Overview
- Total Firm Assets
- $125 million
- Average High-Net-Worth Client Portfolio Size
- $5.6 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $250,000
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (SAWYER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. PART 2A)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $500,000 | 0.95% |
| $500,001 | $1,000,000 | 0.85% |
| $1,000,001 | $2,000,000 | 0.70% |
| $2,000,001 | $3,000,000 | 0.50% |
| $3,000,001 | $5,000,000 | 0.40% |
| $5,000,001 | and above | 0.35% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $9,000 | 0.90% |
| $5 million | $29,000 | 0.58% |
| $10 million | $46,500 | 0.46% |
| $50 million | $186,500 | 0.37% |
| $100 million | $361,500 | 0.36% |
Clients
- High-Net-Worth Share of Firm Assets
- 67.78%
- Number of High-Net-Worth Clients
- 15
- Total Client Accounts
- 106
- Discretionary Accounts
- 106
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
- SEC CRD Number
- 161054
Primary Brochure: SAWYER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. PART 2A (2026-06-18)
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Item 1 – Cover Page
[Adviser’s Logo]
Sawyer Capital Management, Inc.
17821 Suzanne Ridge Drive
Wildwood, MO 63038
314-401-8604
www.sawcap.com
June 18, 2026
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The information in this
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Sawyer Capital Management, Inc. [“SCM or the Firm”]. If you have any questions about the
contents of this Brochure, please contact us at 314-401-8604
Brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission or by any state securities authority.
SCM is a registered investment adviser. Registration of an Investment Adviser does not
imply any level of skill or training. The oral and written communications of an Adviser
provide you with information about which you determine to hire or retain an Adviser.
Additional information about SCM also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. You can search this site by a unique identifying number, known
as a CRD number. The CRD number for SCM is 161054.
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Item 2 – Material Changes
This Item of the Brochure will discuss only specific material changes that are made to the
Brochure since the last annual update and provide clients with a summary of such changes.
Our current Brochure has been updated as follows:
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We have removed Item 19-Requirements for State-Registered Advisers as Sawyer
Capital Management, Inc. is transitioning to registration with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
(Brochure Date: 06/18/2026)
(Date of Most Recent Annual Updating Amendment: 03/24/2026)
We will further provide you with a new Brochure as necessary based on changes or new
information, at any time, without charge.
Currently, our Brochure may be requested by contacting Curtis C. Sawyer, President and
Chief Compliance Officer at 314-401-8604.
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Item 3 -Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page ....................................................................................................................................... i
Item 2 – Material Changes ............................................................................................................................ ii
Item 3 -Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ iii
Item 4 – Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................... 1
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................. 3
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ............................................................. 5
Item 7 – Types of Clients ............................................................................................................................... 5
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ........................................................ 5
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ................................................................................................................. 7
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ...................................................................... 8
Item 11 – Code of Ethics , Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ................................. 8
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ...................................................................................................................... 9
Item 13 – Review of Accounts..................................................................................................................... 11
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation .................................................................................. 12
Item 15 – Custody ....................................................................................................................................... 13
Item 16 – Investment Discretion ................................................................................................................ 13
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................................... 13
Item 18 – Financial Information .................................................................................................................. 14
Brochure Supplement(s) (provided to clients)
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
SCM is owned by Curtis C. Sawyer and has been providing investment advisory services
since February 2012. As of December 31, 2025, SCM managed $124,876,998 on a
discretionary basis.
Investment Management Services:
SCM manages investment portfolios for individuals (including high net worth individuals),
qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable organizations and small businesses. SCM will
work with a client to determine the client's investment objectives and investor risk profile
and will design a written investment policy statement. Investment and portfolio allocation
software may be used to evaluate alternative portfolio designs. SCM evaluates the client's
existing investments with respect to the client's investment policy statement. The Firm
works with new clients to develop a plan to transition from the client's existing portfolio to
the desired portfolio. SCM will then continuously monitor the client's portfolio holdings
and the overall asset allocation strategy and hold regular progress meetings with the client
regarding their account and other wealth management issues, as necessary.
SCM will typically create a portfolio of no-load mutual funds and may use model portfolios
if the models match the client's investment policy. SCM will allocate the client's assets
among various investments taking into consideration the overall management style
selected by the client. The Firm primarily recommends portfolios consisting of no-load
mutual funds offered by Dimensional Fund Advisors ("DFA"). DFA sponsored mutual funds
follow a passive asset class investment philosophy with low holdings turnover. SCM may
also utilize other passively managed mutual funds or exchange traded funds, including
funds offered by Vanguard and Bridgeway.
