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Firm Brochure
(Form ADV, Part 2A)
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal Family Office (CRD #131618). If you have any
questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (253) 460-3430 or
email us at info@seneschalfamilyoffice.com. The information in this brochure has not
been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or
by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal Family Office 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. Our firm's CRD number is
131618.
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal Family Office is a registered investment adviser.
Registration, however, should not be relied upon as an indication of skill or training.
Seneschal Family Office
2323 N. 30th Street
Suite 200
Tacoma, WA 98403
Phone: (253) 460-3430
Fax: (253) 565-0464
Email: info@seneschalfamilyoffice.com
www.SeneschalFamilyOffice.com
March 27, 2026
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Item 2 Material Changes
This Firm Brochure is our disclosure
document prepared in accordance with
Securities and Exchange Commission
requirements and rules.
changes to this and subsequent Brochures
within 120 days of the close of our business’
fiscal year. Furthermore, we will provide you
with other interim disclosures about
material changes, as necessary.
This Item is used to provide a summary of
new and/or updated information. We will
inform you of revision(s) based on the
nature of the updated information.
The last filing of this Firm Brochure was
March 2026. This section summarizes
material changes since March 2026.
• No material changes have been made.
Consistent with SEC rules, we will ensure
that you receive a summary of any material
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 2 Material Changes ............................................................................... 2
Item 3 Table of Contents ............................................................................... 3
Item 4 Advisory Business .............................................................................. 6
Services We Provide .................................................................................. 6
Financial Planning Services...................................................................... 6
Investment Management Services ............................................................ 7
Types of Engagements .............................................................................. 8
Limited Scope Consulting Engagements.................................................... 8
Wealth Management Engagements ......................................................... 8
Comprehensive Wealth Management Engagements ................................... 9
Family Office Services Engagements ......................................................... 9
Held Away Account Management .............................................................. 10
Assets Under Management ....................................................................... 11
Item 5 Fees and Compensation ..................................................................... 12
Limited Scope Consulting Fees .................................................................. 12
Wealth Management Fees ........................................................................ 12
Comprehensive Wealth Management Fees .................................................. 12
Family Office Services Fees ........................................................................ 12
Payment of Fees ..................................................................................... 12
Held Away Management Fees .................................................................... 12
Termination of the Advisory Relationship ..................................................... 13
Limited Negotiability of Advisory Fees ......................................................... 13
Mutual Fund and Exchange Traded Fund Fees ............................................. 14
Custodial Fees ........................................................................................ 14
Separately Managed Account Fees ............................................................. 14
Wrap Fee Programs ................................................................................. 15
Additional Fees and Expenses .................................................................... 15
Grandfathering of Account Requirements .................................................... 15
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ERISA Accounts ....................................................................................... 15
Advisory Fees in General ........................................................................... 15
Limited Prepayment of Fees ...................................................................... 15
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees ................................................................... 16
Item 7 Types of Clients ................................................................................ 16
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ..................... 17
Methods of Analysis ................................................................................. 17
Asset Allocation Analysis ........................................................................ 17
Fundamental Analysis. ........................................................................... 17
Mutual Fund and/or ETF Analysis. ............................................................ 17
Risks for All Forms of Analysis .................................................................... 18
Investment Strategies .............................................................................. 18
Long-term purchases. ............................................................................ 18
Option writing. ..................................................................................... 18
Asset Allocation ....................................................................................... 19
Important Notice ..................................................................................... 20
Item 9 Disciplinary Information ..................................................................... 21
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .................................. 21
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading .................................................................................................... 22
Code of Ethics ......................................................................................... 22
Standards of Conduct ............................................................................ 22
Policies ............................................................................................... 22
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions .............................................. 22
Personal Trading ..................................................................................... 22
Item 12 Brokerage Practices ......................................................................... 24
The Custodian and Broker We Use .............................................................. 24
How we Select Brokers/Custodians ............................................................. 24
Your Brokerage and Custody Costs ............................................................. 25
Products and Services Available to Us from Schwab ....................................... 25
Services that Directly Benefit You............................................................. 26
Services that May Not Directly Benefit You ................................................ 26
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Services that Generally Benefit Only Us ..................................................... 26
Our Interest in Schwab’s Services ............................................................... 27
Item 13 Review of Accounts .......................................................................... 28
Portfolio Review Process ........................................................................... 28
Planning/Consulting Review Process .......................................................... 29
Quarterly Portfolio Reports ........................................................................ 29
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................ 30
Other Compensation ................................................................................ 30
Client Referrals ........................................................................................ 30
Item 15 Custody ......................................................................................... 31
Item 16 Investment Discretion ...................................................................... 32
Item 17 Voting Client Securities ..................................................................... 32
Item 18 Financial Information ....................................................................... 33
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Services We Provide
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office is in the business of
providing personal financial planning
and investment management services.
In May 2004 we started business as Jon
M. Duncan, CFP®, LLC. Later, in
September 2006, we changed our name
to Seneschal Advisors, LLC. In July 2023,
we began doing business under the
registered trade name of Seneschal
Family Office. The owners of Seneschal
Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal Family
Office as of December 31, 2025, are
Jeffrey M. Lang, Candace E. Duecker,
Tania P. Kaarvand, and Jon M. Duncan.
PLANNERTM professionals required to
adhere to a specific financial planning
process as it relates to the unique needs
of each client they serve. Through the
financial planning process, all questions,
information and analysis are considered
as they may impact, or could be
impacted, by the entire financial and life
situation of the client. Clients purchasing
our financial planning services will
receive a written report providing a
detailed financial plan designed to assist
them in achieving long-term financial
goals and objectives. Since each client is
different, the services we provide will
vary from client to client. In the same
way, our advice will vary from client to
client.
Depending upon your needs and
circumstances, our advice may cover
some or all of the following financial
planning subject areas. The Client and
Wealth Advisor will work together to
determine specific areas to cover. These
areas may include, but are not limited to
the following:
• Cash Flow, Debt Management, and
Liquidity Planning
Seneschal Family Office is a fee-only
financial planning and investment
management firm. Our sole source of
compensation is received in the form of
advisory fees paid by our clients. We do
not receive any commissions or other
fees related to the sale of annuities,
insurance, stocks, bonds, mutual funds,
limited partnerships, or other
commissioned financial products.
Moreover, the firm is not affiliated with
any persons or other businesses that sell
financial products or securities.
• Risk Management and Insurance
• Education Planning
• Retirement and Financial
Independence Planning
• Estate Planning
•
Investment Analysis and Planning
•
Integrated Tax and Financial
Planning
Financial Planning Services
Financial planning is the process of
comprehensively evaluating a client’s
current and future financial position,
using currently known variables to
project future cash flows, asset values
and withdrawal plans. Our Wealth
Advisors are CERTIFIED FINANCIAL
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In general, our financial planning
process includes:
• Meeting with you to clarify your
financial and life goals and
establishing a mutually agreeable
work plan and fee.
• Determining the data required to do
our work and providing you with a
list of documents and other details
we will need to gather for your
financial plan.
While we take a comprehensive
approach to our planning services, there
are some services that we are not able to
provide. For example, we are not
licensed or qualified to practice
accounting, prepare tax returns, or
provide legal advice. You will need to
involve other qualified and licensed
professionals to provide these services
and, as a result, you may incur additional
costs.
