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WESPAC
A D V I S O R S
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WESPAC Advisors, LLC
4 Orinda Way, Suite 100-B
Orinda, CA 94563
(800) 535-4253
(510) 287-5255
www.wespac.net
March 31, 2026
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
WESPAC Advisors, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure,
please contact us at one of the numbers listed above and/or send a message to
advisors@wespac.net.Theinformationinthisbrochurehasnotbeenapprovedorverifiedby
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
WESPAC is a registered investment advisor. Registration of an investment advisor does
not imply any level of skill or training.
Additional information about WESPAC Advisors, LLC also is available on the SEC’s
website at www.advisorinfo.sec.gov. The searchable CRD number for WESPAC Advi-
sors, LLC is 148242.
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Item 2 - Material Changes
SEC-registered investment advisers are required to provide their clients with a summary of any
material changes to their Form ADV 2A brochure (“Brochure”) since their last annual updating
amendment and offer to provide the entire Brochure free of charge.
We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions from unaffiliated third-
party financial institutions through Flourish Financial LLC (“Flourish”). Further information on
this conflict of interest is available in Items 4, 5, and 10 of this Brochure.
Clients are encouraged to review the Brochure in its entirety. Clients may obtain a copy of our
Brochure at any time, free of charge, by contacting us at advisors@wespac.net or by telephone
at (800) 535-4253.
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Item 3 - Table of Contents
Item 1 - Cover Page… ........................................................................................................ 1
Item 2 - Material Changes. .................................................................................................. 2
Item 3 - Table of Contents… ......................................................................................... 3
Item 4 - Advisory Business… ............................................................................................. 4-5
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation… ....................................................................................... 5-6
Item 6 - Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management… .......................................7
- Types of Clients… .................................................................................... 7
Item 7
Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss. .............................. 8-12
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information… ............................................................................... 12
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations… ......................................... 12
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transaction and Personal Trading. 13
Item 12 - Brokerage Practices… ........................................................................................ 13
Item12.A.1.-ResearchandOtherSoftDollarBenefits… ............................................................. 14
Item 12.A.2.- Brokerage for Client Referrals…......................................................................... 14
Item12.A.3.-DirectedBrokerage .................................................................................................. 14
Item 13 - Review of Accounts… ................................................................................. 15
Item14-ClientReferralsandOtherCompensation ............................................................... 15-16
Item15-Custody ................................................................................................................ 16
Item16-InvestmentDiscretion............................................................................................ 16-17
Item 17 - Voting Client Securities… .................................................................................. 17
Item 18 - Financial Information… .................................................................................... 17
Item19-RequirementsforState-RegisteredAdvisor ........................................................................ 17
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Item 4 - Advisory Business
A. WESPAC Advisors, LLC, is part of the Focus Financial Partners, LLC (“Focus LLC”) partnership.
Specifically, WESPAC Advisors, LLC, is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Focus LLC. Focus
Financial Partners, Inc. is the sole managing member of Focus LLC. Ultimate governance of
Focus LLC is conducted through the board of directors at Ferdinand FFP Ultimate Holdings, LP.
Focus LLC is majority-owned, indirectly and collectively, by investment vehicles affiliated with
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC (“CD&R”). Investment vehicles affiliated with Stone Point Capital
LLC (“Stone Point”) are indirect owners of Focus LLC. Because WESPAC Advisors, LLC, is an
indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Focus LLC, CD&R and Stone Point investment vehicles are
indirect owners of WESPAC Advisors, LLC.
Focus LLC also owns other registered investment advisers, broker-dealers, pension consultants,
insurance firms, business managers and other firms (the “Focus Partners”), most of which
provide wealth management, benefit consulting and investment consulting services to
individuals, families, employers, and institutions. Some Focus Partners also manage or advise
limited partnerships, private funds, or investment companies as disclosed on their respective
Form ADVs.
B. We have two primary lines of business: providing investment advisory and fiduciary over-
sight services to participant-directed retirement plans and providing investment management
services to high-net-worth clients in separately managed accounts. Services may be custom-
ized depending on the client’s needs.
WESPAC Advisors (or its predecessor) has been an SEC-registered investment advisor since 1995.
