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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
45 Rockefeller Plaza, Fifth Floor
New York, NY 10111
212-549-5100
http://www.rockco.com
As of August 2025
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 2: MATERIAL CHANGES
A. Introduction
This Item identifies and discusses material changes to the
Program since the most recent Wrap Fee Brochure (the
“Brochure”) update filed on March 31, 2025. This Brochure
contains material updates with respect to the following:
Item 5: In this section changes to the fee structure, effective
October 1, 2025, are described including the restructuring of
the Platform Fee and implementation of a Relationship Fee
as described therein.
This Brochure describes the Rockefeller Private Wealth
Advisory Program (the “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.
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
Item 1: Cover Page ............................................................. 1
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 2: Material Changes ................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ................................................... 2
Item 4: Firm Description and Advisory Services ............... 2
Item 5: Fees and Compensation......................................... 11
Item 6: Account Requirements and Types of Clients........ 16
Item 7: Portfolio Manager Selection and Evaluation ....... 16
Item 8: Risk Factors.......................................................... 18
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”). Clients receive personalized investment advice
and guidance from their Global Family Office private
advisor (“Private Advisor”), who is supported by other
professionals within the Global Family Office and its
affiliates.
Item 9: Voting Client Securities ........................................ 24
B. Firm Overview
Item 10: Client Information Provided To Portfolio
Managers .......................................................................... 25
Item 11: Client Contact With Portfolio Managers ............ 25
Item 12: Disciplinary Information .................................... 25
Item 13: Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations ........................................................................ 25
Item 14: Code Of Ethics and Participation In Client
Transactions ...................................................................... 28
Item 15: Conflicts of Interest ............................................ 28
Item 16: Review of Accounts ........................................... 36
Item 17: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ......... 37
Item 18: Financial Information ......................................... 37
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, RCM is
majority owned by the Viking funds, with minority stakes
held by (1) a U.S. affiliate of IGM Financial Inc. (“IGM”);
(2) a trust representing the Rockefeller family; (3) strategic
limited partners; and (4) current and former members of
RCM’s management and individual members of the
Rockefeller family. Viking and IGM are not involved in the
day-to-day management of RCM or the Firm. No employee,
ITEM 4: FIRM DESCRIPTION AND ADVISORY
SERVICES
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each account in the 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 Program’s investment
process typically begins with PAs helping clients define their
goals, objectives and risk tolerances.
officer, director, or other representative of Viking or IGM, or
any of their respective controlled affiliates, is a member of
any committee of RCM or the Firm 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
intermediaries
and
professional
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.
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
the Securities and Exchange Commission at
from
https://adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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 managements services (branded “RGFO”) and
institutional asset management services
its
Rockefeller Asset Management
(“RAM“) division;
Rockefeller Asset Management International Ltd. (“RAM
International”), a UK limited company performing non-US
distribution and investor servicing activities for RAM to
non-U.S.
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.
C. Advisory Services
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.
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.
Through the 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).
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
For accounts enrolled in the Program (“Program Account(s)”
or “Wrap Account(s)”), you will receive personalized
investment advice and guidance through your individual
Private Advisor (“PA”), along with a range of financial
services and investment solutions as described herein. For
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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”);
•
including estate and
Invest
in portfolios of mutual funds and/or
exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) of Investment
Managers managed with Investment Discretion
(“Fund Strategy”);
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’
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.
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”);
• Leverage a combination of one or more SMA
Strategies, Fund Strategies or Discretionary PA
Strategies through a single “unified” managed
account (“UMA Strategy”);
• 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
Generally, the 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
trading and/or execution
investment advice, custody,
services in an all-inclusive account instead of accessing
those services separately. However, the 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.
• Such other Strategies as may be available from time
to time.
Investment Managers include Rockefeller Financial as well
as unaffiliated and affiliated firms, such as Rockefeller Asset
Management (“RAM”), a division of Rockefeller & Co.
including your
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 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
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
information you provide,
investment
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,
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see the Rockefeller Financial LLC Client Relationship
Brochure which can be found at Rockefeller Financial Form
CRB Final November 2024.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.
1. SMA Strategies
Rockefeller
Financial’s
advice
services we provide
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
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.
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.