Client portfolios may also include some individual equity securities in situations where
disposition of these securities would present an overriding tax implication, or the client
specifically requests they be retained for a personal reason. These situations will be
specifically identified in the client’s Investment Policy Statement (IPS).
SCM manages mutual fund and equity portfolios on a discretionary basis according to the
investment policy selected by the client. A client may impose any reasonable restrictions on
SCM’s discretionary authority, including restrictions on the types of securities in which
SCM may invest client’s assets and on specific securities, which the client may believe to be
appropriate.
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On an ongoing basis, SCM will answer clients' inquiries regarding their accounts and
review periodically with clients the performance of their accounts. The Firm will
periodically review each client's investment policy, risk profile, and discuss the re-
balancing of each client's accounts to the extent appropriate.
In addition to managing the client’s investment portfolio, SCM may consult with clients on
various financial areas including income and estate tax planning, business sale structures,
college financial planning, retirement planning, insurance analysis, personal cash flow
analysis, establishment and design of retirement plans and trust designs, among other
things.
Employee Benefit Retirement Plan Services:
SCM also provides advisory services to participant-directed retirement plans through third
party administration services, which are online bundled service providers offering an
opportunity for plan sponsors to provide their participants with daily account access,
valuation, and investment education.
SCM will analyze the plan's current investment platform and assist the plan in creating an
investment policy statement defining the types of investments to be offered and the
restrictions that may be imposed. SCM will recommend investment options to achieve the
plan's objectives, provide participant education meetings, and monitor the performance of
the plan's investment vehicles.
SCM will recommend changes in the plan's investment vehicles as may be appropriate from
time to time. SCM generally will review the plan's investment vehicles and investment
policy, as necessary.
For certain retirement plans, SCM also works in coordination and support with Focus
Partners Advisor Solutions (f.k.a. Buckingham Strategic Partners). Retirement plan clients
will engage both SCM and Focus Partners Advisor Solutions. Focus Partners Advisor
Solutions will provide to the client additional discretionary investment management
services and will exercise discretionary authority to select the plan investments made
available to the plans’ participants by selecting and maintaining the plans’ investments
according to the goals and investment objectives of the plan.
SCM will continue to work with plans to monitor plan investments, provide fiduciary plan
advice including regular considerations of the goals and objectives of the plan, and provide
participant education services to the plan.
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Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
In certain circumstances, all fees, account minimums and their applications to family or
other circumstances may be negotiable. SCM requires a minimum account size of $250,000
for Investment Management Services. Individual accounts for immediate family members
(such as husband, wife and dependent children) are aggregated, and the fee is charged
based on the total value of all family members’ accounts.
SCM has contracted with Focus Partners Advisor Solutions for services including trade
processing, collection of management fees, record maintenance, report preparation,
marketing assistance, and research. SCM pays a fee for Focus Partners Advisor Solutions
services based on management fees paid to the Firm on accounts which use Focus Partners
Advisor Solutions. The fee paid by SCM to Focus Partners Advisor Solutions consists of a
portion of the fee paid by clients to SCM and varies based on the total client assets
participating in Focus Partners Advisor Solutions through SCM. These fees are not
separately charged to advisory clients. The fee charged by SCM to its clients includes all
sub-advisory fees charged by Focus Partners Advisor Solutions.
The specific manner in which fees are charged by SCM is established in a client’s written
agreement with the Firm. Generally, clients will be invoiced in arrears at the beginning of
each calendar quarter based upon the value (market value or fair market value in the
absence of market value; client account balances on which SCM calculates fees may vary
from account custodial statements based on independent asset valuations and other
accounting variances, including mechanisms for including accrued interest in account
statements) of the client's account at the end of the previous quarter. New accounts are
charged a prorated fee for the remainder of the quarter in which the account is incepted.
SCM charges fees in arrears; no fee refund policy is necessary. The fee schedule may be
amended from time-to-time by SCM upon at least forty-five (45) days advance written
notice to clients.
For Investment Management and Employee Benefit Plan clients, SCM will request authority
from the client to receive quarterly payments directly from the client's account held by an
independent custodian. Clients may provide written limited authorization to SCM or its
designated service provider, Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, to withdraw fees from the
account. Clients will receive custodial statements showing the advisory fees debited from
their account(s). Certain third-party administrators will calculate and debit SCM’s fee and
remit such fee to the Firm.
