Overview
- Headquarters
- Sister Bay, WI
- Average Client Assets
- $5.3 million
- SEC CRD Number
- 282632
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (SUGAR MAPLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC ADV PART II)
| Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $0 | $500,000 | 1.00% |
| $500,001 | $1,000,000 | 0.80% |
| $1,000,001 | $3,000,000 | 0.70% |
| $3,000,001 | $10,000,000 | 0.65% |
| $10,000,001 | and above | Negotiable |
Illustrative Fee Rates
| Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
|---|---|---|
| $1 million | $9,000 | 0.90% |
| $5 million | $36,000 | 0.72% |
| $10 million | $68,500 | 0.68% |
| $50 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
| $100 million | Negotiable | Negotiable |
Clients
- HNW Share of Firm Assets
- 75.66%
- Total Client Accounts
- 210
- Discretionary Accounts
- 210
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Portfolio Management for Pooled Investment Vehicles, Pension Consulting, Investment Advisor Selection
Regulatory Filings
Additional Brochure: SUGAR MAPLE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC ADV PART 2A (2026-03-11)
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Item 1 Cover Page
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC
Form ADV Part 2A: Disclosure Brochure
2580 S. Bay Shore Dr., Suite C
Sister Bay, WI 54234
210 S. Commercial Street
Neenah WI 54956
Phone: (920) 585-4985
www.sugarmapleam.com
March 11, 2026
This Disclosure Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Sugar
Maple Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”). If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at 920-585-4985. The information in this Disclosure Brochure has not been
approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state
securities authority. The Adviser is a registered investment adviser. Registration as an investment adviser
does not imply any level of skill or training.
Additional information about the Adviser (CRD #282632) is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Item 2 Material Changes
We have made the following material changes to this Disclosure Brochure since the last annual update
dated March 7, 2025.
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Item 10 has been updated to provide additional information regarding shares of stock in a bank
that refers clients to the Adviser.
Certain non-material changes have been made throughout the Disclosure Brochure to clarify the practices
and operations of the Adviser.
You can request a complete copy of our current Disclosure Brochure at any time by contacting the Adviser
at (920) 585-4985, or by requesting a Disclosure Brochure via e-mail at jschwab@sugarmapleam.com.
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Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 1 Cover Page
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Item 2 Material Changes
2
Item 3 Table of Contents
3
Item 4 Advisory Business
4
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
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Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
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Item 7 Types of Clients
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Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
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Item 9 Disciplinary Information
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Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
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Item 12 Brokerage Practices
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Item 13 Review of Accounts
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Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
12
Item 15 Custody
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Item 16 Investment Discretion
13
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
13
Item 18 Financial Information
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Privacy Policy
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) began operations in January 2016 and is wholly
owned by Terry M. Jack and Jeremy P. Schwab. The Adviser is under common control with CAVU Capital
Partners, LLC, discussed below.
The Adviser’s services can be divided into the broad categories of Investment Management Services and
Retirement Plan Services. The Adviser’s clients include high net worth individuals, pension and defined
contribution plans, private funds, trusts, estates, charitable/non-profit entities, corporations and other
business entities. All services are provided through the Adviser’s investment adviser representatives. Such
investment adviser representatives are known as “Investment Managers” and are the primary client contact
person for a given relationship. Services for clients vary by both individual clients and the type of
investment advice requested. A discussion of the various services offered follows.
Investment Management Services
Overview. The Adviser provides Investment Management Services which involve giving continuous advice
to a client and making investments for a client based on the specific needs of the client. Through personal
discussions in which goals and objectives based on a client’s particular circumstances are established, the
Adviser can create and develop Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”) for the client and can use this to
manage advisory accounts on a discretionary basis in a manner consistent with the client’s IPS.
The Adviser will create a portfolio consisting of one or more of the following investments: individual
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds (“ETFs”), exchange traded notes and other collective
investment vehicles. The Adviser will allocate the client’s assets among various investments taking into
consideration the overall risk tolerance outlined by the client. The Adviser will select an investment based
on a variety of criteria, including, among other things: performance history and consistency of return
(standard deviation); investment cost structure; tax considerations; management stability; industry sector
allocation; market capitalization; investment style; and risk/volatility. Portfolio weighting will be
determined by each client’s individual needs and circumstances, including cash flow needs, investment time
horizon, IPS and risk tolerance.
Clients have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions or constraints on the way their accounts are
managed and retain the right to modify account restrictions at any time by providing written notice of such
changes to the Adviser. In addition, clients retain individual ownership of all securities held in their
accounts.
