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Fidelity Go®
Form ADV, Part 2A Brochure
Strategic Advisers LLC
155 Seaport Boulevard
Boston, MA 02210-2698
800.343.3548
Fidelity.com
December 5, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Strategic Advisers
LLC (“Strategic Advisers”), a Fidelity Investments® company, as well as information about the Fidelity
Go® program.
Throughout this brochure and related materials, Strategic Advisers refers to itself as a “registered
investment adviser” or as being “registered.” These statements do not imply a certain level of skill or
training. Please call us at 800.343.3548 with any questions about the contents of this brochure. The
information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Strategic Advisers is available on the SEC’s website at adviserinfo.sec.gov.
S U M M A R Y O F M A T E R I A L C H A N G E S
The SEC requires registered investment advisers to provide and deliver an annual summary of material
changes to their advisory services program brochure (also referred to as the Form ADV, Part 2A Brochure).
The section below highlights only material revisions that have been made to the Fidelity Go® Form ADV,
Part 2A Brochure (the “Program Brochure”) from March 31, 2025, through December 5, 2025. Clients and
prospective clients can obtain a copy of the Program Brochure, without charge, by calling 800.343.3548, by
visiting Fidelity.com/information, or by visiting the SEC’s website at adviserinfo.sec.gov. Capitalized terms are
defined in the Program Brochure.
Material Changes
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“Discretionary Investment Management Services” in “Advisory Business”; “Responsibility of Clients,”
“Opening and Funding a Program Account,” and “Additional Deposits” under “Types of Clients”; and
“Investment Universe” and “Material Risks” in “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risks of
Loss” have been updated to describe the application of tax-smart investing techniques, including but not
limited to tax-loss harvesting, in taxable Program Accounts and the risks that arise therefrom.
Other Changes
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“Advisory Business” has been updated to include information about downloading the most up-to-date
version of the Fidelity mobile application.
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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S
SUMMARY OF MATERIAL CHANGES
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ADVISORY BUSINESS
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FEES AND COMPENSATION
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PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND
SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
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T YPES OF C LIENTS
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ME THODS OF ANALYSIS, INV ESTMEN T STR ATEGI ES
AND RISK OF LOSS
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DISC IP L INARY INFOR MATION
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OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIV I TIES
AND AFFILIATIONS
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CODE OF E THICS, PARTICIPATION OR I NTER EST IN CLIENT
TRANSACTIONS AND PERSON AL TRADI NG
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BROKERAGE PRACTIC ES
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REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
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CLIENT REFERRAL S AND OTHER COMPEN SATION
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CUSTODY
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INVESTMENT DISCRE TION
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VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
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FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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A D V I S O R Y B U S I N E S S
Strategic Advisers is a registered investment adviser and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC
(collectively with Strategic Advisers and its affiliates, “Fidelity Investments,” “Fidelity,” “us,” “our,” or “we”). Strategic
Advisers was formed in 1977 and offers a number of investment advisory programs, including the Fidelity Go®
program (the “Program”) described in this Program Brochure. Strategic Advisers provides a variety of investment
management services, including discretionary portfolio management services and nondiscretionary advisory
services to retail and institutional clients, including but not limited to Fidelity affiliates. As of December 31, 2024,
Strategic Advisers total assets under management were approximately $1,027,285,106,259 on a discretionary
basis and $40,379,499,331 on a nondiscretionary basis.
The Program is designed for a client (“client” or “you”) who seeks a digitally provided discretionary investment
management experience. To participate in the Program, you must complete an online enrollment process and
agree to accept electronic delivery of contracts, disclosure documents, prospectuses, trade confirmations, account
statements, and other Program materials and regulatory documents (herein, “Program documents”). You should
not participate in the Program if you do not wish to interact digitally.
Regular and continuous Internet access is required to enroll in the Program and to access all related Program
documents. If you are accessing the Program through Fidelity’s mobile application, then you should ensure that
you have downloaded the most up-to-date version of the Fidelity mobile application to access the available
Program services. You also have an obligation to maintain a current and accurate email address to ensure that
you can receive your Program-related communications and/or Program documents, and your participation in
a Program can be terminated by us if you request to unenroll from electronic delivery for your Program-related
communications and/or Program documents.
The Program includes discretionary investment management services made available to clients through the
Fidelity Go website and Fidelity’s mobile applications (the “Program Website”). Strategic Advisers applies tax-
smart investing techniques to taxable Program Accounts, as discussed in more detail below. Tax-loss harvesting in
equity Flex Funds, a component of tax-smart investing techniques, is available to taxable accounts with a balance
of at least $25,000. Trading and custody services are included in the Program’s discretionary management services.
There is no minimum to open a Fidelity Go Program Account; however, a Program Account will not be invested
according to the selected asset allocation strategy until the Program Account has a balance of at least $10.
The Program offers nondiscretionary financial planning through the Program Website or via telephone by a team
of Fidelity representatives. To be eligible for the nondiscretionary financial planning available through the Program,
you must invest and maintain at least $25,000 in at least one Fidelity Go Program Account. Clients who maintain
health savings accounts through the Program and clients who are nearing or in retirement will have access to
the nondiscretionary financial planning offered in the Program, but they should understand that such financial
planning will not address health care spending strategies or retirement income planning.
Identification and Selection of an Asset Allocation Strategy
As part of the Program’s enrollment process, you will be required to provide us with certain initial information
about yourself, including but not limited to your age, goal, initial investment, time horizon, household income,
risk tolerance, and, for taxable accounts, marginal federal income tax rate (collectively, “Initial Information”),
that we will use to identify a long-term asset allocation strategy for your Program Account. Please note that,
if you are converting a Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”) individual retirement account into a Program
Account, we will assume a “retirement” goal for your Program Account. You are able to change the goal for
your Program Account when filling out the Initial Information.
Each asset allocation strategy is composed of Fidelity Flex® mutual funds (“Flex Funds”), as described below,
which provide exposure to a combination of stocks, bonds, and short-term investments and is one in a
series of asset allocations that range from conservative (lower risk and return potential) to aggressive (higher
risk and return potential). You can, and we encourage you to, also provide us with additional information
about yourself (including but not limited to your investment experience and knowledge, emergency fund,
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other assets, and financial situation, collectively, “Additional Information”), which will allow us to know you
better. The Initial Information and Additional Information (together, “Profile Information”) help us create your
personal profile and will impact the asset allocation strategy that is proposed to you. You can update your
Profile Information online anytime, and we encourage you to keep this information current.
For taxable Program Accounts, the marginal federal income tax rate you provide will determine which
investments we select as part of the fixed income portion of your asset allocation strategy, and help inform
how we deploy any additional tax-smart investing techniques available to your Program Accounts. Please note
that joint Program Account owners who file their federal income taxes separately may not be subject to the
same marginal federal income tax rate, and we will consider only the marginal federal income tax rate that
such owners provide. In such a case, the Program Account may not be managed according to both owners’
marginal federal income tax rate.
In the event that you do not provide Additional Information, we will propose an asset allocation strategy for
your Program Account using your Initial Information along with assumed responses based on information
derived from investors in the Program and other Fidelity programs and services (our “profiling assumptions”).
A portion of the profiling assumptions for Program Accounts with a retirement goal are based on similarly
aged investors in Fidelity programs and services, and a portion of the profiling assumptions for Program
Accounts with other goals are based on investors in the Program with a similar investment time horizon. This
means that the profiling assumptions will differ depending on the goal of your Program Account.
We use a proprietary framework based on aggregate investor data to inform our profiling assumptions. You
should understand that if you do not answer certain questions aimed at collecting your Profile Information,
including those concerning your emergency fund, financial situation, and investment knowledge/experience,
we will assume values for those responses. For example, if you have a Program Account with a retirement
goal, our profiling assumptions will generally assume that your emergency fund, investment experience,
and investment knowledge increase as you age. It is also important for you to understand that the profiling
assumptions are periodically reviewed and updated based on the investor information we have in our
database, and such updates can result in changes to the profiling assumptions that are used as part of your
Profile Information. We encourage you to provide the Additional Information to ensure that the Program
services you receive are based on your particular information rather than our profiling assumptions, and to
keep such Additional Information updated as appropriate.
As part of the Program enrollment process, you can select the proposed asset allocation strategy or
another asset allocation strategy that you believe is appropriate for you, subject to certain constraints and
limitations. If you select an asset allocation strategy that differs from the one that we suggest, we will provide
discretionary management for your Program Account consistent with your selected asset allocation strategy.
You should understand that the performance of a Program Account with a client-selected asset allocation
strategy likely will differ, at times significantly, from the performance of a Program Account managed
according to the asset allocation strategy we proposed. Unless you are enrolled in Smart Shift, as described
below, your Program Account’s asset allocation strategy will not change unless (i) you initiate a change, or
(ii) the asset allocation strategy for the account is no longer appropriate based on your Profile Information.
The Program offers Smart Shift, an account feature through which we manage your Program Account to an
investment time horizon that reflects when you anticipate starting to withdraw from your Program Account.
Smart Shift is only available to clients who are invested in the asset allocation strategy that we recommend.
Program Accounts managed with Smart Shift are designed to align with our suggested asset allocation based
on your Profile Information, and, if Additional Information is not provided, our profiling assumptions. The
asset allocation strategy for your Program Account will change over time if Smart Shift is enabled.
Clients with a retirement goal who are within three years of when they, or if planning with a partner through
the Program, they or their partner, anticipate withdrawing from their Program Account (their “Retirement
Year”) must provide an anticipated withdrawal amount as part of their Profile Information for us to manage
their account in Smart Shift. You will not be eligible for Smart Shift if you, or if planning with a partner through
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the Program, you or your partner, are within three years of your Retirement Year and fail to provide your
anticipated withdrawal amount. We reserve the right to discontinue your participation in Smart Shift unless
and until you provide us with your anticipated withdrawal amount. Smart Shift is not available for clients with
a retirement goal once they, or if planning with a partner through the Program, they or their partner, reach
their Retirement Year.
In addition, information regarding the potential value of a Program Account over time can also be provided
to you. Using client-provided inputs and a number of assumptions, we will display information about
hypothetical asset projection scenarios and roughly estimate how those scenarios can perform over time.
It is important for you to understand that the modeling provided is hypothetical in nature, is provided
for illustrative purposes only, does not reflect actual investment results, and does not guarantee future
investment outcomes. The information shown or made available to you can vary with each use and over time.
Discretionary Investment Management Services
Your Program Account, and each asset allocation strategy used in the Program, will be invested in certain Flex
Funds that are available only to certain fee-based accounts offered by Fidelity. The Flex Funds are managed by
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (“FMRCo”) and its affiliates. Unlike many other mutual funds, the
Flex Funds do not charge management fees or, with limited exceptions, fund expenses. Instead, compensation
for access to the Flex Funds is paid out of the fees charged by certain fee-based accounts offered by Fidelity that
include Flex Funds as underlying investments, including the Program.
A Program Account will be periodically rebalanced or reallocated to the portfolio identified for your selected
asset allocation strategy as further described in the section below entitled “Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies, and Risk of Loss.” The specific Flex Funds or number of Flex Funds in which a Program Account is
invested could change, and the underlying Flex Funds held in a Program Account can differ based on whether a
Program Account is a taxable, health savings, or individual retirement account. For additional information about
the Flex Funds selected for a Program Account, please see the respective fund’s prospectus.
A client can impose reasonable restrictions on the management of any Program Account. You can request a
restriction from the list available on the Program Website. All requested investment restrictions are subject to
our review and approval. If a restriction is accepted, Program Account assets will be invested in a manner that is
appropriate given the restriction. Reasonable restrictions will not apply to the underlying securities or holdings
in the Flex Funds purchased in a Program Account. It is important to understand that imposing an investment
restriction can delay the start of discretionary management on and can impact the performance of a Program
Account, at times significantly, as compared with the performance of a Program Account managed without
restrictions, possibly producing lower overall results. Not all requested restrictions will be considered reasonable
for each asset allocation strategy, and a previously accepted restriction will be removed if we change your asset
allocation strategy to one for which that restriction is not considered reasonable. For Program Accounts that
are not enrolled in Smart Shift, any client-imposed restrictions will be removed if the client changes the asset
allocation strategy for the Program Account, and the client can subsequently request new investment restrictions
for the Program Account on the Program Website. You can reevaluate restrictions at any time.
Strategic Advisers uses certain tax-smart investing techniques in taxable Program Accounts. Tax-loss harvesting
is available only in taxable Program Accounts that invest and maintain at least $25,000. However, please note
that the stated goal that you assign to your Program Account and the asset allocation strategy you select
for that Program Account are of primary importance. Accordingly, the application of tax-smart investing
techniques to that Program Account is a secondary consideration. You should understand that significant
tax consequences can result from investing in a Program Account, even if such a Program Account employs
the available tax-smart investing techniques, as such techniques are not Strategic Advisers’ primary focus in
managing your Program Account. For additional considerations related to tax-smart investing techniques,
including but not limited to tax-loss harvesting, please see the disclosure below under “Methods of Analysis,
Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss.”
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Responsibility of Clients
We rely on client information to provide the services for the Program. As a client, you have a responsibility to
regularly review and, should it become inaccurate, update your Profile Information for your Program Account
and to maintain a current and accurate email address to receive Program-related communications and Program
documents. Your Program Account will continue to be managed on a discretionary basis using your Profile
Information, and it is your responsibility to advise us through the Program’s Website if there are any changes
to your Profile Information. It is important for you to understand that your Profile Information, which is used
to determine an appropriate asset allocation strategy for your Program Account and includes your marginal
federal income tax rate for taxable Program Accounts, will not automatically update as a result of any changes
you model on your own in any financial planning tool that is made available online, information you input
to other Fidelity accounts or investment programs, or pursuant to any changes that you make to recurring
contribution amounts unless also reflected in your Profile Information. If you maintain multiple relationships
with Fidelity, then you should ensure that your personal, financial, and other important information is
independently updated for each respective service or account.
