Overview
- Headquarters
- Atlanta, GA
- Average Client Assets
- $2.4 million
- SEC CRD Number
- 171070
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (OSAIC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC COUNSEL WRAP BROCHURE)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | and above | 2.50% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $25,000 | 2.50% |
| $5 million | $125,000 | 2.50% |
| $10 million | $250,000 | 2.50% |
| $50 million | $1,250,000 | 2.50% |
| $100 million | $2,500,000 | 2.50% |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 57.41%
- Total Client Accounts
- 50,459
- Discretionary Accounts
- 49,560
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 899
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Institutional Clients, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection, Educational Seminars
Regulatory Filings
Additional Brochure: OSAIC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC ADV PART 2A (2026-03-31)
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Form ADV
Part 2A
Current as of March 31, 2026
Osaic Advisory
Services, LLC
d/b/a Osaic Advisors
© Osaic Advisory Services, LLC • 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 750 • Atlanta,
GA 30339 • 678-387-3088 • osaic.com/advisoryservices
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business
practices of Osaic Advisory Services, LLC. If you have any questions about the
contents of this brochure, please contact us at (678) 387-3088. Osaic Advisory
Services, LLC is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as
a registered investment adviser. Registration does not imply any level of skill or
training. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by
the SEC or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is also available on the
SEC’s website at adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search this site by a unique identifying
number, known as a CRD number. The CRD number for the Firm is 171070.
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Item 2 - Material Changes
This item discusses only specific material changes that are made to this Brochure and provides clients with a summary
of such changes. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as Osaic Advisors filed its last annual amendment
to its Form ADV Part 2A Brochure on March 31, 2025. Since then, the following material changes have occurred:
Item 4 – Updated assets for accounts managed on a discretionary and on a non-discretionary basis
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Item 4 – Disclosure was added for Osaic CapitalHub – lending solution
Item 5 – Disclosure was added to include arrears billing as an option for paying the account fee
Item 5 – Disclosure was added to include monthly account fee billing option to managed account programs
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Item 5 – Disclosure was added to Financial Planning and Consulting Services to describe situations where
these services can exceed limits for certain high net worth individuals and where these services can be
provided at no additional cost to clients
Item 5 – Retirement Plan Consulting Services – added basis point fee schedule option
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Item 8 – Disclosure was added for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Item 8 – Disclosure was added for Structured Exchange Traded Products
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Item 8 – Disclosure was added for Direct Indexing
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Item 10 – Disclosure was added for a conflict for incentive to recommend an ETF the firm and affiliates
receives economic benefit
Item 10 – Disclosure was added to disclose the Firm’s affiliation with CW Advisors
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Item 14 – Disclosure was added to describe compensation of Advisory Representatives
Item 3 - Table of Contents
Item 2
Material Changes
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Item 3
Table of Contents
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Item 4
Advisory Business
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Item 5
Fees and Compensation
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Item 6
Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
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Item 7
Types of Clients
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Item 8
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Item 9
Disciplinary Information
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Item 10
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading 34
Item 12
Brokerage Practices
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Item 13
Review of Accounts
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Item 14
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Custody
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Item 16
Investment Discretion
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Item 17
Voting Client Securities
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Financial Information
Item 4 - Advisory Business
Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as Osaic Advisors (“OAS”, “we”, “us”, “our” or “the Firm”) is registered as
an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). SEC File No. 801-80075, in order to offer
investment advisory products and services to its advisory clients. Osaic Wealth, Inc. (“Osaic Wealth”), OAS’s broker-dealer
affiliate, is registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer engaged in the offer and sale of securities products and is a member
of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). Advisory products and services are offered through certain
Financial Advisers (“FAs”) who have registered as Investment Adviser Representatives (“Advisory Representative”).
Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training. OAS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings,
Inc., which is indirectly owned primarily by a consortium of investors through RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P., an investment
fund affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P. is controlled by various other entities
including RCP Artemis Co-Invest GP, LLC, RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, MRB ICBC
LLC, and The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust.
We have been an SEC Registered Investment Adviser since 2014 and manage, as of December 31, 2025, $15,152,871,464 of
assets on a discretionary basis and $326,954,918 on a non-discretionary basis.
Each of our Advisory Representatives is permitted to offer all or any combination of the advisory programs described below
to our clients ("you” or “your”).
Advisory Representative Managed Account Programs: Ally and Counsel
The Ally and Counsel Programs provide comprehensive investment management of your assets through highly customized
and individualized investment strategies crafted to focus on your specific goals and objectives. We provide the programs
through accounts maintained through Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services (“Fidelity”) through Fidelity Brokerage Services
LLC and Schwab Advisor Services, a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”).
The Ally and Counsel Programs are programs where the Advisory Representative is the portfolio manager. Depending on
the terms you enter into with us in the Investment Advisory Agreement (“Agreement”), your Advisory Representative will
manage your account on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. We define discretionary management as the
ability to trade your account, without obtaining your prior consent, the securities and amount of securities to be bought or
sold, and the timing of the purchase or sale. It does not extend to the withdrawal or transfer of your account funds. Non-
discretionary management means that your Advisory Representative does not have the ability to perform the
aforementioned without your consent. Your Advisory Representative has the option to allocate your portfolio amongst a
mix of mutual funds, stocks, bonds, options, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), variable annuity (“VA”) sub-accounts, and
other types of securities which are based on your investment goals, objectives, and risk tolerance.
As described previously, the Advisory Representative’s services are tailored to your individual needs. Your Advisory
Representative assists you in connection with establishing and monitoring of your investment objectives, risk tolerance,
asset allocation goals and time horizon. Additionally, you can elect to place reasonable restrictions on the types of
investments to be held in the portfolio. Restrictions can include requiring your Advisory Representative to avoid investing
in certain industries, companies, securities, or types of securities. There is no additional charge for applying these types of
restrictions to your Ally or Counsel Programs. If you would like to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of
your Ally or Counsel Portfolio, or modify reasonable restrictions that you have previously imposed, please contact your
Advisory Representative.
Clients should expect that the performance of advisory accounts with restrictions will differ from, and may be lower than,
the performance of advisory accounts without restrictions. In addition, the account’s risk profile, sector weights and other
characteristics may differ from advisory accounts without restrictions. The Advisory Representatives and the Firm do not
assume responsibility for investment restrictions that are imposed by the client or any non-client individual or entity,
including clients’ employers, or that are not communicated in writing to and accepted by the Advisory Representative.
The services that OAS provides under some or all of these investment options may be available from other providers for
lesser fees. In addition, you may buy securities (e.g., mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, etc.) outside of our investment
programs without incurring fees through our program.
For further Counsel Program details, please see the Counsel Program Brochure. We provide this brochure to you prior to
or concurrent with your enrollment in the Counsel Program. Please read it thoroughly before investing.
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Third -Party Consulting Services Program: Partner
The Firm offers a wide range of Third-Party Programs designed to offer a wide range of asset classes and strategies that
you can invest through. You inform your Advisory Representative of the investment objectives, risk tolerance, and
investment time horizon, and any investment policies, guidelines, or reasonable restrictions applicable to the assets you
designate for investment through our advisory programs. Based on the information provided, the Advisory Representative
assists you in selecting one or more third-party advisory programs.
The Firm may provide additional consulting services in connection with particular programs. The consulting services that
Advisory Representatives provide in connection with a particular program are set forth in the agreement that you sign with
the Firm. These services may include assistance with the selection of portfolio managers, the selection of investment
strategies, and the allocation of assets among managers or strategies. The Firm and other managers may have trading
discretion over any client assets in these programs as provided in the investment advisory agreement entered into with
you. You will receive a disclosure brochure describing each portfolio manager selected. Clients should read these
disclosures carefully before deciding whether to invest through the program or select a particular portfolio manager.
For further Partner Program details, please see the Partner Program Brochure. We provide this brochure to you prior to or
concurrent with your enrollment in the Partner Program. Please read it thoroughly before investing.
Plan Participant Retirement Program
Through the Plan Participant Retirement Program, the Firm and Advisory Representative offer investment advisory
services to participants with retirement plan account assets in an employer sponsored retirement plan (Plan).
Under the Plan Participant Retirement Program, you elect to have your Advisory Representative manage your contributions
to the Plan, any contributions by your employer or Plan sponsor on your behalf and any other additions to the Plan on behalf
of or attributable to you (collectively, Plan Assets). Through your Advisory Representative, the Firm provides advice with
respect to Plan Assets in your account only, including additions, substitutions and proceeds. The Firm is not responsible for
the actions or non-actions of predecessor investment advisors, managing any assets other than the Plan Assets allocated to
your account or the administration of the Plan. In managing your account, will, but is not required to, consider any other
securities, cash or other investments owned by you.
In this program, your Advisory Representative will provide investment management services utilizing the investment
options available within your account. Your employer that sponsors your retirement plan is responsible for determining
the investment options that are available within your plan account. You maintain the ability to impose reasonable
restrictions on the management of your account, including the ability to instruct us to not purchase certain investments or
securities. Your Advisory Representative will contact you at least annually to discuss any changes or updates regarding
your financial situation, risk tolerance, investment objectives, investment time horizon or restrictions you may wish to
impose on the account.
At no time will the Firm act as custodian of the Plan or have direct access to the Plan’s funds and/or securities. The Plan’s
custodian (as selected by the Plan Sponsor) maintains custody of all Plan Assets in your account and will process the orders
for securities transactions in your account in its broker/dealer capacity as your Advisory Representative enters such orders.
The client agreement can be terminated at any time for any reason; however, services will continue until either party gives
written notice of termination to the other party. Closing the account causes the agreement to be terminated.
Termination is effective upon receiving notice, although transactions in progress will be completed in the normal course of
business. Terminating the agreement will not affect either party’s liabilities or obligations arising out of transactions
initiated prior to termination or the provisions regarding arbitration, all of which will survive any expiration or termination
of the agreement.
Upon termination, you will have the exclusive responsibility to monitor the securities in your account, and we will have no
further obligation to act or provide investment services with respect to those assets. If you terminate the agreement within
5 business days of signing it, you will receive a full refund of all fees and expenses. If the agreement is terminated more than
5 days after its execution, any prepaid, unearned management fees will be calculated and promptly refunded based upon
the number of days remaining in the billing period after the termination date.
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Your employer that is sponsoring your retirement plan is responsible for negotiating and determining all fees, costs, and
expenses associated with your retirement plan, including, but not limited to, transaction, trading, and execution fees,
brokerage service charges, and custodial costs. Except for the Advisor Fee, your Advisor Representative does not or does
not help with negotiating or controlling any of the fees, costs, and expenses notated above.
Please see your retirement plan account-opening documentation, including any related transaction, trading, execution, and
brokerage service fee schedules, for additional information on applicable fees, costs, and expenses. Please also see the
prospectuses and other disclosure documents for each of the investment options available within your retirement plan for
information regarding the fees, costs, and expenses related to purchasing, holding, and selling particular investment
options, including, but not limited to, 12b-1 fees and other money market and mutual fund expenses.
Third -Party Advisory Services
The Firm can also offer you the services of various Third-Party Money Managers (“Third-Party Money Managers” or
“TPMMs”) for the provision of certain investment advisory programs including mutual fund wrap and separately managed
account programs. In doing so, we act in a “co-advisory” or, in certain circumstances, “promoter” capacity. TPMMs typically
maintain their own custodial relationships and do not leverage the custodial relationship OAS has with Schwab or Fidelity
except for certain TPMMs detailed below.
When acting in a co-advisory capacity, the Firm and the Third-Party Money Manager are jointly responsible for the ongoing
management of your account. In connection with this agreement, your Advisory Representative will provide assistance in
the selection and ongoing monitoring of a particular Third-Party Money Manager. Factors we consider in the selection of a
particular Third-Party Money Manager include, but are not limited to:
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Our assessment of a particular Third-Party Money Manager;
Your risk tolerance, goals, objectives and restrictions, as well as investment experience; and
The assets you have available for investment.
The Firm’s role in these relationships is limited as one that monitors Third-Party Money Managers’ investment strategies
generally as part of its initial and annual diligence of Third-Party Money Managers. In this case, the Firm does not exercise
discretion in selecting, holding or selling portfolio investments.
Third-Party Money Managers have differing minimum account requirements and a variety of fee ranges. Each manager’s
advisory services, fees and expenses, program termination and other information are set forth in their disclosure brochures,
client agreements, account opening documents and applicable fund prospectuses. The fees charged by Third-Party Money
Managers who offer their programs directly to you may be more or less than the combined fees charged by the Third-Party
Money Manager and us for our participation in the investment programs.
Your Advisory Representative will assist you in opening an account and, when doing so, you will execute an agreement
directly with the selected TPMM. Most TPMMs assume limited discretionary authority over your account, meaning that the
selected TPMM has the authority to purchase and sell securities in your account without contacting you or your Advisory
Representative first. Some TPMMs may allow you to impose restrictions on investing in specified securities or types of
securities. In addition to the advisory relationship that you will have with these Third- Party Money Managers, you will also
enter into an advisory relationship with us by signing our client agreement. If you are interested in learning more about
these services, please note that a complete description of the programs, services, fees, payment structure and termination
features are available via the applicable Third-Party Money Manager’s disclosure brochures, investment advisory contracts,
and account opening documents. You should know that the services provided by us through the use of Third-Party Money
Managers are under certain conditions directly offered by them to you. Not all TPMMs are open to all Advisory
Representatives, as some are available on a limited basis, for the most part, as the result of transitions and our Firm’s
growth.
Your Advisory Representative can also act purely in a promoter capacity when referring you to a TPMM. When acting as a
promoter for the TPMM program, the Firm and your Advisory Representative do not provide advisory services in relation
to the TPMM program. Instead, your Advisory Representative will assist you in selecting one or more TPMM programs. The
TPMM will be responsible for assessing the suitability of their investment recommendations against your risk profile. Your
Advisory Representative is compensated for referring you to the TPMM program. This compensation generally takes the
form of the TPMM sharing a percentage of the advisory fee you pay to the TPMM. When we act as a promoter for a TPMM
program, you will receive a written promoter disclosure statement describing the nature of our relationship with the TPMM
program, if any; the terms of our compensation arrangement with the TPMM program, including a description of the
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compensation that we will receive for referring you to the TPMM program. Please consult the applicable Third-Party Money
Manager’s agreement for further information.
The amount of compensation received by the Firm and your Advisory Representative from a particular TPMM could be
higher than the compensation received from another TPMM. This is because compensation structures vary by product type
as well as TPMM programs provided. This results in a conflict of interest because your Advisory Representative has a
financial incentive to recommend one TPMM over another in order to receive greater compensation. There can be other
suitable TPMM programs that are more or less costly. If you would like additional information on costs of TPMM programs
chosen for you, please discuss with your Advisory Representative.
Trading by Third-Party Money Managers sometimes trigger wash sale rule implications. A wash sale occurs when a security
is sold at a loss and then the same or substantially identical security is repurchased within a short time period. The Third-
Party Money Manager cannot necessarily manage accounts in a manner to avoid wash sale implications. You are encouraged
to consult with a tax advisor to discuss any tax implications involving your portfolios in these and in all advisory programs.
Envestnet Asset Management, Inc.
The Firm has an agreement with Envestnet that allows its Advisory Representatives to offer Third-Party Money Managers
to clients through the Envestnet Private Wealth Management Program through the Firm’s custodial relationship. The
Private Wealth Management Program allows you to establish an account using Fund Strategist Portfolios (“FSP”), Separately
Managed Account Portfolios (“SMA”) and Unified Managed Account Portfolios (“UMA”). Envestnet acts as the platform
manager and provides overlay management of the investment models by performing administrative services and trading
services. The Firm and its Advisory Representative act in a co-advisory capacity under this agreement. As a co-adviser, the
Advisory Representative will assist you in determining which Third-Party Money Managers are best suited for you, gather
information from you about your financial situation, investment objectives, and other information you need to open your
account.
The fees you pay for will be designated in the agreement with Envestnet. You pay an annual account fee, payable quarterly
and calculated as a percentage of account assets under management for advisory services provided. Both the Firm and your
Advisory Representative take a portion of this fee.
The advisory fee you pay does not cover certain custodial fees that are charged to clients by the custodian. A custodian can
charge a minimum account fee. Clients are also charged for specific account services, when applicable, such as ACAT
transfers, electronic fund and wire transfer charges, and for other optional services elected by Clients. Similarly, the
Program Fee does not cover certain non-brokerage-related fees such as individual retirement account (“IRA”) trustee or
custodian fees and tax-qualified retirement plan account fees and annual and termination fees for retirement accounts (such
as IRAs).
The Firm and your Advisory Representative utilize multiple broker-dealer custodians for brokerage and clearing services.
Refer to the section Item 12: Brokerage Practices for more details.
A complete description of the programs, services, fees, payment structure and termination features are available via
Envestnet’s Form ADV 2A and/or applicable wrap fee brochures, investment advisory contracts, and account opening
documents.
Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management Inc.
The Firm has an agreement with Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management Inc. (LTAM) that allows our Advisory
Representatives to offer the LTAM sponsored Investment Consultant Services (ICS) Program and the Ladenburg Asset
Management Program (LAMP) through the Firm’s custodial relationship to clients. Through the ICS program, the Firm’s
Advisory Representatives assist the client in selecting one or more managers available through the Program (“ICS
Managers”), which may include LTAM, to provide discretionary management services for the client’s account from those
available through ICS. Through the LAMP Program, The Firm’s Advisory Representatives gather information from the client
regarding their investment objectives, risk tolerance, investment time horizon, and any investment policies, guidelines, or
reasonable restrictions applicable to the assets. Based on the information provided, the Advisory Representative assists the
client in determining if there is an appropriate LAMP solution for their investment needs and helps select an investment
strategy for the client’s account from those available through LAMP. A team of investment managers employed by LTAM
(LAMP Managers) manage the accounts in LAMP on a discretionary basis in accordance with the investment strategy that
the client selects and information provided by the clients on the Agreement.
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LTAM is affiliated with the Firm. Refer to Item 10, Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations, for additional
information.
A complete description of the programs, services, fees, payment structure and termination features are available via LTAM’s
Form ADV 2A and/or applicable wrap fee brochures, investment advisory contracts, and account opening documents.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
The Firm offers financial planning and consulting services that are tailored to specific client needs. The scope of the services
provided by the Advisory Representative varies and is determined during discussions between the client and the Advisory
Representative and is documented in the financial planning or consulting agreement signed by the client prior to the
services being provided.
Financial planning and consulting services offered by the Firm range from comprehensive financial planning to consulting
on specific topics, including, but not limited to, retirement planning, education planning, estate planning, risk management,
business succession planning, and investment planning. If you receive comprehensive financial planning services through
the Firm, your Advisory Representative will work with you to prepare a written financial plan that covers a review of your
financial circumstances, financial goals and a written report of recommendations. The services to be provided with this
offering will be documented in a Financial Planning and Consulting Services Agreement.
The client remains solely responsible for determining whether or not to implement the recommendations provided by the
Advisory Representative. Investment advisory services and any recommendations with respect to specific securities are
provided under the Firm’s investment advisory program pursuant to a separate investment advisory agreement signed by
the client. Clients are not obligated to implement financial planning or consulting recommendations through the Firm.
We are not qualified to, and do not render legal, tax or accounting advice or prepare any legal documents for you unless our
Advisory Representative is duly licensed as an attorney or accountant in your state of residence. Your personal attorney
will be solely responsible for providing legal advice, legal opinions, legal determinations and legal documents. Your personal
tax adviser or accountant will be solely responsible for any tax or accounting services provided to you.
If you receive financial planning or consulting services, and pursuant to a plan or consultation, you purchase securities or
insurance products offered through us, your Advisory Representatives typically receive commissions as Registered
Representatives of Osaic Wealth or insurance agents in connection with such transactions. Thus, in these circumstances
Advisory Representatives will have a conflict of interest when providing these services because they will likely receive
additional compensation if you choose to execute transactions through them in this capacity. The Advisory Representative
and Osaic Wealth will also be additionally compensated if you choose to implement recommendations by retaining the
Advisory Representative to provide other investment advisory products or services. You are under no obligation to
purchase products or services recommended by us or our Advisory Representatives.
Certain financial planning and consulting services are not available through all Advisory Representatives. Clients should
contact their Advisory Representative for additional information on available services in the financial planning and
consulting services offering.
Seminars
Our Advisory Representatives are permitted to hold investment-related seminars and/or educational events for existing
clients, prospective clients, and the general investing public. The seminars feature general investment-related advice for
educational purposes and can include both securities and non-securities topics. No specific individualized investment
advice regarding investment objectives or investment related needs of the attendees, listeners, or audience is rendered
during seminars. However, participants are free to schedule meetings with the Advisory Representative(s) in an effort to
obtain personalized investment advice.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
The Firm offers retirement consulting services to employee benefit plans (collectively, “Plans”) and their fiduciaries. The
services are designed to assist the plan sponsor (the “Company”) in meeting its management and fiduciary obligations to
the Plan under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”). Retirement plan consulting services are provided
pursuant to a retirement plan consulting services agreement, and will consist of general or specific advice, that includes
services other than investment advisory services. The Firm also offers retirement plan consulting services to non-ERISA
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plans. Retirement plan consulting services include one or more of the following:
1. Plan Setup: Your Advisory Representative will assist you with the initial setup of a new Plan on a record-keeping
platform.
2. Plan Conversion: Your Advisory Representative will assist you with converting a Plan from an existing record-keeping
platform to a new record-keeping platform.
3. Recommend and monitor investment options: Your Advisory Representative will assist you by periodically
reviewing (at least annually) the investment options of the Plan’s investment menu and, when warranted, recommend
possible change in investment option(s).
4. Plan Performance Review: Your Advisory Representative will assist you by conducting a periodic review (at least
annually) to assist you with determining whether the terms of the Plan and the design are meeting your needs and
those of the Plan’s participants.
5. Benchmarking of the platform, fees and services: Your Advisory Representative will assist you by periodically
reviewing and benchmarking the Plan’s fees, services and investments.
6. Plan Compliance Review: Your Advisory Representative will conduct a periodic review (at least annually) of specific
Plan items as determined by the Plan and advise the Plan whether it is operating in accordance with Plan documents
and applicable provisions of ERISA as it relates to the specific items.
7. Participant Education Services: Your Advisory Representative will coordinate and/or conduct periodic investment,
enrollment and/or retirement education meetings for Plan participants as determined by the Plan.
8. Self-Directed Brokerage Account (“SDBA”) Education: Your Advisory Representative will, to the extent directed by
the Responsible Plan Fiduciary, conduct periodic employee investment education meetings with respect to
implementing trades through the SDBA.
There is opportunity for the Company to engage us to provide a review of executive benefits, for separate compensation.
We will determine with the Company in advance the scope of services to be performed and the fees for all requested
services. Prior to engaging us to provide consulting services, the Company will be required to enter into a written agreement
with us setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement, describing the scope of the services to be provided, and
the relevant fees and fee-paying arrangements. The services outlined above that we provide are explained in more detail in
the written agreement. We will also provide additional disclosures about our services and fees, where required by ERISA.
When we perform the agreed upon services, we will not be required to verify the accuracy or consistency of any information
received from the Company.
We will serve in a non-discretionary ERISA fiduciary capacity with respect to some but not all of the services that we provide
which will be further explained in the written agreement we sign with the Company. The Company is always free to seek
independent advice about the appropriateness of any recommendations made by us.
The agreement we sign with the Company includes the disclosures required of Advisory Representative under Section
408(b)(2) of ERISA, in particular, (i) the services to be provided by Advisory Representative, (ii) the extent to which
Advisory Representative is acting as a fiduciary, (iii) the compensation to be received by Advisory Representative, and the
manner of receipt of that compensation, and (iv) any fees payable on termination of the agreement. Advisory Representative
receives no indirect compensation in respect of the services provided pursuant to the agreement. We retain a portion of the
compensation described in the agreement for our services in connection with the agreement, the amount of which varies
with our arrangement with each Advisory Representative. Pursuant to the agreement, Advisory Representative neither
provides recordkeeping services nor makes available any designated investment alternative for the plan nor advises any
investment contract, fund or entity in which the plan has a direct equity investment, and no disclosures under Section
408(b)(2) are thus required to be provided in respect of those matters.
