Overview
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Average Client Assets
- $3.9 million
- Minimum Account Size
- $500,000
- SEC CRD Number
- 142915
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (SOUTH SHORE CAPITAL ADVISORS ADV PART 2A)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $500,000 | 2.00% |
| $500,001 | $1,000,000 | 1.00% |
| $1,000,001 | $3,000,000 | 0.85% |
| $3,000,001 | $5,000,000 | 0.75% |
| $5,000,001 | and above | Negotiable |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $15,000 | 1.50% |
| $5 million | $47,000 | 0.94% |
| $10 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $50 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $100 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 93.76%
- Total Client Accounts
- 250
- Discretionary Accounts
- 205
- Non-Discretionary Accounts
- 45
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals
Regulatory Filings
Primary Brochure: SOUTH SHORE CAPITAL ADVISORS ADV PART 2A (2026-03-06)
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South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC
100 Franklin Street, Suite 401
Boston, MA 02110
Ph: 781-740-9310
www.sscainvest.com
Form ADV Part 2A
February 26, 2026
This FORM ADV Part 2A provides information about the qualifications and business practices of South Shore Capital
Advisors, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this FORM ADV Part 2A, please contact us at
781-740-9310. The information in this FORM ADV Part 2A has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority. Additional Information about South Shore
Capital Advisors is available at www.advisorinfo.sec.gov. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply any
level of skill or training.
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II.
Summary of Material Changes
Since the last annual updating amendment of this Form ADV Part 2A, dated March 17,
2025, there have been no material changes.
A copy of the ADV 2A was provided to you when you opened your account with us
and/or when we first transitioned to the new Form ADV 2. We are required to make you
aware of any material changes to this document annually and to provide you with
additional copies if you request them.
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III.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
II. Summary of Material Changes....................................................................................... 2
III. Table of Contents...........................................................................................................3
IV. Advisory Business......................................................................................................... 4
V. Fees and Compensation...................................................................................................4
VI. Performance Fees and Side-by-Side Management........................................................5
VII. Types of Clients...........................................................................................................5
VIII. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss................................ 5
IX. Disciplinary Information.............................................................................................. 7
X. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations..................................................... 7
XI. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading...........7
XII. Brokerage Practices......................................................................................................8
XIII. Review of Accounts................................................................................................10
XIV. Client Referrals and Other Compensation...............................................................10
XV. Custody.......................................................................................................................10
XVI. Investment Discretion............................................................................................ 10
XVII. Voting Client Securities.......................................................................................... 11
XVIII. Financial Information.............................................................................................11
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IV.
Advisory Business
South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC is an independent registered investment adviser with
offices in Boston, MA and Cohasset, MA. The firm was founded in 2006 by Taylor
Thomas. The firm manages $272,814,947 as of December 31, 2025. This is comprised
of $172,984,143 in discretionary assets and $99,830,803 in non-discretionary assets. We
manage separate accounts comprised of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. We also invest
in options on behalf of some clients; however; this is not a material part of our business,
nor are options an aspect of our core strategies. The portfolios we manage may be
customized for individual clients allowing them to restrict us from investing in certain
securities or types of securities.
Effective January 1, 2025, the principal owner of the business is Taylor Thomas.
Discretionary Portfolio Management
We provide discretionary management of client portfolios. Our clients engage us to
perform these services by signing an investment advisory agreement that authorizes us to
manage their accounts and lays out the terms of the relationship. The portfolios are
customized to fit individual client investment objectives, and risk profiles that are
ascertained through in depth conversations at the outset of a relationship, and that are
reviewed regularly. Our client portfolios are globally diversified and contain a mix of
individual stocks, individual bonds, stock and bond mutual funds and cash. We believe
that in today’s environment, global portfolios are superior to purely domestic U.S.
portfolios for meeting most of our client’s long term investment objectives. When
possible this is best accomplished by the selection of carefully researched individual
securities.
