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Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC
Form ADV Part 2A
Firm Brochure
Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC
10 Post Office Square, Suite N1010
Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-226-9999
Fax: 617-226-9998
www.reyndersmcveigh.com
Brochure prepared as of March 31, 2025
This brochure (the “Brochure”) provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Reynders, McVeigh Capital
Management, LLC (“Reynders, McVeigh”, “the Firm”, “we”, or “our”), an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Questions about the contents of this Brochure should be directed to our Chief Compliance Officer
at 617-226-9999 or info@reyndersmcveigh.com. The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by the SEC or by
any state securities authority.
Additional information about Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC, is also available on the SEC’s
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Reynders, McVeigh is a registered investment adviser. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a
certain level of skill or training.
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Item 2: Material Changes
This Brochure is dated March 31, 2025, and serves as the annual update with respect to the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2024. There are no material changes that have been made to this Brochure as of the last annual
update on March 27, 2024. Please note, the March 27, 2024 filing added language under Item 8 to disclose the
use of an Equity Investments Model for certain managed accounts to serve as a guideline for the investment of
new capital in the accounts.
While these are not material changes, clarifying revisions were made throughout the Brochure, including in Items
8 and 12. Clients are encouraged to read the Brochure in detail and contact the Firm with any questions.
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Item 3: Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 2: Material Changes .................................................................................................................................... ii
Item 3: Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. iii
Item 4: Advisory Business .................................................................................................................................. 1
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ......................................................................................................................... 1
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ....................................................................... 2
Item 7: Types of Clients ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................................ 3
Item 9. Disciplinary Information .......................................................................................................................... 8
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................................................................ 9
Item 11. Code of Ethics ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Item 12. Brokerage Practices ............................................................................................................................ 10
Item 13. Review of Accounts ............................................................................................................................ 12
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation ........................................................................................... 13
Item 15. Custody .............................................................................................................................................. 14
Item 16. Investment Discretion ......................................................................................................................... 14
Item 17. Voting Client Securities – Proxy Voting ............................................................................................... 14
Item 18. Financial Information .......................................................................................................................... 15
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Item 4: Advisory Business
Reynders, McVeigh Capital Management, LLC (“Reynders, McVeigh” or the “Firm”) is committed to a long-term,
sustainable investment approach in its investment advisory services to its clients. The Firm was founded in 2005 and
is organized as a limited liability company under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The majority owners
are Charlton Reynders III and Patrick McVeigh. Mr. Reynders serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer. Mr.
McVeigh serves as President and Chief Investment Officer.
The Firm offers discretionary investment management services to separately managed accounts and a mutual fund;
non-discretionary investment management services to separately managed accounts, wherein the Firm is responsible
for arranging for the execution of transactions when the client accepts the Firm’s recommendation; asset advisement
to trustee law firms and family offices, wherein the Firm provides investment advice but is not responsible for the
execution of transactions when the Firm’s recommendations are accepted; and investment consulting services, which
include the provision of investment research and model portfolio advice and strategies, wherein the clients are
responsible for determining in what manner and to what extent they utilize the advice provided. The Firm does not
include assets of clients who receive investment consulting services in any regulatory reporting category. The Firm
also generally provides financial planning services to retail investor clients who meet and maintain the minimum
investment requirement for separately managed accounts.
Reynders, McVeigh’s investment advice and portfolio management services are provided on a continual basis. Services
include the research and selection of equity and fixed income instruments and the appropriate allocation of these
assets, in combination with a cash reserve, for client portfolios. The Firm offers financial advice and assistance in the
review and implementation of retirement and estate planning, as well as trustee services. The Firm researches and
recommends impact investments, which (as further defined below) seek an environmental or social return alongside a
financial return, to clients who express an interest in such investment vehicles.
Reynders, McVeigh acts as investment adviser to the Reynders, McVeigh Core Equity Fund (“the Fund”), a mutual
fund series of the Capitol Series Trust, a registered open-end management investment company registered with the
SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Reynders, McVeigh tailors its advisory services to clients’ objectives and constraints. The Firm assists clients in
assessing their appropriate investment objectives, helps set reasonable and responsible goals, and designs investment
plans that meet clients’ needs. Clients may impose restrictions on investing in specific issuers or types of securities at
any time by notifying their portfolio manager or counselor by phone or email, or by including the stipulation in the
additional instructions section of their Investment Management Agreement. Specific client restrictions are maintained
in the Firm’s trading systems to ensure that portfolios adhere to stated directives. Each portfolio is assigned to a
counselor, and most portfolios have a portfolio manager who reports to the counselor for that client relationship. Either
the counselor or portfolio manager, when one is assigned, is responsible for the day-to-day management of that
account.
As of December 31, 2024, Reynders, McVeigh managed (the following numbers are approximations) client assets of
$3.9166 billion of which $3.6992 billion was managed on a discretionary basis and $217.3 million was managed on a
non-discretionary basis. In addition, Reynders, McVeigh advised directly on assets of approximately $2.9694 billion.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
SMA Management Fees: Reynders, McVeigh’s standard annual fee rate for managed accounts is 1 percent of the
household’s first $3 million under management, and 0.75 percent on any assets under management in excess of $3
million. Management fees are negotiable based upon circumstances and relationships with clients, including the scope
of the Firm’s services. Certain legacy client relationships are subject to flat-fee arrangements, which are generally not
available to new clients.
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The Firm’s management fee for a separately managed account (the “SMA management fee”) is calculated based upon
the quarter-end valuations of the relevant managed account (also referred to herein as a managed portfolio) assets.
The SMA management fees are generally payable in advance, meaning that clients are invoiced at the beginning of a
3-month billing period. SMA management fees may be paid in arrears, upon request. Services may be terminated by
either party at any time by providing written notice to the other party. Terminated clients who have paid SMA
management fees in advance will be issued refunds for any unearned portion of their fee.
SMA management fees are payable quarterly. Remittances are commonly withdrawn from the managed portfolios with
prior written consent from the client. Clients can also direct that SMA management fees for an account be withdrawn
from a different account, also under the Firm’s management, than the one with respect to which the SMA management
fee is being charged, with the exception of retirement accounts, which may not pay the fees of any other account.