Financial Planning Services and Access to a Fidelity Representative
In addition to the discretionary investment management services described above, clients who invest and
maintain $25,000 or more in at least one Program Account will have access to nondiscretionary financial
planning services designed to assist you in evaluating one or more identified goals. As part of the Program
enrollment, you will assign a goal for each Program Account you open. Once enrolled, you can use the Program
Website to view your Program Accounts and engage with self-guided planning tools and resources. These tools
are designed to help you evaluate your ability to meet your identified goals; identify action steps; and select,
prepare for, and complete financial planning sessions designed to present strategies to help you evaluate your
financial needs (the “Financial Planning Services”).
You have access to the Financial Planning Services through the Program Website and via telephone assistance
from a team of Fidelity representatives, but the Financial Planning Services do not include in-person or in-branch
financial planning services with a Fidelity representative. The team of phone-based Fidelity representatives can
help you evaluate your financial goals and objectives, and provide general assistance with products and services
provided by Fidelity outside of the Program. We use various financial planning analytics and applications to look
at your identified goals, the assets held in your Program Accounts, and any other assets you identify that are
held in other Fidelity programs or accounts, or at a third party that you have designated toward a goal (“Other
Assets”). We will help you in evaluating your ability to meet your identified goals; however, we are not obligated
to provide ongoing financial planning advice, update any analysis provided, or monitor your progress toward
a planning or investment goal. Any self-directed modeling, including any what-if or other changes you model
on your own in any financial planning tool that is made available to you online, either through the Financial
Planning Services or otherwise through Fidelity, will not automatically update your Profile Information or your
asset allocation strategy for your Program Accounts.
It is important to understand that there can be significant differences between any asset allocation modeling
shown in a financial plan and the performance you will experience in a Program Account. The Financial Planning
Services do not include initial or ongoing advice regarding specific securities or other investments, any financial
analysis provided outside this Program (including prior to enrolling in the Program), or any financial planning that
you engage in on your own in a financial planning tool that is made available online.
Other than with respect to your Program Accounts, which are managed on a discretionary basis through
the Program, whether and how to implement any asset allocation or other recommendations provided as
a component of our Financial Planning Services is your responsibility and is separate and distinct from the
Financial Planning Services. Specifically, Other Assets are not managed as part of the Program and are subject
to separate and distinct terms, conditions, and, as applicable, fees. In addition, if you choose to implement
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some or all of the asset allocation or other recommendations provided as part of the Financial Planning Services
through Fidelity, a Fidelity entity will act as a broker-dealer or investment adviser depending on the products
or services selected, and you will be subject to separate, applicable charges, fees, or expenses. Please
see the “Guide to Brokerage and Investment Advisory Services at Fidelity Investments” available at
Fidelity.com/information or speak with a Fidelity representative for more information.
It is important to understand that Fidelity representatives can act in the capacity of a registered representative
of FBS, Strategic Advisers’ affiliated broker-dealer. Any financial planning a client receives from a Fidelity
representative prior to us accepting your Program Client Agreement is provided by FBS and is not part of the
Program services.
F E E S A N D C O M P E N S A T I O N
Advisory Fees
The Program charges an advisory fee based on a Program Account’s average daily asset balance, payable
after the end of each quarter. Program Accounts will be charged an advisory fee in accordance with the table
below by calculating average daily assets at the end of each month to determine the advisory fee rate to assess
for that month, and the advisory fees for each month during a quarter are added together to determine the
quarterly advisory fee. If the end of the month falls on a non-business day, the Program Account value on the
end of the last business day of the month will be applied to any subsequent non-business days in that month.
The Program Advisory Fee paid includes the ongoing discretionary management of a Program Account; the
brokerage, clearing, and custody services provided by Strategic Advisers’ affiliates; and, as applicable, the
financial planning and Fidelity representative access noted above. Please see the table below for the advisory
fee rates for the Program.
ADVISORY FEE SCHEDULE FOR PROGRAM ACCOUNTS
Average Daily Assets*
Advisory Fee
Account balances of less than $25,000
No advisory fee
Account balances of $25,000 and above
0.35% annually
* Average daily assets of the Program Accounts are determined on the last business day of the month and used to calculate the
advisory fee rate to assess for that month. The quarterly advisory fee deducted after the end of each quarter from Program
Accounts will be the sum of each month’s advisory fee for that quarter, and the advisory fee rate can vary from month to month
during a quarter based on the average daily assets determined on the last business day of each month during the quarter.
Billing
The advisory fee will be deducted from your Program Account on a quarterly basis after the end of each
quarter. Program Accounts are not aggregated for billing purposes. Certain assets in your Program Account
could be liquidated to pay the advisory fee; this liquidation could generate a taxable gain or loss in a taxable
Program Account.
Accounts that cross from one advisory fee tier to another advisory fee tier during a billing period or that are
funded mid-month will be assessed a pro rata fee for the number of days within the billing period for which
the Program Account was funded. For example, if your average Program Account balance does not exceed
$25,000 during the months of July and August but does exceed $25,000 for the month of September, you
will be assessed the 0.00% advisory fee for the days in July and August and the 0.35% advisory fee for days
in September. If you open a Program Account during the month of September and your average daily assets
for the days in September that your account was funded exceeded $25,000, then you are assessed a 0.35%
advisory fee only for those days in September when your account was funded.
It is important that you understand that the 0.35% advisory fee applies to the entirety of your Program Account
balance. For example, in the scenario described above, you would not pay an advisory fee for the months of
July and August, but the 0.35% advisory fee would be applied to the entirety of your Program Account, not just
the amounts of $25,000 and above, for the month of September.
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Additional Fee Information
Your Program Advisory Fee could be reduced by a Credit Amount, as defined below. The Credit Amount
is intended to address the conflicts of interest that arise from Program Account investments that generate
revenue for Fidelity by reducing the advisory fees paid to Strategic Advisers by the amount of compensation,
if any, Strategic Advisers or its affiliates retain that is derived as a direct result of investments imported into
Program Accounts. As stated above, your Program Account assets will be invested in Flex Funds and the fee
structures of the Flex Funds afford transparency into the total fees you pay. The Flex Funds are not subject
to the Credit Amount because Fidelity receives no fees from the Flex Funds for managing or handling
the business affairs of the funds and pays the expenses of each fund, with limited exceptions. See “Client
Referrals and Other Compensation” below for additional information about the Credit Amount and the sale of
transferred securities imported into Program Accounts.
All fees are subject to change. In rare circumstances, Strategic Advisers negotiates the advisory fee for certain
accounts. Strategic Advisers could also agree to waive fees, in whole or in part, in its sole discretion, including
but not limited to (i) in connection with promotional efforts and other programs, including but not limited to
situations designed to facilitate transitions between advisory programs, or (ii) for certain current and former
employees of Fidelity. This will result in certain clients paying less than the standard fee.
In addition, and to the extent applicable, Program Accounts with negotiated or no advisory fees do not receive
the Credit Amount; instead, any Credit Amount generated from such Program Accounts will be allocated,
pro rata based on assets, among the other open Program Accounts at the time the Credit Amount is applied.
Generally, you will not pay any commissions for transactions executed through affiliates of Strategic Advisers,
transaction fees, or sales loads on the securities purchased in a Program Account. You are responsible for any
fees incurred in connection with wash sales that can occur in a non-Program Account, as well as fees resulting
from the sale of any securities used to fund your initial investment in a Program Account (whether such sale
is inside or outside a Program Account) and any subsequent withdrawals that you initiate. If a mutual fund
purchased for a Program Account incurs a redemption or other administrative fee as a result of not being held
for a minimum time period, Fidelity can, in its sole discretion, choose to pay any such redemption fees on
behalf of Program clients, but is under no obligation to do so.
While you will not generally pay commissions for transactions executed through Strategic Advisers’ affiliates,
Strategic Advisers and its affiliates incur costs to make the Flex Funds available to you and incur costs to
execute transactions in your Program Account. This is a conflict of interest, as Strategic Advisers and its affiliates
are disincentivized to execute transactions in your Program Account. Strategic Advisers mitigates this conflict
by conducting investment oversight of its discretionary management, including evaluating its investment
performance in Program Accounts.
Your Program Advisory Fee does not cover the charges resulting from transactions executed with or through
broker-dealers that are not affiliates of Strategic Advisers, including but not limited to commissions, markups
and markdowns, transfer taxes, exchange fees, regulatory fees, odd-lot differentials, handling charges,
electronic fund and wire transfer fees, or any other charges imposed by law or otherwise agreed to with regard
to Program Accounts. These transaction charges will be reflected on trade confirmations and/or Program
Account statements to the extent applicable. Strategic Advisers or an affiliate can voluntarily assume the cost
of certain commissions for equity transactions executed through broker-dealers unaffiliated with Strategic
Advisers; Program clients will not be charged commissions for such transactions. Your Program’s Advisory
Fee also does not cover a regulatory charge of a few cents per $1,000 of securities sold. Please note that
the amount of this regulatory fee varies over time, and because variations will not be immediately known to
Fidelity, the amount will be estimated and assessed in advance. To the extent that such estimated amount
differs from the actual amount of the regulatory fee, Fidelity will retain the excess. These charges will be
reflected on Program Account statements and/or trade confirmations.
The advisory fee does not cover costs associated with implementing any suggestions provided as part of our
Financial Planning Services, other than the discretionary investment management services provided through
the Program.
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Strategic Advisers’ affiliates sponsor promotional offers that provide clients with the ability to receive cash
compensation or a reduced advisory fee for opening and funding certain accounts. Accounts opened through
the Program are, from time to time, included in the list of account types and investment solutions eligible for
such promotional offers. The Program’s eligibility for such promotional offers creates a conflict of interest, as
Strategic Advisers and its affiliates are incentivizing clients to utilize the Program rather than Strategic Advisers‘
other managed account programs or self-directed investment options available through FBS. Strategic Advisers
will also, from time to time, provide cash compensation to Program clients for taking qualifying actions with
respect to their Program Account, such as certain interactions with Program features.
Any compensation will be deposited into the client’s Program Account, will be subject to the advisory fee
applicable to the Program, and may have tax consequences. A promotional offer is not a recommendation to
implement any asset allocation strategy or select a particular account type or investment solution.
Also, during the time you are enrolled in the Program, you could be eligible to receive certain cash or non-cash
compensation or services offered by Strategic Advisers’ affiliates based, in whole or in part, on the amount you
invest with the Program. It is important to understand that such services are not part of the Program’s services
for which the Program Advisory Fee is paid. In addition, while enrolled in the Program, you could receive
information about how to access financial wellness and/or professional support resources and services that are
offered by entities unaffiliated with Fidelity, some of which pay compensation to Fidelity as a result of your use
of such resources or services. Such resources and services are not included as part of the Program’s services,
and any applicable costs associated with enrolling in or subscribing to these resources or services would be in
addition to the Program Advisory Fee.
Other Considerations
In evaluating the Program, please consider that Fidelity offers a variety of investment advisory services and
brokerage offerings. These offerings are summarized below to assist you in understanding and comparing
the services and offerings. For more detailed information regarding an investment advisory service, please
review the respective Form ADV, Part 2A Brochure available at Fidelity.com/information or through a Fidelity
representative. Refer to the “Guide to Brokerage and Investment Advisory Services at Fidelity Investments”
available at Fidelity.com/information for more information regarding our roles and responsibilities when
providing brokerage and advisory services. Please note that, other than the self-directed brokerage account
offered by FBS, the advisory programs included in the chart below are each offered by Strategic Advisers.
PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
INVESTMENT
GENERAL
ELIGIBILITY
FEE STRUCTURE
Fidelity Go®
No account minimum;
$10 to invest
Less than $25,000
invested: no advisory
fee
Portfolio based on a
client’s investment
profile and composed
of a mix of zero
expense ratio Fidelity
mutual funds
Asset-based advisory
fee: 0.35% annually for
$25,000 and above
Invests in zero expense
ratio Fidelity mutual
funds that do not
charge management
fees (or with limited
exceptions, fund
expenses)
Digitally provided
discretionary
investment
management and
planning; access to a
team of phone-based
representatives for
one-on-one financial
coaching for clients
who maintain $25,000
or more in a Fidelity Go
account and tax-loss
harvesting for taxable
accounts with $25,000
or more.