While we would be pleased to assist you,
implementation of financial planning
recommendations is entirely at your
discretion.
Investment Management Services
Investment advice is an integral part of
the services that we provide. Our
investment management services
include:
• Preparing a Preliminary Analysis of
your current financial situation,
including the preparation of financial
statements and a review of family
records, budgeting and cash flow,
and personal liabilities. We may also
review estate planning and legal
documents, employee benefits,
insurance policies, and tax returns.
We may also evaluate the impact of
disability and long-term care on
achieving your goals.
• Developing a written Investment
• Meeting with you to review our
Preliminary Analysis and providing
you an opportunity to reassess your
goals as necessary and identify
planning areas most in need of your
attention.
• Performing a Detailed Analysis of
Policy Statement. Your Investment
Policy Statement clearly states your
investment objectives, time frame for
investing, risk tolerance, liquidity
needs, asset allocation strategy,
specific constraints and preferences,
and procedures for managing and
periodically rebalancing your
portfolio.
• As appropriate, we may also review
alternative planning strategies that
can highlight options available to you
and potentially increase the
probability of success in reaching
your goals.
• Discussing our recommendations
and discuss your prior investment
history, as well as family composition
and background.
with you.
• Advising you on how to structure
• Preparing a written financial
planning report summarizing our
analysis and recommendations.
• Assisting you in implementing our
your portfolio. For example, based on
your financial plan and risk tolerance
we will recommend which asset
classes to include in your portfolio
and how much to invest in each.
recommendations.
• Evaluating and selecting
• Periodically monitoring your
investments to implement your asset
allocation strategy.
progress against your plan and
updating your plan as needed.
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• Establishing custodial accounts for
you with a qualified custodian and
directing trading on a discretionary
basis.
Types of Engagements
The scope of work, the fees to be
charged, timing, and our respective
responsibilities are clarified in writing for
all engagements prior to engagement.
• Monitoring your custodial account
activity, cash level, and securities
positions on a regular basis.
You have the option to work with us in
one of four ways:
• Evaluating and reporting portfolio
performance on a quarterly schedule.
• Buying and selling securities in your
portfolio (sometimes referred to as
“rebalancing”) as necessary to
maintain compliance with your
Investment Policy Statement.
We tailor our investment management
services to meet the needs and
circumstances of each client. For
example, you may wish to restrict
investment in certain types of securities
or asset classes. In drafting your
Investment Policy Statement, we can
incorporate any specific constraints,
restrictions or preferences that you want
us to observe in managing your
investment portfolio.
Limited Scope Consulting
Engagements
A Limited Scope Consulting
engagement is generally focused on one
or a few financial planning subject areas.
We will meet with you prior to
engagement to clarify your objectives,
the scope of our work, fees, and we will
provide you with a written agreement.
Each limited scope engagement is
tailored to address the specific needs
and circumstances of the client. Services
that may be discussed with you and
quoted separately include strategic
wealth planning, specialized wealth
planning, family continuity planning,
and other special projects. Investment
advisory services, paid personal income
tax filing fees, and administrative
services are generally not offered at this
service level.
Some types of investments may involve
certain additional degrees of risk. To the
extent that such investments are
recommended or used to implement
your investment plan, we will only do so
when suitable and consistent with your
stated investment objectives, tolerance
for risk, and liquidity needs. We review
each client portfolio on a quarterly
schedule, or more often, as needed. The
objective of our review is to ensure that
your portfolio is being managed in
accordance with your Investment Policy
Statement.
Wealth Management Engagements
In a Wealth Management engagement,
we assist you in developing an ongoing
financial plan and managing your
investments on an ongoing basis. As
noted above (see “Financial Planning
Services”), we help you to clarify your
long-term financial planning goals in
several subject areas, evaluate
alternative strategies for achieving them,
and then make recommendations. In
addition, we help you implement your
plan by developing an investment policy
We provide investment advice in regard
to subaccounts inside certain annuities,
but do not provide advice pertaining to
the insurance portion of the product.
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statement, setting up brokerage
accounts, and managing your
investments on an ongoing
discretionary basis in accordance with
your investment policy (see “Investment
Management Services” above).
investments on an ongoing
discretionary basis in accordance with
your investment policy (see “Investment
Management Services” above). This level
of engagement includes three wealth
planning meetings per year that are
initiated and scheduled by Seneschal
Family Office, with additional meetings
available to you as needed and
requested by you. Also included in this
level of engagement are administrative
services, investment advisory services,
and strategic and specialized wealth
planning encompassing all planning
topics. Additional services that may be
discussed with you and quoted
separately include family continuity
planning and special projects. Paid
personal income tax filing fees are
generally not offered at this service level.
This level of engagement includes two
wealth planning meetings per year that
are initiated and scheduled by Seneschal
Family Office, with additional meetings
available to you as needed and
requested by you. The scope of this
service offering is limited to core
strategic wealth planning and up to two
other specialized wealth planning areas
as designated by you and your adviser
on an annual basis. It also includes
administrative services and investment
advisory services. Additional services
that may be discussed with you and
quoted separately include family
continuity planning and other special
projects. Paid personal income tax filing
fees are generally not offered at this
service level.
Comprehensive Wealth
Management Engagements
In a Comprehensive Wealth
Management engagement, we assist
you in developing a comprehensive
financial plan and managing your
investments on an ongoing basis. As
noted above (see “Financial Planning
Services”), we help you to clarify your
long-term financial planning goals in
several subject areas, evaluate
alternative strategies for achieving them,
and then make recommendations. In
addition, we help you implement your
plan by developing an investment policy
statement, setting up brokerage
accounts, and managing your
Family Office Services Engagements
In a Family Office Services engagement,
we assist you in developing a
comprehensive financial plan and
managing your investments on an
ongoing basis. As noted above (see
“Financial Planning Services”) we help
you to clarify your long-term financial
planning goals in several financial
planning subject areas, evaluate
alternative strategies for achieving them,
and then make recommendations. In
addition, we help you implement your
plan by developing an investment policy
statement, setting up brokerage
accounts, and managing your
investments on an ongoing
discretionary basis in accordance with
your investment policy (see “Investment
Management Services” above). This level
of engagement includes four meetings
(or more as requested by you) per year,
and per household in the case of multi-
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On an ongoing basis, the Firm monitors
the performance of those accounts
being managed by Independent
Managers. Seneschal Family Office seeks
to ensure the Independent Managers’
strategies and target allocations remain
aligned with its clients’ investment
objectives and overall best interests.
household families. In addition, this level
of engagement includes administrative
services, investment advisory services,
strategic and specialized wealth
planning encompassing all planning
topics, personal income tax filing fees up
to $10,000, and family continuity
planning. Special projects will be quoted
separately.
Retirement Plans Services
Seneschal Family Office provides
advisory services to employer sponsored
retirement plans, (Retirement Plans
Services) including pension and profit-
sharing plans (the “Plans”) through
written agreements with Plans.
