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Disclosure Brochure
February 27, 2026
TRAVEKA WEALTH, LLC
a Registered Investment Adviser
175 S San Antonio Road, Suite 101
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650) 397-2225
www.travekawealth.com
Firm Contact:
Anthony Blagrove
Chief Compliance Officer
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Traveka Wealth, LLC
(hereinafter “Traveka Wealth” or the “Firm”). If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact the Firm at the telephone number listed above. 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 the Firm is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
The Firm is a registered investment adviser. Registration does not imply any level of skill or training.
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Item 2. Material Changes
In this Item, Traveka Wealth is required to discuss any material changes that have been made to the
brochure since the last annual amendment.
There are no material changes to disclose.
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Item 3. Table of Contents
Item 2. Material Changes ................................................................................................................................. 2
Item 3. Table of Contents ................................................................................................................................. 3
Item 4. Advisory Business ............................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5. Fees and Compensation ....................................................................................................................... 8
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management .................................................................. 12
Item 7. Types of Clients ................................................................................................................................. 12
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .......................................................... 12
Item 9. Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................................... 16
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................................ 16
Item 11. Code of Ethics .................................................................................................................................. 17
Item 12. Brokerage Practices .......................................................................................................................... 18
Item 13. Review of Accounts ......................................................................................................................... 22
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation ........................................................................................ 22
Item 15. Custody ............................................................................................................................................ 23
Item 16. Investment Discretion ...................................................................................................................... 24
Item 17. Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................................... 24
Item 18. Financial Information ....................................................................................................................... 24
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Item 4. Advisory Business
Traveka Wealth offers a variety of advisory services, which include financial planning, consulting,
and investment management services. Prior to Traveka Wealth rendering any of the foregoing
advisory services, clients are required to enter into one or more written agreements with Traveka
Wealth setting forth the relevant terms and conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory
Agreement”).
Traveka Wealth filed for registration as an investment adviser in September of 2023 and is owned
by Anthony L. Blagrove. As of the date of December 31, 2025, Traveka Wealth had $730,770,162
assets under management; of which $724,187,234 was managed on a discretionary basis and
$6,582,928 was managed on a non-discretionary basis. Traveka Wealth is directly owned by
LOTA Wealth, Inc and indirectly owned by The Blagrove-Nguyen Family Trust.
While this brochure generally describes the business of Traveka Wealth, certain sections also
discuss the activities of its Supervised Persons, which refer to the Firm’s officers, partners,
directors (or other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions), employees
or other persons who provide investment advice on Traveka Wealth’s behalf and are subject to the
Firm’s supervision or control.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
Traveka Wealth offers clients a broad range of comprehensive financial planning and consulting
services, which includes retirement planning, education planning, estate planning, business
planning, insurance planning, tax and cash flow analysis. These services are rendered in
conjunction with investment portfolio management as part of a comprehensive wealth management
engagement (described in more detail below).
In performing these services, Traveka Wealth is not required to verify any information received
from the client or from the client’s other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.,) and is
expressly authorized to rely on such information. Traveka Wealth recommends certain clients
engage the Firm for additional related services and/or other professionals to implement its
recommendations. Clients are advised that a conflict of interest exists for the Firm to recommend
that clients engage Traveka Wealth or its affiliates to provide (or continue to provide) additional
services for compensation, including investment management services. Clients retain absolute
discretion over all decisions regarding implementation and are under no obligation to act upon any
of the recommendations made by Traveka Wealth under a financial planning or consulting
engagement. Clients are advised that it remains their responsibility to promptly notify the Firm of
any change in their financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing,
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evaluating or revising Traveka Wealth’s recommendations and/or services.
Investment and Wealth Management Services
Traveka Wealth provides clients with wealth management services which include a broad range of
financial planning and consulting services as well as discretionary and non-discretionary
management of investment portfolios.
Traveka Wealth primarily allocates client assets among various mutual funds, exchange-traded
funds (“ETFs”), privately placed securities (including debt, equity and/or interests in pooled
investment vehicles) and independent investment managers (“Independent Managers”) in
accordance with their stated investment objectives.
Where appropriate, the Firm also provides advice about any type of legacy position or other
investment held in client portfolios, but clients should not assume that these assets are being
continuously monitored or otherwise advised on by the Firm unless specifically agreed upon.
Clients can engage Traveka Wealth to manage and/or advise on certain investment products that
are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as variable life insurance and annuity contracts
and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans).
In these situations, Traveka Wealth directs or recommends the allocation of client assets among
the various investment options available with the product. These assets are generally maintained
at the underwriting insurance company or the custodian designated by the product’s provider.
Traveka Wealth tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients and seeks to
ensure, on a continuous basis, that client portfolios are managed in a manner consistent with those
needs and objectives. Traveka Wealth consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess
their specific risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to
the management of their portfolios. Clients are advised to promptly notify Traveka Wealth if there
are changes in their financial situation or if they wish to place any limitations on the management
of their portfolios. Clients can impose reasonable restrictions or mandates on the management of
their accounts if Traveka Wealth determines, in its sole discretion, the conditions would not
materially impact the performance of a management strategy or prove overly burdensome to the
Firm’s management efforts.
Use of Independent Managers
As mentioned above, Traveka Wealth selects certain Independent Managers to actively manage a
portion of its clients’ assets. The specific terms and conditions under which a client engages an
Independent Manager are set forth in a separate written agreement with the designated Independent
Manager. That agreement can be between the Firm and the Independent Manager (often called a
subadvisor) or the client and the Independent Manager (sometimes called a separate account
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manager). In addition to this brochure, clients will typically also receive the written disclosure
documents of the respective Independent Managers engaged to manage their assets.