Invoices will be issued to clients who prefer to remit their payments directly. Regardless of the method of payment,
clients receive fee calculations from Reynders, McVeigh.
Fund Management Fees: The Reynders, McVeigh Core Equity Fund pays a management fee of 0.75% to the Firm.
In addition to the management fee, the Fund also pays expenses (capped at 0.20%) related to the organization,
offering, and administration of the Fund. These expenses are set forth in the prospectus and Statement of Additional
Information (“SAI”) for the Fund, and investors in the Fund bear a pro-rata share of the Fund’s fees and expenses.
Client assets invested in the Fund are excluded from the assets used to calculate Reynders, McVeigh’s asset-based
SMA management fee.
Reynders, McVeigh is not compensated for the sale of Fund shares or shares of any other managers’ mutual funds,
ETFs, or any other investment products.
Fees for Other Advisory Services: The Firm does not have a fee schedule for its other advisory services, as
compensation structures and rates are negotiated on a case-by-case basis with each client depending upon the
relationship and the scope of the Firm’s services. The Firm does not charge a fee for financial planning services and
generally provides financial planning only to clients who meet and maintain the Firm’s minimum account size.
Other Fees and Expenses: Clients incur additional fees and expenses, depending on specific circumstances, as
summarized below (please refer to Item 12 herein for additional information on brokerage and other transaction costs).
Reynders, McVeigh does not earn revenue from any of the following fees or expenses:
• Fees charged by the custodian for the client’s account, covering, e.g., the cost of holding the account’s assets
(for which certain custodians do not charge a separate fee) or other services provided by the custodian;
• Fees charged by the broker-dealer executing transactions for the account, which can include commissions or
mark-ups/mark-downs on securities (particularly fixed-income transactions);
• Exchange fees, if these are passed on to clients by the broker-dealer executing the transaction;
• SEC fees on exchange-listed equity transactions;
• The account’s pro-rata share of the internal fees and expenses charged by mutual funds, Exchange Traded
Funds (“ETFs”), and/or private equity funds held in the account (these internal fees and expenses are disclosed
in each relevant fund’s prospectus or other offering documents);
• Deferred sales charges (on mutual funds or annuities);
• Transfer taxes;
• Wire transfer and electronic fund processing fees.
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Reynders, McVeigh does not charge performance-based fees (i.e., fees based on a portion of capital gains or on capital
appreciation of assets invested).
Reynders, McVeigh manages accounts with different compensation structures and rates. While certain of these
differences may reflect varying types and scope of services negotiated between the Firm and the client, differences in
compensation could potentially incentivize the Firm to favor accounts that are likely to generate greater revenue for the
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Firm. Reynders, McVeigh addresses this conflict of interest through its disclosures, training the Firm’s counselors and
portfolio managers regarding their fiduciary duty to clients, and by establishing and maintaining reasonably designed
trade allocation procedures, as described below in Item 12 – Trade Allocation and Aggregation, respectively.
Item 7: Types of Clients
Reynders, McVeigh provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and asset
advisement to the following types of clients: individuals, including high net-worth individuals; trusts, estates, and
charitable organizations; corporations and other businesses; pension and profit-sharing plans; family offices; and trusts
administered by law firm trust departments, as well as a mutual fund, as described in Items 4, 10 and 11. The Firm also
provides financial planning services to retail investor clients and investment consulting services (in the form of model
portfolio advice and strategies) to institutional clients.
In order for a client to open or maintain an investment advisory relationship, Reynders, McVeigh generally requires a
minimum of $1,000,000, which may be aggregated among separate brokerage accounts belonging to that client. The
Firm retains discretion to open or maintain client relationships at lower levels and the right to provide supplemental
services to clients who maintain the minimum account size. Such supplemental services may include financial planning,
gift planning and legacy planning.
When Reynders, McVeigh provides investment advice to clients regarding retirement plan accounts or individual
retirement accounts, it is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. The way the
Firm generates revenue can create conflicts with retirement clients’ interests, so the Firm operates under a special rule
that requires it to put clients’ interests above its own.
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Method of Analysis
Three core principles define Reynders, McVeigh’s equity investment discipline. First, companies that are financially
strong and consistently increase dividends provide the foundation of an investment portfolio. Second, companies with
innovative products and/or services can disrupt industries, while benefitting both shareholders and society. Third, and
equally important, the analysis of a company’s sustainability is crucial to gain a deeper understanding of the
opportunities and liabilities that can impact operating performance.
The Firm’s internal research process combines traditional financial analysis with a review of environmental, social and
governance (ESG) criteria. Long-term investment success requires a strategy that provides growth during times of
opportunity and capital preservation in times of hardship. The Firm seeks out companies with low debt or improving
balance sheets, and management that demonstrates social and financial responsibility to stakeholders. The Firm looks
for industries that enjoy consistent or growing demand. Transparency in the reporting of revenues and earnings is a
critical factor in the discipline. The Firm will only invest in companies where it believes it can reasonably assess the
risks that it is taking on a client’s behalf. The Firm will not invest in a company that does not clearly show how and
where it earns money on an income statement.
The Firm focuses on internally generated ideas using research performed by in-house professionals and analysts but
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is also supported by a wide range of external research resources. Generally, the Reynders, McVeigh research process
involves the following:
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Utilizes insight from portfolio companies, which includes the following: analyzing balance sheets, income
statements, published earnings and SEC filings; speaking with management and/or investor relations
representatives; and reviewing public presentations made by the company;
Considers significant top-down factors (such as money flows into sectors or assets classes, business cycle
shifts, global economic activity, and commodity, currency and interest rate movements);
Evaluates balance sheet data (long-term debt, working capital sufficiency, plant and equipment and
interest covers);
Scrutinizes income statement (sales, gross and operating margins, cash flow and tax rate);
Reviews multiple valuation metrics;
Studies strengths of business models; and
Understands catalysts for growth and potential revaluation.
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A commitment to sustainable investing is core to the Firm’s identity. Reynders, McVeigh has a long history of integrating
social and ESG criteria into its investment decisions. The Firm believes that understanding a company’s ESG profile
complements traditional financial analysis, seeking to identify companies with strong and/or improving ESG profiles.