As a general rule, the Adviser believes that investing is most successful when investors take a longer-term
view, defined as at least 5-7 years for more volatile investments such as stocks. Therefore, clients should not
expect frequent investment changes in their portfolios, particularly in periods of extreme stock market
volatility. Most investment changes will be made as a result of the following conditions: investment
allocations that deviate from the client’s IPS; macro trends in the investment environment; investments that
stray from original expectations; and, for collective investment vehicles such as mutual funds and ETFs,
fundamental changes in investment vehicle structure, such as changing expense structure.
The Adviser does not maintain custody of the assets in client accounts. Instead, all client assets are
custodied with the client’s brokerage firm through which transactions are placed (the “Custodian”). The
Adviser expects that in most cases, clients will utilize Fidelity Investments as their Custodian.
The Adviser does not assure or guarantee the results of its Investment Management Services; thus, losses
can occur from following the Adviser’s advice pertaining to any investment or investment approach,
including using conservative investment strategies.
Use of Sub-Advisors. The Adviser can recommend the use of third-party investment advisers (“Sub
Advisors”) to manage all or a portion of the assets within a client’s account. Under these circumstances, the
client would be required to enter into a separate investment management agreement with the Sub- Advisor,
pursuant to which the Sub-Advisor would be granted discretion by the client to buy and sell securities for
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the client’s account. If a Sub-Advisor is used to manage client assets, clients are encouraged to carefully
review the Sub-Advisor’s Form ADV disclosure brochure, brochure supplement(s) and Form CRS (if
applicable) for service level, fee, conflicts, and professional background information applicable to the Sub
Advisor’s staff before entering into the agreement.
It is important to note that even though certain Sub-Advisors have achieved higher performance returns than
others, they may not be recommended to a client by the Adviser due to the influence of other factors, such
as the nature of a Sub-Advisor’s investment style and time under which securities were managed to produce
returns. Thus, the Adviser can decide to select Sub-Advisors from a limited pool of firms based on
objectives, manager experience, familiarity, costs, and performance, among other criteria. Once the Adviser
recommends a Sub-Advisor to a client, the Adviser will periodically evaluate the Sub-Advisor’s
performance and, if necessary, recommend a replacement Sub-Advisor when it is deemed necessary. The
Adviser generally does not recommend the replacement of a Sub-Advisor based on short-term performance.
In the event there is significant change in the Sub-Advisor’s investment philosophy, loss of significant
investment management personnel or a change in ownership, the Adviser will re-evaluate the Sub-Advisor
to determine whether to recommend a Sub-Advisor change to a client.
Retirement Plan Services
For retirement plan clients (each, a “Plan”), the Adviser offers a variety of Retirement Plan Services,
including the following:
1. Assist the Plan client with the development of an IPS, along with investment guidelines and
restrictions;
2.
Identify specific investment options and/or third-party investment advisers within each asset
category. At no time will the Adviser act as an “ERISA 3(38) Fiduciary.” Rather, the Adviser will
act only as a non-discretionary co-fiduciary, pursuant to which the Adviser will provide investment
recommendations to the Plan’s named fiduciaries, who will then be responsible for selecting the
investment options from those recommendations;
3. Monitor and report the performance of all selected investment choices;
4. Recommend changes to the investment options; and
5. Review periodically the suitability of the Plan investment options.
The Adviser also offers the following additional services to Plan clients:
1. Conduct periodic participant education and Plan-related meetings (live or web);
2. Assist with provider review and searches and negotiation of fees; and
3. Provide such other services as mutually agreed upon by the Adviser and the Plan client.
Plan clients are free to contact their Investment Manager at any time, and to place restrictions on the types
of securities the Adviser recommends for use by the Plan.
The Adviser does not offer any service that guarantees a gain, or that a loss will not occur. All clients
assume the risk that investment returns can be negative or below the rates of return achieved by other
investment managers, market indices, or specific investments.
Private Fund
The Adviser serves as the investment adviser of a private hedge fund called the CAVU Private Opportunity
Fund, LLC (the “Private Fund”). The Private Fund is available to certain qualified investors, and will be
offered to qualified clients of the Adviser as deemed appropriate. The managing member of the Private
Fund, CAVU Capital Partners, LLC (“Managing Member”), is under common control with the Adviser, and
is therefore an affiliate of the Adviser. More information regarding the Private Fund, including, among other
things, information regarding its investment program, risks, conflicts of interest, and fees, is available upon
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request.