Fidelity Managed
FidFolios®
$5,000 minimum
investment
Asset-based advisory
fee: 0.40% or 0.70%
annually
Digitally provided
discretionary invest-
ment man agement
of a single asset class
(including tax-smart
investing techniques)
A mix of individual
securities, either stocks
or American Depositary
Receipts, depending
on the client’s selected
strategy
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PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
INVESTMENT
GENERAL
ELIGIBILITY
FEE STRUCTURE
Fidelity® Strategic
Disciplines
Asset-based advisory
fee: 0.20%–0.70%
annually for equity
strategies and 0.35%–
0.40% annually for
fixed income strategies,
depending on the
amount invested
Discretionary
investment
management of a single
asset class (including
tax-smart investing
techniques); planning
and advice is provided
through a dedicated
representative
A mix of individual
securities, including but
not limited to stocks,
bonds, American
Depositary Receipts,
and/or exchange-traded
products and mutual
funds, depending on
the client’s selected
strategy
Depending on
strategy selected,
account investment
minimums of $100,000
(equity strategies)
and $350,000 (bond
strategies), each
subject to qualification
for support from a
dedicated Fidelity
representative, which
is based on a variety of
factors (for example,
a client with at least
$500,000 invested in an
eligible Fidelity account
would typically qualify)
Fidelity® Wealth
Services
$50,000 minimum
investment
Asset-based advisory
fee: 1.10% annually,
less a fee credit that
reflects compensation
retained by Fidelity as a
direct result of a client’s
investments
Fidelity Advisory
Services provides
customized
planning, advice,
and discretionary
investment
management (including
tax-smart investing
techniques); planning
and advice is provided
by a centralized team
of phone-based
representatives
A mix of Fidelity
and non-Fidelity
mutual funds and
exchange-traded
products invested
using a dynamic asset
allocation that can
respond to changes in
the economic business
cycle; offered with
multiple investment
approaches and
universes
Wealth Management
and Private Wealth
Management
provide customized
planning, advice,
and discretionary
investment
management (including
tax-smart investing
techniques); planning
and advice is provided
through a dedicated
representative
supported by a
service team
A mix of Fidelity and
non-Fidelity mutual
funds and exchange-
traded products
and, depending on a
client’s preferences
and investment
profile, individual
securities, invested
using a dynamic asset
allocation that can
respond to changes in
the economic business
cycle; offered with
multiple investment
approaches and
universes
Asset-based advisory
fee: 0.50%–1.50%
annually, depending on
the amount invested,
less a fee credit that
reflects compensation
retained by Fidelity
as a direct result of a
client’s investments
(additional fees of up to
0.40% for management
of certain individual
security strategies
can also apply where
advisory services are
not provided solely by
a Strategic Advisers
affiliate)
$50,000 minimum
account investment for
Wealth Management
and $2 million
minimum investment
and $10 million
investable assets
for Private Wealth
Management, each
subject to qualification
for support from a
dedicated Fidelity
representative, which
is based on a variety of
factors (for example,
a client with at least
$500,000 invested in an
eligible Fidelity account
would typically qualify)
Fidelity Wealth
Advisor Solutions®
Investment vehicles
will vary by unaffiliated
investment advisor and
strategy
Investment minimums
will vary by unaffiliated
investment advisor and
services provided
Advisory fees will
vary by unaffiliated
investment advisor and
services provided
A referral network of
unaffiliated investment
advisors that provide
customized wealth
management and
investment strategies
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PRODUCT
DESCRIPTION
INVESTMENT
GENERAL
ELIGIBILITY
FEE STRUCTURE
Self-Directed
Brokerage Account
Transaction fees and
investment expenses
vary based on
investment vehicle
selected; no ongoing
asset-based advisory
fee charged by
Strategic Advisers
Self-directed trading
through FBS, with
access to Fidelity’s
online tools, planning,
and resources, and
support provided
by brokerage
representatives.
A dedicated
representative is
available based on
relationship
No minimum to
open a brokerage
account. Qualification
for support from a
dedicated Fidelity
representative is based
on a variety of factors
(for example, a client
with at least $500,000
invested in an eligible
Fidelity account would
typically qualify)
Brokerage customers
can choose from a wide
variety of investments,
including mutual funds,
exchange-traded
funds, stocks, bonds,
and insurance and
annuity products. Note
that certain securities
available through
Strategic Advisers’
advisory services are
not available in self-
directed brokerage
accounts
As described in the chart above, FBS offers self-directed brokerage accounts and financial planning and can
provide dedicated support from a Fidelity representative depending on a client’s overall relationship with
Fidelity. A client could therefore purchase planning services separately from another firm, plan independently
using the tools and analytics that are used to support the Financial Planning Services provided through
the Program that are also made available by FBS at Fidelity.com without a fee, or, if the client qualifies for
dedicated support from a Fidelity representative, work with the Fidelity representative to receive planning
services offered by FBS without a fee.
While you can obtain similar products and services from Fidelity or other firms without enrolling in the
Program, you would not receive the same discretionary services offered through the Program; the Flex Funds
used by the Program would not be generally available for purchase outside of the Program; investments
could be subject to sales loads or transaction and redemption charges that are generally waived as part of
the Program; and, if you invest and maintain at least $25,000 in at least one Program Account, you would not
generally be able to obtain the same combination of investment and financial planning services. The overall
cost of purchasing the products and services separately will most likely differ from the Program Advisory Fee.
Clients should consider the value of these advisory services when making such comparisons.
Information about Fidelity and Fidelity Representative Compensation
Fidelity representatives who support the Program are associated with Strategic Advisers and FBS. Fidelity
representatives act on behalf of FBS when recommending an advisory program offered by Strategic Advisers.
Once a client enrolls in the Program, the Fidelity representative will be providing Strategic Advisers services.
Separate and apart from the Program, Fidelity representatives, including those who support the Program, can
provide clients with a variety of FBS services, including investment education and advice, financial analyses,
planning services, and help with implementing any nondiscretionary recommendations as part of the Financial
Planning Services. When providing services for FBS, these Fidelity representatives are acting solely as
registered representatives of FBS, and the Program’s fees are not related to those FBS services.
Fidelity representatives receive a percentage of their total annual compensation as base pay—a predetermined
and fixed annual salary. Base pay varies between Fidelity representatives based on experience and position.
In addition to base pay, Fidelity representatives are also eligible to receive either variable compensation or an
annual bonus, and certain representatives are also eligible to receive longer-term compensation. Depending
on the representative’s role, variable compensation can be impacted by the amount of assets a client transfers
into and invests with Fidelity, the products or services the client chooses both initially and on an ongoing basis,
client satisfaction, or a manager’s assessment of the representative’s performance. Whether and how much
each Fidelity representative receives in each component is generally determined by the representative’s role,
responsibilities, and performance measures.
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Fidelity and the Fidelity representatives who support the Program and who are eligible to receive variable
compensation receive different amounts of compensation depending on the type of product or service a client
selects. Depending on the specific situation, the compensation received by Fidelity and those representatives
in connection with a client enrolling in the Program could be greater than the compensation received by
Fidelity and its representatives if a client participated in another Fidelity advisory program or maintained a
brokerage account.
Products and services that generally require more time to engage with a client and/or that are more complex
provide greater compensation to a representative. This compensation structure creates a financial incentive
for Fidelity and its representatives to recommend investments in more complex or time-consuming products
and services over others, and to recommend that a client maintain an investment in such products and
services over time. Fidelity addresses these conflicts of interest by having processes in place that require our
representatives to make recommendations that are in the best interest of clients, training and supervising our
representatives, and disclosing these conflicts of interest to clients so that they can consider the conflicts when
making financial decisions.
To see specific compensation levels for the managed account programs mentioned above and other
products, including an example of compensation that can be earned by Financial Consultants, please see
the “Fidelity Investments Compensation Disclosure” document (available at Fidelity.com/information), or
contact a Fidelity representative. Clients should read the information contained in the “Fidelity Investments
Compensation Disclosure” document carefully, and can ask a representative at any time whether and how
they are compensated with respect to a particular product or service and about the financial incentives and
conflicts of interest that Fidelity has when making recommendations of products or services.
P E R F O R M A N C E - B A S E D F E E S A N D S I D E - B Y - S I D E
M A N A G E M E N T
Strategic Advisers does not charge performance-based fees in connection with the Program. In addition,
Strategic Advisers does not engage in side-by-side management with respect to the strategies employed
for the Program.
T Y P E S O F C L I E N T S
The Program is generally available to individual investors who are U.S. persons (including a U.S. resident
alien), typically reside in the United States, and have a valid taxpayer identification number. The Program is not
available to foreign investors. You can enroll taxable, health savings, or individual retirement accounts in the
Program. You must also have regular Internet access and be comfortable with a digital investment experience
and online services. All Program-related communications, materials, and Program documents will be delivered
electronically. You will be sent an electronic notification regarding the availability of Program documents, and a
link or website address where the Program documents can be accessed. It is important to note that if you want
to revoke your consent to electronic delivery of Program-related communications and/or Program documents,
you will need to terminate your participation in the Program.
Opening and Funding a Program Account
To enroll in the Program, you must agree to the Program Client Agreement, which details the terms and
conditions under which the client appoints Strategic Advisers to provide the Program services. Our advisory
relationship with a client begins when we accept the client’s Program Client Agreement.
Except with respect to a Program investment proposal, preliminary discussions or recommendations made
before we accept your Program Client Agreement are not intended as investment advice provided by Strategic
Advisers, including but not limited to any financial planning provided by Fidelity representatives, as described
above. The Program Client Agreement requires that you delegate discretionary authority to Strategic Advisers,
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which includes the authority to determine which funds to purchase or sell and the total amount of such
purchases and sales, subject to certain Program and regulatory limitations and Strategic Advisers’ internal
policies and procedures. You also acknowledge through the Program Client Agreement that Strategic Advisers
may, but is not obligated to, retain one or more sub-advisors with respect to the management of your Program
Account. Your Program Client Agreement establishes a brokerage account with FBS. During your participation
in the Program, your Program Account will not be available for self-directed brokerage activities.
There is no minimum to open a Program Account; however, once you have enrolled in the Program, you will
have 90 days to fund your Program Account. You must deposit at least $10 for us to begin managing your
account, and you must invest and maintain $25,000 or more in at least one Program Account to be eligible
for the Financial Planning Services. Taxable Program Accounts that invest and maintain $25,000 are eligible
for tax-loss harvesting. If you have not funded your Program Account within 90 days, we can terminate your
participation in the Program. We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to remove your access to the Financial
Planning Services if you do not maintain $25,000 in at least one Program Account and to cease tax-loss
harvesting if your taxable Program Account falls below $25,000. In general, your Program Advisory Fees will
begin to accrue after a Program Account has been deemed in good order for management purposes. We can,
in our sole discretion, change the Program Account opening minimum, the minimum amount at which we
will begin managing your account, or the minimum amount at which clients become eligible for the Financial
Planning Services at any time.
You can fund your Program Account by depositing cash or securities acceptable to us. Once we receive all the
required information and the funding process, including, if applicable, the settlement of funds used to fund
the Program Account, is complete, a Program Account will be reviewed for investment and will typically begin
trading within five business days. The Program’s general policy is to invest cash deposits in the core Fidelity
money market fund identified as the cash sweep vehicle for your Program Account (“Core Money Market
Fund”) as soon as reasonably practicable, then further invest portions of these assets in accordance with your
selected asset allocation strategy.
Fidelity will determine, in its sole discretion, which securities will be eligible to fund a Program Account. A
Fidelity representative can provide information as to whether a specific mutual fund, exchange-traded product
(“ETP”), or other security is available to fund a Program Account. As a general matter, securities transferred
into a Program Account that are lightly traded; have restrictions on their sale, transfer, or liquidation; or are
otherwise difficult to price, sell, transfer, or redeem will be ineligible to fund a Program Account. Transferred
securities imported into Program Accounts must be held free and clear of any liens, pledges, or other legal
or contractual restrictions. At times, Fidelity will not accept individual securities that are otherwise generally
available to fund a Program Account due to internal guidelines or state or federal regulations.
We will liquidate transferred securities imported into Program Accounts as soon as reasonably practicable, and
the transfer of such securities into a Program Account is deemed to be your directive to Fidelity to sell any such
securities upon transfer. We do not consider the potential tax consequences of these sales when following
your deemed direction to sell such securities. Any tax-smart investing techniques available to taxable Program
Accounts will not be utilized when liquidating securities transferred into a Program Account. We also reserve
the right to transfer an ineligible security back to the account from which you are transferring the assets or to
another like-registered account held at Fidelity.
Sales of transferred securities will be subject to redemption and other applicable fees, including commissions
on sales of securities; however, under certain circumstances, we can voluntarily assume the costs of certain
commissions. You could realize a taxable gain or loss when these shares are sold. In addition, when Fidelity
Funds are purchased in taxable Program Accounts, you could receive taxable distributions out of earnings that
have accrued before purchase (a situation referred to as “buying a dividend”).
It is important that you understand that the long-term asset allocation strategy we recommend for your
Program Account will not consider funds deposited into your account by Fidelity pursuant to any promotional
offers, which are described in more detail in the “Fees and Compensation” section of this Program Brochure.
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You should add the value of any such funds to the amount you list as your initial investment in the Initial
Information if you want us to consider such funds in recommending an asset allocation strategy to you.
Additional Deposits
Additional deposits can be made to your Program Account at any time, including funding your Program
Accounts with transferred securities as described above and acceptable to us. Discretionary management of
additional deposits will generally occur as soon as reasonably practicable but could be delayed for various
reasons, including time needed to liquidate securities, special handling instructions, or funding your Program
Account in accordance with the investment minimum. Depending on the size of the deposit made and the
size of the positions held in your Program Account, deposits can remain invested in your Core Money Market
Fund until such time as your Program Account is rebalanced. In general, we will begin charging the Program
Advisory Fee on additional deposits once assets have been received into the Program Account and have been
deemed in good order for management purposes.
It is important to understand that additional deposits into a taxable Program Account with assets of $25,000 or
more can limit the tax efficiency of the Program Account, as the additional deposits will be used to purchase
Flex Funds and such purchases could result in wash sales. For more information on wash sales and the
applicability of the wash-sale rule, please see “Investment Universe” and “Material Risks” under “Methods of
Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss.”
Withdrawals, Account Closure, and Program Termination
At any time, you can contact us to request a withdrawal from a Program Account, elect to close one or more
of your Program Accounts, or elect to close all Program Accounts and terminate Program enrollment. If you
instruct us to terminate your participation in the Program, we will cease managing your Program Account,
additional deposits will no longer be accepted into your Program Account, and any Program Account features
will be terminated. In addition, Strategic Advisers reserves the right to terminate your participation in the
Program (or to limit your rights to access any or all Program Account features, products, or services) for any
reason, including but not limited to (i) if you fail to maintain a current, accurate, and valid email address,
(ii) if you revoke your consent to electronic delivery of Program-related communications and/or Program
documents, (iii) if any authorized person on a Program Account resides outside the United States, (iv) if the
balance of your Program Accounts falls below the minimum investment level required for your Program,
(v) if opening multiple Program Accounts to avoid paying Program Advisory Fees in accordance with the fee
schedule included in this brochure, or (vi) if the Program is deemed no longer appropriate for you.
Should either party terminate the investment advisory relationship, the Program Advisory Fee will be prorated
from the beginning of the last quarter to the termination date, which is defined as the date when the Program
Account is no longer managed by Fidelity on a discretionary basis.
You will be required to provide instructions to be used in the event of withdrawals or Program Account closure.
You have the option of electing either that assets be liquidated and the proceeds sent to you by check or
transferred to a bank account (or other account), or, as permitted, having the assets transferred in-kind to
another account.