We provide investment advisory services to the plan sponsors of participant-directed retirement
plans to plan, develop, design, implement and administer an investment program based on the
client’s goals and needs. This typically includes providing the client with an investment policy
statement, analyzing, and recommending the mutual funds and asset allocation portfolios to
be included on the plan investment menu, monitoring those selections on an ongoing basis,
and providing investment advice to the plan participants through group meetings, individual
meetings or phone consultation. The plan sponsor is sent a report each quarter and invest-
ment data and financial tools are available to participants through our interactive participant
website. We will also take on the role of ERISA 3(21) co-fiduciary or ERISA 3(38) designated
fiduciary over the plan assets. We also provide investment management services to individu-
als, trustee-directed plans (typically defined benefit pension plans), trusts, and corporations.
Certain legacy client assets are sub advised by WESPAC Advisors SoCal, LLC d/b/a Stonemark
Wealth Management, an SEC-registered investment adviser that formerly was affiliated with us.
After obtaining information regarding clients’ investment objectives, financial circumstances,
and risk tolerance, we typically invest client assets in strategies managed in accordance with
our investment models. Some of our clients’ assets are managed by a sub-adviser.
C. We determine appropriate investment strategies for clients after assessing the client’s in-
vestment objectives and risk tolerance. Clients with similar risk and return objectives will have
these allocations implemented uniformly through the use of investment models. Clients are
permitted to impose reasonable restrictions on the management of their accounts.
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D. WA does not take part in any wrap fee programs.
E. As of 12/31/2025, we managed $1,205,882,013 on a discretionary basis.
F. We are a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended
(“ERISA”) with respect to investment management services and investment advice provided to
ERISA plan clients, including plan participants. We are also a fiduciary under section 4975 of
the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”) with respect to investment management services and
investment advice provided to individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), ERISA plans, and ERISA
plan participants. As such, we are subject to specific duties and obligations under ERISA and
the IRC that include, among other things, prohibited transaction rules which are intended to
prohibit fiduciaries from acting on conflicts of interest. When a fiduciary gives advice in which
it has a conflict of interest, the fiduciary must either avoid or eliminate the conflict or rely upon
a prohibited transaction exemption (a “PTE”).
As a fiduciary, we have duties of care and of loyalty to you and are subject to obligations im-
posed on us by the federal and state securities laws. As a result, you have certain rights that
you cannot waive or limit by contract. Nothing in our agreement with you should be interpret-
ed as a limitation of our obligations under the federal and state securities laws or as a waiver
of any unwaivable rights you possess.
G. We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions from unaffiliated third-
party financial institutions through Flourish Financial LLC (“Flourish”). Please see Items 5 and
10 for a fuller discussion of these services and other important information.
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation
A. Our investment advisory fees are based on an annual percentage of client assets under our
management. Our maximum fee schedule is as follows:
Portfolio
Annual
Asset Value
Fee Rate
First $1,000,000
1.25%
Next $1,000,000
1.15%
Next $1,000,000
1.05%
Next $2,000,000
0.95%
Over $5,000,000
0.85%
Our fees are negotiable and may be waived in certain circumstances, as in the case of em-
ployee accounts. Our investment advisory fee includes any advisory fees of any sub-advisers;
that is, we pay any sub-advisers directly from the advisory fees paid to us.
B. Clients typically grant us authority to deduct our fees directly from client’s account. However,
we will also bill directly for fees if that is a client’s preferred option. Fees are billed quarterly in
advance and calculated based on the market value (provided by each client’s independent
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custodian) of each client account as of the last day of the applicable quarter. Cash, accrued
interest, and the value of any securities held on margin are included for billing purposes, unless
we determine otherwise, in our discretion.
In situations where a new retirement plan client is engaged and customer funds are transferred
in at various points during the first quarter of engagement, we have a slightly different method
of calculating fees. Here we would use the weighted average of the monthly balances during
the quarter and then pro-rate it based on the number of days money was in the account. We
are using this method so as not to overly penalize a client if a large conversion balance is
transferred in near the end of a quarter. The following is an illustration:
Balance as of:
Scenario 2
1/31/2013
Scenario 1
$ 3,500.00
-
Scenario 3
-
2/28/2013
$ 7,000.00
$ 7,000.00
-
3/31/2013
$ 325,000.00
$ 325,000.00
$ 325,000.00
$ 335,500.00
$ 332,000.00
$ 325,000.00
divided by # of months $ 111,833.33
$ 166,000.00
$ 325,000.00
Date money first enters
the account
2/15
3/15
Fee would =
1/15
(76/90*.001875*$111,833.33)
$ 177.07
$ 155.63
$ 108.33
C. In addition to our fees, clients are responsible for fees, expenses and charges imposed by
third parties in connection with the investment and maintenance of their assets. These fees,
expenses and charges could potentially include brokerage commissions or securities transac-
tion fees and other expenses and charges imposed by the client’s custodian and/or broker-
dealer, or custodial fees. Investment companies (mutual funds, ETFs, etc.) in which a client’s
assets may be invested charge additional management fees and other expenses as described
in the fund’s prospectus. Please also refer to Items 12-15 of this Brochure for more information
regarding our brokerage and trading practices.
