Overview
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Average Client Assets
- $4.5 million
- SEC CRD Number
- 291361
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (ROCKEFELLER FINANCIAL WRAP FEE BROCHURE (12.24.25))
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | and above | 2.00% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $20,000 | 2.00% |
| $5 million | $100,000 | 2.00% |
| $10 million | $200,000 | 2.00% |
| $50 million | $1,000,000 | 2.00% |
| $100 million | $2,000,000 | 2.00% |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 69.64%
- Total Client Accounts
- 95,368
- Discretionary Accounts
- 92,609
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 2,759
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Institutional Clients, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
Additional Brochure: ROCKEFELLER FINANCIAL ADV 2A BROCHURE (03.31.26) (2026-03-31)
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FORM ADV PART 2A:
BROCHURE
R O C K E F E L L E R F I N A N C I A L L L C
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As of March 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business
practices of Rockefeller Financial LLC (“Rockefeller Financial” or the “Firm”), also
doing business as Rockefeller Capital Management and Rockefeller Global Family
Office, relating to various non-wrap fee investment advisory services offered by
the Firm. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please
contact the Rockefeller Financial team at RCM.FormADV@rockco.com. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities
authority. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or
training.
Additional information about Rockefeller Financial is also available on the SEC’s
website at: www.adviserinfo.sec.gov
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Item 5: Fees and Compensation ..........................................9
ITEM 2: MATERIAL CHANGES
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side by Side
Management ......................................................................13
Item 7: Types of Clients ....................................................13
This Item identifies and discusses material changes to the
investment advisory offering since the most recent Form
ADV Part 2A Brochure update (the “Brochure”) filed on
December 23, 2025. This Brochure contains updates with
respect to the following:
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and
Risk of Loss .......................................................................13
Item 9: Disciplinary Information .......................................20
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliation
...........................................................................................20
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and other Conflicts of Interest ......................22
Item 4: On December 2, 2025, Rockefeller Capital
Management, L.P. (“RCM”), the ultimate parent company of
Rockefeller Financial LLC, completed a recapitalization.
The description of RCM’s ownership structure was updated
to reflect changes resulting from the closing of this
transaction.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices.............................................28
Item 13: Review of Accounts ............................................28
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ..........29
the
firm’s
Item 15: Custody ...............................................................29
Item 16: Investment Discretion .........................................30
Item 17: Voting Client Securities; Class Actions ...............30
Item 18: Financial Information ..........................................30
ITEM 4: FIRM DESCRIPTION AND ADVISORY
SERVICES
A. Introduction
Effective March 31, 2026, Rockefeller & Co. integrated
certain investment management capabilities into a new
division, Rockefeller Global Investment Management
(“RGIM”). RGIM serves as
investment
management platform, providing discretionary, non-
discretionary and model-delivery investment management
services across equity, alternative and fixed income asset
classes to institutional investors and intermediaries globally,
including the Rockefeller Global Family Office wealth
management business. In addition, RGIM consolidates the
firm’s macroeconomic and market insights and certain
related non-investment services, which are made available
in support of Rockefeller Capital Management LP and its
affiliated businesses, including the Rockefeller Global
Family Office. As a result, Rockefeller & Co.’s asset
management division is no longer referred to as Rockefeller
Asset Management (“RAM”), and is now, along with other
operating divisions, referred to as RGIM.
This Brochure describes the investment advisory, financial
planning and consulting services offered by Rockefeller
Financial LLC (“Rockefeller Financial,” the “Firm” or
“we”), which serves the needs of advisory clients of the Firm
(“clients,” “you” or “your”) across a broad range of asset
classes and investments.
Item 10: Disclosures related to private funds and other
investment vehicles sponsored by certain investment firms
that are equity owners of RCM or which have strategic
partnerships with RCM that may be recommended or made
available to clients have been updated in connection with the
closing of the recapitalization described in Item 4.
Moreover, Rockefeller Financial routinely makes updates
throughout this Brochure to improve, enhance and clarify the
description of its business as well as to respond to evolving
industry best practices.
The Firm also does business under the names Rockefeller
Capital Management and Rockefeller Global Family Office
(“RGFO”). Rockefeller Capital Management is a trade name
utilized to describe the entirety of the business engaged in by
the Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P. subsidiaries,
which includes Rockefeller Financial. Rockefeller Global
Family Office is a trade name used to describe the wealth
management business of Rockefeller Financial and its
affiliate, Rockefeller & Co., an investment adviser.
ITEM 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1: Cover Page ............................................................. 1
Item 2: Material Changes ................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ................................................... 2
Item 4: Firm Description and Advisory Services ............... 2
Rockefeller Financial is an investment adviser registered
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and a
member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”). Rockefeller Financial provides comprehensive
wealth management services to high net-worth and ultra-
high net worth clients. In its capacity as a broker-dealer, the
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Firm will also affect securities transactions for clients, sell
variable insurance products and provide investment banking
services specifically providing strategic advice with respect
to mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of businesses and
on other types of strategic transactions.
B. Firm Overview
Rockefeller Trust Company, N.A., a national trust bank
regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(“RTC NA”) and The Rockefeller Trust Company
(Delaware), a limited purpose trust company regulated by
the Office of the State Bank Commissioner of the State of
Delaware (“RTC DEL”), both of which provide fiduciary
services acting either as a trustee, co-trustee, executor, co-
executor, or as a fiduciary or agent for other fiduciary
relationships; and Rockefeller Capital Management
Insurance Services, LLC (“Rockefeller Capital Management
Insurance Services”), an insurance agency licensed in all 50
U.S. states that provides access to a broad range of personal
insurance expertise and services through numerous national
providers to enable effective estate planning, asset protection
or other key wealth management planning strategies and
priorities.
Unless otherwise specified, references herein to “clients” or
“you” refer to advisory clients of Rockefeller Financial and
the descriptions of advisory services and other securities
business practices refer to those of Rockefeller Financial,
and not to the advisory services and business practices of its
affiliates, including Rockefeller & Co., RTC NA, RTC
Delaware, and Rockefeller Capital Management Insurance
Services.
C. Advisory Services
Rockefeller Financial provides discretionary and non-
discretionary investment advisory services (“Investment
Advisory Services”) across a broad range of asset classes
and investments to ultra-high net worth and high net worth
individuals, their families, family offices and entities such as
trusts, estates, endowments and foundations, as well as
pension, profit sharing and other retirement plans, charitable
organizations, corporations and other businesses, and state
receive
or municipal government entities. Clients
personalized investment advice and guidance from their
Private Advisor (“PA”).
Rockefeller Financial
indirect, wholly-owned
is an
subsidiary of Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P.
(“RCM”), an independent financial services firm offering
global family office, wealth management, asset management
and strategic advisory services to ultra-high and high net-
worth individuals, families, institutions and corporations.
RCM was established on March 1, 2018, when Gregory J.
Fleming, together with investment funds affiliated with
Viking Global Investors LP (“Viking”), acquired the
investment advisory and
trust company businesses
established by the Rockefeller family. Today, Viking,
primarily through investments made by the Viking funds, is
the largest equity owner in RCM. Other significant minority
equity stakes in RCM are held by: a U.S. affiliate of IGM
Financial Inc. (“IGM”); a trust representing the Rockefeller
family; Mousse Partners, a division of Mousse Investments
Limited; Progeny 3, Inc., a single family office based in
Kirkland, Washington; and Abrams Capital, L.L.C.
(“Abrams Capital”), an investment firm based in Boston,
Massachusetts. Current and former members of RCM’s
management, individual members of the Rockefeller family,
and certain other institutional investors also hold equity
stakes in RCM. Neither Viking nor any other equity owner
in RCM (other than current RCM management) are involved
in the day-to-day management of RCM or its subsidiaries.
No employee, officer, director, or other representative of
Viking or any other equity owner (other than current RCM
management), or any of their respective controlled affiliates,
is a member of any committee of RCM or its subsidiaries
that determines which products or services are offered or
sold to Firm clients. Please refer to Schedule A of
Rockefeller Financial’s Form ADV Part 1A for additional
information about the ownership of the firm.
through
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s
operating
subsidiaries include: Rockefeller Financial; Rockefeller &
Co. LLC (“Rockefeller & Co.”), an investment adviser
registered with the SEC providing global family office
wealth management services (branded “RGFO”) and
institutional asset management services
its
Rockefeller Global Investment Management (“RGIM“)
division; Rockefeller Asset Management International Ltd.
(“RAM International”), a UK limited company performing
non-US distribution and investor servicing activities for
RGIM to non-U.S. intermediaries and professional clients;
The Firm’s investment process generally begins by PAs
helping clients define their goals, objectives and risk
tolerances. Once these investment parameters are agreed
upon, your PA will develop or refine, in consultation with
you, an asset allocation framework, provide strategic and
tactical asset allocation advice based upon this framework,
subject to any reasonable guidelines and restrictions agreed
upon
in writing with you, and provide you with
recommendations on a variety of products including equity
securities and fixed income products, investment managers,
mutual funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), alternative
investments, structured products and variable annuities. You
will receive account statements to help inform and ensure
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that the products and services are in line with your
investment parameters.
You are encouraged to, and are responsible for, promptly
notifying your PA in writing of any material changes in your
investment objectives or financial situation.
provided by us and our affiliates or those for which we
receive a portion of product-level fees that you pay), to
maintain cash balances in a sweep investment, and to
recommend sweep accounts that result in higher fees for us
(Please see Item 5 below for additional information and Item
11for additional information regarding associated conflicts
of interest).
and
Exchange
Commission
You may obtain information about your PA, their licenses,
educational background, employment history, and if they
have had any problems with regulators or received serious
complaints from investors through FINRA BrokerCheck,
the
available at https://brokercheck.finra.org or from
Securities
at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
In addition, some of our PAs may hold certain professional
educational credentials, such as the Certified Financial
Planner (“CFP”) or the Chartered Financial Analysist
(“CFA”) designation. Holding a professional designation
typically indicates that a PA has completed certain courses
or continuing education. However, a PA’s professional
designation does not change the obligations of the Firm in
providing investment advisory or brokerage services to you.
Rockefeller Financial also separately offers brokerage
account services (“Brokerage Account services”) that give
you the option of investing through a non-discretionary,
commission or transaction-based account. When we act as
broker-dealer, we are compensated by the commissions and
fees you pay us as well as through the revenue we receive
from third parties that include the sponsors of investment
products that we recommend to you. This compensation
structure leads to certain conflicts. Brokerage Account
services may be more appropriate than Investment Advisory
services if you do not want ongoing investment advice or
management of your account, but instead desire only
periodic or on-demand recommendations and/or wish to pay
transaction-based compensation for those trades that you
authorize us to make on your behalf. By utilizing our
Brokerage Account services, you will be electing to have a
relationship with us under which, on a transaction-by-
transaction basis, we assist you and give you
recommendations which are suitable for your account and in
your best interest based on information you provide to us.
This is in contrast to a relationship in which we manage your
account assets on a discretionary basis and monitor your
account in our capacity as an investment adviser. For more
information about Rockefeller Financial’s brokerage
services, benefits, risks, conflicts and costs, please see the
Rockefeller Financial LLC Client Relationship Brochure
which can be found at Client Relationship Brochure.pdf and
which your PA can also furnish to you.
It is important to understand that investment advisory
services and brokerage services are separate and distinct
from each other, and each is governed by different laws and
separate arrangements that we may have with you. In a
discretionary account, the investment advisor has the
authority to make buy, sell, and allocation decisions on your
behalf—without needing prior approval for each transaction.
In a non-discretionary account, the investment advisor
provides recommendations, but you retain final decision-
making authority. No trades or changes are made without
your explicit consent. The specific services or investment
strategies that we provide, our relationship with you and our
legal duties to you in each arrangement are described in
detail in our applicable contracts with you.
D. Types of Services
strategies offered
We generally offer several types of services including,
Nondiscretionary Consulting Services, Investment Advisory
Services, Retirement Plan Investment and Consulting
Services, and Financial Planning Reports and Analyses, each
as described in further detail below, and may in the future
expand these services to include separately managed account
(“SMA”)
through dual contract
arrangements through a proprietary or third-party asset
management firm.
Rockefeller Financial is the sponsor of the Rockefeller
Private Wealth Advisory Program (the “RPWA Program”), a
wrap fee program through which it provides discretionary
and non-discretionary investment advisory services to
When we act as your investment adviser, we receive either a
flat annual dollar fee or fees calculated on a percentage of
assets in your account (both discussed in more detail in Item
5below). Accordingly, in some cases, we and our PAs earn
more when you invest more in your advisory account, and
we earn the same advisory fee rate regardless of how
frequently you trade. We also receive payments from third
parties, including from the sponsors of the investment
products in which you invest. In circumstances where we
receive a fee based on the percentage of assets in your
account, we have an incentive to recommend that you
increase the assets in your advisory accounts to increase our
fees, to invest in investment products that result in greater
compensation to us (including products and services
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• Provide advice regarding third-party investment
advisers and/or managers
• Provide client with periodic performance reporting
clients across a broad range of asset classes and investments.
In a wrap fee program, the client pays Rockefeller Financial
a single, bundled, or “wrap” fee for investment advice,
brokerage services, administrative expenses, and certain
other fees and expenses. The Wrap Fee Program is detailed
in a separate wrap fee brochure (the “Wrap Brochure”).
advice
or
or
any
strategy
to purchase or sell an
the Third-Party Custodian
for
Rockefeller
Financial’s
advice
services we provide
Rockefeller Financial does not have discretionary authority
over clients’ assets in these Third-Party Custodian accounts.
Clients have sole discretion to accept or reject any
specific
investment
recommendation
individual
investment. Clients are also responsible for implementing or
arranging with
the
implementation of, any advice provided by Rockefeller
Financial. You may make investment-related decisions
contrary to the advice provided or make your own decisions
without the benefit of our advice. However, if you decide to
repeatedly disregard our investment advice, your account
may be better suited to a brokerage relationship in which you
pay brokerage commissions or other transaction-based
compensation instead of ongoing investment advisory fees.
Strategies offered to advisory clients may not be suitable for
all of your investments and Rockefeller Financial does not
represent that any particular strategy is based on or meant to
replace a comprehensive evaluation of any client’s entire
financial life considering all of such client’s circumstances.
Instead,
and
recommendations are specific to assets we manage in your
account pursuant to the client agreement applicable to the
(“Client
Investment Advisory
Investment Advisory Agreement” or “IAA”). We do not
consider assets in accounts we do not manage pursuant to the
IAA, if any, and those held outside of your account,
including assets that may be held in other accounts at
Rockefeller Financial or its affiliates.
Investment Advisory Services
b.
or
nondiscretionary
In connection with Investment Advisory services, the Firm,
through its PAs, provides clients with one or more
discretionary
investment
recommendations, advice, assistance and related services as
clients and their PAs may agree, including related to: asset
allocation; existing and potential investment strategies;
existing investment holdings; the purchase or sale of
securities, funds and other investment products and services;
and/or performance, analytical or planning reports.
For each of the Investment Advisory service offerings
described in this Brochure, Rockefeller Financial does not
provide any custodial, trade execution, or other account
services for investments or other assets, investments or other
assets are maintained at an unaffiliated broker-dealer,
retirement administrator or other qualified custodian
(“Third-Party Custodian”). Each client is responsible for
separately making arrangements with any Third-Party
Custodian for such services and to pay any applicable
commissions, charges, trails, and other account, brokerage
or custodial fees directly to the Third-Party Custodian.
Investment and
2. Rockefeller Retirement Plan
Consulting Services
1. Investment Consulting Services and Investment
Advisory Services
Rockefeller Financial offers non-discretionary consulting
services as well and discretionary and non-discretionary
Investment Advisory Services to institutions, endowments,
pension, individuals, and other clients. Depending on the
type of client, we may provide one or more investment
advisory services, including but not limited to the following:
a. Non-Discretionary Investment Consulting Services
• Assist client in the preparation of investment
objectives and policies
• Assist client in the creation of an investment policy
statement ("IPS")
• Provide client advice regarding investment of
account and/or trust fund
Rockefeller Financial offers services to plan sponsors and
other named fiduciaries (“Plan Sponsors”) of trustee directed
and participant directed retirement plans (each, a “Plan”),
some of which are subject to the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act (“ERISA”) as well as non-discretionary
investment advisory services to sponsor clients, which
services encompass (1) Non-Discretionary Investment
Advisory Services, (2) Discretionary Investment Advisory
Services and/or (3) Retirement Plan Consulting Services to
employer-sponsored retirement plans and their participants.
Depending on the type of the Plan and the specific
arrangement with the Plan Sponsor, we may provide one or
more of the below- described services. Prior to being
engaged by the Plan Sponsor, we will provide a copy of the
Retirement Plan Investment Consulting Services Client
Agreement ("Retirement Plan Agreement") that contains the
information required under Sec. 408(b)(2) of ERISA as
applicable.
• Provide client assistance with fund searches
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Rockefeller Financial provides discretionary investment
advisory services to plan sponsor clients with respect to
investments or other assets held at one or more third-party
custodians.
responsibility
to Rockefeller Financial
Rockefeller Financial does not have discretion nor any
authority over the Plan’s documents. Depending on the
services selected, Rockefeller Financial may or may not
have discretion with respect to the Plan’s investment
program. Whether Rockefeller Financial has discretion and,
if so, the extent of such discretion, is explicitly stated in the
relevant Agreement that you will execute with Rockefeller
Financial.
These services are designed to allow the plan fiduciary to
for
delegate
maintaining the plan’s designated investment alternatives
and qualified default investment alternatives in compliance
with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). We will perform these
investment management services, and charge fees as
described in this Form ADV and the Agreement executed
with plan sponsor clients. We will perform these services as
an “investment manager” as defined under ERISA section
3(38) and as a “fiduciary” to the plan as defined under
ERISA section 3(21), where applicable.
We will collect certain information from you to assist in
recommending and providing the services selected at the
initiation of services and periodically thereafter. You should
provide prompt written notice to Rockefeller Financial of
any change in Plan Sponsor information and any change in
your Plan’s investment objectives, guidelines, or similar
information, which could materially change the information
previously provided by you and which you expect should be
used by us to provide any advice.
a. Non-Discretionary Investment Advisory
Services
As part of the discretionary investment advisory services, we
may provide, based on the plan fiduciary’s instructions, the
following services:
Financial
provides
and Management
of Plan-Level
• Creation
Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”)
non-discretionary
Rockefeller
investment advisory services to Plan Sponsor clients with
respect to investments or other assets held at one or more
Third-Party Custodians.
• Selection, Monitoring and Replacement of
designated investment alternatives (“DIAs”)
• Creation and Maintenance of Model Asset
Allocation Portfolios (“models”)
• Selection and Replacement of third-party advisors
fiduciary. We will
and/or managers
• Selection, Monitoring & Replacement of qualified
default investment alternatives (“QDIA(s)”).
c. Retirement Plan Investment Consulting
Services
These services are designed to allow the plan fiduciary to
retain full discretionary authority or control over assets of
the plan
solely be making
recommendations to the Plan Sponsor. We will perform these
non-discretionary investment advisory services through our
PAs and charge fees as described in this Form ADV and the
Retirement Plan Agreement. If the Plan is covered by
ERISA, we will perform these investment advisory services
to the Plan as a “fiduciary” defined under ERISA Section
3(21).
following non-discretionary
The Plan Sponsor may engage us to perform one or more of
investment advisory
the
services:
Rockefeller Financial Retirement Plan Consulting Services
are designed to allow our PAs to assist the Plan Sponsor in
meeting its fiduciary duties to administer the Plan in the best
interests of Plan participants and their beneficiaries.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services are performed so that
they would not be considered “investment advice” under
ERISA.
designated
• Advice regarding establishing an IPS
• Advice
of
selection
regarding
investment alternatives (“DIAs”)
selection
regarding
third-party
• Advice
of
investment advisers and/or managers
• Advice regarding selection of qualified default
investment alternative (“QDIA(s)”)
• Advice regarding investment of trust funds.
The Plan Sponsor may elect for our PA’s to assist with a
number of Retirement Plan Consulting Services related to
administrative support, service provider support, investment
monitoring support and participant services. Depending on
the specific client needs, services can range from assisting
plan
fiduciaries with committee policies/procedures,
fiduciary education and assistance with covered services
providers. Additionally, services may include assisting the
b. Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
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plan committee with monitoring investment performance
and assistance with participant enrollment meetings and
participant investment education.
Empower Advisory Group provides such services to a plan
sponsored by Rockefeller Financial or
its affiliates,
Rockefeller Financial will waive its portion of the fee for the
Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios.
d. Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios
In plans for which we provide Retirement Plan Investment
and Consulting Services we may also provide a web-based,
managed account services to plan participants (“Rockefeller
Personalized Portfolios”).
Rockefeller Personalized
Portfolios is not available to all plans and depends upon the
plan sponsor’s independent selection and authorization of
Empower as the recordkeeper for the plan.
Plan participants in the Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios
will have
their accounts monitored, rebalanced and
reallocated periodically (typically quarterly) to respond to
changes in investment performance, intended retirement
age, and desired portfolio risk level, among other things.
Participants will receive an account update statement
periodically from Empower and can review and update
personal information at any time by calling the Plan’s toll-
free customer service number or by visiting the Plan’s web
site.
reflects
that
investment options and
Enrolled participants must allocate all of their plan account
balance to the Rockefeller Personalized Portfolio assets.
Participants are under no obligation to use these services and
are freely able to use similar services offered by other firms.
Participants may cancel their participation in Rockefeller
Personalized Portfolios at any time.
3. Potential Additional Retirement Services Provided
Outside of the Retirement Plan Agreement
stocks,
In providing services for retirement plans, including Plans,
(“Retirement Plan Services”), Rockefeller Financial and our
PAs may establish a separate client relationship with one or
more Plan participants or beneficiaries. Such separate client
relationships develop in various ways, including, without
limitation:
Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios is a managed account
service for participants who wish to have an investment
manager select their investments from among the Plan’s
available investment options and manage their accounts for
them. Participants receive a personalized
investment
the Rockefeller Personalized
portfolio
Portfolios
the Participant’s
retirement timeframe, life stages, risk tolerance and overall
financial picture, including assets held outside the Plan (if
the participant elects to provide this information), which
may be taken into consideration when determining the
allocation of assets in the participant’s account Rockefeller
Personalized Portfolios does not provide advice for,
recommend allocations of, or manage a participant’s outside
or non-Plan assets. Moreover, Rockefeller Personalized
Portfolios will not include management services for
individual
self-directed brokerage accounts,
guaranteed certificate funds, employer-directed monies or
in-plan annuities.
•
•
allocation
of
assets
or
•
as a result of a decision by the Plan participant or
beneficiary to purchase services from us not
involving the use of Plan assets;
as part of an individual or family financial plan for
which any specific recommendations concerning
the
investment
recommendations relating to assets held outside of
the Plan; or
through a rollover of an Individual Retirement
Account (“IRA Rollover”).
Under Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios, the Plan Sponsor
will enter into a written agreement with Rockefeller
Financial and any plan participant enrolling in the service
will have to opt-in to the program. The Plan Sponsor must
also enter into a written agreement engaging Empower as the
recordkeeper for the plan. Rockefeller Financial will have
discretionary authority over allocating the participant’s
account, without participant approval of each transaction. If
the plan is subject to ERISA, we agree to be held to a
“fiduciary” standard of care with respect to our management
of the participant’s account. Rockefeller Financial has
entered into a subadvisory agreement with Empower
Advisory Group, a subsidiary of Empower, under which
Empower Advisory Group provides subadvisory services to
Rockefeller for those plan participants who enroll in the
Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios. Rockefeller Financial
pays Empower Advisory Group a subadvisory fee for the
services it provides to Rockefeller in connection with the
Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios. In any instance where
If we are providing services to Plan participants or
beneficiaries separate from our providing services for their
Plans as part of our Retirement Plan Services, we will do so
through a separate agreement with such Plan participants or
beneficiaries. If a Plan participant or beneficiary desires to
affect an IRA Rollover from a Plan to an account advised or
managed by Rockefeller Financial, the PA will have a
conflict of interest if his/her fees in connection with
providing services to such participant or beneficiary are
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charitable giving, estate and wealth transfer, and business
succession. Those clients seeking financial planning services
will generally enter into a separate Financial Planning
Services Client Agreement with Rockefeller Financial,
which sets forth the specific financial planning services to be
provided, the reports and analyses that Rockefeller Financial
will provide, and the fees that the client agrees to pay.
third-party payments disclosed
in
these conflicts by disclosing
The reports and analyses are for informational purposes only
and are based upon information provided by the clients, and
is intended to provide broad, general guidelines on the
advantages of certain financial planning concepts. The
reports and analyses do not constitute a recommendation of
any particular technique or strategy, or of any particular
investment type or investment opportunity.
reasonably expected to be higher than those we would
otherwise receive in connection with the Retirement Plan
Services. If a Plan participant or beneficiary desires to affect
an IRA Rollover from the Plan to an account advised or
managed by Rockefeller Financial, we and your PA will earn
compensation on those assets, for example, through Client
Fees based on the assets in the participant or beneficiary’s
this
account, and
Brochure. This creates an incentive for us to recommend and
encourage the rollover of assets from the Plan to us. We
mitigate
them and by
establishing policies and procedures, and risk-based
supervision to review these rollover recommendations. The
fees and expenses applicable to an IRA likely will be higher
than those paid through the Plan, and there can be other fees,
including IRA termination fees.
If a PA recommends moving retirement assets to Rockefeller
Financial, 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 Plan or other
financial institution, such as the effects of breakpoints, rights
of accumulation, and index annuity caps, and has determined
that the recommendation is in your best interest, including,
as applicable, for these reasons:
The reports and analyses do not provide on-going investment
advice and are current only as of the date of each respective
report. It is each client’s responsibility to determine what
action, if any, you wish to take based on the information
provided, and you are not required to transact business with
us if you choose to
implement any aspects of the report. Rockefeller Financial
will only act upon your specific instructions. We do not
undertake to monitor your account assets in connection with
providing these financial planning reports and analyses.
• Greater services and/or other benefits (including
holistic advice and planning) can be achieved with
the Rockefeller IRA;
Certain reports and analyses may provide projections based
on various assumptions, are hypothetical in nature, are
subject to important limitations, and are not a guarantee of
investment returns.
• Consolidation of assets and availability of
consolidated statements and performance reports
would be beneficial to you; and
• The costs associated with Rockefeller IRA are
justified by these services and benefits.
Rockefeller Financial may also provide one or more
financial planning reports or analyses without a separate
charge as part of the overall services provided to its clients.
5. SMA Dual Contract Arrangements
The PA will disclose relevant information about the
in
applicable fees charged by Rockefeller Financial
connection with any such IRA Rollover prior to opening an
IRA account. Any decision to effect a rollover or about what
to do with the rollover assets remain that of the Plan
participant or beneficiary alone.
asset
allocation,
In providing
these optional services, we may offer
participants and beneficiaries information on other financial
and retirement products or services offered by Rockefeller
Financial, our affiliates and our PAs.
4. Financial Planning Reports and Analyses
Rockefeller Financial may also, through dual contract
arrangements, provide Clients with access to certain
affiliated and/or third-party investment managers’ separately
managed account strategies that are not available on the
Firm’s RPWA Program. Clients investing through a dual
contract arrangement are expected to receive personalized
investment advice and guidance through their PA, including
ongoing
investment manager
recommendations and monitoring, rebalancing, account
review and other advice. Clients will separately enter into
discretionary advisory agreements with one or more
investment managers that will manage the Clients’ assets on
a discretionary basis in accordance with the investment
strategy or strategies selected. Investment managers
available through dual contract arrangements will be limited.
Upon request, Rockefeller Financial will provide clients
with reports and/or analyses on one or more financial
planning topics, including cash flows, income needs, asset
allocation, retirement and life insurance assessments,
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investment restriction. If one or more investment restrictions
is determined to be unreasonable, we may not be able to
accept management of the account. If you elect to restrict
investments, you accept any effect such restrictions may
have on the investment performance and diversification of
your portfolio. The performance of accounts with investment
restrictions or screens will differ from, and may be lower
than, the performance of accounts without such restrictions
or screens.
2. Management by Certain Advisory Affiliates
Dual contract arrangements, to the extent offered, will be
offered as either wrap fee or investment advisory fees plus
commission arrangements. In the latter arrangement, clients
are charged asset-based fees for the investment advisory
services provided by Rockefeller Financial and
the
investment managers. Investment advisory fees will be
calculated based on an annual percentage of the value of a
client’s assets under management. Brokerage commissions
and/or transaction fees are charged to and deducted directly
from your account for effecting securities transactions and
other brokerage and custody services.
6. Sub-Advisory Arrangements
Certain advisory accounts will receive advice from RGIM, a
division of Rockefeller & Co., which is actively involved in
managing certain equity and fixed income investments on
the Firm’s RPWA Program. These or other advisory affiliates
may provide additional services in the future. Further, clients
are from time to time offered access to mutual funds, private
funds, and other securities offered and/or managed by
RGIM, Viking, or other advisory affiliates of Rockefeller
Financial.
F. Assets Under Management
The Firm also acts as sub-adviser to investment advisory
firms that manage investments on behalf of variable life
insurance policies, variable annuity policies and other
variable contracts. The Firm, through its PAs, manages
accounts on a discretionary basis based on the investment
objectives, policies and other parameters as directed by the
client and/or the client’s investment adviser. The Firm is
compensated by the client’s investment adviser pursuant to
an arrangement as agreed to by the Firm and the investment
adviser.
Assets
Under Management
includes assets
E. Available Service Features
1. Customized Advisory Services and Client Restrictions
As of December 31, 2025, Rockefeller Financial’s
Regulatory
were
$99,603,487,232 which
for services
described in this Brochure as well as the Wrap Fee Brochure.
Of
those Regulatory Assets Under Management,
$93,524,438,153 was managed on a discretionary basis, and
$6,079,049,079 was managed on non-discretionary basis.
ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION
A. Compensation for Advisory Services
The Firm will tailor its advisory services to the individual
needs of clients in accordance with the investment mandate
for the account. Clients should communicate to their
respective PA in writing any changes in the client’s financial
situation or investment objectives, and whether the client
wishes to impose any reasonable restrictions on the
management of the account or reasonably modify existing
restrictions.
investment
restrictions will not apply
Clients may impose reasonable investment restrictions on
the management of their accounts which, if accepted by
Rockefeller Financial in writing, will apply until changed or
withdrawn by the client or until Rockefeller Financial
determines that the restriction is no longer reasonable or
prevents the efficient management of the account. Client-
imposed
to
investments held through investments in mutual funds and
other comingled investment vehicles, which have their own
stated
investment objectives and policies.
Fees paid by clients of Rockefeller Financial for the services
described in this Brochure are charged based on the terms in
the IAA. When we act as investment adviser, we charge
either a flat annual dollar fee or a fee calculated as a
percentage of assets under management, depending on the
type of advisory service, as agreed by you and your PA at the
time of entering into the applicable IAA or thereafter. You
should expect that the fees you pay will differ from those
paid by other clients of the Firm and your PA, including
based on the scope and size of relationships and accounts,
the complexity of the client’s needs, the PA’s practice
approach and other factors. Except as otherwise stated herein
or in the IAA, these fees are in addition to any fees you pay
to other investment managers or fees and you pay indirectly
as an investor in any mutual fund, alternative investment
fund, or other pooled vehicle or financial product, which are
We reserve the right to deem any proposed investment
restriction to be unreasonable and to not accept the proposed
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described in the applicable prospectus or other offering
document.
Rockefeller Financial will generally keep part of the fee and
pay a portion to your PA. Fees and other compensation
charged with respect to particular services are set forth
below.
1. Non-Discretionary Investment Advisory and
Consulting Services Fees
purchasing the Retirement Plan Services separately or
through another service provider. There are several factors
that determine whether the costs would be more or less,
including, but not limited to, the size of the Plan, the specific
investments made by the Plan, the number of or locations of
Plan participants, services offered by another service
provider, and the actual costs of Retirement Plan Services
purchased elsewhere. In light of the specific Retirement Plan
Services offered by us, the fees charged may be more or less
than those of other similar service providers.
In determining the value of a Plan’s account for purposes of
calculating any asset-based fees, Rockefeller Financial will
rely upon the valuation of assets provided by Sponsor or the
Plan’s custodian or recordkeeper without independent
verification.