The Firm may serve as a “fiduciary” as that term is defined in Section 3(38) of ERISA, also an affiliate such as Ladenburg
Thalmann may also act as a 3(38) Investment Manager in our stead.
Our Fiduciary Acknowledgement
When the Firm and your financial professional provide “investment advice” within the meaning of Title 1 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“Retirement Laws”) to you regarding your retirement
plan account or individual retirement account (“Retirement Account(s)”), we are fiduciaries under the Retirement Laws
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with respect to such investment advice. The way we make money creates certain conflicts with your interests, so we operate
under a special rule that requires us to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. Under these
requirements, when providing certain investment recommendations, we must:
• Meet a professional standard of care (give prudent advice);
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Not put our financial interests ahead of yours;
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Avoid misleading statements about our conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
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Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best interest;
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Charge no more than what is reasonable for our services; and
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Give you basic information about our conflicts of interest.
Rollovers and Transfers from an Employer Sponsored Plan
We may provide (1) general information and education to you about the factors to consider when deciding whether to move
retirement assets to the Firm, or (2) a recommendation that you roll or transfer assets out of an employer sponsored plan
to the Firm. If we provide you with a recommendation to roll assets out of an employer plan, you understand and agree that
our analysis of the costs and services of your retirement plan, as compared to the costs and services the Firm provides,
depends on the information you provide to us (or in certain circumstances, information we obtain from third parties about
the plan (or similar types of plans)). You are responsible for updating us promptly if your investment objectives, risk
tolerance, and financial circumstances change.
Transfer of Individual Retirement Account (“IRA”) to IRA
If your financial professional makes a recommendation that you move assets from an IRA at another financial institution to
the Firm, he or she is required to consider, based on the information you provide, whether you will be giving up certain
investment-related benefits at the other financial institution, such as the effects of breakpoints or rights of accumulation
and has determined that the recommendation is in your best interest because (1) greater services and/or other benefits
(including asset consolidation and holistic advice and planning) can be achieved with the Firm IRA; and (2) the costs
associated with the Firm IRA are justified by these services and benefits.
Limitations to our Acknowledgment of Fiduciary Status
This acknowledgment of status under the Retirement Laws does not create or expand any “fiduciary” relationship, capacity
or obligations of the Firm and your financial professional under any federal or state laws, other than the Retirement Laws.
There are many communications and recommendations that are not considered to be fiduciary “investment advice” under
the Retirement Laws (which are subject to change). For additional information please refer to our Fiduciary
Acknowledgement available at osaic.com/disclosures.
Our Material Conflicts of Interest
Our material conflicts of interest are described in this brochure. Investment advisory, financial planning, or retirement
service recommendations as described above may pose a conflict between the interests of the Firm and the interests of
clients. For example, a recommendation to engage the Firm for investment advisory services or to increase the level of
investment assets with the Firm, including through rollovers or other transfers of retirement plan accounts or IRAs, would
pose a conflict, as it would increase the advisory fees paid to the Firm.
You are not obligated to implement any recommendations made by the Firm or maintain an ongoing relationship with the
Firm. If a client elects to act on any of the recommendations made by the Firm, the client is under no obligation to execute
the transaction through the Firm. Certain of our Advisory Representatives, in addition to being investment adviser
representatives of the Firm, may also be registered representatives of Osaic Wealth. We encourage you to review the Osaic
Wealth, Inc. Broker-Dealer Firm Brochure located at osaic.com/disclosures which describes the material conflicts of interest
associated with those brokerage services.
Advisory Services vs. Brokerage Services
In most cases, the total compensation that our Firm receives for providing investment advisory services is more than it
receives for providing brokerage services. Also, the advisory fees you would pay to us in an investment advisory account
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do not decrease even where the level of investment trading activity in your advisory account is low. Both our Firm and our
individual Advisory Representatives typically make more money if you choose an advisory account over a brokerage
account with the Firm. Thus, we and your Advisory Representative have a financial incentive to encourage you to select an
advisory account over a brokerage account with the Firm.
Rollovers and Account Type Changes
Regardless of the investments and services you select, the Firm will make more money if you roll over assets from a
retirement plan or IRA for which we do not provide services, to a retirement plan or IRA for which we do provide services,
whether the rollover is from (1) a plan to an IRA, (2) an IRA to an IRA, (3) a plan to another plan, or (4) an IRA to a plan (as
those terms are described above). As noted above, Advisory Representatives are typically compensated in part based on
the total advisory fee and commission revenues they generate for our Firm. Therefore, both our Firm and Advisory
Representatives have financial incentives to recommend plan and/or IRA rollovers to plans and IRAs serviced by us. You
are under no obligation, contractually or otherwise, to complete the rollover. Furthermore, if you do complete the rollover,
you are under no obligation to have the assets in an IRA managed by us.
Some of our Advisory Representatives are not licensed to provide brokerage services (i.e., through Osaic Wealth or
otherwise) at all. Thus, our Firm and such Advisory Representatives often have additional incentives to recommend that
clients roll over or transfer (or otherwise convert) brokerage accounts held at other financial institutions (which may be
IRAs, retirement plan accounts or other types of brokerage accounts) to advisory accounts with our Firm.
Other Services
In addition to the retirement plan consulting services referenced above, some clients may be allowed to maintain current
retirement plan consulting services that were previously offered. Please refer to the Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Agreement for the initial service chosen for your account.
Annuities
We, through our Advisory Representatives, provide advice on the purchase and sale of annuities and provide discretionary
or non-discretionary advisory services for asset allocations in annuity subaccounts or crediting strategies. Complete terms
and conditions with respect to each annuity will be disclosed in the annuity company’s prospectus, other offering
documents, and in the annuity contract. Please refer to the annuity’s prospectus, other offering documents, and in the
annuity contract for additional information and full details related to internal expenses and fees of the annuity.
Alternative Investments and CAIS
The Firm has contracted with CAIS Capital, LLC and Capital Integration Systems LLC (collectively “CAIS”) and has granted
Advisory Representatives access to the CAIS alternative investment platforms. CAIS and its affiliates conduct the initial and
on-going due diligence (investment and operational) on private equity and hedge fund offerings available on their platform.
The Firm relies on the due diligence provided by CAIS related to the offerings available on the platform. Only Firm-approved
alternative investments are available on the CAIS platform. Our agreement with CAIS provides for a payment to us of up to
10 basis points (.10%) on the sale amount of alternative investment products sold through the CAIS platform to our clients.
CAIS also pays a fee to attend our Firm’s conferences for our Advisory Representatives. Please note that with privately held
alternatives valuations can lag a month or more and are received from the issuers’ or offerings’ third-party administrator.
The fee billing calculation uses this data to calculate the Program Fee (as defined below in Item 5 Fees and Compensation).
Please refer to Item 5 Fees and Compensation for additional information on fee calculation.
Donor Advised Funds ( “DAF s”)
The Firm offers donor-advised-funds (“DAFs”), which are planned investment vehicles that can be sponsored by charitable
organizations. In a DAF, you can make an irrevocable gift into an account owned by a charitable organization and can
recommend distributions to charities of your choice thereafter. You have the option to request the Firm serve as the
investment adviser on the account and pay the Firm an investment advisory fee based on assets in the DAF. In such case,
the Advisory Representative has an incentive to advise a client to make a distribution directly to a DAF in lieu of a charity
and advise against distributions from the DAF to eligible charities. This activity would reduce the amount of assets managed
by the Firm and the Advisory Representative, creating a conflict of interest as these parties’ fees are based on a percentage
of such assets.
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Lending Services
Securities Backed Line of Credit (“SBLOC ”) / Non -Purpose Loans
The Firm offers you SBLOCs offered through participating third-party banks and our clearing brokers. SBLOCs are loans
whereby an investor borrows against the assets in his or her investment portfolio without having to liquidate these
securities. These loans require monthly interest-only payments, and the loan remains outstanding until it is re-paid. SBLOCs
are non-purpose loans, which means the loan proceeds can be used for purposes other than to purchase or trade securities.
An SBLOC allows you the opportunity to avoid potential capital gains taxes because you don’t have to liquidate securities
for access to funds. You might also be able to continue to receive the benefits of your holdings, like dividends, interest and
appreciation. However, as with virtually every financial product, SBLOCs have risks and downsides. For instance, if the value
of the securities you pledge as collateral decreases, you may need to come up with extra money fast, or your positions could
be liquidated.
Prior to establishing a SBLOC, you should carefully review the disclosure form provided by the Firm.
Margin Loans
The Firm can arrange for its clearing brokers/custodian for your account to loan you money against the value of certain
stocks, bonds and mutual funds that are held in your account at that clearing broker. That borrowed money is called a
margin loan and can be used to purchase additional securities. Margin loans are not available in retirement or custodial
accounts. There’s no set repayment schedule with a margin loan—monthly interest charges accrue to the account, and the
borrower has the option to repay the principal at their convenience, subject to margin calls as discussed below.
Margin loans can be profitable when securities in an account increase in value and the increase in value exceeds the interest
you pay on the margin loan. However, the magnifying effect works the other way as well. The marginable investments in
the portfolio provide the collateral for the margin loan. While the value of that collateral fluctuates according to the market,
the amount borrowed stays the same. If the value of the margined securities decline to the point where they no longer meet
the minimum equity requirements for the margin loan, there will be a margin call. When this happens, the Firm or its
clearing brokers/custodian for your account will ask that more cash or marginable securities be deposited into the account
to meet the minimum equity requirement or they may sell securities in the account as needed. Please remember:
• Margin loans increase an account’s level of market risk;
• The clearing broker/custodian for your account may initiate the sale of any security in the account without
contacting the account owner, to meet the margin call; and
• Account owners are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call.
Please refer to your margin agreement for additional details regarding your margin loan.
Osaic CapitalHub
The Firm offers a lending services platform, Osaic CapitalHub (“CapitalHub”), through a strategic relationship with
Community Capital Technology (“CCT”), a third-party technology provider that operates a digital loan marketplace.
CapitalHub is designed to provide the Firm’s Advisory Representatives with access to a network of participating lenders,
including banks, credit unions, and financial institutions, for the benefit of their clients seeking debt capital. The funding
and administration of all loans is undertaken by separate and unaffiliated financial institutions.
Through the CapitalHub platform, Advisory Representatives of the Firm refer clients to CCT, which has formed partnerships
with certain loan providers (“Partnered Lenders”) to offer loan terms based on information submitted through the platform.
All lending terms, underwriting decisions, and loan agreements are solely the responsibility of the Partnered Lender and
the Client. For its services and for making the CapitalHub platform available, the Firm is paid a referral fee based on the
amount and conditions of loans provided to clients. This fee creates a conflict of interest because the Firm has a financial
incentive to promote the use of CapitalHub to Advisory Representatives and to clients. Advisory Representatives do not
receive a portion of this referral fee.
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In some cases, Advisory Representatives of the Firm are employees of, or provide advisory services on the premises of a
Partnered Lender. Osaic maintains networking arrangements with financial institutions, like banks and credit unions, that
allow certain financial institution employees and other Advisory Representatives to offer investment advisory services on
the premises of the financial institutions. An Advisory Representative located on the premises of a Partnered Lender has a
potential conflict of interest when the Advisory Representative encourages clients to obtain a loan through their employing
institution. If your Advisory Representative is an employee of and/or provides services on the premises of a Partnered
Lender, the Partnered Lender has a financial incentive for the Advisory Representative to favor loan offers provided by such
Partnered Lender.
Clients are under no obligation to use CapitalHub or any of its services and can seek financing options independently from
other providers.
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation
Advisory Representative Managed Account Programs
We offer Advisory Representative managed account programs where no separate transaction charges apply, and a single
fee is paid for all advisory services and transactions (“Wrap Account” or “Counsel Program”). We also offer Advisory
Representative managed account programs with separate advisory fees and transaction charges (“Non-Wrap” or “Ally
Program”). As such, in addition to the quarterly account fee described below for advisory services, you will also pay separate
per-trade transaction charges.
You will pay a monthly or quarterly account fee, in advance or arrears, based upon the market value of the assets held in
your account as of the last business day of the preceding calendar quarter or on the average daily value of your account of
the preceding quarter. Your account fees are negotiable and will be debited from your account by the custodian. If you
terminate your participation in this program, you will be entitled to a pro-rata refund of any prepaid quarterly fees based
upon the number of days remaining in the quarter after the date upon which the notice of termination is received.
Each of our Advisory Representatives negotiates his or her own account fee schedule.
Mutual funds and ETFs invested in the account have their own internal fees which are separate and distinct from the
program account fees (for more information on these fees, see the applicable fund prospectus).
OAS may “household” for fee calculation purposes only, multiple accounts together within the Agreement at your request.
This practice is designed to allow you the benefit of an increased asset total, which could potentially cause the account to
be assessed a reduced advisory fee based on the household asset-based fee schedule. OAS treats Accounts under
management as part of the same household if client resides at the same address, has the same last name, has the same Social
Security Number or per client request and execution of the Household Billing Addendum to the applicable Investment
Advisory Agreement. Accounts opened at a later date may be added for householding purposes. You understand that they
are responsible for notifying Adviser of which Account(s) you would like to household under this agreement for fee billing
purposes.
Ally Account
The Ally Account has no minimum account size and advisory fees are negotiable. Advisory fees are billed monthly or
quarterly and you have the option of choosing the billing methodology (flat, linear, or tiered); these elections are made on
your advisory agreement. Advisory fees are negotiable, but the maximum annual fee allowed, regardless of account size, is
2.50%.
A flat fee rate is a flat fee percentage applied to all billable assets. When a linear fee rate is selected, the entire household,
portfolio or account value is charged at the rate that corresponds to the asset value range in which billable asset values fall.
In a tiered fee rate schedule, the household, portfolio or account value is charged the corresponding fee percentage within
each range. Please review the applicable client agreement for the availability of each option.
The rates are subject to negotiation between the Advisory Representative and each client. The fee is negotiable based on a
variety of factors, such as size and type of account, complexity, range of services utilized, etc.
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In addition to the advisory fee, accounts are assessed transaction charges by the chosen custodian. These transaction
charges may be higher or lower than transaction charges or commissions clients may pay at other broker-dealers.
Transactions may be subject to additional fees charged by the custodian. The chosen custodian will provide full disclosure
with respect to its services and related costs.
Counsel Account
The Counsel Wrap Account has no minimum account size and advisory fees are negotiable. Advisory fees are billed monthly
or quarterly and you have the option of choosing the billing methodology (flat, linear, or tiered); these elections are made
on your advisory agreement. Advisory fees are negotiable, but the maximum annual fee allowed, regardless of account size,
is 2.50%.
A flat fee rate is a flat fee percentage applied to all billable assets. When a linear fee rate is selected, the entire household,
portfolio or account value is charged at the rate that corresponds to the asset value range in which billable asset values fall.
In a tiered fee rate schedule, the household, portfolio or account value is charged the corresponding fee percentage within
each range. Please review the applicable client agreement for the availability of each option.
The rates are subject to negotiation between the Advisory Representative and each client. The Wrap Fee is negotiable based
on a variety of factors, such as size and type of account, complexity, range of services utilized, etc.
The Counsel Account is a Wrap program under which you pay a single fee that covers the Advisory Representative’s advice
and the execution of transactions through the custodian. You should understand that the wrap fee may cost the client more
than purchasing the program services separately.
For further Counsel Program details, please see the Counsel Program Brochure. We provide this brochure to you prior to
or concurrent with your enrollment in the Counsel Program. Please read it thoroughly before investing.
Third -Party Consulting Services: Partner
The Firm offers you access to multiple third-party managers. Some of these third-party management programs are provided
under “wrap fee” arrangements, in which you pay a single fee for advisory and execution services as described above. Some
are provided under “non-wrap fee” arrangements where, in addition to the account fee for advisory services, you will also
pay separate per-trade transaction charges The fees that you pay in connection with the third-party programs are set forth
in the program agreement that you sign. The Partner account may have minimums imposed by Investment Managers
(“Managers”) participating in the program. The Firm either receives a portion of the fee collected by the third-party program
sponsor or it charges a separate fee for its consulting services. The fee is charged and paid as described in the applicable
agreement and program brochure. The Advisory Representative on the account receives all, or substantially all, of the fee
received by the Firm.
The Firm may “household” for fee calculation purposes only, multiple accounts together within the Agreement at your
request. This practice is designed to allow you the benefit of an increased asset total, which could potentially cause the
account to be assessed a reduced advisory fee based on the household asset-based fee schedule. The Firm treats Accounts
under management as part of the same household if client resides at the same address, has the same last name, has the
same Social Security Number or per client request and execution of the Household Billing Addendum to the applicable
Investment Advisory Agreement. Accounts opened at a later date may be added for householding purposes. You understand
that they are responsible for notifying Adviser of which Account(s) you would like to household under this agreement for
fee billing purposes.
For further Partner Program details, please see the Partner Program Brochure. We provide this brochure to you prior to or
concurrent with your enrollment in the Partner Program. Please read it thoroughly before investing.
Plan Participant Retirement Program
Under the Plan Participant Retirement Program, you pay management fees to the Firm and your Advisory Representative
pursuant to the provisions of a client fee schedule, with a maximum 3% annual fee charged. Fees are paid as either a fixed
percentage fee on the total assets in your account or a tiered fee schedule where the percentage-based fee is lowered as
assets in your accounts increase. The exact fee charged, or fee schedule used is disclosed prior to services being provided.
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Fees are negotiated based on the complexity of your financial situation, the investment services to be provided, the
experience and standard fees charged by your Advisory Representative and the nature and total dollar value of the Plan
Assets maintained in your account. The management fee covers only the investment management services provided by us
and does not include brokerage commissions or other costs associated with the purchase and sale of securities, custodial
fees, interest, taxes or other account expenses.
Third -Party Advisory Services
Compensation in connection with Third-Party Advisory Services generally consists of six elements: i) management fees paid
to Third-Party Money Managers; ii) management fees paid to us as outlined in the client agreement that you sign with us
iii) transaction costs – if applicable – which are charged when purchasing and selling such securities; iv) custody fees; v)
revenue sharing paid to the Firm and vi) fees paid to us for administrative and/or supervisory services. Your account will
be held with the Third-Party Advisory Services custodian where your fees will be assessed and deducted.
Similar investment strategies offered through Third-Party Advisory Services can be offered by more than one provider,
including other TPMMs, as well as through other advisory programs offered through the Firm and its affiliates. You should
be aware that lower fees for comparable services may be available from other sources.
The account fees paid by you include portions paid to your Advisory Representative (“Advisory Fees”), as well as to the
Firm, the custodian, and the Third-Party Money Managers selected (“Program Fees”). Mutual funds, exchange traded funds
and other pooled investment vehicles invested in the account also have their own internal fees (“internal fund expenses”)
which are separate and distinct from the program account fees (for more information on these fees, see the applicable fund
prospectus). Since fees billed to your account for Third-Party Advisory Services are typically comprised of both Program
Fees and Advisory Fees, Advisory Representatives may have an incentive to select Third-Party Advisory Services with lower
platform Program Fees in order to manage the overall fee charged to you. You and your Advisory Representative should
consider the overall fees and expenses, including internal fund expenses, when selecting managers and other portfolio
investments.
For further details, please see the applicable Third-Party Money Manager’s disclosure brochures, investment advisory
contracts and account opening documents.
Each of our Advisory Representatives negotiates his or her own management fee schedule; however, management fees
charged by the Third-Party Advisory Service in connection with their services are not negotiable.
The Firm maintains certain revenue sharing arrangements with certain Third-Party Advisory Services and product
sponsors (please refer to Item 14, Other Compensation).
Financial Planning and Consulting Service s
Financial planning and consulting services are charged either on an hourly fee, fixed fee, or a combination thereof, subject
to the limits described below and as agreed upon between you and your Advisory Representative. Fees are negotiable and
will vary depending upon the complexity of your situation, the scope of services to be provided and the time and expertise
required. The exact fees to be charged for the financial plan or consultation will be specifically listed, by the Advisory
Representative, in the financial planning or consulting agreement, which is presented to you before the financial
planning/consulting process begins. Advisory Representatives can, in their sole discretion and as agreed from time to time
with clients, provide financial planning or financial consulting services to clients in connection with other advisory services
the client receives at no additional cost. Advisory Representatives may also require clients to enter into a separate
agreement with an agreed upon fee for financial planning or financial consulting services.
• Fixed or flat fees for financial planning and consulting services generally range up to $25,000 but can exceed this
amount for certain high net worth individuals (defined by the Firm as those with a net worth over $10 million) and
based on the nature and complexity of the services to be provided. The fixed fee can be paid up front, in full or through
periodic installments as specified in your agreement.
• Hourly fees will generally range from $0 - $750 per hour, not exceeding $25,000, in total fees depending on the nature
and complexity of your circumstances. Hourly fees for the financial planning or consulting services will be billed to
you after the services are performed and are due upon receipt of the bill.
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In some cases, consistent with the Firm’s policies, financial planning and consulting fees will exceed the above stated
maximums. This can occur for engagements involving high net worth individuals requiring extensive or complex planning
or analysis or when otherwise warranted due to the nature and complexity of the services requested. Any such exception
will be discussed with you in advance and reflected in your written agreement.
Clients have the option to pay financial planning and consulting fees by check, ACH, credit/debit card payable to the Firm
or by debit from certain non-qualified accounts designated by the client as an authorized account owner. Billing frequency
will occur on an annual, semi-annual, quarterly, or monthly basis as reflected in your written agreement.
Seminars
Financial Planning Seminars are provided at either no cost or for a fee charged to participants or to a sponsoring entity,
such as an employer of seminar attendees. If fees are charged to participants, all fees and payment provisions are fully
disclosed prior to the seminar being presented.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
Each of our Advisory Representatives will determine whether to bill the Company for Retirement Plan Consulting Services
at a pre-determined hourly rate, a fixed fee, basis points based upon a percentage of Plan assets, or a combination thereof.
Fees will be billed quarterly in advance or in arrears. In special circumstances other fee-paying arrangements can be
negotiated. The terms referenced above will be disclosed in the client agreement we sign with the Company.
The client agreement may be terminated by us or the Company at any time upon 30 days’ prior written notice. Upon
termination, we will deliver a final billing statement for unbilled work performed prior to termination, and the Company
will have a period of 30 days within which to deliver payment. If we bill the Company in advance, our fee will be credited
back to the Company on a pro-rata basis for the unused portion of the billing period. When we calculate the credit, we will
subtract any unbilled work we performed for the Company prior to termination.
Each of our Advisory Representatives negotiates their own fee schedule based on the fee schedules outlined below:
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Fixed Fee: Based on the scope of services agreed upon in engagement, reasonable in light of geographical location,
complexity of engagement, size of Plan, and other relevant factors.
Range: $1,000 - $100,000
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Hourly Fee: Based on estimate of hours needed as provided in engagement (Company must approve in writing hours
above original engagement); reasonable in light of geographical location, complexity of engagement, size of Plan, and
other relevant factors.
Range: $50 - $300 per hour
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Basis Points: Based on specific asset levels in a Plan at dates provided in the engagement, fees can range up to 125
basis points (1.25%).
You should refer to your Retirement Plan Consulting Services agreement for more detailed information about advisory fees.
Other Charges and Fees Paid by Clients
Transaction charges have been established to compensate the custodian for its services and reimburse them for expenses
in executing transactions in the accounts. The transaction charges are negotiated with our custodians and may be higher
than transaction charges or commissions that you might pay if the transactions were executed at another broker-dealer.
The Firm does not receive a portion of the transaction fees paid by you. Although transaction charges may be identified as
“commissions” on trade confirmations, the Advisory Representative does not receive any portion of these charges.