Seneschal Family Office provides
fiduciary services and nondiscretionary
fiduciary services to employer sponsored
retirement plans which include the
following service:
Plan Sponsor - ERISA Section 3(38)
Discretionary Fiduciary Services
Use of Independent Managers
Seneschal Family Office may select
certain Independent Managers to
actively manage a portion of its clients’
assets. The specific terms and conditions
under which a client engages an
Independent Manager may be set forth
in a separate written agreement with
the designated Independent Manager.
In addition to this brochure, clients may
also receive the written disclosure
documents of the respective
Independent Managers engaged to
manage their assets.
• Establish or Revise the Plan’s
•
Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”)
Initial Selection and Ongoing
Monitoring of the Plan’s Designated
Investments (DIs)
• Qualified Default Investment
Alternative (“QDIA”) Management
• Creation and Maintenance of
Portfolios
• Discretionary Asset Management for
Pooled Trustee-Directed Account(s)
Seneschal Family Office evaluates a
variety of information about
Independent Managers, which includes
the Independent Managers’ public
disclosure documents, materials
supplied by the Independent Managers
themselves, and other third-party
analyses it believes are reputable. To the
extent possible, the Firm seeks to assess
the Independent Managers’ investment
strategies, past performance, and risk
results in relation to its clients’ individual
portfolio allocations and risk exposure.
Seneschal Family Office also takes into
consideration each Independent
Manager’s management style, returns,
reputation, financial strength, reporting,
pricing, and research capabilities,
among other factors.
As an ERISA 3(38) Investment Manager,
Seneschal Family Office is granted full
discretionary authority to select,
monitor, remove, and replace
investment options offered to plan
participants in accordance with the
plan's Investment Policy Statement
(IPS). Other fiduciary or non-
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discretionary fiduciary services may also
be provided by Seneschal Family Office
to Plans.
current account allocations. When
deemed necessary, Adviser will
rebalance the account considering client
investment goals and risk tolerance, and
any change in allocations will consider
current economic and market trends.
The goal is to improve account
performance over time, minimize loss
$ 301,275,190
$0
$301,275,190
Assets Under
Management
(Discretionary)
Assets Under
Management
(Non-Discretionary)
Total Assets Under
Management
during difficult markets, and manage
internal fees that harm account
performance. Client account(s) will be
reviewed at least annually, and
allocation changes will be made as
deemed necessary.
Assets Under Management
The following table summarizes the total
assets managed and supervised by
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office as of December 31, 2025:
Held Away Account Management
Seneschal Family Office uses a third-
party platform to facilitate management
of held away assets including but not
limited to: 401(k), 403(b), 401(a), HSA,
VEBA, 414(h) and 457(b) and (f), with
discretion or with prior Client approval,
as agreed upon at the time of
engagement. Clients may engage us for
this additional service regardless of their
engagement level for an additional fee.
Seneschal Family Office is not
considered to have custody of Client
funds since our log-in access to effect
trades on behalf of the client is unique to
Seneschal Family Office, and we cannot
disburse funds. Our authority is limited
to rebalancing and submitting trade
requests. Seneschal Family Office is not
affiliated with the platform in any way
and receives no compensation from
them for using their platform. A link will
be provided to the Client allowing them
to connect an account(s) to the platform.
Once the Client account(s) is connected
to the platform, Adviser will review the
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Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Fees are individually negotiated with each
client and depend upon the nature of the
services we are engaged to provide (see
“Types of Engagements” above).
Limited Scope Consulting Fees
Limited Scope Consulting Fees are quoted
as a flat fee based on the scope of the
services to be provided.
Wealth Management Fees
Wealth Management Fees are 0.90%
annually of assets under management, in
addition to any quoted services not
included in this service level.
of assets under management per year,
billed in advance quarterly at the beginning
of each calendar quarter based on the value
of assets managed as of the end of the
previous quarter. Fixed fees shall be paid in
addition to the AUM fee. Fixed fees shall be
escalated by 3% on an annual basis if the
client remains within their current service
level. For example, if the fixed fee for the
client is $15,000 for client’s first year of
services, it will be $15,450 for client’s second
year of service unless the fixed fee has been
renegotiated. Fixed fees may be negotiated
and determined by household within a
family relationship. The combined assets
under management and fixed fee, exclusive
of any additional quoted services below,
shall never be an amount more than 1.00%
of assets under management.
Comprehensive Wealth
Management Fees
Comprehensive Wealth Management Fees
are 0.35% annually of assets under
management, in addition to a fixed fee
starting at $15,000, as negotiated, and any
quoted services not included in this service
level.
Family Office Services Fees
Family Office Services Fees are 0.25%
annually of assets under management, in
addition to a fixed fee starting at $25,000 as
negotiated and any quoted services not
included in this service level. Fixed fee
portions of this fee may be shared and
allocated among multi-household families.
Held Away Management Fees
When advising individuals on held away
assets including but not limited to: 401(k),
403(b), 401(a), HSA, VEBA, 414(h) and 457(b)
and (f), we will utilize an unaffiliated
platform described in Item 4 above. This
platform will directly charge us for use of
their platform. For the portion of your
portfolio “held away” on this platform under
our management, we will charge a
management fee of 1.00% annually, billed in
advance quarterly at the beginning of each
calendar quarter based on the value of
assets managed as of the end of the
previous quarter. The Adviser shall remit
.30% of such fee to the platform with .70%
retained as compensation for Adviser’s
management services.
Payment of Fees
Fees paid as a percentage of assets under
management, not including the additional
fees quoted that are not included in each
service level, are calculated as a percentage
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agreement with the firm will determine the
frequency and rate at which fees are paid.
As it is impossible to directly debit your
asset-based advisory fees from qualified
accounts (as defined below in Item 15,
Custody), those fees will be assigned to the
client’s nonqualified and/or IRA accounts
being managed by Adviser, as determined
with Adviser upon engagement of this
service. If the client does not have a non-
qualified or IRA account under Adviser’s
management, those fees will be billed
directly to the client. If there are insufficient
funds available in another account or if we
believe that deducting the fee from another
account would be prohibited by applicable
law, we will invoice the Client. Adviser
retains the right to terminate this service by
notice in writing to the Client if the fee for
these services remains unpaid by the date
of the next billing cycle.
Termination of the Advisory
Relationship
You may terminate your Investment
Advisory Services Agreement with us at any
time by written notice without penalty. For
Wealth Management, Comprehensive
Wealth Management, and Family Office
Services engagements, unearned
investment advisory fees will be refunded to
you as soon as practically possible. For
Limited Scope Consulting engagements,
any unbilled planning fees will be billed to
you, and you will be given a 30-day grace
period to pay them. Since consulting fees
are billed and paid after services are
rendered, refunds generally are not made.
Advisory Service Agreements are specifically
executed by and between you and
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office. They may not be assigned to
another party without your and our prior
approval.
If you do not receive a copy of our disclosure
brochure (ADV Part 2) at least 48 hours prior
to signing an Advisory Services Agreement,
you may terminate your contract without
penalty within five (5) business days of
entering into it.
Retirement Plan Service Fees
Seneschal Family Office provides
Retirement Plan Services to retirement Plan
Sponsors. The firm charges an annual asset-
based fee for discretionary investment
management services provided as an ERISA
3(38) Investment Manager. This fee is
typically calculated as a percentage of the
plan’s assets under management and is
billed in advance quarterly at the beginning
of each calendar quarter based on the value
of assets managed as of the end of the
previous quarter.