Non-Discretionary Investment Advisory and Consulting
Services Fees are negotiable and vary based upon the nature,
scope and frequency of our services as well as the size and
complexity of the plan. The Fee type you select can be either
an asset-based fee or flat dollar fee. The maximum asset-
based fee is 2% of assets under management. There is no
minimum fee.
2. Retirement Plan Services Fee
All fees paid to us for Retirement Plan Services are separate
and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual
funds, variable annuities and exchange-traded funds to their
shareholders.
Investment
The Retirement Plan Non-Discretionary
Advisory and Retirement Consulting Services
fees
(“Retirement Plan Fees”) are negotiable and vary based upon
the nature, scope and frequency of our services as well as the
size and complexity of the plan. The Discretionary
Investment Advisory Services program has an annual fee for
advisory administrative services ranging from 0.00% to
0.06% and is included in the agreed upon fees set forth in the
Agreement with us. A general description of the different
types of fees for Retirement Plan Services appears in the fee
schedule below:
These fees and expenses are described in each investment's
prospectus. These fees will generally include a management
fee, other expenses, and possible distribution fees. If the
investment also imposes sales charges, a client may pay an
initial or deferred sales charge. The Retirement Plan Services
we provide may, among other things, assist the client in
determining which investments are most appropriate to each
client's financial condition and objectives and to provide
other administrative assistance as selected by the client.
Accordingly, the client should review both the fees charged
by the funds, the fund manager, the Plan’s other service
providers and the fees charged by us to fully understand the
total amount of fees to be paid by the client and to evaluate
the Retirement Plan Services being provided.
The Retirement Plan Fee type you pay can be either an asset-
based fee or flat dollar fee. The fees are negotiable based
upon size of plan, number of participants, nature, scope and
frequency of services provided.
3. Financial Planning Reports and Analyses Fee
The maximum asset-based fee is 1.25% of assets under
management or advisement. Retirement Plan Services
described are subject to a minimum annual fee amount of
$5,000.
Depending upon the capabilities and requirements of the
Plan’s recordkeeper or custodian, we may collect our fees in
arrears or in advance. Typically, Sponsors instruct the Plan’s
recordkeeper or custodian to automatically deduct our fees
from the Plan account; however, in some cases a Sponsor
may request that we send invoices directly to the Sponsor or
recordkeeper/custodian.
Those clients entering into a Financial Planning Services
Client Agreement with Rockefeller Financial for planning
reports and analyses are currently charged separate fees,
including on a onetime or annual fee basis at a fixed dollar
amount, hourly rate, or on a percentage of assets covered in
the reports, or a combination of those methods. As set forth
above, Rockefeller Financial also may provide one or more
such reports and analyses without a separate charge as part
of the overall services provided to a client for which it does
not require the client to enter into a Financial Planning
Services Client Agreement.
Plan Sponsors receiving Retirement Plan Services may pay
more than or less than a client might otherwise pay if
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4. Rockefeller Personalized Portfolios
• Brokerage and trading costs and expenses, and
commissions
imposed by an affiliated or
unaffiliated broker-dealer, including in “step out”
trades;
Participants who elect to enroll in Rockefeller Personalized
Portfolios will pay a program fee based on the participant's
average daily account balance, collected quarterly in arrears.
The program fees applicable to each account will not exceed
0.60% per annum and will be indicated on the executed
service agreement.
and
commissions
related
to
• Fees
B. Payment of Fees
• Fees and expenses of Third-Party Custodians;
• Fees and expenses of private funds, mutual funds
and exchange-traded funds, as applicable, including
those sponsored and managed by affiliated advisers;
certain
investments, including investments in precious
metals and certain options;
• Fees and expenses of money market funds that hold
•
cash balances;
“Mark-ups,” “mark-downs,” and dealer spreads (A)
that Rockefeller Financial or its affiliates receive
when acting as principal in certain transactions
where permitted by law or (B) that other broker-
dealers receive when acting as principal in certain
transactions effected through Rockefeller Financial
and/or its affiliates acting as agent, which is
typically the case for dealer market transactions
(e.g., fixed income and over-the-counter equity);
• Transaction and deal fees, including costs of certain
co-investments made with third-party managers;
Generally, investment advisory fees will be payable (i) if
calculated based on assets under management (“AUM”),
quarterly in advance or in arrears and based on the market
value of the AUM in the client account as of the close of
business on the last business day of each calendar quarter or
(ii) if an annual flat dollar fee, quarterly or monthly in
advance or in arears as agreed to by the client. Fees will
either be: (i) deducted from client accounts pursuant to prior
authorization from the client as provided in the IAA or other
document, or (ii) billed to the client via an invoice
(electronic or otherwise). Rockefeller Financial reserves the
right to liquidate a portion of the account assets to cover the
fee at any time. Liquidation may affect the relative balance
of the account and also may have tax consequences and/or
may cause the account to be assessed transaction charges.
• Processing fees;
• Waivable placement fees on private placements;
• Brokerage share class trail fees in the case of
brokerage investors in private placements;
• Fees,
including commissions, associated with
insurance
income and variable
certain fixed
products;
• For clients with investments in structured products
that were transferred to their account at Rockefeller
Financial, clients may pay a Manager Fee in
addition to the placement fee;
•
the billed amount and
Fees based on AUM are calculated and charged by applying
the agreed-upon fee to the market value or net asset value
(“Value”) of each product or other asset as provided in the
most recent product sponsor or custodian statement or other
document provided to the Firm. In addition, if a product
sponsor or custodial statement is provided less frequently
than quarterly, the most recent Value is applied. For new
advisory relationships where fees are charged in advance, the
fees are prorated for the portion of the quarter from the time
the account is opened through the remainder of the quarter.
If a client contributes or withdraws $50,000 (or such other
amount determined by us from time to time) or more after
billing occurs for that period, at the time of the next billing,
the subsequent bill will be adjusted (or the designated
account will be debited or credited) in an amount equal to
the difference between
the
recalculated fee, taking into account the pro-rated fee from
the day of the contribution or withdrawal.
C. Other Fees and Expenses
• Certain other costs or charges that are imposed by
third-parties (including, among other things, odd-lot
differentials, transfer taxes, foreign custody fees,
exchange fees, supplemental
transaction fees,
regulatory fees and other fees or taxes that are
imposed pursuant to law); and
In addition to paying Rockefeller Financial’s fee,
clients are also responsible for the payment of
certain other fees and charges such as any fees
imposed by the SEC, wire transfer fees, fees
resulting from any special requests client may have,
the costs of margin or other borrowing
arrangements. In addition, a Third-Party Custodian
may charge additional miscellaneous fees (e.g.,
ACAT fees, IRA maintenance fees).
Other fees and expenses that clients will be responsible for
(if applicable) in addition to Rockefeller Financial’s
investment advisory fees include, but are not limited to, any
one or a combination of the following:
Advisory fees payable by any client will not be reduced to
account for the above additional fees and expenses.
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D. Compensation of PAs
PAs are compensated, on an ongoing basis, based on a
portion of the fees paid by their clients to Rockefeller
Financial. If the fee rate charged to a client is below certain
thresholds, your PA will be compensated at a lower rate or
not at all with respect to the client’s account. Therefore, PAs
have a financial incentive not to negotiate or reduce the fees
clients pay to Rockefeller Financial below those thresholds.
In addition, PAs that manage client assets directly receive a
greater percentage of the total Client Fee than those that
engage third-party managers for such clients, which creates
an incentive for PAs to elect to manage client assets directly,
even in a situation in which a client may benefit from the
engagement of a third-party.
Clients also bear the internal management, operating or
distribution fees or expenses imposed or incurred by a
mutual fund, ETF or other pooled investment vehicle held in
a client's account. If a client’s assets are invested in any
mutual funds, ETFs, or pooled investment vehicles, in
addition to the advisory fee charged by Rockefeller
Financial, the client will incur the internal management and
operating fees and expenses, which in the case of mutual
funds may include 12b-1 fees (please see “Other Firm
Compensation” below for more information on when such
fees apply), investment management and/or performance-
termination fees (which
based fees, redemption/early
include fees on whole or partial liquidations of the client’s
assets in the investment vehicles) and other fees and
expenses assessed by the investment vehicle’s sponsor,
custodian, transfer agent, adviser, shareholder service
provider or other service providers. These expenses from
time to time include administration, distribution, transfer
agent, custodial, legal, audit and other fees and expenses.
Further information regarding charges and fees assessed
may be found in the appropriate prospectus, offering
memorandum, annual report and/or custodial agreement
applicable to the corresponding investment vehicle.
in
surveillance
PAs moving their practices to Rockefeller Financial often
receive a cash loan shortly after they begin employment with
Rockefeller Financial and, if eligible, continuing services
cash bonuses or other financial incentives based on attaining
certain revenue or asset goals relative to the target revenue
or assets that the particular PA indicated he or she could
establish at Rockefeller Financial. If a PA achieves a
particular revenue goal, the PA receives not only the related
cash bonus, but also a cash loan in the amount of the related
cash bonus. The revenue-based and asset-based cash
bonuses described
this paragraph create financial
incentives for PAs to increase revenues and/or asset levels,
as applicable, in order to achieve the goals necessary to
receive the revenue-based and/or asset-based cash bonuses
and, as such, create conflicts of interest for PAs. The Firm
mitigates this conflict of interest by imposing suitability
requirements and maintaining a supervisory system that
includes
conducting periodic
reviews,
supervisory
visits and compliance inspections and audits. This conflict of
interest is further mitigated by fiduciary obligations and
regulatory and compliance rules and procedures to which
Rockefeller Financial and the PAs are subject.
As a broker-dealer, Rockefeller Financial earns asset-based
distribution or servicing fees (12b-1 fees or otherwise) and
revenue sharing payments from certain mutual funds or their
related persons. Clients should refer to “Other Firm
Compensation” below for further information on 12b-1
fees, and conflicts of interest that arise in connection
therewith, especially with regards to cash sweep money
market funds, and steps the Firm is taking to mitigate such
conflicts. As noted below, clients should not assume that
they will be invested in the share class with the lowest
possible expense ratio. Further information regarding these
fees and other charges assessed by mutual funds and/or
compensation paid by the mutual funds or their related
persons may be found in the applicable mutual fund
prospectus.
E. Other Firm Compensation
The Third-Party Custodian may charge certain fees in
addition to the fees and charges shown above. Please consult
the account documentation for information about the fees it
charges for the services it provides.
for
information
Fees charged to clients participating in the RPWA Program
are different than those set forth above. Please refer to the
about
additional
Wrap Brochure
Relationship Fees and Platform fees.
In addition to the fees and commissions Rockefeller
Financial receives as part of its investment advisory and
broker-dealer services, Rockefeller Financial receives
compensation from other sources, which creates a conflict of
interest, as the increased income available from these
sources incentivizes us to direct investments and services to
mutual fund companies, investment managers, third-party
managers, annuity providers, providers of model portfolios,
Third-Party Custodians and/or other companies that pay us
these fees. Rockefeller Financial generally uses these
additional resources for general marketing and educational
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educational and training content and market new products
and/or services to the Firm and PAs.
programs, to offset operational and product management
costs, to support client education, PA education, and other
internal programs and educational seminars. In return for the
payments, mutual fund companies and investment managers
are given access to home and branch offices for the purpose
of educating our PAs and other Firm personnel and
informing them about the available products.
including RGIM
(“Affiliated
Further, Rockefeller Financial may make available one or
more SMA strategies, mutual funds or other investment
products managed by an Investment Manager affiliated with
the Firm,
Investment
Products”). This results in additional revenue, in the
aggregate, to Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P. and its
subsidiaries, which are affiliates of Rockefeller Financial.
For a discussion of the conflicts that arise from this service,
please see Item 11 below. For additional information about
Affiliated Investment Products, please see the Rockefeller &
Co. Form ADV Part 2A for RGIM.
ITEM 6: PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE
BY SIDE MANAGEMENT
currently does not
Under certain circumstances, your account may be invested
in a mutual fund share class with a so-called “12b-1 fee.” A
12b-1 fee is part of the overall fund expense ratio that is paid
by you through the deduction of assets in the fund’s daily net
asset value calculation. Typically, a portion of the 12b-1 fee
is paid by a mutual fund to a broker-dealer, such as
Rockefeller Financial, as ongoing compensation pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment Company Act”), to the extent
permitted by applicable law. The receipt of 12b- 1 fees
results in additional compensation to Rockefeller Financial
and presents a conflict of interest. The Firm has an incentive
to select or retain share classes in your account that pay
Rockefeller Financial additional compensation, including
12b-1 fees, when a lower cost share class is available.
Rockefeller Financial addresses this conflict of interest by
limiting offerings of share classes that pay a 12b-1 fee and
to the extent any offerings pay a 12b-1 fee, by rebating
directly to your account the 12b-1 fees that we receive in
connection with your investments in mutual funds.
Rockefeller Financial
charge
performance-based fees. However, as a distributor of
alternative investments, including hedge funds and funds of
funds, Rockefeller Financial from time to time receives a
portion of the performance fees charged by the investment
advisers to those funds, which from time to time include
affiliate(s) of Rockefeller Financial. The Firm may in the
future charge performance-based fees on certain direct
investment opportunities where the Firm may be more
directly involved in the structuring and maintenance of the
alternative investment.
ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS
Rockefeller Financial has entered into revenue sharing
arrangements with providers of certain alternative
investment platforms, and also receives trailing and other
fees pursuant to certain arrangements. As described further
below in Item 11, this additional revenue creates an incentive
for Rockefeller Financial to recommend and provide access
to alternative investment vehicles.
Rockefeller Financial provides investment advisory and
brokerage services to various types of clients including ultra-
high net worth and high net worth individuals, their families,
family offices and related entities like trusts, estates,
endowments and foundations, as well as pension and profit-
sharing plans, charitable organizations, corporations and
other business entities, and state or municipal government
entities.
Requirements for entering and maintaining an investment
advisory relationship with the Firm, such as minimum asset
size, are listed in the description for each advisory service, if
applicable.
ITEM 8: METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
allocation
and
provide
other
From time to time, the Firm and its PAs also receive other
compensation from mutual fund companies and other
sponsors whose products are made available to clients. Such
companies may sponsor their own conferences for training
and educational purposes, which certain PAs are invited to
attend. In addition to the Firm’s PAs attending these
conferences without charge, these companies may also
reimburse or pay for the travel and other related expenses
incurred by the Firm’s PAs or reimburse a Firm’s for
expenses related to dinners or events for clients and other
miscellaneous business-related expenses incurred by PAs.
For additional information, please see Item 11 below.
Certain mutual fund companies and other product sponsors
pay the Firm fees in order to participate in Firm sponsored
conferences and events whereby they are able to provide
As discussed above, your PA will assist you in selecting an
asset
investment
recommendations and advice to you. Each PA has access to
various market, research, portfolio modelling and other tools
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the
time horizon,
financial horizon,
or protection from loss. Returns on investments can be
volatile and an investor may lose all or a portion of their
investment. Clients that utilize margin are subject to
additional risks, including greater risk of loss and incurrence
of margin interest debt. Margin and securities-based lending
is not suitable for all investors. If the market value of the
securities in your margin account declines, you may be
required to deposit more money or securities in order to
maintain your line of credit. If you are unable to do so, the
relevant custodian may sell all or a portion of your pledged
assets without prior notice to you.
and information to which he or she may refer in determining
investment advice provided to clients. PAs choose their own
research methods, investment styles and strategies, and
investment
management philosophy. Accordingly,
strategies and investment advice can be expected to vary
from one PA to another. The investment strategies and advice
vary depending upon each client’s specific financial
investments and
situation. As such, PAs determine
allocations based upon clients’ predefined objectives, risk
tolerance,
financial
information, liquidity needs, and various other suitability
factors. Clients’ restrictions and guidelines may affect the
composition of client portfolios.
2. Risks Relating to Equity Securities
It is important to note that no methodology, investment style,
or investment strategy is guaranteed to be successful or
profitable or can guarantee a client against loss. While
Rockefeller Financial seeks to employ reasonable diligence
in evaluating and monitoring third-party managers, no
amount of diligence can eliminate the possibility that a third-
party manager may provide misleading, incomplete or false
information or representations, or engage in improper or
fraudulent conduct, including unauthorized changes in
investment strategy, insider trading, misappropriation of
assets and unsupportable valuations of portfolio securities.
A. Risk Factors
Equity and equity-related investments are volatile and will
increase or decrease in value based upon issuer, economic,
market and other factors. Small capitalization stocks
generally involve higher risks in some respects than do
investments in stocks of larger companies and may be more
volatile. The securities of non-U.S. issuers also involve a
high degree of risk because of, among other factors, the lack
of public information with respect to such issuers, less
governmental regulation of stock exchanges and issuers of
securities traded on such exchanges and the absence of
uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards. The non-U.S. domicile of such issuers and
currency fluctuations may also be factors in the assessment
of financial risk to the investor. Foreign securities markets
are often less liquid than U.S. securities markets, which may
make the disposition of non-U.S. securities more difficult.
Emerging markets can be subject to greater social,
economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be
extremely volatile.
The investment risks described below represent some, but
not all, of the risks associated with various types of
investments and investment strategies. Clients should
carefully evaluate all applicable risks with any investment or
investment strategy and realize that investing in securities
involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
3. Risks Relating to Fixed Income Securities
1. Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
limited
to
interest
Certain investment strategies that PAs, Investment Managers
and investment vehicles may use in managing your account
have specific risks,
those associated with
including
investments in common stock, fixed income securities,
American Depositary Receipts, and Funds. You should
consult with your own independent advisor for more details
regarding the specific risks associated with the investments
in your account.
For example, investing in securities and other assets involves
a potential risk of loss due to various market, economic,
political, regulatory, business, currency and other risks.
Rockefeller Financial does not guarantee
the future
performance of any client account, investment decision or
strategy. Future results may vary substantially from past
performance and no investment strategy can guarantee profit
Investments in fixed income securities are subject to risks
including but not
rate, credit,
reinvestment, inflation, liquidity, call/prepayment, spread,
downgrade, exchange rate, volatility, and extension risks,
any of which may adversely impact the price of the security
and result in a loss. Interest rates may go up resulting in a
decrease in the value of fixed income securities. Duration is
the time that it takes for an investor to be repaid the price for
a bond by the bond’s total cash flows. The longer the
repayment period, or duration, the greater the chance that the
bond will be exposed to interest rate risk. Generally,
securities with longer maturities carry greater interest rate
risk. A low interest rate environment increases the risk
associated with rising interest rates (i.e. a declination in bond
value). Credit risk is the risk that an issuer may not make
timely payments of principal and interest. There is a risk that
an issuer may “call”, or repay, its high yielding bonds before
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respect
to, among other
investment companies dealing with affiliates, do not have an
independent board of trustees, and are not subject to
requirements with
things,
diversification and the prohibition on the suspension of
redemptions.
5. Risks Relating to Interval Funds
their maturity dates. Fixed income securities subject to
prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a
declining interest rate environment and similar or greater
potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.
Limited trading opportunities for certain fixed income
securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security
at a favorable price or time. The municipal market is volatile
and can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative
or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers
of municipal securities. The value of fixed income securities
may fluctuate based on other factors affecting the securities
markets generally. Recent market events risk relates to
volatility that arises due to economic, political, legal and
global macro factors.
Interval Funds are generally non-diversified closed-end
investments that are not listed for trading on any national
securities exchange and have no trading market. These funds
typically hold illiquid assets and offer limited redemption
opportunities which can restrict access to capital when
needed. There is limited liquidity provided to shareholders,
which is available only through the interval funds’ quarterly
offers to repurchase a certain percentage of its outstanding
shares at net asset value, which is subject to the fund’s
fundamental policy on redemptions. There is no guarantee
that an investor will be able to tender all or any of their shares
in a periodic repurchase offer. Investors should carefully
consider the fund’s fundamental policy prior to investing.
Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and
other lower-rated securities may subject the strategy to
substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be
speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest
and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or
decline in market value and volatile prices and are less liquid
than investment grade debt securities.
6. Risk Relating to Alternative Investments
4. Risks Relating to ETFs
limitations on withdrawing
to
Risks related to ETFs include but are not limited to market,
liquidity,
tax, sector/single-stock concentration, exotic
exposure/complexity, frequent trading and counterparty risk.
ETFs can invest in a variety of strategies such as indexing or
active management seeking exposure to unique asset classes.
For actively managed ETFs, in particular, there is a risk the
managers will not be able to achieve their stated objectives
or their strategy may underperform other market indicators
or benchmarks. There may be a lack of liquidity in certain
ETFs which can lead to a large difference between the bid-
ask prices (increasing the cost to you when you buy or sell
the ETF). A lack of liquidity also may cause an ETF to trade
at a large premium or discount to its net asset value.
Additionally, an ETF may suspend issuing new shares and
this may result in an adverse difference between the ETF’s
publicly available share price and the actual value of its
underlying investment holdings. At times when underlying
holdings are traded less frequently, or not at all, an ETF’s
returns also may diverge from the benchmark it is designed
to track.
Alternative investments, include, but are not limited to hedge
funds, private equity funds, venture capital and buyout
funds, private credit and direct lending funds, and private
Alternative
real estate and other real asset funds.
investments are generally speculative and involve a high
degree of risk. There is a very limited secondary market for
alternative investments and there may be significant
restrictions or
from or
transferring these types of investments. Many alternative
investments, including private equity/venture capital/buyout
funds generally require an investor to make and fund a
commitment over several years. Alternative investments
generally have high fees (including both management and
performance-based fees) and expenses that offset returns.
Alternative investments are generally subject to less
regulation than publicly traded investments. Rockefeller
independently value
Financial will not be able
investments held by alternative investment fund managers.
As a result, Rockefeller Financial will generally rely on the
values reported to it by alternative investment fund
managers, or their service providers.
investments may
include specific
Most ETFs, like all mutual funds, are registered investment
companies under the Investment Company Act. However,
ETFs that invest exclusively in physical assets, such as gold,
are not registered investment companies. These ETFs will
not have the protections associated with ownership of shares
in a registered investment company. For example, these
ETFs are not subject to the prohibition on registered
Alternative
risks
associated with limited liquidity, the use of leverage,
arbitrage, short sales, options, futures and derivative
instruments. There can be no assurances that a manager’s
strategy (hedged or otherwise) will be successful or that a
manager will employ such strategies with respect to all or
any portion of a portfolio. Clients should recognize that they
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7. Risk Relating to Options Trading
There are various risks associated with transactions in
exchange-traded and over the counter (“OTC”) options. The
market price of an option is affected by many factors,
including: changes in the market prices or dividend rates of
underlying securities (or in the case of indices, the securities
in such indices); the time remaining before expiration;
changes in interest rates or exchange rates; and changes in
the actual or perceived volatility of the relevant stock market
and underlying securities. Although an option buyer’s risk is
limited to the amount of the original investment for the
purchase of the option, an investment in an option may be
subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the
underlying securities. The market price of an option also
may be adversely affected if the market for the option
becomes less liquid, including where trading in the securities
underlying the option becomes restricted.
may bear asset-based fees and expenses at the manager-
level, and indirectly, fees, expenses and performance-based
compensation. Performance-based compensation may create
an incentive for the managers that may receive performance-
based compensation to make investments that are riskier and
more speculative than would be the case if this special
allocation were not made. Fee structures may include hurdle
rates, high-water marks, and/or claw back provisions, which
affect how and when performance fees are calculated.
Furthermore, founder share classes, lockup periods and
tiered fee discounts for larger or early investors can result in
different net returns across participants in the same fund.
Because the individual managers make trading decisions
independently of each other, it is possible that they may, on
occasion, hold substantial positions in the same security or
group of securities at the same time. This possible lack of
diversification may subject the client’s investments to more
volatility than would be the case if the client’s assets were
more widely diversified.
8. Risks Relating to Structured Products
Investments in alternatives funds should be viewed as
illiquid. It is uncertain as to when a return of capital or
profits, if any, will be realized and losses on unsuccessful
investments may be realized before gains on successful
investments are realized. The return of capital and the
realization of gains, if any, generally will occur only upon
the partial or complete disposition of an investment. While a
fund’s investment may be sold at any time, it is generally
expected that this will not occur for a number of years after
the initial investment. Before such time, there may be no
current return on the investment. Furthermore, the expenses
of operating alternatives funds (including any management
fees imposed by the investment manager) may exceed its
income, thereby requiring that the difference be paid from
the funds’ capital, including without limitation, unfunded
commitments. Further, any profits or gains may be
reinvested in the fund and may not be distributed to investors
until the end of the fund’s life, if at all.
An alternatives fund’s ability to dispose of investments may
be limited for several reasons (some or all of which may be
outside of a fund’s control), including the absence of an
established market for such investments, as well as
contractual and other limitations on transfer or other
restrictions that would interfere with subsequent sales of
such investments or adversely affect the terms upon which a
disposition could be made. Any possibility of a disposition
in the public markets will depend upon favorable market
conditions, including receptiveness to initial or secondary
public offerings for the companies in which the funds invest
and an active mergers and acquisitions (or recapitalizations
and reorganizations) market, among other factors.
Investments
in structured products (generally Senior
Unsecured Debt Obligations linked to the performance of an
underlying market measure) (all such products, “Structured
Products”) are subject to a number of risks, including credit
risk, market risk, and liquidity risk. Structured Products
typically have a specified maturity date and payout profile
determined by the performance of an underlying, or basket
of underlying, market measures. Structured Products are
generally designed to provide some level or combination of
principal protection, downside market risk mitigation,
enhanced income, or enhanced returns relative to the
performance of the underlying market measure. As a Senior
Unsecured Debt Obligation, the payout at maturity is
dependent on the issuer’s ability to pay off its debts as they
mature. While there is generally liquidity provided by the
issuer of a Structured Product prior to maturity, there is no
guarantee of a secondary market, or the price or bid/ask
spread at which the security will trade. In the case that there
is a secondary market provided, the sale price may be
significantly less than what would be the maturity value due
to factors such as volatility, interest rates, credit quality and
risk appetite. The value of an investment in a Structured
Product will reflect the then-current market value of the
Structured Product as calculated by the issuer and will be
subject to all of the risks associated with an investment in the
underlying market measure along with the risks and factors
described above. Investors in structured products will not
own or have any claim to the underlying market measure
directly and will therefore not benefit from general rights
applicable to the holders of those assets, such as dividends
and voting rights.
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investments. War, terrorism and related geopolitical events,
as well as global health crises and similar pandemics have
led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term
market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on
world economies and markets generally. Those events as
well as other changes in world economic, political and health
conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or
related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates,
credit ratings, inflation, investor
sentiment and other factors affecting the value of a Fund’s
investments. At such times, investors’ exposure to a number
of other risks described elsewhere in this section can
increase.
11. Risk Relating to Use of Third-Party Managers
The value of an investment in a structured product will
depend primarily on the investment performance of the
assets in which the structured product invests and will
therefore be subject to all of the risks associated with an
investment in those assets. These risks include the possibility
of a default by, or bankruptcy of, the issuers of such assets
or a claim that the pledging of collateral to secure any such
asset constituted a fraudulent conveyance or preferential
transfer that can be subordinated to the rights of other credits
of the issuer of such asset or nullified under applicable law.
Investors in structured products will not own such assets
directly and will therefore not benefit from general rights
applicable to the holders of assets, such as the right to
indemnity and the rights of setoff, or have voting rights with
respect to such assets, and in such cases, all decisions related
to such assets, including whether to exercise certain
remedies, will be controlled by the structured product.
Furthermore, there are certain tax and market uncertainties
that present risks relating to investing in structured products.
9. Risks Relating in Variable Annuities and Registered
Index-Linked Annuities (RILA)
The use of third-party managers in investment programs
involves additional risks. The success of the third-party
manager depends on the capabilities of its investment
management personnel and infrastructure, all of which may
be adversely impacted by the departure of key employees
and other events. The future results of the third-party
manager may differ significantly from the third- party
manager’s past performance. While Rockefeller Financial
seeks to employ reasonable diligence in evaluating and
monitoring third-party managers, no amount of diligence can
eliminate the possibility that a third-party manager may
provide misleading, incomplete or false information or
representations, or engage in improper or fraudulent
conduct, including unauthorized changes in investment
strategy, insider trading, misappropriation of assets and
unsupportable valuations of portfolio securities.
Investments in variable annuities are long-term investments
and provide long-term income, however such investments
are subject to high fees due to frequent trading and short-
term trading. Variable annuities investments also involve
investment risk related to the products and investments that
the collective periodic payments are invested in, which may
include derivatives products. Further, in order to receive
certain tax benefits associated with variable annuities, the
investments underlying such contracts must meet certain
diversification and other requirements. Thus, investments in
variable annuities that do not have sufficient diversification
can lead to adverse tax consequences.
industries and/or geographies, and can
Certain
third-party managers may hold a relatively
concentrated portfolio of securities in comparison to their
respective benchmarks and broader market indices. In
addition, these strategies may from time to time be
overweight, underweight or have no exposure to specific
sectors,
take
concentrated positions which could lead to increased
volatility.
Registered Index Linked Annuities (RILAs) are insurance
products tied to the performance of a market index, typically
offering the positive returns of the index up to a cap and/or
providing a buffer for a certain level of negative returns.
RILAs are subject to risks associated with other investment
products, including market risk, and the total loss of
principal is possible.
10. Market Disruption, Health Crises, Terrorism and
Geopolitical Risk
Certain of these strategies may focus on particular sectors,
industries and geographies. As a result, an adverse
development impacting any one position, sector, industry or
geography may have a material adverse effect on investment
returns as well as performance relative to the strategy’s
benchmark.
Diversification across asset classes, investment styles,
sectors and industries does not eliminate the risk of
experiencing investment losses. There is also a risk that too
Investors are subject to the risk that war, terrorism, global
health crises or similar pandemics, and other related
geopolitical events may lead to increased short-term market
volatility and have adverse long-term effects on world
economies and markets generally, as well as adverse effects
on issuers of securities and the value of a Fund’s
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much diversification can lead to the indexing of investment
returns.
12. Risk Relating to REITs
2024, all non-government institutional money market funds
may have had mandatory liquidity fees imposed on them. In
general, the mandatory liquidity fees will be imposed by the
money market fund when the fund experiences daily net
redemptions that exceed 5% of the fund’s net asset, which
can occur even
in non-stress market environments.
Additional information relating to these changes is available
on the SEC’s website at: 33-11211-fact-sheet.pdf (sec.gov).
Moreover, in some circumstances, money market funds may
be forced to cease operations when the value of a fund drops
below $1.00 per share. In that event, the fund’s holdings are
liquidated and distributed to the fund’s shareholders. This
liquidation process could take up to one month or more.
During that time, these funds would not be available to you
to support purchases, withdrawals and, if applicable, check
writing or ATM debits from your account.
Certain Strategies offer real estate-related investment
disciplines, which typically invest in common stocks of U.S.
corporations. Almost all such investments will be treated for
tax purposes as investments in real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”). Such investments can cause a tax-exempt
investor to recognize “unrelated business taxable income”
(“UBTI”). If any investment causes a tax-exempt investor to
recognize UBTI, and that tax-exempt investor is a charitable
remainder trust, all of the income of the charitable remainder
trust would be subject to federal income tax for the tax year
in which the UBTI was recognized. Therefore, charitable
remainder trusts should consult with a tax adviser before
investing in real estate investment disciplines.
14. Risks Relating to Differing Classes of Securities
13. Risks Relating to Money Market Funds
Different classes of securities have different rights as
creditor if the issuer files for bankruptcy or reorganization.
For example, bondholders’ rights generally are more
favorable than shareholders’ rights in a bankruptcy or
reorganization.
15. Tax and Legal Considerations
You could lose money in money market funds. Although
money market funds classified as government funds (i.e.,
money market funds that invest 99.5% of total assets in cash
and/or securities backed by the U.S government) and retail
funds (i.e., money market funds open to natural person
investors only) seek to preserve value at $1.00 per share,
they cannot guarantee they will do so. The price of money
market funds will fluctuate and when you sell shares they
may be worth more or less than originally paid.
Money market funds may impose a fee upon sale or
temporarily suspend sales if liquidity falls below required
minimums. During suspensions, shares would not be
available for purchases, withdrawals, check writing or ATM
debits.