D. Because we charge our fees in advance, any clients who terminate our advisory services
during a quarter will receive a pro-rata refund for any unused pre-paid portion of any advisory
fees based on how many days remain in that calendar quarter. The pro-rata refund is calculated
from the date we receive a notice of termination.
We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions from unaffiliated third-
party financial institutions through Flourish Financial LLC (“Flourish”). No Focus affiliate will
receive any compensation from Flourish that is attributable to our clients’ transactions. Further
information on this conflict of interest is available in Item 10 of this Brochure.
Supervised persons of the Firm from time-to-time receive typical and customary commissions
from the recommendation and sale of insurance products. One of our related persons is a li-
censed agent of a WA affiliate, WESPAC Benefit & Insurance Services, LLC (“WBIS”), an
insurance brokerage firm. To the extent that a client purchases insurance the related person
recommends, WBIS and/or the related persons will receive commission from the applicable
insurance company. Advisory clients should understand this represents a conflict as there is an
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incentive for these persons to recommend products for which they receive compensation. We
address this conflict through disclosure and make recommendations we reasonably believe to
be in the best interests of its clients. Additionally, advisory clients are under no obligation to
utilize these services. Our related persons are prohibited from selling insurance products to
clients where such sale would be deemed a Prohibited Transaction under ERISA.
Item 6 - Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not have any arrangements where we charge performance-based fees, so this item is
inapplicable to our firm.
Item 7 - Types of Clients
We advise a variety of client types, including plan sponsors of self-directed and trustee-directed
retirement plans, individuals, testamentary trusts, corporations and other forms of business
entities.
We usually require prospective clients who are individuals or trustee-directed retirement plans
to have a minimum of $250,000 to invest with us ($5,000 if the client is a self-directed retire-
ment plan) but retain the discretion to waive the minimum under appropriate circumstances.
Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Our investment strategies for taxable clients primarily involve top-down sector rotation and
relative strength investing. We invest primarily in equity securities and exchange-traded funds
selected primarily based on technical research yet supported by fundamental research. The
synthesis of these types of analysis helps us decide in which securities we want to invest based
on their overall valuation levels and growth stories. In addition, it also helps us to determine
price targets, good entry points for various securities, areas of relative strength in the financial
markets, and proper price levels to set stop loss points in portfolios where we may to engage
in risk management.
For self-directed retirement plan clients, we primarily select no-load mutual funds.
Other investment types, such master limited partnerships, covered call options, and even other
independent money managers may be used if the advisor and client agree it is an appropriate
strategy for the client.
Risk of Loss:
Investing in securities involves a risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Different
investments involve varying types and degrees of risk. All investments present the risk of loss
of principal – the risk that the value of securities, when sold or otherwise disposed of, may be
less than the price paid for the securities. Investing in portfolios of equity securities (stocks)
exposes clients to the risk of substantial loss. In fact, four times in 25 years (2001, 2002, 2008,
and 2020) many market participants heavily invested in equity securities experienced double-
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digit losses. While the pandemic-induced decline of 34% in late February and March 2020
ended up being the shortest bear market in history, the broad market as measured by the S&P
500 declined more than 49% from October 2007 through March 2009 during the financial
crisis.
Clients should not assume that future performance of any specific investment, including those
recommended by the Firm, will be profitable or attain specific performance levels.
The mutual funds exchanged traded funds (ETFs) equity securities (stocks) we recommend
and invest client assets in generally own financial securities that involve the risk of loss that is
inherent in investing in stocks, bonds, and the financial markets generally. The extent of the
risk of ownership of fund shares depends on the type and number of securities held by the
fund. Mutual funds invested in fixed income securities are subject to the same interest rate,
inflation, and credit risks associated with the fund’s underlying bond holdings. Fixed income
securities may decrease in value because of many factors, for example, increases in interest
rates or adverse developments with respect to the creditworthiness of the issuer. Risks also
may be significantly increased if a mutual fund pursues an alternative investment strategy. An
investment in an alternative mutual fund involves special risks such as risk associated with
short sales, leveraging the investment, potential adverse market forces, regulatory changes,
and potential illiquidity. Returns on mutual fund investments are reduced by management costs
and expenses.
