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Dedicated Planning
Services Brochure
December 2025
Thrivent Investment Management Inc.
600 Portland Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
800-847-4836 • thrivent.com
This Dedicated Planning Services Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices
of Thrivent Investment Management Inc. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please
contact us at 800-847-4836. 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 Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is also available on the SEC’s website at
adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Thrivent Investment Management Inc. is a registered investment adviser. Registration as an investment adviser does not
imply a certain level of skill or training.
Dedicated Planning Services Brochure
Item 2 - Material Changes
There have been no material changes to this Dedicated Planning Services Brochure since our last update on
June 30, 2025.
December 2025
Table of Contents
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Item 1 – Cover Page
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Item 2 – Material Changes
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Item 3 – Table of Contents
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
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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
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and Risk of Loss
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Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
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Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities
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and Affiliations
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Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Personal Trading and Participation
or Interest in Client Transactions
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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
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Item 15 – Custody
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Item 16 – Investment Discretion
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Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
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Item 18 – Financial Information
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Advisory Business
Thrivent Investment Management Inc. (“Thrivent” or
“we” or “us”) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent
Financial Holdings Inc., which, in turn, is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
Thrivent has been registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”) since 1986 and has
provided dedicated planning services to members
since 1998.
Thrivent also offers Dedicated Planning Services
combined with a managed account program for
a consolidated fee, referred to as “WealthPlan.”
WealthPlan combines Dedicated Planning Services
and the Managed Accounts Program for purposes of
fees billing; however, the advisory services provided
as part of WealthPlan are separate and distinct.
Review Thrivent’s Managed Accounts Program
Brochure for a full description of the WealthPlan
offering. Discuss options with your Financial Advisor to
determine which is right for you.
The words “you” and “your” refer to the person(s) who
completes and signs a Dedicated Planning Services
Agreement Schedule (“Schedule”), whether one or
more individuals.
As of December 31, 2024, Thrivent managed
approximately $7,118,962,496 in discretionary assets
and $10,380,562,994 in nondiscretionary assets.
As of Dec. 31, 2024, Thrivent has approximately
$16,490,112,768 in services where a third-party
manager maintains discretion over the assets.
Thrivent’s Dedicated Planning Services (“Dedicated
Planning Services” or “Service”) is an investment
advisory service designed for you and your financial
advisor (“Financial Advisor”) to periodically review
your personal financial position holistically and
identify strategies tailored to help you reach your
financial goals.
Qualified Thrivent Financial Advisors are authorized
to offer Dedicated Planning Services, where you will
receive written recommendations designed to help
you meet your financial goals. Financial Advisors may
work with you individually, as a team or in partnership
with other Financial Advisors and/or support staff.
You will decide to engage in Dedicated Planning
Services either as a one-time service that will end after
receiving your written recommendations ("One-Time"
Service) or as an ongoing service ("Ongoing" Service).
The Ongoing Service automatically renews each year.
Discuss with your Financial Advisor which option may
be appropriate for you and your situation.
As part of the dedicated planning process, your
Financial Advisor (and the team, if applicable) will use
the information and any supporting policies and guidelines
or restrictions that you provide to help determine
appropriate investment and financial strategies
for you.
You will sign a Schedule in both instances. The
recommendations we provide will primarily focus on
your dedicated planning needs, not market activity
or fluctuations. Your Financial Advisor will not provide
monitoring of your financial information. The Service
does not include implementation of the
recommendations.
One-Time Service. Your Financial Advisor will make
best efforts to provide you written recommendations
within 12 months from the date you sign (“Anniversary
Date”) the Schedule for the One-Time Service.
Ongoing Service. Your Financial Advisor will make
best efforts to provide you written recommendations
within 12 months from the date you sign the Schedule
and annually thereafter - not later than the Anniversary
Date for the Ongoing Service.
You have the option, but no obligation, to implement
all or any portion of these written recommendations
through us. To the extent you implement all or any
portion of the written recommendations, by executing
transactions through Thrivent as a broker- dealer,
receiving investment advisory services as an
investment adviser, and/or purchasing insurance
contracts through our affiliates, a conflict of interest
arises between you and Thrivent. If you purchase one
or more investment products, insurance products
and advisory services outside of this Service, you
will be charged commissions, sales loads and/
or fees that are separate from and in addition to
the dedicated planning fee (“Planning Fee”) that is
charged for the Service. Carefully review the “Fees
and Compensation” section in this Brochure for further
information. The written recommendations you receive
and actions you take based on Dedicated Planning
Services may differ from that of other clients, even if
such clients are similarly situated.
This disclosure brochure (the “Brochure”) contains
important information about Thrivent and Dedicated
Planning Services. You will also receive a disclosure
brochure (“Brochure Supplement”) that contains
important information about your Financial Advisor.
Ask your Financial Advisor for additional copies of this
Brochure, or his or her Brochure Supplement, at any
time. Both brochures are periodically updated.
Your Financial Advisor will request from you information
about your personal financial circumstances and
objectives. This information will include assets you hold
with Thrivent and/or its affiliates, and assets you hold
at other financial institutions, as well as information
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retirement assets before and during retirement. It
identifies potential savings and investment strategies
to help you work toward your retirement needs.
Retirement planning may illustrate estimated tax
rates, the potential effect of tax bracket changes, the
potential impact of required minimum distributions,
strategies for withdrawals of pensions, qualified plans
and individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), optimizing
Social Security benefits, and spending or liquidating
certain assets in retirement.