You are responsible for all tax liabilities and tax return filing
obligations arising from the transactions in your account or
any other investment advice offered by us. Changing your
investment strategy or engaging in portfolio rebalancing
transactions may result in sales of securities which may
subject you to additional income tax obligations. Consult
your independent tax or legal advisor with respect to the
services described in this Brochure. Rockefeller Financial
does not provide tax, legal, accounting, estate or actuary
advice, and this Brochure or any other document received
from Rockefeller Financial should not be construed as
providing such advice.
16. Cybersecurity Risks
Recent changes to regulations impacting money funds have
created both a potential discretionary and separate
mandatory liquidity fee which could impact a selling
shareholder in non-government money market funds. The
discretionary fee is optional and subject to the discretion of
the board of directors/trustees of each prime and tax-exempt
money market fund. On July 12, 2023, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule
2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. The new money
market fund rules had a staged implementation schedule
with discretionary liquidity fees that became applicable to all
non-government money market funds on April 2, 2024.
Beginning April 2, 2024, all money market funds were
required to comply with the increased portfolio liquidity
requirements of the new rules. Beginning on October 2,
Rockefeller Financial must rely in part on digital and
network technologies (collectively, “networks”) to conduct
its investment advisory business. Such networks, including
those of service providers, are susceptible to cyber-attacks
that could potentially seek unauthorized access to digital
systems for purposes such as misappropriating sensitive
information, corrupting data or causing operational
disruption. Cyber-attacks might potentially be carried out by
persons using techniques that could range from efforts to
electronically circumvent network security or overwhelm
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sanctioned entities or individuals, potentially rendering
specific investment illiquid or worthless.
laws
in
websites to intelligence gathering and social engineering
functions aimed at obtaining information necessary to gain
access. Cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns, of us
or our service providers, if applicable, may adversely impact
us and our clients, potentially resulting in, among other
things, financial losses; our inability to transact business on
behalf of our clients; reputational damage; and/or additional
costs. The Firm may incur additional costs related to
cybersecurity risk management and remediation. In addition,
cybersecurity risks may also impact issuers of securities in
which we invest on behalf of our clients, which may cause
our clients’ investment in such issuers to lose value.
the U.S. and other
Additionally, sanction
jurisdictions or other governmental action may significantly
restrict the Firm and its Clients from investing or continuing
to hold an investment in, or transacting with or in certain
countries, individuals, and companies, including, among
other things, transactions with, and the provision of services
to certain foreign countries, territories, in entities and
individuals. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the
“FCPA”) and other anti- corruption laws and regulations, as
well as anti-boycott regulations, may also apply to, and
restrict the activities of the Firm and its Clients.
17. Technology Risk
Rockefeller Financial must rely in part on digital and
network technologies to conduct its business and to maintain
substantial computerized data relating to client account
activities. These technologies include those owned or
managed by Rockefeller Financial as well as those owned or
managed by others, such as financial intermediaries, pricing
vendors,
transfer agents, and other parties used by
Rockefeller Financial to provide services and maintain its
business operations. These technology systems may fail to
operate properly or become disabled as a result of events or
circumstances wholly or partly beyond the Firm’s or its
service providers’ control. Technology failures, whether
deliberate or not, including those arising from use of third-
party service providers or client usage of systems to access
accounts, could have a material adverse effect on our
business or our clients and could result in, among other
things, financial loss, reputational damage, regulatory
penalties or the inability to conduct business.
18. Sanctions
If the Firm determines that a Client is subject to trade,
economic or other sanctions imposed by a governmental or
regulatory authority, the Firm will take such actions as it
determines appropriate to comply with applicable law and/or
its related policies and procedures. These actions may
include, without limitation, (i) blocking or freezing Client
accounts or Client investments, (ii) where permitted or
required by the applicable sanctions law, requiring a Client
to redeem or withdraw from the vehicle, and delaying the
payment of any redemption or withdrawal proceeds, without
interest, until such time as such payment is permitted under
applicable law, (iii) excluding an Client in a pooled
from allocations of net capital
investment vehicle
appreciation and net capital depreciation and distributions
made to other Clients, (iv) ceasing further dealings with such
Client’s interest until such sanctions are lifted or a license is
obtained under applicable law to continue dealings, and (v)
excluding a Client in a pooled investment vehicle from
voting on matters on which investors are entitled to vote, and
excluding the net asset value of such investor’s interest in
the pooled investment vehicle for purposes of determining
the investors entitled to vote on or required to take any action
in respect of the pooled investment vehicle.
to, directly or
Sanctions-related requirements imposed by governmental or
regulatory authorities can be complex, changing, conflicting,
unclear or subject to opaque, changing or conflicting
guidance. Accordingly, the Firm may take or refrain from
taking action it determines appropriate to comply with
applicable law and its related policies and procedures even
though it turns out that doing so was not required or
appropriate.
19. Coronavirus and Pandemic Outbreak Risks
The Firm operates a program designed to ensure compliance
with economic and trade sanctions-related obligations
applicable directly to its activities. These sanctions prohibit,
among other things, transactions with and the provision of
indirectly, certain countries,
services
territories, entities and individuals. It should be expected that
any economic and trade sanctions, and the application by the
Firm of its compliance program, will restrict or limit a
Client’s investment activities, can require the Firm to cause
a Client to sell its position in an investment at an inopportune
time or when the Firm would otherwise not have done so,
and preclude the Firm from selling a Client’s position in an
investment when the Firm would otherwise wish to do so.
The application of sanctions may also have significant
adverse impacts on the valuation and liquidity of a Client’s
investments to the extent such investments are related to the
The global outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus
(“COVID-19”), together with resulting voluntary and U.S.
federal and state and non-U.S. governmental actions,
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industries
in which
the portfolio
is
This list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete
enumeration or explanation of the risks involved in
connection with the Firm’s investment offerings or the
management of client accounts. In addition, prospective
clients should be aware that, as a client’s investment
portfolio develops and changes over time, the account may
be subject to additional and different risks.
ITEM 9: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Within the last ten years, there have not been any material
legal or disciplinary events involving the advisory business
of Rockefeller Financial or its management personnel.
Additional information about Rockefeller Financial and its
advisory affiliates is contained in Part 1 of Rockefeller
Financial’s Form ADV.
the extent such
impacted personnel
ITEM 10: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATION
A. Broker-Dealer Registration Status
including, without limitation, mandatory business closures,
public gathering limitations, restrictions on travel and
quarantines, has meaningfully disrupted the global economy
and markets. COVID-19 has and is expected to continue to
have ongoing material adverse effects across many, if not all,
aspects of the regional, national and global economy. In
particular, the COVID-19 outbreak has already, and will
continue to, adversely affect a portfolio’s investments and
the
invested.
Furthermore, Rockefeller Financial’s ability to operate
effectively, including the ability of its personnel or its service
providers and other contractors to function, communicate
and travel to the extent necessary to carry out clients’
investment strategies and objectives and the Rockefeller
Financial’s business and ability to satisfy its obligations to
clients and pursuant to applicable law, has been, and will
continue to be, impaired. The spread of COVID-19 among
Rockefeller Financial’s personnel and its service providers
would also significantly affect Rockefeller Financial’s
ability to properly oversee the affairs of clients (particularly
to
include key
investment professionals or other members of senior
management), which could result in a temporary or
permanent suspension of a client’s investment activities or
operations. The full effects, duration and costs of the
COVID-19 pandemic are impossible to predict, and the
circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will
continue to evolve.
20. Derivatives Risk
As well as being a registered investment adviser, Rockefeller
Financial is also a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and
a member of FINRA. In its capacity as a broker-dealer, the
firm engages in the sale of securities, including, but not
limited to: stocks, bonds, government and municipal
securities, options, mutual funds, alternative investment
vehicles, variable insurance products and other types of
securities for its clients. Rockefeller Financial affects these
securities transactions for customers for compensation, a
portion of which is typically shared with PAs.
B. Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool
Operator, or Commodity Trading Adviser
Registration Status
instruments can result from
the counterparty
to fulfill
Neither Rockefeller Financial nor any of its management
persons are registered or have an application pending to
register as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool
operator, commodity trading adviser, or as a registered
representative or an associated person of any of the
foregoing entities at this time.
C. Material Relationships or Arrangements with
Industry Participants
Investments in options, futures, options on futures, forwards,
participatory notes, swaps, structured securities, and other
types of derivatives can be used to hedge a portfolio's
investments or to seek to enhance returns. These types of
investments entail specific risks relating to liquidity,
leverage and credit that can reduce returns and/or increase
volatility. Losses in a portfolio from investments in
derivative
the potential
illiquidity of the markets for derivative instruments, the
its contractual
failure of
obligations, the portfolio receiving cash collateral under the
transactions and some or all of that collateral being invested
in the market, or the risks arising from margin posting
requirements and related leverage factors associated with
such transactions. In addition, many jurisdictions continue to
review practices and regulations relating to the use of
derivatives, or similar instrument. Such reviews could make
such instruments more costly, limiting the availability of, or
otherwise adversely affecting the value or performance of
such instrument.
Rockefeller Financial
indirect, wholly-owned
is an
subsidiary of Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., a
leading independent financial services firm offering global
family office, wealth management, asset management and
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strategic advisory services to ultra-high and high-net worth
individuals, families, institutions and corporations.
any
information
(other
to non-U.S.
representatives of Rockefeller Capital Management GP or
any of its controlled affiliates are generally prohibited from
discussing
regarding Rockefeller
Financial’s portfolio investment activities in the presence of
any employee, officer, director, investment committee
member or other representative of Viking or any of its
controlled affiliates
than Rockefeller Capital
Management GP or any of its controlled affiliates).
Rockefeller Financial does not anticipate material conflicts
with any clients in light of Viking’s indirect control of
Rockefeller Financial In the event that any conflicts actually
arise, Rockefeller Financial will resolve such conflicts in a
fair and equitable manner. Viking will not have any
obligation to make available to Rockefeller Financial any
information regarding its investment activities, strategies or
views and, as a result, you should expect that Rockefeller
Financial will make investment decisions for clients that
differ from those it would have made if Viking had provided
such information.
operating
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s
subsidiaries include: Rockefeller Financial; Rockefeller &
Co., an investment adviser registered with the SEC
providing global family office and asset management
services; RAM International, a UK limited company
performing non-US distribution and investor servicing
activities for RGIM
intermediaries and
professional clients; RTC NA, a national trust bank regulated
by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and RTC
DEL, a limited purpose trust company regulated by the
Office of the State Bank Commissioner of the State of
Delaware, both of which provide fiduciary services acting
either as a trustee, co-trustee, executor, co- executor, or as a
fiduciary or agent for other fiduciary relationships; and
Rockefeller Capital Management Insurance Services, an
insurance company licensed in the states of New York and
Delaware that provides access to a broad range of personal
insurance expertise and services through numerous national
providers to enable effective estate planning, asset protection
or other key wealth management planning strategies and
priorities.
Certain directors, officers and employees of Rockefeller
Financial are associated with affiliates of the Firm, including
Rockefeller & Co., RTC NA, RTC DEL, and Rockefeller
Capital Management Insurance Services.
financial
support
As noted above, from time to time the Firm expects to make
available and/or recommend to eligible clients certain
private funds and other investment vehicles sponsored by
Viking (“Viking Investment Vehicles”). As Viking has a
controlling interest in Rockefeller Capital Management LP,
a conflict of interests exists when clients of the Firm invest
in Viking Investment Vehicles because such investments
provide a financial benefit to Viking. Rockefeller Capital
Management LP also stands to benefit from its clients’
investments in Viking Investment Vehicles to the extent that
any such vehicles make a follow-on investment in, or
provide
to, Rockefeller Capital
Management LP.
Directors, officer and employees of Rockefeller Financial
and its affiliates may serve as non-executive directors or
employees of for-profit businesses, including financial
service companies that provide services to Rockefeller
Financial and/or
to clients of Rockefeller Financial.
Rockefeller Financial has adopted procedures and practices
in seeking to mitigate conflicts of interest that may result
from such outside business affiliations.
is an
financial
Rockefeller Financial is indirectly controlled by Viking
through its indirect ownership of the voting securities of
Rockefeller Capital Management General Partner, L.L.C
(“Rockefeller Capital Management GP”), the general partner
of Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P., of which
indirect wholly- owned
Rockefeller Financial
subsidiary. Viking is registered with the SEC as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). No employee,
officer, director, investment committee member or other
representative of Viking or any of its controlled affiliates is
a member of any investment committees of Rockefeller
Financial or of Rockefeller Capital Management GP.
Additionally, directors, officers, employees or other
From time to time the Firm expects to make available or
recommend to eligible clients private funds and other
investment vehicles sponsored by certain investment firms
that are equity owners of RCM, including Viking, IGM and
its affiliates including Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd., and
Abrams Capital, or which have strategic partnerships with
RCM such as Breakout Capital (“Related Party Investment
Vehicles”). As noted above, Viking, IGM and Abrams
Capital hold interests in Rockefeller Capital Management
LP, so a conflict of interests exists when clients of the Firm
invest in Related Party Investment Vehicles because such
investments provide a financial benefit to Viking, IGM,
Abrams Capital and Breakout Capital and their respective
affiliates. Rockefeller Capital Management LP may also
benefit from its clients’ investments in Related Party
Investment Vehicles to the extent that any such vehicles
provide
to Rockefeller Capital
support
Management LP or pay compensation to Rockefeller
Financial.
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Firm typically receives both the placement fee and an
advisory fee on the client assets invested in such vehicle.
International. Under
this
Additional rules and restrictions may apply when Related
Party Investment Vehicles and certain third-party investment
vehicles to which Rockefeller Financial serves as a
placement agent are offered to Retirement Plans.
parent
In addition, Rockefeller & Co. has a strategic partnership
with Breakout Capital, an investment management firm
established by Ruchir Sharma, who is Chairman of
Rockefeller
arrangement,
Rockefeller Financial will act as a placement agent to
Breakout Capital investment vehicles and be compensated
for such capital raising activities and provide certain human
resources support services to Breakout Capital. Rockefeller
& Co. or an affiliate receives a share of management fees
and incentive allocations earned by Breakout Capital from
its investment vehicles, based on Breakout Capital achieving
certain milestones.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller
Financial’s
company, Rockefeller Capital
Management (“RCM”), Gregory J. Fleming (the “RCM
CEO”), serves as a member of the Board of Directors
(“Board”) of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock is
a leading global provider of investment, advisory, and risk
management solutions whose investment products and
services are offered and sold by RCM to, and on behalf of,
RCM clients.
The RCM CEO’s service on the BlackRock Board gives rise
to a conflict of interest with respect to the Firm’s decision to
select or recommend BlackRock products to clients. To
manage and mitigate this conflict, we maintain a product
selection, due diligence, and manager approval process that
does not include the RCM CEO; we do not offer preferential
treatment to BlackRock products in our investment selection
process; and we disclose this relationship to clients in our
Form ADV and relevant marketing materials.
ITEM 11: CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR
INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND
OTHER CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates have entered into
marketing support or distribution services fee arrangements
with a number of third-party managers and funds, including
but not limited to mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative
investment funds. Under these arrangements, Rockefeller
Financial or its affiliates will receive compensation from the
third-party managers or funds. In the case of alternative
investments, you should expect that this compensation
includes an upfront placement fee based on the assets raised
and/or a percentage of asset under management; the source
of those fees will typically be from the third-party manager’s
own resources and/or a share in the investment management
and/or performance fees paid to the third-party managers by
investors in a fund. This creates a conflict of interest for
Rockefeller Financial, as it will have an incentive to
recommend investments for which it receives compensation
even when another investment better fits a particular
portfolio and investment objectives.
A. Code of Ethics
Rockefeller Financial’s Code of Ethics (the “Code”) for its
advisory business applies to its employees, supervisors,
officers and directors engaged in offering or providing
investment advisory products and/or services (collectively,
“Employees”). The purpose of the Code is to prohibit its
Employees from engaging in securities transactions or
activities that involve a material conflict of interest, possible
diversion of a corporate opportunity, or the appearance of
impropriety. You should expect that Rockefeller Financial
personnel and their families and households purchase
investments for their own accounts, including the same
investments as may be purchased or sold for clients, subject
to the terms of the Code. Supervisors are required to use
reasonable supervision to detect and prevent any violations
of the Code by the individuals, branches and departments
that they supervise.
third-party
Rockefeller Financial, in its capacity as a registered broker-
dealer, will typically act as a placement agent for Related
Party Investment Vehicles and certain third-party investment
vehicles. Acting as placement agent, Rockefeller Financial
performs due diligence on Related Party Investment
Vehicles and those third-party investment vehicles and seeks
to identify investors, including clients of Rockefeller
Financial and its affiliates, for whom the vehicles are
suitable investments. In certain cases, opportunities to act as
placement agent can be expected to be identified by persons
affiliated with Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates who
are also affiliated with the sponsor of the Related Party
Investment Vehicle. Rockefeller Financial typically receives
transaction-based compensation (e.g., a placement fee) from
the sponsor of these investments in connection with acting
as placement agent. With respect to advisory clients of
Rockefeller Financial who invest in a Related Party
Investment Vehicle or certain
investment
vehicles for which the Firm acts as placement agent, the
The Code generally operates to protect against conflicts of
interest either by subjecting Employee activities to specified
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limitations (including pre-approval requirements) or by
prohibiting certain activities. Key provisions of the Code
include:
This section, along with the above disclosure, summarizes
conflicts of interest Rockefeller Financial has identified in
connection with its management of client accounts.
At a high level, conflicts of interest arise whenever
Rockefeller Financial has an economic or other incentive in
its management of a client account to act in a way that
benefits Rockefeller Financial. As further described in the
section above, and in the Wrap Fee Brochure, conflicts result
when Rockefeller Financial:
• The requirement for certain Employees, because of
their potential access to non-public information, to
obtain their supervisors' prior written approval or
provide pre-trade notification before executing
certain securities transactions for their personal
securities accounts;
restrictions on personal securities
certain
applicable
activities
to
• Additional
transaction
Employees;
securities
accounts,
along with
• Requirements for certain Employees to provide
initial and annual reports of holdings in their
personal;
• Employee
transaction information in those accounts; and
• Additional requirements for pre-clearance of other
activities including, but not limited to, outside
business activities, gifts and entertainment, and
marketing and promotional activities.
A copy of the Code will be provided to any client or
prospective client upon request.
1. Insider Trading Policy
(1) invests in an investment product, such as a
mutual fund, ETF, hedge fund, private equity fund
or other investment product for which it or its
affiliate provides investment management services;
(2) has discretion in the selection of investment
programs, asset mixes, active/passive investment
blends, and/or investment manager line-ups; (3)
obtains services, including administration, custody,
transfer agency, placement agent, trade execution,
trust services and trade clearing, from an affiliate;
(4) receives payment from clients as a result of
purchasing an investment product or using an
investment product for client accounts; or (5)
receives payment from third parties for providing
services with respect
investment products
to
purchased for client accounts. Other conflicts of
interest result from, but are not limited to,
relationships that Rockefeller Financial has with
other clients or when Rockefeller Financial acts for
its own account.
The following is a non-exhaustive discussion of specific
conflicts that we have identified.
1. Third-Party Managers, Annuity Providers and
Revenue Sharing
should Rockefeller come
these
Rockefeller’s Insider Trading Policy includes procedures to
prevent misuse of material nonpublic
information.
Rockefeller and its related persons may, from time to time,
come into possession of material nonpublic and other
confidential information which, if disclosed, might affect an
investor’s decision to buy, sell, or hold a security. Under
applicable law, Rockefeller and such persons may be
prohibited from improperly disclosing or using such
information for their benefit or for the benefit of any other
person, regardless of whether such person is an advisory
client. Accordingly,
into
possession of material non-public or other confidential
information with respect to any issuer, it may be prohibited
from communicating such information to, or using such
information for the benefit of, its clients, and will have no
obligation to do so when following policies and procedures
designed to comply with applicable law, including Section
204A of the Advisers Act.
B. Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Other Conflicts of Interest
Rockefeller Financial has arrangements with certain third-
party managers, including managers of separately managed
accounts, fund strategist portfolios, mutual funds and ETFs,
whereby such managers pay the Firm additional fees
(including part of the firm’s revenues) and marketing support
compensation in connection with your investment in the
third- party
investment products managed by
managers. Depending on the agreement with the manager,
Rockefeller Financial’s compensation from the manager is
based on: (1) a percentage of the fund’s management fees
calculated using the average of Rockefeller Financial's client
assets invested with the manager during the relevant period,
and/or a flat fee (representing a portion of the manager’s fee)
paid to Rockefeller Financial. In some arrangements,
additional or increased flat fee payments may be made based
Conflicts of interest are inherent in large diversified financial
services companies and exist when there is an incentive to
serve one’s own interest at the expense of another’s interest.
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one third- party manager or fund over another because of this
compensation.
2. Alternative Investments
including providing
Placement Fees, Distribution and Servicing Fees and
Performance Fees
on assets or new business in the third-party manager’s
investment products reaching certain levels. As part of its
obligations under these revenue sharing arrangements,
Rockefeller provides services and support relating to the
offering, marketing or distribution of each applicable
manager’s products that is not made available to other
managers,
the manager with
information and reports relating to Rockefeller and the
manager’s products available to Rockefeller clients, as well
as strategic engagement and access to our Rockefeller
Advisors, field leadership and other personnel, including
meetings and other communications.
exclusively
in
for providing
As a distributor of alternative investments, Rockefeller
Financial can receive an ongoing distribution and/or
servicing fee paid from or in addition to a fund manager’s
management fee or in the form of a fund manager paid
placement fee based on commitments raised. The placement
fee paid to Rockefeller will generally range from 1.00% to
3.00% but could be up to 4.50% of the total commitments
raised. The ongoing annual investor distribution and/or
servicing fee typically ranges 0.25% to 1.00% and may or
may not be netted out of the fund’s net asset value. This may
vary by fund. In such cases, Rockefeller Financial enters into
a selling agreement with the fund manager, and the terms of
the arrangement with Rockefeller Financial will be disclosed
in the fund offering materials. Additionally, although
Rockefeller Financial does not directly charge performance-
based fees, as a distributor of alternative investments,
Rockefeller Financial, in its capacity as a broker-dealer, from
time to time can receive a portion of the performance fees
charged by the investment advisers to those funds.
Rockefeller Financial also has data program arrangements
with certain third-party managers and annuity providers
whereby such managers/providers pay the Firm additional
fees
the
exchange
manager/provider with information and reports relating to
Rockefeller and the manager’s/provider’s products available
to Rockefeller clients. Rockefeller Financial’s compensation
from the manager/provider is either based on a percentage of
the fund’s management fees calculated using the average of
Rockefeller Financial's client assets invested with the
manager during the relevant period, based on asset sales or
client assets invested in a product during a relevant period, a
flat fee, or a combination of the two paid to Rockefeller
Financial. Rockefeller Financial does not share personally
identifiable or client-specific information in connection with
this program.
third-party managers and evaluate
As discussed above, certain mutual fund companies and
other product sponsors pay the Firm fees in order to
participate in Firm sponsored conferences and events
whereby they are able to provide educational and training
content and market new products and/or services to the Firm
and PAs.
The payment of placement fees to the Firm creates an
incentive for Rockefeller Financial to recommend the
sponsor’s third-party investment vehicle to its clients instead
of other investment opportunities. To mitigate this conflict,
Rockefeller Financial discloses when it is acting as
placement agent and has adopted procedures to perform due
diligence on
the
suitability of prospective investors for such third-party
further maintains a
investment vehicles. The Firm
supervisory system that includes surveillance reviews,
conducting periodic supervisory visits and compliance
inspections and audits. This conflict of interest is further
mitigated by fiduciary obligations and regulatory and
compliance rules and procedures to which Rockefeller
Financial and the PAs are subject.
3. Intercompany Arrangements
This additional compensation creates an incentive for
Rockefeller Financial to make available and recommend to
clients third-party managers and investment products that
pay marketing support compensation to, share a larger
portion of their management fees with, or enter into revenue
sharing arrangements with Rockefeller Financial, and to
invest funds in discretionary accounts into funds managed
by these managers. Some third-parties may decline to pay
revenue sharing at the levels requested by us or at all, which
presents a financial disincentive for us to promote the sale of
those investment products that do not pay us at the requested
that revenue sharing
levels. You should not expect
compensation will be rebated or credited to our clients. In
addition, PAs do not receive any portion of this revenue and
therefore do not have a financial incentive to recommend
From time to time, an affiliate of Rockefeller Financial acts
as the General Partner or fund manager of an alternative
investment. In select circumstances, an affiliate of
Rockefeller Financial may serve as the investment adviser
on a fund being offered to clients of Rockefeller Financial,
and a portion of the fees received by the affiliate may be
shared with Rockefeller Financial. In such cases, this
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intercompany arrangement is explained and disclosed in the
offering materials or in a supplement to such offering
materials.
4. Access Fund Fees
opportunities that Rockefeller Financial decides to offer for
purchase to its clients, Rockefeller Advisors will typically
receive a finder’s fee of up to 10-15% of the total fees earned
its affiliate. Rockefeller
by Rockefeller Financial or
Financial mitigates these conflicts by disclosing them to you
and by establishing policies, procedures and risk-based
supervision to review product recommendations.
6. Affiliated Investment Products and Service Providers
In certain circumstances, Rockefeller Financial or an
affiliate may commission or use an “access fund” for the
purpose of facilitating individual investor access to an
underlying fund or other investment opportunity. Both the
access fund and the underlying fund impose administrative
or management fees, custodial accounting and other service
fees, other expenses and performance-based allocation that
will reduce an investor’s returns.
these services can
recordkeeping,
reporting,
and
Rockefeller Financial makes available to Clients certain
Affiliated Investment Products. Use of Affiliated Investment
Products by Clients raises a conflict of interest because it
results in increased revenue, in the aggregate, to Rockefeller
Capital Management, L.P. and its subsidiaries and affiliates
that provide the Affiliated Investment Products, and results
in additional fees for Rockefeller Financial. These offerings
may be limited in size and, to the extent they cannot be
offered to all clients, Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates
have policies in place to determine the allocation of
investment opportunities and will generally allocate such
investments among interested clients pro rata based on the
size of each clients’ requested participation or as otherwise
permitted by its policies. RTC NA and RTC DE, affiliated
trust companies, also provide services to our clients,
including after we recommend those services.
Investors in an access fund can pay an additional annual
administration fee rate of up to 0.75% to the access fund, of
which Rockefeller receives up to 0.50% in placement agent
compensation. Rockefeller receives this ongoing payment in
connection with its provision of supplemental services to
facilitate and administer its clients’ investments in the access
fund;
include oversight of, and
coordination with, the manager of the access fund on
other
operational,
administrative matters in respect of the Rockefeller investors
in the access fund. These fees may be added to capital
commitment amount or, in other circumstances, deducted
from the commitment amount, and typically mirror the
Underlying Fund’s method of charging fees. Administration
fees can vary and be lowered based on meeting
particular breakpoints. The percentage and method of
calculating the administration fee is disclosed in the
applicable access fund offering materials. Access fund
offerings can be expected to also have additional expenses,
such as legal and accounting fees for the vehicle, that are
passed along to investors.
Clients are under no obligation to use Affiliated Investment
Products or affiliated service providers. A conflict of interest
exists in retaining affiliated service providers because, in
light of our interest in these affiliated service providers, we
have an incentive to favor the retention of affiliates even if a
better price and/or quality of service could be obtained from
another person. We will not generally reduce our fees as a
result of any compensation by clients with respect to
Affiliated Investment Products.
Rockefeller Financial shares a portion of the annual
administration fee with Rockefeller PAs; as a result, the
access fund administration fee creates an incentive for
Rockefeller PAs to recommend such access funds over other
comparable opportunities.
In addition, we from time to time invest in the same
securities that we or our affiliates recommend to clients.
When we or an affiliate currently hold for our own benefit
the same securities as a client, we could be viewed as having
a conflict of interest.
7. Discretionary Investment Advisory Services
These arrangements give rise to a conflict of interest in
determining which alternative funds to make available to
clients, and in recommending investments in certain
alternative investments over others.
5. Referral Fees
In addition, Rockefeller Advisors are provided a financial
incentive to introduce private investment opportunities to
Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates. For investment
Empower Retirement LLC
(“Empower”) provides
technology, administrative and recordkeeping services in
connection with Rockefeller Financial’s Discretionary
Investment Advisory Services program, RCM Retirement
Plan Fiduciary Manager, offered to retirement plan sponsor
clients, which are described in Item 4, above. Empower is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc., which,
along with IGM, is a member of the Power Corporation of
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Canada group of companies. Accordingly, Rockefeller
Financial has an incentive to introduce retirement plan
sponsors seeking Discretionary
Investment Advisory
Services to Empower. To mitigate this conflict, Empower is
not compensated for the technology, administrative and
recordkeeping services Empower provides in connection
with the Discretionary Investment Advisory Services.
8. Third-Party Service Providers
portion of the fees charged by the investment advisers to
those funds, which from time to time include affiliate(s) of
Rockefeller Financial. The payment of placement fees to the
Firm creates an incentive for Rockefeller Financial to
recommend the sponsor’s third-party investment vehicle to
its clients
instead of other investment opportunities.
Rockefeller Financials sharing of these fees with PAs also
incentivizes PAs to recommend investments in vehicles that
would result in that PA receiving additional compensation.
To mitigate this conflict, Rockefeller Financial discloses
when it is acting as placement agent and has adopted
procedures to perform due diligence on third-party managers
and evaluate the suitability of prospective investors for such
third-party investment vehicles. Please refer to Item 10
above.
12. Principal Transactions and Agency Cross Trades
Rockefeller Financial has a conflict of interest associated
with utilizing third-party providers that pay it commissions
and fees (as discussed above) because it has a financial
incentive to select third-party providers based on these
payments. Rockefeller Financial also has a conflict of
interest in choosing higher expense ratio share classes where
it receives payments from fund families to help offset certain
costs that it incurs in connection with distributing mutual
funds. Rockefeller Financial seeks to mitigate these conflicts
of interest by rebating 12b-1 fees to Clients and by not
providing PAs any additional compensation in connection
with the receipt of these payments.
9. Advisory Fees
If we act as your broker, we and our affiliates may execute
transactions on your account as your agent or as principal for
our own account on the other side of the transaction from
you. Similarly, we or our affiliates, in transactions involving
clients’ securities, act as agent while also representing
another client on the other side of the transaction. You can
expect that we also have a position in, or enter purchase or
sale orders for, securities recommended to clients in the
normal course of the Firm’s business as a broker-dealer. We
and/or our affiliates expect to profit from such positions or
transaction in securities. In certain advisory program
accounts, we enter into principal transactions for some
investment advisory clients after making appropriate
disclosure and obtaining client consent when necessary.
As described above, PAs receive a portion of the fee paid by
Clients to Rockefeller Financial. Certain fee guidelines
determine the allocation of the fee between Rockefeller
Financial and a PA if that fee is at or below certain
percentage levels as determined by the AUM of a client’s
household. If a client fee is lower than the designated
percentage level, the PA allocation of the fee will be reduced
or eliminated. As a result, PAs have an incentive to negotiate
client fees to at or above the designated percentage level.
13. Insurance Products
10. Brokerage Practices
insurance products sold
Insurance products sold through affiliates of the Firm will
result in commissions being paid to these affiliates, which do
not reduce any compensation otherwise payable to us. In
addition,
(including
representatives of our affiliates
employees of the Firm and its other affiliates) who are
licensed insurance agents are compensated for the sale of
insurance-related products. This increase in firm and
individual compensation creates an incentive for us to
recommend certain
through
affiliates.
14. Cross Trades
Rockefeller Financial from time to time recommends that
clients buy or sell securities or investment products in which
the Firm or its officers, directors, employees or registered
representatives have a financial interest or may themselves
purchase or sell. Clients should be aware that compensation
earned by the Firm and its PAs varies by product and by
issuer. Therefore, the Firm and its PAs have a conflict of
interest to the extent they receive more compensation for
selling certain products issued by a Firm affiliate than for
selling certain products issued by companies that are not
affiliated with the Firm.