An ETF’s risks include declining value of the securities held by the ETF, adverse developments in
the specific industry or sector that the ETF tracks, capital loss in geographically focused funds
because of unfavorable fluctuation in currency exchange rates, differences in generally accept-
ed accounting principles, or economic or political instability, tracking error, which is the differ-
ence between the return of the ETF and the return of its benchmark and trading at a premium
or discount, meaning the difference between the ETF’s market price and NAV. ETFs also are
subject to the individual risks described in their prospectus. Although many mutual funds and
ETFs may provide diversification, risks can be significantly increased if a mutual fund or ETF is
concentrated in a particular sector of the market, primarily invests in small cap or speculative
companies, uses leverage to a significant degree, or concentrates in a particular type of secu-
rity. One of the main advantages of mutual funds and ETFs is that they give individual investors
access to professionally managed, diversified portfolios of equities, bonds and other securities.
Although the goal of diversification is to combine investments with different characteristics so
that the risks inherent in any one investment can be balanced by assets that move in different
cycles or respond to different market factors, diversification does not eliminate the risk of loss.
In some circumstances, price movements may be highly correlated across securities and funds.
A specific fund may not be diversified, and a client portfolio may not be diversified. Addition-
ally, when diversification is a client objective, there is risk that the strategies that the Firm uses
may not be successful in achieving the desired level of diversification. There is also risk that the
strategies, resources, and analytical methods that the Firm uses to identify mutual funds and
ETFs will not be successful in identifying investment opportunities.
The following events also could cause mutual funds, ETFs, equities and other investments man-
aged for clients to decrease in value:
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• Market Risk: The price of an equity security, bond, or mutual fund may drop in reaction to
tangible and intangible events and conditions. This type of risk is caused by external factors
independent of a security’s particular underlying circumstances. For example, changes in
political, economic and social conditions may trigger adverse market events.
• Interest-rate Risk: Fluctuations in interest rates may cause investment prices to fluctu-
ate. For example, when interest rates rise, yields on existing bonds become less attractive,
causing their market values to decline.
• Event Risk: An adverse event affecting a particular company or that company’s industry
could depress the price of a client’s investments in that company’s stocks or bonds. The
company, government or other entity that issued bonds in a client’s portfolio could become
less able to, or fail to, repay, service or refinance its debts, or the issuer’s credit rating could
be downgraded by a rating agency. Adverse events affecting a particular country, including
political and economic instability, could depress the value of investments in issuers head-
quartered or doing business in that country.
• Liquidity Risk: Securities that are normally liquid may become difficult or impossible to
sell at an acceptable price during periods of economic instability or other emergency con-
ditions. Some securities may be infrequently or thinly traded even under normal market
conditions.
• Leverage Risk: The use of leverage may lead to increased volatility of a fund’s NAV and
market price relative to its common shares. Leverage is likely to magnify any losses in the
fund’s portfolio, which may lead to increased market price declines. Fluctuations in interest
rates on borrowings or the dividend rates on preferred shares that take place from changes
in short- term interest rates may reduce the return to common shareholders or result in
fluctuations in the dividends paid on common shares. There is no assurance that a leverag-
ing strategy will be successful.
• Domestic and/or Foreign Political Risk: The events that occur in the U.S. relating to
politics, government, and elections can affect the U.S. markets. Political events occurring in
the home country of a foreign company such as revolutions, nationalization, and currency
collapse can have an impact on the security.
• Inflation Risk: Countries around the globe may be more, or less, prone to inflation than
the U.S. economy at any given time. Companies operating in countries with higher inflation
rates may find it more difficult to post profits reflecting its underlying health.
• Currency Risk: Overseas investments are subject to fluctuations in the value of the U.S.
dollar against the currency of the investment’s originating country. This is also referred to
as exchange rate risk.
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• Reinvestment Risk: This risk is that future proceeds from investments may have to be
reinvested at a potentially lower rate of return (i.e., interest rate). This primarily relates to
fixed income securities.
• Operational Risk: fund Advisors and other ETF service providers may experience disrup-
tions or operating errors such as processing errors or human errors, inadequate or failed
internal or external processes, or systems or technology failures, that could negatively
impact the ETF.
• Regulatory/Legislative Developments Risk: Regulators and/or legislators may pro-
mulgate rules or pass legislation that places restrictions on, adds procedural hurdles to,
affects the liquidity of, and/or alters the risks associated with certain investment transac-
tions or the securities underlying such investment transactions. Such rules/legislation could
affect the value associated with such investment transactions or underlying securities.
