Overview
Assets Under Management: $172 million
Headquarters: COLLEGE STATION, TX
High-Net-Worth Clients: 46
Average Client Assets: $3 million
Services Offered
Services: Portfolio Management for Individuals
Clients
Number of High-Net-Worth Clients: 46
Percentage of Firm Assets Belonging to High-Net-Worth Clients: 71.62
Average High-Net-Worth Client Assets: $3 million
Total Client Accounts: 240
Non-Discretionary Accounts: 240
Regulatory Filings
CRD Number: 117769
Last Filing Date: 2025-01-27 00:00:00
Website: https://tdcadvisors.com
Form ADV Documents
Primary Brochure: TDC CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. ADV BROCHURE (2025-07-28)
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TDC Capital Advisors, Inc.
1598 Copperfield Parkway
College Station, Texas 77845
979.260.9696
www.tdcadvisors.com
July 28, 2025
FORM ADV PART 2A
BROCHURE
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of TDC Capital
Advisors, Inc. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at
979.260.9696. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about TDC Capital Advisors, Inc. is also available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for TDC Capital Advisors, Inc. is
117769.
TDC Capital Advisors, Inc. is a registered investment adviser. Registration with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission or any state securities authority does not imply a certain level of
skill or training.
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Item 2 Summary of Material Changes
Form ADV Part 2 requires registered investment advisers to amend their brochure when information
becomes materially inaccurate. If there are any material changes to an adviser's disclosure brochure,
the adviser is required to notify you and provide you with a description of the material changes.
Since our last annual updating amendment dated January 27, 2025, we have made the following
material changes to our Form ADV:
Item 4. Advisor Business was updated to disclose that James Larkin is now the sole owner of
TDC Capital Advisors, Inc.
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations was updated to disclose
that James M. Larkin owner of TDC, along with Messrs. Kyle Cox and Aubry Taylor, are
shareholders of Thompson, Derrig & Craig, P.C. (TDC PC") a public accounting firm.
Item 13. Review of Accounts was updated to disclose that reviews will be conduced by Ronnie
L. Craig and James M. Larkin.
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Item 3 Table Of Contents
Item 1 Cover Page
Item 2 Summary of Material Changes
Item 3 Table Of Contents
Item 4 Advisory Business
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
Item 7 Types of Clients
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Item 15 Custody
Item 16 Investment Discretion
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
Item 18 Financial Information
Item 19 Requirements for State Registered Investment Advisers
Item 20 Additional Information
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Item 4 Advisory Business
Description of Services and Fees
We are a registered investment adviser based in College Station, Texas. We are organized as a
corporation under the laws of the State of Texas. We have been providing investment advisory
services since 2003. James Larkin is our firm's owner.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Please refer to the description of each
investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to your
individual needs. As used in this brochure, the words "we", "our" and "us" refer to TDC Capital
Advisors, Inc. and the words "you", "your" and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective
client of our firm. Also, you may see the term Associated Person throughout this brochure. As used in
this brochure, our Associated Persons are our firm's officers, employees, and all individuals providing
investment advice on behalf of our firm.
We offer non-discretionary portfolio management services. Our investment advice is tailored to meet
our clients' needs and investment objectives. If you retain our firm for portfolio management services,
we will meet with you to determine your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and other relevant
information (the "suitability information") at the beginning of our advisory relationship. We will use the
suitability information we gather to develop a strategy that enables our firm to give you ongoing and
focused investment advice and/or to make investments on your behalf. Once we construct an
investment portfolio for you, we will monitor your portfolio's performance on an ongoing basis, and will
rebalance the portfolio as required by changes in market conditions and in your financial
circumstances. We must obtain your approval prior to executing any transactions on behalf of your
account.
Our fee for portfolio management services is based on a percentage of your assets we manage and is
set forth in the following fee schedule:
Assets Under Management Annual Fee
First $250,000 1.00%
$250,001 - $750,000 0.75%
Above $750,000 0.50%
Our annual portfolio management fee is billed and payable quarterly in arrears based on the value of
your account on the last day of the quarter. If the portfolio management agreement is executed at any
time other than the first day of a calendar quarter, our fees will apply on a pro rata basis, which means
that the advisory fee is payable in proportion to the number of days in the quarter for which you are a
client. Our advisory fee is negotiable, depending on individual client circumstances.
At our discretion, we may combine the account values of family members living in the same household
to determine the applicable advisory fee. For example, we may combine account values for you and
your minor children, joint accounts with your spouse, and other types of related accounts. Combining
account values may increase the asset total, which may result in your paying a reduced advisory fee
based on the available breakpoints in our fee schedule stated above.