11. Placement Fees
As a distributor of alternative investments, including hedge
funds and funds of funds, Rockefeller Financial receives a
In certain cases, we may cause a client to purchase
investments from another client or to sell investments to
another client. Such transactions create conflicts of interest
to the extent that, by not exposing such buy and sell
transactions to market forces, a client does not receive the
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or
record-keeping
and/or payment of expenses related to training and education
of employees, which can (and often do) include a non-
training element of the event; and/or various forms of
marketing support and, in certain limited circumstances, the
development of tools used by Rockefeller Financial for
training
purposes. Non-cash
compensation can vary by vendor and event.
best price otherwise possible, or we have an incentive to
benefit one client with which we have a more significant
relationship by selling underperforming assets to another
client in order, for example, to maintain or grow that
relationship and earn higher fees. Additionally, in connection
with such transactions, we, our affiliates, and our personnel
receive fees in connection with management of the relevant
clients involved in such a transaction and may also be
entitled to share in the investment profits of the relevant
clients.
15. Personal Trading
When we, our PAs or an affiliate currently own the same
securities as a client, this presents a conflict of interest.
The receipt of cash and non-cash compensation from sources
other than clients, and the differences in how we compensate
PAs for the products we offer, create an incentive for PAs to
recommend certain products over others. We address these
conflicts of interest by maintaining policies and procedures
on the suitability and supervision of the advisory programs
and services we offer to you, and by disclosing our practices
to ensure you make an informed decision.
16. Educational Programs
18. Other Transactions and Relationships
We and our affiliates receive trading commissions and other
compensation from mutual funds, ETFs and insurance
companies whose products we distribute. Rockefeller
Financial or our affiliates engage in a variety of transactions
with (or provide other services to) the investment managers,
mutual funds, their affiliates or service providers with which
you are doing business. We, in turn, receive compensation
from these entities. Those transactions and services that we
or our affiliates provide include, but are not limited to,
executing transactions in securities or other instruments,
broker-dealer services for our own account, research
services, consulting services, investment banking services,
trust company services, and insurance services.
investment advisory,
Investment managers, mutual fund vendors, unit investment
trust sponsors, annuity, life insurance companies or their
affiliates and sponsors of ETFs whose products are available
on our platform may contribute funds to support our PA
education programs. The contributions are used to subsidize
the cost of training seminars we offer to PAs, which include
travel and travel- related expenses, meals and entertainment.
These training events and seminars can (and often) include a
non-training element to the event. Not all vendors contribute
to our education efforts. Neither contribution towards these
training and education expenses nor lack thereof, is
considered as a factor in analyzing or determining whether a
vendor should be included or should remain in our programs
or our platform. Contributions can vary by vendor and event.
In some instances, the contributions per vendor (as well as
the aggregate received from all vendors) are significant, and
include travel, meals and entertainment provided to PAs by
the event host. While PAs do not receive a portion of these
payments, their attendance and participation in these events,
as well as the increased exposure to vendors who sponsor the
events, can be expected to lead PAs to recommend the
products and services of those vendors as compared to those
who do not.
17. Other Non-Cash Compensation
We and our PAs receive non-cash compensation from mutual
fund companies, investment managers, unit investment trust
sponsors, annuity providers, insurance vendors, Structured
Products issuers and sponsors of products that we distribute.
This compensation includes the following: occasional gifts,
occasional meals,
tickets or other entertainment of
reasonable and customary value; sponsorship support of
educational or training events (which include educational
events PAs arrange for clients and prospects) and seminars
We and our affiliates provide investment banking, research,
brokerage,
insurance, and other
services for different types of clients. In providing those
services, we and our affiliates should be expected to give
advice to, or take actions for, those clients or for our own
accounts or accounts of our affiliates that differs from advice
given to, or the timing and nature of actions taken for you or
buy and sell securities for our own or other accounts. Advice
given to clients or investment decisions made for these
clients should be expected to differ from, or conflict with,
advice given or investment decisions made for an advisory
affiliate or another client. Action taken with respect to
advisory affiliates should be expected to adversely affect
client accounts, and actions taken by client accounts should
be expected to benefit advisory affiliates. Conflicts arise
when a client makes investments in conjunction with an
investment being made by other clients or clients of our
affiliates, or for our proprietary account, or in a transaction
where such other parties have already made an investment.
For example, investment opportunities are from time to time
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A. Aggregation of Orders
in
appropriate for clients, clients of our affiliates, or our and our
affiliates’ proprietary accounts at the same, different or
overlapping
levels of a company’s capital structure.
Conflicts of interest arise in such cases, particularly in the
event the company is in financial distress. You should expect
that Rockefeller Financial and our affiliates will not be free
to divulge or act upon certain information in our or their
possession on behalf of investment advisory or other clients,
particularly
confidentiality
circumstances where
obligations apply to such information or where necessary or
appropriate to comply with applicable law or our policies
and procedures designed to comply with applicable law. We
are not obligated to execute any transaction for your account
that we believe to be improper under applicable law or rules
or contrary to our own policies. We have adopted policies
and procedures that limit transactions for our proprietary
accounts and the accounts of our employees. These policies
and procedures are designed to prevent, among other things,
improper or abusive conduct when there is a conflict with
the interest of a client.
Transactions for each client account generally will be
affected independently, unless a PA or the investment
manager exercising trading authority decides to purchase or
sell the same securities for several clients at approximately
the same time. We may (but are not obligated to) combine or
“batch” such orders to obtain best execution or negotiate
more favorable commission rates. If the Firm were to seek
to buy or sell the same security for multiple client accounts,
Rockefeller Financial may combine the clients’ orders. If it
does so, Rockefeller Financial generally would allocate the
proceeds of those transactions (and the related transaction
expenses) among the participating accounts on an average
price basis (although it may allocate partially filled orders
differently). Rockefeller Financial believes combining
orders in this way is, over time, advantageous to all
participants. However, the average price could be less
advantageous to a single client than if the client account had
been the only transacting account or had traded ahead of the
other participating accounts.
ITEM 12: BROKERAGE PRACTICES
B. Trade Errors
We have trade error policies and procedures, pursuant to
which we resolve trading errors that occur from time-to-
time. Rockefeller Financial exercises due care when
handling client orders in order to avoid trade errors.
However, when a trade error occurs, we work with all
relevant parties in the trading process to promptly correct the
error consistent with our policies and procedures and to
make ensure that there is no adverse impact to you as a result
of the error. Depending on the circumstances, you should
expect that the Firm will retain profits, if any, resulting from
a trade error or may net profits and losses from related trade
errors to determine how to correct the errors.
Client assets are held with various registered broker-dealers,
banks, or other qualified custodians, which will act as Third-
Party Custodians and may effect transactions. Each Third-
Party Custodian is responsible for handling the delivery and
receipt of securities purchased or sold in clients' brokerage
accounts, receive and distribute dividends and other
distributions, and process exchange offers, rights offerings,
warrants, tender offers and redemptions. Each Third-Party
Custodian is also responsible for sending out client
statements of all activity in client's brokerage account on no
less than a quarterly basis, written confirmations of trades
executed through clients’ brokerage accounts, and associated
tax documents related to each account. Clients should review
all statements and related documents carefully.
ITEM 13: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
A. Frequency and Nature of Review of Client Accounts
for providing
investment
advice
The Firm and PAs conduct periodic client account reviews.
Reviews may also be conducted when requested by the
client. The frequency and extent of the reviews vary by client
and are driven generally by the Investment Advisory service
in which the client is enrolled, client circumstances, changes
to a client’s financial situation, and assets and investments
currently held or proposed to be held.
including brokerage services and access
Clients of Rockefeller & Co., a registered investment adviser
affiliated with the Firm, can be expected to utilize certain of
the facilities and resources of the Firm in connection with
Rockefeller & Co.’s provision of investment advice to its
investment advisory clients. In these situations, Rockefeller
& Co. and its investment adviser representatives are
and
responsible
recommendations to clients, including, as applicable, on
investment managers and/or individual securities. The Firm
arranges for a variety of services to Rockefeller & Co.
to
clients,
investment products,
services and systems, and various Investment Managers.
For retirement plan investment advisory and consulting
services clients, the Firm and PAs conduct periodic plan
reviews. Reviews may also be conducted when requested by
the Plan Sponsor. The frequency and extent of the reviews
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for a discussion of the conflicts of interest raised by such
referrals.
vary by Plan Sponsor and are driven generally by the
periodic review of the Plan investment policy in the context
of Plan objectives and involve assisting the Plan committee
in monitoring investment performance of the Plan's current
investment menu or a Plan's proposed investment menu.
B. Content and Frequency of Account Reports to
Clients
PAs also refer clients to unaffiliated third-party firms for
certain services, such as lines of credits, mortgages and other
investment related services. In making such referrals,
Rockefeller Financial will seek to identify reputable
unaffiliated third parties who offer commercially reasonable
terms but does not undertake to perform any level of due
diligence on or ongoing monitoring of such third parties or
to search for the providers who offer the most favorable
terms to clients. Clients should carefully independently
evaluate these unaffiliated third parties and their terms of
service relative to other providers in the marketplace before
entering into a service relationship with them.
In certain cases, these referral arrangements will involve the
payment of referral fees to, or participation in revenue
sharing arrangements with, Rockefeller Financial and
potentially the PAs making the referral. See Item 11 above
for a discussion of the conflicts raised by such arrangements.
Third-Party Custodians provide periodic reports to clients
showing the assets in each client account, the market value,
and each account’s performance for the quarter. Reports will
generally be provided in electronic format, when agreed
upon by the client. Clients are urged to compare the account
statements received directly from the custodians to the
reports provided by the Firm. In addition, performance
reports are available to you if desired. For example,
performance reports can detail investment performance at
the investment and aggregate portfolio level, as well as the
strategic and tactical investment tolerances from the written
investment parameters. Please discuss with your PA the
types of information you are interested in and are available.
ITEM 14: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER
COMPENSATION
The fees charged by affiliated and unaffiliated firms for
services provided to clients resulting from referrals are
additional charges to the client and not included in (and will
not reduce) Rockefeller Financial’s fee.
ITEM 15: CUSTODY
Rockefeller Financial does not take custody of client funds
and/or securities. Client assets will be maintained with a
Third-Party Custodian that serves as qualified custodian of
the funds and/or securities of the clients. However, the Firm
is deemed to have custody of a client’s assets to the extent
the client authorizes the Firm to instruct the client’s Third-
Party Custodian to deduct the Firm’s fees directly from the
client account or to instruct the client’s Third-Party
Custodian to disburse or transfer funds or securities form the
client’s account or receives a check from a Client and
arranges for it to be deposited into the Client’s account at the
Third-Party Custodian.
Rockefeller Financial compensates affiliated and unrelated
third parties (“Solicitor”) for client referrals in accordance
with applicable legal requirements. If a referred client
enrolls in the RPWA Program, the compensation paid to the
Solicitor will typically consist of a cash payment stated as a
percentage of Rockefeller Financial’s advisory fee over a
period of time, a one-time flat fee or another form of
payment, as agreed upon with the Solicitor. Rockefeller
Financial’s payment of compensation to a Solicitor creates a
conflict of interest for the Solicitor, as the Solicitor will only
be paid if a referred client enrolls in the RPWA Program. The
payment of compensation to a Solicitor also creates a
financial incentive for PAs not to negotiate or reduce the fees
that a referred client will pay to Rockefeller Financial. A
referred client is not obligated to enroll in the RPWA
Program.
Clients will receive custody account statements from their
Third- Party Custodian. As also discussed in Item 13, we
send periodic reports to clients as well. Clients are urged to
carefully review and compare the statements sent by the
Third-Party Custodians with those sent by us.
PAs from time to time refer clients of Rockefeller Financial
to Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s affiliates for
services and products, such as asset management services
offered by Rockefeller & Co., fiduciary services offered by
RTC NA or RTC DE, and annuity offerings by Rockefeller
Insurance Services. Similarly,
Capital Management
employees of these affiliates from time to time recommend
their clients
to Rockefeller Financial for brokerage,
investment advisory and other services. See Item 11above
Rockefeller Financial does not serve as a custodian for Plan
assets in connection with the Retirement Plan Services. The
Plan Sponsor is responsible for selecting the Third-Party
Custodian for Plan assets. We may be listed as the contact
for the Plan account held at an investment sponsor or Third-
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ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
for providing
Rockefeller Financial does not require or solicit prepayment
of more than $1,200 in investment advisory fees, six months
or more in advance.
Party Custodian. The Plan Sponsor for the Plan will
complete account paperwork with the outside custodian that
will provide the name and address of the Third-Party
Custodian. The Third-Party Custodian for Plan assets is
responsible
the Plan with periodic
confirmations and statements. We recommend that the Plan
Sponsor reviews the statements and reports received directly
from the Third-Party Custodian or investment sponsor.
Rockefeller Financial is not aware of any financial
conditions that would reasonably likely impair its ability to
meet its contractual commitments to its clients.
ITEM 16: INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Rockefeller Financial has not been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition during the past ten years.
Rockefeller Financial will act either with or without
investment discretion over client accounts, depending on the
services described in this Brochure selected by the client.
If discretion is conferred, Clients grant Rockefeller Financial
discretion through the execution of a limited power of
attorney included in the IAA. In all cases, however, such
discretion is to be exercised in a manner consistent with the
stated investment objectives and reasonable restrictions for
a particular client account. The Firm has the authority to
determine, without obtaining specific client consent, the
securities to be bought or sold, and the amount of the
securities to be bought or sold.
For non-discretionary services, Rockefeller Financial and a
client enter into a non-discretionary Client Investment
Advisory Agreement pursuant to which client consent must
be obtained prior to Rockefeller Financial executing a
securities transaction in the non-discretionary account.
Clients entering non-discretionary account relationships
with Rockefeller Financial should understand that the
requirement to obtain client consent prior to executing a
securities transaction will result in the non-discretionary
account trading in a security after the security is purchased
or sold in discretionary client accounts. Any such delay may
have a negative or positive impact on the performance of the
non-discretionary account relative to Rockefeller Financial’s
discretionary accounts.
ITEM 17: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES; CLASS
ACTIONS
Rockefeller Financial does not accept authority to vote
proxies for client securities or render advice on how such
proxies should be voted. Instead, clients must vote securities
held in their accounts directly.
Rockefeller Financial does not render any advice or take any
action with respect to securities or other property currently
or formerly held in client accounts or the issuers thereof that
become the subject of any legal proceedings, including
bankruptcies and class actions.
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Rockefeller Private Wealth
Advisory Program
W R A P F E E B R O C H U R E
R O C K E F E L L E R F I N A N C I A L L L C F O R M A D V P A R T 2 A :
B R O C H U R E
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As of March 2026
This wrap fee brochure provides information about the qualifications and
business practices of Rockefeller Financial LLC (“Rockefeller Financial” or the
“Firm”), also doing business as Rockefeller Capital Management and Rockefeller
Global Family Office relating to the Rockefeller Private Wealth Advisory Program
(the “Program”). If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact the Rockefeller Financial team at RCM.FormADV@rockco.com. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities
authority. Registration with the SEC does not imply a certain level of skill or
training.
Additional information about Rockefeller Financial dba Rockefeller Capital
Management is available at the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 4: Firm Description and Advisory Services ................2
ITEM 2: MATERIAL CHANGES
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ........................................12
Item 6: Account Requirements and Types of Clients ........17
Item 7: Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation ........17
Item 8: Risk Factors ..........................................................19
This Item identifies and discusses material changes to the
RPWA Program since the most recent Wrap Fee Brochure
(the “Brochure”) update filed on December 23, 2025. This
Brochure contains material updates with respect to the
following:
Item 9: Voting Client Securities .........................................25
Item 10: Client Information Provided To Portfolio
Managers ...........................................................................26
Item 11: Client Contact With Portfolio Managers .............26
Item 12: Disciplinary Information .....................................26
Item 4: On December 2, 2025, Rockefeller Capital
Management, L.P. (“RCM”), the ultimate parent company of
Rockefeller Financial LLC, completed a recapitalization.
The description of RCM’s ownership structure was updated
to reflect changes resulting from the closing of this
transaction.
Item 13: Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations.........................................................................26
Item 14: Code Of Ethics and Participation In Client
Transactions .......................................................................29
the
firm’s
Item 15: Conflicts of Interest .............................................29
Item 16: Review of Accounts ............................................37
Item 17: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ..........38
Item 18: Financial Information ..........................................39
ITEM 4: FIRM DESCRIPTION AND ADVISORY
SERVICES
A. Introduction
Effective March 31, 2026, Rockefeller & Co. integrated
certain investment management capabilities into a new
division, Rockefeller Global Investment Management
(“RGIM”). RGIM serves as
investment
management platform, providing discretionary, non-
discretionary and model-delivery investment management
services across equity, alternative and fixed income asset
classes to institutional investors and intermediaries globally,
including the Rockefeller Global Family Office wealth
management business. In addition, RGIM consolidates the
firm’s macroeconomic and market insights and certain
related non-investment services, which are made available
in support of Rockefeller Capital Management LP and its
affiliated businesses, including the Rockefeller Global
Family Office. As a result, Rockefeller & Co.’s asset
management division is no longer referred to as Rockefeller
Asset Management (“RAM”), and is now, along with other
operating divisions, referred to as RGIM.
This Brochure describes the Rockefeller Private Wealth
Advisory Program (the “RPWA Program”), a wrap fee
program
through which Rockefeller Financial LLC
(“Rockefeller Financial”, the “Firm” or “we”) makes
available discretionary and non-discretionary investment
advisory services to advisory clients of the Firm (“clients,”
“you” or “your”) across a broad range of asset classes and
investments.
Item 13: Disclosures related to private funds and other
investment vehicles sponsored by certain investment firms
that are equity owners of RCM or which have strategic
partnerships with RCM that may be recommended or made
available to clients have been updated in connection with the
closing of the recapitalization described in Item 4.
Moreover, Rockefeller Financial routinely makes updates
throughout this Brochure to improve, enhance and clarify the
description of its business practices, as well as to respond to
evolving industry best practices.
ITEM 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Firm also does business under the names Rockefeller
Capital Management and Rockefeller Global Family Office
(“RGFO”). Rockefeller Capital Management is a trade name
utilized to describe the entirety of the business engaged in by
the Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P. subsidiaries,
which includes Rockefeller Financial. Rockefeller Global
Family Office is a trade name used to describe the wealth
management business of Rockefeller Financial and its
affiliate, Rockefeller & Co., an investment adviser.
Item 1: Cover Page ............................................................. 1
Item 2: Material Changes ................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ................................................... 2
Rockefeller Financial is an investment adviser registered
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and a registered broker-dealer with the SEC and a
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member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
(“FINRA”). Clients receive personalized investment advice
and guidance from their Global Family Office private
advisor (“Private Advisor” or “PA”), who is supported by
other professionals within the Global Family Office and its
affiliates.
B. Firm Overview
non-US distribution and investor servicing activities for
RAM to non-U.S. intermediaries and professional clients;
Rockefeller Trust Company, N.A., a national trust bank
regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
(“RTC NA”) and The Rockefeller Trust Company
(Delaware), a limited purpose trust company regulated by
the Office of the State Bank Commissioner of the State of
Delaware (“RTC DEL”), both of which provide fiduciary
services acting either as a trustee, co-trustee, executor, co-
executor, or as a fiduciary or agent for other fiduciary
relationships; and Rockefeller Capital Management
Insurance Services, LLC (“Rockefeller Capital Management
Insurance Services”), an insurance agency licensed in all 50
U.S. states that provides access to a broad range of personal
insurance expertise and services through numerous national
providers to enable effective estate planning, asset protection
or other key wealth management planning strategies and
priorities.
Unless otherwise specified, references herein to “clients” or
“you” refer to advisory clients of Rockefeller Financial and
the descriptions of advisory services and other securities
business practices refer to those of Rockefeller Financial,
and not to the advisory services and business practices of its
affiliates, including Rockefeller & Co., RTC NA, RTC
Delaware, and Rockefeller Capital Management Insurance
Services.
C. Advisory Services
Through
the RPWA Program, Rockefeller Financial
provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment
advisory services to its clients through a variety of strategies
and across a broad range of asset classes and investments. In
a wrap fee program, the client pays Rockefeller Financial a
bundled, or “wrap” fee for investment advice, brokerage
services, and certain other fees and expenses, including
Investment Manager Fees, for example (if applicable).
Rockefeller Financial
indirect, wholly-owned
is an
subsidiary of Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P.
(“RCM”), an independent financial services firm offering
global family office, wealth management, asset management
and strategic advisory services to ultra-high and high net-
worth individuals, families, institutions and corporations.
RCM was established on March 1, 2018, when Gregory J.
Fleming, together with investment funds affiliated with
Viking Global Investors LP (“Viking”), acquired the
investment advisory and
trust company businesses
established by the Rockefeller family. Today, Viking,
primarily through investments made by the Viking funds, is
the largest equity owner in RCM. Other significant minority
equity stakes in RCM are held by: a U.S. affiliate of IGM
Financial Inc. (“IGM”); a trust representing the Rockefeller
family; Mousse Partners, a division of Mousse Investments
Limited; Progeny 3, Inc., a single family office based in
Kirkland, Washington; and Abrams Capital, L.L.C.
(“Abrams Capital”), an investment firm based in Boston,
Massachusetts. Current and former members of RCM’s
management, individual members of the Rockefeller family,
and certain other institutional investors also hold equity
stakes in RCM. Neither Viking nor any other equity owner
in RCM (other than current RCM management) are involved
in the day-to-day management of RCM or its subsidiaries.
No employee, officer, director, or other representative of
Viking or any other equity owner (other than current RCM
management), or any of their respective controlled affiliates,
is a member of any committee of RCM or its subsidiaries
that determines which products or services are offered or
sold to Firm clients. Please refer to Schedule A of
Rockefeller Financial’s Form ADV Part 1A for additional
information about the ownership of the firm.
through
For accounts enrolled in the RPWA Program (“Program
Account(s)” or “Wrap Account(s)”), you will receive
personalized investment advice and guidance through your
individual Private Advisor, along with a range of financial
services and investment solutions as described herein. For
each account in the RPWA Program, you will decide how
you want your assets to be invested (e.g. your investment
objective) and managed (giving us discretion or retaining it).
Please see below for additional detail. The RPWA Program’s
investment process typically begins with PAs helping clients
define their goals, objectives and risk tolerances.
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s
operating
subsidiaries include: Rockefeller Financial; Rockefeller &
Co. LLC (“Rockefeller & Co.”), an investment adviser
registered with the SEC providing global family office
wealth management services (branded “RGFO”) and
its
institutional asset management services
Rockefeller Global Investment Management (“RGIM“)
division; Rockefeller Asset Management International Ltd.
(“RAM International”), a UK limited company performing
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•
Invest
in portfolios of mutual funds and/or
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) of Investment
Managers managed with Investment Discretion
(“Fund Strategy”);
Investment Discretion
• Delegate
to your PA
(“Discretionary PA Strategy”), or pursue a
customized investment strategy where you retain
investment discretion and receive ongoing advice
and guidance from your PA (“Client-Directed PA
Strategy” and, together with the Discretionary PA
Strategy, the “PA Strategies”);
PAs who participate in wrap fee programs generally also
have clients with accounts in brokerage or other advisory
programs. The services and management of those accounts
differ. For example, when acting in a discretionary capacity,
a PA may place transactions for their discretionary clients’
accounts prior to soliciting the same securities in their non-
discretionary advisory and brokerage clients’ accounts. In a
discretionary account, the investment advisor has the
authority to make buy, sell, and allocation decisions on your
behalf—without needing prior approval for each transaction.
In a non-discretionary account, the investment advisor
provides recommendations, but you retain final decision-
making authority. No trades or changes are made without
your explicit consent.
• Leverage a combination of one or more SMA
Strategies, Fund Strategies or Discretionary PA
Strategies through a single “unified” managed
account (“UMA Strategy”);
from
investors
You may obtain information about your PA, his or her
licenses, educational background, employment history, and
if he or she has had any regulatory disclosures or received
serious complaints
through FINRA
BrokerCheck, available at https://brokercheck.finra.org or
from
the Securities and Exchange Commission at
https://adviserinfo.sec.gov.
• Clients that meet certain eligibility requirements
may retain an Investment Manager to manage an
SMA Strategy within an account subject to a Client-
Directed PA Strategy pursuant to a dual contract
arrangement (“Dual Contract SMA Strategy”); and
• Such other Strategies as may be available from time
to time.
In addition, some of our PAs may hold certain professional
educational credentials, such as the Certified Financial
Planner (“CFP”) or the Chartered Financial Analyst (“CFA”)
designation. Holding a professional designation typically
indicates that a PA has completed certain courses or
continuing education. However, a PA’s professional
designation does not change the obligations of the Firm in
providing investment advisory or brokerage services to you.
Investment Managers include Rockefeller Financial as well
as unaffiliated and affiliated firms, such as RGIM, which
includes an asset management division of Rockefeller & Co.
including your
While we offer an extensive list of investment options and
strategies, the offerings are limited to those approved for sale
or recommendations at the Firm. We do not offer or
recommend every investment manager, investment or
strategy available in the industry.
You are encouraged to, and are responsible for, promptly
notifying your PA in writing of any material changes in your
investment objectives or financial situation.
D. Types of Accounts and Strategies
You may choose one or more of the following types of
investment approaches or methods (each, a “Strategy”) to
meet your specific investment needs:
• Access to separately managed accounts (“SMAs”)
of investment managers (each an “Investment
Manager”) managed with Investment Discretion (as
defined below) (“SMA Strategy”);
The Strategies are generally differentiated by the way we
deliver our advice to you and the investment options that are
made available. Your PA will review and assess the
investment
information you provide,
objectives, risk tolerance and investment preferences. Based
on that information, your PA will recommend an appropriate
Strategy, as well as one or more Investment Managers and/or
underlying investments that are intended to meet your
investment objectives. This analysis will not address all
aspects of your financial life. In addition, a topic may not be
included in our recommendation for various reasons (e.g.,
insufficient data provided, separate analysis to be provided,
etc.) and such omission does not indicate that the topic is not
applicable to your financial situation. Please consult with
your PA regarding specific topics you would like to address
in your Strategy. Our Strategies also do not analyze estate
planning documents and/or estate and death tax liabilities.
You are advised to seek the counsel of your own legal and
tax advisors for a complete analysis of estate and death tax
liabilities. The Firm and your PA will manage clients’
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including estate and
Rockefeller
Financial’s
advice
services we provide
advisory accounts without taking into consideration client
specific tax consequences; however, certain of our affiliates
provide additional services
tax
planning, to our clients for additional compensation. Please
see Item 15 -- Conflicts of Interest below for a more
comprehensive discussion of affiliated entities’ services and
the conflicts associated therewith.
replace a comprehensive evaluation of any client’s entire
financial life considering all of such client’s circumstances.
Instead,
and
recommendations are specific to assets we manage in your
account pursuant to the client agreement applicable to the
Investment Advisory
(“Client
Investment Advisory Agreement” or “IAA”). We do not
consider assets in accounts we do not manage pursuant to the
IAA, if any, and those held outside of your account,
including assets that may be held in other accounts at
Rockefeller Financial or its affiliates.
transactions
in your
account
For SMA, Fund, UMA, Dual Contract SMA and
Discretionary PA Strategies (each as described in further
detail below), and any other Strategy that is not Client
Directed, you grant the Firm, the Investment Managers,
and/or your PA full investment discretion and trading
authority, including to select the Strategy type, Investment
Manager,
investment
service providers, underlying
portfolio, asset allocation and rebalancing and/or other
optional services, as well as to invest, reinvest, purchase,
sell, exchange, convert and otherwise trade investments, and
to establish other accounts on your behalf as necessary to
(“Investment
effect
Discretion”).
Generally, the RPWA Program is designed for clients
seeking one or more of the following: to implement a
medium- to long-term investment plan; the advice and
guidance of an investment professional either in their self-
directed accounts or by delegating management of their
assets to the Firm or an Investment Manager; and/or the
consistency of asset-based fee pricing. This program is for
those who are looking for investment advice, custody,
trading and/or execution services in an all-inclusive account
instead of accessing those services separately. However, the
RPWA Program may not be appropriate for clients that do
not wish to pay for ongoing investment advice, prefer a
short-term investment horizon, have a desire to maintain
consistently high levels of cash or money market funds in
their accounts, prefer to maintain highly concentrated
positions or other holdings that will not be sold regardless of
market conditions, and/or anticipate continuous withdrawals
from their accounts.
For each type of Strategy, Rockefeller Financial has retained
a third-party service provider, Envestnet Asset Management,
Inc. and/or its affiliates (collectively, “Envestnet”), for
various
investment advisory and/or other services.
Envestnet, an independent investment adviser, may act as a
co-sponsor and/or investment adviser with respect to certain
Strategies other than the PA Strategies. Please refer to
Envestnet’s Form ADV Part 2A for more information about
Envestnet.
third-party custodian
Client assets will be maintained with a clearing broker-
dealer or other
(“Third-Party
Custodian”). National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”)
currently serves as the Firm’s clearing broker-dealer. You
will enter an agreement with NFS to serve as your custodian
in order to participate in the RPWA Program.
Rockefeller Financial also separately offers brokerage
account services (“Brokerage Account services”) that give
you the option of investing through a non-discretionary,
commission or transaction-based account.
Brokerage
Account services may be more appropriate than investing
through the RPWA Program if you do not want ongoing
investment advice or management of your assets, but instead
desire only periodic or on-demand recommendations and/or
wish to pay transaction-based compensation for those trades
that you authorize us to make on your behalf (as opposed to
paying periodic asset-based or flat advisory fees). By
utilizing the Brokerage Account services, you will be
electing to have a relationship with us under which, on a
transaction-by-transaction basis, we assist you and give you
recommendations which are suitable for your account and in
your best interest based on the information you provide to
us. For more information about Rockefeller Financial’s
brokerage services, benefits, risks, conflicts and costs, please
see the Rockefeller Financial LLC Client Relationship
Brochure which can be found at Client Relationship
Brochure.pdf and which your PA can also furnish to you.
For SMA, Fund, UMA and Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
your PA will work with you to recommend one or more
appropriate Strategies. For each, you will grant full
Investment Discretion to your PA and/or one or more
Investment Managers to manage the assets in your accounts.
Strategies offered to advisory clients may not be suitable for
all of your investments and Rockefeller Financial does not
represent that any particular strategy is based on or meant to
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1. SMA Strategies
other grade bonds, options, and structured investments, as
well as mutual funds, ETFs, closed-end funds, unit
investment trusts, variable annuities, fixed annuities, real
estate investment trusts, alternative investment funds,
private placement variable or annuity or insurance products,
and other private placement alternative
investments
(collectively, “Funds”).
Clients have access to separately managed accounts of
Investment Managers from a variety of disciplines managed
with Investment Discretion. Unlike a mutual fund, a
Separately Managed Account is a professionally managed
investment portfolio where you own the individual securities
within the fund, not shares of a pooled fund. Your money is
invested along with other investors in a portfolio of
securities, owned by you, Funds (as defined below), and/or
other investments. You will be provided access to separate
investment advisory brochures (Form ADV Part 2A) and
other regulatory disclosures for each Investment Manager
selected for your account.
In connection with the management of PA Strategies, PAs
utilize various sources of information, including research
materials, financial publications, public filings and other
materials. In some cases, PAs may construct or utilize
various model portfolios and recommend or implement them
across multiple clients.
2. Fund Strategies
Clients have access to a variety of mutual funds and/or ETFs
to pursue different investment strategies and asset-class
exposures. Fund Strategies are managed by one or more
Investment Managers or by the Firm.
3. UMA Strategies
In a Discretionary PA Strategy, your PA may use certain
options strategies, such as covered call writing, protective
put buying, purchasing options, writing cash covered equity
puts, etc. Some of these strategies may require you to agree
to the use of margin prior to the options strategy being
implemented. In the event a PA believes it is in your best
interest to utilize such strategies, you may be required to
enter into additional agreements with Rockefeller Financial
and NFS. You will retain the ability to reject those strategies.
investment account
5. Dual Contract SMA Strategies
strategies and vehicles
A UMA strategy refers to a Unified Managed Account—a
that combines multiple
type of
investment
single,
into a
professionally managed portfolio. UMA Strategies offer
clients access to one or more SMA, Fund or PA Strategies in
a single account. Each separate Strategy will be managed as
a segregated portion, or “sleeve,” within the single account.