Risk Management
about your liabilities, cash flow, taxes, investment
objectives, risk tolerance, insurance and other aspects
of your financial situation. Even though we will request
information about assets you hold at other financial
institutions, neither Thrivent nor your Financial Advisor
will serve as your investment adviser or broker with
respect to those accounts/assets. The information you
provide will be used to help in our assessment and
development of recommendations for purposes
of this Service. We will rely on the data you provide,
so it is important you provide current, complete
and accurate information and promptly notify us of
any changes. In addition, we will not independently
verify any information you provide to us, even if the
information relates to assets you hold with us and any
of our affiliates.
Risk management seeks to prepare you for
unexpected needs, and the impact on cash flow or net
worth, in the event of premature death, disability,
long-term care needs or other circumstances specific
to your personal financial situation.
Investment Planning
Thrivent and your Financial Advisor do not provide
tax or legal advice. The written recommendations
we provide in connection with Dedicated Planning
Services do not constitute accounting, legal or tax
advice. Consult your legal and tax advisors for advice
regarding potential accounting issues and any legal
and/or tax implications that may arise as a result of
implementing the written recommendations.
Investment planning provides an analysis based on
your current asset mix. An asset allocation change
to your existing holdings may be recommended,
based on your risk tolerance, investment time horizon,
investment objectives and other applicable factors.
Investment planning may also include asset allocation
modeling for both taxable and tax-deferred portfolios.
This analysis does not include specific security
recommendations.
Major Purchase Planning
As part of your relationship with Thrivent, your
Financial Advisor will work with you to understand your
goals and objectives as well as your financial situation.
As part of Dedicated Planning Services, we seek to
further develop your goals and objectives to develop
your written recommendations. To understand your
current situation, we may include a review of your
financial position, your protection needs and any
estate plan you may have in place.
Major purchase planning identifies potential savings
and other strategies to help you work toward future
large purchases or other income needs. Consideration
will be given to how funds will eventually be used,
along with distribution and cost-reduction strategies.
The Service provides a means for you and your
Financial Advisor to engage and explore dedicated
planning topics (which are described below), including:
Education Planning
Retirement Planning
Risk Management
Investment Planning
Major Purchase Planning
Education Planning
Income Tax Planning
Education planning identifies potential savings
needed, along with strategies to help you achieve
education funding goals. As part of your overall
dedicated plan, education planning may include
discussion of debt analysis, investment vehicle
options, financial aid and student loan considerations,
including repayment scenarios.
Estate Planning
Business Continuation Planning
Special Needs Planning
Divorce Planning
This analysis does not include consultation on
leadership or career development, the college
application process, college selection, or financial
award appeals.
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Retirement Planning
(Accumulation, Distribution)
Income Tax Planning
Income tax planning illustrates the potential
implications of financial strategies. Income tax
Retirement planning seeks to help you optimize your
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planning may analyze various strategies that seek to
facilitate tax-efficient withdrawals from tax-deferred
accounts, optimize charitable contributions, minimize
the taxation of Social Security benefits, and plan for
financial impacts due to life events.
Estate Planning
planning. If your Financial Advisor has not met the
requirements (a non-authorized Financial Advisor),
another qualified Financial Advisor may provide
this service for you. Any analyses or documents
provided to you through divorce dedicated planning
may be discoverable by another party to the divorce
proceeding. Neither Thrivent nor its Financial
Advisors will serve as an expert witness in any court
proceedings as it relates to the analyses or documents
provided to you.
Fees and Compensation
Estate planning is designed to help you identify key
factors and considerations for efficiently passing on
your estate according to your wishes. Estate planning
may include a general discussion of related estate
planning documents and estimating the size of your
estate and resulting estate settlement costs such as
taxes and expenses.
Business Continuation Planning
You will be charged a Planning Fee for the Dedicated
Planning Services. Your Planning Fee is negotiable
and will be based primarily on the scope of the
Service, complexity of your financial situation and
related analysis, your Financial Advisor’s experience
and credentials, and other factors. Discuss the
Planning Fee with your Financial Advisor so you
understand the factors considered in arriving at your
fee, along with what you can expect for this fee.
Business continuation planning is intended to help
a business owner evaluate goals for the business
in the event of retirement, death or disability of the
owner(s) or key employees. Business continuation
planning may include an analysis of funding options
for buy-sell agreements and of the replacement value
of key employees.
Special Needs Planning
The minimum Planning Fee is $300. The maximum
Planning Fee may exceed $10,000, subject to
acceptance by Thrivent. We may change or modify
the fees for Dedicated Planning Services. In certain
circumstances, your Financial Advisor may have
a higher minimum Planning Fee.
There are multiple ways to pay your Planning Fee.
Depending on the payment option you select, there
may be tax consequences and/or certain fees may
apply. Contact your Financial Advisor for more
information about the payment options and any
restrictions that may apply.
Special needs planning is intended for clients who
have a child or family member with a chronic illness,
disability or other special needs. This service may
include analysis and information regarding potential
government benefits, savings programs and estate
planning considerations, including planning for
continued care and support in the event of your
premature death or disability. Special needs planning
may review how meeting your goals for the individual
with special needs can be built into your overall
dedicated planning objectives.
Divorce Dedicated Planning
Your total Planning Fee may be higher or lower than
fees paid by other Thrivent Dedicated Planning
Services clients, including those clients enrolled in
WealthPlan. In certain instances, Thrivent or your
Financial Advisor may provide Dedicated Planning
Services as a One-Time Service at no cost to the
recipient for purposes of certain charitable activities.
These instances must be reviewed and approved
by Thrivent.