While the timing of trading and settlement can vary, liquidating trades for partial and full withdrawal requests
will typically be placed within the next five business days of the request. While such instructions are pending,
we could place trading restrictions on the Program Account.
It is important to understand that the Flex Funds purchased in a Program Account can only be held in certain
Fidelity fee-based accounts. When a Program Account holds Flex Funds, termination from the Program will
result in the sale of those securities held in the Program Account unless you transfer the Flex Funds to another
Fidelity fee-based account that includes or accepts the Flex Funds held in your Program Account. Strategic
Advisers will not transfer the Flex Funds held in your Program Account to another financial institution or to
a Fidelity self-directed brokerage account, and any request a client makes to transfer the Flex Funds to such
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an account will result in our redeeming such funds and transferring the proceeds in cash. Taxable Program
Accounts could incur a taxable gain or loss in connection with such sale. If any proceeds remain in a Program
Account after you terminate from a Program, the proceeds will be held in the Core Money Market Fund, and
we will restrict the account pending your liquidation or transfer instructions. Note that liquidation of assets in
taxable accounts could have tax consequences.
There can be instances where we need to place a do-not-trade restriction on one or more Program Accounts,
including when processing a trade correction, when we need to comply with a court order, or when we
need additional Profile Information from a client. For the period when a do-not-trade restriction is in effect,
discretionary management of the Program Accounts will be suspended and we will not monitor the Program
Accounts for potential purchases and sales of securities, and any deposits made during the do-not-trade period
will not be invested until the do-not-trade restriction has been removed.
M E T H O D S O F A N A L Y S I S , I N V E S T M E N T S T R A T E G I E S
A N D R I S K O F L O S S
Investment Approach
As discussed above, we use a proprietary algorithm to identify one in a series of long-term asset allocation
strategies for your Program Account based on your Profile Information. We have created portfolios of Flex
Funds for each asset allocation strategy and invest Program Accounts in alignment with the respective
portfolio, subject to reasonable restrictions that you can impose. Each portfolio of Flex Funds provides an
exposure to stocks, bonds, and short-term investments, or a combination thereof, depending on the particular
Flex Fund, and is one in a series of asset allocations that range from conservative (i.e., a strategy that has a
lower allocation to equities and a lower risk and return potential) to aggressive (i.e., a strategy that has a higher
allocation to equities and a higher risk and return potential).
As described above, you can also provide us with Additional Information about yourself, and providing the
Additional Information will allow us to know you better and can impact the proposed asset allocation strategy.
Strategic Advisers uses a proprietary framework based on aggregate investor data to inform our profiling
assumptions. It is important to understand that the various profiling assumptions we consider will vary over
time and based on your goal. We will periodically review and update the profiling assumptions based on
the investor information we have in our database, and such updates will result in changes to the profiling
assumptions that are used in connection with your Profile Information.
Investment Universe
The Program is designed to provide investors with a portfolio of Flex Funds. For the equity and certain fixed
income portions of a portfolio, Program Account assets will be invested in passively managed Flex Funds that
seek to replicate the performance of relevant market indexes. Short-duration non-municipal fixed income and
all municipal asset portions of a Program Account can be invested in both passively and actively managed
Flex Funds. The Flex Funds are managed by affiliates of Strategic Advisers, including FMRCo. For additional
information about the Flex Funds selected for your Program Account and the associated risks, please see the
respective fund’s prospectus.
Program Accounts that have a more conservative asset allocation strategy will typically hold a higher percentage
of bond funds than other Program Accounts. The specific mix of Flex Funds chosen will depend on the asset
allocation strategy selected for your Program Account, could change over time in light of changes to your
personal situation, and could deviate at times from the asset allocation strategy you originally viewed as part of
the Program’s online enrollment process.
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About Tax-Smart Investing Techniques
As stated above, Strategic Advisers will utilize tax-smart investing techniques in taxable Program Accounts.
Over the long run, tax-smart investing techniques are intended to contribute to helping clients reach their
investing goals. It is important to understand that the Program Account’s goal is of primary importance, and
that the application of tax-smart investing techniques is a secondary consideration. Strategic Advisers can
implement trades in taxable Program Accounts that trigger significant tax consequences in seeking to manage
taxable Program Accounts consistently with long-term strategy investment objectives. The potential federal
income tax consequences of holding, buying, and selling securities are considered as part of the investment
services for taxable Program Accounts, but we do not consider state or local taxes; foreign taxes, including
those applied to dividends and any potential reclaim; federal tax rules applicable to entities; or estate, gift, or
generation-skipping transfer taxes. The tax-smart investing techniques Strategic Advisers uses when it makes
trading decisions to buy, hold, or sell securities for a client’s taxable Program Account, will vary depending
on the asset level in the taxable Program Account and the asset allocation strategy selected. The tax-smart
investing techniques referenced throughout this brochure refer to one or more of the following:
Ability to harvest tax losses (available only in taxable Program Accounts that invest and maintain $25,000 or
more). The Flex Funds can experience price declines, possibly below a client’s adjusted tax basis in the security
as determined by the tax basis information on record for the client’s Program Account. In such instances,
losses could be realized in the equity Flex Funds in the client’s Program Account for tax purposes. In cases
where an equity Flex Fund position is sold to realize a capital loss for tax purposes, the position usually will
be replaced with another Flex Fund we believe will maintain comparable market exposure. In harvesting
tax losses, Strategic Advisers does not attempt to harvest every potential tax loss that occurs in the client’s
taxable Program Account and will consider factors, such as investment risk, available comparable Flex Fund
alternatives, and potential wash sales in the Program Account when deciding whether to harvest tax losses.
Importantly, Strategic Advisers will only seek to harvest tax losses in the Flex Funds that hold equity securities.
Therefore, tax-loss harvesting opportunities become increasingly limited in asset allocation strategies that are
more heavily weighted in fixed income Flex Funds.
Strategic Advisers considers the potential application of the wash-sale rule when evaluating transactions in a
Program Account. Clients should understand, however, that Strategic Advisers does not prevent or avoid wash
sales in all cases. The wash-sale rule requires taxpayers to defer losses that would otherwise be realized if the
taxpayer acquires a substantially identical investment 30 days before or after the sale. While Strategic Advisers
considers whether its trading in a taxable Program Account may trigger the wash-sale rule, we will nevertheless
engage in transactions that are potentially subject to the wash-sale rule if we determine that such transactions
are consistent with the asset allocation strategy. Strategic Advisers will monitor for wash sales within a taxable
Program Account. However, the wash-sale rule not only applies to investment transactions occurring in a
taxable Program Account, but also to transactions in other accounts held by the client, the client’s spouse,
and certain entities controlled by the client and/or spouse. With respect to the Flex Funds, Strategic Advisers
will only monitor for wash sales in the Program Account in which it is harvesting a potential tax loss; it will not
monitor your other Program Accounts or other accounts within or outside of Fidelity to ensure that purchases
in those Program Accounts do not trigger a wash sale. If the client and/or their spouse maintain more than one
taxable Program Account, Strategic Advisers will employ the tax-smart investing techniques in each Program
Account but will not monitor for wash sales across those taxable Program Accounts.
The wash-sale rule is complex, and while Strategic Advisers seeks to monitor wash sales in a taxable Program
Account, you are ultimately responsible for determining whether the wash-sale rule applies to any particular
transaction in your Program Account and in any other investment accounts. You should consult a tax advisor
with respect to the wash-sale rule based on your individual circumstances.
Opportunities to avoid and/or postpone capital gain realizations. If there are specific lots of Flex Funds in
a Program Account—a block of Flex Fund shares bought at a particular time at a particular price—lots are
reviewed and the potential federal income tax burden associated with selling that lot is weighted against the
potential investment merits of the sale, such as performance potential, added diversification, and support
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of risk-management strategies. Once Strategic Advisers decides to sell an eligible Flex Fund position, it will
attempt to sell the lot(s) that will generate the lowest overall federal income tax burden (or generate a loss for
tax purposes) using the tax basis and holding period information on record, with a preference for long-term
capital gains over short-term capital gains.
Additional Information about Strategic Advisers’ Investment Practices
Strategic Advisers generally uses both fundamental and quantitative investment strategies to manage Program
Accounts. This involves both evaluating characteristics such as sector weightings, duration, valuation, and
market capitalization, as well as focusing on key economic indicators and trends. When determining how
to allocate assets among underlying mutual funds, Strategic Advisers considers a variety of objective and
subjective factors, including but not limited to proprietary fundamental and quantitative fund research,
a manager’s experience and investment style, fund availability, current public information about a fund,
performance history, asset size, and portfolio turnover—and overall fit within Program Accounts. Strategic
Advisers’ investment professionals will obtain and use information from various sources to assist in making
allocation decisions among asset classes as well as decisions regarding the purchase and sale of specific mutual
funds. Sources of information used include publicly available information and performance data on mutual
funds, individual securities, equity markets, fixed income markets, international markets, and broad-based
economic indicators. Strategic Advisers will use both primary sources (e.g., talking directly with managers) and
secondary sources (reports prepared by fund companies and other sources that provide data on specific fund
investment strategies, portfolio management teams, fund positioning, portfolio risk characteristics, performance
attribution, and historical fund returns) as inputs into its investment process. However, as described earlier in
this brochure, Program Account assets will be invested in certain Flex Funds.
Strategic Advisers does not seek access to material nonpublic information on any investment used by the
Program. With respect to Fidelity Funds used by the Program, the investment team at Strategic Advisers that
manages Program Accounts does not have access to material nonpublic information of the Fidelity Funds.
If, based on the information you provide, Strategic Advisers determines that your Program Account requires
modification to its asset allocation strategy, Strategic Advisers will generally make such changes as soon
as reasonably possible, even if such changes trigger additional trading or, in the case of taxable accounts,
significant tax consequences.
When investing in Fidelity Funds, Strategic Advisers from time to time consults the fund manager to understand
the manager’s guidelines concerning general limitations, if any, on the aggregate percentage of fund shares
that can be held under management by Strategic Advisers on behalf of all its clients. Funds are not required to
accept investments and can limit how much Strategic Advisers can purchase. Additionally, Strategic Advisers
can establish internal limits on how much it invests in any one fund across the programs it manages. Regulatory
restrictions sometimes limit the amount that one fund can invest in another, which means Strategic Advisers
could be limited in the amount it can invest in any particular fund. Strategic Advisers will work closely with
fund management to minimize the impact of its reallocation activity on acquired funds. In certain situations,
liquidating positions in underlying funds will be accomplished over an extended period of time as a result of
operational considerations, legal considerations, or input from underlying fund managers. To the extent that a
Program Account already owns securities that directly or indirectly contribute to an ownership threshold being
exceeded, securities held in such a Program Account could be sold to bring account-level and/or aggregate
ownership below the relevant threshold. In the event that any such sales result in realized losses for a Program
Account, that Program Account will bear such losses depending on the particular circumstances.
From time to time, Strategic Advisers and/or its affiliates can determine that, as a result of regulatory
requirements that apply to Strategic Advisers and/or its affiliates due to investments in a particular country
or in an issuer operating in a particular regulated industry, investments in the securities of issuers domiciled
or listed on trading markets in that country or operating in that regulated industry above certain thresholds
are impractical or undesirable. The foregoing limits and thresholds could apply at the Program Account level
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or in the aggregate across all accounts (or certain subsets of accounts) managed, sponsored, or owned by,
or otherwise attributable to, Strategic Advisers and its affiliates. For investment risk management and other
purposes, Strategic Advisers and its affiliates also generally apply internal aggregate limits on the amount of a
particular issuer’s securities owned by all such accounts, including funds managed by Strategic Advisers and its
affiliates. In such instances, investment flexibility will be restricted, and Strategic Advisers could limit or exclude
a client’s investment in a particular issuer, which can also include investment in related derivative instruments.
Material Risks
Risks Associated with Financial Planning. The projections and other analyses presented to a client in
the course of providing the Financial Planning Services are not guarantees. In particular, projections are
hypothetical in nature; are for illustrative purposes only; do not reflect actual investment, tax, or other
planning results; and are not guarantees of future outcomes. Any modeling results shown will vary with each
use and over time. In addition, our assumptions and methodologies used in financial planning are adjusted
from time to time, which can have an impact on the results obtained. The financial planning analyses provided
through the Program are based on the information provided by clients and certain static assumptions—for
example, fixed return rates, fixed life expectancies, and fixed rates of income or cash flow. In reality, these
variables will not be static—market fluctuation will affect overall asset performance, and uncertain life
expectancy could cause clients to outlive their resources or fail to accumulate necessary resources. In addition,
financial planning analyses include probabilistic modeling, whereby the probability of success varies based on
differing assumptions and on changing circumstances and market information.
The Financial Planning Services can include asset allocation modeling to help a client evaluate their ability to
meet identified goals; however, there can be significant differences between any asset allocation modeling
shown to a client and the performance a client will actually experience for their Program Accounts. Asset
allocation modeling is performed at the asset class level, assumes broad diversification within each asset class,
and is not designed to predict the future performance of any particular security or investment product, and
results will vary with each use and over time. In addition, the financial planning analyses do not model the
individual return characteristics of every security or investment a client owns, and, as a result, the modeling
process is subject to significant variability based on the differences in performance between the securities
actually owned by a client and the capital market assumptions used in the modeling process. To the extent
that the characteristics of a client’s assets vary significantly from those of the broadly diversified asset class
assumptions used, actual performance can deviate significantly from the projections provided as a component
of our financial planning services.
If an asset allocation recommendation with respect to a particular goal is provided as part of our Financial
Planning Services, it can differ from the asset allocation strategy identified for a Program Account associated
with that goal. Unless otherwise indicated, the financial planning analysis assumes that the asset allocation
of all the accounts associated with a goal, when aggregated, will generally reflect the asset allocation
recommended with respect to the goal. Clients remain responsible for the asset allocation of any Other Assets
associated with a goal. If the aggregated asset allocation for all of a client’s accounts associated with a goal
does not match the goal asset allocation recommended for that goal, the differential can have a significant
impact on the outcome of our financial planning analyses.