Private Investment Funds:
WESPAC recommends that certain clients invest their assets in private investment funds, such
as private equity funds. Private investment funds are generally illiquid, are less regulated than
publicly traded securities, can be leveraged and are only appropriate for financially
sophisticated investors with sufficient risk tolerance to withstand the loss of their investment
in the fund. Clients are encouraged to carefully review the risk factors contained in the private
offering memorandum for the relevant fund before they invest.
Cryptocurrency Risk:
Cryptocurrency is a digital representation of value that functions as a medium of exchange, a
unit of account, or a store of value, but it does not have legal tender status. Cryptocurren- cies
are sometimes exchanged for U.S. dollars or other world currencies, but they are not gener-
ally backed or supported by any government or central bank. They are more volatile than
traditional currencies. Their value is speculative, given that they are not currently, widely ac-
cepted as a medium or exchange, is derived by market forces of supply and demand, and may
be impacted by the continued willingness of market participants to exchange fiat currency for
cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies are not covered by either FDIC or SIPC insurance. Bitcoin,
Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies are very speculative investments and involve a high
degree of risk. An investment in cryptocurrency is not suitable for all investors, and may not
generally be appropriate, particularly with funds drawn from retirement savings, student loans,
mortgages, emergency funds, or funds set aside for other purposes. Investors must have the
financial ability, sophistication/experience and willingness to bear the risks of an investment,
and a potential total loss of their investment. An investment in cryptocurrency should be made
with capital allocated to speculative purposes. Fees and expenses associated with a cryptocur-
rency investment may be substantial.
Cryptocurrency exchanges and other trading venues on which cryptocurrencies trade are rela-
tively new and, in most cases, largely unregulated and may therefore be more exposed to fraud
and failure than established, regulated exchanges for securities, derivatives and other curren-
cies. Investments that are related to cryptocurrencies could be subject to volatility experienced
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by the cryptocurrency exchanges and other cryptocurrency trading venues. Cryptocurrency
exchanges may stop operating or permanently shut down due to fraud, technical glitches,
hackers or malware, which may also affect the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and
indirect investments in cryptocurrencies.
In addition to the risks above, clients should consider the following risks:
History of volatility. The exchange rate of cryptocurrency historically has been very volatile,
and the exchange rate of a cryptocurrency could drastically decline. For example, the exchange
rate of Bitcoin has dropped more than 50% in a single day. Cryptocurrency-related investments
may be affected by such volatility.
• Government regulation. Cryptocurrencies largely lack regulatory protections. Federal, state
or foreign governments may restrict the use and exchange of cryptocurrency. Legislative
and regulatory changes or actions at the federal, state or international level may adversely
affect the use, transfer, exchange, and value of cryptocurrency.
• Security concerns. Cryptocurrency exchanges may stop operating or permanently shut
down due to fraud, technical glitches, hackers or malware. Cryptocurrency also may be
stolen by hackers.
• New and developing. As a relatively recent invention, cryptocurrency and related
investments do not have an established track record of operating history, performance,
credibility and/or trust. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are evolving.
Cryptocurrencies use blockchain technology, which lacks standardization.
Cybersecurity:
The computer systems, networks and devices used by WESPAC and service providers to us and
our clients to carry out routine business operations employ a variety of protections designed to
prevent damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer and tele-
communication failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches. Despite the
various protections utilized, systems, networks, or devices potentially can be breached. A client
could be negatively impacted as a result of a cybersecurity breach.
Cybersecurity breaches can include unauthorized access to systems, networks, or devices;
infection from computer viruses or other malicious software code; and attacks that shut down,
disable, slow, or otherwise disrupt operations, business processes, or website access or func-
tionality. Cybersecurity breaches may cause disruptions and impact business operations, po-
tentially resulting in financial losses to a client; impediments to trading; the inability by us and
other service providers to transact business; violations of applicable privacy and other laws;
regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs,
or additional compliance costs; as well as the inadvertent release of confidential information.
Similar adverse consequences could result from cybersecurity breaches affecting issuers of
securities in which a client invests; governmental and other regulatory authorities; exchange
and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, and other financial institutions;
and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred by these entities in order to
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prevent any cybersecurity breaches in the future.
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information
As a registered investment advisor, we are required to disclose all material facts regarding any
legal or disciplinary events that would be material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation
of our business or the integrity of our management personnel. We have no reportable legal or
disciplinary events to disclose.
