. We disclose to clients the existence of all material conflicts of interest, including the
potential for our firm and its employees to earn compensation from advisory clients in
addition to our advisory fees;
2. We disclose to clients that they are not obligated to purchase recommended investment
products from our employees;
3. We collect, maintain and document accurate, complete and relevant client background
information, including the client’s financial goals, objectives and risk tolerance;
4. Our management conducts regular reviews of each client account to verify that all
recommendations made to a client are suitable to the client’s needs and circumstances;
5. We require that our employees seek prior approval of any outside employment activity so
that we may ensure that any conflicts of interests in such activities are properly addressed;
6. We periodically monitor these outside employment activities to verify that any conflicts of
interest continue to be properly addressed by our firm; and
7. We educate our employees regarding the responsibilities of a fiduciary, including the need
for having a reasonable and independent basis for the investment advice provided to clients.
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Item 11. Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
OWM has adopted a Code of Ethics expressing the firm's commitment to ethical conduct. OWM's
Code of Ethics describes the firm's fiduciary duties and responsibilities to clients, and sets forth
their practice of supervising the personal securities transactions of supervised persons with access
to client information. Individuals associated with OWM buy or sell securities for their personal
accounts identical to and different than those recommended to clients. It is the expressed policy
of OWM that no person employed by OWM shall prefer his or her own interest to that of an advisory
client or make personal investment decisions based on the investment decisions of advisory
clients.
To supervise compliance with its Code of Ethics, OWM requires that anyone associated with this
advisory practice with access to advisory recommendations provide annual securities holdings
reports and quarterly transaction reports to the firm's Chief Compliance Officer. Prior approval
must be given for purchase or sale of any individual securities, IPO or private placements (limited
offerings).
OWM requires that all individuals must act in accordance with all applicable Federal and State
regulations governing registered investment advisory practices. OWM's Code of Ethics further
includes the firm's policy prohibiting the use of material non-public information. Any individual not
in observance of the above may be subject to disciplinary measures.
OWM will provide a copy of its Code of Ethics to any client upon request to the Chief Compliance
Officer at OWM's principal address.
OWM has established the following additional restrictions in order to ensure its fiduciary
responsibilities:
1. A director, officer or employee of OWM shall not buy or sell securities for their
personal portfolio(s) where their decision is substantially derived, in whole or in part,
by reason of his or her employment unless the information is also available to the
investing public on reasonable inquiry.
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2. OWM maintains records of all securities holdings for itself, and anyone associated
with this advisory practice. These holdings are reviewed on a regular basis by the
principal executive officer of OWM.
3. All clients are fully informed that certain individuals outside OWM (e.g. brokers)
insurance
receive separate compensation when effecting securities and/or
transactions during the implementation process.
4. OWM emphasizes the unrestricted right of the client to decline to implement any
advice rendered.
5. OWM emphasizes the unrestricted right of the client to select and choose any broker
or dealer and/or insurance company they wish.
6. Any individual not in observance of the above may be subject to termination.
Item 12. Brokerage Practices
Investment Management Services: As OWM does not have discretionary authority to determine
the broker-dealer to be used or the commission rates to be paid for unmanaged accounts,
Life/Wealth Advisory Service clients seeking OWM's Portfolio Monitoring services must direct OWM
as to the broker-dealer to be used for their account(s). In directing the use of a particular broker-
dealer, it should be understood that OWM will not have authority to negotiate commissions or
obtain volume discounts, and best execution may not be achieved. In addition, a disparity in
commission charges may exist between the commissions charged to other clients. OWM may
recommend any one or more of several brokers-dealers, but OWM clients should independently
evaluate these brokers before opening an account.
SEI Management Services: For the SEI Managed Account Program and Private Client Model
Program (“Programs”), clients are required to use SEI Investment Distribution Co. (“SIDCO”), a
FINRA registered broker/dealer, for the placement of all trades. Therefore, OWM, through its
recommendation of the SEI Programs, is recommending SIDCO as the broker/dealer to be used. As
OWM will not request the discretionary authority to determine the broker/dealer to be used or the
commission rates to be paid in these situations, clients must direct OWM to utilize SIDCO. In
directing the use of a particular broker or dealer, it should be understood that OWM will not have
the authority to negotiate commissions among various brokers or obtain volume discounts, and
best execution may not be achieved. Not all investment advisers require clients to direct the use of
specific brokers. SEI Private Trust Company acts as the transfer agent and custodian for SEI
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accounts. OWM’s client accounts are required to be maintained at SEI Private Trust Company in
order to participate in SEI’s Programs.