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
transactions
in your
account
investment 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
effect
(“Investment
Discretion”).
strategies and vehicles
A UMA strategy refers to a Unified Managed Account—a
that combines multiple
type of
single,
into a
investment
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
and Client-Directed PA Strategies are not available as part of
UMA Strategies.
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
services.
investment advisory and/or other
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.
4. PA Strategies
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 Program.
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
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Contract SMA Strategies are not available as part of a UMA
Strategy.
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
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, hedge funds, private equity funds,
private placement variable or annuity or insurance products,
investments
and other private placement alternative
(collectively, “Funds”).
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.
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
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.
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.
including
adherence
its
investment
5. Dual Contract SMA 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
management agreement outlining
terms of your
relationship with the DC SMA Manager.
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 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 Program.
requirements and
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
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
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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 your PA will have
access to the Canvas platform.
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
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.
b. Tax Overlay Services
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.
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.
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
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 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 Program.
c. Values Overlay 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.
a. Portfolio Rebalancing Services
investments
linked
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
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
to
personal values by excluding
companies that derive revenues from specific business areas
or companies that are involved in controversial business
activities (e.g., negative environmental impacts, human
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rockefeller Financial pays Envestnet fees for the services
that it provides to the Firm with respect to accounts in the
Program, including based on the services provided and the
number of client accounts.
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
rebalancing each Investment Strategy Model pursuant to the
direction of the Model Strategy Provider.
8. Available Account Features
and Client
a. Customized Advisory Services
Restrictions
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
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.
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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.
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, 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.
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
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.
Certain advisory accounts will receive advice from
Rockefeller Asset Management (“RAM”), a division of
Rockefeller & Co., which is actively involved in managing
certain equity and fixed income investment strategies in the
Program. These or other advisory affiliates can be expected
to provide additional services in the future. Further, clients
investing through the 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 RAM,
Viking, or other advisory affiliates of Rockefeller Financial.
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
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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 Program fees described
herein therefore, your total fees paid will increase if you
use margin.
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.
e. Custodial and Brokerage Arrangements
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
g. Transactions Not Executed Through NFS
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
services. The Third-Party Custodian can directly charge fees
for such services.
execution,
clearing and/or
NFS will act in its capacity as a fully disclosed clearing firm
and perform, among other things, centralized cashiering,
bookkeeping,
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
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
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For assets custodied
through NFS,
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 asset manager.
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-
those
dealers.
transactions will be cleared and settled into the client’s
account at the Firm.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Clients may be able to obtain some or all of the services
offered through the 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.
Additional information regarding the trading away activity
and related costs (if any) of various Strategies in the Program
is available at
Rockefeller_PWA_Platform_Investment_Strategy_Trade_E
xecution_Away _Information.pdf. You can also obtain a
copy of the document from your PA.
ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION
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
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
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
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
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annuity provider products purchased in Eligible Program
Accounts.
Effective October 1, 2025, each client advisory account in
the Private Wealth Advisory 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 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.
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,
investment product holding or
irrespective of any
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.
C. The Platform Fee
D. Other Fees and Expenses
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
include certain embedded execution costs,
generally
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).
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 Rockefeller Private Wealth
Advisory 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 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
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
management
fees,
redemption/early termination fees (which include fees on
whole or partial liquidations of the client’s assets in the
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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.
1. Fees Applicable to Assets Custodied Through NFS
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.
The initial Client Fee for the first calendar quarter or part
thereof in which the client participates in the Program is
calculated based on the start date when the initial assets are
placed in the 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.
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 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
transaction or
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
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
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 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
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 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 or a Program within the client’s
Account during a quarter, the Client Fee for that quarter will
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an adviser's services, such as determining which investments
are appropriate, which are, among other things, offered
through the Program.
be recalculated and pro-rated as of the day of the termination
of the Strategy or the Program. 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.
Clients should carefully review all fees, as discussed herein,
that may be charged through the Program and assess the
benefits of enrolling in a wrap fee program before making
the decision to make an investment through the Program.
2. Fees Applicable to Assets Held at a Third-Party
Custodian
F. Compensation of Private Advisors
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 Program assets are held. There are no intra-
to,
quarter adjustments as a result of contributions
withdrawals from, or transfers of the product or other assets.