Divorce dedicated planning is intended to examine
financial issues to provide you and your attorney
with valuable data. Divorce dedicated planning
illustrates how the financial decisions you make today
could impact your financial future based on certain
assumptions. This service may analyze proposals to
illustrate impacts of settlement options or division of
assets or debts. This will not include recommendations
for a particular settlement option or method of division
of assets or debts. Divorce dedicated planning is
provided through the One-Time Service to individual
clients only.
Financial Advisors are required to complete
specialized training to provide divorce dedicated
Payment of the total Planning Fee is required no
later than the Anniversary Date on which you signed
the Schedule for the One-Time Service. The total
Planning Fee is required annually, no later than
on the Anniversary Date on which you signed the
Schedule for the Ongoing Service. If you decide to
terminate your Agreement prior to receiving written
recommendations or advice, you may receive a refund
of your previously paid Planning Fee. In addition,
you may be entitled to a refund if you terminate your
Agreement by enrolling in WealthPlan.
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entities with dedicated planning needs.
You may be entitled to a refund if it is determined
your Financial Advisor did not provide written
recommendations at least annually. The payment
of any refund will depend upon the specific
circumstances of the situation and should first be
discussed with your Financial Advisor. A refund may
also be available due to changes in your particular
circumstances, prior to your receipt of your written
recommendations.
The Service is generally appropriate for clients who
desire a holistic dedicated planning relationship.
Several factors are considered in determining the
appropriateness of a dedicated planning relationship.
These factors include, among others, net worth,
current and potential income sources, investable
assets, estate planning needs, and the areas of
dedicated planning topics to be covered.
Compensation for the Sale of Securities
and Other Products
Thrivent, your Financial Advisor and Dedicated
Planning Services are not “investment managers”
within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) with respect to
any plan subject to ERISA. Thrivent or your Financial
Advisor may provide fiduciary investment advice,
as defined in ERISA or section 4975 of the Code.
If that is the case, through Dedicated Planning
Services, Thrivent and your Financial Advisor will
comply with applicable regulations set forth in ERISA
and the Code.
You have the option, but no obligation, to implement
all or any portion of the written recommendations
through us. In Thrivent’s and/or our affiliates’ capacity
as broker-dealer, investment adviser and insurance
agency, we offer a variety of products and services
to you, including products and services that are
issued and/or advised by us and/or one or more of
our affiliates. Review the “Client Referrals and Other
Compensation”section below for more information
about compensation we receive in connection with
these products and services.
Methods of Analysis, Investment
Strategies and Risk of Loss
Thrivent’s Dedicated Planning Services is generally
designed with a view toward long-term investing.
Financial Advisors provide written recommendations
concerning various types of securities, investment
and certain insurance products. You should be aware
that investing in securities, investment and insurance
products involves inherent risks, including the possible
loss of the total principal amount invested. Carefully
review all agreement and product offering documents
to better understand the risks associated with each
security, investment and insurance product.
You will be charged the normal account, contract
and transactional fees with respect to any Thrivent
accounts and/or contracts you maintain, and you will be
charged the regular sales load, fees and other charges
with respect to any products and services you select, in
connection with implementing any recommendations
received through Dedicated Planning Services. Since
implementation is not included in the Service, your total
Planning Fee is separate from and in addition to any
fees and charges associated with any products and
services you elect to implement. For example, if you
purchase a mutual fund through a brokerage account
as a result of implementing a recommendation
received through Dedicated Planning Services, you will
pay a certain percentage of the amount you are
investing as a sales load. This amount is separate from
and in addition to your total Planning Fee. Thrivent does
not reduce the Planning Fee to offset any commissions,
fees, markups or other sales related charges. You are
not obligated to purchase any product or service from
Thrivent or your Financial Advisor.
Performance-Based Fees and
Side-by-Side Management
Thrivent does not charge performance-based fees to
its dedicated planning clients, nor is such type of fee
charged for any other services offered by Thrivent.
Types of Clients
Thrivent generally provides this investment advisory
service to individuals and businesses or non-profit
As part of the dedicated planning process, based on
the dedicated planning topics you select, certain
assumptions regarding your current personal goals
and objectives will be utilized, such as your
ongoing expenses, desired retirement age and the
number of years until your children enroll in college.
Additionally, certain general assumptions relating to
the market and interest and other rates will be utilized,
including, but not limited to, rates of investment
performance, inflation rates and tax rates. The written
recommendations may contain projections relating to
our view of the probability you will reach your stated
financial goals, scenario analyses and an assessment
of what may occur upon certain proposed changes
to the stated assumptions, such as the likelihood of
various investment outcomes or the performance of
investment products and services, and are based
on the assumptions referenced above. These
projections are hypothetical economic scenarios and
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assessments using the stated assumptions and are
based in large part on the information you supply,
and do not reflect actual investment results or
guarantee future results. Items such as future
investment results, cash inflows and outflows, and
taxes cannot be accurately predicted. Your investment
results and the actual rates of return you will
experience will vary from such projections, perhaps
significantly, and are not guaranteed.
group of individuals with different economic situations
and goals. The assumptions used in your written
recommendations are based on the information
you provide and review with your Financial Advisor.
Items such as future investment results, cash inflow
and outflows, and taxes cannot be accurately
predicted, so your actual results will vary from what is
illustrated. Assumptions must be reconsidered on a
frequent basis to help ensure the results are
adjusted accordingly.
Your written recommendations are not predictions of
actual results. Actual results may vary to a material
degree due to external factors beyond the scope
and control of Thrivent and your Financial Advisor.