We will deduct our fee directly from your account through the qualified custodian holding your funds
and securities. We will deduct our advisory fee only when you have given our firm written authorization
permitting the fees to be paid directly from your account. Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an
account statement to you at least quarterly. These account statements will show all disbursements
from your account. You should review all statements for accuracy. We will also receive a duplicate
copy of your account statements.
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You may terminate the portfolio management agreement upon written notice to our firm. You will incur
a pro rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the portfolio management
agreement, which means you will incur advisory fees only in proportion to the number of days in the
quarter for which you are a client.
Types of Investments
We primarily offer advice on mutual funds; however, we may also offer advice on equity securities,
corporate debt securities, certificates of deposit, municipal securities, and U.S. Government securities.
You may request that we refrain from investing in particular securities or certain types of securities.
You must provide these restrictions to our firm in writing.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, we provide continuous management services for $171,934,687 in client
assets on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
Please refer to the "Advisory Business" section in this brochure for information on our advisory fees
and fee deduction arrangements.
Additional Fees and Expenses
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may invest, or recommend that you invest, in
mutual funds and exchange traded funds. The fees that you pay to our firm for investment advisory
services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds or exchange
traded funds (described in each fund's prospectus) to their shareholders. These fees will generally
include a management fee and other fund expenses. You will also incur transaction charges and/or
brokerage fees when purchasing or selling securities. These charges and fees are typically imposed by
the broker-dealer or custodian through whom your account transactions are executed. We do not
share in any portion of the brokerage fees/transaction charges imposed by the broker-dealer or
custodian. To fully understand the total cost you will incur, you should review all the fees charged by
mutual funds, exchange traded funds, our firm, and others. For information on our brokerage practices,
please refer to the "Brokerage Practices" section of this brochure.
Item 6 Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not accept performance-based fees or participate in side-by-side management. Side-by-side
management refers to the practice of managing accounts that are charged performance-based fees
while at the same time managing accounts that are not charged performance-based fees.
Performance-based fees are fees that are based on a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of a
client's account. Our fees are calculated as described in the Advisory Business section above, and are
not charged on the basis of a share of capital gains upon, or capital appreciation of, the funds in your
advisory account.
Item 7 Types of Clients
We offer investment advisory services to individuals, trusts, estates, charitable organizations,
corporations, and other business entities.
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In general, we do not require a minimum dollar amount to open and maintain an advisory account;
however, we have the right to terminate your Account if it falls below a minimum size which, in our sole
opinion, is too small to effectively manage.
Item 8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Our Methods of Analysis and Investment Strategies
We may use one or more of the following methods of analysis or investment strategies when providing
investment advice to you:
• Fundamental Analysis – involves analyzing individual companies and their industry groups,
such as a company's financial statements, details regarding the company's product line, the
experience and expertise of the company's management, and the outlook for the company's
industry. The resulting data is used to measure the true value of the company's stock compared
to the current market value. The risk of fundamental analysis is that information obtained may
be incorrect and the analysis may not provide an accurate estimate of earnings, which may be
the basis for a stock's value. If securities prices adjust rapidly to new information, utilizing
fundamental analysis may not result in favorable performance.
• Cyclical Analysis – a type of technical analysis that involves evaluating recurring price patterns
and trends. Economic/business cycles may not be predictable and may have many fluctuations
between long term expansions and contractions. The lengths of economic cycles may be
difficult to predict with accuracy and therefore the risk of cyclical analysis is the difficulty in
predicting economic trends and consequently the changing value of securities that would be
affected by these changing trends.
• Long Term Purchases – securities purchased with the expectation that the value of those
securities will grow over a relatively long period of time, generally greater than one year.
• Short Term Purchases – securities purchased with the expectation that they will be sold within a
relatively short period of time, generally less than one year, to take advantage of the securities'
short-term price fluctuations.
Our investment strategies and advice may vary depending upon each client's specific financial
situation. As such, we determine investments and allocations based upon your predefined objectives,
risk tolerance, time horizon, financial horizon, financial information, liquidity needs, and other various
suitability factors. Your restrictions and guidelines may affect the composition of your portfolio.
More than a small portion of our clients' assets are advised using short term and long term purchases.
Short term trading is not a fundamental part of our overall investment strategy, but we may use this
strategy when we determine that it is suitable given your stated investment objectives and tolerance for
risk. Short term trading generally involves a greater degree of risk than long term trading due to market
volatility over a short period of time; however, our short term purchases typically have a longer than
average investment horizon to mitigate risks associated with market volatility. Long term purchases
may also be affected by unforeseen long term changes in the company in which you are invested or in
the overall market.