Traveka Wealth evaluates a variety of information about Independent Managers, which includes
the Independent Managers’ public disclosure documents, materials supplied by the Independent
Managers themselves and other third-party analyses it believes are reputable. To the extent
possible, the Firm seeks to assess the Independent Managers’ investment strategies, past
performance and risk results in relation to its clients’ individual portfolio allocations and risk
exposure. Traveka Wealth also takes into consideration each Independent Manager’s management
style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing and research capabilities, among
other factors.
Traveka Wealth continues to provide services relative to the discretionary or non-discretionary
selection of the Independent Managers. On an ongoing basis, the Firm monitors the performance
of those accounts being managed by Independent Managers. Traveka Wealth seeks to ensure the
Independent Managers’ strategies and target allocations remain aligned with its clients’ investment
objectives and overall best interests.
Assets Held Away From Our Firm
We can leverage an Order Management System through Pontera to implement investment
selection and rebalancing strategies on behalf of the client in held away accounts (i.e., accounts
not directly held with our recommended custodian). These are primarily 401(k) accounts, HSAs,
403bs, 529 education savings plans, 457 plans, profit sharing plans, and other assets not custodied
with our recommended custodian. We regularly review the available investment options in these
accounts, monitor them, and rebalance and implement our strategies in the same way we do other
accounts, though using different tools as necessary. There may be a difference in the performance
of our strategies of an account using Pontera in comparison to accounts held at our recommended
custodian.
Use of Dynasty TAMP
Traveka Wealth has entered a contractual relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC
(“Dynasty”), which provides the Firm with operational and back-office support including access
to a network of service providers. Through the Dynasty network of service providers, Traveka
Wealth receives preferred pricing on trading technology, reporting, custody, brokerage, compliance
and other related services.
In addition, Dynasty’s subsidiary, Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC (“DWM”), an SEC
registered investment adviser, provides access to a range of investment services including:
separately managed accounts (“SMA”), mutual fund and ETF asset allocation strategies, advisor
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as portfolio manager (APM), money management overlay, billing, and unified managed accounts
(“UMA” and together with the SMAs is the same as the Independent Managers) managed by
external third-party managers (collectively, the “Investment Programs”). Traveka Wealth may
separately engage the services of Dynasty and/or its subsidiaries to access the Investment
Programs. Under the SMA and UMA programs, Traveka Wealth will maintain the ability to select
the specific, underlying Independent Managers that will, in turn, have day-to-day discretionary
trading authority over the requisite client assets.
Dynasty charges a “Platform Fee,” for each different Investment Program. Depending on the
Investment Program used or chosen by the client, this Platform fee will be included as part of the
client’s annual investment management fee or the client will be charged, separate from and in
addition to such client’s annual investment management fee, as described in Item 5 below. This
arrangement presents a conflict of interest because Traveka Wealth is incentivized to allocate client
investment assets to the Investment Programs that are paid by the client to receive a greater portion
of the annual investment management fee. The Firm's current business is to use the Investment
Programs that will be included in the annual investment management fee and not paid by the client.
The annual investment management fee charged to the client is not affected if Platform Fees are
increased or decreased. Traveka Wealth always seeks to ensure that any conflicts are addressed on
a fully disclosed basis and investment decisions are handled in a manner that is aligned with the
client’s best interests. The Firm does not receive any portion of the fees paid directly to Dynasty
or the service providers made available through its platform.
Dynasty and DWM offer an investment management platform (the “Platform” or the “TAMP")
that is available to the advisers in the Dynasty Network, such as Traveka Wealth. Through the
Platform, DWM and Dynasty collectively provide certain technology, administrative, operations
and advisory support services that allow advisers to manage their own portfolios and access
Independent Managers. Traveka Wealth can allocate all or a portion of client assets among the
different Independent Managers via the Platform. Traveka Wealth can also use the model and/or
overlay management feature of the TAMP by creating its own asset allocation model and
underlying investments that comprise the model. Through the model management feature, the Firm
can outsource the implementation of trade orders and periodic rebalancing of the model when
needed.
Traveka Wealth will maintain the direct contractual relationship with each client and obtain,
through such agreements, the authority to engage the Independent Managers, DWM and/or
Dynasty, as applicable, for services rendered through the Platform in service of such client. Traveka
Wealth may delegate discretionary trading authority to DWM and/or Independent Managers to
affect investment and reinvestment of client assets with the ability to buy, sell or otherwise affect
investment transactions and allocate client assets. If a client is participating in certain Investment
Programs, DWM or the designated Independent Manager, as applicable, is also authorized without
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prior consultation of Traveka Wealth or the client to buy, sell, trade or allocate such client’s assets
in accordance with the client’s designated portfolio and to deliver instructions to the designated
broker-dealer and/or custodian of such client’s assets.
In providing investment advice and portfolio management services to clients, the Firm acts as an
investment adviser and fiduciary to and on behalf of each client and not as an agent of Dynasty or
DWM.
Item 5. Fees and Compensation
Traveka Wealth offers wealth management services for an annual fee based on the amount of assets
under the Firm’s management. This management fee varies up to 125 basis points (1.25%),
depending upon the size and composition of a client’s portfolio, the type and amount of services
rendered and the individual(s) providing the services. The fee can be for a fixed percentage or can
also included a blended fee schedule based up on the assets under management or advisement with
the Firm.
The annual fee is prorated and charged quarterly, in advance, based upon the market value of the
assets being managed by Traveka Wealth on the last day of the previous quarter as determined by
a party independent from the Firm (including the client’s custodian or another third-party).
Alternatively, the Firm may change the fixed fee for the investment management services. The
fixed fee will be individually negotiated and will be based upon a number of factors including the
size and composition of a client’s portfolio, the type and amount of services rendered and the
individual(s) providing the services.