Historical data is used to produce assumptions as part
of your written recommendations, such as
rates of return. It is important to remember that
past performance is not a guarantee or predictor of
future performance.
Your written recommendations will not provide specific
security selections. The written recommendations
from this Service do not constitute an offer or
recommendation to buy or sell a particular investment
or product. All investments involve some degree
of risk, including the potential loss of principal
invested. The illustrations are not indicative of future
performance of actual investments, which will fluctuate
over time and may lose value.
Thrivent’s Financial Advisors may rely on a number
of tools to assist in the dedicated planning process,
including asset allocation and various types of
software. Tools used in connection with Dedicated
Planning Services may be offered in connection with
the offer and sale of certain products and services.
Whether these tools are used in connection with
Dedicated Planning Services or the sale of these
products and services, there is no separate fee
charged for the use of such tools. Various tools and
projections utilized will make fixed assumptions
about general economic conditions and market
events, including future performance of the equity
markets, inflation rates or interest rates. You and your
Financial Advisor can evaluate your dedicated planning
options by modeling varying potential outcomes
regarding such markets and rates. There is no
guarantee these potential outcomes will be obtained,
and results may vary with each use of the applicable
tools and projections over time as additional
historical data becomes available or if tools and/or
methodologies are modified.
Individual prospectuses for applicable securities,
including mutual funds held in an account, contain
more complete information on the investment
objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the
investment company, which investors should read and
consider before investing. To obtain prospectuses,
contact your Financial Advisor or call 800-847-4836.
Disciplinary Information
We make a number of assumptions (as referenced
above) based on the choices you make; the
information you provide, including your ongoing
expenses and available assets for investments;
our assumption that the investment strategies may
include Thrivent’s asset allocation models; and
products you purchased through your Financial
Advisor, if any. To the extent the information you
provide and/or the assumptions regarding strategies
and allocations are not realized, the results of the
analysis may not be useful or appropriate. As a
result, it is important for you to understand the
assumptions utilized in the development of your written
recommendations and notify your Financial Advisor if
your personal circumstances change and vary from
the stated assumptions.
Thrivent initiated a review to identify whether eligible
clients received certain available sales charge waivers
or breakpoint discounts, for the period beginning
January 2011 forward. Thrivent subsequently and
promptly established a plan of remediation for those
identified clients who did not receive appropriate sales
charge waivers or available breakpoint discounts and
made restitution to such clients. Thrivent entered into
a Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent (“AWC”)
with FINRA, which was issued on Aug. 9, 2018, and
in which Thrivent neither admitted nor denied the
allegations. FINRA expressly recognized, in the AWC,
Thrivent’s extraordinary cooperation in resolving
this matter. The AWC alleged that Thrivent violated
National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”)
In addition, the same methodologies may produce
different results over time as additional historical
data becomes available or if the assumptions or
methodologies are modified. We also provide model
or other asset allocation and portfolio construction
strategies that can produce different results because
they use different methodologies and goals, and
because those services may be targeted to a specific
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shares offered by certain 529 providers. Pursuant to
the Settlement Order, Thrivent consented to a censure
and was ordered to cease and desist from committing
or causing further violations of Rule 15l-1(a) under the
Exchange Act. Thrivent also was ordered to pay a civil
penalty of $25,000.
Rule 3010 and FINRA Rules 3110 and 2010 by failing
to reasonably supervise mutual fund sales to ensure
eligible clients received the benefit of applicable
sales charge waivers and breakpoint discounts.
Thrivent consented to a censure in the AWC and will
provide FINRA with certain information regarding its
established remediation plan for eligible clients.
Other Financial Industry
Activities and Affiliations
In July 2020, Thrivent signed a Stipulation To Entry
Of Consent Order (“the Stipulation”) with the Illinois
Securities Department (“the Department”). Thrivent
neither admitted nor denied the Findings of Fact
or Conclusions of Law, but (consistent with the
Stipulation) acknowledged that the Consent Order
could be entered. The Department’s Consent Order
recited that, during the period of January 1, 2011,
to June 30, 2014 (“the relevant period”), in certain
instances Thrivent representatives and supervisors
failed to make appropriate documentation regarding
the suitability of certain variable annuity (“VA”)
replacement transactions. The Department’s Consent
Order further recited that, as a result, Thrivent
failed to maintain appropriate books and records
regarding these certain VA transactions during the
relevant period. Under the Department’s Consent
Order, Thrivent was required to make a monetary
payment of $400,000 to the Illinois Secretary of State,
Securities Investor Education Fund, by July 24, 2020.
The Stipulation, the Consent Order and a separate
Department Representation Letter collectively
concluded matters involving Thrivent, which had
been pending before the Department.
Thrivent is registered as a broker-dealer and an
investment adviser with the SEC and is a member
of FINRA. In its capacity as broker-dealer, Thrivent
actively markets mutual fund shares, variable
insurance contracts and general securities to its clients
through its Financial Advisors who are registered
representatives of the broker-dealer. Financial
Advisors evaluate each recommendation provided to
clients to help ensure the recommendations are in a
client’s best interest or otherwise suitable based on a
client’s financial situation and investment objectives.
Thrivent has a fully disclosed clearing agreement with
National Financial Services LLC (“NFS”), Member
NYSE/SIPC, a Fidelity Investments® company, to
provide trade execution, clearing services, custody of
certain Thrivent Managed Accounts Program assets
and Thrivent brokerage accounts, and other related
services. Thrivent is not affiliated with NFS. Thrivent
offers Thrivent Mutual Funds and Thrivent Exchange-
Traded Funds (“ETFs”) and serves as the principal
underwriter and distributor of variable products issued
by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. As an investment
adviser, Thrivent offers investment advisory services
that includes a managed accounts program (i.e.,
wrap-fee program) and dedicated planning services.