Other Services
Financial Planning and Consulting. The Adviser offers financial planning and consulting services, which
can include, among other things, assisting clients to: define their goals and priorities; establish clear
milestones and financial planning objectives; organize their financial resources; analyze their situational risk
factors to support better decision making; review their current estate plans; and assess their needs for
different types of insurance.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2025, Sugar Maple Asset Management managed $291,512,235 assets on a
discretionary basis only.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Listed below is the Adviser’s current fee schedule.
Discretionary Investment Management Fees.
All fully managed discretionary accounts shall be subject to a base fee of $50 per account in addition to a
market value fee.
The market value fee portion will follow the fee schedule below based upon the market value of assets in
the account.
Account Market Value Market Value Fee
$0 to $500,000 1.00%
next $500,001 - $1,000,000 0.80%
next $1,000,001 - $3,000,000 0.70%
next $3,000,001 - $10,000,000 0.65%
Over $10,000,000 negotiable
Additionally, if the client’s assets are held in an irrevocable trust, the Adviser, in its sole discretion, can
charge an additional investment management fee of up to 0.40% (annualized) of the market value of the
account.
Sugar Maple Asset Management stock portfolio includes an additional 0.25% fee for that account only.
Investment management fees paid to the Adviser are for the Adviser’s advisory services only. The fees do
not include, for example, the fees charged by third parties such as Sub-Advisors. Commissions on brokerage
transactions and other account fees, if any, will also be charged by brokerage firms/Custodians in
accordance with the firm’s normal commission schedule. In addition, each mutual fund, ETF or other
collective investment vehicle in which a client’s assets are invested also pays its own advisory fees and
other internal expenses which already have been deducted from the fund’s reported performance.
Depending on the fund, a client can invest directly in the shares issued by the fund with or without incurring
any sales or third-party management fees. The Adviser also can pass along fees related to overnighting
checks to clients.
The Adviser’s investment management fees are payable quarterly in arrears. The annual rate listed above is
applied to quarter-end account balances then divided by 4. Each quarterly fee will be deducted directly from
your account unless other arrangements are made in advance. The Adviser will combine the market value of
related accounts for fee calculation purposes, except in situations where accounts within a household are
charged a different fee rate.
Sugar Maple Asset Management Individual Stock Portfolio From time-to-time, some clients seek active
individual stock portfolio management. To address this need, the adviser manages an individual stock
portfolio of between, generally 15-25 holdings. If this type of account is established for a client, a separate
account will be opened with the custodian and an additional 0.25% will be charged, per year, on a quarterly
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basis, to help cover expenses associated with management of this portfolio.
Retirement Plan Services Fees. Our fees for non-discretionary Retirement Plan Services are 0.50% of the
market value of the assets in each Plan, payable quarterly in arrears. Each quarterly fee will be billed to the
Plan directly (such fees will not be automatically deducted from Plan assets).
Financial Planning and Consulting Fees. The Adviser’s fee for financial planning and consulting services
with respect to non-managed portfolios is based on either an hourly rate (ranging from $50 to $250 per
hour, depending upon staff involvement) or a flat fee which varies depending on the complexity of the
requested services. An estimate of the fee for these services will be provided upon request.
Relationship Management Fees. The Adviser will charge a fee of $4,000, annually in order to maintain and
manage relationships with its customers. This fee may be waived at the firm’s discretion.
Other Fees and Expenses for the Private Fund. In addition to the fees stated above, there are additional
fees borne by clients as investors in the Fund such as auditor fees, regulatory and legal expenses (including
brokerage fees), and government filing fees. The Fund also bears the cost of certain organizational,
administrative, offering, and other expenses as set forth in the offering documents.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
The Adviser charges a performance-based fee to one client, the Private Fund. The Managing Member of the
Private Fund hires the Adviser to manage the Private Fund’s assets. The Adviser has a conflict of interest in
that it has an incentive to give the Private Fund preferential treatment due to the potential to receive
performance-based compensation. The Manager is entitled to receive tiered performance-based
compensation equal to (i) 15% of the amount by which each Investor’s Positive Performance Change for
such Performance Period, if any, exceeds the Hurdle Amount up to 19.99% (on annualized basis), and (ii)
20% of the amount by which each Investor’s Positive Performance Change exceeds 19.99% (on an
annualized basis), including realized and unrealized gains and losses, subject to any positive balance in the
Carryforward Account (as defined below) (i.e., the cumulative “high water mark”).