However, in certain wrap fee programs, the Firm has entered into Asset Based Pricing (ABP) arrangements with the
custodians Schwab and Fidelity. For wrap accounts only, the custodians apply ABP to holdings in certain transaction fee
carrying securities. Other assets, such as cash equivalents, that do not carry a transaction charge do not experience the ABP
charge. In wrap accounts, the Firm charges a wrap fee based on all the assets in the account. This practice helps mitigate
the conflicts of interest at the time of investment selection, but the firm has a conflict of interest because there is an incentive
for the Advisory Representative to use securities or assets on which the custodians do not apply ABP expenses and thereby
creating a positive revenue to the firm. To address this conflict, the Firm has policies and procedures in place to monitor
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whether any program in which client investments or any security (or other investment services through the Firm) is
suitable for the client. An arrangement with asset-based fees typically assumes a normal amount of trading activity and
under particular circumstances. Prolonged periods of account inactivity result in higher cost than if transaction charges
were paid separately by you for each transaction. In negotiating asset-based fees and transaction charges, Advisory
Representatives will discuss with you the impact of the size of their account and the likely turnover of the account based on
the proposed strategy for their account.
Most Firm Advisory Representatives are also registered broker-dealer representatives of an affiliate, Osaic Wealth. As
registered representatives of Osaic Wealth, Osaic Wealth shares a portion of payments received from a mutual fund or in
connection with an initial public offering, a secondary offering, and/or a private placement with these Advisory
Representatives only when acting as broker-dealer registered representatives. When acting in these separate capacities,
these Advisory Representatives also receive compensation, such as 12(b)-1 or services fees, in connection with the sale of
funds. Therefore, the Advisory Representative has an incentive to recommend implementing recommendations made
through Osaic Wealth. This conflict of interest is heightened when the Advisory Representative recommends securities
where Osaic Wealth is a member of the selling syndicate because the Advisory Representative typically receives more
compensation in connection with these securities than in connection with other types of securities. You have the option to
purchase investment products that the Firm recommends through other investment advisers, brokers or agents that are
not affiliated with the Firm or Osaic Wealth. In addition, the Firm has policies and procedures in place to monitor whether
any program in which your investments or any security (or other investment services through the Firm) is suitable for you.
Similarly, if you decide to implement a portion of the recommendations through a brokerage account at Osaic Wealth, you
will pay commissions to Osaic Wealth for the brokerage account and separately, fees to OAS for the advisory account. The
fee that you pay to the Firm will not be reduced if fees are paid to Osaic Wealth, or its affiliates, for other services.
In addition to the Program Fee, each mutual fund or ETF in which you may invest also bears its own investment advisory
fees and other expenses. The mutual funds available through our programs may be available directly from the funds
pursuant to the terms of their prospectuses and without paying the Program fee. Exchange-traded funds are also available
outside of our Programs without paying the Program fee, subject to applicable commissions and/or transaction charges.
Further, to the extent that cash used for investment comes from redemptions of a client’s mutual fund or other investments
outside of the Program, there may be tax consequences or additional cost from sales charges previously paid and
redemption fees incurred. Such redemption fees would be in addition to the Program fee on those assets. Additional
expenses associated with the specific underlying investment funds such as, redemption fees may apply. Certain mutual
funds used in the Program may charge a redemption fee if shares are redeemed within a specified period of time. You may
incur redemption fees in the event that a sell is executed or model update is implemented. Redemption fees vary by fund
and are described in each fund’s prospectus.
The advisory fees and transaction charges do not cover charges imposed by third parties for investments held in the
account, such as contingent deferred sales charges or 12(b)-1 trails on mutual funds and variable annuity contracts. In
addition, each mutual fund or third-party money manager charges asset management fees, which are in addition to the
advisory fees charged by our firm. Accounts may require a minimum advisory fee or quarterly maintenance fee that will be
detailed in the applicable advisory agreement. Please see the section titled Brokerage Practices for additional information.
Variable annuity companies generally impose internal fees and expenses on your variable annuity investment, including
contingent deferred sales charges and early redemption fees. In addition, variable annuity companies generally impose
mortality charges. These fees are in addition to the fees and expenses referenced above. Complete details of such internal
expenses are specified and disclosed in each variable annuity company’s prospectus. Please review the Variable Annuity
prospectus for full details.
The Management Fee also does not cover debit balances or related margin interest, “mark-ups” and “mark-downs” or
“dealer spreads” that broker-dealers (including broker dealer affiliates) receive when acting as principal in certain
transactions, brokerage commission or other charges resulting from transactions not effected through the custodian. The
Management Fee also does not cover costs associated with exchanging foreign currencies, odd-lot differentials, IRA fees,
transfer taxes, exchange fees, wire transfer fees, extensions, non-sufficient funds, mailgrams, legal transfers, bank wire
charges, postage fees or SEC fees or other fees or taxes required by law.
You should also consider the transactions costs and/or tax consequences that might result from rebalancing. Frequent
rebalancing may incur additional costs and/or tax consequences versus less rebalancing. Rebalancing involves restoring a
client’s original asset allocation by shifting funds among investment categories to regain ratios that may have been decided
initially upon designing a client’s portfolio or decided during the course of their relationship with the Firm.
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Advisory Representatives may trade on margin for your accounts, which could result in a high portfolio turnover ratio and
higher transaction charges in accounts with such charges. Additionally, the use of margin will also result in interest charges
as well as all other fees and expenses associated with the security or account involved. Generally, Advisory fees for Advisory
Representative managed accounts with margin are billed on the net equity of the account, which is the value of cash and
securities minus the amount of margin debt.
Mutual Fund Share Class Selection
Mutual funds generally offer multiple share classes available for investment based upon certain eligibility and/or purchase
requirements. For instance, in addition to the more commonly offered retail mutual fund share classes (typically, Class A, B
and C shares), some mutual funds also offer institutional or advisor share classes and other share classes that are specifically
designed for purchase in an account enrolled in fee-based investment advisory programs. Institutional share classes or
classes of shares designed for purchase in an investment advisory program usually, but not always, have a lower expense
ratio than other share classes. An investor who holds a more expensive share class of a fund will pay higher fees over time
– and earn lower investment returns – than an investor who holds a less expensive share class of the same fund. Not all
mutual funds and share classes offered to the investing public are available through our advisory programs for which a
client might otherwise be eligible to purchase.
Certain mutual fund share classes are available for purchase or sale without a transaction fee; these mutual funds are
typically available in the higher cost share class. Mutual Fund share classes which have a transaction fee are typically
available in the lower cost share classes. The decision to use the higher cost share classes versus the lower cost share
classes is based on the anticipated level of trading activity in the selected mutual fund. Generally, prolonged holding periods
of the higher cost share classes result in higher underlying expenses to the client than if a lower cost share class were chosen
with a transaction fee. In discussing with clients which share class is appropriate, our Advisory Representatives will
typically discuss the size of the investment in the mutual fund, anticipated number of transactions in the mutual fund, the
preference of paying a transaction fee and the likely turnover of the assets in the account based on the proposed strategy
for the account. Please contact your Advisory Representative for more information about share class eligibility.
Wrap Accounts
Advisory programs with wrap account pricing, the fee for transactions executed in your account are included in your
account fee. As a result, in some cases the fees charged in a wrap account will be higher than that of a non-wrap account
with separate advisory fees and transaction charges. Please consider that depending upon the level of the wrap fee charges,
the amount of portfolio activity in the account, the value of services that are provided under the investment program, and
other factors, the wrap fee may or may not exceed the aggregate cost of services if they were to be provided separately.
Generally, wrap programs are relatively less expensive for actively traded accounts. However, the fees in a wrap account
will be higher overall cost to a client than in a non-wrap, if the wrap account has low trading activity. The Firm has policies
and procedures to monitor and reduce the risk of this occurring.
Options for Assets Invested in Retirement Plan Account
If you have an employer-sponsored retirement plan, you may have several choices as to what to do with your assets when
you retire or change jobs. Generally, you might choose one of the following options:
1. Keep your assets in the employer’s plan (if allowed)
2. Rollover your assets into an individual retirement account, commonly referred to as an IRA
3. Rollover your assets to another employer-sponsored plan
4. Take a distribution in cash from the plan
Your Advisory Representative has a financial incentive to recommend an IRA rollover because of the compensation he or
she will receive when you transfer funds to an account on which the Advisory Representative will receive a fee from an
employer-sponsored retirement plan or from another IRA. This conflict also pertains to situations where you are a
participant in a plan where your Advisory Representative is a fiduciary. You should carefully discuss and weigh the
advantages and disadvantages of each option with your Advisory Representative before making your decision.
You should speak to your Advisory Representative to address any questions that a client or prospective client may have
regarding its prospective engagement and the corresponding conflict of interest presented by such engagement.
For additional information please refer to our Fiduciary Acknowledgement available at osaic.com/disclosures.
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Annuities
Generally, for billing purposes, annuities held as part of any of the Advisor Managed Portfolios will be linked to an advisory
account or another account you hold with the Firm from which advisory fees relating to the annuity will be debited. In
certain cases, the annuity company will offer direct billing, where the advisory fees will be debited directly from the annuity
contract. For further information on advisory billing on annuities, please contact your Advisory Representative.
Item 6 - Performance -Based Fees and Side -
By -Side Management
Neither the Firm nor our Advisory Representatives accept performance-based fees (i.e. fees based on a share of capital gains
or capital appreciation of the assets of a client). Nor does the Firm engage in side-by-side management (i.e. managing
accounts that are charged performance-based fees while at the same time managing accounts that are not charged
performance-based fees).
Item 7 - Types of Clients
Our Advisory Representatives provide investment advisory services to:
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Individuals (including high net worth individuals)
Banking or thrift institutions
Pension and profit-sharing plans
Trusts
Estates or charitable organizations
Corporations
State and municipal governmental entities
Other business entities
The Firm generally does not impose any requirements for opening or maintaining an account, such as a minimum account
size. We will charge a minimum service fee which is the greater of $30 or up to 15 basis points (.15%) annually assessed to
the advisor per account. However, certain third-party programs and/or portfolio managers have minimum account size
requirements, as set forth in the applicable disclosure brochure.
- Methods of Analysis, Investment
Item 8
Strategies and Risk of Loss
Advisory Representatives rely on various types of tools and methods to assist in recommending or selecting investment
strategies to you. As noted in Item 4, your Advisory Representative formulates an investment strategy based on discussions
with you regarding, among other things, your personal investment objectives and goals, time horizon, risk tolerance,
account restrictions, needs, personal circumstances and overall financial situation. Based on those discussions, a portfolio
of investments is constructed for you.
Investment returns are highly dependent on the value of underlying securities which are impacted by trends in the various
investment markets. All investments carry a certain degree of risk and no one particular security, investment product,
investment style or portfolio manager are suitable for all types of investors. Since the Firm and its Advisory Representatives
recommend and offer a broad spectrum of investment products, programs and strategies, the methods of analysis and
investment strategies recommended will vary based upon the Advisory Representative making the assessment and
providing the advice. Under the Third-Party Advisory Services Program, each TPMM has its own methods of analysis,
investment strategies and unique investment risks that should also be reviewed and considered.
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Methods of Analysis
The Firm does not require our Advisory Representatives to implement a particular investment strategy or method of
analysis which will vary based upon the individual Advisory Representative making the assessment and providing the
advice. Some of the more common methods of analysis that are used are Fundamental and Technical analysis. Fundamental
analysis is security analysis grounded in basic factors such as the financial condition and management of a company as well
as overall economic and industry conditions which are used to predict the future value of an investment. The resulting data
is used to measure the true value of the company’s stock compared to the current market value. Technical analysis is the
practice of using statistics to determine trends in security prices and make or recommend investment decisions based on
those trends. Technical analysis involves using chart patterns, momentum, volume, recurring price patterns, trends based
upon business cycles and relative strength in an effort to identify patterns that suggest future activity.
Your Advisory Representative has access to third-party vendors that provide programs or software to analyze individual
securities. We also offer your advisor access to third-party vendors that provide support services in portfolio design and
strategy implementation. One of our affiliates, LTCO, provides research designed to help clients capitalize on inefficiencies
in the market. Their institutional quality research provides their partners with value-added insights that enables their
decision-making processes, informs their strategies and allows them to address critical market issues. Your Advisory
Representative can use the services of LTCO in addition to other third-party services made available. Refer to Item 10, Other
Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations, for more information about our affiliates.
Your Advisory Representative or a Third-Party Money Manager can engage in a tactical strategy involving active trading.
Tactical strategies can be risky, and your portfolio can be more volatile with shorter term fluctuations from more frequent
trading. This type of strategy may not be appropriate for clients with a low risk tolerance. You should be prepared for higher
volatility and may lose funds when you invest in securities. Active trading can result in tax consequences due to shorter-
term purchases and sales. Consult your tax professional for advice. Clients should review a Third-Party Money Manager’s
disclosure brochure before investing.
Associated Risks
Fundamental Analysis generally relies on, among other things, company earnings, balance sheet variables and management
quality which are used to predict the future value of an investment. Data reviewed is generally considered reliable but
cannot be guaranteed nor verified for its accuracy. In addition, the data reviewed is sometimes subjective in nature and
open to interpretation. Even if the data and interpretation of the data is correct, there can be other factors that determine
the value of securities other than those considered in Fundamental Analysis.
Technical Analysis is based on statistics to determine trends in security prices and to make investment decisions based on
those trends. This analysis is used to predict how an investment will perform short- term. In addition, this analysis does not
take into account, the more fundamental properties of what an investment may be worth such as company performance
and balance sheet variables which play a part in determining the value of an investment.
When pursuing strategic long-term investing strategies, the general assumption is that the financial markets will go up in
the long-term, which cannot be assured. There is also the risk that the segment of the market that you are invested in or
perhaps just your particular investment will go down over time even if the overall financial markets advance.
In addition, purchasing investments long-term creates an opportunity cost, “locking-up” assets that may be better utilized
in the short-term in other investments.
1. General Investment Risks
In addition to the personal risk considerations discussed above, the Firm believes it is important for you to understand the
risks associated with each recommendation and investment type available. The following is a summary of some of the
general risks associated with investing. Please note that this list is not all inclusive, and is provided as an indication of some
of the factors that can impact the value of your investments.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Recent technological advances in artificial intelligence, generative artificial intelligence, and machine learning technology
(collectively, “Machine Learning Technology”) may pose risks to the Firm and its Advisory Representatives. The Firm and
its Advisory Representatives could be further exposed to the risks of Machine Learning Technology if third-party service
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providers or any counterparties, whether or not known to the Firm and its Advisory Representatives, also use Machine
Learning Technology in their business activities. The Firm and its Advisory Representatives will not be in a position to
control the operations of third-party service providers or counterparties, the manner in which third-party products are
developed or maintained or the manner in which third-party services are provided. Machine Learning Technology is
generally highly reliant on the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, and it is not possible or practicable to
incorporate all relevant data into the model that Machine Learning Technology utilizes to operate. Certain data in such
models will inevitably contain a degree of inaccuracy and error, potentially materially so, and could otherwise be
inadequate or flawed, which would be likely to degrade the effectiveness of Machine Learning Technology. To the extent
that the Firm and its Advisory Representatives are exposed to the risks of Machine Learning Technology, any such
inaccuracies or errors could have adverse impacts on the Firm and its Advisory Representatives, as applicable. Machine
Learning Technology and its applications, including in the financial services sector, continue to develop rapidly, and it is
impossible to predict the future risks that will from time to time arise from such developments.
Business Risk
This is the risk that the strength of the company you are buying a piece of ownership in (stock for example) or are loaning
money to (a bond, for example) affects your potential returns. Your returns from the stock purchase or bond purchase are
influenced by factors like the company going out of business, or going into bankruptcy, or having a viable and strong revenue
stream from the products or services it sells that are not over-shadowed by expenses. If a company goes bankrupt and its
assets are liquidated, common stockholders are the last in line to share in the proceeds.
Call Risk
This is the risk that your bond or other fixed-income investment will be called or purchased back from you when conditions
are favorable to the product issuer and unfavorable to you.
Concentration Risk
This is the risk of loss because your money is concentrated in one investment or type of investment. When you diversify
your investments, you spread the risk over different types of investments, industries and geographic locations.
Credit Risk
This is the risk that the government entity or company that issued the investment will run into financial difficulties and
won’t be able to pay the interest or repay the principal at maturity. Credit risk applies to debt investments such as bonds.
You can evaluate credit risk by looking at the credit rating of the bond or the issuer. For example, long-term U.S. government
bonds currently have a credit rating of AAA, which indicates the lowest possible credit risk.
Currency Risk
This is the risk of losing money because of a movement in the exchange rate. For example, if the U.S. dollar becomes less
valuable relative to the Canadian dollar, your U.S. stocks will be worth less in Canadian dollars. This applies when you own
foreign investments.
Cybersecurity Risk
The Firm’s information and technology systems may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from computer viruses,
network failures, computer and telecommunication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches,
usage errors by its professionals, power outages and catastrophic events such as fires, tornados, floods, hurricanes and
earthquakes. Although the Firm has implemented various measures to protect the confidentiality of its internal data and to
manage risks relating to these types of events, if these systems are compromised, become inoperable for extended periods
of time or cease to function properly, the Firm will likely have to make a significant investment to fix or replace them. The
failure of these systems and/or of disaster recovery plans for any reason could cause significant interruptions in the Firm’s
operations and result in a failure to maintain the security, confidentiality or privacy of sensitive data, including personal
information relating to clients. Such a failure could harm the Firm’s reputation or subject it or its affiliates to legal claims
and otherwise affect their business and financial performance. The Firm will seek to notify affected clients of any known
cybersecurity incident that will likely pose substantial risk of exposing confidential personal data about such clients to
unintended parties.
Default Risk
This is the risk that a bond or other fixed-income investment issuer is unable to pay the contractual interest or principal on
the product in a timely manner or at all.
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Risk of Environmental, Social and Governance Investing (“ESG”), Socially Responsible Investing
(SRI) and Other Forms of S ustainable, Responsible, Impact and Religion -based Investing
The risk that another party disagrees on differences in interpretations of what it means for a company to be an
environmental and/or social impact investment. There are significant differences in interpretations of what it means for a
company to be an environmental and/or social impact investment. There is a risk that issuers self-label an issuance Green
(or Social, Sustainable, or any other type of impact-related adjective) without adhering to the Green Bond Principles, Social
Bond Principles, Sustainability Bond Guidelines, or other commonly followed market guidance. There exists no binding
third-party authority to certify all Green, Social, Sustainable, or other labeled issuance at this time. There is a similar risk
when a third-party money manager or a portfolio manager labels their strategy as ESG, SRI or based on religious principles.
ESG and SRI Government Funding/Subsidy Risk
The risk that the success of certain environmental and social impact investments depends on government funding, tax
credits, or other public or private sector subsidies, which are not guaranteed over the life of the investment.
ESG/ SRI/ Impact Investment Return Risk
The risk that environmental and/or social impact investments do not provide as favorable returns or protection of capital
as other investments or are more concentrated in certain sectors than investments that do not have the intention of
generating measurable social and environmental impact. This could cause ESG securities to generate lower returns than
non-ESG securities.
Selection Return Risk
ESG /SRI /Impact Investment
The risk that there are lower financial returns as a result of taking into account the potential environmental and/or social
impact when making decisions regarding the selection, management and disposal of investments, which means that a
portfolio containing only such securities will generate lower returns than a portfolio of securities selected without regard
to ESG/SRI/Impact investing criteria.
Financial Risk
This is the risk that the companies you invest in will perform poorly, which affect the price of your investment. You can’t
eliminate financial risk; however, you may be able to minimize the impact through diversification.
Foreign Investment Risk
This is the risk of loss when investing in foreign countries. When you buy foreign investments, such as shares of companies
in emerging markets, you face risks that do not exist in the United States (for example, the risk of nationalization).
Horizon Risk
This is the risk that your investment time horizon may be shortened due to a foreseen or unforeseen event, thus requiring
you to sell the investment(s) that you were expecting to hold for a longer term. If you must sell at a time when the markets
are down, you may lose money.
Hypothetical Performance and Projected Returns Risk
The risk arising from reliance in making an investment decision on performance of a portfolio not necessarily achieved by
any particular investor. Projected returns are hypothetical, do not reflect actual investment results, and are not guarantees
of future results. Such projected performance is subject to a number of limitations and assumptions designed to determine
the probability or likelihood of a particular investment outcome based on a range of possible outcomes. It is possible that
any of those assumptions will prove not to be accurate. In addition, performance of a model portfolio, other portfolios, or a
client’s advisory account may differ materially from investment gains and avoidance of investment losses projected,
described, or otherwise referenced in forward-looking statements and the projected returns associated with any portfolio
may not materialize.
Inflation Risk
Inflation risk, also called purchasing power risk, is the chance that the cash generated by an investment today won’t be
worth as much in the future. Changes in purchasing power due to inflation may cause inflation risk. There are investments
that help minimize inflation risk.
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Interest Rate Risk
This is a risk that can affect the value of bonds or other fixed-income investments you may purchase. When interest rates
rise, the market value of bonds fall. When interest rates fall, the market value of bonds rise.
Liquidity Risk
This is the risk that an investor would not be able to sell or redeem an investment quickly or would not be able to sell or
redeem an investment quickly without significantly affecting the price. Liquidity risk is heightened when markets are
distressed. Generally, alternative investments have higher liquidity risk than equities, fixed income securities or mutual
funds or ETFs. You may be able to minimize this risk by diversifying. A good option is index investing where risk is
diversified over the various stocks held in a portfolio tracking a particular index. You can’t invest directly in an index.
Manager Risk
This is the risk that an investment manager will fail to execute its stated investment strategy.
Market Risk
This is the risk that the stock market will decline, decreasing the value of the securities owned. Stock market bubbles and
crashes are good examples of heightened market risk. You can’t eliminate market risk; however, you may be able to
minimize the impact through diversification.
Margin Risk
Margin trading involves interest charges and risks, including the potential to lose more than deposited or the need to deposit
additional collateral in a falling market. A margin transaction occurs when an investor uses borrowed assets by using other
securities as collateral to purchase financial instruments. The effect of purchasing a security using margin is to magnify any
gains or losses sustained by the purchase of the financial instruments on margin. To the extent that a client authorizes the
use of margin, and margin is thereafter employed by the Firm in the management of a client’s investment portfolio, the
market value of the client’s account and corresponding fee payable by the client to the Firm will generally be increased,
unless accounts hold options, in which case the fee may be decreased under certain market conditions. As a result, in
addition to understanding and assuming the additional principal risk associated with the use of margin, clients authorizing
margin are advised of the potential conflict of interest whereby the client’s decision to employ margin will correspondingly
increase the advisory fee payable to the Firm.
Non -Diversification Risk
If a strategy is “non-diversified,” its investments are not required to meet certain diversification requirements under federal
law. A “non-diversified” strategy is permitted to invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer
than a diversified strategy. Thus, the strategy may have fewer holdings than other strategies. As a result, a decline in the
value of those investments would cause the strategy’s overall value to decline to a greater degree than if the strategy held
a more diversified portfolio.
Political and Government Risk
This is the risk that the value of your investment will be affected by the introduction of new laws or regulations.
Regulatory Risk
This is the risk that changes in law and regulations from any government can change the value of a given company and its
accompanying securities. Certain industries are susceptible to government regulation. Changes in zoning, tax structure or
laws impact the return on these investments.
Reinvestment Risk
This is the risk of loss from reinvesting principal or income at a lower interest rate.
2. Specific Investment Risks
The Firm and your Advisory Representative offer various types of investments. The different types of investments we offer
and their potential risks are described below.
Stock – A stock, also known as “shares” or” equity,” implies owning a proportionate amount of a company that issued the
stock. It entitles the stockholder (you) to that proportion of the company’s assets and earnings.
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Major risks: Business, Concentration, Currency, Financial, Foreign Investment, Inflation, Market, Political and
Governmental
Bonds – This is a fixed income investment that represents a loan by you (the investor) to a borrower (typically a company,
government/municipality, or governmental agency).
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Major risks: Business, Call, Credit, Default, Financial, Inflation, Interest Rate, Liquidity, Reinvestment
Options – This is the risk of the option holder losing the entire amount paid for the option in a relatively short period of
time, reflecting the nature of the option as a wasting asset becoming worthless when it expires. If you don’t sell an option
in the secondary market or exercise it prior to expiration, you will lose your entire investment in the option.
• Major risks: Counterparty, Liquidity, Manager and Market
FLEX Options – These are options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC). The
options target the over-the-counter (OTC) market of index options and provide customers with more flexibility, allowing
users to specify key contract terms, including exercise prices, exercise styles, and expiration dates. FLEX options may be
less liquid than standardized options. A significant difference between FLEX options and traditional options is that FLEX
options do not have a continuous quote stream. Therefore, the generation of a quote for FLEX options occurs only when a
request for quote is made.