Fees for retirement plan services, provided
to ERISA Plan Sponsors, are negotiated by
the Seneschal Family Office and the Plan
Sponsor. Fees are negotiable at the sole
discretion of Seneschal Family Office,
depending on factors such as the plan's size,
complexity, and specific service
requirements. As a result, some plans may
pay higher or lower fees than those listed in
our standard schedule. A Plan Sponsor’s
Limited Negotiability of Advisory
Fees
Although Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA
Seneschal Family Office has established the
aforementioned fee schedule(s), we retain
the discretion to negotiate alternative fees
on a client-by-client basis. Client facts,
circumstances and needs are considered in
determining the fee schedule. These factors
include, but are not limited to, the
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complexity of the client’s personal financial
situation and goals; assets to be placed
under management and anticipated future
additional assets; related accounts;
investment policy and account composition;
and reporting requirements. In all cases, the
annual fee schedule is specified in the
contract between us and each client.
understand the total amount of fees you will
pay and to thereby evaluate the advisory
services provided by us. In selecting mutual
funds and ETFs, we explicitly consider fund
fees and expenses and seek to minimize
them. We do not benefit, directly or
indirectly, from any mutual fund or ETF fees
paid by you.
Discounts, not generally available to our
advisory clients, may be offered to family
members and friends of associated persons
of our firm.
Custodial Fees
We recommend that all clients hold their
investments in brokerage accounts
established at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
(“Schwab”). Schwab is unaffiliated with
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office and provides a broad range of
trading and custodial services, some of
which have associated fees. We do not
share in any of the fees or commissions
charged by Schwab. For a more complete
discussion of custodial fees and expenses,
please see “Your Brokerage and Custody
Costs” below under “Brokerage Practices.”
Mutual Fund and Exchange
Traded Fund Fees
In addition to our advisory fees, you will
incur management fees and other
operating expense charges imposed by
mutual funds and ETFs in which you invest.
These fees and expenses vary from fund to
fund depending upon the type and nature
of the fund. These fees and expenses are
described in each fund's prospectus. These
fees will generally include a management
fee, other fund expenses, and a possible
distribution fee. Some funds also impose
sales charges (“loaded funds”), and, to the
extent that they do, a client may pay an
initial or deferred sales charge. Seneschal
Family Office, however, does not use loaded
mutual funds.
If you chose to do so, you could invest
directly in a mutual fund or ETF, without our
services. In that case, you would not receive
the services provided by our firm which are
designed, among other things, to assist you
in determining which mutual fund or funds
are most appropriate considering your
financial condition, risk tolerance and
investment objectives. Accordingly, you
should review both the fees charged by the
funds we recommend and our fees to fully
Separately Managed Account
Fees
In a separately managed account
arrangement, clients may be charged
program or management fees in addition to
the investment advisory fee charged by our
firm. Such fees may include, but not be
limited to, the investment advisory fees of
the other investment advisers or money
managers managing the separate account.
In evaluating such an arrangement,
investors should also consider that the
separately managed account may or may
not exceed the aggregate cost of such
services if they were to be provided
separately. Additional information regarding
fees and expenses related to third-party or
separately managed accounts may be
found in the disclosure brochure of the
respective manager or disclosure
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documents of an outside program selected
by the client.
ERISA Accounts
Seneschal Family Office is deemed to be a
fiduciary to advisory clients that are
employee benefit plans or individual
retirement accounts (IRAs) pursuant to the
Employee Retirement Income and
Securities Act ("ERISA"), and regulations
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(the "Code"), respectively. As such, our firm
is subject to specific duties and obligations
under ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code
that include, among other things,
restrictions concerning certain forms of
compensation. To avoid engaging in
prohibited transactions, Seneschal Family
Office may only charge fees for:
•
investment advice about products
for which our firm and/or our related
persons do not receive any
commissions or 12b-1 fees; or
•
Wrap Fee Programs
Seneschal Family Office does not currently
offer a Wrap Fee Program. In a Wrap Fee
Program, clients pay a single fee for
advisory, brokerage and custodial services.
Portfolio transactions may be executed
without commission charge under such an
arrangement. Program fees may include
the investment advisory fees of the other
investment advisers, which may be charged
as part of a wrap fee arrangement. In
evaluating such an arrangement, investors
should also consider that, depending upon
the level of the wrap fee charged by the
broker-dealer, the amount of portfolio
activity in the client’s account, and other
factors, the wrap fee may or may not exceed
the aggregate cost of such services if they
were to be provided separately.
investment advice about products
for which our firm and/or our related
persons receive commissions or 12b-
1 fees but only when such fees are
used to offset Seneschal Family
Office’s advisory fees.
Seneschal Family Office and its related
persons do not receive commissions or 12b-1
fees.
Additional Fees and Expenses
In addition to our advisory fees, clients may
be responsible for the fees and expenses
charged by custodians and imposed by
broker dealers, including, but not limited to,
any transaction charges imposed by a
broker dealer with which transactions are
affected for the client's account(s). Please
refer to the "Brokerage Practices" section
(Item 12) of this Form ADV for additional
information.
Advisory Fees in General
Clients should note that similar advisory
services may (or may not) be available from
other registered (or unregistered)
investment advisers for similar or lower fees.
Limited Prepayment of Fees
Under no circumstances do we require or
solicit payment of fees in excess of $1,200
more than six months in advance of services
rendered.
Grandfathering of Account
Requirements
Pre-existing advisory clients may be subject
to Seneschal Family Office's minimum
account requirements and/or advisory fees
in effect at the time they entered into their
respective advisory relationships. Therefore,
our firm's account requirements may differ
among clients.
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees
performance-based fees conflict with
our fiduciary duty to you and do not
charge them.
Some investment advisors charge
performance-based fees. Performance-
based fees are fees based on a share of
capital gains or capital appreciation of
the assets held in your account,
potentially creating an incentive to
recommend investments that carry a
higher degree of risk. We believe that
Item 7 Types of Clients
Seneschal Family Office provides
personal financial planning and
investment advice to high-net-worth
individuals and families as well as ERISA-
qualified retirement plans. We also
provide investment advice to individual
participants in self-directed retirement
plans, such as 401(k) plans.
We do not have a minimum account
size requirement. However, we generally
recommend the following service levels
for particular portfolio amounts:
We generally find it impractical to
manage portfolios valued at less than
$500,000 and generally discourage
them unless the account is part of a
larger family/household relationship.
That stated, all minimum requirements
are negotiable, and accounts associated
with other family or household
relationships may be considered as part
of total family assets under
management. If an existing account
drops below $500,000, we do not
typically terminate our relationship. We
may, however, change to a negotiated
fixed fee.
Wealth
Management
$1,000,000 -
$3,000,000
$3,000,000 -
$5,000,000
Comprehensive
Wealth
Management
Family Office
Services
$5,000,000 -
$15,000,000+
We may agree to waive our standard fee
requirement and accept portfolios under
$500,000 in value. We also waive our
standard fee requirement and accept
portfolios less than $500,000 for
employees of Seneschal Family Office
and their family members.