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
As noted above in response to Item 4, certain investment vehicles affiliated with CD&R
collectively are indirect majority owners of Focus LLC, and certain investment vehicles affiliated
with Stone Point are indirect owners of Focus LLC. Because WESPAC Advisors is an indirect,
wholly owned subsidiary of Focus LLC, CD&R and Stone Point investment vehicles are indirect
owners of WESPAC Advisors.
WESPAC Advisors does not believe the Focus Partnership presents a conflict of interest with our
clients. WESPAC Advisors has no business relationship with other Focus Partners that is mate-
rial to its advisory business or to its clients.
As discussed in response to Item 5 above, one of our related persons is a licensed agent of a
WA affiliate, WESPAC Benefit & Insurance Services, LLC (“WBIS”), an insurance brokerage firm.
To the extent that a client purchases insurance the related person recommends, WBIS and/or
the related persons will receive commission from the applicable insurance company. Advisory
clients should understand this represents a conflict as there is an incentive for these persons
to recommend products for which they receive compensation. We address this conflict through
disclosure and make recommendations we reasonably believe to be in the best interests of its
clients. Additionally, advisory clients are under no obligation to utilize these services. Our related
persons are prohibited from selling insurance products to clients where such sale would be
deemed a Prohibited Transaction under ERISA.
We and our related persons will refer clients who request qualified retirement plan
administrative and record-keeping services to our affiliate, WESPAC Plan Services, LLC (“WPS”),
an entity under common ownership with WESPAC Advisors. WPS and its clients enter into an
administration agreement and the clients pay WPS a separate fee. WESPAC Advisors and its
related persons receive fees from these plans for supervising the plan’s portfolio and
recommending investments to be made available to plan participants. Advisory clients should
understand this represents a conflict as there is an incentive to recommend such affiliates for
administrative and recordkeeping services as there is economic benefit due to the receipt of
compensation by the affiliates and or the related persons. We address this conflict through
disclosure and make recommendations we reasonably believe to be in the best interest of our
clients. Additionally, advisory clients are under no obligation to utilize these services.
A small number of our client accounts are managed pursuant to a subadvisory agreement with
Stonemark Wealth Management (“Stonemark”), a firm whose advisers formerly were affiliated
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with WESPAC Advisors. We pay Stonemark’s fee from the advisory fees we receive from those
clients.
We offer clients the option of obtaining cash management solutions from unaffiliated third-
party financial institutions through Flourish Financial LLC (“Flourish”). Flourish has established
deposit accounts at FDIC-member banks to offer a deposit account sweep arrangement to
wealth management firms’ clients, including our clients. Flourish acts as an intermediary to
facilitate our clients’ access to these cash management solutions.
For services provided by Flourish to clients of other Focus firms and when legally permissible,
Flourish shares a portion of this earned revenue with our affiliate, Focus Solutions Holdings,
LLC (“FSH”). Such compensation to FSH is also revenue for FSH’s and our common parent
company, Focus. This compensation to FSH does not come from cash management solutions
provided to any of our clients. However, the volume generated by our clients’ transactions
allows Focus to negotiate better terms with Flourish, which benefits Focus. We mitigate this
conflict by: (1) fully and fairly disclosing the material facts concerning the above arrangements
to our clients, including in this Brochure; and (2) offering Flourish’s solutions to clients on a
strictly nondiscretionary and fully disclosed basis, and not as part of any discretionary
investment services. Additionally, we note that clients who use Flourish’s services will receive
product-specific disclosures from the third-party financial institutions and other unaffiliated
third-party intermediaries that provide services to our clients.
For cash management programs, certain third-party intermediaries provide administrative and
settlement services to our clients. Engaging the third-party financial institutions and other
intermediaries to provide cash management solutions does not alter the manner in which we
treat cash for billing purposes. Clients should understand that in rare circumstances, depending
on interest rates and other economic and market factors, the yields on cash management
solutions could be lower than the aggregate fees and expenses charged by the third-party
financial institutions, the intermediaries referenced above, and us. Consequently, in these rare
circumstances, a client could experience a negative overall investment return with respect to
those cash investments. Nonetheless, it might still be reasonable for a client to participate in
a cash management program if the client prefers to hold cash at the third-party financial
institutions rather than at other financial institutions (e.g., to take advantage of FDIC
insurance).
We use Flourish to facilitate cash management solutions for our clients.