As a result of revised IRS regulations, custodians and broker-dealers will begin reporting the cost basis
of equities acquired in client accounts on or after January 1, 2011. Your custodian will default to the
FIFO accounting method for calculating the cost basis of your investments. You are responsible for
contacting your tax advisor to determine if this accounting method is the right choice for you. If your
tax advisor believes another accounting method is more advantageous, please provide written notice
to our firm immediately and we will alert your account custodian of your individually selected
accounting method. Please note that decisions about cost basis accounting methods will need to be
made before trades settle, as the cost basis method cannot be changed after settlement.
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Risk of Loss
Investing in securities involves risk of loss that you should be prepared to bear. We do not represent or
guarantee that our services or methods of analysis can or will predict future results, successfully
identify market tops or bottoms, or insulate clients from losses due to market corrections or declines.
We cannot offer any guarantees or promises that your financial goals and objectives will be met. Past
performance is in no way an indication of future performance.
Recommendation of Particular Types of Securities
As disclosed under the "Advisory Business" section in this brochure, we primarily recommend mutual
funds. Mutual funds are professionally managed collective investment systems that pool money from
many investors and invest in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds,
other securities or any combination thereof. The fund will have a manager that trades the fund's
investments in accordance with the fund's investment objective. While mutual funds generally provide
diversification, risks can be significantly increased if the fund is concentrated in a particular sector of
the market, primarily invests in small cap or speculative companies, uses leverage (i.e., borrows
money) to a significant degree, or concentrates in a particular type of security (i.e., equities) rather than
balancing the fund with different types of securities. The returns on mutual funds can be reduced by
the costs to manage the funds. Also, while some mutual funds are "no load" and charge no fee to buy
into, or sell out of, the fund, other types of mutual funds do charge such fees which can also reduce
returns. Mutual funds can also be "closed end" or "open end". So-called "open end" mutual funds
continue to allow in new investors indefinitely which can dilute other investors' interests.
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Neither our firm nor any of our Associated Persons has any reportable disciplinary information.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
James M. Larkin owner of TDC, along with Messrs. Kyle Cox and Aubry Taylor, are shareholders of
Thompson, Derrig & Craig, P.C. ("TDC PC") a public accounting firm. If you require accounting
services, we will recommend that you use TDC PC. Our advisory services are separate and distinct
from the compensation paid to TDC PC for their services. The referral arrangement we have with TDC
PC presents a conflict of interest because we may have a financial incentive to recommend TDC PC's
services. While we believe that compensation charged by TDC PC is competitive, such compensation
may be higher than fees charged by other firms providing the same or similar services. You are under
no obligation to use TDC PC's services and may obtain comparable services and/or lower fees through
other firms.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
Description of Our Code of Ethics
We strive to comply with applicable laws and regulations governing our practices. Therefore, our Code
of Ethics includes guidelines for professional standards of conduct for our Associated Persons. Our
goal is to protect your interests at all times and to demonstrate our commitment to our fiduciary duties
of honesty, good faith, and fair dealing with you. All of our Associated Persons are expected to adhere
strictly to these guidelines. Persons associated with our firm are also required to report any violations
of our Code of Ethics. Additionally, we maintain and enforce written policies reasonably designed to
prevent the misuse or dissemination of material, non-public information about you or your account
holdings by persons associated with our firm.
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Our Code of Ethics is available to you upon request. You may obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics by
contacting James Larkin, Chief Compliance Officer, at the phone number located on the cover page of
this Brochure.
Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Neither our firm nor any of our Associated Persons has any material financial interest in client
transactions beyond the provision of investment advisory services as disclosed in this brochure.
Personal Trading Practices
Our firm or persons associated with our firm may buy or sell the same securities that we recommend to
you or securities in which you are already invested. A conflict of interest exists in such cases because
we have the ability to trade ahead of you and potentially receive more favorable prices than you will
receive. To eliminate this conflict of interest, it is our policy that neither our Associated Persons nor we
shall have priority over your account in the purchase or sale of securities.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
We recommend the brokerage and custodial services of Fidelity Investments, among others. We
believe that recommended broker-dealers provide quality execution services for our clients at
competitive prices. Price is not the sole factor we consider in evaluating best execution. We also
consider the quality of the brokerage services provided by recommended broker-dealers, including the
value of research provided, the firm's reputation, execution capabilities, commission rates, and
responsiveness to our clients and our firm. In recognition of the value of research services and
additional brokerage products and services recommended broker-dealers provide, you may pay higher
commissions and/or trading costs than those that may be available elsewhere.