Financial Planning
When called upon to do so, we will develop a detailed financial plan for a client that
takes into consideration key factors about their expected cash flow needs, risk tolerance,
life expectancy and tax situation. Our analyses are cash flow and spending driven. We
use our own informed judgment as investment managers to develop prudent and
conservative return assumptions. This type of financial planning is performed as part of
our overall offering and we do not charge a separate fee for it.
We do not manage assets in any wrap fee programs.
V.
Fees and Compensation
South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser that is paid only
through the receipt of fees based on assets under management. Neither the firm not its
principals receive compensation for selling any product. Our fee schedule is as follows:
Account Size
$100,000 - $500,000
Fee
2%
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Next $500,000
Next $2 million
Next $2 million
Additional Assets
1%
0.85%
0.75%
Negotiable
Client fees are deducted quarterly in arrears from client accounts. If a client has been
with the firm for less than one full quarter, then the fees will be prorated appropriately.
Client fees are deducted directly from client accounts by the custodians. In addition to
the fees that South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC charges for the management of the
client accounts, clients may pay other expenses such as commissions for trading,
custodial fees, mutual fund expenses, transfer taxes, wire transfer and electronic funds
fees. Our fees are negotiable. For further discussion of Brokerage Fees see the section
XII Brokerage Practices.
VI.
Performance Fees and Side-by-Side Management
South Shore Capital Advisors does not manage any accounts for a performance fee.
VII.
Types of Clients
Clients of South Shore Capital Advisors include individuals, trusts, high net worth
individuals, corporation and other businesses. We generally ask that new clients open a
minimum account of $500,000 to establish a relationship with us.
Prior to engaging South Shore Capital Advisors we ask clients to complete an Investment
Advisory Agreement.
VIII.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk
of Loss
Investing involves the risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. We tailor client
portfolios based on our informed judgment regarding the acceptable and desired risk
profile of a particular client. This judgment is based on lengthy discussions with our
clients that allow us to gain insight into their appetite and capacity for financial risk.
We recognize that virtually all of our clients engage us to take on risk for them and to do
our best to manage this risk and generate returns. When choosing individual stocks or
bonds we rely on fundamental analysis to determine the investment’s attractiveness.
Analysis includes reviews of company financial reports and investment presentations,
reviews of industry research and media publications, and monitoring of global macro
economic data from various sources that include government agencies, the World Bank,
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and the International Monetary Fund. Taylor Thomas, Lowell Thomas and Senior
Portfolio Manager Caitlin Appleton perform research.
Our strategy involves purchasing securities that we believe are undervalued and then
holding them until they are no longer attractively valued or until our view of the global
investing environment has grown more cautious prompting us to reduce the risk profile of
client portfolios. In addition to individual stocks and bonds, we will purchase mutual
funds for client portfolios when we believe that it is the most efficient way to invest in a
particular asset class. In selecting mutual funds we consider the funds fees, the
management companies’ expertise and the managers’ skill, based on reviews of fund
holdings, opportunities to meet with or listen to management of the fund, and third party
research.
Generally speaking we are not frequent traders of client portfolios. Investment strategies
that rely on frequent trading lead to high brokerage expenses and a high frequency of
short term capital gains taxes.
We believe that sustainability issues contribute to a company's long-term financial
performance; Incorporating these considerations has been shown to enhance long-term
risk adjusted returns. Our ESG portfolios seek competitive investment returns from
companies that can contribute to and benefit from sustainable, global growth and
financial returns.
For specific clients who request that we integrate ESG factors into our investment
strategy we manage the process in the following ways:
Process: we ascertain ESG investing goals by having clients fill out an ESG Risk/Reward
Goals Investing Questionnaire which uses the UN 17 SDGs as a guiding framework.
Methodology: SSCA applies an ESG filter to securities considered for investments by
evaluating according to: 1) 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, 2) MSCI Rating
System, and 3) Sustainalytics, a Morningstar company that offers ESG analysis and
guidance. SSCA reviews these metrics on an ongoing basis.