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Per-
sonal Trading
We have adopted a Code of Ethics (the “Code”) which requires our personnel to comply with
their legal obligations and fulfill the fiduciary duties owed to our clients. Among other things,
the Code of Ethics sets forth policies and procedures related to conflicts of interest, outside
business activities, gifts and entertainment, compliance with insider trading laws and policies
and procedures governing personal securities trading by our access persons. Personal secu-
rities transactions of advisory personnel present potential conflicts of interest with the price
obtained in client securities transactions or the investment opportunity available to clients. The
Code addresses these potential conflicts by requiring, with certain exceptions, access persons
to report their personal securities holdings and transactions to the Firm for review by compli-
ance personnel, and by requiring access persons to obtain preclearance prior to investing in
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private placements or initial public offerings. The Code also prohibits securities trades that
would breach a fiduciary duty to a client, short sales in securities that are held long in client
accounts, transactions in securities on our restricted list, and transactions that would constitute
insider trading or market manipulation.
We will provide a copy of the Code of Ethics to any client or prospective client upon request.
Item 12 - Brokerage Practices
We have a long-standing relationship with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), and, at our
recommendation, all our client accounts with a couple of exceptions are custodied there.
Clients’ use of a custodian we recommend permits us to aggregate the purchase and sale of
securities through block trading and help us obtain favorable pricing for the cost of client
securities transactions. Moreover, Schwab has cut commissions on most transactions to zero.
Schwab provides us with access to tools that assist us with managing and servicing clients’
securities portfolios. It also offer advisers on their platforms access to products and services
which may help us to manage and grow our business enterprise. Because of our relationship
with Schwab, we sometimes qualify for third party discounts to various products related to our
practice.
Item 12A.1. - Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits
We do not currently have soft dollar arrangements in which a broker-dealer provides research
and brokerage services accrued from client securities transactions. Schwab provides us with
research and other services that assist in the management of client accounts because our
clients custody their assets with the firms. Schwab also pays for various investment and
professional related research materials, software programs, publications, newsletters, website
maintenance fees, educational seminars for clients and staff, and registration fees for
attendance at professional and technical conferences and seminars. These services are a
benefit to us because we do not have to pay for them.
WESPAC Advisors acknowledges that the firm owes a duty of best execution with respect to
transactions executed through the custodians and brokers we recommend; however, a client
may pay a commission that is higher than another qualified broker-dealer might charge to ef-
fect the same transaction where the adviser determines, in good faith, that the commission is
reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services received. In seek-
ing 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 broker-dealer’s services, including the value of research provided, execution capability,
commission rates, and responsiveness. Accordingly, although we will seek competitive rates,
we may not necessarily obtain the lowest possible commission rates for client account transac-
tions.
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Item 12A.2. - Brokerage for Client Referrals
WESPAC Advisors has in the past received client referrals from Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
(“Schwab”) through our participation in Schwab Advisor Network, a service designed to help in-
vestors find an independent investment advisor. We continue to pay Schwab a participation fee
on all referred clients’ accounts that are maintained in custody at Schwab and a Non-Schwab
Custody Fee on any accounts that are maintained at, or transferred to, another custodian. We
are no longer receiving referrals of new clients from Schwab.
Item 13 - Review of Accounts
Investment Management accounts are reviewed quarterly or more often, as requested by the
client or as dictated by certain triggering events. Triggering events include but are not limited
to: changes in clients’ circumstances, federal or state legislation, regulatory and political events
such as changes in monetary policy, interest rates, large market fluctuations, mergers, rating
agency changes and corporate restructuring.
Clients will receive from their custodian trade confirmations and monthly statements. For ac-
counts we manage directly, clients will receive a written quarterly report that typically includes
the following information: Portfolio value at the beginning and end of the quarter, contribu-
tions, withdrawals, realized capital gains and losses, interest, dividends, management fees, and
time-weighted rate of return for the quarter and year to date. Reports may (but not always)
include a letter written to the client and/or market commentary. The custodial broker dealer or
trust company will provide the client with a form 1099 after the close of each calendar year.
Clients for whom we manage accounts directly will sometimes receive an electronic newsletter
from us. The format of the newsletter has evolved over time but generally provides high level
commentary on recent financial market news and may highlight one of our investment strate-
gies.
Item 14 - Client Referrals and Other Compensation
WESPAC Advisors’ parent company is Focus Financial Partners, LLC (“Focus”). From time to
time, Focus holds partnership meetings and other industry and best-practices conferences,
which typically include WESPAC Advisors, other Focus firms and external attendees. These
meetings are first and foremost intended to provide training or education to personnel of Focus
firms, including WESPAC Advisors. However, the meetings do provide sponsorship opportuni-
ties for asset managers, asset custodians, vendors, and other third-party service providers.