Specifically, the Firm evaluates companies on: (E)nvironmental issues, such as conserving natural resources and
reducing harmful emissions; (S)ocial goals, including fair treatment of employees, diversity and inclusion of the
workforce, human rights, and how it extends these goals to its suppliers; and (G)overnance, including adherence to
best practices and policies related to compensation, transparency, diversity, decision-making, and ethics. Rather than
have a separate, dedicated team work on ESG research and issues, all analysts and managers are involved in this
work. This is indicative of the Firm’s belief that ESG research is a fundamental part of the investment decision.
The Firm’s approach to sustainable investing “screens in” innovative companies with long-term growth opportunities,
strong balance sheets, and leadership teams that place a priority on ethics and transparency. Reynders, McVeigh
excludes certain sectors, such as firearms, fossil fuels, and tobacco. Portfolio managers exclude other sectors or
companies at the request of clients, accommodating their preferences and values.
New companies considered for inclusion on the Firm’s Approved Securities List (“ASL”) become the subject of internal
research. The Investment Committee reviews the research and makes the decision of whether to add securities to the
ASL. The Firm monitors the companies on the ASL to determine if there have been fundamental changes to the original
investment thesis, and may sell a stock or reduce a position in a stock if: (i) the stock subsequently fails to meet the
Firm’s initial investment criteria; (ii) the company experiences significant changes to its competitive position; (iii) a
significant management change challenges the company’s ability to execute; (iv) a more attractively priced stock is
found; (v) funds are needed for other purposes; (vi) the position appreciates beyond an appropriate weighting; or (vii)
there is a degradation in the company’s sustainability profile.
The Firm believes that active investor engagement is in the best interest of investors and that they have responsibility
to encourage the companies in which the Firm invests to demonstrate exemplary corporate behavior. Through
shareholder engagement, the Firm seeks out and works with companies that are providing solutions for the benefit of
all stakeholders – investors, management, employees, end consumers, and their communities. The Firm takes this
responsibility seriously and believes strongly that when companies take a long-term approach to identifying innovations
and managing risks, financial returns follow.
Fixed Income: The purpose of a fixed income portfolio is twofold: it seeks to generate income and provide stability in
the investment mix. Reynders, McVeigh does not believe in taking on undue risk in fixed income investments and does
not put principal at risk by purchasing suspect credits or inordinately long maturities. The Firm seeks out the highest-
quality credits when constructing bond portfolios for clients and will only consider U.S. Treasury instruments, foreign
government bonds, and municipal and corporate offerings.
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Investment Strategy
Reynders, McVeigh’s investment philosophy is growth at a reasonable price (GARP). This investment philosophy is
implemented consistently across the portfolios managed, although the allocation to each asset class may differ
according to the objectives and constraints of individual clients. The Firm employs three investment strategies:
Equity Strategy Generally, the number of holdings in a portfolio invested in Reynders, McVeigh’s equity strategy will
range from 30-50, affording ample diversification. The Firm tends to avoid heavily regulated industries, and sector
allocation does not necessarily correlate to the S&P 500 or MSCI World Index market weightings. The Firm’s equity
management process is backed by its belief that stocks of well-established companies that are producing powerful
earnings and an above-average opportunity for dividend growth, when purchased at a reasonable price, will provide
superior returns over long periods. Accounts invested in the equity strategy have equity targets of 90% and above.
In respect of the equity strategy for accounts that are not large enough to hold the full, diversified equity portfolio, the
Firm may recommend a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. The Firm may invest, or recommend investing, client
assets in the Reynders, McVeigh Core Equity Fund, which was developed to enable shareholders, regardless of
portfolio size, to participate in the equity investment strategy of the Firm. As discussed above in Item 5, the Firm’s SMA
management fee does not apply with respect to client investments in the Fund.
Fixed-Income Strategy
Bond portfolios are carefully tailored to individual circumstances. Tax status, liquidity requirements, and income needs
are all critical factors in establishing the right fixed-income mix for each client. The Firm carefully monitors activity along
the yield curve and will alter or add maturities when it is to a client’s advantage or as current bonds mature. Actively
managed fixed income portfolios are generally comprised of laddered individual credits with a goal of maintaining an
average duration of between 18 months and 4 years.
Balanced Strategy
Most accounts at Reynders, McVeigh are balanced accounts that utilize the Firm’s equity strategy, fixed-income
strategy, and cash management in concert to build a core balanced portfolio. The Firm works with clients to understand
long-term goals for growth, capital preservation requirements, liquidity needs, and other factors in order to establish
the portfolio allocation target ranges for equity, bond, and cash holdings. The Firm reviews its assumptions and
situational life changes with clients regularly to affirm long-term allocation targets in balanced accounts or to adjust
them when needed.
Impact Investments
Upon request, the Firm may recommend that clients invest a portion of their portfolios in impact investments, which
seek an environmental or social return alongside a financial return (“Impact Investments”). Clients who have expressed
interest in seeking Impact Investment opportunities, and who are deemed suitable for such investments, are further
counseled to understand the nature of the Impact Investments selected by the Firm. Impact Investments may focus on
social justice in low-income communities, affordable housing, food and sustainable agriculture, climate change, and
global microfinance. The risk of the complete loss of principal is present. Significant due diligence is required to find
suitable investments that create sustainable action and behavioral change.
Equity Investments Model
For accounts under the Equity Strategy and under the equity component of the Balanced Strategy, the Firm maintains
an investment model to serve as a guideline for the investment of new capital in accounts. This model is based on the
Firm’s fundamental research and current allocation views, representing a standard for how the Firm implements its
best ideas across accounts. Many accounts will not fully follow the model due to a variety of reasons, such as legacy
holdings and/or client preferences and circumstances. Rebalancing may occur over a long period of time. A group of
the most senior portfolio managers maintain the model, and any changes to the model are communicated to the
investment team promptly.
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Risks Related to Investment Strategies
There are risks involved with any type of investment program. A summary of certain risks of investing in accordance
with the principal investment strategies managed by Reynders, McVeigh is set forth below. The investment risks to
which clients are subject will differ depending on the particular strategies or products in which clients have invested,
and the securities and investments comprising such products or strategies. Only certain of the risks described below
will apply to accounts or investments, depending on holdings. Additionally, the list below is not a comprehensive list of
the risks related to the investment strategies and products managed by Reynders, McVeigh.