The Firm manages the selection and allocation of the
underlying Strategies contained in UMA, either by the
client’s PA or by the Firm. Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
certain SMA Strategies, and Client-Directed PA Strategies
are not available as part of UMA Strategies.
the
Clients that meet certain requirements may be eligible to
engage in a Dual Contract SMA Strategy. In a Dual Contract
SMA Strategy, Rockefeller Financial and your PA provide
investment advice and other services on a non-discretionary
basis, including recommendations of one or more SMA
strategies managed with discretion by an affiliated or third-
party Investment Manager (“DC SMA Manager”). You will
be required to approve any recommendation of a DC SMA
Manager and negotiate and enter into a separate investment
terms of your
management agreement outlining
relationship with the DC SMA Manager.
4. PA Strategies
Rockefeller Financial and your PA may assist you in
discussions with a DC SMA Manager on various matters,
including its services, fees, and any investment restrictions
you want to require or other instructions you may desire.
Your PA and Rockefeller Financial will coordinate with the
DC SMA Manager to arrange for its management of your
assets invested in the Dual Contract SMA Strategy. Dual
Contract SMA Strategies are not available as part of a UMA
Strategy.
In a PA Strategy, your PA provides investment advice
pertaining to the assets in your account on either a
discretionary (i.e., Discretionary PA Strategy) or non-
discretionary (i.e., Client-Directed PA Strategy) basis. A
Discretionary PA Strategy is one in which your PA has the
authority to decide which securities to buy and sell in your
account and to effect those transactions (“Investment
Discretion”). In a Client-Directed PA Strategy, you have sole
discretion to accept or reject an investment strategy or any
specific recommendation to purchase or sell an individual
investment. Eligible investments in PA Strategies include a
wide variety of securities and other investments, such as
foreign and domestic equity securities, investment-grade and
The DC SMA Manager you select will be solely responsible
for the management of the assets in the Dual Contract SMA
Strategy. The DC SMA Manager will charge you separate
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OSAM will have authority as a discretionary Investment
Manager under the terms of your agreement with OSAM and
as such may change the rebalancing frequency, the
factors/models incorporated into the strategies you select
and the number of securities held in your account without
notification to you. You will receive a quarterly performance
report for your Canvas Custom strategy to assist you in
monitoring the investments and performance of OSAM and
the Canvas Custom strategy you select. You also have
responsibility for notifying OSAM and your PA if you desire
to modify or terminate enrollment in the Canvas Custom
strategy.
SMA fees, which will be in addition to the Rockefeller Fee,
and will provide you all information regarding the DC SMA
Manager, the chosen investment strategy and other features
of its services (including delivery of its Form CRS and Form
ADV Part 2A brochure). Your investment management
agreement with the DC SMA Manager will describe the
terms, fees, services, and other aspects of the DC SMA
Manager’s management of your assets. The DC SMA
Manager will calculate your applicable SMA fees in
accordance with the fees specified in the investment
management agreement and, based on your direction to
Rockefeller Financial, Rockefeller Financial will deduct the
fees from your account and remit them to the DC SMA
Manager.
including
adherence
its
investment
When you enroll in the Canvas Custom strategy, OSAM’s
fee will be set forth on a separate e-page in the
acknowledgment and agreement you enter into with OSAM.
Because your Canvas Custom strategy is based on your
preferences, the OSAM fee is variable based on a variety of
factors including asset allocation and investment strategy,
and you may benefit from large account or firm discounts
based on your relationship with Rockefeller Financial.
Notwithstanding any language in your Agreement with
OSAM, the OSAM management fee will be deducted
quarterly in advance by Rockefeller. Please note that the fee
terms and/or billing procedures in the OSAM account
agreements may differ. Any fee changes will be provided to
you at the time you direct your PA to enter a change to your
asset allocation or investment strategy in the Canvas
platform.
6. Optional Services
You, or your PA if your PA has Investment Discretion, may
select one or more of the optional services described below.
These services are not available for all types of Strategies,
including, but not limited to, Dual Contract SMA, and
Client-Directed PA Strategies.
Because neither your PA nor Rockefeller Financial has
discretionary authority in a Dual Contract SMA Strategy,
you retain the sole authority and responsibility for selecting
and retaining a DC SMA Manager. In addition, you grant
the DC SMA Manager investment discretion and trading
authority for investments occurring in a DC SMA Strategy.
Rockefeller Financial does not: (1) have authority to make
investment or trading decisions nor exercise any investment
or trading authority; (2) assume responsibility for the actions
investment
of a DC SMA Manager,
performance,
objectives,
to
compliance with applicable laws or regulations, or other
matters; and (3) monitor investments or transactions directed
by a DC SMA Manager for compliance with any restrictions
or requirements applicable to the DC SMA Manager. Client
eligibility and/or minimum investment requirements for
participation
in a Dual Contract SMA Strategy are
established by Rockefeller Financial in its discretion from
time to time. Certain DC SMA Strategies may be the same
or substantially similar to another SMA Strategy available in
the RPWA Program. Depending on the fee you negotiate
with a DC SMA Manager, the fee rate you pay may be higher
or lower than the rate charged for the other SMA Strategy
available in the RPWA Program.
a. Portfolio Rebalancing Services
requirements and
Certain Dual Contract Strategies, such as the Canvas Custom
strategy, have additional
features
associated with them. The Canvas Custom strategy is a web-
based investment platform developed by O’Shaughnessy
Asset Management, L.L.C. (“OSAM”). You will have
responsibility for selecting and retaining the Canvas Custom
strategy. When you enroll in the Canvas Custom strategy you
will grant your PA access to input your preferences into the
Canvas platform with respect to asset allocation, investment
strategy, investment restrictions, allowable tax budget, and
other instructions you may desire. Only authorized users will
have access to the Canvas platform.
Portfolio rebalancing services (the “Portfolio Rebalancing
Service”) are available for UMA Strategies and may be
selected either quarterly, semi-annually or annually. If
selected, trades will be affected in your account in order to
rebalance the account as closely as practicable to your target
investment allocation for the account. The initial rebalance
date will be based on the account start date. Your account
may also be rebalanced at any time when deemed
appropriate by your PA or Envestnet as a result of other
factors,
including contributions, withdrawals, model
portfolio changes, etc. Any unscheduled rebalancing of your
account will reset the next rebalancing date to the next
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c. Values Overlay Services
quarter or a year, as applicable. If your account is not tax-
exempt, the sale, redemption or exchange of investments
may result in taxable gains or losses. We will not be liable
for any tax consequences or mutual fund redemption fees
(see the fund’s prospectus) as a result of rebalancing.
investments
linked
b. Tax Overlay Services
Values Overlay Services are also available and provided by
Envestnet for an additional fee as an option for certain
accounts utilizing one or more Investment Strategy Models.
Values Overlay Services seek to reflect a Client’s own
personal values by excluding
to
companies that derive revenues from specific business areas
or companies that are involved in controversial business
activities (e.g., negative environmental impacts, human
rights violations, corruption). The end goal of Values
Overlay Services is to align a portfolio with the personal
values of the Client, while staying as consistent as possible
with the risk/return characteristics provided by the model
portfolios.
The performance of client accounts subject to Values
Overlay Services or similar restrictions or screens will differ
from, and may be lower than, the performance of accounts
without restrictions and screens.
7. Envestnet Services
Tax overlay services (the “Tax Overlay Services”) are
available and provided by Envestnet as an option for certain
accounts utilizing one or more Investment Strategy Models
(as defined below). A tax strategy will be developed for your
account based on the information and instructions you
provide. The objective of Tax Overlay Services is to improve
the after-tax return for the Client while staying as consistent
as possible with the risk/return characteristics provided by
the model portfolios. The account is intended to be managed
so that the estimated investment performance does not
substantially deviate from the Investment Strategy Model(s),
provided client- specific mandates make it practicable to do
so. However, the application of a client-specific tax overlay
may result in substantial deviations from the investment
allocation on a more than temporary basis.
integrated wealth management solutions
For each type of Strategy, Rockefeller Financial has retained
Envestnet for various investment advisory and/or other
services. Envestnet is a financial technology company that
provides
to
financial advisors, institutions, and enterprises. The services
and processes summarized below are more fully described
in Envestnet’s Form ADV Part 2A.
Tax Overlay Services are provided for an additional fee, are
limited in scope, and are not designed to eliminate taxes in
the account. Certain transactions in your account may give
rise to tax liability, such as from interest and dividend
payments by mutual funds, for which you will be solely
responsible. Tax Overlay Services and other services
provided in connection with the RPWA Program should not
be construed as providing tax planning advice. Please
consult a tax advisor or accountant before enrolling in these
services and other services offered through the RPWA
Program.
FTSM is a version of Tax Overlay Services available on
Fund Strategies for a fee. As the Model Strategy Provider
makes changes, Envestnet will evaluate the tax cost of
executing those changes and may make different trades in
the model based on the tax sensitivity you desire for your
portfolio. The optimization process balances the cost of
adhering to the Investment Strategy Model versus the risk
incurred by deviating from the Investment Strategy Model
year-round, with the goal of delivering better after-tax
performance. A Model Strategy Provider may partially or
fully absorb the cost of the Tax Overlay Services by paying
Envestnet for the performance of its Tax Overlay Service as
its Investment Strategy Model (the "FSTM
part of
Advantage Program") instead of charging the fee to your
account.
For SMA, Fund, UMA, PA, and Dual Contract SMA
Strategies, Envestnet provides investment advisory and/or
other services. More specifically, Envestnet retains the
Investment Managers for portfolio management services
through separate agreements entered into between Envestnet
and the Investment Manager on terms and conditions that
Envestnet deems appropriate. For certain Investment
Managers, Envestnet has entered into a licensing agreement
with the Investment Manager, whereby Envestnet performs
administrative and/or trade order implementation duties
pursuant to the direction of the Investment Manager. In such
situations the Investment Manager is acting in the role of a
model strategy provider (in such capacity, a “Model Strategy
Provider”) through the use of investment models (the
“Investment Strategy Models”). The Model Strategy
Provider constructs an asset allocation and selects the
underlying
investments for each portfolio. Envestnet
implements the investment selections and performs overlay
management of
the Investment Strategy Models by
implementing trade orders and periodically updating and
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8. Available Account Features
rebalancing each Investment Strategy Model pursuant to the
direction of the Model Strategy Provider.
and Client
a. Customized Advisory Services
Restrictions
The Firm tailors its advisory services to the individual needs
of clients in accordance with the investment mandate for the
account. Clients should communicate to their respective PA
in writing any changes in the client’s financial situation,
investment objectives, or risk tolerance.
Envestnet may, from time to time, replace existing Model
Strategy Providers or hire others to create Investment
Strategy Models and cannot guarantee the continued
availability of Investment Strategy Models created by
particular Model Strategy Providers. In managing the
Investment Strategy Models, certain Model Strategy
Providers may pursue an investment strategy that utilizes
underlying mutual funds or ETFs advised by the Model
Strategy Provider or its affiliates (“Proprietary Funds”). In
such situations, you should expect that the Model Strategy
Provider or its affiliates will receive fees from the
Proprietary Funds for serving as Investment Manager or
other service provider to the Proprietary Fund.
Clients may impose reasonable investment restrictions on
the management of their accounts which, if accepted by
Rockefeller Financial in writing, will apply until changed or
withdrawn by the client or until Rockefeller Financial
determines that the restriction is no longer reasonable or
prevents the efficient management of the account. Client-
imposed investment restrictions will not apply to: (1) Dual
Contract SMA Strategies, which must be provided directly
to the DC SMA Manager; and (2) investments held through
investments in mutual funds, ETFs and other pooled
investment vehicles, which have their own stated investment
objectives and policies.
Envestnet serves as an Investment Manager for one or more
Fund Strategies. In those Strategies, you should expect that
Envestnet will invest all or a portion of a client’s assets in
Funds sponsored or managed by Envestnet (the “PMC
Funds”). As the sponsor or manager of the PMC Funds,
Envestnet receives compensation based on the assets
invested in the PMC Funds. Envestnet does not receive Fund
strategy Investment Manager fees for the portion of Fund
Strategy assets that are invested in the PMC Funds.
In addition, Envestnet conducts investment and other due
diligence on various Investment Managers and their
respective investment strategies and maintains approved or
available strategy lists. Rockefeller Financial leverages this
process in making recommendations to you. See Item 7
“Portfolio Manager Section and Evaluation” below for
additional information.
We may refuse to accept client-imposed restrictions under
certain circumstances, including but not limited to when
those restrictions are deemed unreasonable, impractical or
unworkable. We reserve the right to deem any proposed
investment restriction to be unreasonable/unworkable. If one
or more investment restrictions are determined to be
unreasonable/unworkable, we may not be able to accept
management of the account. If you elect to restrict
investments, you accept any effect such restrictions may
have on the investment performance and diversification of
your portfolio. The performance of accounts with investment
restrictions or screens will differ from, and may be lower
than, the performance of accounts without such restrictions
or screens.
b. Management by Certain Advisory Affiliates
Envestnet also makes available other Investment Managers
for which it has not performed investment due diligence.
These Investment Managers may be made available to
clients as Rockefeller Financial or an affiliate conducts due
diligence on
those managers. When conducting due
diligence on Investment Managers, Rockefeller Financial or
its affiliate reviews qualitative and/or quantitative factors,
including the Investment Manager’s investment style and
philosophy, personnel, past performance, and risk. The
Portfolio Rebalancing, Tax Overlay Management, Values
Overlay and other Screening Services are all provided by
Envestnet.
Certain advisory accounts will receive advice from RGIM, a
division of Rockefeller & Co., which is actively involved in
managing certain equity and fixed income investment
strategies in the RPWA Program. These or other advisory
affiliates can be expected to provide additional services in
the future. Further, clients investing through the RPWA
Program are from time to time offered access to mutual
funds, private funds, ETFs, closed end funds, and other
securities offered and/or managed by RGIM, Viking, or
other advisory affiliates of Rockefeller Financial.
Rockefeller Financial pays Envestnet fees for the services
that it provides to the Firm with respect to accounts in the
RPWA Program, including based on the services provided
and the number of client accounts.
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d. Margin Services
SMA, Fund and UMA Strategies available to clients will
include those to which the Firm (through its Chief
Investment Office or other team) will be responsible for, in
whole or in part, constructing, implementing, managing
and/or providing other advice (such as asset allocation or
capital markets assumptions). This creates a conflict of
interest which is more fully described in Item 15 below.
c. Cash Sweep Services
Through execution of a separate NFS Margin Agreement,
eligible clients will have the ability to borrow cash against
the value of certain assets held within their custody account
(the “NFS Margin Program”). For a discussion of the
conflicts that arise from this service, please see Item 15
“Conflicts of Interest” below. In addition, clients must meet
the applicable credit requirements. Clients should carefully
review the terms and conditions of the NFS Margin Program
as described in the NFS Margin Agreement. Margin costs
and expenses are separate client charges and not part of the
overall Client Fee (as defined below) or other advisory fees
paid to Rockefeller Financial. Note that securities purchased
using margin are also subject to the RPWA Program fees
described herein therefore, your total fees paid will increase
if you use margin.
e. Custodial and Brokerage Arrangements
Cash balances held in a client account will be swept into an
available sweep option (the "Sweep Program"). Most US-
domiciled accounts will sweep into an FDIC-insured bank
deposit sweep (the “Bank Deposit Sweep Program” or
“BDSP”). Keogh (HR-10) plans will sweep into a Fidelity
managed money market mutual fund, currently the Fidelity
Treasury Money Market Fund. ERISA plans where
Rockefeller Financial acts as a fiduciary will sweep into a
Fidelity managed money market mutual fund, currently the
Fidelity Government Cash Reserves Money Market Fund.
Non-US domiciled accounts will sweep into a Fidelity
Institutional Liquidity United States Dollar Treasury mutual
fund – M Flex Distributing Share Class (“FIL Treasury
Fund”).
Rockefeller Financial does not take custody of client funds
and/or securities. Client assets will be maintained with NFS,
a clearing broker-dealer retained by the Firm, and/or other
Third-Party Custodians selected by you or the Firm that
serve as qualified custodians of the funds and/or securities.
However, the Firm is deemed to have custody of a client’s
assets to the extent the client authorizes the Firm to instruct
the client’s Third-Party Custodian to deduct the Firm’s
advisory fees directly from the client’s account or to instruct
the client’s Third-Party Custodian to disburse or transfer
funds or securities from the client’s account or if the Firm
receives a check from a Client and arranges for it to be
deposited into the Client’s account at NFS.
Rockefeller Financial, in its capacity as broker-dealer,
determines which cash sweep options will be made available
to clients, and will choose from a menu of cash sweep
programs made available to it by NFS, and may: (a) make
changes to the terms and conditions of the Sweep Program
or the product(s) available thereunder; (b) change, add or
delete products available through the Sweep Program; or (c)
change the client's investment through the Sweep Program
from one product to another upon thirty (30) days’ written
notice prior to such changes. For a discussion of the conflicts
that arise from this service, please see Item 15 “Conflicts of
Interest” below.
Rockefeller Financial has an arrangement with NFS, in its
capacity as a registered broker-dealer and a member of
FINRA and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation
(“SIPC”), whereby NFS will effect trades in client accounts
and maintain custody of client assets. Accordingly, various
trading activities for clients custodied through NFS will be
placed through Rockefeller Financial and executed, cleared
and settled by NFS. Clients may be able to obtain better
executions of securities transactions if a broker-dealer other
than Rockefeller Financial is used to execute the client
transactions. As discussed below, a broker or dealer other
than NFS also may be used to execute transactions, when
NFS serves as Third-Party Custodian.
Over any given period, the interest rate on the BDSP may
not be the highest rates available and may be lower than the
rates of return on non-FDIC insured money market sweep
vehicles or on bank account deposits offered by other
financial services firms. Sweep Program services should not
be viewed as a long-term investment option. If you desire, as
part of an investment strategy or otherwise, to maintain a
cash position in your account for other than a short period of
time and/or are seeking the highest yields currently available
in the market for your cash balances, contact your PA to
discuss investment options that may be better suited to your
objectives.
In cases where a client’s assets are held at a Third-Party
Custodian other than NFS, that Third-Party Custodian will
generally execute transactions and be responsible for
handling brokerage, administrative, reporting and other
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g. Transactions Not Executed Through NFS
services. The Third-Party Custodian can directly charge fees
for such services.
NFS will act in its capacity as a fully disclosed clearing firm
and perform, among other things, centralized cashiering,
bookkeeping, execution, clearing and/or
settlement
functions; and reporting. NFS will handle the delivery and
receipt of securities purchased or sold in the client’s
brokerage accounts, receive and distribute dividends and
other distributions, and process exchange offers, rights
offerings, warrants, tender offers and redemptions. NFS will
send out client statements of all activity in a client’s
brokerage account on no less than a quarterly basis, written
confirmations of trades executed through clients’ brokerage
accounts, and associated tax documents related to each
account. Clients should review all statements and related
documents carefully.
For assets custodied
through NFS,
As noted above, transactions for the purchase and/or sale of
securities and other investments for each client's accounts
are generally placed through NFS if the assets are custodied
at NFS. However, if the Firm, Envestnet or an Investment
Manager with trading authority reasonably believes in good
faith, and consistent with applicable fiduciary standards, that
another broker or dealer will provide better execution
considering all factors including the net price, or if NFS is
not able to execute a given transaction, then it may trade
through firms other than NFS. In such cases, the client will
be subject to transaction costs and fees that are in addition to
the Client Fee. Envestnet and each Investment Manager is
responsible for ensuring that it complies with its own best
execution obligations. Please see the Form ADV Part 2A of
Envestnet or Investment Manager, as applicable, for
information regarding trades directed to other broker-
dealers.
those
transactions will be cleared and settled into the client’s
account at the Firm.
In seeking to ensure that clients receive best execution,
Rockefeller Financial performs a regular review of the
execution services provided by NFS, including speed of
order execution and the overall costs of transactions.
f. Aggregation of Orders
For SMA and Dual Contract SMA Strategies that primarily
invest in fixed income or other securities for which a markup
or markdown is charged by the executing broker-dealer,
most or up to all trades will be executed through firms other
than NFS. Whether executed by NFS or another firm, you
will bear the cost of this dealer markup/markdown amount
and the Client Fee does not cover this expense or cost. If
Envestnet or an Investment Manager executes transactions
in Strategies for equities and other securities with a broker-
dealer other than NFS, you will pay any brokerage
commissions or other costs or fees charged by those firms,
which is typically included in the share price of the securities
purchased or sold, and not reflected as a separate charge on
your trade confirmations or account statements.
Transactions for each client account generally will be
affected independently, unless a PA, Envestnet or the
Investment Manager with trading authority decide to
purchase or sell the same securities for several clients. We
may (but are not obligated to) combine or “batch” such
orders to obtain best execution or negotiate more favorable
commission rates. If the Firm were to seek to buy or sell the
same security for multiple client accounts, Rockefeller
Financial may combine the clients’ orders. If it does so,
Rockefeller Financial generally would allocate the proceeds
of those transactions (and the related transaction expenses)
among the participating accounts on an average price basis
(although it may allocate partially filled orders differently).
Rockefeller Financial believes combining orders in this way
is, over time, advantageous to all participating accounts.
However, the average price could be less advantageous to a
single client than if the client account had been the only
transacting account or had traded ahead of the other
participants.
When Envestnet has trading authority, Envestnet will seek
execution from another broker-dealer for fixed income
securities generally when NFS is unable or unwilling to do
so and only to sell fixed income positions a client contributes
to an account that require liquidation to implement the
selected investment strategy. Envestnet utilizes a vendor
that charges service fees to assist with the transactions.
Additional information regarding the trading away activity
and related costs (if any) of various Strategies in the RPWA
Program
is available at: Rockefeller PWA Platform
Investment Strategy Trade Execution Away Information.pdf.
You can also obtain a copy of the document from your PA.
For PA Strategy assets custodied through NFS, PAs are able
to batch orders for multiple clients. If a PA places one or
more batch orders on a particular trading day, all clients
participating in those batches in the same security on that day
will receive the same daily average price, regardless of the
time of the day the batch order was placed.
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ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION
RPWA Program accounts are charged a Client Fee, a
Relationship Fee, a Platform Fee and other fees and expenses
as discussed below.
A. The Client Fee
other expenses applicable to your Dual Contract SMA
Strategy in accordance with the investment management
agreement with you and, based on your direction to
Rockefeller Financial, Rockefeller Financial will remit the
stated fees to the DC SMA Manager. The following
subsections below of this “Fees and Compensation” section
generally do not apply to Manager Fees in a Dual Contract
SMA Strategy: “Payment of Fees;” “Fees Applicable to
Assets Custodied Through NFS;” and “Fees Applicable to
Assets Held at a Third-Party Custodian.”
B. The Relationship Fee
RPWA Program accounts are charged a client fee (the
“Client Fee”). The Client Fee is a combination of fees
covering: (1) investment advisory and the custodial,
execution and reporting services provided by NFS (referred
to as the “Rockefeller Fee”); and (2) Investment Manager
and other service fees, if any (the “Manager Fees”). As
agreed to by the client, the Rockefeller Fee will be either: (i)
calculated as an annual percentage of assets under
management (“AUM”) in your account (“Program Assets”);
or (ii) a flat annual dollar amount. Manager Fees are
calculated as an annual percentage of AUM of Program
Assets managed by the corresponding third-party investment
manager.
Effective October 1, 2025, each client advisory account in
the RPWA Program as well as those within our affiliate’s,
Rockefeller & Co., LLC, Permitted Arrangement or Legacy
Platform, as defined in its Form ADV Part 2A Global Family
Office Brochure, excluding Title I ERISA advisory accounts
(“Eligible Accounts”), will be subject to a Relationship Fee
for the continued support of our wealth management
capabilities.
The Client Fee you pay is based on the Rockefeller Fee
annual rate or dollar amount that you and your PA agree to
for your account, plus any applicable Manager Fees. The
maximum Rockefeller Fee per account is 2.00% annually of
the AUM in the account. Fees are generally negotiable and
can differ among clients based on a number of variables,
including the type and size of the account or client
relationship, the client’s needs, complexity of the services
required, and types of assets.
The Relationship Fee is a 0.035% (3.5 bps) annual asset-
based fee and will be charged quarterly in arrears based on
the closing market value of the assets in each advisory
account on the last business day of the billing quarter
adjusted for weighted net inflows and outflows during the
quarter and applied pro rata across Eligible Accounts. The
Relationship Fee will not be charged on assets greater than
$75 million across Eligible Accounts within a client’s
household. The Relationship Fee is charged in addition to the
Client Fee and Platform Fee.
C. The Platform Fee
Assets held at a Third-Party Custodian other than NFS, such
as certain alternative and other investments, can be expected
to incur custodial, execution and/or other costs charged by
that Third-Party Custodian in addition to the Client Fee.
Manager Fees generally range from 0.00% to 1.02% of
AUM. Certain Investment Managers of Fund Strategies may
not charge management fees (e.g., because they utilize their
proprietary mutual funds and/or ETFs). Breakpoints may be
available for larger accounts.
Clients may be able to obtain some or all of the services
offered through the RPWA Program separately from
Rockefeller Financial or from other firms, and the costs of
obtaining the services separately may be more or less than
the Client Fee.
RPWA Program Accounts, excluding Title I ERISA accounts
(“Eligible Program Accounts”) will be charged a Platform
Fee for the various support and administrative services
provided to enhance and maintain the platform. Title I
ERISA account types in the RPWA Program will not be
charged a Platform Fee. Effective October 1, 2025, the
Platform Fee is being restructured. The Platform Fee is a
0.035% (3.5 bps) annual asset-based fee and will be charged
quarterly in arrears as follows: Q1 0.0035%; Q2 0.0035%,
Q3 0.0035%, Q4 0.0245%, based on the closing market
value of the assets in each Eligible Program Account on the
last business day of the billing quarter (adjusted for weighted
net inflows and outflows during the quarter). The Platform
Fee will not be charged on assets greater than $75 million
across Eligible Program Accounts within a client’s
household, and will be applied on a pro rata basis across
For Dual Contract Strategies, any DC SMA Manager fees
and expenses are not included in the Client Fee. The DC
SMA Manager will calculate the management fees and any
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Eligible Program Account assets. The Platform Fee is
charged in addition to the Client Fee and Relationship Fee.
and/or
performance-based
Only Eligible Program Accounts are eligible to receive a
platform fee credit during the relevant calendar fee quarter
(the “Platform Fee Credit”). The Platform Fee Credit will
generally be calculated and applied on the same day as the
Platform Fee is charged. Credits will be comprised of certain
revenue sharing payments Rockefeller Financial receives
from alternative investment product providers, other third-
party investment managers and annuity providers as
discussed in Item 15 below (“Rebate Revenue”) related to
alternative investment, other third-party manager and
annuity provider products purchased in Eligible Program
Accounts.
The Client Fee, Relationship Fee and the Platform Fee also
do not include the internal management, operating or
distribution fees or expenses imposed or incurred by a
mutual fund, ETF or other pooled investment vehicle held in
a client's account. If a client’s assets are invested in any
mutual funds, ETFs, or other pooled investment vehicles, in
addition to the Client Fee, the client will incur the internal
management and operating fees and expenses, which in the
case of mutual funds may include 12b-1 fees (please see the
“Other Firm Compensation” section below for more
information on when such fees may apply), investment
fees,
management
redemption/early termination fees (which include fees on
whole or partial liquidations of the client’s assets in the
investment vehicles) and other fees and expenses assessed
by the investment vehicle’s sponsor, custodian, transfer
agent, adviser, shareholder service provider or other service
providers. These expenses may include administration,
distribution, transfer agent, custodial, legal, audit and other
fees and expenses. Advisory fees payable by any client will
not be reduced to account for the above additional fees and
expenses. Further information regarding charges and fees
may be found in the appropriate prospectus, offering
memorandum, annual report and/or custodial agreement
applicable to the corresponding investment vehicle.
Each quarter we will allocate, proportionately based on the
accounts and amounts subject to the Platform Fee, the
Platform Fee Credit (less applicable third-party expenses
incurred, if any) to accounts subject to the Platform Fee up
to the actual quarterly Platform Fee applied and any excess
(or later amounts received) will be added to the Rebate
revenue for the next billing period. . The Platform Fee Credit
will be applied pro rata across Eligible Program Accounts,
irrespective of any
investment product holding or
investments in those accounts. Clients are not entitled to
receive Platform Fee Credits (including carryover credits
from prior billing periods) unless and until such amounts are
actually credited to their accounts. We may modify or
discontinue the Platform Fee Credit or the sources of Rebate
Revenue at any time. We have no obligation to attempt to
maximize Rebate Revenue.
D. Other Fees and Expenses
As a broker-dealer, Rockefeller Financial receives asset-
based distribution or servicing fees (12b-1 fees or otherwise)
and revenue sharing payments from certain mutual funds (or
their related persons). The Firm instructs NFS to rebate the
12b-1 fees directly to a client’s account in the RPWA
Program. The client should refer to the “Other Firm
Compensation” section below for further information on
12b-1 fees, and conflicts of interest that arise in connection
thereof, and steps the Firm is taking to mitigate such
conflicts. As noted below, clients should not assume that
they will be invested in the share class with the lowest
possible expense ratio. Further information regarding these
fees and other charges assessed by mutual funds may be
found in the applicable mutual fund prospectus.
NFS may charge certain fees in addition to the fees and
charges shown above. Please consult
the account
documentation for information about the fees it charges for
the services it provides.
E. Payment of Fees
The Client Fee, Relationship Fee and the Platform Fee do
not include certain other fees and charges, such as any fees
imposed by the SEC, wire transfer fees, fees resulting from
any special requests a client may have, fees or commissions
for securities transactions (including without limitation
dealer mark-ups or mark-downs) that are not executed
through NFS and cleared by the Custodian, or the costs of
margin or other borrowing arrangements. Transactions in
non-U.S. American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”) and
other securities providing exposure to non-U.S. issuers
generally
include certain embedded execution costs,
including conversion or creation fees, foreign exchange
costs and foreign tax charges. In addition, Rockefeller
Financial and NFS can charge additional miscellaneous fees
(e.g., account transfer or ACAT fees, IRA maintenance fees).
Unless described otherwise above, investment advisory fees
will be payable: (i) if calculated based on AUM, quarterly in
advance and based on the market value of the assets under
management in the client account as of the close of business
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transaction or
on the last business day of each calendar quarter; or (ii) if an
annual flat dollar fee, quarterly or monthly in advance. Fees
will generally be deducted from client accounts pursuant to
prior authorization from the client as provided in the client
advisory agreement. The Client Fee, Relationship Fee, and
Platform Fee will be charged on all assets (including cash
and margin balances, if any) in your account except for
certain assets that are determined by the Firm or by you and
to be non-billable (“Non-Billable Assets”).
your PA
Commissions or other
trail-based
compensation will apply to Non-Billable Assets, and such
charges may be more or less than the Client Fee that would
have been charged had the assets been included as Program
Assets. Neither the Firm nor your PA will be considered an
investment adviser or fiduciary with respect to Non-Billable
Assets. If a client account has insufficient cash to pay the
fees owed to Rockefeller Financial, Rockefeller Financial
can instruct NFS to debit a client’s account or use the client’s
margin account, if available, to pay the Client Fee,
Relationship Fee and/or the Platform Fee.
Fee will be charged on certain investments, such as
alternative investments, based on the most recent net asset
value (NAV) of the product or asset. If a valuation is updated
less frequently than quarterly, the most recent NAV is
applied. There may be differences between your statement
value and the value of the Program Assets stated on
Envestnet, which is used for calculating the Client Fee. If
the Client Agreement is terminated and all Program Assets
are withdrawn from the RPWA Program prior to the end of a
quarter, the pro rata portion of the Client Fee will be
reimbursed to the client based on the number of days
remaining in the quarter after the termination date. Lastly, if
a client terminates a Strategy within the client’s Account
during a quarter, or makes certain changes to the UMA
Strategy, the Client Fee for that quarter will be recalculated
and pro-rated as of the day of the termination of the Strategy.
All other fee rate changes made after the inception of the
calendar quarter will not result in the recalculation of fees
for that quarter and instead will be effective and charged as
of the next calendar quarter or a billing recalculation event.