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.
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 Program
to understand how such liquidation may result in tax
consequences in your specific circumstance.
For clients that participate in the 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
services may be more or less that what the PA would have
received if the same client participated in the Program. PAs
do not receive compensation on any portion of the Platform
Fee or Relationship Fee.
Rockefeller Financial believes that the fees for the Program
are reasonable based on the quality and scope of services that
it offers through the 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 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 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
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
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incentives for PAs that may generate conflicts of interest 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 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.
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
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
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.
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.
G. Other Firm Compensation
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 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
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.
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
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.
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
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 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
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agreements may need to be entered into with Investment
Managers, as applicable.
B. Account Minimums
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
fund
Compensation” section below. Certain mutual
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.
There currently is no minimum account size requirement.
Certain 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 Program Access
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
RAM (“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.
Clients of Rockefeller & Co. LLC, a registered investment
adviser affiliated with the Firm, may utilize the 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 responsible for
providing investment advice and recommendations to
clients, including, as applicable, Investment Managers
and/or individual securities. The Firm arranges for a variety
of services to Rockefeller & Co. clients, including brokerage
services and access to investment products, Envestnet
services and systems, and various Investment Managers.
ITEM 7: PORTFOLIO MANAGER SELECTION AND
EVALUATION
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.
ITEM 6: ACCOUNT REQUIREMENTS AND TYPES
OF CLIENTS
A. Eligible Clients
For SMA, Fund, UMA, and Dual Contract SMA Strategies,
the 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
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 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 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
Envestnet generally conducts onboarding due diligence on
the Investment Manager, for each SMA, Fund, and Dual
Contract SMA Strategy available in the 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
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You should expect
reviews
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.
style and philosophy, past performance and personnel, and
designates certain of them as approved, both on an initial and
ongoing basis. Envestnet periodically
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.
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
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 Program supervisors. A PA
may be removed from the ability to manage PA Strategies if
determined necessary or appropriate by the Firm.
A. Performance-Based Fees and Side by Side
Management
In addition, Rockefeller Financial performs investment due
diligence for various Investment Managers and Strategies
separate from Envestnet’s due diligence. When conducting
Investment Managers, Rockefeller
due diligence on
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, assets under management and fund
flows, portfolio concentration, among other variables.
Rockefeller Financial does not charge performance-based
fees in Program accounts. 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. 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
third-party providers
For select alternative investment Strategies, including but
not limited to hedge funds, 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
to perform
several unaffiliated
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 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.
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
For PA Strategies, each PA has access to various market,
tools and
research, portfolio modelling and other
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volatile and an investor may lose all or a portion of their
investment.
restrictions and guidelines may affect
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
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.
the
Clients’
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.
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
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
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 Related 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,
inflation, economic, political, regulatory,
operational,
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
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
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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 Related to Interval Funds
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.
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.
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.
D. Risks Related to Exchange Traded Funds (“ETFs”)
F. Risks Relating to Alternative Investments
Alternative investments, including but not limited to hedge
funds and private equity/venture capital funds, are
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 limitations on
withdrawing from or transferring these types of investments.
Private equity/venture capital funds generally require an
investor to make and fund a commitment over several years.
Alternative investments generally have high fees (including
fees) and
both management and performance-based
expenses that offset returns. Alternative investments are
generally subject to less regulation than publicly traded
investments. Rockefeller Financial will not be able to
investments held by alternative
independently value
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.
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.
investments may
include specific
Alternative
risks
associated with limited liquidity, the use of leverage,
arbitrage, short sales, options, futures and derivative
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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
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
diversification may subject the client’s investments to more
volatility than would be the case if the client’s assets were
more widely diversified.
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
failure of
its contractual
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.
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
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
Investments
in structured products (generally Senior
Unsecured Debt Obligations linked to the performance of an
underlying market measure) (all such products, “Structured
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Products”) are subject to a number of risks, including credit
risk, market risk, and liquidity risk.
products, including market risk, and the total loss of
principal is possible.
K. Market Disruption, Health Crises, Terrorism and
Geopolitical Risk
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,
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. Impact Investment Guideline Risks
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.