As part of the Financial Planning Services, we can identify certain account types or account structures that are
generally designed to help investors reach their goals, including the use of tax-deferred or tax-free retirement,
insurance, and educational savings accounts. There is no guarantee that a client’s use of these account
structures will be beneficial in helping the client reach their goals.
In addition, the legal and tax treatment of these types of accounts could change in the future, leading to
unexpected consequences for any such accounts, and we are under no obligation to update you about
potential changes in the tax law or the tax treatment of any account. Any financial planning analysis services
made available to clients will provide more specific details about the risks and limitations associated with
that analysis.
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Fidelity does not provide tax, accounting, or legal advice. Accordingly, any resource or information presented
to clients in conjunction with the Program about tax considerations affecting financial transactions or estate
arrangements is provided for informational purposes. Clients should consult their tax and legal advisors
regarding their particular circumstances.
Risks Associated with Investment Strategies. In general, all the portfolios managed by Strategic Advisers in the
Program are subject to the list of investment risks discussed below. However, investment strategies that have
higher concentrations of equity will have greater exposure to the risks associated with equity investments,
such as stock market volatility and foreign exposure. On the other hand, investment strategies that have a
higher exposure to fixed income will have greater exposure to the risks associated with those products, such
as credit risk and bond investment risk.
The discretionary investment management strategies implemented for clients in the Program, including
conservative investments, involve risk of loss. Investments in a Program Account are not bank deposits and are
not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) or any other government
agency. All investments involve risk, the degree of which varies significantly. Investment performance can
never be predicted or guaranteed, and the value of your assets will fluctuate due to market conditions and
other factors. You could lose money by investing in mutual funds. You could lose money by investing in a
Program Account.
Many factors affect each investment’s or Program Account’s performance and potential for loss. Strategies
that pursue investments in equities will be subject to stock market volatility, and can decline significantly in
response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Strategies that pursue
fixed income investments (such as bond or money market funds) will see values fluctuate in response
to changes in interest rates, inflation, and prepayment risks, as well as default risks for both issuers and
counterparties; changing interest rates, including rates that fall below zero, can have unpredictable effects
on markets and can result in heightened market volatility. Developments that disrupt global economies and
financial markets, such as wars, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, or other events, can magnify factors that affect performance. These strategies are also affected by
impacts to the individual issuers, such as changes in an issuer’s credit quality, or changes in tax, regulatory,
market, or economic developments. In addition, investments in certain bond structures are less liquid than
other investments and therefore are more difficult to trade effectively. Municipal bond funds carry additional
risks, which are discussed below.
Nearly all investments or accounts are subject to volatility in non-U.S. markets, through either direct exposure
or indirect effects in U.S. markets from events abroad. Those investments and accounts that are exposed to
emerging markets are potentially subject to heightened volatility from greater social, economic, regulatory, and
political uncertainties, as the extent of economic development, political stability, market depth, infrastructure,
capitalization, and regulatory oversight can be less than in more developed markets.
It is important to understand that a Program Account’s actual asset allocation can deviate from the identified
asset allocation strategy for reasons that include market movement and investment decisions to overweight or
underweight certain asset classes to seek to increase potential returns or reduce risks. If you have selected an
asset allocation strategy for your Program Account that differs from the allocation proposed, the performance
of your Program Account could differ, at times significantly, from the performance of an account managed
according to the asset allocation strategy originally proposed to you.
For more details about the risks associated with discretionary investment management strategies implemented
for clients in the Program, please see the Strategic Advisers Form ADV, Part 2A Brochure included in your
Program materials.
In addition to the risks identified above, a summary of additional risks follows:
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Investing in Mutual Funds. Your Program Account bears all the risks of the investment strategies employed
by the mutual funds held in your Program Account, including the risk that a mutual fund will not meet its
investment objectives. For the specific risks associated with a mutual fund, please see its prospectus.
Money Market Funds. Cash balances in Program Accounts will be invested in the Core Money Market
Fund. You could lose money by investing in a money market fund. Although a money market fund seeks to
preserve the value of a client’s investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment
in a money market fund is not a bank account and is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other
government agency. Fidelity, the sponsor of Fidelity’s money market funds, is not required to reimburse
money market funds for losses, and a client should not expect that Fidelity will provide financial support to a
Fidelity money market fund at any time, including during periods of market stress. Fidelity’s government and
U.S. Treasury money market funds will not impose a fee upon the sale of a client’s shares.
Quantitative Investing. Funds or securities selected using quantitative analysis can perform differently from
the market as a whole as a result of the factors used in the analysis, the weight placed on each factor, changes
to the factors’ behavior over time, market volatility, or the quantitative model’s assumption about market
behavior. In addition, Strategic Advisers’ quantitative investment strategies rely on algorithmic processes and
therefore are subject to the risks described below under the heading “Operational Risks.”
Foreign Exposure. Investing in foreign securities and securities of U.S. entities with substantial foreign
operations are subject to interest rate, currency exchange rate, economic, tax, operational, regulatory, and
political risks, all of which are likely to be greater in emerging markets. These risks are particularly significant
for funds that focus on a single country or region or emerging markets. Foreign markets can be more volatile
than U.S. markets and can perform differently from the U.S. market. Emerging markets can be subject
to greater social, economic, regulatory, and political uncertainties and can be extremely volatile. Foreign
exchange rates can also be extremely volatile. Foreign markets can also offer less protection to investors than
U.S. markets. For example, foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and
financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to U.S. issuers.
Adequate public information on foreign issuers might not be available, and it could be difficult to secure
dividends and information regarding corporate actions on a timely basis. Regulatory enforcement can be
influenced by economic or political concerns, and investors could have difficulty enforcing their legal rights
in foreign countries. Furthermore, investments in securities of foreign entities can result in clients owning
an interest in a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”). Clients holding an interest in a PFIC could be
subject to additional tax liabilities and filing requirements as a result of such investments. The rules regarding
investments in PFICs are complex, and clients are urged to consult their tax advisors.
Derivatives. Certain funds used by Strategic Advisers, including the Flex Funds, contain derivatives. Generally
speaking, a derivative is a financial contract whose value is based on the value of a financial asset (such as
a stock, bond, or currency), a physical asset (such as gold, oil, or wheat), or a market index (such as the S&P
500® Index). Investments in derivatives subject these funds to risks different from, and possibly greater than,
those of the underlying securities, assets, or market indexes. Some forms of derivatives, such as exchange-
traded futures and options on securities, commodities, or indexes, have been trading on regulated exchanges
for decades. These types of derivatives are standardized contracts that can easily be bought and/or sold,
and whose market values are determined and published daily. Nonstandardized derivatives (such as swap
agreements), on the other hand, tend to be more specialized or complex and can be more difficult to value.
Derivatives could involve leverage because they can provide investment exposure in an amount exceeding
the initial investment. As a result, the use of derivatives can cause these funds to be more volatile, because
leverage tends to exaggerate the effect of any increase or decrease in the value of a fund’s portfolio securities.
Growth Investing. Growth stocks can react differently to issuer, political, market, and economic developments
from the market as a whole and other types of stocks. Growth stocks tend to be more expensive relative to
their earnings or assets compared with other types of stocks. As a result, growth stocks tend to be sensitive to
changes in their earnings and more volatile than other types of stocks.
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Value Investing. Value stocks can react differently to issuer, political, market, and economic developments
from the market as a whole and other types of stocks. Value stocks tend to be inexpensive relative to their
earnings or assets compared with other types of stocks. However, value stocks can continue to be inexpensive
for long periods of time and as a result never realize their full expected value.
Stock Investments. Stock markets are volatile and can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer,
political, regulatory, market, or economic developments. Different parts of the market can react differently
to these developments. Value and growth stocks can perform differently from other types of stocks. Growth
stocks can be more volatile. Value stocks can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of
time. In addition, stock investments are subject to risk related to market capitalization as well as company-
specific risk.
Bond Investments. In general, the bond market is volatile, and fixed income securities carry interest rate
risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices usually fall, and vice versa. This effect is usually more pronounced for
longer-term securities. During periods of very low or negative interest rates, we could be unable to maintain
positive returns on bond investments. Very low or negative interest rates can magnify interest rate risk for
the markets as a whole and for individual bond investments. Changing interest rates, including rates that fall
below zero, can also have unpredictable effects on markets and can result in heightened market volatility. The
ability of an issuer of a bond to repay principal prior to a security’s maturity can cause greater price volatility,
and if a bond is prepaid, a bond fund might have to invest the proceeds in securities with lower yields. Fixed
income securities also carry inflation risk, as well as credit and default risks for both issuers and counterparties.
The interest payments of inflation-protected bonds are variable and usually rise with inflation and fall with
deflation. Unlike individual bonds, most bond funds do not have a maturity date, so holding them until
maturity to avoid losses caused by price volatility is not possible. In addition, investments in certain bond
structures are less liquid than other investments and therefore more difficult to trade effectively.
Credit Risk. Changes in the financial condition of an issuer or counterparty, and changes in specific economic
or political conditions that affect a particular type of security or issuer, can increase the risk of default by an
issuer or counterparty, which can affect a security’s or instrument’s credit quality or value. Lower-quality debt
securities and certain types of other securities involve greater risk of default or price changes due to changes
in the credit quality of the issuer.
Municipal Bonds and Municipal Bond Funds. The municipal market can be significantly affected by adverse
tax, legislative, or political changes, and by the financial condition of the issuers of municipal securities.
Municipal bond funds normally seek to earn income and pay dividends that are expected to be exempt from
federal income tax. If a fund investor is a resident in the state of issuance of the bonds held by the fund,
interest dividends could also be exempt from state and local income taxes. Income exempt from regular
federal income tax (including distributions from municipal and money market funds) could be subject to state,
local, or federal alternative minimum tax. Certain funds normally seek to invest only in municipal securities
generating income exempt from both federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax; however,
outcomes cannot be guaranteed, and the funds sometimes generate income subject to these taxes. For
federal tax purposes, a fund’s distribution of gains attributable to a fund’s sale of municipal or other bonds
is generally taxable as either ordinary income or long-term capital gains. Tax code changes could impact
the municipal bond market. Tax laws are subject to change, and the preferential tax treatment of municipal
bond interest income could be removed or phased out for investors at certain income levels. Because many
municipal bonds are issued to finance similar projects, especially those relating to education, health care,
transportation, and utilities, conditions in those sectors can affect the overall municipal market. Budgetary
constraints of local, state, and federal governments on which the issuers are relying for funding can also
impact municipal bonds. In addition, changes in the financial condition of an individual municipal insurer can
affect the overall municipal market, and market conditions can directly impact the liquidity and valuation of
municipal bonds.
Risks and Limitations Associated with Tax-Smart Investing Techniques. For taxable Program Accounts utilizing
tax-smart investing techniques, you should understand that there are risks and limitations associated with the
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use of such techniques, and these limitations can result in tax-inefficient trades. Strategic Advisers believes
appropriate asset allocation and diversification are of primary importance, and we will make changes to a
Program Account’s asset allocation even if such changes trigger significant tax consequences, including but
not limited to wash sales or the realization of short- and/or long-term capital gains. You should consult a tax
and/or legal advisor prior to enrolling in a Program Account that will utilize tax-smart investing techniques as
well as on an ongoing basis to determine whether the wash-sale rule or other special tax rules could apply
to your tax situation. Strategic Advisers relies on information a client provides in applying tax-smart investing
techniques and does not offer tax advice. Strategic Advisers manages for federal income taxes in deploying
tax-smart investing techniques but does not manage in consideration of state or local taxes; foreign taxes,
including those applied to dividends and any potential reclaim; federal tax rules applicable to entities; or
estate, gift, or generation-skipping transfer taxes. In harvesting tax losses, Strategic Advisers does not attempt
to harvest every potential tax loss that occurs in a taxable Program Account. Importantly, Strategic Advisers
does not harvest tax losses in Flex Funds that invest in fixed income securities. Therefore, tax-loss harvesting
opportunities become more limited in asset allocation strategies that invest more heavily in Flex Funds that
invest in fixed income securities (e.g., a 50/50 equity to fixed income asset allocation strategies will have less
opportunities to harvest tax losses than a 85/15 equity to fixed income asset allocation strategy). You should
also be aware that, in cases where a Flex Fund is sold to realize a capital loss for tax purposes, Strategic
Advisers can replace that position with one or a combination of Flex Funds designed to provide comparable
market exposure, and it is important to understand that in a given year, due to investment decisions or market
conditions, you could receive varying levels of taxable distributions within a Program Account. In general,
Strategic Advisers will not sell a Flex Fund merely to avoid a taxable fund distribution but, in fact, looks at the
overall portfolio to determine the most appropriate action. A Program Account that seeks to harvest tax losses
will generally trade more frequently than other Program Accounts. There are implicit trading opportunity
costs associated with the additional turnover, which can affect the returns of a client’s Program Account. It
is important to note that the performance of any replacement investments will not be the same as that of
the investment sold, and any replacement investments can perform worse than the investment that was
sold. In addition, any tax-related benefits resulting from tax-smart investing techniques can be offset or even
outweighed by investment losses and/or missed gains (realized and unrealized). Furthermore, there are not
clear guidelines on what constitutes a “substantially identical” security for purposes of the wash-sale rule. As
such, there can be no guarantee that the Flex Funds Strategic Advisers selects as a replacement for a Flex
Fund sold in a client’s Program Account will not be deemed substantially identical for purposes of the wash-
sale rule. Although the tax-smart investing techniques seek to enhance after-tax returns, they may not consider
all the tax rules, regulations, and limitations applicable to your particular facts and circumstances, which, in
certain circumstances, will reduce the effectiveness of tax-smart investing techniques.
Legislative and Regulatory Risk. Investments in your Program Account could be adversely affected by new
(or revised) laws or regulations. Changes to laws or regulations could impact the securities markets as a whole,
specific industries, or individual issuers of securities. Generally, the impact of these changes will not be fully
known for some time.