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Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of
Loss
may be a good time to buy) or
overpriced (indicating it may be time to
sell).
Fundamental analysis does not attempt
to anticipate market movements. This
presents a potential risk, as the price of a
security can move up or down along
with the overall market regardless of the
economic and financial factors
considered in evaluating the security.
Methods of Analysis
In the process of managing your
investments we employ several
methods of analysis, including asset
allocation analysis, fundamental analysis,
and macroeconomic analysis. In doing
so we rely on several sources of
information, such as general distribution
and financial industry publications,
research reports prepared by unaffiliated
third parties, credit ratings prepared by
credit rating firms, and public filings
with the SEC.
Asset Allocation Analysis. Rather than
focusing primarily on securities
selection, we attempt to identify an
appropriate ratio of stocks, bonds, and
cash suitable to each client and
reflective of his/her investment goals
and risk tolerance.
Mutual Fund and/or ETF Analysis. We
look at the experience and track record
of the manager of the mutual fund or
ETF in an attempt to determine if that
manager has demonstrated an ability to
invest over a period of time and in
different economic conditions. We also
look at the underlying assets in a mutual
fund or ETF in an attempt to determine
if there is significant overlap in the
underlying investments held in other
fund(s) in a client’s portfolio. We also
monitor the funds or ETFs in an attempt
to determine if they are continuing to
follow their stated investment strategy.
A risk of asset allocation is that you may
not participate in sharp increases in a
particular security, industry or market
sector. Another risk is that the ratio of
stocks, bonds, and cash will change over
time due to market movements and, if
not corrected, may no longer be
appropriate for you.
A risk of mutual fund and/or ETF analysis
is that, as in all securities investments,
past performance does not guarantee
future results. A manager who has been
successful may not be able to replicate
that success in the future. In addition, as
we do not control the underlying
investments in a fund or ETF, or that
managers of different funds held by the
client may purchase the same
security/ies, there could be an increased
Fundamental Analysis. We attempt to
measure the intrinsic value of a security
by looking at economic and financial
factors (including the overall economy,
industry conditions, and the financial
condition and management of the
company itself) to determine if the
company is underpriced (indicating it
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in the client's portfolio for a year or
longer. Typically, we employ this strategy
when we want exposure to a particular
asset class over time, regardless of the
current outlook for that class.
risk to the client if that security/ies were
to fall in value. There is also a risk that a
manager may deviate from the stated
investment mandate or strategy of the
fund or ETF, which could make the
holding(s) less suitable for the client’s
portfolio.
A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is
that by holding the security for this
length of time, we may not take
advantage of short-term gains that
could be profitable to a client. Moreover,
if our predictions are incorrect, a security
may decline sharply in value before we
make the decision to sell.
Risks for All Forms of Analysis
Our securities analysis methods rely on
the assumption that the companies
whose securities we purchase and sell,
the rating agencies that review these
securities, and other publicly available
sources of information about these
securities, are providing accurate and
unbiased data. While we are alert to
indications that data may be incorrect,
there is always a risk that our analysis
may be compromised by inaccurate or
misleading information.
Option writing. We may use options as
an investment strategy. An option is a
contract that gives the buyer the right,
but not the obligation, to buy or sell an
asset (such as a share of stock) at a
specific price on or before a certain date.
An option, just like a stock or bond, is a
security. An option is also a derivative
because it derives its value from an
underlying asset.
The two types of options are calls and
puts:
• A call gives the holder the right to
Investment Strategies
First and foremost, we believe that
investments must be managed within
the context of a broad financial planning
framework. Investing without a financial
plan is nothing more than trading.
Accordingly, we clarify your financial
goals and work with you to develop a
financial plan before we provide you
with investment advice.
buy an asset at a certain price within
a specific period of time. Call buyers
purchase call options because they
believe that the underlying stock will
increase in value before the option
expires.
• A put gives us the holder the right to
sell an asset at a certain price within
a specific period of time. Put buyers
purchase put options if they believe
the price of the stock will fall before
the option expires.
We use the following strategies in
managing our clients’ portfolios,
provided that such strategies are
appropriate to the needs of the client
and consistent with the client's
investment objective/s, risk tolerance,
and time horizon, among other
considerations:
Long-term purchases. We purchase
securities with the idea of holding them
We may use a "covered call" strategy, in
which we sell an option on a stock you
own to hedge against a market decline
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hand, and in the same way,
diversification might also reduce the
potential return of your portfolio. Our
objective in managing client portfolios is
to strike a balance between the benefits
– i.e., lower risk – and the costs – i.e.,
lower returns – of diversification.
or to generate additional income. In this
strategy, you receive a fee for giving the
call purchaser the right to purchase your
stock and the call purchaser has the
right to buy the stock from you at an
agreed-upon price. The risk in covered
call writing is that you may be “called
away” – i.e., the call purchaser may
exercise his/her right to purchase your
stock – when you don’t want to sell your
stock.
While mutual funds and exchange
traded funds may help to diversify your
portfolio and reduce the risk of loss
associated with any one stock or bond,
investing in mutual funds and exchange
traded funds do not eliminate the risk of
loss. Your portfolio may be exposed to
any of the following sources of risk:
•
Interest rate risk: when interest rates
rise, the value of some investments,
notably fixed income investments
(i.e., bonds) declines.
• Market risk: All securities are subject
to fluctuations in market prices
stemming from external factors such
as broad macroeconomic changes as
well as political events.
•
Inflation risk: Increasing prices
reduce the purchasing value of some
investments, especially those with
fixed returns like bonds.
• Currency risk: Investing in foreign
Asset Allocation
In general, our approach to investment
management is focused on asset
allocation. We believe that you can do
more to enhance the long-term
performance of your investment
portfolio by establishing and
maintaining a suitable asset allocation
policy than actively trying to “beat” the
market. We believe that capital markets
are very efficient at pricing securities
and that the risks of active trading
outweigh the potential benefits.
Accordingly, we do not actively pick or
trade stocks nor do we attempt to time
the market or rely on our own
proprietary trading models. Our
objective is to help you structure a
globally diversified portfolio aimed at
maximizing your return, given the level
of risk you are willing to take.
stocks and bonds (and mutual funds
that buy them) increases the risk of
loss stemming from changes in
currency exchange rates.
• Reinvestment risk: Primarily related
to fixed income investments, this is
the risk that the future proceeds
from the maturity or redemption of
an investment will be reinvested at a
lower rate of return.
• Business risk: Certain businesses and
industries are riskier than others and
investments in them carry a higher
probability of loss.
For most clients, we believe mutual
funds and exchange traded funds are
suitable, cost-effective investment
vehicles. Investing in mutual funds and
exchange traded funds increases the
diversification of your portfolio.
Diversification, in turn, helps to reduce,
but not eliminate, the risk of loss by
limiting your exposure to any one
security or asset class. On the other
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• Liquidity risk: Without the ability to
sell an investment easily, quickly and
cost-effectively you may not be able
to recover your investment.
• Financial risk: Also known as
purchased in your account, you will
receive a prospectus that discloses
detailed information about the risks and
expenses of the fund. You are urged to
read the prospectus for each fund when
you receive it.
leverage, borrowing money increases
the potential for return on
investment but also increases the
risk of default and bankruptcy.