General Risks
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Investing involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Reynders, McVeigh does not
guarantee future performance.
• Securities incorporated into Reynders, McVeigh’s investment strategies may respond differently to market and
other developments than other securities.
• The performance of Reynders, McVeigh’s investment strategies largely depends on the talents and efforts of
its investment professionals. There can be no assurance that Reynders, McVeigh’s investment professionals
or the strategies they employ will produce the desired results, or that these professionals will continue to be
associated with Reynders, McVeigh. An error in the judgment exercised by one or more investment
professionals, movement in the market that differs from the expectations of such investment professionals, or
the failure to retain such investment professionals at the Firm could have an adverse effect on the value of a
client’s investments.
Equity Securities
Investment portfolios may include positions in common stocks, preferred stocks, and convertible securities of U.S.
issuers and non-U.S. issuers. Equity securities fluctuate in value in response to many factors, including the activities
and financial condition of individual companies, the business market in which individual companies compete, as well
as industry market conditions and general economic environments. Investments in small- and mid-capitalization stocks
may be subject to higher degrees of risk, their earnings may be less predictable, their prices more volatile, and their
liquidity less than investments in large-capitalization or more established companies’ securities. Investments in
securities and instruments in foreign markets involve substantial risks not typically associated with investments in U.S.
securities. Foreign securities investments may be affected by changes in currency rates or exchange control
regulations, changes in governmental administration or economic or monetary policy (in the United States and abroad)
or changed circumstances in dealings between nations. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates relative to the
U.S. dollar will affect the U.S. dollar value of clients’ assets denominated in that currency, and thereby impact clients’
total return on such assets.
Investments in Fixed-Income Securities
Reynders, McVeigh may invest client assets in fixed-income securities issued by corporations, debt securities issued
or guaranteed by the U.S. government or one of its agencies or instrumentalities, and commercial paper. These
securities may pay fixed, variable or floating rates of interest, and may include zero-coupon obligations. Fixed-income
securities are subject to the risk of the issuer’s inability to meet the principal and interest payments on its obligations
(i.e., credit risk) and are subject to price volatility due to such factors as interest rate sensitivity, market perception of
the creditworthiness of the issuer, and general market conditions (i.e., market risk) and liquidity.
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Reynders, McVeigh’s commitment to social responsibility and ethical action is incorporated into its investment
discipline, which also utilizes ESG criteria. Such criteria may cause securities of certain issuers to be excluded for
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nonfinancial reasons. Portfolios managed by the Firm may forego investment opportunities and may perform differently
from portfolios that are not managed using the Firm’s investment principles. Proxy voting decisions are guided by ESG
criteria, which may not always support corporate initiatives that produce the maximum short-term gain in the prices of
underlying securities.
Impact Investments
Reynders, McVeigh may recommend, on a non-discretionary basis, for a client to invest in Impact Investments, which
are bonds, private equity funds, or other investment products that seek an environmental or social return alongside a
financial return. Reynders, McVeigh will never invest in Impact Investments without the prior written consent of the
Firm’s clients, even in an account over which the Firm otherwise has discretionary authority. There are numerous risk
factors associated with Impact Investments. Such Impact Investments may experience greater volatility than traditional
investments, which could cause significant losses in clients’ portfolios. In addition, many Impact Investments are far
less liquid than traditional investments in publicly traded securities, which will require clients to hold such investments
for potentially indefinite periods of time. Many Impact Investments also require higher investment minimums than
traditional investments. In addition, Impact Investments may charge higher fees and incur greater expenses than
traditional investments, which will reduce clients’ net returns. Clients should carefully review the disclosure documents
for each Impact Investment that Reynders, McVeigh recommends for a more detailed discussion of the associated
risks.
Registered Funds
Reynders, McVeigh may invest clients’ assets in both open-end mutual funds and closed-end funds. Open-end mutual
funds are redeemable by selling the shares back to the issuer of such funds. Closed-end funds are generally not
redeemable to the issuer, but liquidity can be obtained by selling the shares in such funds to a third-party purchaser in
the secondary market. Registered funds involve additional expenses, in addition to the Firm’s management fees that
are discussed in detail in Item 5 of this Brochure. In addition, investment returns on mutual funds and closed-end funds
will fluctuate and are subject to market volatility.
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
ETFs represent baskets of securities that are traded on exchanges. ETFs may be purchased and sold throughout the
trading day, allowing for intraday trading. In general, traders may sell ETFs short or buy ETFs on margin, although this
is not an established practice at Reynders, McVeigh. ETFs are subject to the risks of the stocks, fixed income securities,
or other securities in which the ETFs invest and subjects it to a pro-rata portion of the ETF’s fees and expenses. As a
result, the cost of investing in ETF shares may exceed the costs of investing directly in its underlying investments.
Investment returns on ETFs will fluctuate and are subject to market volatility. Trading prices of ETFs may not reflect
the actual net asset value of the underlying securities. The Firm, on behalf of a client account, may purchase ETFs at
prices that exceed the net asset value of their underlying investments and may sell ETF investments at prices below
such net asset value. Because the market price of ETF shares depends on the demand in the market for them, the
market price of an ETF may be more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities the ETF is designed to track,
and the Firm may not be able to liquidate a client account’s ETF holdings at the time and price desired, which may
impact the account’s performance.
Market Disruption
Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics, natural or environmental disasters, war, acts of
terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. The pandemic
caused by the coronavirus COVID-19 had a severely adverse impact on the economies of many nations, individual
companies, and the market in general. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has passed, the Firm cannot predict the
likelihood of occurrence or the effects of similar pandemics and epidemics in the future on the U.S. and other
economies, or the investments in a client’s portfolio or the potential for success of client accounts or the Fund. The
Firm has a business continuity plan in place that is reasonably designed to ensure that normal business operations are
maintained, and that clients’ assets are protected, and the Firm periodically tests the plan. The effects of market
disruptions similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, may cause client accounts or the Fund to fail to meet their investment
objectives, and may exacerbate various other risks discussed in this document. Additionally, market disruptions may
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result in increased market volatility; regulatory trading halts; closure of domestic or foreign exchanges, markets, or
governments; or market participants operating pursuant to business continuity plans for indeterminate periods of time.