Thrivent is a wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent
Financial Holdings, Inc., which in turn is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a
fraternal benefit society. Thrivent Financial Holdings,
Inc. also has other subsidiaries that engage in activities
business or its investment advisory clients. Information
about these affiliates and how they work together to
offer you financial products and services is provided below.
While Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is proud to
support Christians through its members and its
benevolent efforts, it and its affiliates are not a church or
part of a church.
In May 2024, Thrivent, without admitting or denying
any finding, entered into a Letter of Acceptance,
Waiver and Consent with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) that found Thrivent
violated FINRA Rules 3110 and 2010, Section 17(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and FINRA Rules
4511 and 2010 by failing to establish and maintain a
supervisory system reasonably designed to detect
possible instances of signature forgery or falsification.
Some of the forms involved securities products. The
falsifications and forgeries were not in furtherance of
unauthorized activity, there was no customer harm,
and no customer complained. The activity that was the
subject of this settlement was not related to Thrivent's
investment advisory programs. Thrivent agreed to a
censure and fine of $325,000.
Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc. and its various
subsidiaries may share certain supervised and
management persons.
Bank
In October 2024, the SEC issued an order regarding
conduct Thrivent had self-reported to the SEC.
Without admitting or denying the findings, Thrivent
consented to the entry of an order (the “Settlement
Order”) finding that it violated the Care Obligation
and Compliance Obligation under Rule 15I-1(a) of the
Exchange Act when making recommendations that
certain of its retail brokerage customers invest in Class
A mutual fund shares instead of Class C mutual fund
Thrivent Bank is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary
of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and serves as an
FDIC-insured, Utah industrial bank offering deposits,
loans and other banking services.
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Broker-Dealer
business. The Thrivent Code sets forth business
conduct principles regarding compliance with laws
and regulations, fiduciary duty of investment advisers,
conflicts of interest, personal securities transactions,
and confidentiality.
Thrivent Distributors, LLC is an indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
and is a registered broker-dealer serving as the
principal underwriter and distributor for the Thrivent
Mutual Funds.
Thrivent will provide a copy of the Thrivent Code to
any client or prospective client upon request.
Insurance
Send your request to:
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans markets life, health
and disability insurance to Christians in all 50 U.S.
states and the District of Columbia.
Thrivent
Attn: Broker-Dealer and Investment
Adviser Compliance
MS 8100, 600 Portland Ave. S.
Minneapolis, MN 55415
Thrivent Insurance Agency Inc., an indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans,
serves as a life and health insurance agency engaged
in the distribution of non-proprietary life and health
insurance products.
Investment Adviser
Thrivent’s Code requires certain persons, defined
as Access Persons, to disclose specific accounts in
which they have a beneficial interest. These accounts
are monitored electronically for activity that is
inconsistent with the fiduciary duty owed to Thrivent’s
clients. Thrivent’s Access Persons are subject to a
personal trading policy intended to help mitigate
conflicts of interest when trading their personal
securities accounts. When Thrivent’s electronic
monitoring system flags activity that is inconsistent
with this policy, the transactions are reviewed, and
appropriate corrective action is taken as needed.
Thrivent Asset Management, LLC is an indirect, wholly
owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
and the registered investment adviser providing
portfolio management and fund administration services
to the Thrivent Mutual Funds and Thrivent Core Funds.
Thrivent Mutual Funds are distributed by Thrivent's
Financial Advisors and Thrivent Distributors, LLC.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans is a registered
investment adviser providing investment management
services to Thrivent Series Fund, Inc. and Thrivent
Cash Management Trust. Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans is also responsible for fund administration
for these entities.
Thrivent and its affiliates perform advisory and/
or brokerage services for other clients and give
advice and act for other clients (including those not
participating in Dedicated Planning Services) that
may differ from the advice given or the timing or
the nature of any action taken as part of your
participation in Dedicated Planning Service. In
addition, Thrivent may, but is not obligated to,
purchase or sell or recommend for purchase or sale
any security that Thrivent or any of its affiliates may
purchase or sell for their own accounts or the account
of any other client.
Thrivent Advisor Network, LLC is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and
a registered investment adviser providing advisory
services to individuals, high net worth individuals,
families, trusts, estates, businesses and retirement
plans.
Brokerage Practices
Trust Company
Thrivent’s Dedicated Planning Services do not
include engaging in securities transactions as
described above in the Advisory Services section
of this Brochure; therefore, this disclosure item is
not applicable.
Thrivent Trust Company is an indirect subsidiary of
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans owned directly by
Thrivent Financial Holdings, Inc. and serves as a
federal savings bank offering professional fiduciary
and discretionary investment management services.
Review of Accounts
Code of Ethics, Personal Trading
and Participation or Interest in
Client Transactions
Thrivent periodically reviews the written
recommendations you receive. Reviews may include,
but are not limited to:
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Thrivent’s Code of Ethics (“Thrivent Code”) establishes
the standards of business conduct required by all
Thrivent personnel involved in its investment advisory
Appropriateness of the dedicated
planning relationship.
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Adherence to Thrivent’s Dedicated Planning
Services policies and procedures.
• Quality and delivery standards of the
written recommendations.
As a result of such review(s), Thrivent may take
certain actions, up to and including, the termination
of advisory services.