Specific risks and expenses of mutual
funds and exchange traded funds vary
depending upon the investment
mandate of the fund. For each mutual
fund or exchange traded fund
Important Notice
Investing in securities involves the risk of loss. Securities investments are not
guaranteed and you may lose money on your investments. Investing in any
securities, including mutual funds, involves a risk of loss of both income and
principal. We ask that you work with us to help us understand your tolerance for
risk. While we believe that our approach to investment management helps to
reduce risk, we cannot guaranty that you will not lose money. Accordingly, before
engaging us to help you manage your investments, you should be fully prepared to
assume a risk of loss.
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Item 9 Disciplinary Information
criminal or civil actions, administrative
proceedings, or self-regulatory
proceedings.
We are required to disclose any legal or
disciplinary events that are material to a
client's or prospective client's evaluation
of our advisory business or the integrity
of our management. Neither Seneschal
Family Office nor any of its owners or
employees have been named in any
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Seneschal Family Office is an
independent financial advisory firm. We
and all of our employees, management
and owners are unaffiliated with any
other firm.
has a separate agreement with
Seneschal Family Office, each
agreement may have a different fee paid
to the manager, which is disclosed to
the client in the money manager’s
paperwork and ADV documents.
When referring clients to third-party
money managers, each money manager
No employees, management or owners of Seneschal Family Office are registered, or
have an application to register, as a securities broker-dealer or as a representative
of a securities broker-dealer. Also, none of our employees, management or owners
is registered, or has an application to register, as a futures commission merchant,
commodity pool operator, commodity trading advisor, or an associated person of
any of the foregoing.
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Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading
• Review of initial and annual securities
•
holdings reports
Initial Public Offerings and Private
Placements
Our code also provides for oversight,
enforcement and recordkeeping
provisions. More detailed information
about our standards of conduct and
policies is available by reading our Code
of Ethics. We are pleased to provide
copies of our Code upon request. If you
would like a copy, please contact us
using the phone number or email
address on the cover sheet of this
brochure.
Code of Ethics
In accordance with SEC regulations, we
have adopted a Code of Ethics that
provides an operational and policy
framework for ethical business practices.
Our Code of Ethics establishes standards
of conduct expected of all employees, on
and off the job, and policies designed to
deal with conflicts of interest. Seneschal
Family Office and our personnel owe a
duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith to
our clients and have an obligation to
adhere to the specific provisions of the
Code of Ethics and the general
principles underlying it.
Standards of Conduct
All employees are expected to conduct
themselves in accordance with the
following standards:
Participation or Interest in
Client Transactions
We do not recommend, buy or sell
investments in which we have a financial
interest such as general or limited
partnerships, limited liability companies,
or shares in privately owned, non-
publicly traded companies.
•
Integrity
• Objectivity
• Competence
• Fairness
• Confidentiality
• Professionalism
• Diligence
Policies
As part of our Code, we have adopted
the following policies to address
potential conflicts of interest:
• Protection of Non-Public Information
• Acceptance of Gifts
• Outside Business Activities
• Review of quarterly securities
transactions
Personal Trading
Our Personal Trading Policy restricts and
regulates the trading activity of all
employees and owners of the Firm and
their family members. All employees and
owners are required to report personal
non-exempt securities transactions to
the Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer,
Tania P. Kaarvand. Certain securities are
exempt from reporting, including
money market funds, open-end mutual
funds, US government securities, and
money market instruments. In addition,
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all employees and owners are required
to provide the Chief Compliance Officer
with a list of personal holdings on an
annual basis. Finally, all employees and
owners are required to obtain written
approval from the CCO before investing
in an initial public offering (“IPO”) or a
private placement.
Employees and owners of Seneschal
Family Office and their family members
may purchase the same publicly traded,
open-end mutual funds or exchange
traded funds that we recommend to our
clients. Open-end mutual funds,
however, are purchased and sold at net
asset value and, as a result, all investors
pay or receive the same price.
Accordingly, we do not believe that
investing in the same open-end mutual
funds that we recommend to you
constitutes a conflict of interest.
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Item 12 Brokerage Practices
so. If you elect not to use Schwab, it may
not be practical for us to manage your
investments.
Even though our clients’ accounts are
maintained at Schwab, we can still use
other brokers to execute trades. Please
read the “Your Brokerage and Custody
Costs” discussion below for more
information.
The Custodian and Broker We
Use
For discretionary clients, Seneschal
Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal Family
Office requires clients to provide us with
written authority to determine the
broker dealer to use to effect securities
transactions and the commission costs
that will be charged for these
transactions. Clients may include any
limitations on this discretionary
authority and change/amend these
limitations at their discretion. Such
amendments must be provided to us in
writing.
How we Select
Brokers/Custodians
Our objective is to recommend and use
a custodian/broker who will hold your
investments and execute transactions
on terms that are most advantageous to
you in comparison to other
custodians/brokers. In making our
recommendation we consider a number
of factors, including:
• The combination of transaction
execution services and asset custody
services (generally, without paying an
additional or separate fee for custody
services)
• Capability to execute, clear, and
settle trades (buy and sell securities
for your account)
• Capability to facilitate money
transfers and payments to and from
accounts such as wire transfers,
check requests, bill payments
• Available investments like stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, exchange
traded funds
• Availability of investment research
and tools that help us advise our
clients
• Quality of service
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office may recommend that
clients establish brokerage accounts
with the Schwab Institutional division of
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. ("Schwab"), a
FINRA registered broker-dealer,
member SIPC, to maintain custody of
clients' assets and to effect trades for
their accounts. We are an independently
owned and operated business and are
not affiliated with Schwab. Our clients’
investments are held in separate
Schwab brokerage accounts registered
in each client’s name. Schwab buys and
sells securities when we or you direct
them to. While we recommend that you
use Schwab as your qualified custodian
and broker, you may elect not to use
Schwab. If you do elect to use Schwab,
then you will be required to open a
brokerage account/s with Schwab and
enter into an account agreement with
them. We do not open the account/s for
you, although we do assist you in doing
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• Cost effectiveness and
a transaction based on all relevant
factors.
competitiveness of commission
rates, margin interest rates, and
other fees, and a willingness to
negotiate
•
Industry reputation, financial
strength, and stability
• Prior experience
• Availability of other products or
services that benefit us and help us
serve our clients
Products and Services
Available to Us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services™ (formerly
called Schwab Institutional®) is
Schwab’s business serving independent
investment advisory firms like Seneschal
Family Office. They provide us and our
clients with access to their institutional
brokerage services, like trading, custody,
and reporting. Some of these services
are not available to individual Schwab
customers through the Schwab retail
system.
Your Brokerage and Custody
Costs
Schwab generally does not charge
separately for custody services. They are
compensated by charging commissions
or other fees on trades. Schwab’s
commission rates applicable to our
clients’ accounts are negotiated based
on the aggregate value of client
investments maintained at Schwab and
the type and volume of transactions
executed by Schwab. This arrangement
benefits you because the commissions
you pay are generally lower than you
would pay dealing directly with Schwab.
