Overview
Assets Under Management: $155 million
Headquarters: NASHVILLE, TN
High-Net-Worth Clients: 52
Average Client Assets: $3 million
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (RAYBURN WEST FINANCIAL ADV PART 2)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $49,000 | 1.50% |
| $49,001 | $249,000 | 1.25% |
| $249,001 | $499,000 | 1.15% |
| $499,001 | $749,000 | 1.10% |
| $749,001 | $999,000 | 1.05% |
| $999,001 | $2,000,000 | 1.00% |
| $2,000,001 | and above | Negotiable |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $11,495 | 1.15% |
| $5 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $10 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $50 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $100 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
Clients
Number of High-Net-Worth Clients: 52
Percentage of Firm Assets Belonging to High-Net-Worth Clients: 84.48
Average High-Net-Worth Client Assets: $3 million
Total Client Accounts: 144
Discretionary Accounts: 138
Non-Discretionary Accounts: 6
Regulatory Filings
CRD Number: 145264
Last Filing Date: 2024-12-12 00:00:00
Website: HTTP://RAYBURNWEST.COM
Form ADV Documents
Primary Brochure: RAYBURN WEST FINANCIAL ADV PART 2 (2025-07-17)
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Part 2A of Form ADV
For
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC
4117 Hillsboro Pike, Suite 208
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
Phone 615.386.6932
Fax 615.386.6934
06/18/2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Rayburn
West Financial Services, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact us at 615.386.6932. This information in this brochure has not been approved or
verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state authority.
Item 2: Material Changes
The material changes in this brochure from the last annual updating amendment of
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC on 03/07/2025 are described below. Material changes
relate to Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC’s policies, practices or conflicts of interests.
• Charles R. West Jr. is once again a licensed insurance agent. (Item 10)
• Charles R. West III has joined Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC as an Investment
Advisor Representative. (Items 4, 10)
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Cover Page
Material Changes
Table of Contents
Advisory Business
Fees and Compensation
Performance Based Fees and Side by Side Management
Types of Clients
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
Disciplinary Information
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliates
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Brokerage Practices
Review of Accounts
Client Referrals and other Compensation
Custody
Investment Discretion
Voting Client Securities
Financial Information
Item 4: Advisory Services
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC began conducting business on July 1, 2007. Charles R.
West Jr. (Ray) is the founding member and principal owner. As of June 2025, Charles Raburn
West III joined Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC as an Investment Advisor
Representative. Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC offers the following services:
Fee Based Asset Management Estate
and Financial Planning Education
and Funding Planning Life and
Risk Management – Hedge portfolios by the use of puts and calls to
manage risk.
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC actively manages investment advisory accounts based on
the client’s individual financial and personal needs, investment objectives, time horizon, and risk
tolerance. All accounts are separate and Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC does not execute
aggregate trades.
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC held $180386445.00 in assets under management as of
December 31, 2024, of which $108981598.00 was discretionary and $71404847.00 was non-
discretionary. Clients can impose restrictions on any specific security by written request
and approval of the firm.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC deducts fees in advance on a quarterly basis for all
advisory accounts.
Fees – The standard annual advisory account fee is:
- 1.0%
$0 -
50,000 -
250,000-
500,000-
750,000-
1,000,000-
2,000,000 +
49,000 - 1.50%
249,000- 1.25%
499,000- 1.15%
749,000- 1.10%
999,000- 1.05%
2,000,000
= negotiated on per case basis
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC or client upon 30 day written notice can terminate the
Investment Advisory Agreement. Otherwise, such agreements automatically renew annually.
Clients’ accounts that are closed during the quarter are subject to a partial reimbursement of the
investment advisory quarterly fee based on the month the account has a zero balance.
Clients also incur transaction costs with some products. Custodians of clients’ assets do not
generally charge separately for custody. Custodians are compensated by account holders through
commissions or other transaction-fees for securities trades that are executed through the custodian
or that settle into the custodian’s accounts.
Item 6: Performance-based Fees and Side by Side Management
Not Applicable
Item 7: Types of Clients
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC advises primarily:
*Individuals
*Pension and Profit Sharing plans
* Trusts and estates
* Corporations or business entities
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Sources of Information, and
Investment Strategies
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC uses the following methods to analyze securities:
charting, technical, fundamental, and cyclical analysis.
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC uses the following sources of information:
Inspection of corporate activities
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• Research material
• Annual reports, prospectuses, and filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission
The investment strategy at Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC is to buy undervalued assets
and hold them until they are fully valued. We use hedges such as puts and calls to help minimize
the risk of each investment. All investments bear some type of risk, including, but not limited to
inflation, currency, timing, or natural disaster. We do not normally engage in the frequent trading
of assets. Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC has no control of how long it will take an
investment to become fully valued.
Item 9: Disciplinary Information
Not Applicable.
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliation
Charles Schwab Institutional, a division of Charles Schwab & Co, is the custodian for all
investment advisory accounts.
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC does not participate in IPOS and does not have any soft
dollar arrangements with any other firms.
Charles R. West Jr. is a licensed insurance agent. He may recommend insurance products to
clients for which he receives commissions. This creates a potential conflict of interest, which is
disclosed and managed according to the firm’s Code of Ethics.