Investment Research Risks and Limitations. The investment research process employed by Strategic Advisers
includes gathering, cleaning, culling, and analyzing large amounts of data from external public sources and/
or third-party data providers, including, in some instances, through the use of generative artificial intelligence
(“AI”) and large language models (“LLM”). It is not possible or practicable, however, to factor all relevant,
available data into economic forecasts or trading decisions. In addition, due to the automated nature of this
data gathering and the fact that much of this data comes from third-party sources, it is inevitable that not all
desired or relevant data will be available to, or processed by, Strategic Advisers at all times. Clients should be
aware that there is no guarantee that the data utilized in generating forecasts or making trading decisions will
be the most accurate data available or even free of errors. Furthermore, the use of AI and LLMs may require
training of the models to be used in the research process and proper engagement by analysts in order to yield
the desired outcome. There can be no guarantee that LLMs can be trained to address all scenarios or that
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they will provide complete and accurate responses in all situations. AI and LLMs are subject to various risks,
including (i) the data used to train LLMs suffers inaccuracies, biases, or flaws that may cause the AI model to
respond other than as intended; (ii) weak controls in the development and use of AI allow it to be deployed
for use cases for which it was not intended; and (iii) the AI may provide inaccurate or fabricated responses to
queries it is unable to process. Fidelity has adopted a Generative AI policy and governance framework so that
the use of AI and LLMs is targeted and limited, and that AI and LLMs are trained using known and appropriate
data sources and are subject to controls and oversight, which helps ensure that the use of AI and LLMs is but
one input into the research process. Clients should assume that the foregoing limitation and risks associated
with gathering, cleaning, culling, and analysis of large amounts of data from third-party, other external sources,
and the use of AI and LLMs, are an inherent part of investing.
There may also be incidents where data fails to load or internal systems fail to retrieve or capture the data, for
example, because of changes in the vendor’s or our system configurations due to upgrades, enhancements,
maintenance or errors, or that LLMs provide incorrect information in response to certain prompts. Clients
should assume that these data errors, like other system implementation errors, and their ensuing risks and
impact are an inherent part of investing. Accordingly, unless otherwise required to do so, Strategic Advisers
does not expect to disclose discovered data errors to clients.
Cybersecurity Risks. With the increased use of technologies to conduct business, Strategic Advisers and
its affiliates are susceptible to operational, information security, and related risks. These risks could include
events that are wholly or partially beyond our control and may have a negative effect on our ability to
conduct business activities. We believe that we have taken reasonable steps to mitigate these risks, but do
not believe that we can eliminate them altogether. In general, cyber incidents can result from deliberate
attacks or unintentional events that can arise from external or internal sources. Cyberattacks include but are
not limited to gaining unauthorized access to digital systems (e.g., through “hacking” or malicious software
coding) for purposes of misappropriating assets or sensitive information; corrupting data, equipment, or
systems; and causing operational disruption. Cyberattacks can also be carried out in a manner that does
not require gaining unauthorized access, such as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts
to make network services unavailable to intended users). Cyber incidents affecting Strategic Advisers, its
affiliates, or any other service providers (including but not limited to accountants, custodians, transfer agents,
and financial intermediaries used by Fidelity or by an issuer of securities) have the ability to cause disruptions
and impact business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, interference with the ability to
calculate asset prices, impediments to trading, the inability to transact business, destruction to equipment
and systems, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage,
reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences
could result from cyber incidents affecting issuers of securities in which an account invests, counterparties
with which an account engages in transactions, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and
other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies and other financial institutions
(including financial intermediaries and service providers), and other parties.
Operational Risks. Operational risks can include risk of loss arising from failures in internal processes,
people, or systems, such as routine processing incidents or major systems failures, or from external
events, such as exchange outages. In addition, algorithms are used in providing the Program services and
contribute to operational risks. For example, algorithms are used as part of the process whereby Strategic
Advisers recommends an appropriate asset allocation that corresponds to a level of risk consistent with a
client’s Profile Information. In providing Financial Planning Services, algorithms are also used in analyzing
the potential for success of a client’s financial plan. Strategic Advisers uses algorithms in support of its
discretionary portfolio management process. There is a risk that the data input into the algorithms could have
errors, omissions, or imperfections, or that the algorithms do not operate as intended (generally referred to as
“processing incidents”). Any decisions made in reliance on incorrect data or algorithms that do not operate as
intended can expose Program Accounts to potential risks. Issues in the algorithm are often extremely difficult
to detect and could go undetected for long periods of time or never be detected. These risks are mitigated
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by testing and human oversight of the algorithms and their output. We believe that the oversight and testing
performed on our algorithms and their output will enable us to identify and address issues appropriately.
However, there is no assurance that the algorithms will always work as intended. In general, we will not assess
each Program Account individually, nor will we override the outcome of the algorithm with respect to any
particular Program Account.
Not all processing incidents arising from operational failures, including those resulting from the mistakes of
third parties, will be compensable by Strategic Advisers to clients. Strategic Advisers maintains policies and
procedures that address the identification and resolution of processing incidents, consistent with applicable
standards of care, to ensure that clients are treated fairly when a processing incident has been detected.
The determination of whether, and how, to address a processing incident is made by Strategic Advisers or its
affiliates, in their sole discretion.
Processing incidents will be reviewed to determine whether there was a financial impact on a client’s Program
Account based on, among other things, the relevant investment strategy, and to evaluate the materiality of the
impact. If we determine that a material financial impact has occurred, we will make an appropriate correction
or otherwise reimburse the Program Account in an amount Strategic Advisers or its affiliates determine is
appropriate based on all relevant circumstances. Typically, processing incidents that result in a financial impact
of less than $10 per Program Account are not considered material. Other examples of impact that could
affect the performance of a Program Account but would likely not be material include impacts arising from
computer, communications, data processing, network, cloud computing, backup, business continuity or other
operating, information, or technology systems, including those we outsource to other providers, failing to
operate as planned or becoming disabled, overloaded, or damaged as a result of a number of factors. These
factors could include events that are wholly or partially beyond our control and could have a negative impact
on our ability to conduct business activities. Though losses arising from operating, information, or technology
systems failures could adversely affect the performance of a Program Account, such losses would likely not be
reimbursable under Strategic Advisers’ policies and procedures.
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns. Investing in securities and other investments
involves a risk of loss that a client should understand and be willing to bear.
D I S C I P L I N A R Y I N F O R M A T I O N
There are no legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of
Strategic Advisers’ advisory business or the integrity of its management personnel.
O T H E R F I N A N C I A L I N D U S T R Y A C T I V I T I E S
A N D A F F I L I A T I O N S
Strategic Advisers is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Advisory Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly owned
by FMR LLC. FMR LLC is a Delaware limited liability company that, together with its affiliates and subsidiaries,
is generally known to the public as Fidelity Investments or Fidelity. Various direct or indirect subsidiaries of
FMR LLC are engaged in investment advisory, brokerage, banking, or insurance businesses. From time to time,
Strategic Advisers and its clients will have material business relationships with the subsidiaries and affiliates of
FMR LLC. In addition, the principal officers of Strategic Advisers serve as officers and/or employees of affiliated
companies that are engaged in various aspects of the financial services industry.
Strategic Advisers is not registered as a broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, or commodity trading
advisor, nor does it have an application pending to register as such. Strategic Advisers is registered with
the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) under the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936,
as amended (“CEA”), as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) and is a member of the National Futures
Association (“NFA”). Certain personnel of Strategic Advisers, FBS, and National Financial Services LLC share
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premises and have common supervision. Additionally, certain management persons of Strategic Advisers are
registered representatives, employees, and/or management persons of FBS, an Strategic Advisers affiliate
and a registered broker-dealer, and FBS employees make referrals to Strategic Advisers. In addition, Strategic
Advisers has entered into an intercompany agreement with FBS, pursuant to which FBS provides to Strategic
Advisers various operational, administrative, analytical, and technical services, and the personnel necessary for
the performance of such services.
Strategic Advisers has, and its clients could have, a material relationship with the following affiliated companies:
Investment Companies and Investment Advisers
• Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (“FMRCo”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is a
registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FMRCo provides investment management services,
including to registered investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds and to clients of other affiliated
and unaffiliated advisers. FMRCo acts as sub-advisor to Strategic Advisers in providing discretionary
portfolio management to certain clients and provides model portfolio recommendations and environmental
filtering services to Strategic Advisers in connection with Strategic Advisers’ provision of discretionary
portfolio management to certain clients. Strategic Advisers pays FMRCo an administrative fee for handling
the business affairs of the registered investment companies advised by Strategic Advisers, and Strategic
Advisers compensates FMRCo for making certain mutual funds available to managed account programs
offered by Strategic Advisers. In addition, Strategic Advisers shares employees from time to time with
FMRCo.
• Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC (“FIWA”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is a registered
investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FIWA provides nondiscretionary investment management
services and sponsors the Fidelity Managed Account Xchange® program, a turn-key asset management
program made available to individual investors through financial intermediaries. Strategic Advisers provides
model portfolio services to FIWA in connection with FIWA’s services to its institutional and intermediary
clients, and FIWA compensates Strategic Advisers for such services. In addition, Strategic Advisers shares
employees from time to time with FIWA.
• FIAM LLC (“FIAM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FIAM Holdings LLC, which in turn is wholly owned by
FMR LLC, is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is registered with the Central Bank
of Ireland. FIAM provides investment management services, including to registered investment companies
in the Fidelity group of funds and to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated advisers. Strategic Advisers
has sub-advisory agreements with FIAM for certain registered investment companies advised by Strategic
Advisers. In addition, Strategic Advisers shares employees from time to time with FIAM.
• FMR Investment Management (UK) Limited (“FMR UK”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of FMRCo,
is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act, has been authorized by the U.K. Financial
Conduct Authority to provide investment advisory and asset management services, and is registered with
the Central Bank of Ireland. FMR UK provides investment management services, including to registered
investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds and to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated
advisers. FIAM has sub-advisory agreements with FMR UK for certain registered investment companies
advised by Strategic Advisers.
• Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Limited (“FMR Japan”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMRCo,
is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and has been authorized by the Japan Financial
Services Agency (Kanto Local Finance Bureau) to provide investment advisory and discretionary investment
management services. FMR Japan provides investment management services, including to registered
investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds and to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated
advisers. FIAM has sub-advisory agreements with FMR Japan for certain registered investment companies
advised by Strategic Advisers.
• Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (“FMR Hong Kong”), a wholly owned subsidiary
of FMRCo, is a registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and has been authorized by the
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Hong Kong Securities & Futures Commission to advise on securities and to provide asset management
services. FMR Hong Kong provides investment management services, including to registered investment
companies in the Fidelity group of funds and to clients of other affiliated and unaffiliated advisers. FIAM
has sub-advisory agreements with FMR Hong Kong for certain registered investment companies advised by
Strategic Advisers.
• Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (“FDS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is a registered
investment adviser under the Advisers Act. FDS is registered with the CFTC under the CEA as a CPO and
as a commodity trading advisor. FDS is a member of the NFA. FDS provides portfolio management services
as an adviser and a CPO to registered investment companies, unregistered investment companies (private
funds), and separately managed accounts. FDS acts as a sub-advisor to Strategic Advisers in providing
discretionary portfolio management to certain clients.
Broker-Dealers
• Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (“FDC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group,
Inc., which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, is a registered broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). FDC acts as principal underwriter of business development companies
and the registered investment companies in the Fidelity group of funds, and also markets those funds
and other products advised by its affiliates to third-party financial intermediaries and certain institutional
investors.
• National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group, Inc.,
which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act. NFS is a
fully disclosed clearing broker-dealer that provides clearing, settlement, and execution services for other
broker-dealers, including its affiliate FBS. Fidelity Capital Markets (“FCM”), a division of NFS, provides trade
executions for Fidelity affiliates and other clients. Additionally, FCM operates CrossStream®, an alternative
trading system that allows orders submitted by its subscribers to be crossed against orders submitted
by other subscribers. FCM charges a commission to both sides of each trade executed in CrossStream.
CrossStream is used to execute transactions for investment company and other clients. NFS provides
transfer agent or subtransfer agent services and other custodial services to certain Fidelity clients.
• Kezar Trading, LLC, a registered broker-dealer and operator of two alternative trading systems (“ATS”),
operates the Luminex ATS and the Level ATS, which allow orders submitted by subscribers to be crossed
against orders submitted by other subscribers. Kezar Markets, LLC, owns Kezar Trading, LLC. Fidelity Global
Brokerage Group, Inc., and FMR Sakura Holdings, Inc., each a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, have
membership interests in Kezar Markets, LLC, along with other members. Kezar Trading, LLC, charges a
commission to both sides of each trade executed in the Luminex ATS and Level ATS. Luminex ATS and
Level ATS are used to execute transactions for Fidelity affiliates’ investment company and other advisory
clients. NFS serves as a clearing agent for transactions executed in the Luminex ATS and Level ATS.
• Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (“FBS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group,
Inc., which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and
provides brokerage products and services, including the sale of shares of registered investment companies
in the Fidelity group of funds to individuals and institutions, including retirement plans administered by
Fidelity affiliates, and acts as placement agent for certain privately offered investment funds advised by
Strategic Advisers’ affiliates. In addition, along with Fidelity Insurance Agency, Inc. (“FIA”), FBS distributes
insurance products, including variable annuities, which are issued by Fidelity Investments Life Insurance
Company (“FILI”) and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company® (“EFILI”), both Fidelity affiliates.
FBS provides shareholder services to certain of Fidelity’s clients. FBS is the introducing broker for managed
accounts offered by Strategic Advisers and places orders for execution with its affiliated clearing broker, NFS.
• Digital Brokerage Services LLC (“DBS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Global Brokerage Group,
Inc., which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, is a registered broker-dealer under the Exchange Act.