Item 7 Types of Clients
The Adviser provides investment advice to individuals, high net worth individuals, pension and defined
contribution plans, private funds, trusts, estates, charitable/non-profit entities, corporations and other
business entities. Because we receive a performance allocation based on the capital appreciation of capital
accounts, we comply with the requirements of SEC Rule 205-3(17 Code of Federal Regulations & 275.205-
3), which prohibits the use of such fees unless the client is a “qualified client”. In general, a qualified client
may include:
1. A natural person or company who at the time of entering into such agreement has at least $1,100,000
under the management of the investment adviser;
2. A natural person or company who the adviser reasonably believes at the time of entering into the
contract:
a. has a net worth of jointly with his or her spouse of more than $2,200,000 or
b. is a qualified purchaser as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, 2(a)(51)(A)(15U.S.C.
80a-2(51)(A)); or
3. A natural person who at the time of entering into the contract is:
a. An executive officer, director, trustee, general partner, or person serving in the similar capacity of
the investment adviser;
b. An employee of the investment adviser (other than an employee performing solely clerical,
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secretarial, or administrative functions with regard to the investment adviser), who in connection
with his or her regular functions or duties, participates in the investment activities of such
investment adviser, provided that such employee has been performing such functions and duties for
or on behalf of the investment adviser, or substantially similar functions or duties for or on behalf of
another company for at least 12 months.
Although the Adviser does not generally impose a minimum relationship size for providing its services, the
Adviser’s Investment Managers may negotiate a minimum fee for all services, as described in Item 5.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
The Adviser believes that each client’s investment strategy should be based upon long-term historical data
and the relationship between various asset categories. The main investment categories utilized are stocks,
bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, exchange traded notes and other collective investment vehicles. To a lesser
extent, other categories can be utilized. The Adviser does not attempt to engage in market timing, but will
consider current market conditions when buying or selling securities.
The Adviser will only recommend publicly traded securities. If a client directs, the Adviser will ask the
client’s Custodian to hold non-public securities on behalf of the client; however, the Adviser will not make
recommendations regarding such securities.
The primary security analysis method utilized by the Adviser is fundamental analysis, which means that the
Adviser evaluates securities based on historical and projected financial performance. The Adviser’s main
sources of information include, but are not limited to, reports prepared by third-party entities whose primary
business line is security evaluation, financial newspapers and magazines, corporate rating services, annual
reports, prospectuses, public filings and company press releases. While the Adviser believes this investment
approach will produce satisfactory long-term results, there is a risk of loss of part or all of a client’s
principal and there is no guarantee that results will match market indices or historical returns.
A client’s account value can fluctuate, sometimes dramatically, depending upon the nature of the client’s
investments, market conditions and other factors. Moreover, a client is subject to certain risks, including,
but not limited to the risks described below. The risks discussed below vary by investment style or strategy,
and the investments in the client’s account, and each risk may or may not apply to a client. Clients should
not pursue a strategy unless they are prepared to accept the associated risks. Clients are encouraged to
discuss with their Investment Manager the risks that apply to them. A client should also review the
prospectus or other disclosure document for any security in which the client invests, as it will contain
important information about the risks associated with investing in such security.
Management Risk.When the Adviser has investment discretion over a client’s account, this means that the
Adviser has been delegated the authority to buy and sell investments on the client’s behalf. Accordingly, the
client must rely upon the Adviser’s abilities and judgment and upon its investment abilities. There is no
guarantee that the Adviser’s investment techniques will be successful.
Sub-Advisor Risk. Sub-Advisors recommended by the Adviser can invest in a variety of investments and
employ various investment techniques. If a Sub-Advisor is used to manage client assets, clients are
encouraged to carefully review the Sub-Advisor’s Form ADV disclosure brochure, brochure supplement(s)
and Form CRS (if applicable) for information about its investment strategies and related risks.
Market Risk. A client’s account can change in value due to overall market fluctuations. General economic
conditions, political developments, international events and other factors can cause the overall market to
decline, which in turn can reduce the value of the client’s account regardless of the relative strength of the
securities held in the account. Securities prices often vary for reasons unrelated to matters directly affecting
the issuers of the securities.
Investment Objective and Asset Allocation Risk. A client’s investment objective and asset allocation
strategies involve the risk that certain asset classes selected for the client’s account might not perform as
well as other asset classes during varying periods. In addition, clients who pursue more aggressive
investment objectives and asset allocation strategies, while hoping to achieve high returns, can face greater
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risk of loss than clients with more conservative objectives and strategies. In developing investment
objectives and asset allocation strategies, clients should carefully consider their financial situation and
needs, investment goals.