1. Fees Applicable to Assets Custodied Through NFS
2. Fees Applicable to Assets Held at a Third-Party
Custodian
The initial Client Fee for the first calendar quarter or part
thereof in which the client participates in the RPWA Program
is calculated based on the start date when the initial assets
are placed in the RPWA Program and prorated based on the
number of calendar days remaining in the partial quarter. The
fee will subsequently be debited from the account. This is
referred to as fee payment in arrears.
Thereafter, the Client Fee is calculated at the beginning of
each calendar quarter based on the value of Program Assets
on the last business day of the prior calendar quarter. The
Client Fee is paid in advance.
The Rockefeller Fee applicable to assets held at a Third-
Party Custodian, including some alternative investments
funds, is calculated and charged in advance by applying the
agreed-upon fee to the net asset value (“NAV”) of each
product or other asset as provided in the most recent product
sponsor or custodian statement or other document provided
to the Firm. In addition, if a product sponsor or custodial
statement is provided less frequently than quarterly, the most
recent NAV is applied. If the initial contribution or
subscription occurs mid-quarter, the Rockefeller Fee is pro-
rated accordingly. The amount is debited from a Firm
account designated by the client, such as an account where
client’s other assets are held. There are no intra-quarter
adjustments as a result of contributions to, withdrawals from,
or transfers of the product or other assets.
3. Additional Information Related to Fees
A portion of your Program Assets may be liquidated to cover
the Client Fees, Relationship Fee and Platform Fee at any
time. Liquidation may affect the relative balance of the
account and also may have tax consequences and/or may
cause the account to be assessed transaction charges. Please
consult with your tax advisor before enrolling in the RPWA
Program to understand how such liquidation may result in
tax consequences in your specific circumstance.
However, if an account is opened in the last month of a
calendar quarter, the Client Fee will be calculated in two
components – the remaining period in the calendar quarter
based on the start date when the initial Program Assets are
placed in the RPWA Program and the next calendar quarter
calculated at the beginning of the quarter based on the value
of Program Assets on the last business day of the prior
calendar quarter. Both fees will subsequently be debited
from the account. If a client invests or withdraws $50,000
(or such other amount determined by us from time to time)
or more in cash and/or securities on a single day in any
account after the inception of a calendar quarter, the Client
Fee for that quarter will be recalculated and pro-rated as of
the day of the additional investment or withdrawal. The
Third-Party Custodian will provide fair market values to
Envestnet for Client Fee calculation purposes. The Client
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services may be more or less that what the PA would have
received if the same client participated in the RPWA
Program. PAs do not receive compensation on any portion
of the Platform Fee or Relationship Fee.
Rockefeller Financial believes that the fees for the RPWA
Program are reasonable based on the quality and scope of
services that it offers through the RPWA Program and the
fees that are charged by other investment advisers offering
comparable services or programs. Clients should, however,
be aware that by participating in a wrap fee program, such as
the RPWA Program, clients may ultimately pay more or less
than they would have otherwise through a non-wrap fee
program that may charge lower advisory fees (but passes on
trade execution costs directly to the client) or if they had
purchased similar services offered through the RPWA
Program separately. In the latter situations, the client may be
responsible for trade execution costs and other fees charged
by other third parties, such as the Third-Party Custodian. The
client may also be able to invest directly in mutual funds,
ETFs or stocks but without an adviser's services, such as
determining which investments are appropriate, which are,
among other things, offered through the RPWA Program.
surveillance
Clients should carefully review all fees, as discussed herein,
that may be charged through the RPWA Program and assess
the benefits of enrolling in a wrap fee program before
making the decision to make an investment through the
RPWA Program.
F. Compensation of Private Advisors
PAs moving their practices to Rockefeller Financial often
receive a cash loan shortly after they begin employment with
Rockefeller Financial; and, if eligible, continuing cash
bonuses or other financial incentives based on attaining
certain revenue or asset goals relative to the target revenue
or assets that the particular PA indicated he or she could
establish as a PA at Rockefeller Financial. If a PA achieves a
particular revenue goal, the PA receives not only the related
cash bonuses, but also a cash loan in the amount of the
related cash bonuses. The revenue-based and asset-based
cash bonuses described in this paragraph create financial
incentives for PAs to increase revenues and/or asset levels,
as applicable, in order to achieve the goals necessary to
receive the revenue-based and/or asset-based cash bonuses
and, as such, create conflicts of interest for PAs. The Firm
mitigates this conflict of interest by imposing appropriate
requirements and maintaining a supervisory system that
includes
conducting periodic
reviews,
supervisory visits and compliance inspections and audits.
This conflict of interest is further mitigated by fiduciary
obligations and regulatory and compliance rules and
procedures to which Rockefeller Financial and the PAs are
subject.
To the extent clients utilize the NFS Margin Program, their
PAs also are compensated through a portion of the revenue
generated from such arrangements. The receipt of such
compensation creates an incentive for the Firm and its PAs
to recommend use of the NFS Margin Program to clients.
Clients should refer to Item 15 the “Margin and Lending
Services” section below for further details on the NFS
Margin Program and how the Firm mitigates such conflict of
interest.
G. Other Firm Compensation
PAs are typically compensated, on an ongoing basis, based
on a portion of the fees paid by their clients to Rockefeller
Financial. If the fee rate charged to a client is below certain
thresholds, your PA will be compensated at a lower rate or
not at all with respect to the client’s account. Therefore, PAs
have a financial incentive not to negotiate or reduce the fees
clients pay to Rockefeller Financial below those thresholds.
In addition, PAs that manage client assets directly receive a
greater percentage of the total Client Fee than those that
engage third-party managers for such clients, which creates
an incentive for PAs to recommend or elect to manage client
assets directly, even in a situation in which a client may
benefit from the engagement of a third-party. PAs are also
less likely to negotiate (or provide smaller discounts) for
arrangements using third-party managers than where the PA
manages the assets directly.
For clients that participate in the RPWA Program, the
amount of the compensation received by a PA may be more
or less than what the PA would receive if such clients
participated in other investment programs or paid separately
for investment advice, brokerage and other services through
another firm. Similarly, the compensation received by a PA
for clients participating in other investment programs or
paying separately for investment advice, brokerage and other
In addition to the fees and commissions Rockefeller
Financial receives as part of its investment advisory and
broker-dealer services, Rockefeller Financial receives
compensation from other sources (including Rebate
Revenue), which creates a conflict of interest, as the
increased income available from these sources incentivizes
us to direct investments and services to mutual fund
companies, investment managers, third-party managers,
model providers, Third-Party Custodians and/or other
companies that pay us these fees. Rockefeller Financial
generally uses these additional resources for general
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and the Firm in the event that other arrangements or
investment types may be more beneficial or appropriate for
a particular client. This conflict of interest, however, is
mitigated by the fact that fee rebates are paid directly to the
Firm by NFS and are not shared with PAs.
marketing and educational programs, to offset operational
and product management costs, to support client education,
PA education, and other internal programs and educational
seminars. In return for the payments, mutual fund companies
and investment managers are given access to home and
branch offices for the purpose of educating our PAs and other
Firm personnel and informing them about the available
products.
From time to time, the Firm and its PAs also will receive
other compensation from mutual fund companies and other
sponsors whose products are underlying investment options
in the RPWA Program. Such companies may sponsor their
own conferences for training and educational purposes,
which certain PAs are invited to attend. In addition to the
Firm’s PAs attending these conferences without charge,
these companies reimburse or pay for the travel and other
related expenses incurred by the Firm’s PAs. In some
instances, the companies also reimburse the Firm for
expenses related to dinners or events for clients and other
miscellaneous business-related expenses incurred by the
Firm or PAs. For additional information, please see Item 15
“Other Non-Cash Compensation” section below. Certain
mutual fund companies and other product sponsors pay the
Firm fees in order to participate in Firm sponsored
conferences and events whereby they are able to provide
educational and training content and market new products
and/or services to the Firm and PAs.
Under certain circumstances, your account may be invested
in a mutual fund share class with a so-called “12b-1 fee.” A
12b-1 fee is part of the overall fund expense ratio that is paid
by you through the deduction of assets in the fund’s daily net
asset value calculation. Typically, a portion of the 12b-1 fee
is paid by a mutual fund to a broker-dealer, such as
Rockefeller Financial, as ongoing compensation pursuant to
Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the “Investment Company Act”), to the extent
permitted by applicable law. The receipt of 12b-1 fees results
in additional compensation to Rockefeller Financial and
presents a conflict of interest. The Firm has an incentive to
select or retain share classes in your account that pay
Rockefeller Financial additional compensation, including
12b-1 fees, when a lower cost share class is available.
Rockefeller Financial addresses this conflict of interest by
limiting offerings of share classes that pay a 12b-1 fee in the
RPWA Program and to the extent any offerings pay a 12b-1
fee, by rebating directly to your account an amount equal to
the 12b-1 fees that we receive in connection with your
investments in mutual funds.
the
revenue
Further, Rockefeller Financial makes available one or more
SMA Strategies, mutual funds, ETFs, Closed End Funds,
Interval Funds or other investment products managed by an
Investment Manager affiliated with the Firm, including
RGIM (“Affiliated Investment Products”). This results in
additional revenue, in the aggregate, for Rockefeller Capital
Management, L.P. and its subsidiaries, who are generally
affiliates of Rockefeller Financial. For a discussion of the
conflicts that arise from this service, and additional detail
regarding additional compensation received by Rockefeller
Financial and its affiliates and the associated conflicts.
Please see Item 15 “Conflicts of Interest” below.
Rockefeller Financial will earn revenue from NFS on client
assets invested in Cash Sweeps. As noted in the “Cash
Sweep Services” section above, and below in Item 15 “Cash
Sweep Program” section,
received by
Rockefeller Financial will vary based on the cash sweep
vehicle offered. Rockefeller Financial seeks to address the
foregoing conflicts by disclosing them to clients, such as in
this Brochure.
If Rockefeller Financial did not receive the different types of
additional compensation described herein and discussed
herein, Rockefeller Financial would likely charge higher
fees or other charges to clients for the services it provides.
When evaluating the reasonability of Rockefeller Financial’s
fees, you should consider not just the account fees that
Rockefeller Financial charges, but also the different types of
additional compensation that it receives.
The Firm receives rebates or service credits on certain
charges from NFS based on the number of client accounts
and/or mutual fund positions and the amount and/or type of
assets in accounts including RPWA Program accounts. This
is in addition to the advisory and other fees the Firm receives
from clients. The Firm also receives a conference
sponsorship credit from NFS paid once every two years.
Such rebates or service credits will not be shared with or
otherwise benefit clients. As a result, the Firm has an
incentive for clients to maintain accounts at NFS and in the
types of investments that result in rebates or service credits
to the Firm, creating a conflict of interest between the client
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ITEM 6: ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES
OF CLIENTS
ITEM 7: PORTFOLIO MANAGER SELECTION AND
EVALUATION
A. Eligible Clients
For SMA, Fund, UMA, and Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
the RPWA Program makes available independent and
affiliated Investment Managers. Affiliates of Rockefeller
Financial serve as Investment Managers. The conflicts
associated with offering products of affiliated Investment
Managers in the RPWA Program are discussed below in Item
15 in “Third-Party Managers and Revenue Sharing” and
“Affiliated Investment Products and Service Providers”.
There are Investment Managers and Strategies available in
the marketplace that are not available to Firm clients for a
variety of reasons, including lack of accessibility on the
Envestnet platform, client demand, and/or Firm or Envestnet
due diligence or capacity considerations, among others.
Rockefeller Financial provides investment advisory and
brokerage services through the RPWA Program to various
types of clients including ultra-high net-worth and high net-
worth individuals, their families, family offices and entities
such as trusts, estates, endowments and foundations, as well
as pension, profit sharing and other retirement plans,
charitable organizations, corporations and other business
entities, and state or municipal government entities.
Rockefeller Financial requires that all clients who wish to
participate in the RPWA Program enter into a Client
Investment Advisory Agreement (“IAA”) and establish an
account through us, custodied at NFS. The IAA sets forth the
terms and conditions that govern the investment advisory
relationship between the client and Rockefeller Financial.
Separate agreements may need to be entered into with
Investment Managers, as applicable.
B. Account Minimums
There currently is no minimum account size requirement.
Certain RPWA Program Strategies, particularly those
utilizing an Investment Manager or strategy, have higher
minimum account size requirements, up to $250,000 or
more, depending on the Investment Manager selected.
Minimum account size requirements may be negotiable,
depending on the client household, relationship, and type
and size of the account.
C. Affiliate RPWA Program Access
Envestnet generally conducts onboarding due diligence on
the Investment Manager, for each SMA, Fund, and Dual
Contract SMA Strategy available in the RPWA Program.
Envestnet also provides a service to select, evaluate and
monitor the available Investment Managers and their SMA
or Fund Strategies. This service includes a process of
collecting and reporting quantitative and qualitative data on
investment style and philosophy, past performance and
personnel, and designates certain of them as approved, both
on an initial and ongoing basis. Envestnet periodically
reviews the Investment Managers, and may replace an
Investment Manager in an SMA, Fund or UMA Strategy if
Envestnet determines that it fails to meet one or more of the
above-mentioned criteria. Envestnet’s process is more fully
described in Envestnet’s Form ADV Part 2A. Envestnet
follows consistent procedures for selecting and reviewing
Investment Managers that are affiliates of Rockefeller
Financial.
advice
for providing
to clients,
including brokerage services and access
Clients of Rockefeller & Co. LLC, a registered investment
adviser affiliated with the Firm, may utilize the RPWA
Program in connection with Rockefeller & Co.’s provision
of investment advice to its investment advisory clients. In
these situations, Rockefeller & Co. and its PAs are
and
investment
responsible
recommendations
including, as applicable,
Investment Managers and/or individual securities. The Firm
arranges for a variety of services to Rockefeller & Co.
to
clients,
investment products, Envestnet services and systems, and
various Investment Managers.
In addition, Rockefeller Financial performs investment due
diligence for various Investment Managers and Strategies
separate from Envestnet’s due diligence. Investment
Managers and Strategies may include mutual funds, ETFs,
SMAs, fund strategist portfolios, interval funds, hedge
funds, tender offer funds, other semi-liquid private funds and
illiquid private funds. When conducting due diligence on
Investment Managers, Rockefeller Financial or its affiliate
reviews qualitative and quantitative factors, including the
Investment Manager’s investment style and philosophy,
personnel, past performance, risk, style drift and other
factors. Specific to mutual funds and ETFs, Rockefeller
Financial may implement a quantitative investment due
diligence approach that incorporates an assessment of
returns, volatility, expenses, portfolio management tenure,
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A. Performance-Based Fees and Side by Side
assets under management and fund flows, portfolio
concentration, among other variables.
Management
Rockefeller Financial does not charge performance-based
fees in RPWA Program accounts. However, as a distributor
of alternative investments, Rockefeller Financial, in its
capacity as a broker-dealer, from time to time receives a
portion of the performance fees charged by the investment
advisers to those funds, which from time to time include
affiliate(s) of Rockefeller Financial. For a description of
these services, see Item 4 above under “Advisory Services”
and “Management by Certain Advisory Affiliates”.
B. Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
For select alternative investment Strategies, Rockefeller
Financial may engage Albourne America LLC (“Albourne”)
for initial investment due diligence and ongoing monitoring.
Albourne collects and reports quantitative and qualitative
data on investment approaches, past performance and
personnel. Albourne’s process is more fully described in
Albourne’s Form ADV PART 2A Brochure. Moreover, with
respect to certain traditional or alternative Strategies with
higher operational risks, Rockefeller Financial engages one
or several unaffiliated third-party providers to perform
operational due diligence. These providers review a number
of factors with respect to both the Investment Manager and
of the fund or other investment vehicle and, upon completion
of their review, make reports of their analyses available to
Rockefeller Financial. Rockefeller Financial evaluates these
reports for purposes of including or excluding the Strategies
in the RPWA Program.
Investment Managers calculate and
For SMA, Fund, UMA and Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
clients have access to the investment management services
of Investment Managers and their different investment
portfolios, including equity, balanced and fixed income. As
discussed above, your PA will select, or assist you in
selecting, an asset allocation and one or more Investment
Managers and investment portfolios. Those investment
portfolios and the methods of analysis utilized by their
Investment Managers are described in more detail in each
Investment Manager’s Form ADV Part 2A. Information
about a Fund’s investment objective and policies is
contained in its prospectus and statement of additional
information.
You should expect
Not all
report
performance on a uniform and consistent basis. Rockefeller
Financial does not independently audit the historical
performance published by Investment Managers. The Firm
does not have a uniform process for reviewing manager
performance and any performance information. When a PA
makes a recommendation to add or change an Investment
Manager or Strategy, the PA may review the Investment
Manager’s performance.
that
performance of Investment Managers is not calculated on a
uniform and consistent basis.
PA Strategies are not subject to the same review and approval
process of Investment Managers. However, PA Strategies are
monitored on an ongoing basis for adherence to PA Strategy
guidelines. Surveillance of accounts includes metrics such as
monitoring of trades, adherence to risk variance parameters,
security concentration, cash balances and other PA Strategy
guidelines.
industry and/or
restrictions and guidelines may affect
PAs who implement PA Strategies are monitored and
typically have substantial
investment
management experience. PAs implementing PA Strategies
are supervised or monitored by field supervisors and
management, compliance and central supervisors. A PA may
be removed from the ability to manage PA Strategies if
determined necessary or appropriate by the Firm.
For PA Strategies, each PA has access to various market,
research, portfolio modelling and other
tools and
information to which the PA may refer in determining
investment advice provided to clients. PAs choose their own
research methods, investment styles and strategies, and
management philosophy. Accordingly, investment strategies
and investment advice can be expected to vary from one PA
to another. You should expect that the investment strategies
and advice will vary depending upon each client’s specific
financial situation. As such, PAs determine investments and
allocations based upon clients’ objectives, risk tolerance,
time horizon, financial horizon, financial information,
liquidity needs, and other various other suitability factors.
Clients’
the
composition of client portfolios. Furthermore, Clients may
maintain different investment objectives, risk tolerances,
time horizons, etc. for various accounts they maintain.
Therefore, not all accounts managed by the same PA will
necessarily be managed in the same way.
It is important to note that no methodology, investment style,
or investment strategy is guaranteed to be successful or
profitable or can guarantee a client against loss.
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ITEM 8: RISK FACTORS
The investment risks described below represent some, but
not all, of the risks associated with various types of
investments and investment strategies. Clients should
carefully evaluate all applicable risks with any investment or
investment strategy and realize that investing in securities
involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
A. Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
risk. The securities of non-U.S. issuers also involve a high
degree of risk because of, among other factors, the lack of
public information with respect to such issuers, less
governmental regulation of stock exchanges and issuers of
securities traded on such exchanges and the absence of
uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting
standards. The non-U.S. domicile of such issuers and
currency fluctuations may also be factors in the assessment
of financial risk to the investor. Foreign securities markets
are often less liquid than U.S. securities markets, which may
make the disposition of non-U.S. securities more difficult.
Emerging markets can be subject to greater social,
economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be
extremely volatile.
C. Risks Relating to Fixed Income Securities
Investment strategies inherently carry various types of risks.
Certain investment strategies that PAs, Investment Managers
and Funds may use in managing your account have specific
risks, including, but not limited to, those associated with
investments in common stock, fixed income securities,
American Depositary Receipts, and Funds. You should
consult with your PA for more details regarding the specific
risks associated with the investments in your account.
limited
to
interest
For example, investing in securities and other assets involves
a potential risk of loss due to various market, credit, liquidity,
operational,
inflation, economic, political, regulatory,
business, currency and other risks. Rockefeller Financial
does not guarantee
the future performance of any
investment, security, client account, investment decision or
strategy. Future results may vary substantially from past
performance and no investment strategy can guarantee profit
or protection from loss. Returns on investments can be
volatile and an investor may lose all or a portion of their
investment.
Clients that utilize margin are subject to additional risks,
including greater risk of loss and incurrence of margin
interest debt. Margin and securities-based lending is not
suitable for all investors. If the market value of the securities
in your margin account declines, you may be required to
deposit more money or securities in order to maintain your
line of credit. If you are unable to do so, the Third-Party
Custodian may sell all or a portion of your pledged assets
without prior notice to you.
B. Risks Relating to Equity Securities
Investments in fixed income securities are subject to risks
including but not
rate, credit,
reinvestment, inflation, liquidity, call/prepayment, spread,
downgrade, exchange rate, volatility, and extension risks,
any of which may adversely impact the price of the security
and result in a loss. Interest rates may go up resulting in a
decrease in the value of fixed income securities. Duration is
the time that it takes for an investor to be repaid the price for
a bond by the bond’s total cash flows. The longer the
repayment period, or duration, the greater the chance that the
bond will be exposed to interest rate risk. Generally,
securities with longer maturities carry greater interest rate
risk. A low interest rate environment increases the risk
associated with rising interest rates (i.e. a declination in bond
value). Credit risk is the risk that an issuer may not make
timely payments of principal and interest. There is a risk that
an issuer may “call”, or repay, its high yielding bonds before
their maturity dates. Fixed income securities subject to
prepayment can offer less potential for gains during a
declining interest rate environment and similar or greater
potential for loss in a rising interest rate environment.
Limited trading opportunities for certain fixed income
securities may make it more difficult to sell or buy a security
at a favorable price or time. The municipal market is volatile
and can be significantly affected by adverse tax, legislative
or political changes and the financial condition of the issuers
of municipal securities. The value of fixed income securities
may fluctuate based on other factors affecting the securities
markets generally. Recent market events risk relates to
volatility that arises due to economic, political, legal and
global macro factors.
Equity and equity-related investments are volatile and will
increase or decrease in value based upon issuer, economic,
market and other factors. Other risks may include but are not
limited to company specific risks, liquidity risk, leverage
risk, inflation and interest rate risk, and/or tax and regulatory
risk. Small capitalization stocks generally involve higher
risks in some respects than do investments in stocks of larger
companies and may be more volatile and subject to liquidity
Investments in high yield debt securities (“junk bonds”) and
other lower-rated securities may subject the strategy to
substantial risk of loss. These securities are considered to be
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speculative with respect to the issuer’s ability to pay interest
and principal when due, are more susceptible to default or
decline in market value and volatile prices and are less liquid
than investment grade debt securities.
fundamental policy on redemptions. There is no guarantee
that an investor will be able to tender all or any of their shares
in a periodic repurchase offer. Investors should carefully
consider the fund’s fundamental policy prior to investing.
D. Risks Relating to Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)
F. Risks Relating to Alternative Investments
limitations on withdrawing
to
Risks related to ETFs include but are not limited to market,
liquidity,
tax, sector/single-stock concentration, exotic
exposure/complexity, frequent trading and counterparty risk.
ETFs can invest in a variety of strategies such as indexing or
active management seeking exposure to unique asset classes.
For actively managed ETFs, in particular, there is a risk the
managers will not be able to achieve their stated objectives
or their strategy may underperform other market indicators
or benchmarks. There may be a lack of liquidity in certain
ETFs which can lead to a large difference between the bid-
ask prices (increasing the cost to you when you buy or sell
the ETF). A lack of liquidity also may cause an ETF to trade
at a large premium or discount to its net asset value.
Additionally, an ETF may suspend issuing new shares and
this may result in an adverse difference between the ETF’s
publicly available share price and the actual value of its
underlying investment holdings. At times when underlying
holdings are traded less frequently, or not at all, an ETF’s
returns also may diverge from the benchmark it is designed
to track.
Alternative investments include, but are not limited to hedge
funds, private equity funds, venture capital and buyout
funds, private credit and direct lending funds, and private
real estate and other real asset funds.
Alternative
investments are generally speculative and involve a high
degree of risk. There is a very limited secondary market for
alternative investments and there may be significant
restrictions or
from or
transferring these types of investments. Many alternative
investments, including private equity/venture capital/buyout
funds generally require an investor to make and fund a
commitment over several years. Alternative investments
generally have high fees (including both management and
performance-based fees) and expenses that offset returns.
Alternative investments are generally subject to less
regulation than publicly traded investments. Rockefeller
independently value
Financial will not be able
investments held by alternative investment fund managers.
As a result, Rockefeller Financial will generally rely on the
values reported to it by alternative investment fund
managers, or their service providers.
investments may
include specific
respect
to, among other
Most ETFs, like all mutual funds, are registered investment
companies under the Investment Company Act. However,
ETFs that invest exclusively in physical assets, such as gold,
are not registered investment companies. These ETFs will
not have the protections associated with ownership of shares
in a registered investment company. For example, these
ETFs are not subject to the prohibition on registered
investment companies dealing with affiliates, do not have an
independent board of trustees, and are not subject to
requirements with
things,
diversification and the prohibition on the suspension of
redemptions.
E. Risks Relating to Interval Funds
Interval Funds are generally non-diversified closed-end
investments that are not listed for trading on any national
securities exchange and have no trading market. These funds
typically hold illiquid assets and offer limited redemption
opportunities which can restrict access to capital when
needed. There is limited liquidity provided to shareholders,
which is available only through the interval funds’ quarterly
offers to repurchase a certain percentage of its outstanding
shares at net asset value, which is subject to the fund’s
Alternative
risks
associated with limited liquidity, the use of leverage,
arbitrage, short sales, options, futures and derivative
instruments. There can be no assurances that a manager’s
strategy (hedged or otherwise) will be successful or that a
manager will employ such strategies with respect to all or
any portion of a portfolio. Clients should recognize that they
may bear asset-based fees and expenses at the manager-
level, and indirectly, fees, expenses and performance-based
compensation. Performance-based compensation may create
an incentive for the managers that may receive performance-
based compensation to make investments that are riskier and
more speculative than would be the case if this special
allocation were not made. Fee structures may include hurdle
rates, high-water marks, and/or claw back provisions, which
affect how and when performance fees are calculated.
Furthermore, founder share classes, lockup periods and
tiered fee discounts for larger or early investors can result in
different net returns across participants in the same fund.
Because the individual managers make trading decisions
independently of each other, it is possible that they may, on
occasion, hold substantial positions in the same security or
group of securities at the same time. This possible lack of
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diversification may subject the client’s investments to more
volatility than would be the case if the client’s assets were
more widely diversified.
requirements and related leverage factors associated with
such transactions. In addition, many jurisdictions continue to
review practices and regulations relating to the use of
derivatives, or similar instrument. Such reviews could make
such instruments more costly, limiting the availability of, or
otherwise adversely affecting the value or performance of
such instrument.
H. Risks Relating to Options Trading
Investments in alternatives funds should be viewed as
illiquid. It is uncertain as to when a return of capital or
profits, if any, will be realized and losses on unsuccessful
investments may be realized before gains on successful
investments are realized. The return of capital and the
realization of gains, if any, generally will occur only upon
the partial or complete disposition of an investment. While a
fund’s investment may be sold at any time, it is generally
expected that this will not occur for a number of years after
the initial investment. Before such time, there may be no
current return on the investment. Furthermore, the expenses
of operating alternatives funds (including any management
fees imposed by the investment manager) may exceed its
income, thereby requiring that the difference be paid from
the funds’ capital, including without limitation, unfunded
commitments. Further, any profits or gains may be
reinvested in the fund and may not be distributed to investors
until the end of the fund’s life, if at all.
There are various risks associated with transactions in
exchange-traded and over the counter (“OTC”) options. The
market price of an option is affected by many factors,
including: changes in the market prices or dividend rates of
underlying securities (or in the case of indices, the securities
in such indices); the time remaining before expiration;
changes in interest rates or exchange rates; and changes in
the actual or perceived volatility of the relevant stock market
and underlying securities. Although an option buyer’s risk is
limited to the amount of the original investment for the
purchase of the option, an investment in an option may be
subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the
underlying securities. The market price of an option also
may be adversely affected if the market for the option
becomes less liquid, including where trading in the securities
underlying the option becomes restricted.
I. Risks Relating to Structured Products
Investments
in structured products (generally Senior
Unsecured Debt Obligations linked to the performance of an
underlying market measure) (all such products, “Structured
Products”) are subject to a number of risks, including credit
risk, market risk, and liquidity risk.
An alternatives fund’s ability to dispose of investments may
be limited for several reasons (some or all of which may be
outside of a fund’s control), including the absence of an
established market for such investments, as well as
contractual and other limitations on transfer or other
restrictions that would interfere with subsequent sales of
such investments or adversely affect the terms upon which a
disposition could be made. Any possibility of a disposition
in the public markets will depend upon favorable market
conditions, including receptiveness to initial or secondary
public offerings for the companies in which the funds invest
and an active mergers and acquisitions (or recapitalizations
and reorganizations) market, among other factors.
G. Derivatives Risk
instruments can result from
the counterparty
to fulfill
Investments in options, futures, options on futures, forwards,
participatory notes, swaps, structured securities, and other
types of derivatives can be used to hedge a portfolio's
investments or to seek to enhance returns. These types of
investments entail specific risks relating to liquidity,
leverage and credit that can reduce returns and/or increase
volatility. Losses in a portfolio from investments in
derivative
the potential
illiquidity of the markets for derivative instruments, the
its contractual
failure of
obligations, the portfolio receiving cash collateral under the
transactions and some or all of that collateral being invested
in the market, or the risks arising from margin posting
Structured Products typically have a specified maturity date
and payout profile determined by the performance of an
underlying, or basket of underlying, market measures.
Structured Products are generally designed to provide some
level or combination of principal protection, downside
market risk mitigation, enhanced income, or enhanced
returns relative to the performance of the underlying market
measure. As a Senior Unsecured Debt Obligation, the payout
at maturity is dependent on the issuer’s ability to pay off its
debts as they mature. While there is generally liquidity
provided by the issuer of a Structured Product prior to
maturity, there is no guarantee of a secondary market, or the
price or bid/ask spread at which the security will trade. In the
case that there is a secondary market provided, the sale price
may be significantly less than what would be the maturity
value due to factors such as volatility, interest rates, credit
quality and risk appetite. The value of an investment in a
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credit ratings, inflation, investor sentiment and other factors
affecting the value of a Fund’s investments. At such times,
investors’ exposure to a number of other risks described
elsewhere in this section can increase.
L. Investment Guideline Risks
Structured Product will reflect the then-current market value
of the Structured Product as calculated by the issuer and will
be subject to all of the risks associated with an investment in
the underlying market measure along with the risks and
factors described above. Investors in structured products will
not own or have any claim to the underlying market measure
directly and will therefore not benefit from general rights
applicable to the holders of those assets, such as dividends
and voting rights.
J. Risks Relating to Variable Annuities and Registered
Index-Linked Annuities (RILA)
social,
features
and/or governance
Investments in variable annuities are long-term investments
and provide long-term income. However, such investments
are subject to high fees due to insurance related costs, such
as mortality and expense risk charges. Variable annuities
investments also involve investment risk related to the
products and investments that the collective periodic
payments are invested in, which may include derivatives
products. Further, to receive certain tax benefits associated
with variable annuities, the investments underlying such
contracts must meet certain diversification and other
requirements. Thus, investments in variable annuities that do
not have sufficient diversification can lead to adverse tax
consequences.
increased
tracking
Registered Index Linked Annuities (RILAs) are insurance
products tied to the performance of a market index, typically
offering the positive returns of the index up to a cap and/or
providing a buffer for a certain level of negative returns.
RILAs are subject to risks associated with other investment
products, including market risk, and the total loss of
principal is possible.
K. Market Disruption, Health Crises, Terrorism and
Geopolitical Risk
To the extent a client enrolls in an optional Values Overlay
Service discussed in Item 4 above, implements other client-
directed customizations, and/or enrolls in a strategy below
the stated minimum investment amount, the implementation
of impact screening, portfolio constraints, account-level
(including
modifications, or other custom
environmental,
(“Impact
Guidelines”)), could cause an account to perform differently
compared to accounts that do not use such features and could
result in lower financial returns. The criteria associated with
Impact strategies or other client-requested customizations
can result in an account foregoing opportunities to buy
certain securities when it might otherwise be advantageous
to do so or selling securities to comply with applicable
guidelines, constraints, or account-level requirements when
it might be otherwise disadvantageous for it to do so. In
addition, accounts enrolled below stated minimums or
subject to increased customization may experience reduced
diversification,
error, or other
implementation-related limitations, which may adversely
affect performance. Further, an increased focus on Impact
or sustainability investing in recent years may have led to
increased valuations of certain issuers with higher Impact
profiles. A reversal of that trend could result in losses with
respect to investments in such issuers. There can be no
assurance that Impact-related data or other inputs used in
implementing customizations directly correlate with a
client’s objectives or guidelines, and such data may not be
available with respect to all issuers, sectors, or industries and
is often based upon estimates, comparisons or projections
that may prove to be incorrect. As a result, a Client account
utilizing Impact Guidelines, other customizations, or
enrolled below minimum investment thresholds could
nonetheless be invested in issuers or experience outcomes
that are not fully consistent with the client’s stated goals or
expectations.