Charles Raburn West III is an Investment Advisor Representative with Rayburn West Financial
Services, LLC. He is not currently affiliated with any other financial industry entities and does
not receive commissions or other compensation from product providers.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation in Client Transactions
and Personal Trading
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC owes its clients the highest duty of loyalty. The interests
our clients come before the interest of Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC or any employee.
Each employee’s professional and personal investment activities must be consistent with our
Code of Ethics and avoid any potential conflict of interests.
Adviser and employees of Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC may purchase for their own
personal investment accounts, the same securities that may be recommended to clients. Rayburn
West Financial Services, LLC has adopted a written Code of Ethics to address and avoid potential
conflicts of interest as required as required by Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Act of 1940.
This rule requires that Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC adopt a Code that sets forth a
standard of business conduct and requires compliance with federal securities laws by all
employees. Our Code contains policies and procedures that insure all personal securities trading
by employees avoid actual or potential conflicts of interest or any abuse of individual’s position
of trust and responsibility. A copy of the Code of Ethics of Rayburn West Financial Services,
LLC is available upon request.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC has no soft dollars arrangements with any other firm.
Custodians/broker-dealers will be recommended based on Rayburn West Financial Services,
LLC’s duty to seek “best execution,” which is the obligation to seek to execute securities
transactions for a client on terms that are the most favorable to the client under the
circumstances. The client will not necessarily pay the lowest commission or commission
equivalent, and Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC may also consider the market expertise
and research access provided by the payment of commissions, including but not limited to
access to written research, oral communication with analysts, admittance to research
conferences and other resources provided by the brokers to aid in the research efforts of
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC. Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC will never
charge a premium or commission on transactions, beyond the actual cost imposed by the
broker-dealer/custodian.
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC uses Charles Schwab Institutional division of
Charles Schwab & Co to act as custodian of assets and to execute trades for our fee
based investment advisory accounts.
We review the other firms annually to make sure that we are getting the best service and
execution of trades.
Each client has an individual account number and all accounts are traded separately. No trade
orders are aggregated.
Item 13: Review of Accounts
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC reviews all accounts on a quarterly basis. All accounts
receive monthly statements from the custodian of their accounts. The goal at Rayburn West
Financial Services, LLC is to conduct an in person client review on an annual basis depending on
the availability and schedule of the client. No fee is charged for the annual review. The review is
to make sure that clients communicate any changes over the past year or any anticipated changes
in the coming year.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC does not give any financial compensation for client
referrals nor do we have any revenue sharing arrangements with any Certified Public
Accountants, Attorneys, or other Entities.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services provides Rayburn West Financial Services,
LLC with access to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services’ institutional trading and
custody services, which are typically not available to Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor
Services retail investors. These services generally are available to independent investment
advisers on an unsolicited basis, at no charge to them so long as a total of at least $10
million of the adviser’s clients’ assets are maintained in accounts at Charles Schwab &
Co., Inc. Advisor Services. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services includes
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. For Rayburn
West Financial Services, LLC client accounts maintained in its custody, Charles Schwab &
Co., Inc. Advisor Services generally does not charge separately for custody services but is
compensated by account holders through commissions or other transaction-related or asset-
based fees for securities trades that are executed through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Advisor Services or that settle into Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services accounts.
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services also makes available to Rayburn West
Financial Services, LLC other products and services that benefit Rayburn West Financial
Services, LLC but may not benefit its clients’ accounts. These benefits may include
national, regional or Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC specific educational events
organized and/or sponsored by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services. Other
potential benefits may include occasional business entertainment of personnel of Rayburn
West Financial Services, LLC by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services personnel,
including meals, invitations to sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other
forms of entertainment, some of which may accompany educational opportunities. Other
of these products and services assist Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC 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, if applicable), provide research,
pricing information and other market data, facilitate payment of Rayburn West Financial
Services, LLC’s fees from its clients’ accounts (if applicable), and assist with back-office
training and support functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of these services
generally may be used to service all or some substantial number of Rayburn West
Financial Services, LLC’s accounts. Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services also
makes available to Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC other services intended to help
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC manage and further develop its business enterprise.
These services may include professional compliance, legal and business consulting,
publications and conferences on practice management, information technology, business
succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, and human capital
consultants, insurance and marketing. In addition, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor
Services may make available, arrange and/or pay vendors for these types of services
rendered to Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC by independent third parties. Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services 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 Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC. Rayburn West Financial
Services, LLC is independently owned and operated and not affiliated with Charles
Schwab & Co., Inc. Advisor Services.
Item 15: Custody
Not applicable
Item 16: Investment Discretion
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC has discretionary authority for trading and disbursement
for all investment advisory accounts excluding retirement plans and 401K plans. Clients grant
discretionary authority to Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC through execution of the
Agreement of Investment Management Services. When a client agrees to discretionary authority,
the Adviser will be responsible for asset allocation. Clients can impose restrictions on any
specific security by written request and approval of the firm.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC does not vote for clients’ securities at this time. Clients
have the choice to direct their own votes due to each investment advisory account being
individually managed. Each client can choose to have proxies sent to their mailing address. The
proxies are mailed to the client from the custodian, not Rayburn West Financial Services, LLC.
Any client is welcome to call and discuss the merits of each vote and how it will impact their
investment account.
Item 18: Financial Information
Not Applicable