• Major risks: Counterparty, Liquidity, Manager and Market
Notes (Including Structured Notes) – This is a fixed-income investment where you (the investor) purchase a secured debt
(or other assets) and become the lender, after which you receive payments (principal and interest) over a specific period
(usually a shorter time period than a bond) from the borrower.
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Principal Protected Note (PPN) – This is a fixed-income security that guarantees a minimum return equal to
the investor’s initial investment (the principal amount), regardless of the performance of the underlying assets.
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Non-Principal Protected Note (NPPN) – This is a fixed-income security that does not guarantee a minimum
return equal to the investor’s initial investment (the principal amount), because it allows clients to customize
the date of return to suit their investment needs. NPPNs can be linked to a variety of underlying investments
including indices, single stocks, portfolios of shares, industry sectors, commodities and currencies.
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Structured Notes – These are complex instruments consisting of a bond component and an imbedded
derivative. Structured notes that provide for the repayment of principal at maturity are subject to the credit
risk of the issuing financial institution. Structured notes that do not offer this protection may cause a client to
lose some, or all, of its principal. Depending on the nature of the linked asset or index, the market risk of the
structured note may include changes in equity or commodity prices, changes in interest rates or foreign
exchange rates, or market volatility. After issuance, structured notes may not be re-sold on a daily basis and
thus may be difficult to value given their complexity. A client’s ability to trade or sell structured notes in a
secondary market is often very limited and clients should, therefore, be prepared to hold a structured note to
its maturity date, or risk selling the note at a discount to its value at the time of sale. Structured notes may have
complicated payoff structures that can make it difficult for clients to accurately assess their value, risk and
potential for growth through the term of the structured note. Determining the performance of each note can
be complex and this calculation can vary significantly from note to note depending on the structure. Notes can
be structured in a wide variety of ways. Structured notes expose investors to credit risk: if the structured note
issuer defaults on these obligations, investors may lose some, or all, of the principal amount they invested in
the structured notes as well as any other payments that may be due on the structured notes. If a structured
note has a “call provision” and the issuer “calls” the structured note, investors may not be able to reinvest their
money at the same rate of return provided by the structured note that the issuer redeemed.
• Major risks: Call, Credit, Default, Inflation, Interest Rate, Liquidity, Market, Reinvestment
Certificate of Deposit (CD) (including Structured CDs) – This is a fixed-income investment where you (the investor)
deposit a sum of money for a specified period and you will receive either a specific rate of interest or a rate of interest linked
to an index with a capped gain. Certain CDs can be FDIC insured.
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• Major risks: Call, Default, Inflation, Interest Rate, Market, Reinvestment
Unit Investment Trust (UIT) (including Buffer UITs) – This is where a U.S. financial company that buys or holds a group of
securities, such as stocks or bonds, and makes them available to investors as redeemable units. UITs have a stated expiration
date based on what investments are held in their portfolio; when the portfolio terminates, investors get their share of the
UIT’s net assets.
• Major risks: Business, Credit, Interest Rate, Liquidity, Market, Reinvestment
Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and Exchange Traded Note (ETN) (including Buffer ETFs) – An ETF is a basket of
securities that trades on an exchange (open stock market), just like a stock and it often seeks to track an underlying index.
ETF share prices fluctuate throughout the trading day as the ETF is bought and sold; this is different from mutual funds that
only trade once a day after the market closes. An ETN is a debt instrument that mimics the performance of a basket of
securities but does not actually hold them for the benefit of the client. An ETN is an obligation of the issuing company, often
an investment bank.
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Major risks: Concentration, Currency, Foreign Investment, Inflation, Liquidity, Manager, Market, (for ETN: Credit risk)
Mutual Fund – This is a type of investment vehicle consisting of a portfolio of stocks, bonds, or other securities. Mutual
funds give small or individual investors easier access to diversified, professionally managed portfolios. Mutual funds are
divided into several kinds of categories, representing the kinds of securities they invest in, their investment objectives, and
the type of returns they seek. Mutual funds charge annual fees (called expense ratios) and, in many cases, commissions,
which can affect their overall returns. Most mutual funds offer you different types of shares, known as “classes.” Each class
invests in the same portfolio of securities and has the same investment objectives and policies. But each class has different
shareholder services and/or distribution arrangements with different fees and expenses.
• Open- end -- With an open-end fund, if you want to buy shares, the management company will sell them to you. They will
take your money, add it to the portfolio, and create more shares. You always buy or sell shares of an open-end fund with
the issuing fund company, never on the secondary market.
• Major risks: Concentration, Currency, Foreign Investment, Inflation, Manager, Market
Annuity – This is a long-term investment that is issued by an insurance company designed to help protect the annuitant from
the risk of outliving the income generated by their deposits into the contract. Because these are long-term vehicles annuity
contracts include contingent deferred sales charges (“CDSCs”) that would result in a forfeiture of a percentage of account
value if surrendered prior to their expiration, typically three to 10 years depending on the contract.
Annuities have two phases. Phase one of the annuity contract is known as the accumulation phase, where deposits are
designed to accumulate on a tax-deferred basis. During the accumulation phase contract holders can choose annuities
with any one or, in some cases, a combination of the following accumulation account options:
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Variable Annuity – This is a tax-deferred retirement contract that allows you to choose from a selection of
investments called subaccounts. These investments are designed to provide contract holders with a diversified
investment portfolio in a specified asset class or general investment strategy. Subaccounts are managed by an
investment specialist or a team of specialists who make decisions to manage the subaccount based on the stated
objective. Each subaccount will have a unique expense ratio based on the services provided by the investment
specialist team. For example, subaccount designed to follow the return of a stock index, such as the S&P 500 will
have a lower expense ratio than a subaccount seeking to actively manage a portfolio based on a stated objective.
- Major risks: Business, Credit, Liquidity
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Investment-only Variable Annuity (IOVA) – This is a type of annuity contract that provides you with a simple way
to set aside taxable assets in a tax-deferred entity focused on investments only. Unlike most variable
annuities which offer living income stream and death benefits (for a cost), IOVAs only offer investments and the
ability to access the assets without penalty as early as age 59 ½.
- Major risks: Business, Liquidity, Market
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Fixed Indexed Annuity (FIA) - This is a type of annuity contract that provides interest rate credits to the annuity
contract based on the performance of a specified market index, such as the S&P 500. The contract is generally
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protected by the issuing insurance company against losses or negative index performance except when
withdrawals are taken early in the contract’s term. This protection is in exchange for limiting upside opportunity
in the crediting rate applied to the contract
- Major risks: Business, Liquidity, Market
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Registered Index Linked Annuity (RILA) – This is a type of annuity contract that calculates account value
adjustments based on the performance of a specified market index, such as the S&P 500. The account value will
receive protection against market loses typically through a buffer (carrier accepts the first xx% of losses and the
account accepts any additional losses in market value) or a floor (the account accepts the first xx% of loses and the
carrier accepts any additional losses in market value). This protection is in exchange for limiting gains in account
value to a cap (a maximum account value increase of xx%) or a participation rate (account participates in xx% of
the market gains). Fees and caps may limit the potential upside. At the end of the sample period, the account value
could increase or decrease.
- Major risks: Business, Liquidity, Market
Phase two of the annuity contract is known as the annuitization phase. This option converts your purchase payments
(what you contribute) and accumulated growth (if any) into periodic payments that can be paid out under various
payment options, including a lifetime option. Annuities can provide clients with additional benefits above and beyond
tax deferred growth in the form of living benefits or enhanced death benefits including but not limited to the following.
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Guaranteed Minimum Withdrawal Benefit (GMWB)– Guarantees clients a stream of lifetime income based on a
percentage of the contract’s benefit base. Lifetime GMWB payments are available without having to immediately
annuitize the contract.
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Guaranteed Minimum Accumulation Benefit (GMAB) – Guarantees a certain portion of the investment is
returned to the contract owner regardless of the performance of the subaccounts.
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Guaranteed Minimum Death Benefit (GMDB) – Guarantees an enhanced benefit to the contract owner’s
beneficiaries regardless of the account value on the date of death. These benefits can be based on a return of the
initial investment, the highest contract value on the contract’s anniversary over a specified period of time or
increase at a specified percentage over a period of time.
Alternative Investments – Alternative investments include but are not limited to closed-end funds, interval funds, hedge
funds, non-traded real estate investment trusts, business development companies, managed futures, private credit, private
equity, other limited partnerships. Alternative investments are subject to various risks such as limitations on liquidity,
pricing mechanisms, and specific risk factors associated with the particular product, which for products associated with real
estate, would include, but not be limited to, and property devaluation based on adverse economic and real estate market
conditions. Alternative investments may not be suitable for all investors. A prospectus that discloses all risks, fees and
expenses, and risk factors associated with a particular Alternative Investment may be obtained from your Advisory
Representative. Read the applicable prospectus(es) or offering document(s) carefully before investing. Investors
considering an investment strategy utilizing alternative investments should understand that alternative investments are
generally considered speculative in nature and involve a high degree of risk, particularly if concentrating investments in one
or a few alternative investments or within a particular industry.
- Major risks: Potentially greater and substantially different than those associated with traditional equity or
fixed income investments. They include but are not limited to: Liquidity, Market, Inflation, Currency,
Concentration, Manager, Credit
Closed-end Fund – This is a type of investment vehicle where, at fund inception, the investment company raises a set
amount of money and issues a specific number of shares. No new shares are created after that point. Investors can buy the
fund shares only on the secondary market, from someone else who is selling shares. Like stocks, closed-end fund shares
can be traded at any time of the day when the market is open. The shares reflect market values rather than the net asset
value of the fund itself.
- Major risks: Concentration, Currency, Foreign Investment, Inflation, Manager, Market
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Structured Exchange Traded Products (“S-ETPs”) – S-ETPs, also known as hybrid ETPs, Buffered ETPs, Defined Outcome
ETPs, or Target-Outcome ETPs are a combination of traditional exchange traded products, which are designed to track the
performance of a specific benchmark (specific assets or indices) with predetermined buffer utilizing derivatives. By using
a derivatives package of options, the S-ETP issuer constructs a defined outcome profile, including the stated downside
protection, while capping the gains. These S-ETPs are designed to cover some losses, but do not guarantee complete
protection against loss.
The upside potential of these S-ETPs can vary based on the stated period of time to achieve a specific investment outcome.
If the market conditions change, the clients may not have the same level of gains. Even if the underlying benchmark
performs well, the returns are capped, limiting the gains on an upward market trend. Purchasing shares at the beginning of
the target outcome periods allows for full capitalization of the available downside protection and upside protection. Buying
or selling S-ETPs at times other than the intended period of the S-ETPs investment strategy could result in returns that
differ from the intended performance outcome.
If the underlying assets are illiquid, it could be difficult to replicate the index. S-ETPs that use derivative instruments, could
face counterparty risk if the other party in the transaction fails to fulfill its obligations. Low trade volumes and market
volatility could make it harder to buy in and sell out of the positions in the ETP. The reduced liquidity can lead to wider bid-
ask spreads becoming more expensive to purchase. Large traders can influence the price when there are low trade volumes
and can lead to discrepancies between the ETPs price and its underlying net asset value (NAV).
Structured ETPs, with downside buffers, involve fees and expenses that can impact their overall performance. While the
upside cap and buffer are designed to provide specific returns and downside protection, fees can reduce the realized return,
including but not limited to trading costs, commissions and other fees.
- Major risks: Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk, Manager Risk, Concentration Risk.
Direct Indexing – Direct indexing is a strategy where investors purchase individual stocks within an index, such as the S&P
500. Unlike index funds or ETFs, it allows for greater control and customization. This approach can offer tax advantages
and flexibility but also requires ongoing management to maintain alignment with the index's composition. Direct indexing
is also used as a way to customize your investments, tailoring your portfolio to include or exclude specific stocks or sectors
that reflect your personal values or investment preferences.
Due to the client’s ability to customize the holdings, direct indexing will result in performance that is different from the
performance of the index that the account is modeled after.
- Major risks: Inflation Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Liquidity Risk, Manager Risk, Concentration Risk, Non-
Diversification Risk, Market Risk, Interest Rate Risk, Manager Risk, Horizon Risk, ESG/SRI/Impact Investment
Return Risk, Horizon Risk, Financial Risk, ESG/SRI/Impact Investment Selection Return Risk.
Cryptocurrency Exchange Traded Products (ETP) – A Cryptocurrency ETP, which may be structured as an Exchange
Traded Fund (ETF) or Exchange Traded Note (ETN) is a basket of cryptocurrency assets that tracks or approximates the
price performance of one or more cryptocurrencies. An ETF trades on an exchange (open stock market). An ETN is a debt
instrument that mimics the performance of an ETF but does not actually hold assets for the benefit of the client.
Cryptocurrency ETFs and ETNs offer investors exposure to prices of underlying cryptocurrency instruments, without the
investor owning the assets directly. All investments in ETPs involve risk of financial loss. This risk may be increased for
spot bitcoin ETPs because of the high volatility of those crypto assets (meaning prices can fluctuate widely). Although spot
bitcoin ETPs are intended to track the price of those crypto assets, the price of your ETP shares may deviate from the price
of the crypto asset. This is due to, among other things, changing investor demand for the shares of the spot bitcoin and
either ETP, issues affecting the issuer of the spot ETP shares, or events affecting the crypto asset markets more
generally. Spot crypto asset trading platforms are not registered with the SEC, may be acting without compliance with
existing regulatory requirements, and may lack the oversight of other intermediaries that are registered. As a result, there
is an enhanced potential for fraud and manipulation in the underlying market.
- Major risks: Price volatility, Cryptocurrency custody, Counterparty, Regulatory, Illicit uses, Decentralized
network, Potential tracking error, Potential limitations on Liquidity, Manager, Market, (for ETN: Credit risk)
Special note about Cryptocurrency risks: Cryptocurrency is a digital asset. Digital assets include virtual currencies,
crypto-currencies, and digital coins and tokens (“Digital Assets”). The investment characteristics of Digital Assets generally
differ from those of traditional currencies, commodities or securities. Importantly, Digital Assets are not backed by a central
bank or a national, supra-national or quasi-national organization, any hard assets, human capital, or other form of credit.
Rather, Digital Assets are market-based: a Digital Asset’s value is determined by (and fluctuates often, according to) supply
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and demand factors, the number of merchants that accept it, and/or the value that various market participants place on it
through their mutual agreement, barter or transactions.
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Price Volatility of Digital Assets – A principal risk in trading Digital Assets is the rapid fluctuation of market
price. High price volatility undermines Digital Assets’ role as a medium of exchange as consumers or retailers are
much less likely to accept them as a form of payment. The value of client portfolios relates in part to the value of
the Digital Assets held in the client portfolio and fluctuations in the price of Digital Assets could adversely affect
the value of a client’s portfolio. There is no guarantee that a client will be able to achieve a better than average
market price for Digital Assets or will purchase Digital Assets at the most favorable price available. The price of
Digital Assets achieved by a client may be affected generally by a wide variety of complex and difficult to predict
factors such as Digital Asset supply and demand; rewards and transaction fees for the recording of transactions
on the blockchain; availability and access to Digital Asset service providers (such as payment processors),
exchanges, miners or other Digital Asset users and market participants; perceived or actual Digital Asset network
or Digital Asset security vulnerability; inflation levels; fiscal policy; interest rates; and political, natural and
economic events.
• Digital Asset Service Providers – Several companies and financial institutions provide services related to the
buying, selling, payment processing and storing of virtual currency (i.e., banks, accountants, exchanges, digital
wallet providers, and payment processors). However, there is no assurance that the virtual currency market, or
the service providers necessary to accommodate it, will continue to support Digital Assets, continue in existence
or grow. Further, there is no assurance that the availability of and access to virtual currency service providers
will not be negatively affected by government regulation or supply and demand of Digital Assets. Accordingly,
companies or financial institutions that currently support virtual currency may not do so in the future.
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Custody of Digital Assets – Under the Advisers Act, SEC registered investment advisers are required to hold
securities with “qualified custodians,” among other requirements. Certain Digital Assets may be deemed to be
securities. Currently, many of the companies providing Digital Assets custodial services fall outside of the SEC’s
definition of “qualified custodian”, and many long-standing, prominent qualified custodians do not provide
custodial services for Digital Assets or otherwise provide such services only with respect to a limited number of
actively traded Digital Assets. Accordingly, clients may use non-qualified custodians to hold all or a portion of
their Digital Assets.
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Government Oversight of Digital Assets – The regulatory schemes—both foreign and domestic—possibly
Digital Assets or a Digital Asset network may not be fully developed and subject to change. It is possible that any
jurisdiction may, in the near or distant future, adopt laws, regulations, policies or rules directly or indirectly
affecting a Digital Asset network, generally, or restricting the right to acquire, own, hold, sell, convert, trade, or
use Digital Assets, or to exchange Digital Assets for either fiat currency or other virtual currency. It is also possible
that government authorities may take direct or indirect investigative or prosecutorial action related to, among
other things, the use, ownership or transfer of Digital Assets, resulting in a change to its value or to the
development of a Digital Asset network.
Hedge Fund – This is a broad alternative investment category of pooled investment vehicles with a variety of strategies.
Strategies may include investing in non-traditional asset classes, using leverage, or taking short positions. Hedge funds are
not subject to the same regulation as mutual funds and is often limited to institutions or wealthy individuals.
- Major risks: Business, Concentration, Currency, Interest Rates, Liquidity, Manager, Market
Interval Fund – This is a type of investment company that periodically offers to repurchase its shares from shareholders.
These shares typically do not trade on the secondary market. These shares are subject to periodic repurchase offers that
may be limited by volume by the fund at a price based on net asset value.
- Major risks: Credit, Liquidity, Manager, Market
Managed Futures – This is an alternative investment where a portfolio of futures contracts is actively managed by
professionals. Managed futures are considered an alternative investment and are often used by funds and institutional
investors to provide both portfolio & market diversification.
- Major risks: Foreign Investment, Horizon, Inflation, Interest Rate, Manager, Market
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Non-Traded REIT – This is an alternative real estate investment designed to reduce or eliminate tax while paying dividends
and/or providing returns on real estate appreciation. A non-traded REIT does not trade on a securities exchange and is
therefore quite illiquid for extended periods of time.
- Major risks: Business, Concentration, Credit, Financial, Inflation, Interest Rate, Liquidity, Manager, Political
and Government
Non-Traded Preferred Stock – Preferred stock is a type of hybrid security that has characteristics of both common stock
and bonds. Non-traded preferred stock does not trade on a securities exchange and may be illiquid for an extended period
of time.
- Major risks: Business, Call, Concentration, Credit, Financial, Inflation, Liquidity
3. Additional Risks of investing in Third -Party Money Managers
Allocations to third-party managers and investors in third-party investment funds (including registered funds and private
funds) are subject to the following additional risks:
Third-Party Aggressive Investment Technique Risk – Managers and investment funds may use investment
techniques and financial instruments that may be considered aggressive, including but not limited to investments in
derivatives, such as futures contracts, options on futures contracts, securities and indices, forward contracts, swap
agreements and similar instruments. Such techniques may also include taking short positions or using other techniques
that are intended to provide inverse exposure to a particular market or other asset class, as well as leverage, which can
expose a client’s account to potentially dramatic changes (losses or gains). These techniques may expose a client to
potentially dramatic changes (losses) in the value of its allocation to the manager and/or investment fund.
Liquidity and Transferability – Certain investment funds – for example, private funds and interval funds -- offer their
investors only limited liquidity and interests are generally not freely transferable. In addition to other liquidity
restrictions, investments investment funds may offer liquidity at infrequent times (i.e., monthly, quarterly, annually or
less frequently). Accordingly, investors in investment funds should understand that they may not be able to liquidate
their investment in the event of an emergency or for any other reason.
Possibility of Fraud and Other Misconduct – When client assets are allocated to a manager or investment funds, the
Firm does not have custody of the assets. Therefore, there is the risk that the manager or investment fund or its custodian
could divert or abscond with those assets, fail to follow agreed upon investment strategies, provide false reports of
operations, or engage in other misconduct. Moreover, there can be no assurances that all managers and investment funds
will be operated in accordance with all applicable laws and that assets entrusted to the manager or investment funds
will be protected.
Counterparty Risk – The institutions (such as banks) and prime brokers with which a manager or investment fund does
business, or to which securities have been entrusted for custodial purposes, could encounter financial difficulties. This
could impair the operational capabilities or the capital position of a manager or create unanticipated trading risks.
When you are deciding whether to invest in a specific investment, make sure you obtain, review and discuss with your
Advisory Representative the documentation related to the investment which outlines the details of the investment (i.e.,
prospectuses, annual reports and offering memorandums that discuss the structure of the investment, fees/costs,
management, portfolio, restrictions, contributions, distributions, risks, etc.). The documentation should be provided by
your Advisory Representative or can be obtained directly from the investment sponsor.
Pledging Assets
Clients should be aware that pledging assets in an account to secure a loan or purchase securities on margin involves
additional risks. The broker-dealer or bank holding the loan has the authority to liquidate all or part of the securities at any
time without your prior notice in order to maintain required maintenance levels, or to call the loan at any time. As a practical
matter, this may cause you to sell assets and realize losses in a declining market. These actions may interrupt your long-
term investment goals and result in adverse tax consequences and additional fees to the bank. The returns on accounts or
pledged assets may not cover the cost of loan interest and account fees and may dictate a more aggressive investment
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strategy to support the costs of borrowing. Before pledging assets in an account, clients should carefully review the loan
agreement, loan application and any forms required by the bank and any other forms and disclosures provided by the Firm.
Listed above are some of the primary risks associated with the way we recommend investments to you. Please do not
hesitate to contact us to discuss these risks and others in more detail. In instances where we recommend that a third party
manage your assets, please refer to the third-party’s ADV and associated disclosure documents for details on their
investment strategies, methods of analysis and associated risks.
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to bear.
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information
Not applicable. Neither we, nor any of our management personnel have been involved in any disciplinary events that are
material to your evaluation of our programs or the integrity of our management.
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities
and Affiliations
Overview
This section contains information about our financial industry activities and affiliations. We provide information about the
material relationships and arrangements we have with any related persons, including broker-dealers and investment
advisers. We identify if any of these relationships or arrangements creates a material conflict of interest with clients and
discuss how we address these conflicts. “Related Persons” are defined as entities that we control or control us or are under
common control with us.
Corporate Structure
OAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc., which is indirectly owned primarily by a consortium of investors
through RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P., an investment fund affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. RCP Artemis Co-
Invest, L.P. is controlled by various other entities including RCP Artemis Co-Invest GP, LLC, RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., RCP
Genpar L.P., RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, MRB ICBC LLC, and The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust.
Other Industry Affiliates
The Firm has the following affiliates, which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co., Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Broker-Dealer
Highland Capital Brokerage
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Insurance Company
Premier Trust, Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Trust Company
Osaic Institutions Holdings, Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Holding Company
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Osaic Institutions, Inc.
owned by Osaic Institutions Holdings, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor, Broker/Dealer
CW Advisors, Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Registered Investment Adviser
OAS also has Related Persons who are under common control of Osaic Holdings, Inc. The following chart details the Related
Persons, which are wholly owned subsidiaries of Osaic, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Osaic, Inc.
owned by Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Holding Company
Osaic Wealth, Inc.
owned by Osaic, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor, Broker/Dealer
VISION2020 Wealth Management Corp.
owned by Osaic, Inc.
Registered Investment Advisor
Broker -Dealer Affiliate
As noted in Item 4, the Firm’s affiliate, Osaic Wealth, is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC, and a member of FINRA,
engaged in the offer and sale of securities products.
Most of our Advisory Representatives are associated with Osaic Wealth as registered representatives. Your Advisory
Representative will take into consideration all types of accounts that could be offered (i.e., both brokerage and advisory
accounts) when making the recommendation of an account that is in your best interest. Refer to the Investment Advisor
Public Disclosure website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov for more information on your Advisory Representative’s specific
licenses or brokercheck.finra.org for registered representatives specific licenses.