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DBS operates a primarily digital/mobile application-based brokerage platform that enables retail investors
to open brokerage accounts via the mobile application and purchase and sell equity securities, including
shares of investment companies advised by FMRCo or its affiliates. DBS receives remuneration from
FMRCo for expenses incurred in servicing and marketing FMRCo products.
Insurance Companies or Agencies
• FILI, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is engaged in the distribution and issuance of life insurance
and annuity products that offer shares of registered investment companies managed by Fidelity affiliates.
• EFILI, a wholly owned subsidiary of FILI, is engaged in the distribution and issuance of life insurance and
annuity products that offer shares of registered investment companies managed by Fidelity affiliates to
residents of New York.
• FIA, a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is engaged in the business of selling life insurance and annuity
products of affiliated and unaffiliated insurance companies.
Banking Institutions
• Fidelity Management Trust Company (“FMTC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of FMR LLC, is a limited-
purpose trust company organized and operating under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
that provides nondiscretionary trustee and custodial services to employee benefit plans and individual
retirement accounts through which individuals can invest in affiliated or unaffiliated registered investment
companies. FMTC also provides discretionary investment management services to institutional clients.
• Fidelity Personal Trust Company, FSB, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Thrift Holding Company, Inc.,
which in turn is wholly owned by FMR LLC, is a federal savings bank that offers fiduciary services that
include trustee or co-trustee services, custody, principal and income accounting, investment management
services, and recordkeeping and administration.
Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Company Investments
Strategic Advisers provides discretionary investment management to partnerships and limited liability
companies designed to facilitate acquisitions by mutual funds offered by Strategic Advisers. These funds are
privately offered consistent with stated investment objectives. Strategic Advisers does not currently engage in
borrowing, lending, purchasing securities on margin, short selling, or trading in commodities.
Participating Affiliate
Certain employees of Fidelity Strategic Advisers Ireland, Limited (“Strategic Ireland”) can from time to time
provide certain services, including but not limited to research, operations, and investment management
support services for Strategic Advisers, which Strategic Advisers could use for its clients. Strategic Ireland is
not registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is deemed to be a “Participating Affiliate”
of Strategic Advisers (as this term has been used by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division
of Investment Management in various no-action letters granting relief from the Advisers Act’s registration
requirement for certain affiliates of registered investment advisers). Strategic Advisers deems Strategic Ireland
and each of the Strategic Ireland Associated Employees as “associated persons” of Strategic Advisers within
the meaning of Section 202(a)(17) of the Advisers Act. Strategic Ireland Associated Employees and Strategic
Ireland through such employees can contribute to Strategic Advisers’ research process and could have access
to information concerning securities that are being selected for clients prior to the effective implementation of
such selections. As a Participating Affiliate of Strategic Advisers, Strategic Ireland has agreed to submit itself to
the jurisdiction of United States courts for actions arising under United States securities laws in connection with
investment advisory activities conducted for Strategic Advisers’ clients. Strategic Advisers maintains a list of
Strategic Ireland Associated Employees whom Strategic Ireland has deemed associated persons, and Strategic
Advisers will make the list available to its current U.S. clients upon request.
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C O D E O F E T H I C S , P A R T I C I P A T I O N O R I N T E R E S T I N
C L I E N T T R A N S A C T I O N S A N D P E R S O N A L T R A D I N G
Strategic Advisers has adopted a Code of Ethics for Personal Trading (the “Code of Ethics”). The Code of Ethics
applies to all officers, directors, employees, and other supervised persons of Strategic Advisers and requires
that they place the interests of Strategic Advisers’ clients above their own. The Code of Ethics establishes
securities transaction requirements for all covered employees and their covered persons, including their
spouses. More specifically, the Code of Ethics contains provisions requiring the following:
(i)
Standards of general business conduct reflecting the investment advisers’ fiduciary obligations;
(ii)
Compliance with applicable federal securities laws;
(iii)
Employees and their covered persons to move their covered accounts to FBS unless an exception exists
or prior approval has been granted;
(iv)
Reporting and review of personal securities transactions and holdings for persons with access to certain
nonpublic information;
(v)
Prohibition of purchasing securities in initial public offerings unless an exception has been approved;
(vi)
Reporting of Code of Ethics violations; and
(vii)
Distribution of the Code of Ethics to all supervised persons, documented through acknowledgments
of receipt.
Core features of the Code of Ethics generally apply to all Fidelity employees. The Code of Ethics also imposes
additional restrictions and reporting obligations on certain advisory personnel, research analysts, and portfolio
managers. Such restrictions and reporting obligations include (i) the preclearing of transactions in covered
securities with limited exceptions, (ii) a prohibition on investments in limited offerings without prior approval,
(iii) a prohibition on personal trading by a portfolio manager within seven days before or after a trade in
any covered security of the same issuer by a fund or account managed by such portfolio manager except in
limited circumstances, (iv) the reporting of transactions in covered securities on a quarterly basis with limited
exceptions, (v) the reporting of securities accounts and holdings of covered securities at the time of hire and
annually thereafter, and (vi) the disgorgement of profits from short-term transactions with limited exceptions.
Violation of the Code of Ethics can also result in the imposition of remedial action. The Code of Ethics will
generally be supplemented by other relevant Fidelity policies, including the Policy on Inside Information, Rules
for Broker-Dealer Employees, and other written policies and procedures adopted by Fidelity and Strategic
Advisers. A copy of the Code of Ethics will be provided to any client or prospective client on request.
From time to time, Strategic Advisers and its related persons can buy or sell securities for themselves and
recommend those securities to clients. The conflicts of interest involved in such activities are contemplated
in the Code of Ethics and other relevant Fidelity policies. In particular, the Code of Ethics and other Fidelity
policies are designed to make it clear to Fidelity personnel that they should never place their personal interests
ahead of Fidelity’s clients in an attempt to benefit themselves or another party. The Code of Ethics and other
Fidelity policies impose sanctions if these requirements are violated.
From time to time, in connection with its business, certain supervised persons obtain material nonpublic
information that is usually not available to other investors or the general public. In compliance with applicable
laws, Strategic Advisers has adopted a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that prohibit the use
of material nonpublic information by investment professionals or any other employees and that limits the
transactions that Strategic Advisers can implement for Program Accounts.
In addition, Fidelity has implemented a Corporate Gifts & Entertainment Policy intended to set standards for
business entertainment and the giving or receiving of gifts, to help employees make sound decisions with
respect to these activities, and to ensure that the interests of Strategic Advisers’ clients come first. Similarly, to
support compliance with applicable “pay-to-play” laws, Fidelity has adopted a Personal Political Contributions
& Activities Policy that requires employees to preclear any political contributions and activity. Fidelity also has a
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Global Anti-Corruption Policy regarding commercial bribery and bribery of government officials that prohibits
directly or indirectly giving, offering, authorizing, promising, accepting, or receiving any bribe, facilitation
payment, kickback, of payoff (whether in cash or any other form) with the intent to improperly obtain or retain
business or any improper advantage.
B R O K E R A G E P R A C T I C E S
Account Transaction Information
Transactions in your Program Account are facilitated by FBS, which is a registered broker-dealer, a member
NYSE and SIPC, and an affiliate of Strategic Advisers. NFS, another affiliate of Strategic Advisers, is a registered
broker-dealer and member NYSE and SIPC, and has custody of your assets and will perform certain Program
services, including the implementation of discretionary management instructions as well as custodial and
related services. Clients will be sent prompt confirmations from NFS for any transactions in a Program
Account; however, with respect to automatic investments, automatic withdrawals, dividend reinvestments, and
transactions that involve the Core Money Market Fund, the account statement will serve in lieu of a confirmation.
Clients will also receive a prospectus for any new fund not previously held in a Program Account. In addition,
clients will be sent Program Account statements electronically from NFS. Program Account statements and
transaction confirmations are also available online at Fidelity.com. Clients should carefully review all statements
and other communications received from FBS and NFS. Program Account statements will provide holdings and
transaction information, including trades, contributions, withdrawals, advisory fees, and estimated gain/loss and
tax basis information. The routing details of a particular order, if applicable, will be provided upon request, and
an explanation of order routing practices will be provided on an annual basis. In addition, from time to time,
Fidelity will provide aggregated trade execution data to clients and prospective clients.
Broker Selection and Transactions in Program Accounts
In situations where you have imported securities into your Program Account, Strategic Advisers has a duty
to seek best execution for transactions in client accounts. Strategic Advisers will place trades for Program
Accounts with affiliated or unaffiliated registered broker-dealers (“brokers”) and may choose to execute an
order using electronic channels (including broker-sponsored algorithms) or by manually working an order
with a broker. In selecting brokers, Strategic Advisers may consider a range of factors deemed relevant in the
context of a particular trade, including but not limited to price; costs; the size, nature, and type of the order;
speed of execution; financial condition and reputation of the broker; broker-specific considerations (e.g., not all
brokers are able to execute all types of trades); broker willingness to commit capital; our trader’s assessment of
whether and how closely the broker will follow our instructions; and confidentiality and potential for leakage.
As described above in Fees and Compensation, the Program Advisory Fee includes the cost of commissions
associated with transactions executed through affiliated brokers. As a result, most trades for Program Accounts
that involve equity securities and other securities where commissions are charged will be executed with
Strategic Advisers’ affiliated broker, NFS.
However, Strategic Advisers has the authority to execute transactions with an unaffiliated broker (also referred
to as “trading away”) consistent with its duty to seek best execution. While the Program Advisory Fee does not
include the cost of commissions for transactions executed through unaffiliated brokers, Strategic Advisers or its
affiliate is voluntarily assuming the cost of commissions for transactions executed by unaffiliated brokers. As a
result, Program clients are not charged commissions for such transactions. Strategic Advisers and its affiliates
reserve the right to stop assuming the cost of commissions associated with trading away, subject to prior notice
to Program clients. The Program fee does not cover transaction charges for securities where the counterparty
imposes a markup, markdown, and/or dealer spread. The net price of the security will include these transaction
charges and Program Accounts will bear these costs.
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In seeking best execution for a transaction, Strategic Advisers will have no obligation to solicit competitive
bids for each transaction and Strategic Advisers will not necessarily select the broker that charges the
lowest available price or commission rate; however, Strategic Advisers believes that its policies, taking into
consideration the factors stated above, are designed to result in transaction processing that is favorable to
Program clients. Strategic Advisers conducts periodic reviews of trade execution. Although it is Strategic
Advisers’ policy to treat each client’s account in a fair and equitable manner over time, there can be no
assurance that all Program Accounts will receive the same execution and certain Program Accounts will
experience a more or less favorable execution depending on market conditions.
Please see the Fees and Compensation section above for further information about Program fees, brokerage
commissions, and additional fees for transactions in a Program Account.
Trade Aggregation and Allocation
Strategic Advisers’ policy is to treat each of its clients’ accounts in a fair and equitable manner over time when
aggregating and allocating orders for the purchase and sale of securities.
While Strategic Advisers is under no obligation to aggregate orders for Program Accounts, in general, Strategic
Advisers will choose to aggregate trades for Program Accounts and/or aggregate Program Account trades with
trades for other client accounts (including certain proprietary accounts of Strategic Advisers or its affiliates and
Fidelity employee accounts managed by Strategic Advisers) when, in Strategic Advisers’ judgment, aggregation
is in the best interest of all clients involved and it is operationally feasible to do so. Orders are aggregated
into a “block trade” to facilitate seeking best execution, to negotiate more favorable commission rates, or to
allocate equitably among clients the effects of any market fluctuations that might have otherwise occurred had
these orders been placed independently.
Aggregated orders are generally allocated on a pro rata basis among similarly situated client accounts
participating in a block trade until the order is filled. Client accounts included in a block trade receive the same
average price for the trade and shares are allocated according to the purchase and sale orders actually placed
for each client account included in the block trade. Strategic Advisers can create multiple block trades for both
buy and sell orders in the same security, and it is therefore possible that block trades will receive different
prices depending on when the orders for each block trade are filled throughout the day. When a client account
is not part of a block trade, that client account will receive a price different from the prices obtained for
Program Accounts that participate in the aggregated orders.
If Strategic Advisers does not complete an order in a single day (e.g., when an aggregate order for client
accounts exceeds the available supply or to minimize market impact), the partially filled order will be allocated
on a pro rata basis among client accounts in the block.
Strategic Advisers has adopted trade allocation policies for managing client accounts, including Program
Accounts designed to achieve fairness and not to purposefully disadvantage comparable client accounts over
time when allocating purchases and sales.
Cross Trades
To the extent permitted by law and applicable policies and procedures, Strategic Advisers can (but is not
obligated to) execute agency cross trades for Program Accounts. Agency cross trades are trades in which
Strategic Advisers, or any person controlling, controlled by, or under common control with Strategic Advisers,
acts as both investment adviser and broker for a client, and as broker for the party or parties on the other side
of the trade. Agency cross trades will be executed in accordance with Section 206(3) of the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940 (“Advisers Act”), requiring written consent, confirmations of transactions, annual reporting, and
compliance procedures.
To the extent permitted by law and applicable policies and procedures, Strategic Advisers can (but is under no
obligation to) execute advisor cross trades for Program Accounts when Strategic Advisers believes that such
trades are in the best interest of all clients involved. Advisor cross trades are trades in which Strategic Advisers,
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or an affiliate, acts as investment adviser to both clients involved in the trade. An advisor cross trade will be
facilitated between client accounts either directly or through a broker-dealer, including FBS or NFS, and the
relevant crossing value will be determined based on one or more third-party pricing services, actual market
bids, and/or closing prices as reflected on a national securities exchange. Neither Strategic Advisers nor its
affiliates will receive transaction-based compensation for advisor cross trades.
Soft Dollars
Strategic Advisers does not have a soft dollar program and therefore does not consider the provision of
research or brokerage as a criterion for broker selection.
Client-Directed Brokerage
Program Accounts are not available for brokerage activities outside of the activities directed by Strategic
Advisers, including but not limited to margin trading or trading of securities by you or any of your
designated agents.