The Firm includes cash in a client’s account in determining the valuation for billing purposes. The
Firm may, in its sole discretion, not include cash in determining the fee, especially where a client
has a high percentage of cash for reasons other than the Firm's investment management decision.
If assets are deposited into or withdrawn from an account after the inception of a billing period,
fee adjustments will be made for deposits and withdrawals in excess of $50,000 during the quarter.
For the initial period of an engagement, the fee is calculated on a pro rata basis. In the event the
advisory agreement is terminated, the fee for the final billing period is prorated through the effective
date of the termination and the outstanding or unearned portion of the fee is charged or refunded
to the client, as appropriate.
Additionally, for asset management services the Firm provides with respect to certain client
holdings (e.g., held-away assets, accommodation accounts, alternative investments, etc.), Traveka
Wealth can negotiate a fee rate that differs from the range set forth above. Clients are advised that
a conflict of interest exists for the Firm to recommend that clients engage Traveka Wealth for
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additional services for compensation, including rolling over retirement accounts or moving other
assets to the Firm’s management. Clients retain absolute discretion over all decisions regarding
engaging the Firm and are under no obligation to act upon any of the recommendations.
If an account is being charged a minimum account program fee because of the total market value of the
account, the advisory fee charged can be higher than the stated maximum annual fee quoted above.
Fee Discretion
Traveka Wealth may, in its sole discretion, negotiate to charge a lesser fee based upon certain
criteria, such as anticipated future earning capacity, anticipated future additional assets, dollar
amount of assets to be managed, related accounts, account composition, pre-existing/legacy client
relationship, account retention, pro bono activities, or competitive purposes.
Additional Fees and Expenses
In addition to the advisory fees paid to Traveka Wealth, clients also incur certain charges imposed
by other third parties, such as broker-dealers, custodians, trust companies, banks and other
financial institutions (collectively “Financial Institutions”). These additional charges include
securities brokerage commissions, transaction fees, custodial fees, fees attributable to alternative
assets, Independent Managers, margin and other borrowing costs, charges imposed directly by a
mutual fund or ETF in a client’s account, as disclosed in the fund’s prospectus (e.g., fund
management fees and other fund expenses), deferred sales charges, odd- lot differentials, transfer
taxes, wire transfer and electronic fund fees, and other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and
securities transactions. The Firm’s brokerage practices are described at length in Item 12, below.
Dynasty Fees
As discussed above in Item 4, we use Dynasty's TAMP services. Depending on the program used
or chosen by the Client, the Dynasty Program Fee is included in the annual investment
management fee or paid by the Client. The Third-Party Manager related charges are not included
in the investment management fee you pay to us. Clients are charged, separate from and in addition
to their investment management fee, any applicable Third-Party Manager fees. Our Firm does not
receive any portion of the fees paid directly to Dynasty or the service providers made available
through its platform, including the Third-Party Managers.
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The Dynasty Program fees that are allocated to the Client will be as follows:
Program
Maximum Fee
Model Mgt Overlay
UMA
SMA - Equity
SMA – Taxable FI
SMA - Muni
Dynasty Model Select
.10%
.19%
.14%
.10%
.08%
.03%
Minimum
Account Fee
$60
$120
$120
$120
$120
N/A
All other Program Fees will be absorbed by the Firm.
The Independent Manager fees are determined by the particular program(s) and manager(s) with
which the client’s assets are invested and are calculated based upon a percentage of the client assets
under management, as applicable. Fixed income Independent Manager fees generally range up to
0.90% annually, and equity Independent Manager fees generally range up to 1.50% annually.
Client will note the total fee reflected on their custodial statement will represent the sum of our
investment management fee, Program Fee(s), and Third-Party Manager fee(s), accordingly. Clients
should review such statements to determine the total amount of fees associated with their requisite
investments.
Under the Dynasty TAMP, Traveka Wealth can use mutual funds and ETF asset allocation
strategies. The Platform fee for these strategies/models will be up to .04%. The Platform fee is
included in the annual investment management fee. The Client should be aware that the underlying
securities have internal expenses and/or management fees associated with it, however the Firm
does not participate in any of Dynasty’s or other third-party fees.
If a third-party money manager is used to manage your account, there are some third-party
managers that charge their management fees using average daily balance. The TAMP will calculate
these third-party money manager fees as described above, quarterly in advance. Because these two
methodologies differ, a reconciliation is necessary at the end of the quarter to ensure accurate
billing. This true-up billing, which can be a credit or debit, reflects the difference between the
quarterly in advance fee (TAMP) and the actual fee based on average daily balances (Third-party
manager).
Use of Third-Party for Certain Assets Held Away
For assets held at a custodian that is not directly accessible by Traveka Wealth ("Held Away
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Accounts"), the Firm may, but is not required to, manage these Held Away Accounts using Pontera
that allows the Firm to view and manage assets. The annual fee for investment management
services for Held Away Accounts will follow the Firm’s fee schedule as noted above. The fees will
not be deducted directly from the accounts managed through Pontera. The client does not pay an
additional fee for Pontera. Clients will give written authorization to deduct the Firm’s fees from an
account managed the Firm. Further, the qualified custodian will deliver an account statement to
clients at least quarterly. These account statements will show all disbursements in the account.
Direct Fee Debit
Clients provide Traveka Wealth and/or certain Independent Managers with the authority to directly
debit their accounts for payment of the investment advisory fees. The Financial Institutions that
act as the qualified custodian for client accounts, from which the Firm retains the authority to
directly deduct fees, have agreed to send statements to clients not less than quarterly detailing all
account transactions, including any amounts paid to Traveka Wealth. Alternatively, clients may
elect to have Traveka Wealth send a separate invoice for direct payment which must be paid within
30 days of receipt of the invoice.