Directed Brokerage
You may instruct our firm to use one or more particular brokers for the transactions in your account. If
you choose to direct our firm to use a particular broker, you should understand that this might prevent
our firm from effectively negotiating brokerage commissions on your behalf. This practice may also
prevent our firm from obtaining favorable net price and execution. Thus, when directing brokerage
business, you should consider whether the commission expenses, execution, clearance, and
settlement capabilities that you will obtain through your broker are adequately favorable in comparison
to those that we would otherwise obtain for you.
Block Trades
We do not combine multiple orders for shares of the same securities purchased for advisory accounts
we manage (the practice of combining multiple orders for shares of the same securities is commonly
referred to as "block trading"). Accordingly, you may pay different prices for the same securities
transactions than other clients pay. Furthermore, we may not be able to buy and sell the same
quantities of securities for you and you may pay higher commissions, fees, and/or transaction costs
than other clients. This does not apply to mutual funds which do not trade in blocks.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Ronnie L. Craig and James M. Larkin will monitor their assigned accounts on an ongoing basis and will
conduct account reviews at least annually to evaluate the appropriateness of investments and portfolio
mix for meeting your goals. Additional reviews may be conducted based on various circumstances,
including, but not limited to:
• contributions and withdrawals,
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• year-end tax planning,
• market moving events,
• security specific events, and/or,
• changes in your risk/return objectives.
We will provide you with annual report of positions, activity, and performance. In addition, you will
receive trade confirmations and monthly or quarterly statements from your account custodian(s).
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We do not receive any compensation from any third party in connection with providing investment
advice to you nor do we compensate any individual or firm for client referrals.
Item 15 Custody
We directly debit your account(s) for the payment of our advisory fees. This ability to deduct our
advisory fees from your accounts causes our firm to exercise limited custody over your funds or
securities. We do not have physical custody of any of your funds and/or securities. Your funds and
securities will be held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other independent, qualified custodian. You will
receive account statements from the independent, qualified custodian(s) holding your funds and
securities at least quarterly. The account statements from your custodian(s) will indicate the amount of
our advisory fees deducted from your account(s) each billing period. You should carefully review
account statements for accuracy.
If you have a question regarding your account statement or if you did not receive a statement from
your custodian, please contact James Larkin, Chief Compliance Officer, at the phone number located
on the cover page of this Brochure.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
We do not exercise investment discretion over the management of your account(s); therefore, we will
obtain your approval prior to the execution of any transactions for your account(s).
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
We will not vote proxies on behalf of your advisory accounts. At your request, we may offer you advice
regarding corporate actions and the exercise of your proxy voting rights. If you own shares of common
stock or mutual funds, you are responsible for exercising your right to vote as a shareholder.
In most cases, you will receive proxy materials directly from the account custodian. However, in the
event we were to receive any written or electronic proxy materials, we would forward them directly to
you by mail, unless you have authorized our firm to contact you by electronic mail, in which case, we
would forward any electronic solicitation to vote proxies.
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Item 18 Financial Information
We are not required to provide financial information to our clients because we do not:
require the prepayment of more than $1200 in fees and six or more months in advance, or
take custody of client funds or securities, or
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• have a financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet our commitments
to you.
Item 19 Requirements for State Registered Investment Advisers
We are a federally registered investment adviser; therefore, we are not required to respond to this
item.
Item 20 Additional Information
Your Privacy
We view protecting your private information as a top priority. Pursuant to applicable privacy
requirements, we have instituted policies and procedures to ensure that we keep your personal
information private and secure.
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about you to any nonaffiliated third parties,
except as permitted by law. In the course of servicing your account, we may share some information
with our service providers, such as transfer agents, custodians, broker-dealers, accountants,
consultants, and attorneys.
We restrict internal access to nonpublic personal information about you to employees, who need that
information in order to provide products or services to you. We maintain physical and procedural
safeguards that comply with regulatory standards to guard your nonpublic personal information and to
ensure our integrity and confidentiality. We will not sell information about you or your accounts to
anyone. We do not share your information unless it is required to process a transaction, at your
request, or required by law.
You will receive a copy of our privacy notice prior to or at the time you sign an advisory agreement with
our firm. Thereafter, we will deliver a copy of the current privacy policy notice to you on an annual
basis. If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact James Larkin, Chief Compliance
Officer, at the phone number located on the cover page of this Brochure.
Trade Errors
In the event a trading error occurs in your account, our policy is to restore your account to the position
it should have been in had the trading error not occurred. Depending on the circumstances, corrective
actions may include canceling the trade, adjusting an allocation, and/or reimbursing the account. If a
trade error results in a profit, you will keep the profit.
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