R E V I E W O F A C C O U N T S
We will contact you at least annually to request that you evaluate whether there have been any changes to
your personal financial situation that could affect your Profile Information or the Program services, including
whether you wish to impose any reasonable restrictions on the management of your Program Account or
reasonably modify any existing restrictions. If you advise us of a change, we will evaluate whether that change
requires us to propose a different asset allocation strategy for your Program Account. If we fail to hear from
you during this process, we will update your investment time horizon and Program Account balance and,
when applicable, the profiling assumptions that can be used for your Profile Information, but we will otherwise
assume that your Profile Information has not changed. We will typically notify you of a proposed change to
your asset allocation in advance; however, if we determine that your current asset allocation strategy is no
longer appropriate based on your Profile Information, we will reassign your Program Account to an appropriate
asset allocation strategy and we will notify you after the change has been made. Your continued acceptance
of a Program’s services subsequent to notification of a change to your asset allocation strategy will be deemed
as your consent to any modification to the discretionary investment management services for your Program
Account. For clients who are eligible for the Financial Planning Services, we can also suggest that you review
and update your Profile Information during your financial planning sessions with a Fidelity representative.
You also have access to periodic reports that detail the performance of your Program Account and summarize
the market activity during the period. Industry standards are applied when calculating performance
information. Strategic Advisers also makes available account performance on a password-protected website.
At least quarterly, we will also send you a reminder to notify us of any change in your financial situation or
investment needs. You can access and update the Profile Information you have provided to us on the Program
Website, and we encourage you to periodically review your Profile Information and provide updated Profile
Information any time there is a change so that we can identify a more personalized asset allocation strategy for
your Program Account.
Ongoing Review and Adjustments of Program Accounts
Strategic Advisers monitors Program Accounts and their investments periodically. Market conditions and/or an
upturn or downturn in a particular security will at times cause a “drift” in your investment portfolio away from
the long-term risk level associated with the Program Account. Strategic Advisers can choose to rebalance a
Program Account to bring it back in line with your selected asset allocation strategy. The number of times your
Program Account is rebalanced will vary based on economic and market conditions, as well as changes in the
attractiveness or appropriateness of specific funds or managers. Strategic Advisers can also modify the funds
held in a Program Account to accommodate new fund allocations and fund closures. As described earlier in
this brochure, we will invest all Program Account assets in certain Flex Funds.
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In managing Program Accounts, Strategic Advisers could decide to rebalance or adjust allocations for a
number of reasons, including but not limited to the following:
• The weighting of a particular asset class, sector, or individual security that Strategic Advisers believes has
too much or too little representation in connection with Program allocations;
• Changes in the fundamental attractiveness or appropriateness of a particular mutual fund;
• Changes in a client’s Profile Information and any consequent changes to an associated investment strategy;
• Deposits/withdrawals of cash or securities into/from a Program Account; and
• Accommodating mutual fund closures or limitations.
Strategic Advisers’ investment management team will make decisions regarding reallocations within the
portfolio in which the Program Account is invested. These decisions are based on the investment management
team’s assessment of market and economic conditions and potential investment opportunities. Strategic
Advisers will generally trade a Program Account when the portfolio to which it is aligned is changed. In
determining whether a Program Account requires trading on a given day, Strategic Advisers relies on the prior
trading day’s closing values of the funds held in a Program Account. In general, Strategic Advisers does not
attempt to conduct intraday account evaluations, and Strategic Advisers does not generally attempt to time
intraday price fluctuations in its decisions to buy or sell securities.
In certain instances, a do-not-trade restriction will be placed on a Program Account for reasons including but
not limited to processing a trade correction, client request, or to comply with a court order. For the period
when a do-not-trade restriction is on a Program Account, Strategic Advisers will suspend management of the
Program Account and will not monitor the Program Account for potential purchases and sales of securities.
Additionally, in certain instances, deposits to a Program Account will not be invested and withdrawal requests
will not be processed during a do-not-trade period. Strategic Advisers is not held responsible for any market
loss experienced as a result of a do-not-trade restriction.
C L I E N T R E F E R R A L S A N D O T H E R C O M P E N S A T I O N
Affiliates of Strategic Advisers are compensated for providing services, including for investment management,
distribution, transfer agency, servicing, and custodial services, to certain Fidelity and non-Fidelity mutual
funds, ETPs, and other investments a client could use to implement any financial planning recommendations
made through the Program. These affiliates include FMRCo and its affiliates as the investment adviser for the
Fidelity Funds; FDC as the underwriter of the Fidelity Funds; and Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations
Company LLC (“FIIOC”) as transfer agent for the Fidelity Funds, servicing agent for non-Fidelity funds, and
recordkeeper of certain workplace savings plans. Strategic Advisers affiliates also receive compensation and
other benefits in connection with portfolio transactions executed on behalf of the Fidelity and non-Fidelity
mutual funds, ETPs, and other investments. FMRCo and its affiliates also obtain brokerage or research services,
consistent with Section 28(e) of the Exchange Act, from broker-dealers in connection with the execution of the
Fidelity Funds’ portfolio security transactions.
FBS and NFS receive compensation for executing portfolio transactions and providing, among other things,
clearance, settlement, custodial, and other services to Fidelity and non-Fidelity mutual funds, ETPs, and other
investments, and NFS provides securities lending agent services to certain Fidelity Funds for which it receives
compensation. FBS, NFS, and FIIOC also offer Fidelity’s mutual fund platform, FundsNetwork®, and provide
shareholder and other services (including, for a limited number of participants on the platform, the sharing
of certain aggregated data regarding ETF holdings in client accounts) to participating mutual funds and ETPs
(or their sponsors) for which FBS, NFS, and FIIOC receive compensation. Neither FBS nor NFS receives any
compensation in connection with directing equity trades for Program Accounts to market makers for execution.
We can execute trades through alternative trading systems or national securities exchanges, including but
not limited to ones in which a Fidelity affiliate has an ownership interest, such as Members Exchange, a
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registered national securities exchange. Any decision to execute a trade through an alternative trading system
or exchange in which a Fidelity affiliate has an interest would be made in accordance with applicable law,
including best execution obligations. For trades placed on certain national securities exchanges, not limited to
ones in which a Fidelity affiliate has an ownership interest, Fidelity could receive exchange rebates from such
trades for Program Accounts, and these rebates will be subject to the Credit Amount (as described below) and
will be allocated, pro rata based on assets, among Program Accounts.
If you transfer securities to fund a Program Account, the advisory fee applied to a Program Account can be
reduced by a Credit Amount. The Credit Amount is intended to address the conflicts of interest that arise from
Program Account investments that generate revenue for Fidelity by reducing the advisory fees paid to Strategic
Advisers by the amount of compensation, if any, Strategic Advisers or its affiliates retain that is derived as a
direct result of investments imported into Program Accounts, as detailed below. A Credit Amount is applied
after the end of each quarter. Fund expenses, which vary by fund and class, are expenses that mutual fund and
ETP shareholders typically pay. Details of mutual fund or ETP expenses can be found in each mutual fund’s
or ETP’s respective prospectus. These expenses are not separately itemized or billed; rather, the published
returns of mutual funds and ETPs are shown net of their expenses.
To the extent applicable, a Credit Amount will be calculated for any mutual funds or ETPs transferred to a
Program Account, as follows:
• For Fidelity Funds and ETPs, the Credit Amount will equal the underlying investment management and any
other fees or compensation Strategic Advisers or its affiliates retain from these funds and ETPs, as a direct
result of such investments transferred into Program Accounts.
• For non-Fidelity funds and ETPs, the Credit Amount will equal the distribution fees, shareholder servicing
fees, and any other fees or compensation Strategic Advisers or its affiliates retain from these funds and ETPs
(or their affiliates), as a direct result of such investments transferred into Program Accounts.
A total Credit Amount is allocated to a Program Account to arrive at the net advisory fee you pay. Individual
securities transferred into a Program Account do not affect the calculation of the Credit Amount and
the Flex Funds are not subject to the Credit Amount calculation because the Flex Funds do not charge
management fees or, with limited exceptions, fund expenses. It is important to understand that Strategic
Advisers’ affiliates receive compensation for providing a variety of services to mutual funds and ETPs. Such
compensation is included in the Credit Amount only to the extent that it is retained as a direct result of
investment by Program Accounts. Compensation that is not directly derived from Program Account assets
is not included in the Credit Amount.
Credit Amounts for non-Fidelity funds and ETPs are calculated one month after the end of each month, and
as a result, a Credit Amount for non-Fidelity funds and ETPs will not be applied against the advisory fee for
any partial period during the month in which a Program Account is closed. In such circumstances, Credit
Amounts not applied to a closed Program Account are allocated, pro rata based on assets, among the open
Program Accounts in a Program at the time the Credit Amount is applied. In addition, certain de minimis
revenue received by Strategic Advisers’ affiliates could be donated to charity (rather than included in the
Credit Amount) or could be allocated, pro rata based on assets, among the open Program Accounts. This
operational process results in credits that would otherwise be attributable to one Program Account being
received by another Program Account.
The compensation described above that is retained by Strategic Advisers’ affiliates as a direct result of
investments by Program Accounts in Fidelity and non-Fidelity funds and ETPs will be included in the Credit
Amount, which reduces your advisory fee. However, to the extent that Strategic Advisers’ affiliates, including
FBS, NFS, or FIIOC, receive compensation that is neither a direct result of, nor directly derived from,
investments by the Program Accounts, such compensation is not included in the Credit Amount, does not
reduce the advisory fee, and will be retained by such affiliates. Receipt of compensation in addition to the
advisory fee creates a financial incentive for Strategic Advisers and its affiliates to select investments that will
increase such compensation. Strategic Advisers seeks to address this financial conflict of interest through the
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application of the Credit Amount, which will reduce the advisory fee, as applicable, and through personnel
compensation arrangements (including those of our investment professionals and the Fidelity representatives)
that are not differentiated based on the investments or share classes selected for Program Accounts. Strategic
Advisers and its affiliates have also implemented controls reasonably designed to prevent the receipt of
compensation from affecting the nature of the advice provided to Program Accounts. As described herein,
Program Account assets will be invested in certain Flex Funds. The Flex Funds are available only to certain fee-
based accounts offered by Fidelity, and compensation for access to Flex Funds is paid out of the fees charged
by Fidelity fee-based accounts that include Flex Funds as underlying investments, including the Program
Account. FMRCo is compensated for its services out of such advisory fees. FMRCo receives no fee from the Flex
Funds for handling the business affairs of the funds, and Fidelity pays the expenses of each fund with the limited
exceptions of expenses for typesetting, printing, and mailing proxy materials to shareholders, all other expenses
incidental to holding meetings of the fund’s shareholders (including proxy solicitation), fees and expenses of
certain trustees, interest, Rule 12b-1 fees (if any), taxes, and such nonrecurring expenses as can arise, including
costs of any litigation to which the fund can be a party, and any obligation it can have to indemnify its officers
and trustees with respect to litigation. The fund shall also pay its non-operating expenses, including brokerage
commissions and fees and expenses associated with the fund’s securities lending program, if applicable.
Strategic Advisers engages certain non-affiliates to promote the Program’s services. These non-affiliates earn
a fixed fee from Strategic Advisers, paid through its affiliates, for each account opened through such non-
affiliates’ promotion of the Program. You will receive a disclosure that describes the particular arrangement if
you open a Program Account through a non-affiliate’s promotion of the Program. These arrangements create a
conflict of interest, as the non-affiliate is incentivized to encourage you to open a Program Account, regardless
of whether the non-affiliate would otherwise do so, due to the compensation it earns from Strategic Advisers.
Client referrals are provided by affiliated entities, including FBS or other affiliates, pursuant to referral
agreements where applicable. As noted in “Information about Fidelity and Fidelity Representative
Compensation,” some Fidelity representatives receive variable compensation or an annual bonus in addition
to their normal base pay for distributing and supporting Program Accounts. Additionally, Strategic Advisers
refers clients to other independent investment advisers in connection with a referral program in which such
independent investment advisers participate for a fee payable to Strategic Advisers.
C U S T O D Y
NFS has custody of your assets and will perform certain services for the benefit of your Program Account,
including the implementation of discretionary management instructions, as well as custodial and related
services. Certain personnel of Strategic Advisers, FBS, and NFS share premises and have common supervision.
In addition, clients will be sent statements electronically from NFS that will detail all holdings and transaction
information, including trades, additions, withdrawals, shifts in investment allocations, Program Advisory Fees,
and estimated gain/loss and tax basis information. Statements and confirmations are also available online at
Fidelity.com. Clients should carefully review all statements and other communications received from NFS (see
the “Brokerage Practices” section above).
Strategic Advisers is deemed to have custody under the Advisers Act because its affiliate NFS serves as
qualified custodian for Program Accounts.
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I N V E S T M E N T D I S C R E T I O N
Strategic Advisers’ portfolio management services for Program Accounts include the discretionary authority to
determine which securities to purchase or sell, the total amount of such purchases and sales, and the brokers
or dealers through which transactions are executed in Program Accounts. Such discretionary authority is subject
to certain limits, including the Program’s investment objectives and policies, regulatory constraints, and those
investment restrictions we agree to impose based on a client’s request, in accordance with applicable laws.
V O T I N G C L I E N T S E C U R I T I E S
Strategic Advisers does not generally acquire authority for, or exercise, proxy voting on a client’s behalf in
connection with managing Program Accounts. Unless you direct us otherwise, you will receive proxy materials
directly from the funds or NFS. Strategic Advisers will not advise you on the voting of proxies. You must
exercise any proxy voting directly.
F I N A N C I A L I N F O R M A T I O N
Strategic Advisers does not solicit prepayment of client fees.
Strategic Advisers is not aware of any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet
contractual commitments to clients.
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Keep in mind that investing involves risk. The value of your investment will fluctuate over time, and you may gain
or lose money.
Diversification and asset allocation do not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss.
Fidelity does not provide legal or tax advice, and the information provided is general in nature and should not be
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