Schwab also makes available to us
various support services, such as training
and education. Some support services
help us manage or administer our
clients’ accounts more efficiently and
effectively. Other support services are
more focused on helping us to grow and
manage our business. Schwab’s support
services generally are available to us on
an unsolicited basis – i.e., we don’t have
to ask for them – and at no charge as
long as client assets maintained at
Schwab meet a certain minimum
aggregate value. Schwab’s current
minimum aggregate asset requirement
is $10 million. If client assets in
aggregate fail to meet Schwab’s
minimum requirement, then Schwab
may charge us for support services.
Schwab’s current charge for support
services is $1,200 per quarter. At present,
we meet Schwab’s minimum aggregate
client asset requirement and we do not
pay for support services.
Following is a more detailed description
of Schwab’s support services:
In addition to commissions, Schwab
charges a flat dollar amount as a “prime
broker” or “trade away” fee for each
trade that we execute with a different
broker/dealer and have settled to your
Schwab account. These fees are in
addition to the commissions paid to the
executing broker/dealer. As a result, to
minimize your trading costs, we execute
most trades in your account through
Schwab. We believe that executing most
trades with Schwab is consistent with
our duty to seek the best execution of
your trades. Best execution means that
you receive the most favorable terms for
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• Assist with back-office
functions, recordkeeping, and
client reporting
Services that Generally Benefit Only
Us
Schwab also offers other services
intended to help us manage and further
develop our business enterprise. These
services include:
Services that Directly Benefit You
Schwab’s institutional brokerage
services include access to a broad range
of investment products, execution of
securities transactions, and custody of
client assets. The investment products
available through Schwab include some
to which we might not otherwise have
access or that would require a
significantly higher minimum initial
investment by our clients.
• Educational conferences and
events
• Consulting on technology,
compliance, legal, and
business needs
• Publications and conferences
on practice management and
business succession
• Access to employee benefits
providers, human resource
consultants, and insurance
providers
Services that May Not Directly
Benefit You
Schwab also makes available to us other
products and services that benefit us but
may not directly benefit you or your
account. These products and services
assist us in managing and administering
our clients’ accounts. They include
investment research, both Schwab’s
own and that of third parties. We may
use this research to service all or a
substantial number of our clients’
accounts, including accounts not
maintained at Schwab. In addition to
investment research, Schwab also
makes available software and other
technology that:
Schwab may provide some of these
services itself. In other cases, it will
arrange for third-party vendors to
provide the services to us. Schwab may
also discount or waive its fees for some
of these services or pay all or a part of a
third-party’s fees. Schwab may also
provide us with other benefits, such as
occasional business entertainment.
• Provide access to client
account data, such as
duplicate trade confirmations
and account statements
• Facilitate trade execution and
allocate aggregated trade
orders for multiple client
accounts
We use Schwab’s services extensively,
both those that benefit you directly and
indirectly and those that generally only
benefit us. The Schwab services we use
include:
• Provide pricing and other
market dataf
• Facilitate payment of our fees
from our clients’ accounts
• Web-based technology that enables
us to efficiently process trades and
perform various cashiering functions
like issuing checks to you or moving
money between your accounts
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• Access to institutional mutual funds
typically not available to retail
investment clients
• Web-based fixed income research
and trading applications and a fixed
income trading desk that enable us
to screen, select and obtain
competitive bids and offers on
municipal, corporate and US Treasury
and agency bonds
• Software and other technology that
enables us to download and import
client account transactions, securities
positions and prices into our portfolio
management and accounting
system
• Software and web-based
applications to upload our
management fees for payment from
client accounts
• Web-based applications that
facilitates opening new accounts and
transferring investments from other
financial institutions
• Proprietary as well as third-party
investment research
• On-line access to educational
programs
• On-line access to technology,
compliance and business consulting
resources
• On-line access to human resource
have to produce or purchase them. We
don’t have to pay for Schwab’s services if
the total of client assets held in custody
meets Schwab’s minimum aggregate
requirement, currently $10 million.
Except for Schwab’s minimum
aggregate client assets requirement,
these services are not contingent upon
us committing to any specific amount of
business to Schwab in terms of trading
commissions or assets held in custody.
Schwab’s minimum aggregate client
asset requirement may give us an
incentive to recommend that you use
Schwab as your qualified custodian
based on our interest in receiving
services that benefit us. This may be
greater than your interest in receiving
the best value in custody services and
best execution of your transactions. This
is a potential conflict of interest. We
believe, however, that our selection of
Schwab as your custodian and broker is
in your best interest. Our selection is
primarily supported by the scope,
quality, and price of Schwab’s services as
more completely described in “How We
Select Brokers/Custodians” above and
not Schwab’s services that benefit only
us.
management resources that allow us
to post open positions and develop
HR programs to attract, train and
retain employees
• Occasional informational or
educational seminars or
presentations, some of which provide
free professional continuing
education credit
• Discounts on third-party products,
such as investment research and
software
Our Interest in Schwab’s
Services
The availability of these services from
Schwab benefits us because we do not
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Item 13 Review of Accounts
Rebalancing may trigger additional
expenses and taxes. For example, selling
an investment may result in a taxable
capital gain. Moreover, when we trade in
your account, you incur transaction
charges. When we review your portfolio
and determine that rebalancing is
necessary, we exercise our professional
judgment and discretion in trading,
taking into consideration such factors as
taxable gains and transaction costs.
Portfolio Review Process
Most clients’ investments are reviewed
on a quarterly schedule; some are
reviewed semi-annually or annually by
mutual agreement. The purpose of our
portfolio review is to ensure that your
investments are being managed in
accordance with your Investment Policy
Statement. In addition, it may be
necessary to perform an interim
portfolio review of your portfolio
between regularly scheduled reviews.
Interim reviews are generally triggered
by material changes in your financial or
family situation or the market, political
or economic environment, indicating
that a change in investment strategy is
needed.
As our firm maintains discretionary
authority, we review and rebalance your
portfolio without your prior review. We
believe that rebalancing your portfolio in
a timely manner, in accordance with
your IPS, is an essential part of the value
we add and in your best interest. In all
cases, however, you will receive
transaction confirmation statements
directly from Schwab and all
transactions may be reviewed with you
at your next portfolio review meeting.
Portfolios are reviewed by registered
Investment Adviser Representatives of
the Firm. Currently, the Firm has three
registered Investment Adviser
Representatives.
If you have added any specific
constraints or restrictions to your IPS, we
will make sure that they are being
observed. For example, we make sure
that only approved asset classes and
types of investments are held in your
portfolio.
Our regular review process begins with
comparing your current portfolio asset
allocation to your target asset allocation.
Your target asset allocation is specified
in your Investment Policy Statement. As
the values of the investments held in
your portfolio change in response to
changing market conditions, your
portfolio's actual asset allocation will
vary. As a result, it may be necessary to
“rebalance” your portfolio. Rebalancing
involves buying or selling securities in
your portfolio to bring the actual asset
allocation into alignment with your
target asset allocation.
Finally, we review the performance of
your portfolio. The purpose of a
performance review is to ensure that
your portfolio is behaving as expected.
For example, we compare the asset class
returns of your portfolio to relevant
benchmarks. A material variance in a
particular asset class might indicate a
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need to analyze your holdings in that
asset class more carefully.
reports will not typically be provided
unless otherwise contracted for.