Stock Market Risk. Equity security prices vary and can fall, thus reducing the value of a client’s
investments. Certain stocks selected for a client’s account can decline in value more than the overall stock
market.
Equity Securities Risk. Equity securities may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long
periods of decline in value. This may occur because of factors that affect the securities markets in general,
such as adverse changes in economic conditions, the general outlook for corporate earnings, interest rates or
investor sentiment. Equity securities can also lose value because of factors affecting an entire industry or
sector, such as increases in production costs, or factors directly related to a specific company, such as
decisions made by its management. investment time horizon and risk tolerance.
Fixed Income Security Risk. Fixed income securities are subject to certain risks, including interest rate risk,
credit risk and liquidity risk. In addition, they are subject to maturity risk. Generally, the longer a bond’s
maturity, the greater the interest rate risk and the higher its yield. Conversely, the shorter a bond’s maturity,
the lower the interest rate risk and the lower its yield. Non-rated, split-rated, below investment grade, and
asset-backed securities, including mortgage-backed securities, have additional, special risks.
Mutual Funds Risk. Each mutual fund is subject to specific risks, depending on its investments. The value
of a mutual fund's investments and the net asset value of the mutual fund's shares will fluctuate in response
to changes in market and economic conditions ,as well as the financial condition and prospects of
companies in which the mutual fund invests. The performance of each mutual fund will depend on whether
the mutual fund’s investment adviser is successful in pursuing the mutual fund’s investment strategy.
ETFs Risk. An investment in an ETF generally presents the same primary risks as an investment in a
conventional mutual fund (i.e., one that is not exchange traded) that has the same investment objective,
strategies and policies. The price of an ETF can fluctuate within a wide range and a portfolio could lose
money investing in an ETF if the prices of the underlying investments owned by the ETF go down. Like
mutual funds, ETFs are subject to investment advisory, transactional, operating and other expenses. Unlike
mutual funds, ETFs do not necessarily trade at the net asset values of their underlying securities, which
means an ETF could potentially trade above or below the value of its underlying portfolio. Additionally,
because ETFs trade like stocks on exchanges, they are subject to trading and commission costs, unlike open
end mutual funds. ETFs are subject to liquidity risk. Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are
difficult to purchase or sell, possibly preventing the sale of the security at an advantageous time or price.
Buffered ETFs (defined-outcome) are designed to provide downside protection in exchange for a cap on
potential upside gains. They present the client with a tradeoff of giving up potential full upside benefit for
the potential for mitigating some downside in market performance.
Leveraged and Inverse ETF Risk. Leveraged ETFs generally seeks to deliver multiples of the daily
performance of the index or benchmark that it tracks. An inverse ETF generally seeks to deliver the
opposite of the daily performance of the index or benchmark that it tracks. Inverse ETFs often are marketed
as a way for investors to profit from, or at least hedge their exposure to, downward-moving markets. Some
ETFs are both inverse and leveraged, meaning that they seek a return that is a multiple of the inverse
performance of the underlying index. To accomplish their objectives, leveraged and inverse ETFs use a
range of investment strategies, including swaps, futures contracts and other derivative instruments.
Leveraged, inverse, and leveraged inverse ETFs are more volatile and riskier than traditional ETFs due to
their exposure to leverage and derivatives, particularly total return swaps and futures. Most leveraged ETFs
are typically designed to achieve their desired exposure on a daily (in a few cases, monthly) basis and reset
their leverage daily. The return of the leveraged ETF for periods longer than a single day will be the result
of each day's returns compounded over the period. Due to the effect of this compounding, their performance
over longer periods of time can differ significantly from the performance (or inverse performance) of their
underlying index or benchmark during the same period of time. For periods longer than a single day, the
leveraged ETF will lose money when the level of the Index is flat, and it is possible that the leveraged ETF
will lose money even if the level of the Index rises. Longer holding periods, higher index volatility and
greater leverage all exacerbate the impact of compounding on an investor's returns. During periods of higher
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Index volatility, the volatility of the Index may affect the leveraged ETF's return as much as or more than
the return of the Index itself. Therefore, holding leveraged, inverse, and leveraged inverse ETFs for longer
periods of time increases their risk due to the effects of compounding and the inherent difficulty in market
timing. Leveraged ETFs are riskier than similarly benchmarked ETFs that do not use leverage. Non-
traditional ETFs are volatile and not suitable for all investors. Positions in non-traditional ETFs are
monitored closely due to their volatile nature and inability to track the underlying index over an extended
period of time.