Account recommendations include recommendations of securities account types generally (e.g., to open an IRA or other
brokerage account), as well as recommendations to roll over or transfer assets from one type of account to another (e.g., a
workplace retirement plan account to an IRA).
If acting as a Registered Representative, your Advisory Representative can recommend the purchase of securities offered
by Osaic Wealth. In that case, your Advisory Representative would receive commissions for those products which will be in
addition to advisory fees charged on assets covered by your client’s advisory relationship. As such, Advisory
Representatives have an incentive to sell you commissionable products in addition to providing you with advisory services
when such commissionable products may not be suitable. Alternatively, they have an incentive to forego providing you with
advisory services when appropriate, and instead recommend the purchase of commissionable investments, if they deem
that the payout for recommending the purchase of these investments would be higher than providing management advice
on these products for an advisory fee. Therefore, a conflict of interest could exist between their interests and your interests.
We maintain policies and procedures to ensure recommendations are in your best interest.
While our securities sales are reviewed for suitability by an appointed supervisor, you should be aware of the incentives
we have to sell certain securities products and are encouraged to ask us about any conflict presented.
All such transactions are affected in compliance with the Advisers Act and other applicable law, including our duty to seek
best execution.
Please be aware that you are under no obligation to purchase products or services recommended by us or members of our
Firm in connection with providing you with any advisory service that we offer.
Insurance
Osaic Wealth is also an insurance agency licensed to do business in all 50 states.
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Advisory Representatives that are also insurance licensed are permitted to sell fixed insurance products including, but not
limited to, fixed annuities, term life insurance, and whole life insurance for compensation through Osaic Wealth’s insurance
agency or an independently owned agency.
Highland Capital Brokerage (“Highland”) is a Related Person of the Firm and an independent insurance brokerage firm that
delivers life insurance, fixed and equity indexed annuities, long-term care solutions and variable insurance wholesaling
support to investment and insurance providers. Some employees of Highland may also be registered with us and/or our
broker/dealer affiliates.
Outside Business Activities
Since registered representatives are independent contractors of Osaic Wealth, they have the ability to engage in certain
other business activities separate from the activities they conduct through Osaic Wealth. Some of Osaic Wealth’s affiliated
registered representatives are permitted to be employed by, or own, a financial services business entity, including an
investment adviser business, separate from Osaic Wealth. Although this is not considered a conflict of interest, clients
should be aware that these situations can exist. Such activities include tax preparation, insurance, and/or real estate
services. When your Advisory Representative engages in these certain other business activities (other than the provision
of brokerage and advisory services through us), they could receive greater compensation through the outside business
activities.
Business Operations with Affiliates
Some of our business operations involve directing clients to products or services of our Related Persons. In that case we or
our Related Persons can receive compensation when doing so which results in a conflict of interest. Except as disclosed
below, your Advisory Representative, however, does not receive a portion of the compensation paid to us or our Related
Persons and therefore does not have a conflict of interest in recommending the use of one of our affiliated companies. The
Firm maintains policies and procedures to ensure recommendations made to you are in your best interest. The Firm or its
Advisory Representatives may direct you to the following Related Persons:
• Premier Trust: Premier Trust is a Nevada chartered trust company that provides trust, estate planning and
administrative services. When making any recommendation, Advisory Representatives first consider whether
Premier Trust can adequately service client needs and whether any other efficiencies or benefits will result to the
client. Clients are not obligated to follow our recommendations or use Premier Trust’s services. When used, Premier
Trust provides full disclosure with respect to its trust and administrative services and related costs.
• Highland Capital Brokerage (Highland): Highland is an independent insurance brokerage firm that distributes
fixed and variable life insurance, disability insurance, fixed and indexed annuities, and long-term care solutions to
financial professionals and their clients. Some employees of Highland are also registered with us and/or our
broker/dealer affiliates. Advisory Representatives receive indirect compensation in the form of rebated fees when
recommending and selling Highland products to you. This is a conflict of interest as Advisory Representatives have
an incentive to recommend and sell these products to you.
• CW Advisors, LLC (“CWA”): CWA is an SEC registered investment adviser and an affiliate of the Firm. CWA offers
personalized investment management services to a variety of clients, including individuals, high net worth
individuals and families, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, other investment advisers, private funds,
corporations, and other business entities. Advisory Representatives have the option to refer clients to CWA for
family office and related advisory services. This referral arrangement creates a conflict of interest because the Firm
and Advisory Representatives receive compensation for such referrals, which are based on a percentage of the
advisory fees paid by the referred client.
Clients are under no obligation to engage CWA for advisory services. Any referral made to CWA is based on the
Advisory Representative’s assessment that CWA’s services are appropriate for the client’s needs. CWA provides
referred clients with its disclosure brochures, which contain additional information regarding its sponsored
programs and are available to any client or prospect upon request.
• Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (LTCO): LTCO, which is a registered broker-dealer and an affiliate of the Firm, as
referenced above, is affiliated with Ladenburg Thalmann Index, LLC (LTI), which has a strategic partnership with
ALPS Advisors, the investment advisor for the ALPS Electrification Infrastructure ETF (Nasdaq: ELFY). LTI receives
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direct compensation in the form of a licensing fee based on the total assets under management reported in ELFY.
ELFY seeks investment results that correspond (before fees & expenses) generally to the performance
of LTI's Ladenburg Thalmann Electrification Infrastructure Index. LTI is a limited liability company whose members
are a LLC controlled by Mark McLain, a registered representative of LTCO, and Osaic Holdings Inc. (OHI), the parent
company of LTCO and its affiliated firms. Each holds a 50% membership interest in LTI. Through its membership
in LTI, OHI receives indirect economic benefit based on ELFY's asset growth.
This arrangement creates a material conflict of interest for the Firm because the financial arrangements
among LTI, OHI, and its affiliated firms create an incentive to recommend ELFY to clients over other investments
that may be more suitable or have lower costs. The Firm and its affiliates maintain supervisory procedures designed
to identify, disclose, and mitigate such conflicts of interest, including ensuring that any recommendation of ELFY is
based on the client’s best interest. Additionally, while your Advisory Representative earns advisory fees for Program
Investments, including investments in ELFY, Firm waives its administrative fee for all assets specifically invested
in ELFY.
• Ladenburg Thalmann Asset Management, Inc. (LTAM): LTAM is an SEC registered investment advisor
specializing in investment management, market analysis, due diligence, fund selection, asset allocation and
diversification strategies. LTAM sponsored programs and their characteristics are more fully described in its
disclosure brochures, which are available to any client or prospective client upon request.
o LTAM offers the Ladenburg Funds (i.e., Ladenburg Income Fund, Ladenburg Income & Growth Fund,
Ladenburg Growth & Income Fund, Ladenburg Growth and Ladenburg Aggressive Growth), each of which
is an open-end fund; as well as the Total Portfolio Series funds (Collective Investment Trusts) established
for retirement plans, however, LTAM utilizes a share class that does not pay a fee to LTAM for management
of the Collective Investment Trusts assets. Our Advisory Representatives can recommend clients invest in
these funds as well as other Ladenburg portfolios. Transactions within these funds are executed through
Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (LTCO), which receives no commissions when executing trades on behalf of
the Funds.
o LTAM operates $ymbil®, an online, interactive tool designed to assist clients in selecting among the five
Ladenburg Funds by using a questionnaire to gauge a client’s time horizon, risk tolerance and investment
objectives. A client investment profile is created from the responses to this online questionnaire. LTAM has
no discretion over a client’s investments. Our Advisory Representatives can recommend clients use
$ymbil®, and if clients implement transactions using $ymbil®, both the Firm and our Advisory
Representatives receive promoter fees. This creates a conflict of interest; however, clients have no
obligation to accept any suggestions provided by $ymbil® or to invest in any of the Ladenburg Funds.
o LTAM will also act as an ERISA Section 3(38) investment manager, providing discretionary 3(38) Manager
Program Services to retirement plans in partnership with Plan Fiduciaries and/or Sponsors. By entering
into these agreements, LTAM assumes full discretionary authority for selecting, monitoring, and managing
a diversified suite of investment options for these retirement plans. LTAM and the Firm do not engage in
any revenue sharing as a result of this relationship.
The specific manner in which fees are charged is established for a client in the client’s written investment
advisory agreement. Advisory Representatives are not acting as a fiduciary for purposes of ERISA when
recommending these retirement plans versus the other programs or options.
We offer clients access to professional Third-Party Money Managers that create and implement portfolios with a variety of
investment strategies. LTAM is among the Third-Party Money Managers that can be recommended to clients. OAS has a
conflict of interest when recommending LTAM to clients. Advisory Representatives receive compensation that varies
depending on the TPMMs recommended. OAS earns more total compensation when a client selects LTAM as a Third-Party
Money Manager than we would earn if the client selects certain other unaffiliated TPMMs. Thus, our Advisory
Representatives have a conflict of interest because of an incentive to recommend certain managers over others. We address
these conflicts of interest through policies and procedures that, among other things, require Advisory Representatives to
make suitable recommendations, to act as a fiduciary to clients, and to act solely in clients’ best interests.
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Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (“Envestnet”)
Reverence Capital Partners manages the private investment funds that indirectly own a majority of Osaic Holdings, Inc.,
which in turn owns the Firm, as well as private investment funds that hold a minority investment in Envestnet Asset
Management, Inc. (“Envestnet”). In addition, select management and Advisory Representatives own
less than
0.5%, indirectly through a Reverence Capital Partners-controlled entity, in Envestnet. As a result, the Firm and Advisory
Representatives in particular, have an incentive to offer and recommend to you programs that use Envestnet’s services (for
additional information, please refer to the description of the Vision2020 Wealth Management Platform below). The Firm
has procedures designed to mitigate this conflict.
CAIS Alternative Investments Platform
As described in the table above, the Firm is a subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc., which is ultimately owned by a number of
private investment funds organized and sponsored by Reverence Capital Partners. In addition to its ownership of Osaic
Holdings, Inc., private investment funds organized and sponsored by Reverence Capital Partners, directly or indirectly, own
(whether through majority or minority interest) other investment advisers and securities and financial services firms. One
of such firms is Capital Integration Systems LLC (“CAIS”), which, as disclosed in Item 4, together with its affiliates provides
the alternative investments platform to the Firm’s clients. CAIS also makes available certain private investment funds
organized and sponsored by Reverence Capital Partners on the CAIS platform. When such funds are held in the Firm’s
advisory accounts, as with any funds held in the Firm's advisory accounts, the Firm earns advisory fees on those assets. The
ownership of CAIS entitles Reverence Capital Partners to appoint a member to the board of directors of CAIS and certain
committees thereof and otherwise grants Reverence Capital Partners certain consent and veto rights over actions taken by
CAIS and its affiliates.
In addition, as disclosed in Item 4 above, our agreement with CAIS provides for a payment to us of up to 10 basis points
(0.10%) on the sale amount of certain alternative investment products sold through the CAIS platform. The Firm therefore
has an incentive to recommend certain alternative investments on the CAIS platform arising from this additional
compensation, which is a conflict of interest. However, your Advisory Representative does not receive any portion of this
compensation. Further, Reverence-sponsored funds are excluded from any additional platform compensation received
from CAIS.
Because of Reverence’s ownership interest in the Firm and CAIS, and the Firm’s platform arrangement with CAIS, we may
have an indirect incentive, or the appearance of an incentive, to recommend investment in Reverence-sponsored funds
made available on the CAIS platform. The Firm maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure recommendations of
products and funds are in the client’s best interest and made with consideration of various factors, including but not limited
to, the client’s investment objectives and financial circumstances. Further, Reverence-sponsored funds do not generate
more advisory fee compensation for your Advisory Representative than other investment products and do not generate any
additional platform compensation from CAIS.
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or
Interest in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
We have adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) to address securities-related conduct. The Code focuses primarily on
fiduciary duty, personal securities transactions, insider trading, gifts, and conflicts of interest. The Code includes our policies
and procedures developed to protect your interests in relation to the following topics:
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The duty at all times to place your interests first;
•
The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted in such a manner as to be consistent with the
Code and to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an employee’s position of trust and
responsibility;
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The principle that investment adviser personnel should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions;
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The fiduciary principle that information concerning the identity of your security holdings and financial circumstances
are confidential; and
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The principle that independence in the investment decision-making process is paramount.
This response is only intended to provide you with a summary description of our Code of Ethics. Please refer to our Code of
Ethics in its entirety located at osaic.com/disclosures.
It is the Firm’s policy to prohibit agency cross transactions where representatives act as brokers for both buying and selling
a single security between two different clients and are compensated through an agency commission or principal mark-up
for the trades. If we adopt a different policy in this area or exceptions are made, we will observe all rules and regulations in
accordance with the disclosure and consent requirements of Section 206(3) of the Advisers Act. Additionally, we are aware
that such transactions only occur if we ensure that we meet our duty of best execution for the client.
Related Person(s) to us may have an interest or position in securities which may be recommended to you.
Our Advisory Representatives, from time to time, can recommend investment products to you, including mutual funds,
variable and fixed annuities, and other insurance products, sponsored, distributed, or managed by our Related Persons.
Advisory Representatives may also recommend that you select portfolio managers that are Related Persons. These Related
Persons may, from time to time, place brokerage transactions with Osaic Wealth, Inc. and refer you to us. Such
recommendations and arrangements might create a conflict of interest because they may result in an increase in
compensation for us, our Advisory Representatives and our Related Persons.
While our security sales are reviewed for suitability by an appointed supervisor, you should be aware of the incentives we
have to sell certain securities products and are encouraged to ask us about any conflict presented.
We may recommend securities to you or buy or sell securities for your account at or about the same time we buy or sell the
same securities in our own account. In those instances, the Firm maintains policies and procedures to avoid, detect, and
correct conflicts of interest that arise if you and the Advisory Representative (including Related Persons) invest in the same
security on the same side of the market on the same day.
Item 12 - Brokerage Practices
Advisory Representative Managed Account Programs
The Firm is a multi-custodial investment adviser, which means the Firm has relationships with various custodians which
also act as broker-dealers and custody client funds and securities. Currently, the Firm utilizes Fidelity and Schwab.
Generally, each Advisory Representative chooses to use one of the custodians exclusively to execute transactions and
custody client funds and securities. The Firm does not require Advisory Representatives to utilize a particular custodian
over another that OAS currently offers. Our Advisory Representatives receive indirect compensation from the Firm for
certain level of assets with Custodians. Thus, they are incentivized to recommend these Custodians to you over other
options.
A number of factors affect custodial choice and 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
broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, safety of customer funds, execution capability,
commission rates and responsiveness. Accordingly, although the Firm will seek competitive rates, to the benefit of all
clients, it will not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for specific client account transactions. In
recommending broker-dealers for custodial services, the Firm considers the following:
• Quality of overall execution services provided
• Promptness of execution
• Creditworthiness, financial condition, and business reputation
• Research (if any) provided
• Promptness and accuracy of reports on execution
• Ability and willingness to correct errors
• Ability to access various market centers
• The Custodian’s facilities, technology & technology integrations
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• Commission or transaction charged to clients
• Execution capabilities and operational efficiencies
• Product specialty and availability (types of securities)
• Banking, charitable & trust services offered
The benefits received by the Firm or its personnel through participation in programs available at Fidelity or Schwab
(“Custodians”) do not depend on the amount of brokerage transactions directed to the Custodians. You should be aware,
however, that the receipt of economic benefits by the Firm or its related persons in and of itself creates a potential conflict
of interest and may influence OAS’ choice of custodian for custody and brokerage services. The Firm receives no products,
research, or services in connection with client securities transactions (i.e., soft dollars or soft dollar benefits) that it would
consider a primary factor in utilizing a particular broker-dealer. However, under its custodian agreements, the Firm
receives certain services and products, such as fundamental research reports, technical and portfolio analyses, pricing
services, access to a trading desk, access to block trading, economic forecasting and general market information, historical
database information and computer software that assists OAS’ Advisory Representatives in their investment management
process.
Custodians may refer financial professionals to the Firm, and these professionals may become Advisory Representatives of
our firm. These referrals from our Custodians raise potential conflicts of interest. Custodians will most likely refer potential
Advisory Representatives to the Firm when we encourage those Advisory Representative’s clients to custody their assets
at the referring firm and whose client accounts are profitable to the Custodians. Consequently, in order to obtain referrals,
the Firm has an incentive to recommend to clients that the assets under management by the Firm be held in custody with
the referring firm and to place transactions for client accounts with that same Custodian. The Firm does not pay referral
fees to Custodians for providing the Firm with potential Advisory Representative referrals. This arrangement does not
diminish our duty to seek best execution of trades or our duty as a fiduciary to act in the client’s best interest.
Fidelity provides the Firm with technology platforms or other software to access Fidelity’s brokerage system. These
systems aid the Firm in providing services to its clients, and their accounts, which includes software that makes available
client’s account data, facilitates trade execution, allocates aggregated trade orders, facilitates payment of fees from client
accounts, and assists with back-office functions, such as recordkeeping and client reporting. Fidelity may also assist the
Firm with Advisory Representatives joining the Fidelity platform, and in some cases, pay account transfer fees or other
charges the client may have to pay when changing custodians or service providers. The agreement for services described
above may be better or worse than the terms offered to other advisors and may depend on the type or amount of business
the Firm and its client conduct with Fidelity. Other factors may be considered as well, including the amount of assets in
accounts with Fidelity within a certain timeframe. Our Advisory Representatives are motivated by these factors when
recommending Fidelity accounts to clients. The Firm will establish pricing on commissions, account transactions, and other
service fees for accounts in which Fidelity is the custodian. This pricing will be agreed upon based on the current and
expected type and amount of business OAS plans to do with Fidelity.
Schwab provides the Firm with access to its institutional trading and custody services, which are typically not available to
Schwab retail investors. These services generally are available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis,
at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10 million of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at
Schwab Advisor Services. Schwab’s services include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities
transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice, analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and
other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or would require a significantly
higher minimum initial investment.
The Firm serves on the Schwab Advisor Services Technology, Operations and Service Advisory Board (the “TOS Advisory
Board”). As described above, Firm Advisory Representatives can establish brokerage accounts with Charles Schwab & Co.,
Inc. (“Schwab”) to maintain custody of the clients’ assets and effect trades for their accounts. The TOS Advisory Board
consists of representatives of independent investment advisory firms who have been invited by Schwab management to
participate in meetings and discussions of Schwab Advisor Services’ services for independent investment advisory firms
and their clients. TOS Advisory Board members are not compensated by Schwab for their service, but Schwab does pay for
or reimburse TOS Advisory Board members’ travel, lodging, meals and other incidental expenses incurred in attending
Board meetings. Any benefits received by the Firm or its personnel by serving on the TOS Advisory Board do not depend
on the amount of brokerage transactions directed to Schwab.
The Custodians also sponsor and make available to the Firm other products and services that benefit the Firm but may not
benefit all of its clients’ accounts. These benefits may include national, regional or the Firm specific educational events,
conferences or meetings relating to the programs or advisor custody and brokerage services generally. Other potential
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benefits include occasional business entertainment of personnel of the Firm by the Custodians’ personnel, including meals,
invitations to sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other forms of entertainment, some of which accompany
educational opportunities. Some of these products and services assist the Firm in managing and administering clients’
accounts. These include software and other technology (and related technological training) that provide access to client
account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution (and allocation of aggregated
trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing information and other market data, facilitate payment
of the Firm’s fees from its clients’ accounts, access to mutual funds with no transaction fees and to certain institutional
money managers; and assist with back-office training and support functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of
these services are used to service all or some substantial number of OAS’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at
Schwab or Fidelity. Certain Custodians also make available to the Firm other services intended to help OAS manage and
further develop its business enterprise. These services include professional compliance, legal and business consulting,
publications, conferences, roundtables and webinars on practice management, information technology, business
succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, insurance and marketing. In
addition, the Custodians make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services rendered to the Firm by
independent third-parties. The Custodians may discount or waive fees it would otherwise charge for some of these services
or pay all or a part of the fees of a third-party providing these services to the Firm.
Trading Practices
Occasionally, a trading error can occur where either we, or our Advisory Representatives, are at fault for effecting one or more
erroneous securities transactions for a client’s brokerage account. If this occurs in your account, the error will be corrected,
and your account will be restored to the same economic position had the error never occurred. In the process of restoring your
account, a profit may be realized, or a loss suffered in connection with correcting this error. Neither losses nor gains realized
will be passed on to you. As a result, trade corrections can result in a financial benefit to us or our affiliated broker/dealers.
In connection with the provision of Third-Party Advisory Services, our choice of custodian will be limited to those choices
offered by the Third-Party Advisory Service.
When possible, the Firm and your Advisory Representative can aggregate client transactions to improve the quality of
execution. Mutual funds held in client accounts do not lend themselves to aggregate or block trades. To the extent other
securities are purchased that do lend themselves to aggregating or block trading (e.g., stocks or exchange traded funds), the
Firm and your Advisory Representative can aggregate client transactions. The Firm and our Advisory Representatives allocate
trades to advisory clients in a fair and equitable manner that is applied consistently. When trades are not aggregated, clients
may not enjoy the effects of lower transaction per share costs that often occur as a result of aggregating trades. As a result, you
can pay a higher transaction cost than could be received elsewhere. Partial fills will be allocated in a way that does not
consistently advantage or disadvantage particular client accounts and are generally filled pro-rata among participating
accounts.
The aggregation and allocation practices of mutual funds and Third-Party Money Managers that we recommend to you are
disclosed in the respective mutual fund prospectuses and Third-Party Money Manager disclosure documents which will be
provided to you.
Fixed Income
In addition, OAS may execute fixed income trades through Advisors Asset Management. A Firm’s Advisory Representative
may choose to execute through Advisors Asset Management due to their access to the bond markets, trading support
services, and the ability to view competitive offerings. The Firm does not receive referrals, products, research or services
(i.e., soft dollars) in connection with this relationship. However, Osaic Wealth receives payments from Advisors Asset
Management for having directed a volume of transactions to them for execution of orders for client accounts, which may
include advisory accounts. This compensation does not affect the price that clients pay for securities or the transaction
charges they pay. More information about these payments is available upon request.
Osaic Wealth or Ladenburg Thalmann & Co, Inc. an affiliate of the Firm, may act as broker-dealer for accounts in these
programs for certain syndicate securities. Thus, by recommending one of these securities, the Advisory Representative is
recommending Osaic Wealth or LTCO as broker-dealer. The transaction charges paid in connection with these programs
may be more or less than the client would pay for transactions through other broker-dealers. However, these transaction
charges are determined taking into account the advisory services provided by the Firm.
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Directed Brokerage
Directed brokerage occurs when an investment adviser complies with the client’s request to use a designated broker or
custodian. The Firm requires that clients establish brokerage accounts with certain registered broker-dealers
(“Custodians”). Currently, the Firm utilizes Fidelity or Schwab to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to effect trades for
their accounts. The Firm is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with these Custodians. The final decision
to custody assets with the Custodians listed above is made by the Client in the applicable program agreement, including
those accounts under ERISA or IRA rules and regulations, in which case the client is acting as either the plan sponsor or IRA
accountholder. The Firms client accounts maintained at the Custodians generally do not charge separately for custody
services but are compensated by account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees for
securities trades that are executed through the Custodians or that settle into their accounts. Because the Firm may pay the
execution costs in certain programs associated with securities transactions, there is a disincentive to trade securities above
a certain threshold. The Firm does not receive any portion of the commission or fees from the Custodians.
The practice of directing brokerage is not required by all advisers and we may be unable to achieve the most favorable
execution of client transactions at all times. This practice may cost clients more money, however as a fiduciary, the Firm
endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests. The Firm’s recommendation/requirement that clients maintain their assets in
accounts at the Custodians may be based in part on the benefit to the Firm or the availability of some of the foregoing
products and services and other arrangements and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage
services provided by the Custodians, which creates a conflict of interest. Clients are able to direct brokerage transactions
to a third party for certain types of securities. Directing brokerage may cost clients more money because, as an example,
we will not be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs, or the client may receive less favorable prices.