Client Referrals and
Other Compensation
among other things, its new account or best interest
review process, surveillance, and other supervisory
processes and procedures. Additionally, Thrivent
Financial Advisors receive training as it relates to
the offering of the Dedicated Planning Services
and the development of written recommendations.
Components of that training focus on determining the
appropriateness for a dedicated planning relationship,
pricing of the service, fiduciary responsibilities
including placing the clients’ interests before his or
her or Thrivent’s interests and disclosing all material
facts relating to conflicts of interest, and how to
properly construct written recommendations. Written
recommendations are intended to provide clients
with choices on how to implement the strategies and
recommendations.
The receipt of compensation (either directly or
indirectly) creates a conflict of interest between us and
you. We manage these conflicts through our policies
and procedures, conducting due diligence reviews of
the products and services that can be recommended,
disclosing material conflicts to clients and prospective
clients and by training our Financial Advisors,
including on the need to act in your best interest.
Thrivent and its Financial Advisors compensate
unaffiliated third parties to refer prospective clients
to us. This compensation can consist of cash or
non-cash compensation. An example of a non-
cash compensation arrangement would be a mutual
understanding of a cross-referral relationship between
a Financial Advisor and an unaffiliated third party such
as some other professional service provider. The terms
of any such cash or non-cash compensated referral
arrangement will be disclosed to the prospective client
at the time of the referral.
In addition, a registered professional with Thrivent
who refers you to a Financial Advisor for the purpose
of obtaining the Dedicated Planning Services may
share in the Planning Fee for the services provided.
This arrangement is only allowed if the registered
professional making the referral is appropriately
licensed and state-registered. Any payments to the
registered professional making a referral will not
increase the Planning Fee or any fees associated with
accounts, products or services that you buy, sell or hold
with Thrivent.
If you so choose to implement your written
recommendations with us, Thrivent, in our capacity
as a broker-dealer and an investment adviser, receives
revenue-sharing payments from affiliated and third-
party investment companies based on proprietary
and certain nonproprietary mutual funds our clients
own. This compensation is based on assets under
management and is paid by the investment adviser or
distributor of the mutual fund out of its own resources.
These additional payments compensate Thrivent
for distribution, training, educational programs,
marketing and sales support services. This additional
compensation is not paid to any Financial Advisor.
These payments present a conflict of interest because
Thrivent’s receipt of this additional compensation
gives us a financial incentive to recommend or include
mutual funds for which the firm receives revenue
sharing payments.
In addition, and separate from the above-referenced
arrangements, the Thrivent Trust Company pays your
Financial Advisor a fee for referring you to them for
professional personal trust, estate and investment
management services. Thrivent Trust Company will
pay ongoing management fees instead of referral fees
to a Financial Advisor if they provide advisory services
to assets. Any such compensation payment will be
disclosed to you, when applicable and as required by
law, and will not increase your fees. Such payments
may be made for the duration of your accounts held
with Thrivent Trust Company.
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In our capacity as a broker-dealer and investment
adviser, Thrivent receives additional compensation
from a portion of the fees charged by the Investment
Manager based on certain alternative investments our
clients own. This includes ongoing fees such as
distribution fees and upfront fees like dealer manager
fees. This compensation is paid by the investment
manager of the alternative investment and charged to
the client. These additional payments compensate
Thrivent for distribution, training, and sales support
services. This additional compensation is not paid to
any Financial Advisor. These payments present a
conflict of interest because Thrivent’s receipt of this
additional compensation gives us a financial incentive
to recommend these alternative investments which the
firm receives revenue-sharing payments.
Thrivent manages these conflicts of interest through,
In another separate arrangement, Thrivent Charitable
Impact & Investing (Thrivent Charitable) partners with
Thrivent and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans pays your
Financial Advisor for his or her work in bringing donor
gifts to Thrivent Charitable to the extent these donor
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gifts are invested in donor-advised funds. This fee
does not increase cost of the product to you. Thrivent
Charitable is independent of Thrivent Financial for
Lutherans and Thrivent’s Financial Advisors. Thrivent
Charitable is not an affiliate of Thrivent.
Thrivent Financial Advisor
Compensation
The Thrivent Financial Advisor Loan Program
allows Financial Advisors to apply for loans through
our affiliate, Thrivent Bank, to support expanding
their practices through Succession Planning.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans or Thrivent is the
guarantor of these loans. To be eligible for the
program, Financial Advisors must meet certain
criteria based on revenue minimums based on all
products and services, a percentage of new money
over the last 36 months, Financial Advisor tenure,
team support, an approved Business Continuity
Plan, and approval from Thrivent.
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In addition to the commissions and fees your Financial
Advisor receives when you own an investment product
or service, your Financial Advisor may receive other
compensation for providing you recommendations or
services. Financial Advisors, who are not employees,
use this compensation to pay for their own business
expenses, including office space, equipment and
office staff they may employ.
Financial Advisors may enter into a loan agreement
with a customer who is also an immediate family
member or a financial institution in the business of
providing credit, financing or loans, and the terms of
the lending arrangement are those that would also
be available to the general public doing business
with such an institution.
How does my Financial Advisor earn
commissions and other compensation?
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Your Financial Advisor is paid commissions or other
compensation when you purchase or invest in a
product or account during the time that you own it.
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Thrivent and its affiliates pay Financial Advisors
and field management additional compensation
in the form of a cash bonus, sales award
(cash and non-cash), limited reimbursements,
or a higher proportion of fees based on the
sales volume of specific products and services
and/or client tenure.