Use of Margin
Traveka Wealth can recommend that certain clients utilize margin in the client’s investment
portfolio or other borrowing. Traveka Wealth only recommends such borrowing for non-
investment needs, such as bridge loans and other financing needs. The Firm’s fees are calculated
based on the value of assets under management net of any margin debit balance reflected in the
managed account. If margin is maintained and debited from a separate account that is not managed
by the Firm, the margin debit balance will not be netted against the managed account assets for
billing purposes.
Account Additions and Withdrawals
Clients can make additions to and withdrawals from their account at any time, subject to Traveka
Wealth’s right to terminate an account. Additions can be in cash or securities provided that the
Firm reserves the right to liquidate any transferred securities or declines to accept particular
securities into a client’s account. Clients can withdraw account assets on notice to Traveka Wealth,
subject to the usual and customary securities settlement procedures. However, the Firm designs its
portfolios as long-term investments and the withdrawal of assets may impair the achievement of a
client’s investment objectives. Traveka Wealth consults with its clients about the options and
implications of transferring securities. Clients are advised that when transferred securities are
liquidated, they may be subject to transaction fees, short-term redemption fees, fees assessed at the
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mutual fund level (e.g., contingent deferred sales charges) and/or tax ramifications.
Item 6. Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Traveka Wealth does not provide any services for a performance-based fee (i.e., a fee based on a
share of capital gains or capital appreciation of a client’s assets).
Item 7. Types of Clients
Traveka Wealth offers services to individuals, trusts, estates, corporations and other business
entities, pension and profit-sharing plans.
Minimum Account Value and Fee
As a condition for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship, Traveka
Wealth imposes a minimum annual fee of $20,000 (assessed quarterly, pro rata) or a minimum
portfolio value of $2,000,000. Traveka Wealth may, in its sole discretion, charge a lesser minimum
fee and accept clients with smaller portfolios based upon certain criteria, including anticipated
future earning capacity, anticipated future additional assets, dollar amount of assets to be managed,
related accounts, account composition, pre- existing client, account retention, and pro bono
activities. The minimum fee will cause clients with smaller portfolios to incur an effective fee rate
that is higher than the Firm’s stated fee. Traveka Wealth only accepts clients with less than the
minimum portfolio size if the Firm determines the smaller portfolio size will not cause a substantial
increase of investment risk beyond the client’s identified risk tolerance. Traveka Wealth may, in its
sole discretion, aggregate the portfolios of family members to meet the minimum portfolio size.
Item 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
Traveka Wealth utilizes a fundamental method of analysis. Fundamental analysis involves an
evaluation of the fundamental financial condition and competitive position of a particular fund or
issuer. For Traveka Wealth, this process typically involves an analysis of an issuer’s management
team, investment strategies, style drift, past performance, reputation and financial strength in
relation to the asset class concentrations and risk exposures of the Firm’s model asset allocations.
A substantial risk in relying upon fundamental analysis is that while the overall health and position
of a company may be good, evolving market conditions may negatively impact the security.
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Investment Strategies
The following summarizes the Firm’s investment strategies and philosophy. None of the
descriptions should be taken as a guarantee of any performance or success. Traveka Wealth’s
investment philosophy is based on four main principles:
1. Broad diversification
2. Low costs
3. Tax efficiency
4. Appropriate customization to each client’s needs
Diversification – The Firm diversifies client portfolios by owning many different investments
because the future is uncertain and no one knows what stock or asset class will do the best next
month, next year or next decade. Diversification obviously reduces risk by not putting all eggs in
one basket. It also makes it more likely that clients will participate in growth opportunities by
spreading investments across many companies and asset types, so that clients are likely to have a
stake in whichever investments turn out to do especially well.
Low costs - Money clients spend is money they no longer have. Traveka Wealth seeks the lowest
cost way to meet investing goals. Most portfolios are built around a core of inexpensive mutual
funds and ETFs, perhaps supplemented by other products designed to enhance returns or reduce
risk. Traveka Wealth aims to minimize a broad range of costs, including expense ratios,
commissions and other trading costs, and portfolio management fees.
Tax efficiency - Tax bills can be the largest investment cost, so Traveka Wealth has devised a
number of ways to use the opportunities that the tax code provides to reduce them.
• Product selection: Traveka Wealth selects investment products with an eye on their after-tax
returns, because clients only get to keep what the government does not take. Some index funds
are inherently tax efficient, producing little taxable income other than a modest amount of
qualified (i.e., less taxed) dividends. Municipal bond funds can offer tax-free income, while
Treasury securities are generally exempt from state income taxes.
• Tax-managed trading: Traveka Wealth routinely tries to avoid unnecessarily recognizing
substantial capital gains and will opportunistically look to do tax-loss harvesting. The Firm
also offers accounts, at an additional cost, that systematically seek to create and benefit from
tax-loss harvesting events.
• Asset location: Traveka Wealth helps clients get maximum value out of their tax-favored
accounts, such as IRAs and 401(k)’s by using them to hold assets, such as inflation-indexed
bonds and real estate investment trusts, that would be highly taxed in a regular account. These
accounts are also a good location for any higher-turnover investments, as these can produce
heavily taxed short-term gains.
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• Estate tax concerns: For clients who will potentially be affected by estate taxes, Traveka
Wealth can partner with their estate attorney and tax professional to develop and implement
sophisticated strategies, such as GRATs and charitable giving vehicles, to reduce their heirs’
future tax burden.
Customization - Everyone has their own unique mix of tax-favored and taxable wealth, risk
tolerance, tax brackets, charitable and legacy intentions, and other factors that affect their
investment preferences and taxes in the short- and long-term. Traveka Wealth works with clients
to find the right combination of investments and strategies that balance growth, safety and tax
minimization desires and continue to adapt and adjust these as clients’ lives evolve.