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A client agreement may be canceled at any time, by either party, for any reason upon
receipt of 30 days written notice. Upon termination of any account at any time after the
required 30-day notice, any prepaid, unearned fees will be promptly refunded.
SCM’s fees are exclusive of brokerage commissions, transaction fees, and other related
costs and expenses which shall be incurred by the client. Clients may incur certain charges
imposed by custodians, brokers, third party investments and other third parties such as
fees charged by managers, custodial fees, odd-lot differentials, transfer taxes, wire transfer
and electronic fund fees, and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities
transactions. Mutual funds and exchange traded funds also charge internal management
fees, which are disclosed in a fund’s prospectus. Mutual funds and exchange traded funds
(ETFs) also charge internal management fees, which are disclosed in a fund’s prospectus.
These fees will generally include a management fee and other fund expenses. All fees paid
to SCM for investment advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and
expenses charged by mutual funds and ETFs to their shareholders. The services provided
by SCM are designed, among other things, to assist the client in determining which mutual
fund, ETF or funds are most appropriate to each client's financial condition and objectives.
Accordingly, the client should review both the fees charged by the funds and the fees
charged by SCM to fully understand the total amount of fees to be paid by the client and to
thereby evaluate the advisory services being provided.
Such charges, fees and commissions are exclusive of and in addition to SCM’s fee, and the
Firm shall not receive any portion of these commissions, fees and costs.
Advisory Fees
Investment Management Services:
The annual fee for Investment Management Services will be charged as a percentage of
assets under management, according to the schedule below:
Assets Under Management
Annual Fee (%)
On the first $500,000
On the next $500,000
On the next $1 million
On the next $1 million
On the next $2 million
On all amounts thereafter
0.95%
0.85%
0.70%
0.50%
0.40%
0.35%
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Employee Benefit Retirement Plan Services:
The annual fee for plan services will be charged as a percentage of assets within the plan.
SCM Annual Fee
Total Fee
Assets Under
Management
Focus Partners
Advisor Solutions
Annual Fee
0.20%
0.15%
0.08%
0.05%
0.70%
0.45%
0.25%
0.15%
0.90%
0.60%
0.33%
0.20%
On the first $1,000,000
On the next $4,000,000
On the next $5,000,000
On all amounts above
$10,000,000
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
SCM does not charge any performance-based fees (fees based on a share of capital gains on
or capital appreciation of the assets of a client). All fees are calculated as described above
and are not charged on the basis of income or capital gains or capital appreciation of the
funds or any portion of the funds of an advisory client.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
SCM offers services to individuals (including high net worth individuals), pension and
profit-sharing plans, qualified retirement plans, trust, estates or charitable organizations or
business entities.
SCM requires a minimum account size of $250,000 for Investment Management Services.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategy
SCM's services are based on long-term investment strategies incorporating the principles
of Modern Portfolio Theory. SCM's investment approach is firmly rooted in the belief that
markets are "efficient" over periods of time and that investors' long-term returns are
determined principally by asset allocation decisions, rather than market timing or stock
picking. SCM recommends diversified portfolios, principally through the use of passively
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managed, asset class mutual funds. The Firm selects or recommends to clients portfolios of
securities, principally broadly-traded open end mutual funds to implement this investment
strategy.
Although all investments involve risk, SCM's investment advice seeks to limit risk through
broad diversification among asset classes. SCM's investment philosophy is designed for
investors who desire a buy and hold strategy. The frequent trading of securities increases
brokerage and other transaction costs that the Firm's strategy seeks to minimize.
In the implementation of investment plans, SCM therefore primarily uses mutual funds.
SCM may also utilize Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to represent a market sector.
Clients may hold or retain other types of assets as well, and the Firm may offer advice
regarding those various assets as part of its services. Advice regarding such assets will
generally not involve asset management services but may help to more generally assist the
client.
SCM's strategies do not utilize securities that we believe would be classified as having any
unusual risks, and we do not recommend frequent trading, which can increase brokerage
and other costs and taxes.
SCM receives supporting research from Focus Partners Advisor Solutions and from other
consultants, including economists affiliated with Dimensional Fund Advisors (“DFA”). The
Firm utilizes DFA mutual funds in client portfolios. DFA mutual funds follow a passive asset
class investment philosophy with low holdings turnover. DFA provides historical market
analysis, risk/return analysis, and continuing education to SCM.