Volatility-Linked Exchange-Traded Products (ETPs). Volatility-linked exchange-traded products (ETPs)
include exchange-traded notes (ETNs), exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and other instruments that seek to
track volatility benchmarks such as the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX). These products are complex, often
utilize derivatives (such as futures contracts), and are typically intended for short-term trading or hedging
purposes. Volatility-linked ETPs may not track the index directly and are subject to unique risks. Their
performance may decline even in periods when volatility increases, due to the costs and pricing structures
associated with maintaining exposure to volatility through futures contracts. These products are not
designed for long-term investment strategies and may experience substantial losses if held for extended
periods.
Crypto ETFs Risk. An investment in Crypto ETFs provides investors with indirect exposure to the
cryptocurrency space using publicly traded companies and ETFs. The goal for these investments is to
benefit from the assets class, without the need to directly purchase the actual cryptocurrency itself.
Narrowly focused investments typically exhibit higher volatility. A model portfolio concentrated in a single
industry, such as companies actively engaged in blockchain technology may never develop or be able to
transact processes that lead to returns for any company in which the model invests. Such investments may
be subject to the following risks: Lack of liquid markets, possible manipulation of blockchain-based assets;
lack of regulation; third party product defects or vulnerabilities; reliance on the internet, and line of business
risk
Interest Rate Risk. The value of some investments, particularly fixed income securities, is affected
significantly by changes in interest rates. Generally, when interest rates rise, the fixed income security’s
market value declines and when interest rates decline, its market value rises. In addition, a rise in interest
rates can have a negative impact on the issuer, which, in turn, could have a negative impact on the market
value of the investment.
Liquidity Risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that certain investments can be difficult or impossible to sell at the
time and price that a client would like to sell. Clients might have to lower the price, sell other investments or
forgo an investment opportunity, any of which can have a negative effect on the management or
performance of client accounts. The liquidity of a particular investment depends on the strength of demand
for the investment, which is generally related to the willingness of broker-dealers to make a market for the
investment as well as the interest of other investors to buy the investment. During periods of economic
uncertainty, significant economic and market downturns and periods in which financial services firms are
unable to commit capital to make a market in, or otherwise buy, certain investments, a client can experience
challenges in selling such investments at optimal prices. In addition, recent regulatory changes applicable to
financial intermediaries that make markets in debt securities have restricted or made it less desirable for
those financial intermediaries to hold large inventories of debt securities. Because market makers provide
stability to a market through their intermediary services, a reduction in dealer inventories can lead to
decreased liquidity and increased volatility in the fixed income markets.
Cybersecurity Risk. The computer systems, networks and devices used by the Adviser and its service
providers employ a variety of protections designed to prevent damage or interruption from computer
viruses, network and computer failures and cyberattacks. Despite such protections, systems, networks and
devices potentially can be breached. Cyberattacks include, but are not limited to, gaining unauthorized
access to digital systems for purposes of corrupting data, or causing operational disruption, as well as
denial-of-service attacks on websites. Cyber incidents can cause disruptions and impact business operations,
potentially resulting in financial losses, the inability of the Adviser or service providers to trade, violations
of privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, reputational damage, reimbursement costs and additional
compliance costs, as well as the inadvertent release of confidential information.
Private Fund. The Private Fund has additional risks, which are described in the Private Fund’s offering
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materials.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
The Adviser is required to disclose any legal or disciplinary events that are material to your evaluation of the
Adviser, or the integrity of the Adviser’s management. The Adviser has no legal or disciplinary events to
disclose.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
The Adviser is 100% owned by Terry M. Jack and Jeremy P. Schwab.
Mr. Jack is a part-time employee of Fortifi Bank of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Mr. Jack’s title is Wealth
Liaison. He works no more than four hours a week for Fortifi Bank, generally during normal business hours
where he qualifies referrals to the Adviser on behalf of the bank. If these referrals are deemed to be
qualified and passed on to the Adviser, a revenue sharing agreement between the Adviser and Fortifi Bank
is in place. Under this arrangement, Fortifi Bank receives a fixed percentage of fee revenue based upon asset
management for their clients as long as they remain a client of the Adviser. This revenue sharing agreement
could be deemed as a potential conflict of interest. All clients referred to the Adviser by Fortifi Bank are
given a Potential Conflict of Interest Disclosure Statement highlighting the arrangement. In addition, the
owners of Sugar Maple Asset Management, Mr. Jack and Mr. Schwab, own shares of stock in Fortifi Bank.