Risk of Loss
The following list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete enumeration or explanation of
the risks involved with respect to the Firm’s investment management activities. Clients should
consult with their legal, tax, and other advisors before engaging the Firm to provide investment
management services on their behalf.
Market Risks
Investing involves risk, including the potential loss of principal, and all investors should be guided
accordingly. The profitability of a significant portion of Traveka Wealth’s recommendations
and/or investment decisions may depend to a great extent upon correctly assessing the future
course of price movements of stocks, bonds and other asset classes. In addition, investments may
be adversely affected by financial markets and economic conditions throughout the world. There
can be no assurance that Traveka Wealth will be able to predict these price movements accurately
or capitalize on any such assumptions.
Volatility Risks
The prices and values of investments can be highly volatile, and are influenced by, among other
things, interest rates, general economic conditions, the condition of the financial markets, the
financial condition of the issuers of such assets, changing supply and demand relationships, and
programs and policies of governments.
Cash Management Risks
The Firm may invest some of a client’s assets temporarily in money market funds or other similar
types of investments, during which time an advisory account may be prevented from achieving its
investment objective.
Mutual Funds and ETFs
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An investment in a mutual fund or ETF involves risk, including the loss of principal. Mutual fund
and ETF shareholders are necessarily subject to the risks stemming from the individual issuers of
the fund’s underlying portfolio securities. Such shareholders are also liable for taxes on any fund-
level capital gains, as mutual funds and ETFs are required by law to distribute capital gains in the
event they sell securities for a profit that cannot be offset by a corresponding loss.
Shares of mutual funds are generally distributed and redeemed on an ongoing basis by the fund
itself or a broker acting on its behalf. The trading price at which a share is transacted is equal to a
fund’s stated daily per share net asset value (“NAV”), plus any shareholders fees (e.g., sales loads,
purchase fees, redemption fees). The per share NAV of a mutual fund is calculated at the end of
each business day, although the actual NAV fluctuates with intraday changes to the market value
of the fund’s holdings. The trading prices of a mutual fund’s shares may differ from the NAV
during periods of market volatility, which may, among other factors, lead to the mutual fund’s
shares trading at a premium or discount to actual NAV.
Shares of ETFs are listed on securities exchanges and transacted at negotiated prices in the
secondary market. Generally, ETF shares trade at or near their most recent NAV, which is
generally calculated at least once daily for index-based ETFs and potentially more frequently for
actively managed ETFs. However, certain inefficiencies may cause the shares to trade at a
premium or discount to their pro rata NAV. There is also no guarantee that an active secondary
market for such shares will develop or continue to exist. Generally, an ETF only redeems shares
when aggregated as creation units (usually 20,000 shares or more). Therefore, if a liquid secondary
market ceases to exist for shares of a particular ETF, a shareholder may have no way to dispose of
such shares.
Finally, some mutual funds and ETFs may have lock-up periods that restrict an investor from
selling their position for a period of time. Other mutual funds and ETFs could also have early
redemption fees that are taken if the investor sells their position before a certain amount of time.
Use of Independent Managers
As stated above, Traveka Wealth selects certain Independent Managers to manage a portion of its
clients’ assets. In these situations, Traveka Wealth continues to conduct ongoing due diligence of
such managers, but such recommendations rely to a great extent on the Independent Managers’
ability to successfully implement their investment strategies. In addition, Traveka Wealth does not
have the ability to supervise the Independent Managers on a day-to-day basis.
Use of Private Collective Investment Vehicles
Traveka Wealth recommends that certain clients invest in privately placed collective investment
vehicles (e.g., hedge funds, private equity funds, etc.). The managers of these vehicles have broad
discretion in selecting the investments. There are few limitations on the types of securities or other
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financial instruments which may be traded and no requirement to diversify. Hedge funds may trade
on margin or otherwise leverage positions, thereby potentially increasing the risk to the vehicle. In
addition, because the vehicles are not registered as investment companies, there is an absence of
regulation. There are numerous other risks in investing in these securities. Clients should consult
each fund’s private placement memorandum and/or other documents explaining such risks prior to
investing.
Item 9. Disciplinary Information
Traveka Wealth has not been involved in any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a
client’s evaluation of its advisory business or the integrity of its management.
Item 10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
This item requires investment advisers to disclose certain financial industry activities and affiliations.
Relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC
Traveka Wealth maintains a business relationship with Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC
(“Dynasty”). Dynasty offers operational and back-office core service support including access to
a network of service providers. Through the Dynasty network of service providers, the Firm may
receive preferred pricing on trading technology, transition support, reporting, custody, brokerage,
compliance, and other related consulting services. Additionally, we participate in a referral
program sponsored by Dynasty called Dynasty Connect. Please see the Client Referrals and Other
Compensation section for additional information on Dynasty Connect.
While Traveka Wealth believes this open architecture structure for operational services best serves
the interests of its clients, this relationship presents certain conflicts of interest due to the fact that
Dynasty is paid by the Firm or its clients for the services referenced above The Firm does not
receive any portion of the fees paid directly to Dynasty, its affiliates or the service providers made
available through Dynasty’s platform. In addition, the Firm reviews such relationships, including
the service providers engaged through Dynasty, on a periodic basis in an effort to ensure clients
are receiving competitive rates in relation to the quality and scope of the services provided. In
addition, the Firm can receive more advantageous pricing from DWM as assets increase, which
poses a conflict of interest.