J. Risks Relating to Variable Annuities and Registered
Index-Linked Annuities (RILA)
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.
To the extent a client enrolls in an optional Values Overlay
Service discussed in Item 4 above, the implementation of
impact screening, such as environmental, social, and/or
governance (“Impact Guidelines”), could cause an account
to perform differently compared to accounts that do not use
Impact Guidelines and can result in lower financial returns.
The criteria related to certain Impact strategies can result in
an account foregoing opportunities to buy certain securities
when it might otherwise be advantageous to do so or selling
securities for to comply with the Impact Guidelines when it
might be otherwise disadvantageous for it to do so. In
addition, 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
this data directly correlates with a Client’s Impact
Guidelines, and this data is not available with respect to all
issuers, sectors or industry and is often based upon estimates,
comparisons or projections that may prove to be incorrect.
As a result, a Client account with Impact Guidelines could
nonetheless be invested in issuers that are not consistent with
the Client’s Impact goals.
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
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M. Risks Relating to Use of Third-Party Managers
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
to finance acquisitions, which can amplify losses during
downturns.
O. Risks Relating to Money Market Funds
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
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
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).
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
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
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S. Technology Risks
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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
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COVID-19 pandemic are impossible to predict, and the
circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic will
continue to evolve.
U. Sanctions
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.
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
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.
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
For SMA, Fund or UMA strategies or any other Strategy that
is not Client Directed where Envestnet is providing overlay
including when an Investment
management services,
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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.
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.
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
Broadridge
Inc.
(“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.
each
ITEM 13: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY
ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
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.
Rockefeller Financial provides
recommended
Investment Manager with the client restrictions and any
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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.
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
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,
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
of
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 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
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
intermediaries and
to non-U.S.
activities for RAM
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 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
Rockefeller Financial
indirect wholly- owned
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
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differ from those it would have made if Viking had provided
such information.
recommend
investments
for which
it
you should expect that this compensation includes an upfront
placement fee based on the assets raised or a share in the
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
to
receives
compensation even when another investment better fits a
particular portfolio and investment objectives.
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
its clients’
Management LP may also benefit from
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.
Rockefeller Financial, in its capacity as a registered broker-
dealer, will from time-to-time act as a placement agent for
certain third- party investment vehicles. Acting as placement
agent, Rockefeller Financial performs due diligence on the
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 third-party investment vehicle.
Rockefeller Financial will typically receive transaction-
based compensation (e.g., a placement fee) from the sponsor
of the third-party investment vehicle in connection with
acting as placement agent. With respect to advisory clients
of Rockefeller Financial who invest in a third-party
investment vehicle 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.
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 IGM and its affiliates
including Northleaf Capital Partners Ltd. (“IGM Investment
Vehicles”). As noted above, IGM holds a non-controlling
minority interest in Rockefeller Capital Management LP, so
a conflict of interests exists when clients of the Firm invest
in IGM Investment Vehicles because such investments
provide a financial benefit to IGM. Rockefeller Capital
Management LP may also benefit from
its clients’
investments in IGM Investment Vehicles to the extent that
any such vehicles provide financial support to Rockefeller
Capital Management LP or pay compensation to Rockefeller
Financial.
Additional rules and restrictions may apply when third-party
investment vehicles to which Rockefeller Financial serves as
a placement agent are offered to Retirement Plans.
parent
International. Under
this
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.
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 will, upon
achieving certain milestones, become entitled to share in a
portion of the management fees and incentive allocation
received by Breakout Capital from its investment vehicles.
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,
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.
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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
B. Insider Trading Policy
A. Code of Ethics
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
into
client. Accordingly,
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
line-ups;
services,
securities
accounts,
along with
• 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.
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, 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
including
(3) obtains
manager
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
product for client accounts; or (5) receives payment from
third parties for providing services with respect
to
investment products purchased for client accounts. Other
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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.
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
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.
third-party managers/providers and
to
invest funds
in discretionary accounts
This additional compensation creates an incentive for
Rockefeller Financial to make available and recommend to
clients
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
into
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
B. Affiliated
Providers
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. 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,
including providing 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.
exclusively
in
for providing
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.
its subsidiaries, who are generally affiliates of
and
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
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,
Rockefeller Financial also has data program arrangements
with certain third-party managers and annuity providers
whereby such managers/providers pay the Firm additional
the
exchange
fees
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.