Our approach to fundamental research exposes our clients to the risk that we may be
misled by company managements or third party research providers, or that we may err in
our understanding of the business. Because our portfolios are globally diversified our
clients are also exposed to currency risk, and political risk. Bond investments, both
domestic and international, are exposed to the risk of principal loss when interest rates
rise or if credit conditions deteriorate.
We advise clients to notify us promptly if there are changes to their financial situation or
investment objectives or if they want to place restrictions on our investment services.
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IX.
Disciplinary Information
Taylor Thomas and Caitlin Appleton are not now, nor have they been in the past subject
to any material legal or disciplinary events.
X.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
As a firm, and as principals, we do not believe that we have any material relationships
that could create a conflict of interest for us. Examples of this type of relationship are:
• Broker dealer affiliation
• Lawyer or law firm
• Accountant or accounting firm
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Insurance company or agency
• Pension consultant
• Real estate broker or dealer
• Sponsor or syndicator of limited partnerships
XI. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading
South Shore Capital Advisors has adopted a code of ethics in recognition that high ethical
standards are critical to maintaining the public’s trust in the financial markets and in the
investment profession. We require that all those affiliated with the firm act with integrity
in all of the dealings with clients, coworkers and other industry professionals. As an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, we are charged
with the duty to act as a fiduciary on behalf of our clients. This means that we must place
our clients’ interests ahead of our own. We are also required to adhere to all applicable
securities laws.
In accordance with the fiduciary standard by which we conduct ourselves, South Shore
Capital Advisors asks that its employees observe the following standards:
Act with integrity, competence, diligence, respect and in an ethical manner with the
public, clients and prospective clients. Further, employees must adhere to all applicable
regulations governing registered investment advisory practices.
No employee of South Shore Capital Advisors, while aware of material non public
information about a company, is permitted to purchase or sell securities of that company
until the information becomes publicly disseminated. Additionally, “access persons”
must put the interests of the clients ahead of their own. While our employees may buy
and sell securities for their personal accounts that are identical to or different from those
recommended to clients it is our policy that no employee shall prefer his or her own
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interest to that of an advisory client or make personal investment decisions based on the
investment decisions of advisory clients.
To supervise compliance with the code of ethics, South Shore Capital Advisors requires
that any “access persons” must provide annual holdings reports and quarterly transaction
reports to the firm’s Chief Compliance Officer. Employees are also required to seek
approval from the Chief Compliance Officer prior to investing in any IPOs and private
placements. South Shore Capital Advisors will provide a copy of its code of ethics to any
client or prospective client upon request.
XII.
Brokerage Practices
Custodians and Brokers We Use
South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC does not maintain physical custody of your assets,
although we may be deemed to have custody of your assets if you give us the authority to
withdraw assets from your account. Your assets must be maintained in an account at a
“qualified custodian,” generally a broker-dealer or a bank. We recommend that our
clients use Charles Schwab, Fidelity or Bordier & Cie. Schwab and Fidelity are registered
broker dealers. Bordier & Cie is a Swiss bank regulated by the Swiss Financial Market
Supervisory Authority FINMA. Clients may also ask us to manage a portfolio held at a
custodian of their choosing. While we may recommend that a client uses Charles
Schwab, Fidelity or Bordier & Cie. as a custodian, the client decides whether or not to do
so and will open accounts with the custodians by entering into an account agreement with
them.
We are independently owned and operated and not affiliated with any of the above firms.
These custodians will hold your assets, and Fidelity and Charles Schwab may buy and
sell securities when we instruct them to. Bordier & Cie. acts solely as a custodian and not
as a broker for our clients.
Clients make the decision about where to custody their assets and they open the account
directly with the custodian.
We do not open the accounts for our clients though we may assist them in doing so.
Even though a client account is located at one of the above custodians we can still use
other brokers to execute trades for your account as described below.
Clients receive statements from the custodians and they should review these carefully.