In special circumstances, OWM may recommend that clients establish brokerage accounts with
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab"), a FINRA registered broker-dealer, member SIPC, to
maintain custody of clients' assets and to effect trades for their accounts. Although we recommend
that clients establish accounts at Schwab, it is the client's decision to custody assets with Schwab.
OWM is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Schwab. We have evaluated
Schwab and believe that it can provide our clients with a blend of execution services, commissions
and professionalism that will assist our firm in meeting our fiduciary obligations to clients.
We reserve the right to decline acceptance of any client account for which the client directs the use
of a broker other than Schwab if we believe that this choice would hinder our fiduciary duty to the
client and/or our ability to service the account. Clients should note, while we have a reasonable
belief that Schwab is able to obtain best execution and competitive prices, our firm will not be
independently seeking best execution price capability through other brokers. Not all advisers
require clients to direct use of a particular broker-dealer.
Betterment Wrap Fee Program: Canopy Planning clients should refer to Betterment’s Form ADV
Part 2 Brochures for information on Betterment’s brokerage arrangements.
Best Execution
Obtaining best execution for our clients is an important aspect of our fiduciary duty. Consequently,
we have controls in place to monitor trade executions. We review the quality of services provided
by Schwab and SIDCO including the accuracy and speed of execution, commission rates,
transaction fees, reputation and integrity, reporting, fairness in resolving disputes, financial
responsibility and responsiveness. Although the commissions and/or transaction fees paid by our
clients generally comply with our duty to obtain best execution, clients may pay a commission that
is higher than what another qualified custodian might charge to effect the same transaction when
we determine, in good faith, that the commission or transaction fee is reasonable in relation to the
value of the brokerage and research services we receive from SIDCO. In seeking best execution, the
determinative factor is not the lowest possible cost, but whether the transaction represents the
best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the full range of a custodian’s services,
including the value of research provided, execution capability, commission rates, and
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responsiveness. Best execution is also about pricing, not just fees. Accordingly, although we seek
competitive rates, we may not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for client
transactions. The brokerage commissions or transaction fees charged by the custodian are
exclusive of, and in addition to, our investment management fee. Our best execution responsibility
is qualified if the securities we purchase are no-load mutual funds that are traded at net asset value
as determined at the daily market close.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits: SEI Investments Management Corporation (“SIMC”)
provides to us, without cost, computer software and related systems support, which allow us to
better monitor client accounts maintained at SIMC.
Additionally, we receive the following benefits from SIMC:
receipt of duplicate client confirmations and bundled duplicate statements;
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• access to a trading desk that exclusively services its participants;
• access to block trading which provides the ability to aggregate securities transactions and
then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts; and
• access to an electronic communication network for client order entry and account
information.
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reimbursement of certain travel expenses when attending SIMC events, such as hotel
lodging, meals, and marketing/event financial support.
We are eligible for these benefits only if we maintain a certain level of client assets invested in
SIMC’s wealth management programs. This benefits our firm, but may not directly benefit our
clients. While we endeavor at all times to put the interests of our clients first, the receipt of
economic benefits from SIMC creates a conflict of interest, since these benefits create an incentive
to choose SIMC over another broker-dealer that does not furnish similar software, systems support,
or services.
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Consulting Services: Consulting clients will be required to select their own broker dealers for the
implementation of consulting recommendations. OWM may recommend any one of several
brokers. OWM clients must independently evaluate these brokers before opening an account. The
factors considered by OWM when making these recommendations are the broker's ability to
provide professional services, OWM's experience with the broker, the broker's reputation, and the
broker's financial strength, among other factors. OWM's consulting clients may use any broker or
dealer of their choice.
Aggregation and Allocation of Investments: As a matter of firm policy and practice, OWM does
not generally block trades and, therefore, we implement client transactions separately for each
account. Consequently, certain client trades may be executed before others, at a different price
and/or commission rate. Therefore, our clients will not receive volume discounts available to
advisers who block client trades.
Item 13. Review of Accounts
Account Reviews: While the underlying securities in accounts covered by all of our Investment
Management Services will be continuously monitored, these accounts will be formally reviewed at
least two times a year by the President of OWM, Lisa Kirchenbauer, Jared Jones, Partner/Senior
Advisor/Director of Investments, and/or Davis Gardner, Lead Advisor. More frequent reviews may be
triggered by material changes in variables such as the client's individual circumstances, or the
market, economic or political environment.