Additionally, Dynasty Financial Partners, LLC has a minority, non-controlling interest in Traveka
Wealth which creates a conflict of interest in that it influences Traveka Wealth to use the services
of Dynasty due to all the arrangements and relationship with Dynasty. There may be other entities
available that supply similar services at a lower fee. Traveka Wealth believes that Dynasty's
breadth of services, open- architecture, and operational expertise enables Traveka Wealth to
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manage their clients' accounts in the client's best interests. Controlling owners of Traveka Wealth
will have full authority over all aspects of Traveka Wealth and Dynasty will have no influence
whatsoever.
In light of the foregoing, Traveka Wealth seeks at all times to ensure that any material conflicts
are addressed on a fully-disclosed basis and handled in a manner that is aligned with its clients’
best interests.
Item 11. Code of Ethics
Traveka Wealth has adopted a code of ethics in compliance with applicable securities laws (“Code
of Ethics”) that sets forth the standards of conduct expected of its Supervised Persons. Traveka
Wealth’s Code of Ethics contains written policies reasonably designed to prevent certain unlawful
practices such as the use of material non-public information by the Firm or any of its Supervised
Persons and trading by the same of securities ahead of clients in order to take advantage of pending
orders.
The Code of Ethics also requires Traveka Wealth’s personnel to report their personal securities
holdings and transactions and obtain pre-approval of certain investments (e.g., initial public
offerings, limited offerings). However, the Firm’s Supervised Persons are permitted to buy or sell
securities that it also recommends to clients if done in a fair and equitable manner that is consistent
with the Firm’s policies and procedures. This Code of Ethics has been established recognizing that
some securities trade in sufficiently broad markets to permit transactions by certain personnel to
be completed without any appreciable impact on the markets of such securities. Therefore, under
limited circumstances, exceptions may be made to the policies stated below.
When the Firm is engaging in or considering a transaction in any security on behalf of a client, no
Supervised Person with access to this information may knowingly effect for themselves or for their
immediate family (i.e., spouse, minor children and adults living in the same household) a transaction
in that security unless:
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the transaction has been completed;
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the transaction for the Supervised Person is completed as part of a batch trade with clients; or
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a decision has been made not to engage in the transaction for the client.
These requirements are not applicable to: (i) direct obligations of the Government of the United
States; (ii) money market instruments, bankers’ acceptances, bank certificates of deposit,
commercial paper, repurchase agreements and other high quality short-term debt instruments,
including repurchase agreements; (iii) shares issued by money market funds; and iv) shares issued
by other unaffiliated open-end mutual funds.
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Clients and prospective clients may contact Traveka Wealth to request a copy of its Code of Ethics
by contacting the Firm at the phone number on the cover page of this brochure.
Item 12. Brokerage Practices
Recommendation of Broker-Dealers for Client Transactions
Traveka Wealth recommends that clients utilize the custody, brokerage and clearing services of
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC (together with affiliates, “Fidelity”) for investment management
accounts. The Firm will also recommend Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. through its Schwab Advisor
Services division (“Schwab” and together with Fidelity, “Custodian”) for some client or accounts.
The final decision to custody assets with Custodian is at the discretion of the client, including those
accounts under ERISA or IRA rules and regulations, in which case the client is acting as either the
plan sponsor or IRA accountholder. Traveka Wealth is independently owned and operated and not
affiliated with Custodian. Custodian provides Traveka Wealth with access to its institutional
trading and custody services, which are typically not available to retail investors.
Factors which Traveka Wealth considers in recommending Custodian or any other broker-dealer
to clients include their respective financial strength, reputation, execution, pricing, research and
service. Custodian enables the Firm to obtain many mutual funds without transaction charges and
other securities at nominal transaction charges. The commissions and/or transaction fees charged
by Custodian may be higher or lower than those charged by other Financial Institutions.
The commissions paid by Traveka Wealth’s clients to Custodian comply with the Firm’s duty to
obtain “best execution.” Clients may pay commissions that are higher than another qualified
Financial Institution might charge to effect the same transaction where Traveka Wealth determines
that the commissions are reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services
received. In seeking best execution, the determinative factor is not the lowest possible cost, but
whether the transaction represents the best qualitative execution, taking into consideration the full
range of a Financial Institution’s services, including among others, the value of research provided,
execution capability, commission rates and responsiveness. Traveka Wealth seeks competitive
rates but may not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for client transactions.
Consistent with obtaining best execution, brokerage transactions are directed to certain broker-
dealers in return for investment research products and/or services which assist Traveka Wealth in
its investment decision-making process. Such research will be used to service all of the Firm’s
clients, but brokerage commissions paid by one client may be used to pay for research that is not
used in managing that client’s portfolio. The receipt of investment research products and/or services
as well as the allocation of the benefit of such investment research products and/or services poses a
conflict of interest because Traveka Wealth does not have to produce or pay for the products or
services.
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Dynasty Securities, LLC (“Dynasty Securities”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dynasty
Financial Partners, LLC, and an affiliate of Dynasty Wealth Management, LLC (“Dynasty Wealth
Management”) (collectively “Dynasty”) has entered into a Marketing and Business Development
Agreement (“Agreement”) with Schwab whereby Dynasty Securities and Schwab collaborate to
identify financial advisor candidates that establish a custodial relationship with Schwab and to use
Dynasty’s integrated platform services. Dynasty Securities receives payment from Schwab each
quarter in connection with the Agreement. The Agreement creates an incentive for Dynasty to
encourage its network advisors to custody clients’ assets with Schwab due to the economic benefit
it may receive which is a conflict of interest. There may be other entities available to supply similar
custody services at a lower fee. Financial advisors, such as the Firm, joining the Dynasty network
of registered investment advisers are not required to select Schwab as their custodian in order to
receive services from Dynasty.
Traveka Wealth periodically and systematically reviews its policies and procedures regarding its
recommendation of Financial Institutions in light of its duty to obtain best execution.