How We Select Brokers and Custodians
We consider a wide range of factors, including:
• Capability to execute, clear and settle trades for your account
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• Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from your accounts
• Breadth of available investment products
• Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment
decisions
• Quality of services
• Competitiveness of the price of those services
• Reputation, financial strength and stability
Your Brokerage and Custody Costs
Charles Schwab and Fidelity do not charge our clients separate custody fees. Bordier &
Cie. charges separate custody fees. Clients are responsible for the payment of all third
party fees (i.e., custodian fees, commissions (if any), brokerage fees, mutual fund fees,
transaction fees, etc.). Those fees are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses
charged by South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC.
Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
Consistent with obtaining best execution, brokerage transactions may be directed to a
broker dealer in return for research and/or services that assist South Shore Capital
Advisors in our decision making process. This research generally benefits all clients,
though there will be times when commissions paid by one client may be used to pay for
research that is not used in managing that client’s portfolio.
We believe that it is in our clients’ interests that we negotiate competitive commission
rates for them, though we recognize that at times they may pay higher commissions than
might be charged by another broker dealer. This poses a conflict of interest that must be
managed by the firm’s principals.
During the past year, we have received research reports on individual companies,
economic research, and individual consultation with representatives from the firms where
we have executed transactions. From time to time some of these firms also have invited
us to informational events that they have sponsored. Because we do not produce or pay
for this research, we receive a benefit and we may have an incentive to recommend a
custodian based on our interests rather than the clients.
South Shore Capital Advisors may receive software and support, without cost, from
broker dealers where our client assets are held in custody. However, we believe that the
custodians we recommend are the best in the industry based on reputation, high levels
of service, and sound capital bases. At all times we work to put the interests of the
client first.
Transactions for each client will be effected independently, unless South Shore Capital
Advisors decides to purchase or sell the same securities for several clients at exactly the
same time. In those cases we may combine or “batch” orders to obtain best execution. In
these circumstances transactions will be average priced and the allocations to client
accounts will be prorated. When allocations are prorated the manager reserves the right
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to exercise broad latitude in determining which client accounts receive the allocation with
the underlying goal of providing equal treatment to all clients.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
We do not exchange brokerage for client referrals.
Directed Brokerage
We recommend that our clients choose Charles Schwab, Fidelity or Bordier & Cie. as
their custodian. We believe that they offer high levels of service and competitive rates.
We may allow a client to choose a broker or custodian different from the above but we
reserve the right to decline this request. Also, in instances where clients direct the
brokerage we may not be able to ensure that a client is receiving the best execution.
XIII.
Review of Accounts
Client accounts are reviewed on an ongoing basis though they will receive a thorough
review at least quarterly. Reviews are conducted by the principal of the firm with
primary responsibility for the management of the account.
XIV.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
South Shore Capital Advisors does not pay referral fees for clients. We do not receive
compensation from others who work with our clients aside from those mentioned above
in the sections covering custodial and brokerage practices.
XV.
Custody
South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC does not maintain physical custody of your assets,
although we may be deemed to have custody of your assets if you give us the authority to
withdraw assets from your account. Clients receive statements from the custodians and
should review these statements carefully.
XVI.
Investment Discretion
Our clients may grant us investment discretion over their portfolios. We receive this
investment discretion from clients when they complete our Engagement for Investment
Advisory and Management Services agreement and initial the Discretionary Trading
Authorization section of that agreement.
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South Shore Capital Advisors asks that each client sign an Engagement For Investment
Advisory and Management Services Agreement. Charles Schwab and Fidelity include
the limited power of attorney on the new account form.
XVII.
Voting Client Securities
We do not vote client securities.
Clients may obtain a copy of our proxy voting policies and procedures upon request.
The custodian of your assets is responsible for you receiving the proxy materials from the
companies in your portfolio.
Clients may contact us with questions about a particular solicitation.
XVIII.
Financial Information
Registered investment advisers are required in this item to provide you with certain
disclosures and information about their financial condition.
South Shore Capital Advisors does not require any advance payment of client fees.
Additionally, South Shore Capital Advisors, LLC 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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