As a result, these individuals may benefit indirectly from the Adviser’s referral and revenue-sharing
relationship with Fortifi Bank through their ownership interest. This ownership interest presents an
additional potential conflict of interest, as it could create an incentive to promote or maintain the referral
relationship with Fortifi Bank. The Adviser seeks to mitigate these conflicts through full disclosure and by
ensuring that all investment advice provided to clients is based on the clients’ best interests. Mr. Jack and
Mr. Schwab do not control or manage Fortifi Bank.
Mr. Schwab is licensed to offer insurance products. Mr. Schwab can offer these products to clients of the
Adviser through Fidelity brokerage services. While Mr. Schwab maintains an active insurance license, he
does not sell insurance products to advisory clients and does not receive commissions or other
compensation from the sale of insurance products in connection with advisory services. The insurance
license is maintained solely to provide general education and advice regarding insurance-related matters.
Messrs. Jack and Schwab are majority owners of the Managing Member of the Private Fund. The Adviser
serves as the investment adviser for the Private Fund. In such a capacity, Adviser may offer the Fund as a
recommendation to Adviser’s clients. Clients should be aware that the receipt of performance fees within
the Fund by Adviser creates an inherent conflict of interest, whereby Adviser could be influenced to
recommend the Fund to its clients to potentially earn greater compensation. The client is under no
obligation to act upon any such recommendation.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
The Adviser maintains a Code of Ethics Policy (the “Code”) that outlines a standard of conduct to be upheld
by all employees. The Code requires employees to act in a fiduciary manner in all client dealings, and
requires honesty and the client’s best interest in all transactions. The Code includes provisions relating to
maintaining the confidentiality of client information, a prohibition on trading on inside information, a
prohibition of rumor mongering, restrictions on the acceptance of significant gifts and the reporting of
certain gifts and business entertainment items, and personal securities trading procedures, among other
things. All supervised persons at the Adviser must acknowledge reviewing the current Code annually.
Adviser’s Code of Ethics is available free upon request to any client or prospective client.
With respect to personal trading, the Adviser does not allow employees or related persons or entities to buy
or sell securities to or from client accounts. In addition, on a quarterly basis, all employees are required to
report to the Adviser’s Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”) all security transactions in an account where
the employee has direct or indirect control. Under certain conditions, employees are permitted to buy and
sell securities that the Adviser also recommends to clients. In general, employees who have access to
nonpublic information regarding client transactions or portfolio holdings are required to purchase or sell a
security for their personal accounts only after client trading of that same security has been completed in the
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client’s account if the security trades on relatively low volume; most securities traded will have relatively
large volume and will not be moved by trading volume created by the Adviser or its personnel. The CCO
reviews all trades by employees at quarter-end to ensure this policy is working.
In addition to the Adviser’s Code, Investment Managers who hold professional designations (i.e., CFP,
CTFA and/or CFA) are also required to follow the code of ethics for those organizations.
There is the potential for a conflict of interest for clients based upon investments placed within the Private
Fund. Due to the performance-based compensation payable by the Private Fund to the Adviser, there can be
a motivation to preserve best-ideas for the Private Fund, and not other clients of the firm.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
The Adviser recommends Fidelity for custody and broker services to its clients. These recommendations are
based upon past experience with the entity, execution of transactions, commission schedules, administrative
ease of operation, and services provided. The Adviser does not have any contracts in place that require
minimum numbers of trades, dollar amounts, or other such business requirements with Custodians.
As part of each Custodian’s program, the Adviser receives benefits that it would not otherwise receive.
These benefits include the following products and services, provided to the Adviser without cost or at a
discount: duplicate client statements and confirmations; access to a trading desk serving the Adviser’s
Investment Managers; access to block trading (which provides the ability to aggregate securities
transactions for execution and then allocate the appropriate shares directly to or from client accounts); the
ability to have the Adviser’s investment management fees deducted directly from client accounts; access to
an electronic communications network for client order entry and account information; and access to mutual
funds and ETFs with no transaction fees. Some of these products and services made available by the
Custodians benefit the Adviser, but it might not benefit its clients.
Clients should be aware that the receipt of economic benefits by the Adviser described above, in and of
itself, creates a potential conflict of interest and can directly or indirectly influence the Adviser
recommendations for those Custodians for custody and brokerage service. Thus, the receipt of these services
creates an incentive and conflict of interest for the Adviser when it recommends any Custodian’s services.
Adviser receives no referrals from a broker-dealer or third party in exchange for using that broker-dealer or
third party.