M. Risks Relating to Use of Third-Party Managers
Investors are subject to the risk that war, terrorism, global
health crises or similar pandemics, and other related
geopolitical events may lead to increased short-term market
volatility and have adverse long-term effects on world
economies and markets generally, as well as adverse effects
on issuers of securities and the value of a Fund’s
investments. War, terrorism and related geopolitical events,
as well as global health crises and similar pandemics have
led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term
market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on
world economies and markets generally. Those events as
well as other changes in world economic, political and health
conditions also could adversely affect individual issuers or
related groups of issuers, securities markets, interest rates,
The use of third-party managers in investment programs
involves additional risks. The success of the third-party
manager depends on the capabilities of its investment
management personnel and infrastructure, all of which may
be adversely impacted by the departure of key employees
and other events. The future results of the third-party
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to finance acquisitions, which can amplify losses during
downturns.
O. Risks Relating to Money Market Funds
manager may differ significantly from the third-party
manager’s past performance. While Rockefeller Financial
intends to employ reasonable diligence in evaluating and
monitoring third-party managers, no amount of diligence can
eliminate the possibility that a third-party manager may
provide misleading, incomplete or false information or
representations, or engage in improper or fraudulent
conduct, including unauthorized changes in investment
strategy, insider trading, misappropriation of assets and
unsupportable valuations of portfolio securities.
You could lose money in money market funds. Although
money market funds classified as government funds (i.e.,
money market funds that invest 99.5% of total assets in cash
and/or securities backed by the U.S. government) and retail
funds (i.e., money market funds open to natural person
investors only) seek to preserve value at $1.00 per share,
they cannot guarantee they will do so. The price of money
market funds may fluctuate and when you sell shares, they
may be worth more or less than originally paid.
industries and/or geographies, and can
third-party managers may hold a relatively
Certain
concentrated portfolio of securities in comparison to their
respective benchmarks and broader market indices. In
addition, these strategies may from time to time be
overweight, underweight or have no exposure to specific
sectors,
take
concentrated positions which could lead to increased
volatility. Certain of these strategies may focus on particular
sectors, industries and geographies. As a result, an adverse
development impacting any one position, sector, industry or
geography may have a material adverse effect on investment
returns as well as performance relative to the strategy’s
benchmark.
Diversification across asset classes, investment styles,
sectors and industries does not eliminate the risk of
experiencing investment losses. There is also a risk that too
much diversification can lead to the indexing of investment
returns.
N. Risks Relating to REITs
Recent changes to regulations impacting money funds have
created both a potential discretionary and separate
mandatory liquidity fee which could impact a selling
shareholder in non-government money market funds. The
discretionary fee is optional and subject to the discretion of
the board of directors/trustees of each prime and tax-exempt
money market fund. On July 12, 2023, the Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule
2a-7 and other rules that govern money market funds under
the Investment Company Act of 1940. The new money
market fund rules had a staged implementation schedule
with discretionary liquidity fees that became applicable to all
non-government money market funds on April 2, 2024.
Beginning April 2, 2024, all money market funds were
required to comply with the increased portfolio liquidity
requirements of the new rules. Beginning October 2, 2024,
all non-government institutional money market funds may
have had mandatory liquidity fees imposed on them. In
general, the mandatory liquidity fees will be imposed by the
money market fund when the fund experiences daily net
redemptions that exceed 5% of the fund’s net asset, which
in non-stress market environments.
can occur even
Additional information relating to these changes is available
on the SEC’s website at: 33-11211-fact-sheet.pdf (sec.gov).
Additionally, in some circumstances, money market funds
may be forced to cease operations when the value of a fund
drops below $1.00 per share. In that event, the fund’s
holdings are liquidated and distributed to the fund’s
shareholders. This liquidation process could take up to one
month or longer. During that time, these funds would not be
available to you to support purchases, withdrawals and, if
applicable, check writing or ATM debits from your account.
Certain Strategies offer real estate-related investment
disciplines, which typically invest in common stocks of U.S.
corporations. Almost all such investments will be treated for
tax purposes as investments in real estate investment trusts
(“REITs”). Such investments can cause a tax-exempt
investor to recognize “unrelated business taxable income”
(“UBTI”), no assurances can be made that no UBTI will be
recognized. If any investment causes a tax-exempt investor
to recognize UBTI, and that tax-exempt investor is a
charitable remainder trust, all of the income of the charitable
remainder trust would be subject to federal income tax for
the tax year in which the UBTI was recognized. Therefore,
tax-advantaged accounts, such as charitable remainder trusts
and IRAs, should consult with a tax adviser before investing
in real estate investment disciplines. Other risks include but
are not limited to interest rate sensitivity, liquidity risk (e.g.,
non-traded/private REITS can lock up capital for years),
market risk and leverage risk as REITs use borrowed capital
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P. Risks Relating to Differing Classes of Securities
Different classes of securities have different rights as
creditors if the issuer files for bankruptcy or reorganization.
For example, bondholders’ rights generally are more
favorable than shareholders’ rights in a bankruptcy or
reorganization.
Q. Tax and Legal Considerations
substantial computerized data relating to client account
activities. These technologies include those owned or
managed by Rockefeller Financial as well as those owned or
managed by others, such as financial intermediaries, pricing
vendors,
transfer agents, and other parties used by
Rockefeller Financial to provide services and maintain its
business operations. These technology systems may fail to
operate properly or become disabled as a result of events or
circumstances wholly or partly beyond the Firm’s or its
service providers’ control. Technology failures, whether
deliberate or not, including those arising from use of third-
party service providers or client usage of systems to access
accounts, could have a material adverse effect on our
business or our clients and could result in, among other
things, financial loss, reputational damage, regulatory
penalties or the inability to conduct business.
T. Coronavirus and Pandemic Outbreak Risks
You are responsible for all tax liabilities and tax return filing
obligations arising from the transactions in your account or
any other investment advice offered by us. Changing your
investment strategy or engaging in portfolio rebalancing
transactions may result in sales of securities which may
subject you to additional income tax obligations. Consult
your independent tax or legal advisor with respect to the
services described in this Brochure. Rockefeller Financial
does not provide tax, legal, accounting, estate or actuary
advice, and this Brochure or any other document received
from Rockefeller Financial in connection with the RPWA
Program should not be construed as providing such advice.
R. Cybersecurity Risks
industries
in which
the portfolio
is
the extent such
impacted personnel
Rockefeller Financial must rely in part on digital and
network technologies (collectively, “networks”) to conduct
its investment advisory business. Such networks, including
those of service providers, are susceptible to cyber-attacks
that could potentially seek unauthorized access to digital
systems for purposes such as misappropriating sensitive
information, corrupting data or causing operational
disruption. Cyber-attacks might potentially be carried out by
persons using techniques that could range from efforts to
electronically circumvent network security or overwhelm
websites to intelligence gathering and social engineering
functions aimed at obtaining information necessary to gain
access. Cyber-attacks against, or security breakdowns, of us
or our service providers, if applicable, may adversely impact
us and our clients, potentially resulting in, among other
things, financial losses; our inability to transact business on
behalf of our clients; reputational damage; and/or additional
costs. The Firm may incur additional costs related to
cybersecurity risk management and remediation. In addition,
cybersecurity risks may also impact issuers of securities in
which we invest on behalf of our clients, which may cause
our clients’ investment in such issuers to lose value.
S. Technology Risks
The global outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus
(“COVID-19”), together with resulting voluntary and U.S.
federal and state and non-U.S. governmental actions,
including, without limitation, mandatory business closures,
public gathering limitations, restrictions on travel and
quarantines, has meaningfully disrupted the global economy
and markets. COVID-19 has and is expected to continue to
have ongoing material adverse effects across many, if not all,
aspects of the regional, national and global economy. In
particular, the COVID-19 outbreak has already, and will
continue to, adversely affect a portfolio’s investments and
the
invested.
Furthermore, Rockefeller Financial’s ability to operate
effectively, including the ability of its personnel or its service
providers and other contractors to function, communicate
and travel to the extent necessary to carry out clients’
investment strategies and objectives and Rockefeller
Financial’s business and ability to satisfy its obligations to
clients and pursuant to applicable law, has been, and will
continue to be, impaired. The spread of COVID-19 among
Rockefeller Financial’s personnel and its service providers
would also significantly affect Rockefeller Financial’s
ability to properly oversee the affairs of clients (particularly
to
include key
investment professionals or other members of senior
management), which could result in a temporary or
permanent suspension of a client’s investment activities or
operations. The full effects, duration and costs of the
COVID-19 pandemic are impossible to predict, and the
circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will
continue to evolve.
Rockefeller Financial must rely in part on digital and
network technologies to conduct its business and to maintain
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U. Sanctions
voting on matters on which investors are entitled to vote, and
excluding the net asset value of such investor’s interest in
the pooled investment vehicle for purposes of determining
the investors entitled to vote on or required to take any action
in respect of the pooled investment vehicle.
Sanctions-related requirements imposed by governmental or
regulatory authorities can be complex, changing, conflicting,
unclear or subject to opaque, changing or conflicting
guidance. Accordingly, Rockefeller Financial may take or
refrain from taking action it determines appropriate to
comply with applicable law and its related policies and
procedures even though it turns out that doing so was not
required or appropriate.
Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates operate a program
designed to ensure compliance with economic and trade
sanctions-related obligations applicable directly to its
activities. These sanctions prohibit, among other things,
transactions with and the provision of services to, directly or
territories, entities and
indirectly, certain countries,
individuals. It should be expected that any economic and
trade sanctions, and the application by the firm of its
compliance program, will restrict or limit a Client’s
investment activities, can require the firm to cause a Client
to sell its position in an investment at an inopportune time or
when the firm would otherwise not have done so, and
preclude the firm from selling a Client’s position in
investment when the firm would otherwise wish to do so.
The application of sanctions may also have significant
adverse impacts on the valuation and liquidity of a Client’s
investments to the extent such investments are related to the
sanctioned entities or individuals, potentially rendering
specific investment illiquid or worthless.
laws
in
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This list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete
enumeration or explanation of the risks involved in
connection with the Firm’s investment offerings or the
management of client accounts. In addition, clients should
be aware that, as a client’s investment portfolio develops and
changes over time, the account may be subject to additional
and different risks. Clients should consider these risks when
evaluating investment strategies and asset allocations.
ITEM 9: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Additionally, sanction
the U.S. and other
jurisdictions or other governmental action may significantly
restrict the firm and its Clients from investing or continuing
to hold an investment in, or transacting with or in certain
countries, individuals, and companies, including, among
other things, transactions with, and the provision of services
to certain foreign countries, territories, in entities and
individuals. The U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the
“FCPA”) and other anti-corruption laws and regulations, as
well as anti-boycott regulations, may also apply to, and
restrict the activities of the firm and its Clients.
As discussed in more detail below, for any Strategy in which
you delegate Investment Discretion, you will also delegate
proxy voting authority unless you provide notification
otherwise; for all strategies except Dual Contract SMA,
please notify your PA, and for Dual Contract SMA
Strategies, please contact the selected Investment Manager
of your desire to right to vote such proxies or to delegate the
authority to vote such proxies to another party.
For Client-Directed PA Strategies, Rockefeller Financial
does not accept authority to vote proxies for client securities.
Instead, clients must vote securities held in their accounts
directly. Rockefeller Financial does not render any advice
with respect to any proxy solicitations involving securities
held in Client-Directed PA Strategies or which are managed
by third parties.
For SMA, Fund or UMA strategies or any other Strategy that
is not Client Directed where Envestnet is providing overlay
management services,
including when an Investment
Manager is acting in the role of a Model Provider, Envestnet
is responsible for voting proxies relating to securities held
by clients, in accordance with Envestnet’s principles,
policies and procedures. For more information, please refer
to Envestnet’s Form ADV Part 2A.
If Rockefeller Financial determines that a Client is subject to
trade, economic or other sanctions
imposed by a
governmental or regulatory authority, the firm will take such
actions as it determines appropriate to comply with
applicable law and its related policies and procedures. These
actions may include, without limitation, (i) blocking or
freezing Client accounts or Client investments, (ii) where
permitted or required by the applicable sanctions law,
requiring a Client to redeem or withdraw from the vehicle,
and delaying the payment of any redemption or withdrawal
proceeds, without interest, until such time as such payment
is permitted under applicable law, (iii) excluding an Client
in a pooled investment vehicle from allocations of net capital
appreciation and net capital depreciation and distributions
made to other Clients, (iv) ceasing further dealings with such
Client’s interest until such sanctions are lifted or a license is
obtained under applicable law to continue dealings, and (v)
excluding a Client in a pooled investment vehicle from
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For SMA, Fund, UMA and Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
or any other Strategy that is not Client Directed where
Envestnet is not providing overlay management services, the
applicable Investment Manager is responsible for voting or
abstaining from voting proxies for securities in a client’s
account in accordance with its principles, policies and
procedures. For more information, please refer to the
applicable Investment Manager’s Form ADV Part 2A.
Clients are encouraged to, and are responsible for, promptly
notifying their PA in writing of any changes in the client’s
financial situation or investment objectives, and whether the
client wishes to impose any reasonable restrictions on
management of the account or reasonably modify existing
restrictions. The Firm or PA will provide the client’s
Investment Manager(s) with applicable updated information
if necessary to manage the client’s account.
Investor Communications Services,
ITEM 11: CLIENT CONTACT WITH PORTFOLIO
MANAGERS
For PA Strategies, because PAs serve as portfolio manager
for their respective clients, PAs are available to speak with
clients as needed and routinely communicate with clients to
discuss any aspects of their accounts.
For Discretionary PA Strategies, the Firm accepts authority
to vote proxies for certain client securities. We have engaged
Inc.
Broadridge
(“Broadridge”) to assist with proxy voting. Votes are cast
through Broadridge’s ProxyEdge electronic voting platform
based upon Broadridge’s Shareholder Value guidelines. In
limited situations, Broadridge does not provide proxy voting
services under its guidelines for a particular security or a
particular proxy proposal. In such situations, the Firm will
vote the proxies in accordance with the recommendation of
company management; if company management does not
make a recommendation, the Firm will abstain from voting.
The Firm will not vote on a particular security or a particular
proxy proposal if the client has retained proxy voting
authority or if the security is not integrated with Broadridge.
For SMA, Fund and Dual Contract SMA Strategies, you may
be limited in your ability to directly contact and consult with
portfolio managers or other portfolio management
personnel. UMA Strategies offer model portfolios only, and
there is no ability to contact portfolio management personnel
of the Investment Managers. However, your PA is available
to address any questions, issues or concerns regarding these
Strategies, their management, or their recommendations.
Upon request, the Firm will promptly provide clients with a
copy of its proxy voting policies and procedures, as well as
information on how proxies of securities held in their
accounts were voted.
For all Strategies, clients should communicate to their
respective PA in writing any changes in the client’s financial
situation or investment objectives, and whether the client
wishes to impose any reasonable restrictions on management
of the account or reasonably modify existing restrictions.
ITEM 12: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Rockefeller Financial does not render any advice or take any
action with respect to securities or other property currently
or formerly held in client accounts or the issuers thereof that
become the subject of any legal proceedings, including
bankruptcies and class actions.
ITEM 10: CLIENT INFORMATION PROVIDED TO
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
Within the last ten years, there have not been any material
legal or disciplinary events involving the advisory business
of Rockefeller Financial or its management personnel.
Additional information about Rockefeller Financial and its
advisory affiliates is contained in Part 1 of Rockefeller
Financial’s Form ADV.
ITEM 13: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
each
PAs recommend an appropriate Strategy and investment
options based on information provided by the client
regarding the client’s financial resources, risk tolerance and
investment objectives, along with any reasonable restrictions
a client wishes to impose on the management of the account.
recommended
Rockefeller Financial provides
Investment Manager with the client restrictions and any
other information requested by the Investment Manager.
Periodically, the Firm or the client’s PA will contact the
client about the client’s financial situation or investment
objectives, and whether the client wishes to impose any
reasonable restrictions on management of the account or
reasonably modify existing restrictions.
In addition to being a registered investment adviser,
Rockefeller Financial is also a registered broker-dealer with
the SEC and a member of FINRA. In its capacity as a broker-
dealer, Rockefeller Financial engages in the sale of new issue
and secondary market securities and other financial
products, including, but not limited to, stocks, bonds,
government and municipal securities, options, mutual funds,
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Certain directors, officers and employees of Rockefeller
Financial are associated with affiliates of the Firm, including
Rockefeller & Co., RTC NA, RTC DEL, and Rockefeller
Capital Management Insurance Services.
for-profit businesses,
including
alternative investment vehicles, variable insurance products
and other types of securities for its clients. Rockefeller
Financial affects these securities transactions for customers
for compensation (including commissions, concessions,
sales charges, spreads, trailing commissions, or other
remuneration), a portion of which is typically used to
compensate PAs. Rockefeller Financial also engages in
investment banking business through its Rockefeller Global
Investment Bank division.
A. Futures Commission Merchant, Commodity Pool
Directors, officers and employees of Rockefeller Financial
and its affiliates serve as non-executive directors or advisors
financial service
of
companies that provide services to Rockefeller Financial
and/or to clients of Rockefeller Financial.
Rockefeller Financial has adopted procedures and practices
in seeking to mitigate conflicts of interest that result from
such outside business affiliations.
Operator, or Commodity Trading Adviser
Registration Status
Neither Rockefeller Financial nor any of its management
persons are registered or have an application pending to
register as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool
operator, commodity trading adviser, or as a registered
representative or an associated person of any of the
foregoing entities at this time.
is an
B. Material Relationships or Arrangements with
Industry Participants
Rockefeller Financial
indirect, wholly-owned
is an
subsidiary of Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., a
leading independent financial services firm offering global
family office, wealth management, asset management and
strategic advisory services to ultra-high and high-net worth
individuals, families, institutions and corporations.
any
information
(other
to non-U.S.
Rockefeller Financial is indirectly controlled by Viking
through its indirect ownership of the voting securities of
Rockefeller Capital Management General Partner, L.L.C.
(“Rockefeller Capital Management GP”), the general partner
of Rockefeller Capital Management L.P., of which
indirect wholly- owned
Rockefeller Financial
subsidiary. Viking is registered with the SEC as an
investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of
1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”). No employee,
officer, director, investment committee member or other
representative of Viking or any of its controlled affiliates is
a member of any investment committees of Rockefeller
Financial or of Rockefeller Capital Management GP.
Additionally, directors, officers, employees or other
representatives of Rockefeller Capital Management GP or
any of its controlled affiliates are generally prohibited from
discussing
regarding Rockefeller
Financial’s portfolio investment activities in the presence of
any employee, officer, director, investment committee
member or other representative of Viking or any of its
controlled affiliates
than Rockefeller Capital
Management GP or any of its controlled affiliates).
Rockefeller Financial does not anticipate material conflicts
with any clients in light of Viking’s indirect control of
Rockefeller Financial In the event that any conflicts actually
arise, Rockefeller Financial will resolve such conflicts in a
fair and equitable manner. Viking will not have any
obligation to make available to Rockefeller Financial any
information regarding its investment activities, strategies or
views and, as a result, you should expect that Rockefeller
Financial will make investment decisions for clients that
differ from those it would have made if Viking had provided
such information.
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s
operating
subsidiaries include: Rockefeller Financial; Rockefeller &
Co., an investment adviser registered with the SEC
providing global family office and asset management
services; RAM International, a UK limited company
performing non-US distribution and investor servicing
activities for RGIM
intermediaries and
professional clients; RTC NA, a national trust bank regulated
by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and RTC
DEL, a limited purpose trust company regulated by the
Office of the State Bank Commissioner of the State of
Delaware, both of which provide fiduciary services acting
either as a trustee, co-trustee, executor, co- executor, or as a
fiduciary or agent for other fiduciary relationships; and
Rockefeller Capital Management Insurance Services, an
insurance company licensed in all 50 U.S. states that
provides access to a broad range of personal insurance
expertise and services through numerous national providers
to enable effective estate planning, asset protection or other
key wealth management planning strategies and priorities.
As noted above, from time to time the Firm expects to make
available and/or recommend to eligible clients certain
private funds and other investment vehicles sponsored by
Viking (“Viking Investment Vehicles”). As Viking has a
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recommend
investments
for which
it
investment management and/or performance fees paid to the
third-party managers by clients. This creates a conflict of
interest for Rockefeller Financial, as it will have an incentive
receives
to
compensation even when another investment better fits a
particular portfolio and investment objectives.
financial
support
controlling interest in Rockefeller Capital Management LP,
a conflict of interests exists when clients of the Firm invest
in Viking Investment Vehicles because such investments
provide a financial benefit to Viking. Rockefeller Capital
Management LP may also benefit from
its clients’
investments in Viking Investment Vehicles to the extent that
any such vehicles make a follow-on investment in, or
to, Rockefeller Capital
provide
Management LP.
financial
support
From time to time the Firm expects to make available and/or
recommend to eligible clients private funds and other
investment vehicles sponsored by certain investment firms
that are equity owners of RCM, including Viking, IGM and
its affiliates including Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd., and
Abrams Capital, or which have strategic partnerships with
RCM such as Breakout Capital (“Related Party Investment
Vehicles”). As noted above, Viking, IGM and Abrams
Capital hold interests in Rockefeller Capital Management
LP, so a conflict of interests exists when clients of the Firm
invest in Related Party Investment Vehicles because such
investments provide a financial benefit to Viking, IGM,
Abrams Capital and Breakout Capital and their respective
affiliates. Rockefeller Capital Management LP may also
benefit from its clients’ investments in Related Party
Investment Vehicles to the extent that any such vehicles
provide
to Rockefeller Capital
Management LP or pay compensation to Rockefeller
Financial.
Rockefeller Financial, in its capacity as a registered broker-
dealer, will typically act as a placement agent for Related
Party Investment Vehicles and certain third-party investment
vehicles. Acting as placement agent, Rockefeller Financial
performs due diligence on Related Party Investment
Vehicles and those third-party investment vehicles and seeks
to identify investors, including clients of Rockefeller
Financial and its affiliates, for whom the vehicles are
suitable investments. In certain cases, opportunities to act as
placement agent can be expected to be identified by persons
affiliated with Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates who
are also affiliated with the sponsor of the Related Party
Investment Vehicle or third-party investment vehicle.
Rockefeller Financial will typically receive transaction-
based compensation (e.g., a placement fee) from the sponsor
of these investments in connection with acting as placement
agent. With respect to advisory clients of Rockefeller
Financial who invest in a Related Party Investment Vehicle
or certain third-party investment vehicles for which the firm
acts as placement agent, the Firm typically receives both the
placement fee and an advisory fee on the client assets
invested in such vehicle.
International. Under
this
Additional rules and restrictions may apply when Related
Party Investment Vehicles and certain third-party investment
vehicles to which Rockefeller Financial serves as a
placement agent are offered to Retirement Plans.
parent
In addition, Rockefeller & Co. has a strategic partnership
with Breakout Capital, an investment management firm
established by Ruchir Sharma, who is Chairman of
Rockefeller
arrangement,
Rockefeller Financial will continue to act as a placement
agent to Breakout Capital investment vehicles and be
compensated for such capital raising activities and provide
certain human resources support services to Breakout
Capital. Rockefeller & Co. or an affiliate receives a share of
management fees and incentive allocations earned by
Breakout Capital from its investment vehicles, based on
Breakout Capital achieving certain milestones.
The President and Chief Executive Officer of Rockefeller
company, Rockefeller Capital
Financial’s
Management (“RCM”), Gregory J. Fleming (the “RCM
CEO”), serves as a member of the Board of Directors
(“Board”) of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). BlackRock is
a leading global provider of investment, advisory, and risk
management solutions whose investment products and
services are offered and sold by RCM to, and on behalf of,
RCM clients.
Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates have entered into
marketing support arrangements with a number of third-
party managers and funds, including but not limited to
mutual funds, ETFs, and alternative investment funds.
Under these arrangements, Rockefeller Financial or its
affiliates will receive compensation from the third-party
managers or funds. In the case of alternative investments,
you should expect that this compensation includes an upfront
placement fee based on the assets raised or a share in the
The RCM CEO’s service on the BlackRock Board gives rise
to a conflict of interest with respect to the Firm’s decision to
select or recommend BlackRock products to clients. To
manage and mitigate this conflict, we maintain a product
selection, due diligence, and manager approval process that
does not include the RCM CEO; we do not offer preferential
treatment to BlackRock products in our investment selection
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process; and we disclose this relationship to clients in our
Form ADV and relevant marketing materials.
business activities, gifts and entertainment, and
marketing and promotional activities.
A copy of the Code will be provided to any client or
prospective client upon request.
ITEM 14: CODE OF ETHICS AND PARTICIPATION
IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS
A. Code of Ethics
B. Insider Trading Policy
should Rockefeller come
Rockefeller Financial’s Code of Ethics (the “Code”) for its
advisory business applies to its employees, supervisors,
officers and directors engaged in offering or providing
investment advisory products and/or services (collectively,
“Employees”). The purpose of the Code is to prohibit its
Employees from engaging in securities transactions or
activities that involve a material conflict of interest, possible
diversion of a corporate opportunity, or the appearance of
impropriety. You should expect that Rockefeller Financial
personnel and their families and households purchase
investments for their own accounts, including the same
investments as may be purchased or sold to clients, subject
to the terms of the Code. Supervisors are required to use
reasonable supervision to detect and prevent any violations
of the Code by the individuals, branches and departments
that they supervise.
Rockefeller’s Insider Trading Policy includes procedures to
prevent misuse of material nonpublic
information.
Rockefeller and its related persons may, from time to time,
come into possession of material nonpublic and other
confidential information which, if disclosed, might affect an
investor’s decision to buy, sell, or hold a security. Under
applicable law, Rockefeller and such persons may be
prohibited from improperly disclosing or using such
information for their benefit or for the benefit of any other
person, regardless of whether such person is an advisory
client. Accordingly,
into
possession of material non-public or other confidential
information with respect to any issuer, it may be prohibited
from communicating such information to, or using such
information for the benefit of, its clients, and will have no
obligation to do so when following policies and procedures
designed to comply with applicable law, including Section
204A of the Advisers Act.
ITEM 15: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
The Code generally operates to protect against conflicts of
interest either by subjecting Employee activities to specified
limitations (including pre-approval requirements) or by
prohibiting certain activities. Key provisions of the Code
include:
Conflicts of interest are inherent in large diversified financial
services companies and exist when there is an incentive to
serve one’s own interest at the expense of another’s interest.
This section, along with the above disclosure, summarizes
conflicts of interest Rockefeller Financial has identified in
connection with its management of client accounts.
• The requirement for certain Employees, because of
their potential access to non-public information, to
obtain their supervisors' prior written approval or
provide pre-trade notification before executing
certain securities transactions for their personal
securities accounts;
restrictions on personal securities
certain
applicable
activities
to
• Additional
transaction
Employees;
• Requirements for certain Employees to provide
initial and annual reports of holdings in their
personal
securities
accounts,
along with
• Employee
line-ups;
services,
transaction information in those accounts; and
• Additional requirements for pre-clearance of other
activities including, but not limited to, outside
At a high level, conflicts of interest arise whenever
Rockefeller Financial has an economic or other incentive in
its management of a client account to act in a way that
benefits Rockefeller Financial. As further described in the
section above, conflicts may result when Rockefeller
Financial: (1) recommends to or invests in for a client an
investment product, such as a mutual fund, ETF, alternative
investment fund, or other investment product for which it or
its affiliate provides investment management services; (2)
has discretion in the selection of investment programs, asset
mixes, active/passive investment blends, and/or investment
manager
including
(3) obtains
administration, custody, transfer agency, placement agent,
trade execution, trust services and trade clearing, from an
affiliate; (4) receives payment from clients as a result of the
purchase of an investment product or using an investment
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flat fee, or a combination of the two paid to Rockefeller
Financial. Rockefeller Financial does not share personally
identifiable or client-specific information in connection with
this program.
product for client accounts; or (5) receives payment from
third parties for providing services with respect
to
investment products purchased for client accounts. Other
conflicts of interest result from, but are not limited to,
relationships that Rockefeller Financial has with other
clients or when Rockefeller Financial acts for its own
account. The following is a non-exhaustive discussion of
specific conflicts that we have identified.
A. Third Party-Managers, Annuity Providers and
Revenue Sharing
As discussed above, alternative investment providers may
pay placement/servicing fee revenue to Rockefeller based on
advisory client’s assets invested in a particular fund. Certain
placement fee, and ongoing distribution and/or servicing fee,
revenue received from alternative investment sponsors and
distributors, third-party managers, annuity providers, and
data program revenue will be included in the Rebate
Revenue credit as discussed above under Item 5.
As discussed above, certain mutual fund companies and
other product sponsors pay the Firm fees in order to
participate in Firm sponsored conferences and events
whereby they are able to provide educational and training
content and market new products and/or services to the Firm
and PAs.
third-party managers/providers and
to
invest funds
in discretionary accounts
including providing
This additional compensation creates an incentive for
Rockefeller Financial to make available and recommend to
investment
clients
products that pay marketing support compensation to, share
a larger portion of their management fees with, or enter into
revenue sharing arrangements with Rockefeller Financial,
into
and
funds/products managed by these managers/providers. Some
third parties may decline to pay revenue sharing at the levels
requested by us or at all, which presents a financial
disincentive for us to promote the sale of those investment
products that do not pay us at the requested levels. Aside
from the Platform Fee Credits described above, you should
not expect that revenue sharing compensation will be rebated
or credited to our clients.
Investment Products and Service
Rockefeller Financial has arrangements with certain third-
party managers, including managers of separately managed
accounts, fund strategist portfolios, mutual funds and ETFs,
whereby such managers pay the Firm additional fees
(including part of their revenues) and marketing support
compensation in connection with clients’ investments in the
investment products managed by these third-party managers.
Depending on the agreement with the manager, Rockefeller
Financial’s compensation from the manager is based on: (1)
a percentage of the fund’s management fees or sales
calculated using the average of Rockefeller Financial's client
assets invested with the manager during the relevant period,
and/or (2) a flat fee (representing a portion of the manager’s
fee) paid to Rockefeller Financial. In some arrangements,
additional or increased flat fee payments may be made based
on assets or new business in the third-party manager’s
investment products reaching certain levels. As part of its
obligations under these revenue sharing arrangements,
Rockefeller provides services and support relating to the
offering, marketing or distribution of each applicable
manager’s products that is not made available to other
managers,
the manager with
information and reports relating to Rockefeller and the
manager’s products available to Rockefeller clients, as well
as strategic engagement and access to our PAs, field
leadership and other personnel, including meetings and other
communications.
B. Affiliated
Providers
exclusively
in
for providing
Rockefeller Financial also has data program arrangements
with certain third-party managers and annuity providers
whereby such managers/providers pay the Firm additional
fees
the
exchange
manager/provider with information and reports relating to
Rockefeller and the manager’s/provider’s products available
to Rockefeller clients. Rockefeller Financial’s compensation
from the manager/provider is either based on a percentage of
the fund’s management fees calculated using the average of
Rockefeller Financial's client assets invested with the
manager during the relevant period, based on asset sales or
client assets invested in a product during a relevant period, a
Rockefeller Financial makes available to Clients certain
Affiliated Investment Products. Use of Affiliated Investment
Products by Clients raises a conflict of interest because it
results in increased revenue, in the aggregate, to Rockefeller
Capital Management, L.P. and its subsidiaries and affiliates
that provide the Affiliated Investment Products, and results
in additional fees to Rockefeller Capital Management, L.P.
and
its subsidiaries, who are generally affiliates of
Rockefeller Financial. These offerings may be limited in size
and, to the extent they cannot be offered to all clients,
Rockefeller Financial and its affiliates have policies in place
to determine the allocation of investment opportunities and
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generally allocate such investments among interested clients
pro rata based on the size of each clients’ requested
participation or as otherwise permitted by its policies.
to our clients,
fixed income Strategy due to the lack of the RGIM
management fee, Rockefeller Financial’s revenue from the
client’s investment in the RGIM fixed income Strategy can
be greater than if the client had invested in a third-party fixed
income Strategy in the RPWA Program, as Rockefeller
Financial typically charges a higher Rockefeller Fee with
respect to those RGIM fixed income Strategies, which it
shares with its PAs covering the client’s Account. Therefore,
Rockefeller Financial, its affiliates and/or representatives are
incentivized to offer or promote RGIM fixed income
Strategies to clients investing retirement account assets,
which is a conflict of interest.