Such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and significantly impact individual companies, sectors,
industries, markets, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting
the value of a client’s investments and operation of the Fund. These events could also result in the closure of
businesses that are integral to the Firm’s operations or otherwise disrupt the ability of employees and service providers
to perform essential tasks on behalf of the Firm.
Cybersecurity Risk
As the use of technology becomes more prevalent in the course of business, investment advisers and other financial
services firms become more susceptible to operational, financial, and information security risks resulting from cyber-
attacks and/or technological malfunctions. Cyber-attacks have occurred and will continue to occur. Cyber-attacks
include, among other things, the attempted theft, loss, misuse, improper release, corruption or destruction of, or
unauthorized access to, confidential or highly restricted client data; and attempted compromises or failures of systems,
networks, devices and applications relating to the operations of the Firm and its service providers. Cybersecurity
breaches may result from unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software coding)
or from outside attacks, such as denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network services unavailable
to intended users). Successful cyber-attacks and/or technological malfunctions affecting the Firm or its service
providers can result in: financial losses to clients and Fund investors; the inability of the Firm to transact business with
its clients; the inability to process transactions; the release of private client information; violations of privacy and other
laws; regulatory fines, penalties and reputational damage; and compliance and remediation costs, legal fees, and other
expenses. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which client accounts may
invest, which could result in material adverse consequences for such issuers and may cause the client’s investment in
those securities to lose value. While measures have been developed which are designed to reduce the risks associated
with cybersecurity, there are inherent limitations in such measures and there is no guarantee those measures will be
effective, particularly since the Firm does not directly control the cybersecurity measures of its service providers,
financial intermediaries, or companies in which it invests or with which it does business. For more information on how
the Firm manages Cybersecurity Risk, please contact the Information Security Officer at 617-226-9999.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The Firm’s ability to use, manage and aggregate data may be limited by the effectiveness of its policies, systems and
practices that govern how data is acquired, validated, used, stored, protected, processed and shared. Failure to
manage data effectively and to aggregate data in an accurate and timely manner may limit the Firm’s ability to manage
current and emerging risks, as well as to manage changing business needs and to adapt to the use of new tools,
including AI. While the Firm restricts certain uses of third-party and open source AI tools, such as ChatGPT, the Firm’s
employees may under certain circumstances use these tools, which poses additional risks relations to the protections
of the Firm’s or third-party intellectual property, which could adversely affect the Firm. Use of AI tools may result in
allegations or claims against the Firm relating to violation of third-party intellection property rights, unauthorized access
to or use of proprietary information and failure to comply with open-source software requirements. Additionally, AI tools
may produce inaccurate, misleading or incomplete responses that could lead to errors in the Firm’s and its employees’
decision-making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative impact on the Firm.
AI tools could also be used against the Firm in criminal or negligent ways. Ongoing and future regulatory actions with
respect to AI generally or AI’s use in any industry in particular may alter, perhaps to a materially adverse extent, the
ability of the Firm to utilize AI in the manner it has to-date, and may have an adverse impact on the ability of the Firm
to continue to operate as intended.
Item 9. Disciplinary Information
Reynders, McVeigh is obligated to disclose all disciplinary events that would be material to anyone evaluating the Firm,
whether to initiate a client/adviser relationship or to continue a client/adviser relationship. The Firm does not have any
legal, financial, or other disciplinary items to report in response to this item.
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Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Other Affiliations
Reynders, McVeigh serves as the investment adviser for the Reynders, McVeigh Core Equity Fund, a mutual fund
which is a series of Capitol Series Trust. This relationship poses a risk of conflict for the Firm’s separately managed
account and other advisory clients because investing separately managed account clients’ assets in the Fund would,
in some cases, result in additional revenue for the Firm. The conflict is managed by disclosing the non-Fund client fees
payable to the Firm for its investment advisory services (e.g., the SMA management fee) and Fund-level fees and
related conflicts to the client and by waiving the Firm’s asset-based SMA management fee for the portion of the account
invested in the Fund. The Firm may conclude that investment of client assets in the Fund is appropriate for a managed
account client to, among other reasons, achieve greater diversification or an overall more efficient exposure to the
Fund’s asset class or investment strategy, compared to investing the client’s assets directly in securities. In some
cases, the management fees charged by the Fund will exceed the SMA management fee that would have otherwise
been payable to the Firm had the client’s assets not been invested in the Fund. Before making the initial investment in
the Fund, the client and their Reynders, McVeigh portfolio manager typically discuss whether the long-term benefits of
the portfolio diversification provided by the Fund outweighs the risks and the additional cost involved, depending on
the clients’ existing SMA management fee arrangement. Client will be provided with fee documentation for the Fund,
including the prospectus and SAI.
Reynders, McVeigh is affiliated with Highwood Productions, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation, as Charlton Reynders
III is the president of this corporation. Highwood Productions, Inc. is the managing member of Dolphin Film Production,
LLC.
Item 11. Code of Ethics
Reynders, McVeigh maintains a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) pursuant to Rule 204A-1 of the Investment Advisers Act
of 1940. The Code requires that all Reynders, McVeigh employees place the interests of clients first and foremost and
comply with applicable laws and regulations. In brief, the Code addresses:
1) Improper personal trading by Access Persons1 and immediate family2;
2) Improper use of material non-public information by the Firm or its employees;
3) Identifying conflicts of interest; and
4) Resolution of actual or potential conflicts.
Beyond the Code, Reynders, McVeigh maintains additional policies that address specific conflicts of interest, including
outside business activities, gifts and entertainment, the protection of material non-public information, falsification or
alteration of records, political contributions, and payments to government officials or employees.
Reynders, McVeigh will provide a copy of the full text of the Code of Ethics and any other policies addressing conflicts
of interest to any client or prospective client, upon request, by contacting the Chief Compliance Officer at 617-226-
9999.
Reynders, McVeigh permits employees to invest in the same securities that the Firm recommends to and/or purchases
for clients. The Firm takes measures to avoid conflicts of interest between clients and Reynders, McVeigh employees.