Analysis of a Client’s Financial Situation
In the development of investment plans for clients, including the recommendation of an
appropriate asset allocation, SCM relies on an analysis of the client’s financial objectives,
current and estimated future resources, and tolerance for risk. To derive a recommended
asset allocation, SCM may use a Monte Carlo simulation, a standard statistical approach for
dealing with uncertainty. As with any other methods used to make projections into the
future, there are several risks associated with this method, which may result in the client
not being able to achieve their financial goals. They include:
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The risk that expected future cash flows will not match those used in the analysis
The risk that future rates of return will fall short of the estimates used in the
simulation
The risk that inflation will exceed the estimates used in the simulation
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For taxable clients, the risk that tax rates will be higher than was assumed in the
analysis
Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear.
All investments present the risk of loss of principal – the risk that the value of securities
(mutual funds, ETFs and individual bonds), when sold or otherwise disposed of, may be
less than the price paid for the securities. Even when the value of the securities when sold
is greater than the price paid, there is the risk that the appreciation will be less than
inflation. In other words, the purchasing power of the proceeds may be less than the
purchasing power of the original investment.
The mutual funds and ETFs utilized by SCM may include funds invested in domestic and
international equities, including real estate investment trusts (REITs). Equity securities
may include large capitalization, medium capitalization and small capitalization stocks.
Mutual funds and ETF shares invested in fixed income securities are subject to the same
interest rate, inflation and credit risks associated with the underlying bond holdings.
Among the riskiest mutual funds used in SCM’s investment strategies are the U.S. and
International small capitalization and small capitalization value funds, emerging markets
funds, and commodity futures funds.
Certain funds utilized by SCM may contain international securities. Investing outside the
United States involves additional risks, such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity
and price volatility. These risks may be greater with investments in developing countries.
More information about the risks of any particular market sector can be reviewed in
representative prospectuses for funds managing assets within each applicable sector.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
legal or disciplinary events that would be material to your evaluation of SCM or the
integrity of SCM’s management. The Firm has no information applicable to this Item.
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Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Focus Partners Advisor Solutions
The Firm contracts with Focus Partners Advisor Solutions for back-office services and
assistance with portfolio modeling and believes that Focus Partners Advisor Solutions
effectively provides the back-office services that assist with its overall investment advisory
practice. The management of SCM continuously makes this assessment.
As a fiduciary, SCM has certain legal obligations, including the obligation to act in clients’
best interest. SCM maintains a Business Continuity and Succession Plan and seeks to avoid
a disruption of service to clients in the event of an unforeseen loss of key personnel, due to
disability or death. To that end, SCM has entered into a succession agreement with Focus
Financial Partners, LLC effective June 30, 2024. SCM can provide additional information to
any current or prospective client upon request to Curtis Sawyer, at 314-401-8604 or
curt@sawcap.com.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics , Participation in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
SCM has adopted a Code of Ethics for all supervised persons of the firm describing its high
standard of business conduct, and fiduciary duty to its clients. The Code of Ethics includes
provisions relating to the confidentiality of client information, a prohibition on insider
trading, restrictions on the acceptance of significant gifts and the reporting of certain gifts
and business entertainment items, and personal securities trading procedures, among other
things. All supervised persons at SCM must acknowledge the terms of the Code of Ethics
annually, or as amended.
SCM or individuals associated with SCM may buy or sell securities identical to those
recommended to customers for their personal accounts. In addition, any related person(s)
may have an interest or position in a certain security(ies) which may also be recommended
to a client. It is the expressed policy of SCM that no person employed by SCM will take
inappropriate advantage of their positions, and the interests of client accounts will be placed
first at all times.