Item 13 - Review of Accounts
Each purchase or sale of a security affected by our Advisory Representative in your account is monitored for suitability by
an appointed supervisor. In addition, our Advisory Representatives periodically review your accounts as needed, but no
less than annually. Such review and any consultation typically contain, when warranted, advice regarding recommended
changes to your investments and recommendations for implementation of proposed changes.
You will receive monthly and/or quarterly account statements from the custodian. Your Advisory Representative can also
send you a quarterly performance report (“QPR”). QPRs are for informational purposes only and based on information
believed to be accurate, but that we have not verified. For accurate account information, you must refer to the account
statement from the account custodian.
- Client Referrals
and Other
Item 14
Compensation
Client Referrals
From time to time, the Firm and/or its Advisory Representatives enter into promoter arrangements with clients, third parties
or other financial intermediaries for lead generation, client referrals or solicitation for program accounts. A promoter
(including solicitors) is any person providing a testimonial or endorsement. Promoter arrangements are conducted in
accordance with the SEC’s “Marketing Rule” (Rule 206(4)-1). The Marketing Rule covers both cash and non-cash compensation
paid to promoters. This includes advisory fees based on a percentage of assets under management or amounts invested, flat
fees, hourly fees, reduced advisory fees, fee waivers, cash sales awards and any other methods of cash compensation. Due to
the promoter’s arrangement with the Firm, a promoter is not compensated for referring a client who opens a brokerage
account rather than an advisory account, and as a result encourages the client to open an advisory account instead of a
brokerage account. Promoter arrangements give rise to material conflicts of interest because the referring party has a financial
incentive to introduce new investment advisory clients to the Firm and its Advisory Representatives. Clients who are
introduced to the Firm and its Advisory Representative through a promoter arrangement receive specific disclosures at the
time of the introduction. If you receive such disclosures, you should review them carefully to understand the details of the
Firm’s arrangements with the person introducing you to the Firm. The Firm’s participation in these referral arrangements
does not diminish its fiduciary obligations to its clients.
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Other Compensation
As previously described in Item 4, Osaic Wealth, Osaic, Inc. and the Firm are subsidiaries of Osaic Holdings, Inc where Osaic
Wealth is a broker dealer and the Firm is a Registered Investment Adviser. Osaic Wealth and the Firm offer a range of
investments and services to its clients. As you work with your Advisory Representative to determine the right investments
and services to achieve your investment goals, it is also important for you to understand how the Firm, Osaic Wealth, Osaic,
Inc. and your Advisory Representative are compensated. Certain forms of compensation can create conflicts of interest, and
it is important for you to assess these conflicts of interest when making investment decisions.
The Firm’s Advisory Representatives are compensated through varying structures depending on their relationship with the
Firm. Most Advisory Representatives operate as independent contractors and are compensated based on a percentage of
the advisory fee revenue attributable to the client accounts they service. This compensation is paid by the Firm directly
from the advisory fees collected from clients.
A smaller group of Advisory Representatives are employees of the Firm or an affiliated entity (“Employee Representatives”).
Compensation for Employee Representatives varies by individual agreement and can include a fixed salary or a minimum
salary combined with a production-based bonus or revenue-sharing component. In some cases, Employee Representatives
receive the greater of their minimum salary or their earned share of advisory fee revenue.
Because Advisory Representatives generally receive compensation tied to the amount of advisory fees generated, they have
a financial incentive to recommend advisory services, investment strategies, or account types that increase assets under
management or advisory fees paid by clients.
In some cases, we pay a portion of an Advisory Representative’s compensation to an Advisory Representative’s designated
supervisor(s). This creates a conflict of interest because the compensation affects the designated supervisor’s ability to
provide objective supervision of the Advisory Representative. The Firm mitigates this conflict through policies, procedures
and its governance structure. The Firm and our designated supervisors have an obligation to supervise Advisory
Representatives and may decide to terminate an Advisory Representative’s association with the Firm based on
performance, a disciplinary event, or other factors. The amount of assets serviced or revenue generated by an Advisory
Representative creates a conflict of interest when considering whether to terminate an Advisory Representative.
The Firm maintains policies and procedures to ensure recommendations are suitable and require that Advisory
Representatives always act in your best interest. We also maintain a supervisory structure to monitor the advisory
activities of your Advisory Representative to reduce potential conflicts of interest. You are encouraged to ask us about any
conflict presented.
In particular, we note the following:
Recruiting and Transition Assistance
To assist in the costs of transitioning from another investment adviser, we provide various benefits and/or payments to
certain Advisory Representatives that are newly associated with the Firm. The proceeds of the transition assistance
payments are intended to be used for a variety of purposes, including but not limited to, providing working capital to assist
in funding the Advisory Representative’s business, satisfying outstanding debt owed to the Advisory Representative’s
previous firm, technology set-up fees, marketing and mailing costs, stationery and licensure transfer fees, moving expenses,
office space expenses, and staffing support. The amount of the transition assistance is generally based on the size of the
Advisory Representative’s business established at his or her prior firm. This assistance is generally in the form of loans to
the Advisory Representative and are forgiven by us based on the years of service with the Firm.
The receipt of the recruiting/transition assistance creates a conflict in that the Advisory Representative has a financial
incentive to recommend a client to open and maintain an account with the Firm.
Top Producer Opportunities
The Firm offers additional educational, training, marketing and home office support services and events for those Advisory
Representatives that meet overall revenue production goals. While these goals are not specific to any type of product or
service offered, a conflict of interest exists because these opportunities provide a financial incentive for Advisory
Representatives to recommend investment products and advisory services in general.
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Advisor Appreciation Program
The Firm provides the following compensation and ownership opportunities to certain Advisory Representatives:
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The Retention Program – In very limited situations the Firm provides compensation to certain Advisory
Representatives that have been affiliated with the Firm for many years and are profitable to the organization.
Although there is no production requirement for these limited situation loans, the loan does create a conflict of
interest by requiring the Financial Professional to retain affiliation with the Firm in order to avoid repayment of the
loan.
•
The Referral Rewards Program – Subject to certain qualifications and restrictions, the Firm will make payments to
affiliated Financial Professionals for referrals of unaffiliated Financial Professionals. For each qualified referred
Financial Professional who affiliates with the Firm, the referring Financial Professional will receive up to 3% of the
referred Financial Professional’s trailing 12-month production and up to 3% of the referred Financial Professional’s
first 12 months of production. The Firm is responsible for these payments and the payments to the Financial
Professional are not a portion of the fees and/or commissions you pay. Your Financial Professional’s status as a
referring Financial Professional is not a conflict to you because if referring, the referred Financial Professional’s
production is unrelated to your account. Your Financial Professional’s status as a referred Financial Professional is
not a conflict to you, because your Financial Professional is not compensated specifically for being part of the Referral
Rewards Program.
•
The Equity Ownership Plan – Certain Advisory Representatives who are accredited investors are offered the
opportunity to invest in AG Artemis Holdings, L.P, the parent entity of the Firm.
Loans
The Firm provides loans to certain Advisory Representatives as an incentive to establish, maintain, or expand their
brokerage and advisory relationships. The repayments of such loans are typically dependent on the financial professional
retaining affiliation with the Firm through the end of the loan period. These loans create a conflict of interest for the financial
professional to retain affiliation with the Firm in order to avoid repayment of the loan. Please note the forgivable notes
referenced in the section above on Advisor Appreciation Programs.
Indirect Compensation and Revenue Sharing
Strategic Partners
In addition to commissions or asset-based fees, the Firm, Osaic Wealth and/or Osaic, Inc. receives compensation (“revenue
sharing payments”) from the below categories:
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Packaged Products: certain mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), variable insurance products, fixed insurance
products, direct participation programs, alternative investments, and unit investment trusts (UITs), and structured
products.
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Retirement Plan Partners: third-party firms, including plan recordkeeping platforms as well as investment managers
of mutual funds and the issuers of annuities
•
Third-Party Managers: certain third-party money managers offered through accounts custodied away from the
Broker-Dealer
•
Collateralized Lending Partners: certain banking institutions that collateralize certain investment accounts to obtain
secured loans
The above categories are hereinafter referred to as (“Strategic Partner” or “Strategic Partners”). Strategic Partners are
selected, in part, based on the competitiveness of their products, their technology, their customer service and their training
capabilities. Strategic Partners have more opportunities than other companies to market and educate our Advisory
Representatives on investments and the products they offer. Revenue sharing payments are typically calculated as a fixed
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fee, as an annual percentage of the amount of assets held by customers, or as a percentage of annual new sales, or as a
combination. Strategic Partners pay the Firm, Osaic Wealth and/or Osaic, Inc. differing amounts of revenue sharing, for
which the Strategic Partner receives different benefits. You do not pay more to purchase Strategic Partner investment
products through Osaic Wealth/the Firm than you would pay to purchase those products through another broker-dealer or
RIA. Additionally, revenue-sharing payments received by the Firm, Osaic Wealth and/or Osaic, Inc. are not paid to or
directed to your Advisory Representative. Nevertheless, a conflict of interest exists, in that the Firm, Osaic Wealth and/or
Osaic, Inc. is paid more if you purchase a Strategic Partner product, and your Advisory Representative indirectly benefits
from Strategic Partner payments when the money is used to support costs of product review, marketing or training, or for
waiver of mutual fund ticket charges as described below. This conflict of interest is mitigated by the fact that your Advisory
Representative does not receive any additional compensation for selling Strategic Partner products, and that the firm
maintains policies and procedures to ensure recommendations are in your best interest.
The Firm will update information regarding Strategic Partners who participate in revenue sharing arrangements with the
Firm and Osaic Wealth on its website on a regular basis. For additional information, including specifics on the revenue
share amounts, please refer to our Indirect Compensation Disclosure located at osaic.com/disclosures.
From time to time, the Firm, Osaic Wealth and/or Osaic, Inc. also receives revenue sharing payments from companies that
are not Strategic Partners, generally to cover meetings expenses.
Other Cash and Non-Cash Compensation
In addition to reimbursement of training and educational meeting costs, the Firm and its Advisory Representatives may
receive promotional items, meals or entertainment or other non-cash compensation from representatives of mutual fund
companies, insurance companies, and Alternative Investment Products, as permitted by regulatory rules. Additionally, sales
of any mutual funds, variable insurance products and Alternative Investment Products, whether or not they are those of
Strategic Partners, can qualify Advisory Representatives for additional business support and for attendance at seminars,
conferences and entertainment events. From time to time, non-Strategic Partners attend Firm sponsored meetings for a fee.
Item 15 - Custody
The Firm is deemed to have custody of client funds and securities under Rule 206(4)-2 of the Investment Advisors Act of
1940 due to our advisory agreements and certain custodial agreements authorizes us to deduct advisory fees directly from
client accounts and to instruct the qualified custodian to disburse client funds or transfer client securities in accordance
with client instructions. Although we do not hold physical custody of client assets, this authority results in the Firm being
deemed to have custody.
Client assets are maintained with a qualified custodian in the client’s name. The qualified custodian sends account
statements directly to clients at least quarterly. Clients are encouraged to carefully review the statements received from
the qualified custodian and compare to any reports the Firm provides.
In accordance with applicable regulatory requirements, the Firm undergoes an annual surprise examination by an
independent public accountant to verify client funds and securities.
Item 16 - Investment Discretion
We manage your accounts on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. We will only manage your account on a
discretionary basis upon obtaining your consent. Your consent is typically granted and evidenced in the client agreement
that you sign with us. We define discretion as: the ability to trade your account, without obtaining your prior consent, the
securities and amount of securities to be bought or sold, and the timing of the purchase or sale. It does not extend to the
withdrawal or transfer of your account funds.
We give advice and take action in the performance of our duties to you, which differs from advice given, or the timing and
nature of action taken, with respect to our clients’ accounts.
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Item 17 - Voting Client Securities
We do not have the authority to vote proxies solicited by, or with respect to, the issuers of securities held in your account.
Typically, proxy materials will be forwarded to you by our custodian. We will forward proxy materials that we receive to
you. Please contact us at any time with questions you have regarding proxy solicitations.
In addition, we do not take any action or render any advice with respect to any securities held in any accounts that are
named in or subject to class action lawsuits or bankruptcy proceedings. However, we will forward you any information we
receive regarding class action legal matters involving any security held in your account.
Item 18 - Financial Information
We do not allow, require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six months or more in advance.
Therefore, we are not required to include a balance sheet for our most recent fiscal year. We are well capitalized and in full
compliance with applicable regulations and do not foresee any financial conditions that will impair our fulfillment of
reasonable obligations or contractual commitments to you.
Investment advisory services are offered through Osaic Advisory Services, LLC, registered investment adviser. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is separately
owned and other entities and/or marketing names, products or services referenced here are independent of Osaic Advisory Services, LLC.
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Additional Brochure: OSAIC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC COUNSEL WRAP BROCHURE (2026-03-31)
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Part 2A Appendix 1
Program Brochure
Osaic Advisory Services, LLC
d/b/a Osaic Advisors
Counsel Program
Current as of March 31, 2026
© Osaic Advisory Services, LLC • 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 750 • Atlanta, GA 30339 • 678-387-3088 •
osaic.com/advisoryservices
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Osaic Advisory Services, LLC. If you have any
questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (678) 387-3088. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a registered investment adviser. Registration does not imply any level of skill or training.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the SEC or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is also available on the SEC’s website at adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search
this site by a unique identifying number, known as a CRD number. The CRD number for the Firm is 171070.
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Item 2 - Material Changes
This item discusses only specific material changes that are made to the Counsel Program Brochure and
provides clients with a summary of such changes. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as
Osaic Advisors filed its last annual amendment to its Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1 Program Brochure
on March 31, 2025. Since then, the following material changes have occurred:
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Item 4 – Disclosure was added regarding how financial planning and consulting services can
be provided to clients in connection with the Program at no additional cost
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Item 4 – An explanation of advance and arrears billing was added to the Advisory Services
section
Item 4 – Disclosure was added to include monthly account fee billing option to managed
account programs
Item 3 - Table of Contents
Item 2
Material Changes
2
Item 3
Table of Contents
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Services, Fees and Compensation
Item 4
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Account Requirements and Types of Clients
Item 5
7
Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation
Item 6
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Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers
Item 7
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Client Contact with Portfolio Managers
Item 8
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Additional Information
Item 9
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Item 4 – Services, Fees and Compensation
The Counsel Program (“Program”) is sponsored by Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as Osaic Advisors
(“OAS”, “Firm”, “us” or “we” or “our”) an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser. OAS is a limited liability company organized
under the laws of the State of Florida on April 15, 2014. Osaic Wealth, Inc. (“Osaic Wealth”), OAS’s broker-dealer affiliate, is
registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer engaged in the offer and sale of securities products and is a member of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). OAS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc.,
which is indirectly owned primarily by a consortium of investors through RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P., an investment fund
affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P. is controlled by various other entities including
RCP Artemis Co-Invest GP, LLC, RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., , RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, MRB ICBC LLC, , and
The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust, which is owned primarily by a consortium of investors through RCP Artemis Co-Invest,
L.P., an investment fund affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. The consortium of investors includes, RCP Genpar
Holdco LLC, RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., and The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust.
Advisory Services
When your OAS Investment Adviser Representative (“Advisory Representative”) manages your account through the
Counsel Program your account will be established at the custodian named in the Counsel Investment Advisory Agreement
(“Agreement”) that you sign to participate in the Counsel Program. The Program begins with your Advisory Representative
working with you to identify your investment goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance. Your Advisory Representative
will then customize asset allocation, investment selection, and investment strategies to meet your individual financial
situation and investment goals. Your Advisory Representative has the option to allocate your portfolio amongst a mix of
mutual funds, stocks, bonds, options, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), variable annuity (“VA”) sub-accounts, and other types
of securities which are based on your investment goals, objectives, and risk tolerance.
Depending on the terms you enter into with us in the Agreement, your Advisory Representative will manage your account
on either a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. We define discretionary management as the ability to trade your
account, without obtaining your prior consent, the securities and amount of securities to be bought or sold, and the timing
of the purchase or sale. It does not extend to the withdrawal or transfer of your account funds. Non-discretionary
management means that your Advisory Representative does not have the ability to perform the aforementioned without
your consent.
As described previously, the Advisory Representative’s services are tailored to your individual needs. Advisory
Representative assists you in connection with establishing and monitoring of your investment objectives, risk tolerance,
asset allocation goals and time horizon. You have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions or constraints on the way
your accounts are managed; however, such restrictions may cause the Advisory Representative to deviate from a strategy
or recommendations that the Advisory Representative would have made if such restrictions or constraints were not in
place. Thus, the account’s performance may be lower than it otherwise would have been.
The services that OAS provides under some or all of these investment options may be available from other providers for
lesser fees. In addition, you may buy securities (e.g., mutual funds, exchange-traded funds, etc.) outside of our investment
programs without incurring fees through our program.
An unaffiliated entity acts as custodian and broker-dealer for Counsel described in this brochure. The custodian is named
in your Agreement. The Custodian will typically be Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC (“Fidelity”), or Charles Schwab & Co.,
Inc. (“Schwab”).
Advisory Representatives can, in their sole discretion and as agreed from time to time with clients, provide financial
planning or financial consulting services to clients in connection with the Program at no additional cost. Advisory
Representatives may also require clients to enter into a separate agreement with an agreed upon fee for financial planning
or financial consulting services.
Program Costs
The Counsel Account has no minimum account size and advisory fees are negotiable. Advisory fees are billed monthly or
quarterly and you have the option of choosing the billing methodology (flat, linear, or tiered); these elections are made on
the Agreement.
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You will pay a monthly or quarterly account fee, in advance or arrears, based upon the market value of the assets held in
your account as of the last business day of the preceding calendar month or quarter or on the average daily value of your
account of the preceding quarter. Your account fees are negotiable and will be debited from your account by our custodian.
If you terminate your participation in this program, you will be entitled to a pro-rata refund of any prepaid monthly or
quarterly fees based upon the number of days remaining in the month or quarter after the date upon which the notice of
termination is received.
While advisory fees are negotiable, the annual management fee (“Management Fee”) applied to your account will not exceed
a maximum of 2.50%, regardless of account size.
The Counsel Program is a “wrap fee” account under which you pay a single fee that covers the Advisory Representative’s
advice and the execution of transactions through the custodian. You should understand that the wrap fee may cost you more
than purchasing the program services separately. A non-wrap fee account is generally more cost-effective for you if you do
not intend to actively trade your account. While there is no precise determinant for an actively traded account, if you are
engaging in a small number of transactions per year, you should discuss in detail with your advisor if a wrap fee account is
appropriate for your needs.
Several factors influence the selection to use the Counsel Program, including but not limited to:
1. your preference for a “wrap fee” versus transaction charges per trade on certain or all securities
2. account size
3. anticipated trading frequency
4. anticipated securities to be traded
5. management style
6.
long term investment goals
Regardless of the actual monthly or quarterly Wrap Fee rate or the value of the assets in the accounts, the minimum fee
charged to accounts in the Counsel Program is the greater of $30 or up to 15 basis points (0.15%) annually assessed per
account. The imposition of the minimum fee may cause the effective Wrap Fee rate (expressed as a percentage) to be greater
than the fee rates specified in your Counsel Agreement.
OAS will “household”, for fee calculation purposes only, multiple Accounts together within the Agreement at your request.
This practice is designed to allow you the benefit of an increased asset total, which can reduce your advisory fee. OAS can
treat accounts under management as part of the same household if all reside at the same address, have the same last name,
have the same Social Security Number or per your request and execution of the Household Billing Addendum to the
applicable Agreement. Accounts opened at a later date may be added for householding purposes. You understand that you
are responsible for notifying OAS of which Account(s) you would like to household under this agreement for fee billing
purposes.
Either party at any time, and upon written notice, may terminate the Counsel Agreement and a pro rata portion of any Wrap
Fee paid by you in advance will be remitted to you based on the number of days left in the quarter, following receipt of the
notice of termination by OAS. Terminated account refunds are processed monthly.
Additional Fees and Costs
Other costs that are assessed by broker-dealers or the custodian and that are not included in the Wrap Fee include: fees for
transactions executed away from chosen custodian, dealer mark-ups and spreads paid to market-makers. The Management
Fee also does not cover debit balances or related margin interest, “mark-ups” and “mark-downs” or “dealer spreads” that
broker-dealers (including broker dealer affiliates) receive when acting as principal in certain transactions, brokerage
commission or other charges resulting from transactions not effected through chosen custodian. The Management Fee also
does not cover costs associated with exchanging foreign currencies, odd-lot differentials, IRA fees, transfer taxes, exchange
fees, wire transfer fees, extensions, non-sufficient funds, mailgrams, legal transfers, bank wire charges, postage fees or SEC
fees or other fees or taxes required by law. The advisory fees do not cover charges imposed by third parties for investments
held in the account, such as contingent deferred sales charges or 12(b)-1 trails on mutual funds and variable annuity
contracts. In addition, each mutual fund or third-party money manager charges asset management fees, which are in
addition to the advisory fees charged by our firm. Please see the section titled Brokerage Practices for additional
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Variable annuity companies generally impose internal fees and expenses on your variable annuity, including contingent
deferred sales charges and early redemption fees. These fees are in addition to the advisory fees and expenses referenced
above. Complete details of such internal expenses are specified and disclosed in each variable annuity company’s
prospectus. Please review the Variable Annuity prospectus for full details.
Advisory Representatives can trade on margin for your accounts, which could result in a high portfolio turnover ratio and
higher transaction charges in accounts with such charges. Additionally, the use of margin may also result in interest charges
as well as all other fees and expenses associated with the security or account involved. Advisory fees for accounts with
margin are billed net of the margin debit held in the account.
In addition to the Program Fee, each mutual fund or ETF in which your account may invest also bears its own investment
advisory fees and other expenses. The mutual funds available through Counsel may be available directly from the funds
pursuant to the terms of their prospectuses and without paying the Wrap Fee. Exchange-traded funds are also available
outside of Counsel without paying the Wrap Fee, subject to applicable commissions and/or transaction charges. Further, to
the extent that cash used for investment comes from redemptions of a mutual fund or other investments outside of the
Program, there may be tax consequences or additional cost from sales charges previously paid and redemption fees
incurred. Such redemption fees would be in addition to the Wrap Fee on those assets. Additional expenses associated with
the specific underlying investment funds such as, redemption fees may apply. Certain mutual funds used in the Program
may charge a redemption fee if shares are redeemed within a specified period of time. You may incur redemption fees in
the event that a sell is executed or model update is implemented. Redemption fees vary by fund and are described in each
fund’s prospectus.
Mutual Funds
Mutual funds generally offer multiple share classes available for investment based upon certain eligibility and/or purchase
requirements. For instance, in addition to the more commonly offered retail share classes (typically, Class A, B, and C
shares), certain mutual funds also offer institutional shares classes and other share classes that are specifically designed for
purchase in an account enrolled in fee-based investment advisory programs. Institutional share classes or classes of shares
designed for purchase in an investment advisory program usually have a lower expense ratio than other share classes. You
should not assume that they will be invested in the share class with the lowest possible expense ratio.
Certain mutual fund share classes are available for purchase or sale without a transaction fee; these mutual funds are
typically available in higher cost share classes. Mutual Fund share classes which have a transaction fee are typically
available in lower cost share classes. The decision to use the higher cost share classes versus the lower cost share classes
is based on the anticipated level of trading activity in the selected mutual fund. Generally, prolonged holding periods of the
higher cost share classes result in higher underlying expenses to you than if a lower cost share class were chosen with a
transaction fee. In discussing with you which share class is appropriate, our Advisory Representatives will typically discuss
the size of the investment in the mutual fund, anticipated number of transactions in the mutual fund, the preference of
paying a transaction fee and the likely turnover of the assets in the account based on the proposed strategy for the account.
Please contact your Advisory Representative for more information about share class eligibility. You may find additional
information relating to Mutual Fund share classes by visiting www.finra.org/investors/alerts/understanding-mutual-fund-
classes.
Approved Advisory Products List
In an effort to mitigate the above-referenced conflicts and meet current SEC regulatory expectations, OAS has created an
Approved Advisory Products List (“Products List”) to which OAS’ advisory activities are subject. The selection of mutual
funds and share classes for the Products List is based on a number of factors including expense ratio, availability, and
supervision practicality. OAS has implemented a policy whereby no new mutual fund purchases may be made in advisory
accounts unless such mutual funds and share classes have been approved and are listed on the current Products List.