Software and Support Provided by Financial Institutions
Traveka Wealth receives without cost from Custodian administrative support, computer software,
related systems support, as well as other third party support as further described below (together
"Support") which allow Traveka Wealth to better monitor client accounts maintained at Custodian
and otherwise conduct its business. Traveka Wealth receives the Support without cost because the
Firm renders investment management services to clients that maintain assets at Custodian. The
Support is not provided in connection with securities transactions of clients (i.e., not “soft dollars”).
The Support benefits Traveka Wealth, but not its clients directly. Clients should be aware that
Traveka Wealth’s receipt of economic benefits such as the Support from a broker-dealer creates a
conflict of interest since these benefits will influence the Firm’s choice of broker-dealer over
another that does not furnish similar software, systems support or services Custodian. In fulfilling
its duties to its clients, Traveka Wealth endeavors at all times to put the interests of its clients first
and has determined that the recommendation of Custodian is in the best interest of clients and
satisfies the Firm's duty to seek best execution.
Specifically, Traveka Wealth receives the following benefits from Custodian: i) receipt of
duplicate client confirmations and bundled duplicate statements; ii) access to a trading desk that
exclusively services its institutional traders; iii) access to block trading which provides the ability
to aggregate securities transactions and then allocate the appropriate shares to client accounts; and
iv) access to an electronic communication network for client order entry and account information.
Custodian also makes available to the Firm, at no additional charge, certain research and brokerage
services, including research services obtained by Custodian directly from independent research
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companies, as selected by Traveka Wealth (within specified parameters). These research and
brokerage services are used by the Firm to manage accounts for which it has investment discretion.
These services generally are available to independent investment advisors on an unsolicited basis,
at no charge to them so long as a certain amount of the advisor’s clients’ assets are maintained in
accounts at Custodian. Custodian’s services include brokerage services that are related to the
execution of securities transactions, custody, research, including that in the form of advice,
analyses and reports, and access to mutual funds and other investments that are otherwise generally
available only to institutional investors or would require a significantly higher minimum initial
investment.
For client accounts maintained in its custody, Custodian generally does not charge separately for
custody services but is compensated by account holders through commissions or other transaction-
related or asset- based fees for securities trades that are executed through Custodian or that settle
into Custodian accounts.
Custodian also makes available to the Firm other products and services that benefit the Firm but
may not benefit its clients’ accounts. These benefits may include national, regional or Firm specific
educational events organized and/or sponsored by Custodian. Other potential benefits may include
occasional business entertainment of personnel of Traveka Wealth by Custodian personnel,
including meals, invitations to sporting events, including golf tournaments, and other forms of
entertainment, some of which may accompany educational opportunities. Other of these products
and services assist Traveka Wealth in managing and administering clients’ accounts. These
include software and other technology (and related technological training) that provide access to
client account data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), facilitate trade execution
(and allocation of aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts), provide research, pricing
information and other market data, facilitate payment of the Firm's fees from its clients’ accounts,
and assist with back-office training and support functions, recordkeeping and client reporting.
Many of these services generally are used to service all or some substantial number of the Firm’s
accounts, including accounts not maintained at Custodian. Custodian also makes available to
Traveka Wealth other services intended to help the Firm manage and further develop its business
enterprise. These services may include professional compliance, legal and business consulting,
publications and conferences on practice management, information technology, business
succession, regulatory compliance, employee benefits providers, human capital consultants,
insurance and marketing. In addition, Custodian may make available, arrange and/or pay vendors
for these types of services rendered to the Firm by independent third parties. Custodian may
discount or waive fees it would otherwise charge for some of these services or pay all or a part of
the fees of a third-party providing these services to the Firm. While, as a fiduciary, Traveka Wealth
endeavors to act in its clients’ best interests, the Firm's recommendation that clients maintain their
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assets in accounts at Custodian may be based in part on the benefits received and not solely on the
nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services provided by Custodian, which creates a
potential conflict of interest.
Brokerage for Client Referrals
Traveka Wealth does not consider, in selecting or recommending broker-dealers, whether the Firm
receives client referrals from the Financial Institutions or other third party.
Directed Brokerage
The client may direct Traveka Wealth in writing to use a particular Financial Institution to execute
some or all transactions for the client. In that case, the client will negotiate terms and arrangements
for the account with that Financial Institution and the Firm will not seek better execution services
or prices from other Financial Institutions or be able to “batch” client transactions for execution
through other Financial Institutions with orders for other accounts managed by Traveka Wealth
(as described above). As a result, the client may pay higher commissions or other transaction costs,
greater spreads or may receive less favorable net prices, on transactions for the account than would
otherwise be the case. Subject to its duty of best execution, Traveka Wealth may decline a client’s
request to direct brokerage if, in the Firm’s sole discretion, such directed brokerage arrangements
would result in additional operational difficulties.
Trade Aggregation
Transactions for each client will be effected independently, unless Traveka Wealth decides to
purchase or sell the same securities for several clients at approximately the same time. Traveka
Wealth may (but is not obligated to) combine or “batch” such orders to obtain best execution, to
negotiate more favorable commission rates or to allocate equitably among the Firm’s clients
differences in prices and commissions or other transaction costs that might not have been obtained
had such orders been placed independently. Under this procedure, transactions will be averaged as
to price and allocated among Traveka Wealth’s clients pro rata to the purchase and sale orders
placed for each client on any given day. To the extent that the Firm determines to aggregate client
orders for the purchase or sale of securities, including securities in which Traveka Wealth’s
Supervised Persons may invest, the Firm does so in accordance with applicable rules promulgated
under the Advisers Act and no-action guidance provided by the staff of the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. Traveka Wealth does not receive any additional compensation or
remuneration because of the aggregation.