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
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the same securities as a client, we could be viewed as having
a conflict of interest.
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.
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)
interest
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:
For Natural Persons:
https://rcmbrand.rockco.com/BDSP-Disclosure-Consumer-
Natural-Persons_v2.0.pdf
For Business/Legal Entities:
https://rcmbrand.rockco.com/BDSP-Disclosure-Business-
Non-Natural-Persons.pdf
Another such affiliate is RAM, whose funds, SMAs and
other investment management products and services are
available to clients. RAM is a division of Rockefeller & Co.,
which is an affiliate of Rockefeller Financial, and RAM
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 RAM), 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
to
Rockefeller Financial has a conflict of
recommend, or encourage you to invest through, those
Strategies, funds or SMAs managed by RAM 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 Program. This is
true even where RAM waives its management fees, as in the
case of certain RAM fixed income Strategies, which are
offered on a non-discretionary basis to clients investing 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, RAM does not charge separate management
fees for retirement account assets invested in certain RAM
fixed income Strategies. However, while a client’s overall
fees can be lower when selecting a RAM fixed income
Strategy due to the lack of the RAM management fee,
Rockefeller Financial’s revenue from the client’s investment
in the RAM fixed income Strategy can be greater than if the
client had invested in a third-party fixed income Strategy in
the Program, as Rockefeller Financial typically charges a
higher Rockefeller Fee with respect to those RAM 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 RAM fixed come Strategies to clients investing
retirement account assets, which is a conflict of interest.
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
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
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
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responsible for any insured or uninsured portion of the
client’s deposits at any of the BDSP banks.
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)
Where Rockefeller Financial acts as a fiduciary to an ERISA
plan, the cash component of such plan, including the cash
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
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”
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
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available through your PA or by clicking the following link:
ActionsXchange Compliance Window
4. Fidelity United States Treasury Fund – M Class Flex
Distributing Share Class (Sweep Offering for Non-
U.S. Domiciled Brokerage and Investment Advisory
Accounts)
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
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 (“QJXAQ”). 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 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.
On or about May 8, 2024, non-US domiciled accounts will
sweep into a Fidelity Institutional Liquidity United States
Treasury mutual fund – M Flex Distributing Share Class
(“FIL Treasury Fund”), which will replace the Federated
Hermes Short-Term US Prime Fund (“QFUPQ”) and
become the core sweep offering for such accounts. 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:
pr.filf.en.xx.pdf (fidelityinternational.com)
and
index
annuity
it
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 the
QFUPQ fund either through the Sweep Program or
receive such payments or
otherwise, nor will
compensation in connection with the FIL Treasury Fund
after it becomes the sweep choice for non-US domiciled
accounts on or after May 8, 2024, 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.
F. Advisory Fees
D. Third-Party Service Providers
Rockefeller Financial has a conflict of interest associated
with utilizing third-party providers that pay it commissions
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
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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
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 2.00% 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
of the performance fees charged by the investment advisers
to those funds.
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
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.
Certain placement fee and ongoing distribution and/or
servicing fee revenue received from alternative investment
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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
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.
Please refer to “Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations” above.
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
to facilitate and
provision of supplemental services
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,
procedures and risk-based supervision to review product
recommendations.
M. Principal Transactions and Agency Cross Trades
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,
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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
clients involved in such a transaction and may also be
entitled to share in the investment profits of the relevant
clients.
We and our PAs receive non-cash compensation from mutual
fund companies, investment managers, unit investment trust
sponsors, annuity providers, insurance vendors, alternative
issuers and
investment sponsors, Structured Products
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
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
P. Personal Trading
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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
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.
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.
B. Content and Frequency of Account Reports to
Clients
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
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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.
applicable legal requirements. If a referred client enrolls in
the 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 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 Program.
C. Financial Planning Reports and Analyses
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
Insurance Services.
Rockefeller Capital Management
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.
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.
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
the report. If requested,
implement any aspects of
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.
ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 17: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER
COMPENSATION
Rockefeller Financial compensates affiliated and unrelated
third parties (“Solicitor”) for client referrals in accordance
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
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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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