Further, to the extent that certain funds currently held in advisory accounts are on the Products List but not held in an
approved class, OAS has a periodic process of converting all such holdings to an approved share class, without tax
consequence and at no cost, in most cases.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, you should understand that despite its inclusion on the Products List, the share class offered
for a particular mutual fund in many cases will not be the least expensive share class that the mutual fund makes available.
Also, other financial services firms may offer the same mutual fund at a lower overall cost to the investor than is available
through OAS. We also note that to the extent that an advisory account includes mutual fund holdings that are unapproved
as to both fund and share class, such funds may continue to be held in that account (although no new purchases shall be
permitted).
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Finally, we note that OAS’ policies and procedures allow OAS’ Advisory Representatives to formally request for both new
inclusions to the Products List as well as (in rare cases) waivers from its applicability.
Comparison Cost of Service
The Wrap Fee may cost you more or less than purchasing services separately depending on the frequency of trading in the
accounts, commissions charged at other broker-dealers for similar products, fees charged for like services by other broker-
dealers and other factors. Among the factors impacting the relative cost of the program include the size of the account, the
type of account (i.e., equity or fixed income), and the size of the assets devoted to a particular strategy.
Advisory Representatives receive a substantial portion of the total Wrap Fee charged which may be as high as 2.50%
annually, pursuant to your Counsel Agreement in the management of your portfolio. This compensation may be more or
less than what the Advisory Representative would receive if you participated in other programs or paid separately for
investment advice, brokerage and other services. The Advisory Representatives therefore have a financial incentive to
recommend the Counsel Program described in this brochure over other programs or services.
In the Counsel wrap fee program, transaction or ticket charges are paid by OAS when they occur. Because of this practice
you should be aware that OAS has a conflict of interest because of the incentive to limit trading activities in your account in
order to minimize these costs. An account in which there are no transaction charges may cost more or less than you would
pay if investment advice, brokerage and other services were purchased separately. An arrangement with asset-based fees
typically assumes a normal amount of trading activity under particular circumstances. Prolonged periods of account
inactivity result in higher compensation than if transaction charges were paid separately by you for each transaction. In
negotiating asset-based fees and transaction charges, Advisory Representatives will discuss with you the impact of the size
of their account and the likely turnover of the account based on the proposed strategy for their account. Advisory
Representatives may also recommend an account structure which has varying transaction charges for certain security types
(mutual funds, ETFs, equity, fixed income, options and alternatives), which are charged to OAS. As a consequence, OAS has
a conflict of interest in recommending one security type over another as OAS may receive less compensation in the Advisory
Representative’s choice of investments in managing your account. As a fiduciary we are required to act in your best interest
and manage these conflicts via periodic reviews of our pricing arrangements with our custodians.
Item 5 – Account Requirements and Types of Clients
Type of Clients
The Program is available to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations,
corporations, banks as well as other business entities.
Minimum Account Size
OAS generally does not impose any requirements for opening or maintaining an account, such as a minimum account size.
We will charge a minimum service fee which is the greater of $30 or up to 15 basis points annually assessed to the Advisory
Representative per account.
Item 6 – Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation
Your Advisory Representative is the portfolio manager available with respect to the Program. Because your Advisory
Representative is the portfolio manager in this Program you acknowledge that you have chosen him or her to act in this
capacity. Advisory Representatives are selected by their Firms based on various criteria including experience. You should
refer to the OAS Form ADV 2A for additional information.
Item 7 - Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers
Your personal identification, account and holdings data are disclosed to your Advisor to enable your Advisor to help
determine the Program Investments that are suitable for you.
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Your Advisor provides us with access to the following client related information: (i) account opening documents (which
include, among other things, your investment objective, risk tolerance and any account restrictions you imposed on
management of assets); (ii) your investment guidelines (if applicable); and (iii) reports relating to the performance of your
account.
Please refer to the Firm’s Privacy Policy located at osaic.com/advisoryservices-disclosures to find details.
Item 8 – Client Contact with Portfolio Managers
Client -Advisor Relationship
You are encouraged to contact your Advisor with respect to any changes regarding your investment objectives, risk
tolerance and requested restrictions with respect to management of your Program Investments.
You should direct any questions that you have regarding the Program to your Advisor.
Item 9 - Additional Information
Disci plinary Information
Not applicable. Neither we, nor any of our management personnel have been involved in any disciplinary events that are
material to your evaluation of our programs or the integrity of our management.
Other Financial
Industry Activities and Affiliations
Advisors that offer the Program may be “Related Persons” to us. You should see the OAS ADV Part 2A that will be
provided to you for information regarding any of their other financial industry affiliations and for any associated conflicts
of interest.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics (“the Code”) to address securities-related conduct. The Code focuses primarily on
fiduciary duty, personal securities transactions, insider trading, gifts, and conflicts of interest. The Code includes our policies
and procedures developed to protect your interests in relation to the following topics:
• The duty at all times to place your interests first;
• The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted in such a manner as to be consistent with
the code of ethics and to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an employee’s position of
trust and responsibility;
• The principle that investment adviser personnel should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions;
• The fiduciary principle that information concerning the identity of security holdings and your financial
circumstances is confidential; and
• The principle that independence in the investment decision-making process is paramount.
This response is only intended to provide you with a summary description of our Code of Ethics. Please refer to our Code
of Ethics located at osaic.com/disclosures in its entirety for additional details.
Individuals who are covered by our Code (“Access Persons”) can buy or sell securities identical to those recommended to
you for their personal accounts. In addition, any of our Related Person(s) may have an interest or position in securities
which are recommended to you. Our Code requires Access Persons to report their personal securities holdings for review
by us.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Your Advisor, who may be a Related Person to us, can recommend or buy and sell securities that it or its Related Persons’
have a financial interest in. Please see the OAS ADV Part 2A for further details on these financial interests and associated
conflicts of interest.
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Brokerage Practices
OAS utilizes various custodians to execute advisory account transactions and to custody advisory assets in connection with
the Counsel Program. Currently, OAS utilizes Fidelity and Schwab. Generally, each Advisory Representative chooses to use
one of the custodians exclusively to execute transactions and custody your funds and securities. OAS does not require
Advisory Representatives to utilize a particular custodian over another that OAS currently utilizes.
A number of factors affect custodial choice and 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
broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, safety of customer funds, execution capability,
commission rates and responsiveness. Accordingly, although OAS will seek competitive rates, to the benefit of all clients, it
will not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for specific client account transactions. In utilizing broker-
dealers for custodial services, OAS considers any or all of the following:
• Quality of overall execution services provided
• Promptness of execution
• Creditworthiness, financial condition, and business reputation
• Research (if any) provided
• Promptness and accuracy of reports on execution
• Ability and willingness to correct errors
• Ability to access various market centers
• The Custodian’s facilities, technology & technology integrations
• Commission or transaction charged to clients
• Execution capabilities and operational efficiencies
• Product specialty and availability (types of securities)
• Banking, charitable & trust services offered
The benefits received by OAS or its personnel through participation in programs available at Fidelity or Schwab
(“Custodians”) do not depend on the amount of brokerage transactions directed to the Custodians. You should be aware,
however, that the receipt of economic benefits by OAS or its related persons in and of itself creates a conflict of interest and
influences OAS’ choice of custodians for custody and brokerage services. OAS receives no products, research, or services in
connection with your securities transactions (i.e., soft dollars or soft dollar benefits) that it would consider a primary factor
in utilizing a particular broker-dealer. However, under its custodian agreements, OAS receives certain services and
products, such as fundamental research reports, technical and portfolio analyses, pricing services, access to a trading desk,
access to block trading, economic forecasting and general market information, historical database information and
computer software that assists OAS’ Advisory Representatives in their investment management process.
Custodians refer financial professionals to OAS, and these professionals may become Advisory Representatives of our firm.
These referrals from our Custodians raise a conflict of interest. Custodians will most likely refer potential Advisory
Representatives to OAS when we encourage those Advisory Representative’s clients to custody their assets at the referring
firm and whose client accounts are profitable to the Custodians. Consequently, in order to obtain referrals, OAS has an
incentive to recommend to clients that the assets under management by OAS be held in custody with the referring firm and
to place transactions for client accounts with that same Custodian. OAS does not pay referral fees to Custodians for
providing OAS with potential Advisory Representative referrals. This arrangement does not diminish our duty to seek best
execution of trades or our duty as a fiduciary to act in the client’s best interest.
Fidelity provides OAS with technology platforms or other software to access Fidelity’s brokerage system. These systems aid
OAS in providing services to its clients and their accounts, which includes software that makes available client’s account
data, facilitates trade execution, allocates aggregated trade orders, facilitates payment of fees from client accounts, and
assists with back office functions, such as recordkeeping and client reporting. Fidelity also assists OAS with certain Advisory
Representatives joining the Fidelity platform, and in some cases, pay account transfer fees or other charges the client pays
when changing custodians or service providers. The agreement for services described above may be better or worse than
the terms offered to other advisors and may depend on the type or amount of business OAS and its client conduct with
Fidelity. Other factors may be considered as well, including the amount of assets in accounts with Fidelity within a certain
timeframe. Our Advisory Representatives are motivated by these factors when recommending Fidelity accounts to clients.
OAS will establish pricing on commissions, account transactions, and other service fees for accounts in which Fidelity is the
custodian. This pricing will be agreed upon based on the current and expected type and amount of business OAS plans to
do with Fidelity.
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Schwab provides OAS with access to its institutional trading and custody services, which are typically not available to
Schwab retail investors. These services generally are available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis,
at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10 million of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at
Schwab Advisor Services. Schwab’s services include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities
transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice, analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and
other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or require a significantly higher
minimum initial investment.
The Custodians also sponsor and make available to OAS other products and services that benefit OAS. These benefits include
national, regional or OAS specific educational events, conferences or meetings relating to the programs or advisor custody
and brokerage services. Some benefits include occasional business entertainment of personnel of OAS by the Custodians’
personnel, including meals, invitations to sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other forms of entertainment,
some of which accompany educational opportunities. Other of these products and services assist OAS in managing and
administering clients’ accounts. These include software and other technology (and related technological training) that
provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution (and
allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing information and other market
data, facilitate payment of OAS’ fees from its clients’ accounts, access to mutual funds with no transaction fees and to certain
institutional money managers; and assist with back-office training and support functions, recordkeeping and client
reporting. Many of these services are used to service all or some substantial number of OAS’ accounts, including accounts
not maintained at Schwab or Fidelity. Certain Custodians also make available to OAS other services intended to help OAS
manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services include professional compliance, legal and business
consulting, publications, conferences, roundtables and webinars on practice management, information technology,
business succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, insurance and
marketing. In addition, the Custodians make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services rendered to
OAS by independent third parties. The Custodians will occasionally discount or waive fees it would otherwise charge for
some of these services or pay all or a part of the fees of a third-party providing these services to OAS.
Trade Allocation and Aggregation
When the purchase or sale of a particular security is appropriate for more than one client account, trades for advisory clients
may be aggregated. We may simultaneously enter orders to purchase or sell the same securities for the account of two or
more clients. It is a common practice that these orders be “batched” for ease of execution. This is done principally to ensure
that clients are treated fairly, and that one client is not advantaged at the expense of another client. Trades with advisory
clients may be aggregated with those of other clients of OAS or the personal trades of Advisory Representative’s accounts
as well. Aggregate orders may not reduce transactions costs. There may be several prices at which the securities
transactions are executed, even though the orders were entered as one order for all accounts. Advisory Representative may
aggregate all, none or some of client trades based on, among other things, a client’s investment guidelines and restrictions
(including those on the use of discretion by the Advisory Representative) the type of securities and the size of the order.
OAS’s policies do not require Advisory Representative to aggregate or block trade all client orders. When an Advisory
Representative chooses not to aggregate client orders for the same security a conflict of interest exists (except for mutual
funds). In such instances, the Advisory Representative must decide which client order to place first, which may result in
one client receiving a better execution price over another client and will lead to certain client accounts receiving more
favorable order executions over time. OAS does not monitor Advisory Representatives choosing not to aggregate orders to
determine whether any one client or group of clients is systematically disadvantaged over time. It is our practice to treat all
subject accounts equally when a block trade occurs, averaging the execution prices of the related trades and applying the
average price to each transaction and account. Allocations of “batched” trades also may be rounded up or rounded down to
avoid odd lot or small holdings in any client account. OAS may determine not to aggregate transactions, for example, based
on the size of the trades, the number of client accounts, the timing of the trades and the liquidity of the securities. If the firm
does not aggregate orders, some clients purchasing securities around the same time may receive a less favorable price than
other clients. This means that this practice of not aggregating will, in certain circumstances, cost clients more money.
Clients that are not included in block trading of other client accounts may receive a higher or lower price than clients that
have been included in a block trading order. In order to ensure that no client or group of clients is favored over another,
OAS retroactively reviews the block trading activity with respect to clients that are not included in block trades with other
clients of an Advisory Representative for the same security on the same date.
Trading Errors
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more erroneous securities transactions for a client’s brokerage account. If this occurs in your account, the error will be
corrected, and your account will be restored to the same economic position had the error never occurred. In the process of
restoring your account, a profit may be realized, or a loss suffered in connection with correcting this error. Neither losses
nor gains realized will be passed on to you. As a result, trade corrections can result in a financial benefit to us or our affiliated
broker/dealers.
Fixed Income
In addition, OAS may execute fixed income trades through Advisors Asset Management. An OAS Advisory Representative
may choose to execute through Advisors Asset Management due to their access to the bond markets, trading support
services, and their ability to view competitive offerings. OAS does not receive referrals, products, research or services (i.e.,
soft dollars) in connection with this relationship. However, Osaic Wealth receives payments from Advisors Asset
Management for having directed a volume of transactions to them for execution of orders for client accounts, which may
include advisory accounts. This compensation does not affect the “wrap fee” or the price that clients pay for securities or
the transaction charges they pay. More information about these payments is available upon request.
Osaic Wealth or Ladenburg Thalmann & Co, Inc. (“LTCO”), an affiliate of OAS, may act as broker-dealer for accounts in these
programs for certain syndicate securities. Thus, by recommending one of these securities, the Advisory Representative is
recommending Osaic Wealth or LTCO as broker-dealer. The transaction charges paid in connection with these programs
may be more or less than the client would pay for transactions through other broker-dealers. However, these transaction
charges are determined by taking into account the advisory services provided by OAS.
Directed Brokerage
Directed brokerage occurs when an investment adviser complies with the client’s request to use a designated broker or
custodian. OAS requires that clients establish brokerage accounts with certain registered broker-dealers (“Custodians”).
Currently, OAS utilizes Fidelity or Schwab to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to affect trades for their accounts. OAS
is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with these Custodians. The final decision to custody assets with the
Custodians listed above is made by the Client in the applicable program agreement, including those accounts under ERISA
or IRA rules and regulations, in which case the client is acting as either the plan sponsor or IRA accountholder. OAS client
accounts maintained at the Custodians generally do not charge separately for custody services but are compensated by
account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees for securities trades that are
executed through the Custodians or that settle into their accounts. Because OAS may pay the execution costs in certain
programs associated with securities transactions, there is a disincentive to trade securities above a certain threshold. OAS
does not receive any portion of the commission or fees from the Custodians.
The practice of directing brokerage is not required by all advisers and we may be unable to achieve the most favorable
execution of client transactions at all times. This practice may cost clients more money, however as a fiduciary, OAS
endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests. OAS’ recommendation/requirement that clients maintain their assets in
accounts at the Custodians may be based in part on the benefit to OAS or the availability of some of the foregoing products
and services and other arrangements and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services
provided by the Custodians, which creates a conflict of interest. Clients are able to direct brokerage transactions to a third
party for certain types of securities. Directing brokerage may cost clients more money because, as an example, we will not
be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs, or the client may receive less favorable prices.
Review of Accounts
Your Advisor periodically reviews your account and contacts you at least annually. For further account review details,
please see the OAS ADV Part 2A.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
As Program Sponsor, we receive a portion of the Account Fee as described in Item 4 above. For further details on
compensation and other economic benefits that OAS receives, please see the OAS Form ADV Part 2A.
Financial Information
This item is not applicable to the Firm. The Program does not allow, require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in
fees per client, six months or more in advance. Therefore, we are not required to include a balance sheet for our most recent
fiscal year. We have no financial condition that might impair our ability to meet our contractual commitments to clients
and have never been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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Additional Brochure: OSAIC ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC PARTNER WRAP BROCHURE (2026-03-31)
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Part 2A Appendix 1
Program Brochure
Osaic Advisory Services, LLC
d/b/a Osaic Advisors
Partner Program
Current as of March 31, 2026
© Osaic Advisory Services, LLC • 2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 750 • Atlanta, GA 30339 • 678-387-3088 •
osaic.com/advisoryservices
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Osaic Advisory Services, LLC. If you have any
questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (678) 387-3088. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is registered with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a registered investment adviser. Registration does not imply any level of skill or training.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the SEC or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Osaic Advisory Services, LLC is also available on the SEC’s website at adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search
this site by a unique identifying number, known as a CRD number. The CRD number for the Firm is 171070.
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Item 2 - Material Changes
This item discusses only specific material changes that are made to the Partner Program Brochure and
provides clients with a summary of such changes. Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as
Osaic Advisors, filed its last annual amendment to its Form ADV Part 2A Appendix 1 Program Brochure
on March 31, 2025. Since then, the following material changes have occurred:
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Item 4 – Disclosure updated regarding Osaic Advisory Services, LLC as an indirect wholly-
owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings, Inc.
Item 4 – Disclosure was added regarding how financial planning and consulting services can be
provided to clients in connection with the Program at no additional cost
Item 3 - Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
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Services, Fees and Compensation
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Account Requirements and Types of Clients
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Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation
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Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers
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Client Contact with Portfolio Managers
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Additional Information
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Item 4 – Services, Fees and Compensation
The Partner Program (“Program”) is sponsored by Osaic Advisory Services, LLC also doing business as Osaic Advisors
(“OAS”, “the Firm”, “us” or “we” or “our”) an SEC-Registered Investment Adviser. OAS is a limited liability company
organized under the laws of the State of Florida on April 15, 2014. Osaic Wealth, Inc., (“Osaic Wealth”), OAS’s broker-dealer
affiliate, is registered with the SEC as a broker-dealer engaged in the offer and sale of securities products and is a member
of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). OAS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Osaic Holdings,
Inc., which is indirectly owned primarily by a consortium of investors through RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P., an investment
fund affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. RCP Artemis Co-Invest, L.P. is controlled by various other entities
including RCP Artemis Co-Invest GP, LLC, RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., , RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, MRB ICBC
LLC, , and The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust, which is owned primarily by a consortium of investors through RCP Artemis
Co-Invest, L.P., an investment fund affiliated with Reverence Capital Partners LLC. The consortium of investors includes,
RCP Genpar Holdco LLC, RCP Genpar L.P., RCP Opp Fund II GP, L.P., and The Berliniski Family 2006 Trust.
Advisory Services
Clients who wish to participate in Partner’s third-party investment management & consulting program described in this
brochure enter into a Partner Investment Advisory Agreement with OAS and a similar agreement directly with the third-
party investment manager (“Manager”). The applicable agreements will set forth which Manager is providing consulting
services to clients. The client’s selection of a Manager will not be effective until the client is accepted by the Manager. The
client’s agreement with the Manager sets forth the terms and conditions under which the client’s accounts are managed by
the Manager or by third-party portfolio managers made available through the Manager. We offer Partner accounts as
“Wrap” where no separate transaction charges apply, and a single fee is paid for the third-party investment manager’s fee,
the Adviser’s fee and the costs of execution of transactions through the chosen custodian. In a wrap fee program, no separate
brokerage commissions or other brokerage fees will be charged (See the section “Fees That Clients May Pay in Addition to
the Wrap Fee”). We also offer Partner accounts as “Non-Wrap” where, in addition to the third-party investment manager’s
fee and the Adviser’s fee, you will also pay separate per-trade transaction charges. The fees that you pay in connection with
the Partner Program are set forth in the program agreement that you sign.
Your Investment Adviser Representative (“Advisory Representative”) will gather information relevant to your needs. For
example, you inform your Advisory Representatives of the investment objectives, risk tolerance, investment time horizon,
and any investment policies, guidelines, or reasonable restrictions applicable to the assets you designate for investment.
Based on the information provided, the Advisory Representative assists you in selecting one or more Managers to provide
discretionary management services for the client’s account from those available through Partner.
Any restrictions on the management of an account imposed by you may cause the Advisory Representative to deviate from
the recommendations that the Advisory Representative would otherwise make with respect to the account. The Advisory
Representative may provide additional consulting services in connection with particular Managers. For example, a Manager
may offer you a variety of investment strategies or may offer you access to other third-party portfolio managers. In those
cases, the Advisory Representative will assist you in selecting an investment strategy or specific Managers. The Advisory
Representative may also assist the client in allocating assets among strategies or Managers.
Whenever you select the services of a third-party Manager, you will receive a disclosure brochure similar to this one
describing the Manager and the services it provides. You should read these disclosure brochures carefully before deciding
whether to select a Manager.
You typically grant discretion to the Manager in a separate agreement between you and the Manager. OAS may assist clients
by recommending that assets be allocated among multiple Managers, but OAS does not have discretion to select the Manager
or to allocate or re-allocate your assets. The Manager may also have discretion in choosing or removing your assets from
one third-party portfolio Manager to another.
Advisory Representatives can, in their sole discretion and as agreed from time to time with clients, provide financial
planning or financial consulting services to clients in connection with the Program at no additional cost. Advisory
Representatives may also require clients to enter into a separate agreement with an agreed upon fee for financial planning
or financial consulting services.
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Execution of Trades
Accounts are managed by third-party portfolio managers made available by OAS. You sign a separate agreement with each
Manager selected. Your selection of a Manager will not be effective until accepted by the Manager. Your agreement with the
Manager sets forth the terms and conditions under which your accounts are managed by the Manager For more information
on these brokerage services, see the section titled “Brokerage Practices” below.
Custody
An unaffiliated entity acts as custodian and broker-dealer for Partner described in this brochure. The custodian is named
in the client’s agreement with the Manager, as applicable. The Custodian will typically be Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC
(“Fidelity”) or Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”).
Fees and Co mpensation
The client pays a quarterly fee which is calculated based on a percentage of the value of the client’s account. Fees are
generally payable in advance and automatically deducted from the account pursuant to the advisory agreement and not
billed separately. The fee covers the consulting and advisory services provided by OAS, the Advisory Representatives, the
Manager, program administrative services, and execution of transactions.
Participating Managers in the Partner Account may have a minimum account size. Certain Managers may limit the billing
frequency and methodology available (flat, linear, or tiered); the availability of these elections including the negotiability of
advisory fees are described in the applicable advisory agreement.
The fee is negotiable based on a variety of factors, such as size and type of account, complexity, range of services utilized,
etc. A flat fee rate is a flat fee percentage applied to all billable assets. When a linear fee rate is selected, the entire household,
portfolio or account value is charged at the rate that corresponds to the asset value range in which billable asset values fall.
In a tiered fee rate schedule, the household, portfolio or account value is charged the corresponding fee percentage within
each range. While advisory fees are negotiable, the annual management fee (“Management Fee”) applied to your account
will not exceed a maximum of 2.50%, regardless of account size.
Regardless of the actual quarterly fee rate or the value of the assets in the accounts, the minimum fee charged to accounts
in Partner is the greater of $30 or up to 15 basis points annually assessed per account. The imposition of the minimum fee
may cause the effective fee rate (expressed as a percentage) to be greater than the fee rates specified in the client’s Partner
Agreement. Depending on which underlying manager utilized, an additional fee may be included in your fee.
Either party at any time, and upon written notice, may terminate the Partner Agreement and a pro rata portion of any fee
paid by you in advance will be remitted to you based on the number of days left in the quarter, following receipt of the
notice of termination by OAS.