RTC NA and RTC DE, affiliated trust companies, also
provide services
including after we
recommend those services. Clients are under no obligation
to use Affiliated Investment Products or affiliated service
providers. A conflict of interest exists in retaining affiliated
service providers because, in light of our interest in these
affiliated service providers, we have an incentive to favor the
retention of affiliates even if a better price and/or quality of
service could be obtained from another person. We will not
generally reduce our fees as a result of any compensation by
clients with respect to Affiliated Investment Products.
In addition, we from time to time invest in the same
securities that we or our affiliates recommend to clients.
When we or an affiliate currently hold for our own benefit
the same securities as a client, we could be viewed as having
a conflict of interest.
the
We address these conflicts by disclosing them in this
Brochure, not compensating PAs on any of these fees, and
maintaining policies, procedures, and oversight designed to
ensure PA recommendations of Strategies are in clients’ best
interests.
C. Cash Sweep Program
1. Bank Deposit Sweep Program (Sweep Program for
Most US Domiciled Accounts)
Through their clearing agreement, both NFS and Rockefeller
Financial receive revenue on enrolled client cash in the Bank
Deposit Sweep Program (“BDSP”) or the selected money
funds. NFS is responsible for management of the BDSP,
including selection of the BDSP participating banks and
negotiating the fees that such banks will pay to NFS in
connection with enrolled client deposits. As set forth in the
BDSP Disclosure furnished at account opening and which
you can obtain from your PA or by clicking the following
link:
https://rcmbrand.rockco.com/Bank-Deposit-Sweep-
Program-Disclosure-Document-Summary.pdf
NFS receives a fee from each participating BDSP bank with
enrolled client deposits, which is equal to a percentage of all
participants’ average daily deposits held at the participating
BDSP banks. From those fees, NFS pays Rockefeller
Financial its share of the fees pursuant to the clearing
agreement between NFS and Rockefeller Financial. NFS’s
and Rockefeller Financial’s combined gross BDSP revenues
will not exceed the annualized Federal Funds Target rate plus
Another such affiliate is RGIM, whose funds, SMAs and
other investment management products and services are
available
firm’s
to clients. RGIM consolidates
macroeconomic and market insights and certain related non-
investment services, which are made available in support of
Rockefeller Capital Management LP and its affiliated
businesses, including the Rockefeller Global Family Office.
RGIM, as a division of Rockefeller & Co., provides asset
management services. RGIM strategies are proprietary to
Rockefeller & Co. When a Firm-managed Fund or UMA
Strategy charges Manager Fees, and/or any Strategy includes
funds, SMAs, or other products managed by an affiliate of
the Firm (such as RGIM), the Firm and/or its affiliates will
benefit from the compensation they receive for providing
investment advisory, administrative or other services related
to the Strategy, the fund, or the SMA. Depending on the
Strategy, fund or SMA, similar offerings managed by or
offered through unaffiliated third-parties are often available
and, if so, can charge different fees, and Rockefeller
Financial has a conflict of interest to recommend, or
encourage you to invest through, those Strategies, funds or
SMAs managed by RGIM and its other affiliates because
Rockefeller Financial (and its affiliates) can retain more total
revenue than when you invest in an unaffiliated third-party
offering through the RPWA Program. This is true even where
RGIM waives its management fees, as in the case of certain
RGIM fixed income Strategies, which are offered on a non-
discretionary basis to clients investing through IRA and
other retirement account assets (collectively, “retirement
account assets”). Unlike third-party managers, which
typically charge management fees for fixed
income
strategies that range from approximately 2 to 50 basis points
on client assets, RGIM does not charge separate
management fees for retirement account assets invested in
certain RGIM fixed income Strategies. However, while a
client’s overall fees can be lower when selecting a RGIM
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basis and, therefore, if a client has multiple Rockefeller
Financial accounts enrolled in the BDSP, the client can have
deposits at a participating bank through each of their
accounts counting toward the $250,000 limit. Moreover, a
client can make additional deposits at a particular bank
outside of the BDSP, either through other financial
institutions or directly with the bank, which will also count
towards this limit. Clients are responsible for monitoring the
total deposits at each BDSP bank to determine the extent of
FDIC insurance coverage available. Rockefeller Financial
does not conduct that monitoring for clients and is not
responsible for any insured or uninsured portion of the
client’s deposits at any of the BDSP banks.
0.25%. Rockefeller Financial’s portion of those fees can
reach a maximum of 92% to 94% of the annualized Federal
Funds Target rate depending on the interest rate environment
and the aggregate Rockefeller Financial client BDSP
balances during each monthly calculation period. From the
fees Rockefeller Financial receives, each client in turn
receives the amount of interest earned on the client’s
deposits in the BDSP. Rockefeller Financial determines that
interest rate, and the client’s return is also dependent on the
amount of the client account deposits in the BDSP and length
of time during the applicable calculation period that those
deposits were in the client’s account. After such client
interest payments are made, the remaining sum, if any,
constitutes Rockefeller Financial’s net revenues from the
BDSP.
We can change or discontinue the BDSP at any time in our
sole discretion. We will notify you of material changes to the
BDSP in advance in writing.
2. Fidelity Treasury Money Market Fund (Sweep
Offering for Keogh Plan Accounts)
NFS deems certain U.S. domiciled account types, namely
Keogh (HR-10) plans, ineligible for BDSP. Therefore, the
cash component of those types of accounts, including the
cash sweep feature of the account, is invested in the Fidelity
Treasury Money Market Fund (“FSRXX”). FSRXX is a
money market mutual fund managed by Fidelity, an affiliate
of NFS, and is made available by NFS under the clearing
agreement with Rockefeller Financial. In connection with
client sweep balances invested in FSRXX, Rockefeller
Financial receives monthly revenue share payments from
NFS pursuant to their clearing agreement at an annual rate
ranging from 0% to 0.60%, depending on several factors,
including: (i) the net assets of Rockefeller Financial clients
invested in FSRXX, (ii) the prevailing interest rate
environment and, (iii) the fees and expenses incurred by
NFS’ affiliates with respect to the assets invested in FSRXX.
A copy of the prospectus for the Fidelity Treasury Money
Market Fund is available through your PA or by clicking the
following link:
ActionsXchange Compliance Window
Currently, Rockefeller Financial determines the yields
clients receive on deposits held in the BDSP. Therefore, it is
important for you to understand that the yield you receive on
the assets in the BDSP on accounts through Rockefeller
Financial will differ from, and may be lower than, the yield
you receive on deposits in bank deposit programs offered by
other firms. Given that Rockefeller Financial determines the
BDSP revenue percentage it will receive and the amount
enrolled clients receive via interest payments on their
deposits, each client should consider this revenue to
Rockefeller Financial when evaluating the total fees and
compensation received by Rockefeller Financial. Depending
on the interest rate environment and the level of enrolled
client deposits, Rockefeller Financial’s BDSP revenue can
increase or decrease. Those revenues can lead to net profits
for Rockefeller Financial that can exceed the aggregate
amounts paid to clients on their BDSP deposits and which
Rockefeller Financial will retain, thereby providing a benefit
to Rockefeller Financial and a financial incentive to offer the
BDSP and to allocate a greater portion of account assets to
cash. The applicable interest rates paid on deposits in the
BDSP are determined based on prevailing economic and
business conditions, evaluated periodically and subject to
change at any time. You can obtain the current participating
BDSP bank list and interest rate that you will earn on your
BDSP deposits by contacting your PA or by clicking the
following link:
https://rcmbrand.rockco.com/BDP%20Sweep_Client%20R
ate%20Schedule.pdf
NFS can change or discontinue the payments made to
Rockefeller Financial with respect to client assets invested
in FSRXX at any time.
3. Fidelity Government Cash Reserves Money Market
Fund (Sweep Offering for ERISA Plans)
Client assets that are swept and held in the BDSP are eligible
for FDIC insurance to the extent provided for under the
Federal Deposit Insurance Act and FDIC rules. The FDIC
insurance limit is $250,000 per person per depository bank.
Please note that the BDSP is managed on a “per account”
Where Rockefeller Financial acts as a fiduciary to an ERISA
plan, the cash component of such plan, including the cash
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D. Third-Party Service Providers
sweep feature of the account, is invested in the Fidelity
Government Cash Reserves (“FDRXX”). FDRXX is a
money market mutual fund managed by Fidelity, an affiliate
of NFS, and is made available by NFS under the clearing
agreement with Rockefeller Financial. Rockefeller Financial
does not receive revenue share payments, 12b-1 fees or any
other cash compensation from NFS in connection with client
assets invested in this fund, either through the Sweep
Program or otherwise. A copy of the prospectus for the
Fidelity Government Cash Reserves Money Market Fund is
available through your PA or by clicking the following link:
ActionsXchange Compliance Window
Rockefeller Financial has a conflict of interest associated
with utilizing third-party providers that pay it commissions
and fees (as discussed above) because it has a financial
incentive to select third-party providers based on these
payments. Rockefeller Financial also has a conflict of
interest in choosing higher expense ratio share classes where
it receives payments from fund families to help offset certain
costs that it incurs in connection with distributing mutual
funds. Rockefeller Financial seeks to mitigate these conflicts
of interest by rebating 12b-1 fees to Clients and by not
providing PAs any additional compensation in connection
with the receipt of these payments.
E. IRA Rollovers
4. Fidelity United States Treasury Fund – M Class Flex
Distributing Share Class (Sweep Offering for Non-
U.S. Domiciled Brokerage and Investment Advisory
Accounts)
Under its clearing agreement with Rockefeller Financial,
NFS deems clients domiciled outside of the United States to
be ineligible for BDSP. For these non-US domiciled clients,
the cash component, including the cash sweep feature of the
account, is presently invested in the Fidelity International
Liquidity Fund. A copy of the prospectus for Fidelity
International Liquidity Fund is available through your PA or
you may obtain a copy by clicking on the following link:
pr.filf.en.xx.pdf
If you roll over assets from an employer-sponsored
retirement plan, such as a 401(k) plan, into an IRA serviced
in the RPWA Program, we and your PA will earn
compensation on those assets, for example, through Client
Fees based on the assets in your account, and third-party
payments disclosed in this Brochure. This creates an
incentive for us to recommend and encourage you to roll
over assets from your plan to us. We mitigate these conflicts
by disclosing them to you and by establishing policies and
procedures, and risk-based supervision to review these
securities recommendations. You should be aware that the
fees and commissions you pay for an IRA likely will be
higher than those you pay through your plan, and there can
be other fees, including IRA termination fees.
Non-US domiciled accounts sweep cash balances into the
Fidelity Institutional Liquidity United States Treasury
mutual fund – M Flex Distributing Share Class (“FIL
Treasury Fund”). A copy of the prospectus for the FIL
Treasury Fund is available through your PA or you may
obtain a copy by clicking on the following link:
https://www.fidelityinternational.com/legal/documents/FILF/e
n/pr.filf.en.xx.pdf
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annuity
Rockefeller Financial does not receive revenue share
payments, 12b-1 fees or any other cash compensation from
NFS in connection with client assets invested in the FIL
Treasury Fund (QJXAQ) either through the Sweep Program
or otherwise.
If Rockefeller Financial or a PA recommends that you move
assets from an IRA at another financial institution to
Rockefeller, 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, rights of
accumulation,
caps,
and has determined that the recommendation is in your best
interest, including, as applicable, for one or more of these
reasons: (1) greater services and/or other benefits (including
holistic advice and planning) can be achieved with the
Rockefeller IRA; and (2) consolidation of assets and
availability of consolidated statements and performance
reports would be beneficial to you because it provides you
with a clearer financial picture. We believe the costs
associated with maintaining a Rockefeller IRA are justified
by these services and benefits.
Clients should also refer to the “Other Firm Compensation”
section above for further information on such compensation
and any conflicts of interests that may arise as a result thereof
and steps Rockefeller Financial takes to mitigate such
conflicts.
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F. Advisory Fees
that has securities that the client does not want to sell should
consider whether to take out a margin or other loan, as those
securities could be sold in a maintenance call. If a
maintenance call takes place, Rockefeller Financial may not
be able to manage your account consistent with our strategy.
As described above, PAs receive a portion of the fee paid by
Clients to Rockefeller Financial. Certain fee guidelines
determine the allocation of the fee between Rockefeller
Financial and a PA if that fee is at or below certain
percentage levels as determined by the AUM of a client’s
household. If a Client Fee is lower than the designated
percentage level, the PA allocation of the fee will be reduced
or eliminated. As a result, PAs have an incentive to negotiate
Client Fees to at or above the designated percentage level.
PAs do not receive compensation on any portion of the
Platform Fee or Relationship Fee.
G. Margin and Lending Services
The receipt of this compensation creates an incentive for the
Firm and its PAs to recommend use of the NFS Margin
Program to clients. Rockefeller Financial seeks to address
this conflict of interest by disclosing to clients the payment
of compensation to the Firm and PAs under the NFS Margin
Program, and ensuring that clients need to opt in, and be
approved for, margin trading. Further, the fees we pay to
NFS have been negotiated such that the fees decrease as the
amount of business we refer to NFS increases. We benefit if
you draw down on a margin loan rather than selling
securities because we continue to earn asset-based revenues
when you maintain assets in your account.
H. Brokerage Practices
Through execution of a separate NFS Margin Agreement,
eligible clients have the ability to borrow cash against the
value of certain assets held within their custody account
under the NFS Margin Program. If the market value of the
securities in your margin account declines, you may be
required to deposit more money or securities to maintain
your line of credit. If you are unable to do so, NFS may sell
all or a portion of your pledged assets without prior notice to
you. Clients should carefully review the terms and
conditions of the NFS Margin Program as described in the
NFS Margin Agreement. Clients are responsible for paying
the principal balance and interest on outstanding margin
balances.
Rockefeller Financial from time to time recommends that
clients buy or sell securities or investment products in which
the Firm or its officers, directors, employees or PAs have a
financial interest or themselves purchase or sell. Clients
should be aware that compensation earned by the Firm and
its PAs varies by product and by issuer. Therefore, the Firm
and its PAs have a conflict of interest to the extent they
receive more compensation for selling certain products
issued by a Firm affiliate than for selling certain products
issued by companies that are not affiliated with the Firm.
I. Alternative Investments
Rockefeller Financial receives from NFS a percentage of the
margin rate charged to clients on borrowed funds (generally
the difference between the cost of funds that NFS charges to
Rockefeller and the applicable rates charged to clients who
borrow those funds), and PAs generally share in a portion of
this compensation attributable to their clients’ margin
accounts. The standard margin rates charged to clients are
based on the Overnight Bank Funding Rate (“OBFR”) plus
a spread ranging from 2.60% to 6.10% depending on the
amount of funds borrowed. When you trade on margin or
obtain a credit line, NFS will charge interest on the loans
extended to you, which are in addition to the Client Fee,
which is billed on gross assets. NFS can also take certain
actions in case you default. Failure to promptly meet a
request for additional collateral could cause NFS to liquidate
or instruct us to liquidate some or all of the collateral account
or accounts to meet the margin loan requirements or to repay
all or a portion of the outstanding margin obligations.
Depending on market circumstances, the prices obtained for
the securities can be less than favorable. Any required
liquidations can result in adverse tax consequences. A client
Placement Fees, Distribution, and Servicing Fees and
Performance Fees. As a distributor of alternative
investments, Rockefeller Financial can receive an ongoing
distribution and/or servicing fee paid from a fund manager
or in the form of a fund manager paid placement fee based
on commitments raised. The placement fee paid to
Rockefeller will generally range from 1.00% to 3.00% but
could be up to 4.50% of the total commitments raised. The
ongoing annual investor distribution and/or servicing fee
typically ranges 0.25% to 1.00% and may or may not be
netted out of the fund’s net asset value. This may vary by
fund. In such cases, Rockefeller Financial enters into a
selling agreement with the fund manager, and the terms of
the arrangement with Rockefeller Financial will be disclosed
in the fund offering materials. Additionally, although
Rockefeller Financial does not directly charge performance-
based fees, as a distributor of alternative investments,
Rockefeller Financial from time to time can receive a portion
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of the performance fees charged by the investment advisers
to those funds.
Certain placement fee and ongoing distribution and/or
servicing fee revenue received from alternative investment
sponsors and distributors will be eligible for inclusion in the
Rebate Revenue credit as discussed above under Item 5.
third-party managers and evaluate
The payment of placement fees to the Firm creates an
incentive for Rockefeller Financial to recommend the
sponsor’s third-party investment vehicle to its clients instead
of other investment opportunities. To mitigate this conflict,
Rockefeller Financial discloses when it is acting as
placement agent and has adopted procedures to perform due
diligence on
the
suitability of prospective investors for such third-party
investment vehicles. The Firm
further maintains a
supervisory system that includes surveillance reviews,
conducting periodic supervisory visits and compliance
inspections and audits. This conflict of interest is further
mitigated by fiduciary obligations and regulatory and
compliance rules and procedures to which Rockefeller
Financial and the PAs are subject.
Please refer to “Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations” above.
Fees that access fund investors pay to Rockefeller Financial
or its affiliates are disclosed in the access fund’s offering
materials and may include the following: annual access and
administration fees, which typically range up to 1.0%, and
in certain cases may include a performance-based allocation,
for sourcing and structuring the underlying investment and
managing the access fund; annual trailer fees, which
typically range up to 1.00%, in connection with RFLLC’s
provision of supplemental services
to facilitate and
administer its clients’ investments in the access fund; these
services can include oversight of, and coordination with, the
manager of the access fund on operational, recordkeeping,
reporting, and other administrative matters in respect of the
Rockefeller investors in the access fund, and one-time
upfront investor paid placement fees of up to 1.50% of the
subscription amount. In certain access funds, the access and
administration fee and trailer fee may be combined into a
single fee. These fees may be added to the capital
commitment amount or, in other circumstances, deducted
from the commitment amount, and typically mirror the
Underlying Fund’s method of charging fees. Fee rates can
vary and, in some cases, may be lowered based on meeting
particular breakpoints. The percentage and method of
calculating the above fees is disclosed in the applicable
access fund offering materials. Access fund offerings can be
expected to also have additional expenses, such as legal and
accounting fees for the vehicle, which are passed along to
investors.
J. Intercompany Arrangements
Rockefeller Financial shares a portion of the trailer fee and
investor paid placement fee with Rockefeller PAs. In certain
legacy access funds, PAs received a share in other types of
access fund fees. As a result of these arrangements,
Rockefeller PAs have an incentive to recommend such
access funds over other comparable opportunities.
From time to time, an affiliate of Rockefeller Financial acts
as the General Partner or fund manager of an alternative
investment. In select circumstances, an affiliate of
Rockefeller Financial may serve as the investment adviser
on a fund being offered to clients of Rockefeller Financial,
and a portion of the fees received by the affiliate may be
shared with Rockefeller Financial. In such cases, this
intercompany arrangement is explained and disclosed in the
offering materials or in a supplement to such offering
materials.
These arrangements give rise to a conflict of interest in
determining which alternative funds to make available to
clients, and in recommending investments in certain
alternative investments over others.
K. Access Fund Fees
L. Referral Fees
In certain circumstances, Rockefeller Financial or an
affiliate may commission or use an “access fund” for the
purpose of facilitating individual investor access to an
underlying fund or other investment opportunity. Both the
access fund and the underlying fund impose administrative
or management fees, custodial accounting and other service
fees, other expenses and, in certain cases, performance-
based allocations, all of which will reduce an investor’s
returns.
In addition, PAs are provided a financial incentive to
introduce private investment opportunities to Rockefeller
Financial and its affiliates. For investment opportunities that
Rockefeller Financial decides to offer for purchase to its
clients, PAs will typically receive a finder’s fee of up to 10-
15% of the total fees earned by Rockefeller Financial or its
affiliate. Rockefeller Financial mitigates these conflicts by
disclosing them to you and by establishing policies,
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procedures and risk-based supervision to review product
recommendations.
clients involved in such a transaction and may also be
entitled to share in the investment profits of the relevant
clients.
M. Principal Transactions and Agency Cross Trades
P. Personal Trading
When we, our PAs or an affiliate currently own the same
securities as a client, this presents a conflict of interest.
Q. Educational Programs
If we act as your broker, we and our affiliates execute
transactions in your account as your agent or as principal for
our own account on the other side of the transaction from
you. Similarly, we or our affiliates, in transactions involving
clients’ securities, act as agent while also representing
another client on the other side of the transaction. You can
expect that we also have a position in, or enter purchase or
sale orders for, securities recommended to clients in the
normal course of the Firm’s business as a broker-dealer. We
and/or our affiliates expect to profit from such positions or
transactions in securities. In certain advisory program
accounts, we can enter riskless principal transactions for
some investment advisory clients after making appropriate
disclosure and obtaining client consent when necessary.
N. Payments for Order Flow
Investment managers, mutual fund vendors, unit investment
trust sponsors, annuity, life insurance companies or their
affiliates and sponsors of ETFs, alternative investments, and
other firms whose products are available on our platform
contribute funds to support our PA education programs. The
contributions are used to subsidize the cost of training
seminars we offer to PAs, including travel and travel-related
expenses, meals and entertainment. These training events
and seminars can (and often) include a non-training element
to the event. Not all vendors contribute to our education
efforts. Neither contribution towards these training and
education expenses, nor lack thereof, is considered as a
factor in analyzing or determining whether a vendor should
be included or should remain in our programs or our
platform. Contributions can vary by vendor and event. In
some instances, the contributions per vendor (as well as the
aggregate received from all vendors) are significant, and
include travel, meals and entertainment provided to PAs by
the event host. While PAs do not receive a portion of these
payments, their attendance and participation in these events,
as well as the increased exposure to vendors who sponsor the
events, can be expected to lead PAs to recommend the
products and services of those vendors as compared to those
who do not.
Rockefeller Financial routes equity securities and equity
options orders to its clearing firm, NFS, pursuant to a fully
disclosed clearing arrangement. NFS selects the exchanges
or broker-dealers for execution on behalf of Rockefeller
Financial. Some of the exchanges or broker-dealers provide
payments to NFS depending upon the characteristics of the
order and any subsequent execution. However, other than
the clearing arrangement with NFS, Rockefeller Financial
does not have any arrangement with the exchanges or
broker-dealers and Rockefeller Financial does not receive
any payment for order flow from NFS or the exchanges or
broker-dealers to which NFS routes client orders. NFS is
responsible for disclosing any payment for order flow
arrangements separately to customers, including those that
Rockefeller Financial introduces to NFS.
R. Other Non-Cash Compensation
O. Cross Trades
In certain cases, we may cause a client to purchase
investments from another client or to sell investments to
another client. Such transactions create conflicts of interest
to the extent that, by not exposing such buy and sell
transactions to market forces, a client does not receive the
best price otherwise possible, or we have an incentive to
benefit one client with which we have a more significant
relationship by selling underperforming assets to another
client in order, for example, to maintain or grow that
relationship and earn higher fees. Additionally, in connection
with such transactions, we, our affiliates, and our personnel
receive fees in connection with management of the relevant
We and our PAs receive non-cash compensation from mutual
fund companies, investment managers, unit investment trust
sponsors, annuity providers, insurance vendors, alternative
investment sponsors, Structured Products
issuers and
sponsors of products that we distribute. This compensation
includes the following: occasional gifts, occasional meals,
tickets or other entertainment of reasonable and customary
value; sponsorship support of educational or training events
(which include educational events PAs arrange for clients
and prospects) and seminars and/or payment of expenses
related to training and education of employees, which can
(and often do) include a non-training element of the event;
and/or various forms of marketing support and, in certain
limited circumstances, the development of tools used by
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Rockefeller Financial for training or record- keeping
purposes. Non-cash compensation can vary by vendor and
event. The receipt of cash and non-cash compensation from
sources other than clients, and the differences in how we
compensate PAs for the products we offer, create an
incentive for PAs to recommend certain products over
others. We address these conflicts of interest by maintaining
policies and procedures on the suitability and supervision of
the advisory programs and services we offer to you, and by
disclosing our practices to ensure you make an informed
decision.
S. Other Transactions and Relationships
Conflicts of interest arise in such cases, particularly in the
event the company is in financial distress. You should expect
that Rockefeller Financial and our affiliates will not be free
to divulge or act upon certain information in our possession
investment advisory or other clients,
on behalf of
particularly
confidentiality
circumstances where
in
obligations apply to such information or where necessary or
appropriate to comply with applicable law or our policies
and procedures designed to comply with applicable law. We
are not obligated to execute any transaction for your account
that we believe to be improper under applicable law or rules
or contrary to our own policies. We have adopted policies
and procedures that limit transactions for our proprietary
accounts and the accounts of our employees. These policies
and procedures are designed to prevent, among other things,
improper or abusive conduct when there is a conflict with
the interest of a client.
T. Trade Errors
We and our affiliates receive trading commissions and other
compensation from mutual funds, ETFs and insurance
companies whose products we distribute. Rockefeller
Financial or our affiliates engage in a variety of transactions
with (or provide other services to) the investment managers,
mutual funds, their affiliates or service providers with which
you are doing business. We, in turn, receive compensation
from these entities. Those transactions and services that we
or our affiliates provide include, but are not limited to,
executing transactions in securities or other instruments,
broker-dealer services for our own account, research
services, consulting services, investment banking services,
trust company services, and insurance services.
investment advisory,
We have trade error policies and procedures, pursuant to
which we resolve trading errors that occur from time to time.
Rockefeller Financial exercises due care when handling
client orders in order to avoid trade errors. However, when a
trade error occurs, we work with all relevant parties in the
trading process to promptly correct the error consistent with
our policies and procedures to help ensure that there is no
adverse impact to you as a result of the error. Depending on
the particular circumstances, you should expect that the Firm
will retain profits, if any, resulting from a trade error or may
net profits and losses from related trade errors to determine
how to correct the errors.
ITEM 16: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
A. Frequency and Nature of Review of Client Accounts
We and our affiliates provide investment banking, research,
brokerage,
insurance, and other
services for different types of clients. In providing those
services, we and our affiliates should be expected to give
advice to, or take actions for, those clients or for our own
accounts or accounts of our affiliates that differs from advice
given to, or the timing and nature of actions taken for you or
buy and sell securities for our own or other accounts. Advice
given to clients or investment decisions made for these
clients should be expected to differ from, or conflict with,
advice given or investment decisions made for an advisory
affiliate or another client. Action taken with respect to
advisory affiliates should be expected to adversely affect
client accounts, and actions taken by client accounts should
be expected to benefit advisory affiliates. Conflicts arise
when a client makes investments in conjunction with an
investment being made by other clients or clients of our
affiliates, or for our proprietary account, or in a transaction
where such other parties have already made an investment.
For example, investment opportunities are from time to time
appropriate for clients, clients of our affiliates, or our and our
affiliates’ proprietary accounts at the same, different or
overlapping levels of a company’s capital structure.
The Firm and PAs conduct periodic client account reviews.
Reviews may also be conducted when requested by the
client. The frequency and extent of the reviews vary by client
and are driven generally by the investment advisory service
in which the client is enrolled, client circumstances, changes
to a client’s financial situation, and assets and investments
currently held or proposed to be held. This review involves
a comparison of the client's current portfolio allocation
relative to the client’s needs, objectives and restrictions.
Rockefeller Financial will
also perform periodic
surveillance on all client relationships where there is an
advisory agreement in place for the client’s assets to confirm
adherence to the client’s objectives and risk tolerance.
Matters of attention, if any, are communicated to the PA for
explanation or direction.
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B. Content and Frequency of Account Reports to
Clients
ITEM 17: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER
COMPENSATION
As previously discussed, clients receive periodic custodial
reports from each applicable Third-Party Custodian. In
addition, performance reports are available if clients so
desire. The content and frequency of performance reports
will be as agreed to by you and your PA. For example,
performance reports can detail investment performance at
the investment and aggregate portfolio level, as well as the
strategic and tactical investment tolerances from the written
investment parameters. Please discuss with your PA the
types of information you are interested in and which is
available.
C. Financial Planning Reports and Analyses
Rockefeller Financial compensates affiliated and unrelated
third parties (“Solicitor”) for client referrals in accordance
with applicable legal requirements. If a referred client
enrolls in the RPWA Program, the compensation paid to the
Solicitor will typically consist of a cash payment stated as a
percentage of Rockefeller Financial’s advisory fee over a
period of time, a one-time flat fee or another form of
payment, as agreed upon with the Solicitor. Rockefeller
Financial’s payment of compensation to a Solicitor creates a
conflict of interest for the Solicitor, as the Solicitor will only
be paid if a referred client enrolls in the RPWA Program.
The payment of compensation to a Solicitor also creates a
financial incentive for PAs not to negotiate or reduce the fees
that a referred client will pay to Rockefeller Financial. A
referred client is not obligated to enroll in the RPWA
Program.
PAs, from time to time, refer clients of Rockefeller Financial
to Rockefeller Capital Management L.P.’s affiliates for
services and products, such as asset management services
offered by Rockefeller & Co., fiduciary services offered by
RTC NA or RTC DE, and insurance and annuity offerings by
Rockefeller Capital Management
Insurance Services.
Similarly, employees of these affiliates from time to time
recommend their clients to Rockefeller Financial for
brokerage, investment advisory and other services.
Upon request, Rockefeller Financial will provide clients
with reports and/or analyses on one or more financial
planning topics, including cash flows, income needs, asset
allocation, retirement and life insurance assessments,
charitable giving, estate and wealth transfer, and business
succession. Clients seeking financial planning services may
enter into a Financial Planning Services Client Agreement,
which is not covered by the Wrap Fees described in this
Brochure and is subject to a separate Rockefeller Financial
Form ADV Part 2A Brochure. Rockefeller Financial also
may provide one or more financial planning reports and
analyses without a separate charge as part of the overall
services to its clients.
PAs also refer clients to unaffiliated third-party firms for
certain services, such as lines of credits, mortgages and other
investment related services. In making such referrals,
Rockefeller Financial will seek to identify reputable
unaffiliated third parties who offer commercially reasonable
terms but does not undertake to perform any level of due
diligence on or ongoing monitoring of such third parties or
to search for the providers who offer the most favorable
terms to clients. Clients should carefully independently
evaluate these unaffiliated third parties and their terms of
service relative to other providers in the marketplace before
entering into a service relationship with them.
The reports and analyses are for informational purposes only
and are based upon information provided by participating
clients, and intended to provide broad, general guidelines on
the advantages of certain financial planning concepts. The
reports and analyses do not constitute a recommendation of
any particular technique or strategy, or of any particular
investment type or investment opportunity. The reports and
analyses do not provide on-going investment advice and are
current only as of the date of each respective report. It is each
client’s responsibility to determine what action, if any, you
wish to take based on the information provided, and you are
not required to transact business with us if you choose to
implement any aspects of
the report. If requested,
Rockefeller Financial will only act upon your specific
instructions. Certain reports and analyses may provide
projections based on various assumptions and are therefore
hypothetical in nature and not a guarantee of investment
returns.
In certain cases, these referral arrangements will involve the
payment of referral fees to, or participation in revenue
sharing arrangements with, Rockefeller Financial and
potentially the PAs making the referral. The fees charged by
affiliated and unaffiliated firms for services provided to
clients resulting from referrals are additional charges to the
client and not included in (and will not reduce) Rockefeller
Financial’s fee.
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ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Rockefeller Financial does not require or solicit prepayment
of more than $1,200 in investment advisory fees, six months
or more in advance. Rockefeller Financial is not aware of
any financial conditions that would reasonably likely impair
its ability to meet its contractual commitments to its clients.
Rockefeller Financial has not been the subject of a
bankruptcy petition during the past ten years.
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