SCM anticipates that, in appropriate circumstances, consistent with clients’ investment
objectives, it will cause accounts over which SCM has management authority to effect and
will recommend to investment advisory clients or prospective clients, the purchase or sale
of securities in which SCM, its affiliates and/or clients, directly or indirectly, have a position
of interest. SCM’s employees and persons associated with SCM are required to follow SCM’s
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Code of Ethics. Subject to satisfying this policy and applicable laws, officers, directors and
employees of SCM and its affiliates may trade for their own accounts in securities which are
recommended to and/or purchased for SCM’s clients. The Code of Ethics is designed to
assure that the personal securities transactions, activities and interests of the employees of
SCM will not interfere with (i) making decisions in the best interest of advisory clients and
(ii) implementing such decisions while, at the same time, allowing employees to invest for
their own accounts. Under the Code, certain classes of securities have been designated as
exempt transactions, based upon a determination that these would materially not interfere
with the best interest of SCM’s clients. In addition, the Code requires pre-clearance of
certain transactions. Nonetheless, because the Code of Ethics in some circumstances would
permit employees to invest in the same securities as clients, there is a possibility that
employees might benefit from market activity by a client in a security held by an employee.
Employee trading is continually monitored under the Code of Ethics, and to reasonably
prevent conflicts of interest between SCM and its clients.
It is SCM’s policy that the firm will not affect any principal or agency cross securities
transactions for client accounts. SCM will also not cross trades between client accounts.
Principal transactions are generally defined as transactions where an advisor, acting as
principal for its own account or the account of an affiliated broker-dealer, buys from or
sells any security to any advisory client. A principal transaction may also be deemed to
have occurred if a security is crossed between an affiliated private fund and another client
account. An agency cross transaction is defined as a transaction where a person acts as an
investment advisor in relation to a transaction in which the investment advisor, or any
person controlled by or under common control with the investment advisor, acts as broker
for both the advisory client and for another person on the other side of the transaction.
Agency cross transactions may arise where an advisor is dually registered as a broker-
dealer or has an affiliated broker-dealer.
SCM will provide a complete copy of its Code of Ethics to any client or prospective client
upon request.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
SCM arranges for the execution of securities transactions with the assistance of Focus
Partners Advisor Solutions. Through Focus Partners Advisor Solutions, SCM participates in
the Schwab Advisor Services (SAS) program offered to independent investment advisers by
Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. (“Schwab”). Schwab is an unaffiliated SEC-registered
broker dealer and FINRA member broker dealer. Schwab offers to independent investment
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advisers services, which include custody of securities, trade execution, clearance and
settlement of transactions.
The Schwab brokerage program will generally be recommended to advisory clients for the
execution of mutual fund and equity securities transactions. SCM regularly reviews this
program to ensure that its recommendations are consistent with its fiduciary duty. The
trading platform is essential to SCM’s service arrangements and capabilities, and the Firm
may not accept clients who direct the use of other brokers. As part of this program, SCM
receives benefits that it would not receive if it did not offer investment advice (See the
disclosure under Item 14 of this Brochure).
As SCM will not request the discretionary authority to determine the broker dealer to be
used or the commission rates to be paid in these situations, clients must direct SCM as to
the broker dealer to be used. In directing the use of a particular broker or dealer, it should
be understood that the Firm will not have authority to negotiate commissions among
various brokers or obtain volume discounts, and best execution may not be achieved. Not
all investment advisers require clients to direct the use of specific brokers.
Schwab does not generally charge clients a custody fee and is compensated by account
holders through commissions or other transaction related fees for securities trades that are
executed through the broker or that settle into the clients’ accounts at the broker. Trading
client accounts through other brokers may result in fees (including mark-ups and mark-
downs) being charged by the custodial broker or a custodian and an additional broker. SCM
does not have a formal soft dollar contractual agreement with any brokerage firm and does
not use client commissions to purchase research and brokerage. However, SCM does
receive access to trading platforms and research materials as part of its participation in the
above referenced platform at no cost to the firm.
SCM generally does not aggregate any client transactions in mutual funds or other
securities. Client accounts are individually reviewed and managed, and transaction costs
are not saved by aggregating orders in almost all circumstances in which SCM arranges
transactions.
SCM does not have any arrangements to compensate any broker dealer for client referrals.
When trading client accounts, errors may periodically occur. SCM does not maintain any
client trade error gains. The Firm makes client whole with respect to any trade error losses
incurred by client and caused by SCM.
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Employee Benefit Plan Services:
SCM does not arrange for the execution of securities transactions for participant directed
plans utilizing Employee Benefit Retirement Plan Services. Transactions are executed
directly through employee plan participation.
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
Reviews:
Investment Management Services:
Account assets are supervised continuously and generally formally reviewed quarterly by
Curtis C. Sawyer of SCM. The review process contains each of the following elements:
a.
b.
c.
d.
assessing client goals and objectives;
evaluating the employed strategy(ies);
monitoring the portfolio(s); and
addressing the need to rebalance.