The amount your Financial Advisor is paid will
differ depending on the product or service he or
she recommends and their association with us.
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The amount of compensation paid to your
Financial Advisor may be higher for the sale of
nonproprietary insurance and annuity products.
Financial Advisors who are employees
receive a salary and are eligible to earn additional
bonus compensation if they meet certain sales or
revenue thresholds.
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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans may provide
Financial Advisors subsidized retirement benefits
and subsidized insurance benefits based on
commissions they receive.
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Certain Financial Advisors may be eligible to
participate in a funds matching program from
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans to support their
marketing efforts. The dollars received as part
of the program are a form of compensation and
is based in part on the number of the Financial
Advisor's new clients who purchased specific
products and services.
including total volume of product sales, length of time
that you continue to pay premiums or keep assets
invested in the products sold, the profitability of the
products, and/or client tenure. Therefore, Financial
Advisors have an incentive to recommend a product
or service with a higher compensation payout.
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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans or its affiliates
pay additional compensation to certain Financial
Advisors for training and coaching other Financial
Advisors on specific products and services that we
offer, and on practice management. A portion of
this compensation may be based on incremental
sales of these products and services sold by the
Financial Advisors receiving the training.
Financial Advisors may be eligible to receive
non-cash compensation (e.g., attend sales
conferences and other recognition events).
Receipt of non-cash compensation is based on
the amount of “new money” brought into the firm
because a client or member purchased certain
products and services, including annuities,
variable life insurance products, mutual funds,
other securities, engaged in dedicated planning
services, and/or when a Financial Advisor refers
trust services to a client or member.
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Some Financial Advisors may receive loans for
disaster relief support from Thrivent Financial
for Lutherans or Thrivent if they meet certain
sales minimums.
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Financial Advisors who facilitate gifts to Thrivent
Charitable may be eligible to receive non-cash
compensation (e.g., public recognition and
funding to co-host an event). Receipt of non-cash
compensation is based on the specific threshold
of gifts facilitated during the year and/or the
Financial Advisor’s career with Thrivent.
training materials, travel, lodging and meals.
They also pay for certain educational events
for clients or prospective clients. Costs include,
but are not limited to, room rental, presentation
materials, meals, entertainment/leisure outings
and promotional gifts. This results in a conflict
of interest because we have an incentive to use
certain third-party companies over others based
on this arrangement.
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College Avenue Student Loans, LLC. (“CASL”),
an affiliated private loan originator and servicer,
pays Thrivent and certain employee Financial
Advisors a fee for referring clients to CASL for
student loan services when clients engage in
the service. This is a conflict because Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans may invest in loans that
CASL originates and sells; therefore, we have
an incentive to refer you to CASL for student
loan services.
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Certain Financial Advisors, who are on teams,
may be eligible to participate in a team
compensation program that allows the team to
qualify for a common payout rate. Compensation
for the program is based on the total production
of the team, including total volume of product
sales, length of time that you continue to pay
premiums or keep assets invested in the products
sold, and the profitability of the products. As a
condition of the team compensation program,
each team must maintain certain production
levels, including an initial threshold and ongoing
production requirements, and a team with more
than two producing team members will be
required to pay back a portion of compensation
received based on the number and tenure of
producing team members and the team’s gross
compensation rates. This program presents a
financial incentive to recommend more products
or services.
Who else gets paid when I invest in
products or accounts?
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When participating in Thrivent’s Managed
Accounts Program, your Financial Advisor can
recommend mutual funds that don’t offer an
institutional or other lower-cost share class or
mutual funds that require you to pay distribution
and 12b-1 fees. These fees cover promotion,
distribution and marketing expenses, and
sometimes compensation for Financial Advisors.
A conflict of interest exists because it is more
profitable for Thrivent if you choose to invest
in the mutual funds that charge you fees. We
manage this conflict by rebating 12b-1 fees for
any mutual fund that charges a 12b-1 fee in
Thrivent’s Managed Accounts Program. You will
receive a credit to your program fee in an amount
that is at least equal to your pro rata share of
12b-1 fees and similar marketing fees received.
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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its affiliates
issue, underwrite and sell our own products;
these are called proprietary products and
include variable annuities, variable life insurance
products and mutual funds. When you own these
products, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its
affiliates are paid from fees and/or premiums that
are charged to you.
As part of Thrivent’s Managed Accounts
Program, Thrivent and your Financial Advisor
may receive a financial benefit by you not paying
a reduced fee should you qualify for, but opt out
of, householding. However, your negotiated fee
for individual accounts may be lower than the fee
you qualify for with householding.
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Your Financial Advisor may get paid a higher
percentage of the managed account program
fee, depending on the program(s) you select,
whether or not you select Dedicated Planning
Services as part of a program, and Thrivent’s
compensation payout criteria.
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and its affiliates
sell certain products from non-affiliated third-
party companies (“nonproprietary products”),
which include insurance products, mutual funds
and other investments. When you own these
products, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and
its affiliates are paid fees that are charged to you
and/or fees or commissions that we receive from
these outside companies.
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Your Financial Advisor may share the
compensation he or she receives with other
Financial Advisors. These fees may be a single
payment or ongoing.
Thrivent and third-party companies, including
but not limited to third parties whom we have
existing relationships with (i.e., Platform Manager,
Model Providers, etc.), pay for some events
during which Financial Advisors learn about
products and services offered by Thrivent or
its affiliate. Costs include, but are not limited to,
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Certain third-party companies pay Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans compensation if Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans’ variable annuities
contain variable insurance trusts or funds from
those companies.