OAS may “household”, for fee calculation purposes only, multiple Accounts together within the Investment Advisory
Agreement at the Client’s request. This practice is designed to allow you the benefit of an increased asset total, which could
potentially cause your account to be assessed a reduced advisory fee based on the asset-based fee schedule. OAS treats
accounts under management as part of the same household if client resides at the same address, has the same last name,
has the same Social Security Number or per client request and execution of the Household Billing Addendum to the
applicable Investment Advisory Agreement. Accounts opened at a later date may be added for householding purposes. You
understand that they are responsible for notifying Adviser of which Account(s) you would like to household under this
agreement for fee billing purposes.
Fees that You May Pay in Addition to the Wrap Fee
Manager Fees
Managers may charge separately for their services and for the services of any third-party portfolio manager selected by
you. The fee that you pay to Manager will be set forth in your separate agreement with the Manager. This fee is in addition
to the Wrap Fee paid under this agreement for services provided by the Advisory Representative and OAS. For more
information, see the disclosure document provided by the Manager.
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Other broker-dealer and custodian fees, costs and compensation
Other costs that may be assessed by broker-dealers or the custodian and that are not included in the Wrap Fee include: fees
for transactions executed away from chosen custodian, dealer mark-ups and spreads paid to market- makers. The
Management Fee also does not cover debit balances or related margin interest, “mark-ups” and “mark- downs” or “dealer
spreads” that broker-dealers (including broker dealer affiliates) may receive when acting as principal in certain
transactions, brokerage commission or other charges resulting from transactions not effected through chosen custodian.
The Management Fee also does not cover costs associated with exchanging foreign currencies, odd-lot differentials, IRA
fees, transfer taxes, exchange fees, wire transfer fees, extensions, non-sufficient funds, mailgrams, legal transfers, bank wire
charges, postage fees or SEC fees or other fees or taxes required by law. The advisory fees do not cover charges imposed by
third parties for investments held in the account, such as contingent deferred sales charges or 12(b)-1 trails on mutual
funds and variable annuity contracts. In addition, each mutual fund or third-party money manager charges asset
management fees, which are in addition to the advisory fees charged by our firm. Please see the section titled Brokerage
Practices for additional information.
Variable annuity companies generally impose internal fees and expenses on your variable annuity investment, including
contingent deferred sales charges and early redemption fees. In addition, variable annuity companies generally impose
mortality charges. These fees are in addition to the advisory fees and expenses referenced above. Complete details of such
internal expenses are specified and disclosed in each variable annuity company’s prospectus. Please review the Variable
Annuity prospectus for full details.
The use of margin may also result in interest charges as well as all other fees and expenses associated with the security or
account involved. Generally, Advisory fees for accounts with margin are billed on the net equity of the account, which is the
value of cash and securities minus the amount of margin debt.
Your Advisory Representative can also recommend clients invest in securities issued in an initial public (“new issue”) and
secondary offering for which Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. (“LTCO”), an affiliate of OAS, acts as a manager, an underwriter
and/or a member of the selling syndicate. OAS and/or our affiliated broker/dealer, Osaic Wealth, can also act as a member
of the selling syndicate. We have a conflict of interest when recommending these securities because:
• LTCO receives all or a portion of the concession (the difference between the price paid by the client for the security
and the price for which LTCO purchases the security) in connection with such sales. This concession will vary
between different offerings. If OAS or Osaic Wealth also act as a member of the selling syndicate, they receive a
portion of the concession. If your Advisory Representative is also a registered representative, he or she generally
receives a portion of this compensation in that separate capacity.
Because of our affiliation with LTCO, we have incentives to recommend investments in these initial and secondary offerings
for the above reasons rather than based on client needs. To address these conflicts, we have policies and procedures in
place to make sure that securities in initial public offerings are recommended only to clients for whom they are in the client’s
best interest based on client investment objectives and holdings. If securities acquired in initial public and secondary
offerings become oversubscribed, we have policies and procedures in place addressing the allocation process under these
circumstances.
In addition to the Program Fee, each mutual fund or ETF in which you may invest also bears its own investment advisory
fees and other expenses. The mutual funds available through Partner may be available directly from the funds pursuant to
the terms of their prospectuses and without paying the advisory fee or Manager fee. Exchange-traded funds are also
available outside of Partner without paying the advisory fee or Manager fee, subject to applicable commissions and/or
transaction charges. Further, to the extent that cash used for investment comes from redemptions of a client’s mutual fund
or other investments outside of the Program, there may be tax consequences or additional cost from sales charges
previously paid and redemption fees incurred. Such redemption fees would be in addition to the advisory fee on those
assets. Additional expenses associated with the specific underlying investment funds such as redemption fees, may apply.
Certain mutual funds used in the Program may charge a redemption fee if shares are redeemed within a specified period of
time. You may incur redemption fees in the event that a sell is executed or model update is implemented. Redemption fees
vary by fund and are described in each fund’s prospectus.
Mutual Funds
Mutual funds generally offer multiple share classes available for investment based upon certain eligibility and/or purchase
requirements. For instance, in addition to the more commonly offered retail share classes (typically, Class A, B, and C
shares), certain mutual funds also offer institutional share classes and other share classes that are specifically designed for
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purchase in an account enrolled in fee-based investment advisory programs. Institutional share classes or classes of shares
designed for purchase in an investment advisory program usually have a lower expense ratio than other share classes. You
should not assume that they will be invested in the share class with the lowest possible expense ratio.
Certain mutual fund share classes are available for purchase or sale without a transaction fee; these mutual funds are
typically available in higher cost share classes. Mutual Fund share classes which have a transaction fee are typically available
in lower cost share classes. The decision to use the higher cost share classes versus the lower cost share classes is based on
the anticipated level of trading activity in the selected mutual fund. Generally, prolonged holding periods of the higher cost
share classes result in higher underlying expenses to you than if a lower cost share class were chosen with a transaction
fee. In discussing with you which share class is appropriate, our Advisory Representatives will typically discuss the size of
the investment in the mutual fund, anticipated number of transactions in the mutual fund, the preference of paying a
transaction fee and the likely turnover of the assets in the account based on the proposed strategy for the account. Please
contact your Advisory Representative for more information about share class eligibility. Clients may find additional
information relating to Mutual Fund share classes by visiting www.finra.org/investors/alerts/understanding-mutual-fund-
classes.
Comparison Cost of Service
The wrap fee may cost you more or less than purchasing services separately depending on the frequency of trading in the
accounts, commissions charged at other broker-dealers for similar products, fees charged for like services by other broker-
dealers and other factors. Clients should understand that the wrap fee may cost you more than purchasing the program
services separately.
Advisory Representatives receive a substantial portion of the total advisory fee, which may be as high as 2.50% annually.
This compensation may be more or less than what the Advisory Representative would receive if you participated in other
programs or paid separately for investment advice, brokerage, and other services. The Advisory Representatives therefore
have a financial incentive to recommend the Partner Program described in this brochure over other programs or services.
This presents a conflict of interest. OAS addresses these conflicts of interest through its policies and procedures that, among
other things, require Advisory Representatives to make suitable recommendations and to act as a fiduciary to our clients.
In the Partner Wrap fee program, transaction or ticket charges are paid by OAS when they occur. Because of this practice
you should be aware that OAS has a conflict of interest because of the incentive to limit trading activities in your account in
order to minimize these costs. An account in which there are no transaction charges may cost more or less than you would
pay if investment advice, brokerage and other services were purchased separately. An arrangement with asset-based fees
typically assumes a normal amount of trading activity under particular circumstances. Prolonged periods of account
inactivity result in higher compensation than if transaction charges were paid separately by you for each transaction. In
negotiating asset-based fees and transaction charges, Advisory Representatives will discuss with you the impact of the size
of their account and the likely turnover of the account based on the proposed strategy for their account. Advisory
Representatives may also recommend an account structure which has varying transaction charges for certain security types
(mutual funds, ETFs, equity, fixed income, options and alternatives), which are charged to OAS. As a consequence, OAS has
a conflict of interest in recommending one security type over another as OAS may receive less compensation in the Advisory
Representative’s choice of investments in managing your account. As a fiduciary we are required to act in your best interest
and manage these conflicts via periodic reviews of our pricing arrangements with our custodians.
Item 5 – Account Requirements and Types of Clients
Type of Clients
The Program is available to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations,
corporations, banks as well as other business entities.
Minimum Account Size
OAS generally does not impose any requirements for opening or maintaining an account, such as a minimum account size.
We will charge a minimum service fee which is the greater of $30 or up to 15 basis points annually assessed to the Advisory
Representative per account. Managers impose various account minimums, as set forth in their disclosure documents.
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Item 6 – Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation
OAS selects and evaluates the Managers that are available through Partner. Managers are evaluated using data and
information from several sources, including the Manager and, if available, independent databases. Among the types of
information analyzed are historical performance, investment philosophy, investment process, asset class and styles. OAS
also reviews the Manager’s disclosure brochure, marketing brochures, due diligence questionnaires and other relevant
information that help demonstrate the Manager’s investment process. Manager performance is monitored by OAS.
Managers who underperform relative to the applicable asset class and or styles may be removed from the Partner program.
OAS does not calculate or verify Manager returns but rather relies on the returns presented by the Manager and/or third-
party sources. Manager performance may not be calculated on a uniform and consistent basis.
Managers generally offer a variety of investment strategies. Some strategies may be high-risk strategies. Such strategies
usually have the potential for substantial returns; however, there are correspondingly significant risks involved in the
strategies. Such strategies are not intended for all investors. If you choose to follow high-risk strategies, you should be aware
that there is the possibility of significant losses up to and including the possibility of the loss of all assets placed in the
strategies. It is strongly recommended that you diversify their investments and do not place all of your investments in high-
risk investment strategies.
Advisory Representatives identify specific Managers for clients based on asset size, any investment restrictions the client
may wish to impose, any investment guidelines or policies that the client may have or other factors that may make a certain
particular manager more desirable to the client. Clients are responsible for the initial selection of the Managers. Advisory
Representatives use these same factors to recommend replacement of specific Managers for clients.
Clients will receive each Manager’s disclosure document. Clients should review the disclosure document carefully for
important information about the Manager, including risks associated with the selected strategy (if applicable). Each
Manager is solely responsible for the truthfulness, completeness, and accuracy of its own disclosure document. Neither OAS
nor the Advisory Representatives are responsible for the performance of any Manager. In addition, neither OAS nor the
Advisory Representative shall be responsible for any act or omission of any Manager or any misstatement or omission
contained in any document prepared by or with the approval of any Manager or any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense,
whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of or attributable to such misstatement or omission, or any other action or omission by
a Manager.
Certain Managers seek to execute and fill transactions for institutional and other non-wrap fee/separately managed
program accounts prior to those for wrap-fee/separately managed program accounts. This could have an adverse impact
on the execution price clients receive if trades for institutional and non-sponsor program accounts impact the market and
trading volume of the securities sought to be purchased with respect to the client’s account.
Item 7 - Client Information Provided to Portfolio Managers
Your personal identification, account and holdings data are disclosed to your Advisor to enable your Advisor to help
determine the Program Investments that are suitable for you.
Your Advisor provides us with access to the following client related information: (i) account opening documents (which
include, among other things, your investment objective, risk tolerance and any account restrictions you imposed on
management of assets); (ii) your investment guidelines (if applicable); and (iii) reports relating to the performance of your
account.
Please refer to the Firm’s Privacy Policy located at osaic.com/advisoryservices-disclosures to find details.
Item 8 – Client Contact with Portfolio Managers
Client -Advisor Relationship
You are encouraged to contact your Advisor with respect to any changes regarding your investment objectives, risk
tolerance and requested restrictions with respect to management of your Program Investments.
You should direct any questions that you have regarding the Program to your Advisor.
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Item 9 - Additional Information
Disci plinary Information
Not applicable. Neither we, nor any of our management personnel have been involved in any disciplinary events that are
material to your evaluation of our programs or the integrity of our management.
Other Financial
Industry Activities and Affiliations
Advisors that offer the Program may be “Related Persons” to us. You should see the OAS ADV Part 2A that will be
provided to you for information regarding any of their other financial industry affiliations and for any associated conflicts
of interest.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a Code of Ethics (“the Code”) to address securities-related conduct. The Code focuses primarily on
fiduciary duty, personal securities transactions, insider trading, gifts, and conflicts of interest. The Code includes our policies
and procedures developed to protect your interests in relation to the following topics:
• The duty at all times to place your interests first;
• The requirement that all personal securities transactions be conducted in such a manner as to be consistent with
the code of ethics and to avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an employee’s position of
trust and responsibility;
• The principle that investment adviser personnel should not take inappropriate advantage of their positions;
• The fiduciary principle that information concerning the identity of security holdings and your financial
circumstances is confidential; and
• The principle that independence in the investment decision-making process is paramount.
This response is only intended to provide you with a summary description of our Code of Ethics. Please refer to our Code
of Ethics located at osaic.com/disclosures in its entirety for additional details.
Individuals who are covered by our Code (“Access Persons”) can buy or sell securities identical to those recommended to
you for their personal accounts. In addition, any of our Related Person(s) may have an interest or position in securities
which are recommended to you. Our Code requires Access Persons to report their personal securities holdings for review
by us.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Your Advisor, who may be a Related Persoon to us, can recommend or buy and sell securities that it or its Related Persons’
have a financial interest in. Please see the ADV Part 2A of your Advisor for further details on these financial interests and
associated conflicts of interests.
Brokerage Practices
OAS utilizes various custodians to execute advisory account transactions and to custody advisory assets in connection with
the Partner Program. Currently, OAS utilizes Fidelity and Schwab. Generally, each Advisory Representative chooses to use
one of the custodians exclusively to execute transactions and custody your funds and securities. OAS does not require
Advisory Representatives to utilize a particular custodian over another that OAS currently utilizes.
A number of factors affect custodial choice and 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
broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, safety of customer funds, execution capability,
commission rates and responsiveness. Accordingly, although OAS will seek competitive rates, to the benefit of all clients, it
will not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for specific client account transactions. In utilizing broker-
dealers for custodial services, OAS considers the following:
• Quality of overall execution services provided
• Promptness of execution
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• Creditworthiness, financial condition, and business reputation
• Research (if any) provided
• Promptness and accuracy of reports on execution
• Ability and willingness to correct errors
• Ability to access various market centers
• The Custodian’s facilities, technology & technology integrations
• Commission or transaction charged to clients
• Execution capabilities and operational efficiencies
• Product specialty and availability (types of securities)
• Banking, charitable & trust services offered
The benefits received by OAS or its personnel through participation in programs available at Fidelity or Schwab
(“Custodians”) do not depend on the amount of brokerage transactions directed to the Custodians. You should be aware,
however, that the receipt of economic benefits by OAS or its related persons in and of itself creates a conflict of interest and
influences OAS’ choice of custodians for custody and brokerage services. OAS receives no products, research, or services in
connection with your securities transactions (i.e., soft dollars or soft dollar benefits) that it would consider a primary factor
in utilizing a particular broker-dealer. However, under its custodian agreements, OAS receives certain services and
products, such as fundamental research reports, technical and portfolio analyses, pricing services, access to a trading desk,
access to block trading, economic forecasting and general market information, historical database information and
computer software that assists OAS’ Advisory Representatives in their investment management process.
Custodians refer financial professionals to OAS, and these professionals may become Advisory Representatives of our firm.
These referrals from our Custodians raise a conflict of interest. Custodians will most likely refer potential Advisory
Representatives to OAS when we encourage those Advisory Representative’s clients to custody their assets at the referring
firm and whose client accounts are profitable to the Custodians. Consequently, in order to obtain referrals, OAS has an
incentive to recommend to clients that the assets under management by OAS be held in custody with the referring firm and
to place transactions for client accounts with that same Custodian. OAS does not pay referral fees to Custodians for
providing OAS with potential Advisory Representative referrals. This arrangement does not diminish our duty to seek best
execution of trades or our duty as a fiduciary to act in the client’s best interest.
Fidelity provides OAS with technology platforms or other software to access Fidelity’s brokerage system. These systems aid
OAS in providing services to its clients and their accounts, which includes software that makes available client’s account
data, facilitates trade execution, allocates aggregated trade orders, facilitates payment of fees from client accounts, and
assists with back-office functions, such as recordkeeping and client reporting. Fidelity also assists OAS with certain Advisory
Representatives joining the Fidelity platform, and in some cases, pay account transfer fees or other charges the client pays
when changing custodians or service providers. The agreement for services described above may be better or worse than
the terms offered to other advisors and may depend on the type or amount of business OAS and its client conduct with
Fidelity. Other factors may be considered as well, including the amount of assets in accounts with Fidelity within a certain
timeframe. Our Advisory Representatives are motivated by these factors when recommending Fidelity accounts to clients.
OAS will establish pricing on commissions, account transactions, and other service fees for accounts in which Fidelity is the
custodian. This pricing will be agreed upon based on the current and expected type and amount of business OAS plans to
do with Fidelity.
Schwab provides OAS with access to its institutional trading and custody services, which are typically not available to
Schwab retail investors. These services generally are available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis,
at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10 million of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at
Schwab Advisor Services. Schwab’s services include brokerage services that are related to the execution of securities
transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice, analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and
other investments that are otherwise generally available only to institutional investors or require a significantly higher
minimum initial investment.
The Custodians also sponsor and make available to OAS other products and services that benefit OAS. These benefits include
national, regional or OAS specific educational events, conferences or meetings relating to the programs or advisor custody
and brokerage services. Other benefits may include occasional business entertainment of personnel of OAS by the
Custodians’ personnel, including meals, invitations to sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other forms of
entertainment, some of which may accompany educational opportunities. Some of these products and services assist OAS
in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These include software and other technology (and related technological
training) that provide access to client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade
execution (and allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing information
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and other market data, facilitate payment of OAS’ fees from its clients’ accounts, access to mutual funds with no transaction
fees and to certain institutional money managers; and assist with back-office training and support functions, recordkeeping
and client reporting. Many of these services are used to service all or some substantial number of OAS’ accounts, including
accounts not maintained at Schwab or Fidelity. Certain Custodians also make available to OAS other services intended to
help OAS manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services may include professional compliance, legal
and business consulting, publications, conferences, roundtables and webinars on practice management, information
technology, business succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, insurance
and marketing. In addition, the Custodians make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services rendered
to OAS by independent third parties. The Custodians will occasionally discount or waive fees it would otherwise charge for
some of these services or pay all or a part of the fees of a third-party providing these services to OAS.
Trade Allocation and Aggre
gation
When the purchase or sale of a particular security is appropriate for more than one client account, trades for advisory clients
may be aggregated. OAS or the third-party investment manager may simultaneously enter orders to purchase or sell the
same securities for the account of two or more clients. It is a common practice that these orders be “batched” for ease of
execution. This is done principally to ensure that clients are treated fairly and that one client is not advantaged at the
expense of another client. Trades with advisory clients may be aggregated with those of other clients of OAS or the personal
trades of Advisory Representative’s accounts as well. Aggregate orders may not reduce transactions costs. There may be
several prices at which the securities transactions are executed, even though the orders were entered as one order for all
accounts. Advisory Representative may aggregate all, none or some of client trades based on, among other things, a client’s
investment guidelines and restrictions (including those on the use of discretion by the Advisory Representative) the type
of securities and the size of the order.
OAS’s policies do not require the third-party investment manager or Advisory Representative to aggregate or block trade
all client orders. When a Manager or Advisory Representative chooses not to aggregate client orders for the same security
a conflict of interest may exist. In such instances, the Manager or Advisory Representative must decide which client order
to place first, which may result in one client receiving a better execution price over another client and will lead to certain
client accounts receiving more favorable order executions over time. OAS does not monitor Advisory Representatives
choosing not to aggregate orders to determine whether any one client or group of clients is systematically disadvantaged
over time (see the disclosure brochure for the third-party investment manager for policies regarding aggregate or block
trade orders). It is our practice to treat all subject accounts equally when a block trade occurs, averaging the execution
prices of the related trades and applying the average price to each transaction and account. Allocations of “batched” trades
also may be rounded up or rounded down to avoid odd lot or small holdings in any client account. OAS may determine not
to aggregate transactions, for example, based on the size of the trades, the number of client accounts, the timing of the trades
and the liquidity of the securities. If the firm does not aggregate orders, some clients purchasing securities around the same
time may receive a less favorable price than other clients. This means that this practice of not aggregating will, in certain
circumstances, cost clients more money. Clients that are not included in block trading of other client accounts may receive
a higher or lower price than clients that have been included in a block trading order. In order to ensure that no client or
group of clients is favored over another, OAS retroactively reviews the block trading activity with respect to clients that are
not included in block trades with other clients of an Advisory Representative for the same security on the same date.
Trading Errors
Occasionally, a trading error may occur where either we, or our Advisory Representatives, are at fault for affecting one or
more erroneous securities transactions for a client’s brokerage account. If this occurs in your account, the error will be
corrected, and your account will be restored to the same economic position had the error never occurred. In the process of
restoring your account, a profit may be realized, or a loss suffered in connection with correcting this error. Neither losses
nor gains realized will be passed on to you. As a result, trade corrections can result in a financial benefit to us or our affiliated
broker/dealers. Please refer to the Manager’s brochure for more information.
Fixed Income
In addition, OAS or the Manager may execute fixed income trades through Advisors Asset Management. The Manager or an
OAS Advisory Representative may choose to execute through Advisors Asset Management due to their access to the bond
markets, trading support services, and their ability to view competitive offerings. OAS does not receive referrals, products,
research or services (i.e., soft dollars) in connection with this relationship. However, Osaic Wealth receives payments from
Advisors Asset Management for having directed a volume of transactions to them for execution of orders for client accounts,
which may include advisory accounts. This compensation does not affect the “wrap fee” or the price that clients pay for
securities or the transaction charges they pay. More information about these payments is available upon request.
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Osaic Wealth or Ladenburg Thalmann & Co, Inc., an affiliate of OAS, may act as broker-dealer for accounts in these programs
for certain syndicate securities. Thus, by recommending one of these securities, Manager or the Advisory Representative is
recommending Osaic Wealth or LTCO as broker-dealer. The transaction charges paid in connection with these programs
may be more or less than the client would pay for transactions through other broker-dealers. However, these transaction
charges are determined by taking into account the advisory services provided by OAS.
Directed Brokerage
Directed brokerage occurs when an investment adviser complies with the client’s request to use a designated broker or
custodian. OAS requires that clients establish brokerage accounts with certain registered broker- dealers (“Custodians”).
Currently, OAS utilizes Fidelity or Schwab to maintain custody of clients’ assets and to affect trades for their accounts. OAS
is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with these Custodians. The final decision to custody assets with the
Custodians listed above is made by the Client in the applicable program agreement, including those accounts under ERISA
or IRA rules and regulations, in which case the client is acting as either the plan sponsor or IRA accountholder. OAS client
accounts maintained at the Custodians generally do not charge separately for custody services but are compensated by
account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-based fees for securities trades that are
executed through the Custodians or that settle into their accounts. Because OAS may pay the execution costs in certain
programs associated with securities transactions, there is a disincentive to trade securities above a certain threshold. OAS
does not receive any portion of the commission or fees from the Custodians.
The practice of directing brokerage is not required by all advisers and we may be unable to achieve the most favorable
execution of client transactions at all times. This practice may cost clients more money, however as a fiduciary, OAS
endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests. OAS’ recommendation/requirement that clients maintain their assets in
accounts at the Custodians may be based in part on the benefit to OAS or the availability of some of the foregoing products
and services and other arrangements and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services
provided by the Custodians, which creates a conflict of interest. Clients are able to direct brokerage transactions to a third
party for certain types of securities. Directing brokerage may cost clients more money because, as an example, we will not
be able to aggregate orders to reduce transaction costs, or the client may receive less favorable prices.
Review of Accounts
Your Advisor periodically reviews your account and contacts you at least annually. For further account review details,
please see the OAS ADV Part 2A.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
As Program Sponsor, we receive a portion of the Account Fee as described in Item 4 above. For further details on
compensation and other economic benefits that OAS receives, please see the OAS Form ADV Part 2A.
Financial Information
This item is not applicable to the Firm. The Program does not allow, require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in
fees per client, six months or more in advance. Therefore, we are not required to include a balance sheet for our most recent
fiscal year. We have no financial condition that might impair our ability to meet our contractual commitments to clients
and have never been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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