Additional account reviews may be triggered by any of the following events:
a.
b.
c.
d.
a specific client request;
a change in client goals and objectives;
an imbalance in a portfolio asset allocation; and
market/economic conditions.
Employee Benefit Retirement Plan Services:
Retirement plan assets are reviewed no more than quarterly, and according to the
standards and situations described above for investment management accounts.
Reports:
Investment Management Services and Employee Benefit Plan Services:
All clients will receive quarterly performance reports, prepared by Focus Partners Advisor
Solutions and reviewed by SCM. These quarterly reports summarize the client's account,
asset allocation, portfolio performance, current positions, and current market value. Clients
will also receive statements from account custodians.
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Plan sponsors are provided with quarterly information and annual performance reviews
from SCM. In addition, plan participant education information may also be provided to the
Plan Sponsor or Administrator for distribution to the participants of the plan.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Other Compensation
As indicated under the disclosure for Item 12, Schwab provides SCM with access to services
which are not available to retail investors. These services generally are available to
independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis at no charge to them.
products
These services benefit SCM but may not benefit its clients' accounts. Many of the
and services assist the Firm in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These include
software and other technology that provide access to client account data (such as trade
confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution (and allocation of
aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing
information and other market data, facilitate payment of SCM's fees from its clients
accounts, and assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting. Many of
these services generally may be used to service all or a substantial number of SCM's
accounts. Recommended brokers also make available to SCM other services intended to
help the Firm manage and further develop its business enterprise. These services may
include consulting, publications and conferences on practice management, information
technology, business succession, regulatory compliance, and marketing. SCM does not,
however, enter into any commitments with the brokers for transaction levels in exchange
for any services or products from the brokers. While as a fiduciary, SCM endeavors to act in
its clients best interests, the Firm's requirement that clients maintain their assets in
accounts at Schwab may be based in part on the benefit to SCM of the availability of some of
the foregoing products and services and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody
and brokerage services provided by the brokers, which may create a potential conflict of
interest.
SCM also receives software from DFA, which the Firm utilizes in forming assets allocation
strategies and producing performance reports. DFA also provides continuing education for
SCM personnel. These services are designed to assist the Firm plan and design its services
for business growth.
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Item 15 – Custody
Investment Management and Employee Benefit Plan Clients should receive at least
quarterly statements from the broker dealer, bank or other qualified custodian that holds
and maintains client’s investment assets. SCM urges you to carefully review such
statements and compare such official custodial records to the account statements that we
may provide to you. Our statements may vary from custodial statements based on
accounting procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methodologies of certain securities.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
SCM requests that it be provided with written authority to determine which securities and
the amounts of securities that are bought or sold. Any limitations on this discretionary
authority shall be included in this written authority statement. Clients may change/amend
these limitations as required. Such amendments shall be submitted in writing.
When selecting securities and determining amounts, SCM observes the investment policies,
limitations and restrictions of the clients for which it advises. Investment guidelines and
restrictions must be provided to SCM in writing.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
Proxy Voting: As a matter of firm policy and practice, SCM does not generally have any
authority to and does not vote proxies on behalf of advisory clients. The firm may offer
assistance as to proxy matters upon a client’s request, but the client always retains the
proxy voting responsibility. In very limited circumstances, SCM will vote proxies for
accounts. In these limited circumstances, SCM is provided with the discretionary authority
to vote the proxies on behalf of clients. When SCM votes client proxies, they will vote those
proxies in the best interests of clients and in accordance with their established policies and
procedures. Clients may request, in writing, information on how proxies for his/her shares
were voted.
Class Actions, Bankruptcies and Other Legal Proceedings: Clients should note that SCM will
neither advise nor act on behalf of the client in legal proceedings involving companies
whose securities are held or were previously held in the client’s account(s), including, but
not limited to, the filing of “Proofs of Claim” in class action settlements. If desired, clients
may direct SCM to transmit copies of class action notices to the client or a third party.
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Upon such direction, the Firm will make commercially reasonable efforts to forward such
notices in a timely manner.
Item 18 – Financial Information
Registered investment advisers are required in this Item to provide you with certain
financial information or disclosures about SCM’s financial condition. The Firm has no
financial commitment that impairs its ability to meet contractual and fiduciary
commitments to clients and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
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