Certain Financial Advisors are eligible to
receive a cash bonus from their team practice
based on what is earned by the whole team. This
bonus is not taken out of your payments toward
your investment.
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When you invest in Thrivent Mutual Funds, and
ETFs Thrivent Asset Management, LLC receives
fees for serving as the investment manager for
the mutual funds and ETFs and for providing
administrative and accounting services to the funds
pursuant to an Administrative Services Agreement.
Field management personnel, who supervise
and coach Financial Advisors, are paid when
Financial Advisors sell products. Some Thrivent
Financial for Lutherans corporate employees also
are paid because they provide related training
and support.
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Your Financial Advisor receives a portion of
the commissions, fees and charges that you pay
when you invest your transferred or rolled over
retirement assets (e.g., employer-sponsored
401(k) plan) with us based on his or her
recommendation.
Thrivent Distributors, LLC retains a portion
of the total sales charge received when you
buy Thrivent Mutual Fund Class A shares. In
turn, your Financial Advisor and Thrivent receive
12b-1 fees from Thrivent Distributors, LLC based
on the amount of certain proprietary mutual funds
Thrivent’s clients own. 12b-1 fees cover promotion,
distribution and marketing expenses, and
sometimes compensation for Financial Advisors.
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outside business activity with an entity not
affiliated with Thrivent. These activities may
occur during normal business hours, including
securities trading hours.
Thrivent Mutual Funds pay Thrivent Financial
Investor Services Inc. fees for providing
transfer agency and dividend payment services
to shareholders.
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Commissions, compensation and cost of
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benefits are not taken out of your payments toward
your investment (except for the sales charge you
pay if you buy certain mutual funds). And, no matter
how many people are involved in supporting the
recommendation of a product, what you pay is
the same.
We have a contract with NFS that provides us
incentives, such as a business credit, to place
assets with NFS, as well as disincentives in the
form of charges to us if we were to terminate our
contract with NFS before the end of the contract
term. These contract terms create a conflict of
interest for us since we have an incentive to utilize
NFS as a clearing firm and custodian for the
assets in certain investment advisory programs.
We also have an economic interest to also act as
the broker-dealer on the execution of securities
transactions because of the additional revenue
received and an economic incentive to use NFS
as our clearing firm for trade execution and
custody over other firms that do not or would not
provide such economic benefits to us, even if
such other firms might be more beneficial to
our clients. Accordingly, we have a financial
incentive to serve as an introducing broker-dealer
and to use NFS for clearing, settlement and
custodial services.
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Thrivent Financial for Lutherans and
Affiliate Compensation
Thrivent and its affiliates pay one another and receive
payments from third-party companies when you
purchase products from us. It is more profitable for
the Thrivent organization if we recommend products
issued by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans or any of
our affiliates than if we recommend those issued by
other companies. A conflict of interest exists because
we have an incentive to recommend our or affiliates,
products over other companies’ products. Thrivent
mitigates these conflicts through its due diligence
reviews of the products and services we offer and
other supervisory controls. Although your Financial
Advisor recommends or includes products they
determine to be in your best interest based on your
particular financial situation, you should carefully
evaluate each product and recommendation.
Receipt of compensation (either cash or non-cash
compensation) creates conflicts of interest between
you, your Financial Advisor, and us. We manage these
conflicts by training our Financial Advisors, including
the need to act in your best interest, and through our
policies and procedures.
Thrivent Trust Company may use Thrivent
Mutual Funds and ETFs in model portfolios that,
in turn, are recommended for investment
management accounts. This is a conflict because
Thrivent Asset Management is paid for investment
management of the Thrivent Mutual Funds and
ETF used in your account. These fees are in
addition to the investment management fee you
pay to Thrivent Trust Company for your account.
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Custody
Thrivent does not have custody of client funds
or securities in connection with its Dedicated
Planning Services.
Thrivent Insurance Agency, Inc. and Thrivent
receive a commission as a percentage of
premium based on certain factors that include
total volume of our Financial Advisor’s product
sales, length of time that you continue to pay
premiums or keep assets invested in the products
sold, and the profitability of the products.
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Investment Discretion
Thrivent does not accept discretionary authority to
manage securities accounts on behalf of clients with
its Dedicated Planning Services.
Thrivent receives compensation from Thrivent
Advisor Network, LLC for soliciting or referring
prospective clients to Thrivent Advisor Network
for investment advisory services.
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Thrivent may pay an affiliate or a non-affiliated
third party a fee for the educational and
administrative services provided.
Voting Client Securities
Thrivent’s Dedicated Planning Services does not
involve the voting of client securities.
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Financial Information
Thrivent does not require prepayment of investment
advisory fees and, therefore, has not provided a
balance sheet as part of this Brochure. Further,
Thrivent is not aware of any financial condition that
is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet any
contractual commitments to clients.
Thrivent Asset Management, LLC may use
Thrivent Mutual Funds and ETFs in model
portfolios that, in turn, are recommended
by Thrivent for investment advisory clients.
It is more profitable for us if you choose to
participate in Thrivent’s Managed Accounts
Program and invest into Thrivent Mutual Funds
and ETFs. We manage this conflict by rebating
12b-1 fees for any mutual fund that charges
a 12b-1 fee in Thrivent’s Managed Accounts
Program. You will receive a credit to your
program fee in an amount that is at least equal
to your pro rata share of 12b-1 fees and similar
marketing fees received.
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It is generally more profitable for us if you
purchase certain advisory services that are
sponsored and advised by Thrivent and its
affiliates, such as Advantage, SELECT,
Income-Focused and Impact.
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