1 As defined in the Reynders, McVeigh Compliance Manual, Access Persons include all employees, officers, directors, and members of
Reynders, McVeigh and any other persons designated by the CCO, who have access to non-public information regarding the purchase or
sale of securities by, or the securities holdings of, any Advisory Client of the Firm or who are involved in making such recommendations that
are not publicly known.
2 As defined in the Reynders, McVeigh Compliance Manual, Immediate Family is the immediate family of any Access Person, including
parents, mother-in-law, father-in-law, spouse (except for legally separated or divorced spouse), brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law,
son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, children who are directly or indirectly dependents, and/or any other individuals living at the
person’s principal place of residence and is significantly dependent on the person.
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Such conflicts would be the result of employee trading alongside or ahead of trades that are placed for client accounts.
The Code addresses potential conflicts by placing restrictions on employees’ personal trading to assure that employees’
personal transactions will not interfere with decisions made on behalf of clients. The Code requires pre-clearance of
the purchase or sale of any covered security, restricts employee personal trading in close proximity to client trading
(exceptions allowed after pre-clearance), and subjects certain employee personal trades to blackout periods to ensure
that clients are offered new opportunities first. Employees are also required, under the Code, to notify the Chief
Compliance Officer of all accounts beneficially owned by the employee. Employees must report personal securities
transactions and holdings periodically and certify on an annual basis that they have read and understood the Code of
Ethics and have disclosed all personal securities transactions required pursuant to the Code of Ethics. The Chief
Compliance Officer, or her designee, monitors employee accounts and reports to ensure compliance with the Code
and the prevention of conflicts of interest between Reynders, McVeigh and its clients.
The conflicts of interest resulting from the fact that Reynders, McVeigh serves as the investment adviser to the
Reynders, McVeigh Core Equity Fund and recommends that certain of its other clients invest in the Fund, and how
Reynders, McVeigh addresses these conflicts, are discussed in Item 10 above. Employees are permitted to own shares
of the Fund. To mitigate the possibility that employees could trade in Fund shares in a manner that would disadvantage
the Fund, other Firm clients, and Fund investors, employees are required to hold positions in the Fund for a minimum
of 30 days. Trading in and out of the Fund is monitored by the compliance department to identify attempts to benefit
from market timing efforts. Employee trading in the Fund requires pre-clearance.
Employees are prohibited from making political contributions for the purpose of soliciting business from state or local
governments. Political contributions above the established de minimis values require pre-clearance, and employees
report all political contributions to the Chief Compliance Officer on an annual basis.
Employees are required to report to Compliance the receipt of, or intent to give, any gift, service, or entertainment in
excess of an established de minimis value from or to any person or entity that does business with or on behalf of
Reynders, McVeigh, so that Compliance can evaluate the appropriateness of the gift.
Item 12. Brokerage Practices
Selection of Broker-Dealers
Reynders, McVeigh seeks to obtain the best execution on all securities transactions for its clients, subject to any specific
instructions that Reynders, McVeigh accepts from clients. The Firm makes a quantitative and qualitative inquiry into
broker services and ultimately strives to achieve the best qualitative execution of client transactions for non-client
directed trades. Reynders, McVeigh is not obligated to choose the broker offering the lowest available commission rate
if Reynders, McVeigh believes that another broker offering a higher commission will deliver best execution. Factors
that the Firm may consider when selecting a broker include: experience and skill of the broker’s securities traders;
reasonableness of commission rates; size and type of transaction; broker’s prior history of successful, prompt and
reliable execution of client trades; financial strength, stability and creditworthiness of the broker; the willingness and
ability of a broker to manage large or difficult trades for the Firm’s clients so as to obtain best executions; ability of a
broker to maintain legally appropriate confidentiality of trading activity; and the administrative efficiency of the broker.
Reynders, McVeigh appears as an available investment adviser on two investment adviser platforms, each of which is
maintained by a discount broker-dealer. These two broker-dealers serve as custodians with respect to a significant
portion of the Firm’s client assets under management and offer comparatively low (or zero) commission rates on certain
types of trades. This combination of pricing and administrative efficiencies results in the Firm’s frequent selection of
these broker-dealers to execute transactions for client accounts, where consistent with the Firm’s duty to seek best
execution. Please refer to “Brokerage for Client Referrals” and Item 14 below for additional disclosure regarding the
arrangement between Reynders, McVeigh and one of these discount broker-dealers.
Soft Dollar Benefits
Reynders, McVeigh does not engage in soft dollar practices (i.e., does not receive research or other products or
services other than execution from a broker-dealer or a third party in connection with client securities transactions), nor
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does the Firm select brokers based upon any broker providing the Firm with services or client referrals. Although
Reynders, McVeigh does not engage in soft dollar practices, as a registered investment adviser, the Firm’s team
periodically receives economic, market and financial data, and research reports on companies, industries, and
securities (including proprietary research) from brokers without any charge or requirement to use the broker for
executing securities transactions.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
While Reynders, McVeigh does not consider referrals of potential clients as a factor in the selection of brokers, the
Firm participates in the Fidelity Wealth Advisor Solutions® Program (“WAS Program”), which creates an incentive for
the Firm to recommend the use of Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC (“FBS”) and its affiliates to its advisory clients.
Please see Item 14 below for additional information regarding the WAS Program and the incentives resulting from the
Firm’s arrangement with FBS and its affiliates. Despite this incentive, participation in the WAS Program does not limit
the Firm’s duty to select brokers on the basis of best execution.
Directed Brokerage
Reynders, McVeigh permits clients to direct securities transactions to the brokerage firm of their choosing. When clients
instruct the Firm to use particular brokers or dealers, not selected by the Firm, clients should note that such directed
brokerage may result in commissions in excess of that which other brokers or dealers may charge. In addition, if clients
direct the Firm to use brokers or dealers not selected by the Firm, clients should also recognize that the quality of
execution services may be less than optimal.
Any directed brokerage arrangement will result in the inability of the Firm to include trades in block orders if the
aggregated transaction is executed through a broker-dealer other than the one that has been selected. In directing the
Firm to use specific custodians, clients prevent the Firm from having the authority to negotiate commissions among
various custodians, obtain volume discounts, or achieve best execution.