Sponsorship fees allow these companies to advertise their products and services to Focus firms,
including WESPAC Advisors. Although the participation of Focus firm personnel in these meet-
ings is not preconditioned on the achievement of a sales target for any conference sponsor,
this practice could nonetheless be deemed a conflict as the marketing and education activities
conducted, and the access granted, at such meetings and conferences could cause WESPAC
Advisors to focus on those conference sponsors in the course of its duties. Focus attempts to
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mitigate any such conflict by allocating the sponsorship fees only to defraying the cost of the
meeting or future meetings and not as revenue for itself or any affiliate, including WESPAC
Advisors. Conference sponsorship fees are not dependent on assets placed with any specific
provider or revenue generated by such asset placement.
The following entities have provided conference sponsorship to Focus from January 1, 2024 to
February 1, 2025:
Advent Software, Inc. (includes SS&C)
BlackRock, Inc.
Blackstone Administrative Services Partnership L.P.
Capital Integration Systems LLC (CAIS)
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Confluence Technologies Inc.
Eaton Vance Distributors, Inc. (includes Parametric Portfolio Associates)
Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (includes Fidelity Institutional
Asset Management and FIAM)
Flourish Financial LLC
Franklin Distributors, LLC (includes O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, L.L.C. (OSAM) and CANVAS)
K&L Gates LLP
Nuveen Securities, LLC
Orion Advisor Technology, LLC
Pinegrove Capital Partners LLC (includes Brookfield Oaktree Wealth Solutions)
Practifi, Inc.
Salus GRC, LLC
Stone Ridge Asset Management LLC
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
TriState Capital Bank
UPTIQ, Inc.
You can access a more recently updated list of recent conference sponsors on Focus’ website
through the following link:
https://focusfinancialpartners.com/conference-sponsors/
Item 15 - Custody
WESPAC Advisors does not have physical custody of client assets, but we have legal custody
over client assets when we have the authority to debit fees directly from client accounts. Be-
cause we use a third-party custodian like Schwab for client accounts, clients will receive account
statements from those entities and should carefully review them. We urge clients to compare
the portfolio performance reports that we send out on a quarterly basis to the account
statements that they receive from the custodians and to review custodial statements for fee
calculations.
WESPAC Advisors has legal custody of client assets as a result of having the authority to in-
struct custodians to act on standing instructions to transfer client assets to third parties. We
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rely on SEC no action relief from the requirement to obtain a custody audit with respect to such
assets.
In addition to having legal custody under the foregoing circumstances, custody is imputed to
us because our affiliate, WESPAC Plan Services, a recordkeeper and third-party retirement plan
administrator, has the authority to direct custodians to disburse client assets to third parties.
We retain an independent auditor on an annual basis to conduct surprise examinations to verify
client assets over which WESPAC Plan Services has disbursement authority.
Item 16 - Investment Discretion
For clients for whom we directly manage accounts, we are generally retained on a discretion-
ary basis and authorized to determine and direct execution of portfolio transactions, without
consultation with the client on a transaction-by-transaction basis. However, the client may limit
discretionary authority in terms of type or amount of mutual funds and other securities to be
bought or sold. The discretionary investment management agreement clients sign gives us full
power and authority to make all investment decisions on a discretionary basis for portfolio as-
sets designated for management by WESPAC Advisors.
Item 17 - Voting Client Securities
Clients may choose to have WESPAC Advisors vote proxies on its behalf. This is the standard
arrangement that we have with clients whose accounts we vote on a discretionary basis. In
this regard, we have adopted proxy voting policies and procedures, and engages Broadridge,
a third-party proxy voting vendor, to vote client proxies through its ProxyEdge service. This
third-party service provider automatically votes on securities held in client accounts based on
research provided by one of their partner firms, Glass Lewis. Upon request, at any time a client
may receive a copy of our Proxy Voting Policy as well as a record of how each proxy pertain-
ing to a Client account was voted.
Clients may request the proxy voting policies as well as the voting record via written request to
WESPAC Advisors, LLC, 4 Orinda Way, Suite 100-B, Orinda, CA 94563.
Item 18 - Financial Information
The SEC requires advisers who require prepayment of advisory fees of $1,200 or more, six
months or more in advance, to provide a balance sheet. We do not require or solicit prepay-
ment of more than $1,200 in fee per client, six months or more in advance. In addition, we
have no financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet contractual
commitments to clients. Finally, we have not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition anytime
in the past 10 years.
Item 19 - Requirements for State-Registered Advisors
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This is not applicable since we are not registering with any state securities authorities.
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