In the event that the Firm determines that a prorated allocation is not appropriate under the
particular circumstances, the allocation will be made based upon other relevant factors, which
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include: (i) when only a small percentage of the order is executed, shares may be allocated to the
account with the smallest order or the smallest position or to an account that is out of line with
respect to security or sector weightings relative to other portfolios, with similar mandates; (ii)
allocations may be given to one account when one account has limitations in its investment
guidelines which prohibit it from purchasing other securities which are expected to produce similar
investment results and can be purchased by other accounts; (iii) if an account reaches an investment
guideline limit and cannot participate in an allocation, shares may be reallocated to other accounts
(this may be due to unforeseen changes in an account’s assets after an order is placed); (iv) with
respect to sale allocations, allocations may be given to accounts low in cash; (v) in cases when a
pro rata allocation of a potential execution would result in a de minimis allocation in one or more
accounts, the Firm may exclude the account(s) from the allocation; the transactions may be
executed on a pro rata basis among the remaining accounts; or (vi) in cases where a small
proportion of an order is executed in all accounts, shares may be allocated to one or more accounts
on a random basis.
Item 13. Review of Accounts
Account Reviews
Traveka Wealth monitors client portfolios on a continuous and ongoing basis and regular account
reviews are conducted on at least an annual basis. The Firm also reviews cash in accounts, and
rebalance tolerances regularly, and does a semi-annual holistic internal portfolio review. Such
reviews are conducted by the Firm’s portfolio operations team and investment adviser
representatives. All investment advisory clients are encouraged to discuss their needs, goals and
objectives with Traveka Wealth and to keep the Firm informed of any changes thereto.
Account Statements and Reports
Clients are provided with transaction confirmation notices and regular summary account statements
directly from the Financial Institutions where their assets are custodied. On a quarterly basis,
clients may also receive written or electronic reports from Traveka Wealth and/or an outside service
provider, which contain certain account and/or market-related information, such as an inventory of
account holdings or account performance. Clients should compare the account statements they
receive from their custodian with any documents or reports they receive from Traveka Wealth or
an outside service provider.
Item 14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Client Referrals
In the event a client is introduced to Traveka by either an unaffiliated or an affiliated promoter,
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the Firm may pay that promoter a referral fee in accordance with applicable state securities laws.
We also participate in Dynasty Connect, a referral program offered through DWM. Unless
otherwise disclosed, any such referral fee is paid solely from Traveka’s investment management
fee and does not result in any additional charge to the client. If the client is introduced to the Firm
by an unaffiliated promoter, the client will receive a promoter’s disclosure statement containing
the terms and conditions of the solicitation arrangement. Any affiliated promoter of Traveka is
required to disclose the nature of his or her relationship to prospective clients at the time of the
solicitation and will provide all prospective clients with a copy of the Firm’s written brochure(s)
at the time of the solicitation.
Other Compensation
The Firm receives economic benefits from Custodian. The benefits, conflicts of interest and how
they are addressed are discussed above in response to Item 12.
Item 15. Custody
Traveka Wealth is deemed to have custody of client funds and securities because the Firm is given
the ability to debit client accounts for payment of the Firm’s fees. As such, client funds and
securities are maintained at one or more Financial Institutions that serve as the qualified custodian
with respect to such assets. Such qualified custodians will send account statements to clients at
least once per calendar quarter that typically detail any transactions in such account for the relevant
period.
In addition, as discussed in Item 13, Traveka Wealth will also send, or otherwise make available,
periodic supplemental reports to clients. Clients should carefully review the statements sent directly
by the Financial Institutions and compare them to those received from Traveka Wealth. Any other
custody disclosures can be found in the Firm’s Form ADV Part 1.
Standing Letters of Authorization
Traveka Wealth also has custody due to clients giving the Firm limited power of attorney in a
standing letter of authorization (“SLOA”) to disburse funds to one or more third parties as
specifically designated by the client. In such circumstances, the Firm will implement the steps in
the SEC’s no-action letter on February 21, 2017 which includes (in summary): i) client will provide
instruction for the SLOA to the custodian; ii) client will authorize the Firm to direct transfers to
the specific third party; iii) the custodian will perform appropriate verification of the instruction
and provide a transfer of funds notice to the client promptly after each transfer; iv) the client will
have the ability to terminate or change the instruction; v) the Firm will have no authority or ability
to designate or change the identity or any information about the third party; vi) the Firm will keep
records showing that the third party is not a related party of the Firm or located at the same address
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as the Firm; and vii) the custodian will send the client an initial and annual notice confirming the
SLOA instructions.
Item 16. Investment Discretion
Traveka Wealth is given the authority to exercise discretion on behalf of clients. Traveka Wealth
is considered to exercise investment discretion over a client’s account if it can effect and/or direct
transactions in client accounts without first seeking their consent. Traveka Wealth is given this
authority through a power-of-attorney included in the agreement between Traveka Wealth and the
client. Clients may request a limitation on this authority (such as certain securities not to be bought
or sold). Traveka Wealth takes discretion over the following activities:
• The securities to be purchased or sold;
• The amount of securities to be purchased or sold;
• When transactions are made; and
• The Independent Managers to be hired or fired.
Item 17. Voting Client Securities
Declination of Proxy Voting Authority
Traveka Wealth does not accept the authority to vote on a client’s securities (i.e., proxies) on their
behalf. Clients receive proxies directly from the Financial Institutions where their assets are
custodied and may contact the Firm at the contact information on the cover of this brochure with
questions about any such issuer solicitations.
Item 18. Financial Information
Traveka Wealth is not required to disclose any financial information listed in the instructions to
Item 18 because:
• The Firm does not require or solicit the prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees six months
or more in advance of services rendered;
• The Firm does not have a financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability
to meet contractual commitments to clients; and
• The Firm has not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past ten years.
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