Any prospective clients are hereby advised that lower fees for comparable services may be available from other sources
such as the Internet and discount brokerage firms. The Firm has no obligation to seek the lowest commission cost or
charge the lowest advisory fee.
Although Reynders, McVeigh generally attempts to aggregate orders, as further discussed below, the Firm will not
aggregate securities transactions for any client who directs the Firm to use a specific broker with those of other clients
(unless the aggregated transaction for other clients happens to be executed through the same broker-dealer that has
been selected by the client), nor will the Firm have any responsibility to seek to obtain best execution for such securities
transactions. Commissions rates, mark-ups/downs and other transaction costs for a client that instructs Reynders,
McVeigh to use a specific broker will be those established by the directed broker for such client, which may be higher
or lower than those that the Firm is able to obtain.
Trade Allocation and Aggregation
In general, Reynders, McVeigh will attempt to aggregate multiple orders for the purchase or sale of the same security
into block transactions, subject to the overall obligation to seek best execution for client accounts. There is no obligation
to include any particular client account in a block order, and a trader will only do so if the trader believes it is in the
client’s best interest. In making this determination, the trader may consider a number of factors, including, but not
limited to, the client account’s investment objectives and policies; investment guidelines; liquidity requirements; legal
or regulatory restrictions; tax considerations; and the nature and size of the block order.
When Reynders, McVeigh executes a global purchase or sale for multiple discretionary portfolios, the goal is to allocate
prices to clients in a manner that is fair and equitable over time and does not systematically disadvantage any client or
group of clients. The Firm enters the global purchase or sale into its trade order management system, which
automatically executes the request through FIX routing for the best possible execution under the prevailing market
conditions. For non-discretionary accounts where the Firm executes trades upon the client’s acceptance of the Firm’s
recommendation, the Firm strives to obtain a client’s authority in a timely manner to obtain the best execution.
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Trade Errors
A trade error is a mistake in the handling of an order in the process of executing the transaction. Misjudgment in the
selection of investments for client portfolios are not considered trade errors. While every effort is made to avoid trade
errors, they inevitably occur and are identified and remedied as soon as possible. The client will not bear any cost as
the result of a trade error. The circumstances will be reviewed by the Firm’s head trader and then the Chief Compliance
Officer. The Firm and/or the broker-dealer involved in the transaction, as applicable, will be responsible for actions and
the cost associated with its correction.
Internal Cross Transactions
From time to time, Reynders, McVeigh may engage in internal cross transactions. An internal cross transaction occurs
when the Firm causes a security (typically a single fixed income instrument) to be traded between two advisory clients
at the same price. Reynders, McVeigh will only perform such transactions where the purchase and sale of the same
security at the same time by different clients is done so on equal terms for each client involved in the transaction.
Neither Reynders, McVeigh nor any of its employees will receive compensation for effecting internal cross transactions.
Internal cross transactions can be perceived as a conflict of interest because they are not traditional arms-length
transactions and, consequently, could result in cherry picking or self-dealing. Reynders, McVeigh strives to ensure that
one client is not favored over another and, as such, has adopted internal cross procedures to mitigate such conflicts.
Item 13. Review of Accounts
Portfolios are reviewed at least quarterly. Fixed-income positions and allocations are reviewed on an ongoing basis,
for all balanced and fixed-income portfolios. At the beginning of each client relationship, the Firm creates investment
parameters with the client that guides the review process.
Material changes in variables, such as the client’s individual or financial circumstances or the markets’ economic or
political environment, may trigger more frequent reviews. Clients must inform the Firm of any changes in their individual
or financial circumstances in order to trigger a portfolio review based on those changed circumstances. In some cases,
the Firm will offer global advice on securities between formal reviews.
For the Firm’s sub-advisory clients, the Firm relies on the primary investment manager or investment adviser who
oversees the entire advisory relationship for the sub-advisory client to perform any annual or periodic account reviews
to ensure the continued appropriateness of the sub-advisory account managed by the Firm. As a result, the Firm
generally does not separately conduct annual or periodic reviews of the continued appropriateness of the sub-advisory
account for the client. Similarly, the Firm relies on the primary investment adviser or the sub-advisory client to inform
the Firm of any changes in personal or financial circumstances that would warrant a formal review of the sub-advisory
account by the Firm.
The Firm provides clients with written quarterly appraisals that include account holdings at market and at cost, account
performance with the comparable performance of market indices, and market commentary. Clients may elect to receive
these quarterly appraisals electronically. Clients also receive quarterly reports from their custodian detailing their assets
and all activity in their account(s). Impact investments, as described in the Investment Strategy section, typically do not
have a readily ascertainable market value. As a result, they tend to be held at book value.
The Firm, at its discretion, may provide financial plans to certain clients who meet and maintain the minimum account
size. Financial plans are not considered part of the Firm’s investment advisory services under its investment advisory
agreements with its clients. Rather, financial plans are a “point in time” service and, as a general matter, are not
reviewed or updated after the plans are provided to clients.
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Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Reynders McVeigh may consider providing compensation for potential client referrals on a one-off basis. In any
instance in which the Firm agrees to provide compensation to a third party for a potential client referral, Reynders
McVeigh will provide specific disclosures to the potential client about the referral arrangement as required by SEC
rules and regulations.
Participation in Fidelity Wealth Advisor Solutions® Reynders, McVeigh participates in the Fidelity Wealth Advisor
Solutions® Program (the “WAS Program”), through which the Firm receives referrals from Strategic Advisers LLC
(Strategic Advisers), a registered investment adviser and Fidelity Investments company. Reynders, McVeigh is not
affiliated with Strategic Advisers or any Fidelity Investments company. Strategic Advisers does not supervise or
control Reynders, McVeigh, and Strategic Advisers has no responsibility or oversight for the Firm’s provision of
investment management or other advisory services.