Life/Wealth Advisory clients who do not participate in any of our Investment Management Programs
will have accounts reviewed at least semi-annually if OWM has access to outside performance
data.
Client Reporting:
Clients will receive quarterly performance reports containing portfolio breakdown and asset
allocation, time-weighted return quarter-to-date and year-to-date with benchmarks, contributions,
withdrawals, realized/unrealized gain/loss and disclosures.
Clients participating in SEI’s Management Program(s) receive quarterly reports from SEI.
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Clients who have non-discretionary and discretionary accounts held at Charles Schwab will receive
consolidated portfolio data aggregation reports provided by SEI.
Clients are urged to carefully review each statement. In order to ensure that all account
transactions, holdings and values are correct and current, we recommend that clients compare our
firm’s statements with the statements received from their independent qualified custodian(s).
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Omega Wealth Management has worked with many professionals over the years and has selected
several of them to refer to our clients. These selections are based upon level of knowledge and
qualifications in their fields, high standards of professionalism and ability to collaborate
effectively with OWM.
Client Referrals:
OWM does not compensate any person who is not a supervised person of OWM for client
referrals.
Item 15. Custody
Our firm has custody of certain of our clients’ assets through our ability to log into clients’ accounts
using the client’s User ID and password. We also have standing letters of authorization with certain
clients that cause our firm and related persons to have custody of client funds and securities.
Accordingly, we are subject to an annual surprise examination of certain of these accounts by an
independent accountant in order to verify that client funds and securities of which we have custody
are held by a qualified custodian in a separate account under the client’s name or in accounts that
contain only clients’ funds and securities under the firm’s name as agent or trustee for the clients.
While we continue to have arrangements with clients that grant us custody of their assets, an
independent accountant will conduct a surprise examination and submit Form ADV-E “Certificate
of Accounting of Client Securities and Funds in the Possession or Custody of an Investment Adviser
Pursuant to Rule 206(4)-2” on an annual basis.
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Direct Debiting of Advisory Fees. We previously disclosed in the “Fees and Compensation”
section (Item 5) of this Brochure that the client may grant our firm authority to receive payments
directly from the client’s account, a limited form of custody.
As part of this billing process, the client’s custodian is advised of the amount of the fee to be
deducted from that client’s account. On at least a quarterly basis, the custodian is required to send
to the client a statement showing all transactions within the account during the reporting period.
Because the custodian does not calculate the amount of the fee to be deducted, it is important for
clients to carefully review their custodial statements to verify the accuracy of the calculation,
among other things. Clients should contact us directly if they believe that there may be an error in
their statement.
In addition to the periodic statements that clients receive directly from their custodians, we also
send reports outlining their current positions, security cost basis, and current market values
directly to our clients on an annual basis. We urge our clients to carefully compare the information
provided on these statements to ensure that all account transactions, holdings and values are
correct and current.
Item 16. Investment Discretion
Clients may hire us to provide discretionary asset management services, in which case we place
trades in a client’s account without contacting the client prior to each trade to obtain the client’s
permission.
Our discretionary authority includes the ability to do the following without contacting the client:
• determine the security to buy or sell; and/or
• determine the amount of the security to buy or sell
Clients give us the discretionary authority when they sign a discretionary agreement with our firm,
and may limit this authority by giving us written instructions. Clients may also change such
limitations by once again providing us with written instructions.
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Item 17. Voting Client Securities
As a matter of OWM firm policy and practice, our firm does not vote proxies on behalf of advisory
clients. Our client advisory agreement provides that our advisory clients expressly retain the
authority and responsibility for voting proxies of portfolio securities. OWM can provide advisory
clients with consulting assistance regarding proxy issues but the clients have the responsibility to
receive and vote any proxies.
Further, clients should note that OWM does not advise or act on behalf of any client in legal
proceedings, e.g., class actions or bankruptcies involving companies whose securities are held or
previously were held by a client, including, but not limited to, the filing of "Proofs of Claim" in class
action settlements.
Item 18. Financial Information
As an advisory firm that maintains discretionary authority for client accounts, we are also required
to disclose any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet our
contractual obligations. We have no such financial condition to disclose.
OWM has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
Under no circumstances will OWM require or solicit $1,200 or more in advisory fees six or more
months in advance of services rendered.
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