Adviser will require clients to use a specific broker-dealer to execute transactions. Not all advisers require
clients to use a particular broker-dealer.
Given the low volume of trading engaged in by the Adviser, the Adviser does not currently aggregate, or
bunch, trades for client accounts.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
The Adviser has a formal review process whereby accounts are reviewed by on at least an annual basis by
the Chief Compliance Officer. As part of this review, the client’s current investments and account allocation
are compared to the client’s IPS. The Adviser can recommend changes to the client’s portfolio based upon
its review.
Clients receive monthly or quarterly statements from their Custodian. These statements show current
holdings, activity in account, and beginning and ending account values.
Investors in the Private Fund will receive monthly statements, on-line access to their investment account
and audited annual financial statements.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
The Adviser can receive referrals from many sources, including existing clients and other service
professionals. These referrals are made without compensation to the source, except for the Fortifi Bank
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arrangement mentioned in Item 10, above.
Item 15 Custody
The Adviser does not take possession of your assets, rather they are held by a Custodian. The Custodian will
send you either monthly or quarterly statements in paper or electronic form. The Adviser urges clients to
carefully review such statements, and notify the Adviser promptly of any questions or concerns.
With respect to the Private Fund, because an affiliate of the Adviser is the Managing Member of the fund,
the Adviser is deemed to have physical custody of the fund’s assets. For this reason, investors in the Private
Fund will receive audited annual financial statements in addition to the other periodic reports described in
Item 13, above.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
When a client signs a discretionary investment advisory agreement with the Adviser, the client gives the
Adviser the authority to buy and sell securities in the client’s account without first consulting the client. In
exercising its investment discretion with client accounts, the Adviser takes into consideration the client’s
written investment objective and how such security purchases and sales will help the client meet their IPS.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
The Adviser will have no obligation or authority to vote in proxy matters. Clients will receive proxies
directly from the issuer of the security or the custodian. Clients should direct all proxy questions to the
issuer of the security.
In addition, the Adviser does not take any action on legal notices the Adviser or a client can receive from
issuers of securities held in a client’s account. However, the Adviser is available to answer questions
regarding such notices upon request.
Item 18 Financial Information
The Adviser does not receive fees of more than $1,200 six months or more in advance, thus no financial
statement for the Adviser is attached. The Adviser does not have any financial condition that is reasonably
likely to impair the Adviser’s ability to meet contractual commitments to any client. The Adviser has not
been the subject to a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
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Privacy Policy
Sugar Maple Asset Management, LLC
Privacy and Disclosure Policy Notice
Regarding Non-Public Personal Information
With regard to non-public personal information relating to clients, the goal of Sugar Maple Asset
Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) is to protect privacy. We understand that confidentiality is key in any
financial relationship, and have always taken very seriously our responsibility to protect your privacy by
keeping information secure and confidential. This notice is being provided in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations which require that all clients are made aware of the Adviser’s processes for
collecting, using, disclosing, and protecting information.
Types of Nonpublic Personal Information Collected
The Adviser collects nonpublic personal information about you that is provided to us by you or obtained
by us with your authorization via applications, surveys, or other forms. This information could include, but
is not limited to, your name, address, social security number, and income. We also collect information
regarding your transactions and account experience with the Adviser, such as your account balance,
account activity, and usage of various services.
Parties to Whom the Adviser Discloses Information - “Related Entities”
For current and former clients, we do not disclose any nonpublic personal information obtained in the
course of business except as required or permitted by law. Permitted disclosures include, for instance,
providing information to our employees; to related entities of the Adviser, when services are being
performed for you by one or more of those entities; and in limited situations, to unrelated third parties who
need to know that information to assist the Adviser in providing requested or authorized services to you. In
all such situations, the confidential nature of the information being shared is stressed.
Protecting the Confidentiality and Security of Current and Former Clients’ Information
The Adviser retains records relating to the services that we provide so that we are better able to assist you
with your financial needs and to comply with regulatory and professional requirements and/or guidelines.
We maintain physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards in order to protect your nonpublic personal
information.
As a registered investment advisory firm, the Adviser annually updates and files a Form ADV. You can
receive a free copy of our latest Form ADV (including this Disclosure Brochure, the firm’s Brochure
Supplements and, if required, the Form CRS) by calling our office. Please call Jeremy Schwab at (920)
585-4985 if you have any questions on this privacy policy, our latest Form ADV or any other financial
issue. Your privacy, our professional ethics, and the ability to provide you with quality financial services
are very important to us.
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