Under the WAS Program, Strategic Advisers acts as a solicitor for Reynders, McVeigh, and Reynders, McVeigh pays
referral fees to Strategic Advisers for each referral received based on the Firm’s assets under management
attributable to each client referred by Strategic Advisers or members of each client’s household. The WAS Program is
designed to help investors find an independent investment advisor, and any referral from Strategic Advisers to
Reynders, McVeigh does not constitute a recommendation by Strategic Advisers of the Firm’s particular investment
management services or strategies. More specifically, Reynders, McVeigh pays the following amounts to Strategic
Partners for referrals: the sum of (i) an annual percentage of 0.10% of any and all assets in client accounts where
such assets are identified as “fixed income” assets by Strategic Advisers and (ii) an annual percentage of 0.25% of all
other assets held in client accounts. In addition, Reynders, McVeigh has agreed to pay Strategic Advisers an annual
program fee of $50,000 to participate in the WAS Program. These referral fees are paid by Reynders, McVeigh and
not the client.
To receive referrals from the WAS Program, Reynders, McVeigh must meet certain minimum participation criteria,
but the Firm has been selected for participation in the WAS Program as a result of its other business relationships
with Strategic Advisers and its affiliates, including Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC (“FBS”). Strategic Advisers’
receipt of compensation for the client referrals to Reynders, McVeigh creates a conflict of interest for Strategic
Advisers because Strategic Advisers has a financial incentive to refer clients only to advisers that participate in the
WAS Program, including the Firm. As a result of its participation in the WAS Program, Reynders, McVeigh also has a
conflict of interest with respect to its decision to use certain affiliates of Strategic Advisers, including FBS, for
execution, custody and clearing for certain client accounts, and the Firm could have an incentive to suggest the use
of FBS and its affiliates to its advisory clients, whether or not those clients were referred to Reynders, McVeigh as
part of the WAS Program.
Under an agreement with Strategic Advisers, Reynders, McVeigh has agreed that the Firm will not charge clients
more than the standard range of advisory fees disclosed in its Form ADV 2A Brochure to cover solicitation fees paid
to Strategic Partners as part of the WAS Program. Reynders, McVeigh generally does not discount its standard fee
rates for individual client accounts. However, because of the fees paid to Strategic Advisers as part of the WAS
Program, Reynders, McVeigh may be less willing to negotiate discounted advisory fees with clients referred by
Strategic Advisers than would be the case with clients for which no referral fees are paid.
To participate in the WAS Program, Reynders, McVeigh has agreed not to solicit clients to transfer their brokerage
accounts from affiliates of Strategic Advisers or establish brokerage accounts at other custodians for referred clients
other than when Firm’s fiduciary duties would so require, and Reynders, McVeigh has agreed to pay Strategic
Advisers a one-time fee equal to 0.75% of the assets in a client account that is transferred from Strategic Advisers’
affiliates to another custodian; therefore, Reynders, McVeigh has conflict of interest because of the financial incentive
to suggest that referred clients and their household members maintain custody of their accounts with affiliates of
Strategic Advisers. However, participation in the WAS Program does not limit Reynders, McVeigh’s duty to select
brokers on the basis of best execution.
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Item 15. Custody
Reynders, McVeigh is deemed to have custody of assets in client accounts from which the Firm is authorized to deduct
its management fee and for advised trust accounts for which Reynders, McVeigh personnel acts as trustees. Pursuant
to the requirements of Rule 206(4)-2 (the “Custody Rule”), an independent public accountant conducts a surprise
examination annually to verify the assets of the advised trust accounts for which Reynders, McVeigh personnel act as
trustees.
Clients should receive at least quarterly statements from the broker-dealer, bank, or other qualified custodian that holds
and maintains clients’ investment assets. The Firm urges clients to carefully review such statements and compare such
official custodial records to the account statements that the Firm may provide. Reynders, McVeigh statements may
vary from custodial statements based on accounting procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methodologies of certain
securities. For tax and other purposes, the custodial statement is the official record of a client’s account(s) and assets.
Item 16. Investment Discretion
Reynders, McVeigh establishes whether it has investment discretion over a client’s account at the outset of each
advisory relationship, by means of an Investment Management Agreement that sets forth whether the Firm retains
investment discretion and outlines any exceptions to such discretion and any investment restrictions imposed by the
client and accepted by the Firm. It is not uncommon for clients to request that the Firm not invest in specific companies
or asset classes. Specific client restrictions are maintained in the Firm’s trading systems to ensure that clients’ portfolios
adhere to their stated directives. Separately, the Firm requires a client to execute a separate agreement prior to
investing in an Impact Investment.
Item 17. Voting Client Securities – Proxy Voting
In line with Reynders, McVeigh’s proxy policies and procedures, the Firm votes proxies on behalf of all clients, unless
otherwise notified, to the extent that the client’s custodian provides access to proxy voting by advisers. The proxy
policies and procedures consistently take ESG considerations into account. The Firm believes that voting and dialogue
are vital paths in sharing clients’ values with the management of companies in which they invest. Clients may opt-out
of this service by providing a written request to the Firm. A client may direct the Firm’s vote of that client’s shares in a
particular solicitation by submitting a timely, written request to the Firm.
Reynders, McVeigh reviews and may revise its proxy policies annually. Generally, however, the policies and
procedures are consistent with the Firm’s sustainable investment strategy and consider how environmental, social, and
governance matters are integrated into corporate strategy and the economic viability of capital markets for the long-
term.
The Firm recognizes that proxy proposals may present a conflict between the interests of clients and those of the Firm
or certain of its affiliates. If a conflict is identified, the Firm’s Shareholder Engagement Manager shall notify Reynders,
McVeigh’s management as soon as possible so that a voting decision may be made in a timely manner. If the matter
to be voted on is covered by Firm policy, the proxy will be voted in accordance with that policy. If the matter is not
specifically addressed by Firm policy, the Shareholder Engagement Manager shall vote in line with the Firm’s
sustainable investment strategy.
Reynders, McVeigh engages a third-party provider to assist with the administration of proxy voting.
Clients may obtain information about how the Firm voted their securities by contacting Reynders, McVeigh. A written
copy of the Firm’s proxy policies and procedures is provided to clients upon account opening and is also available by
contacting the Chief Compliance Officer at 617-226-9999.
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Item 18. Financial Information
Reynders, McVeigh is required in this item to provide certain financial information or disclosures about the Firm’s
financial condition. Reynders, McVeigh has no financial commitment that is expected to impair its ability to meet
contractual and fiduciary commitments to clients, and the Firm has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
Furthermore, Reynders, McVeigh does not require prepayment of fees six months or more in advance.
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