Quarterly Portfolio Reports
Each calendar quarter we provide you
with a comprehensive portfolio report
containing the following:
• Portfolio Overview
• Asset Allocation
• Holdings
• Portfolio Value vs. Cumulative Net
Investment
• Account Ledger
• Projected Income Report
• Tax Overview
• Billing Statement
Reports are generally distributed in the
first two weeks of each calendar quarter.
Planning/Consulting Review
Process
Financial planning and consulting, when
part of an ongoing engagement with us,
is a continuous process. Accordingly, we
review your progress towards your
financial goals with you throughout your
engagement, generally at least once per
year. The objective of our planning
reviews is to make sure your financial
plan continues to reflect your current
family situation, financial and life goals.
Limited Scope Consulting clients who
are not engaged in an ongoing
consulting arrangement will receive
completed deliverables relevant to the
scope of the engagement. Additional
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Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
potential clients to our firm outside of
employee incentive programs.
It is Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA
Seneschal Family Office’s policy not to
accept or allow our related persons to
accept any form of compensation,
including cash, sales awards or other
prizes, from a non-client in conjunction
with the advisory services we provide to
our clients.
Other Compensation
We receive an economic benefit from
Schwab in the form of the support
products and services they make
available to us and other independent
investment advisers whose clients
maintain their accounts at Schwab.
These products and services, how they
benefit us, and related conflicts of
interest are described above (see
“Brokerage Practices” above). The
availability to us of Schwab’s support
products and services is not based on
our giving any specific investment
advice or product recommendation,
such as purchasing specific securities.
In the normal course of our business, we
may receive new client referrals from
other clients and professional advisers.
While we may solicit and certainly
welcome new client referrals, we do not
directly or indirectly compensate referral
sources.
Client Referrals
It is Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA
Seneschal Family Office's policy not to
engage solicitors or to pay related or
non-related persons for referring
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Item 15 Custody
Schwab maintains actual custody of
your assets. Under government
regulations, however, we are deemed to
have custody of your assets if, for
example, you authorize us to instruct
Schwab to deduct our advisory fees
directly from your account or if you
authorize us to move money from your
account to another account registered
in another name. The firm endeavors to
comply with the SEC no-action letter to
the Investment Adviser Association
dated February 21, 2017, in this regard.
are not required to, manage these
qualified accounts using a held away
management platform, which allows us
to view and manage these assets. To
manage qualified assets, you must agree
to the platform’s End User Terms and
Conditions and Privacy Policy and must
further agree to promptly respond to
requests to update usernames and
password information for qualified
accounts. You also must agree to
promptly address any requests to
update any information when requested
by the platform. In the event of any delay
by you to your information, you must
acknowledge in your agreement that we
will not have the ability to effectively
manage your assets on this platform,
which may result in investment losses.
We will not be responsible for any losses
arising from your delays in updating
information through the held away
platform. We will be under no obligation
to credit any fees for valuations made in
good faith during periods when we did
not have access to any qualified account
in calculating its fees under the
investment management agreement.
You will receive account statements
directly from Schwab at least quarterly
showing all transactions within the
account during the reporting period.
They will be sent to the postal mailing
address or email address associated with
your account at Schwab. Because the
custodian does not calculate the
amount of the fee to be deducted, it is
important for clients to carefully review
account statements when you receive
them to verify the accuracy of the
calculation, among other things. We also
urge you to compare your Schwab
account statements with the quarterly
reports that you receive from us to
ensure that all account transactions,
holdings and values are correct and
current. Clients should contact us
directly if they believe that there may be
an error in their statement.
Certain client accounts subject to our
firm’s services may be held at a
custodian that is not directly accessible
by us (“qualified accounts”). We may, but
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Item 16 Investment Discretion
limited power of attorney that you
provide to us when you open your
brokerage account with Schwab. You
are not required to provide us with a
limited power of authority, however. If
you don’t, then we will treat your
account as non-discretionary and review
all transactions in your account and
obtain your approval before execution.
Generally, we manage client
investments on a discretionary basis and
may recommend allocating a portion of
clients assets to a third-party manager if
we deem it to be in the best interest of
the client. Discretionary management
means that we exercise our best
professional judgment to make
decisions about what securities to buy
and sell for your account as well as
when, how much and at what price to
buy and sell without your prior approval.
Before assuming discretionary authority,
however, we work with you to develop
an Investment Policy Statement that
clearly articulates your investment
objectives, your asset allocation strategy,
permitted asset classes and types of
securities, and any specific constraints
that you want to place on our
management of your account.
We exercise our discretionary authority
in managing your account pursuant to a
In some cases, as an accommodation to
you, we may agree to hold certain
securities or cash in a separate account
and not include them in your portfolio
for management purposes. For example,
you may own stock that you prefer not
to sell to rebalance your portfolio. In
such cases, we will treat assets
designated by you as non-managed
assets and will not include them in
assets under management for fee
calculation purposes. Accordingly, we
will not sell any such assets without your
prior direction and consent.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
As a matter of firm policy, we do not vote
proxies on behalf of clients, nor do we
provide advice on how to vote your
shares. When you open your Schwab
brokerage account, Schwab is instructed
to send all shareholder communications
directly to you. We do not receive copies
of any such communications. Therefore,
the responsibility for voting your shares
in all shareholder matters rests with you.
When you own certain securities like
stocks and mutual funds, you are
entitled to vote at shareholder meetings
either in person or by proxy. You may
vote, for example, to elect members of
the board of directors. In some cases,
such as when a company reorganizes or
when a mutual fund changes its
investment policy, your vote may have a
material impact on the value of your
shares.
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If you would like to read our Proxy
Voting Policy, please contact us using
the contact information provided on the
cover page of this brochure.
For Separately Managed Accounts only,
proxy voting will be delegated to the
agreed upon sub-adviser or money
managers managing the separate
account.
Item 18 Financial Information
contractual commitments to clients but
would not directly affect either the value
of your investments held in custody at
Schwab or your access to them.
SEC rules require advisers that take
custody of client assets provide you with
a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting
principles by an independent public
accountant. We do not take custody of
client assets and we do not solicit or
accept payments of $1,200 or more in
excess of six months in advance
Accordingly, we are not required to
provide a balance sheet.
In the event of a natural disaster, our
ability to meet our contractual
obligations to clients may be temporarily
interrupted. To mitigate the risk of loss
due to physical damage, client account
documentation, investment policies, and
critical business documents are scanned
into secure digital files that are stored in
the cloud.
Seneschal Advisors, LLC DBA Seneschal
Family Office has not been the subject of
a bankruptcy petition at any time during
the past ten years.
As an advisory firm that maintains
discretionary authority for client
accounts, we are required to disclose
any financial condition that is reasonably
likely to impair our ability to meet our
contractual obligations. Seneschal
Family Office does not have any financial
impairment that may preclude or
prevent it from meeting all contractual
commitments to clients. We are,
however, a small, privately-owned
business and, as such, the continuity of
our operation is dependent upon the
active participation of our
owners/members, Jeffrey M. Lang,
Candace E. Duecker, and Tania P.
Kaarvand. Their disability or death may
temporarily affect our ability to meet our
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