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FIRM BROCHURE (Form ADV Part 2A)
FIRM BROCHURE
(Form ADV Part 2A)
March 31, 2025
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of CliftonLarsonAllen
Wealth Advisors, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure, please contact us
at 888-925-2926. The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any state securities authority.
CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser. Registration of an investment
adviser does not imply any level of skill or training.
Additional information about CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC is also available on the SEC’s
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC
220 South Sixth Street, Suite 300
Minneapolis, MN 55402-1436
www.CLAconnect.com
©2018 CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC
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Summary of Material Changes
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) adopted “Amendments to Form
ADV” in July 2010. This Firm Brochure, dated March 31, 2025, is our most recent disclosure document
prepared under the SEC’s requirements and rules. While this document is similar in form and content to
the disclosure document we used previously, it reflects the updates of the following information:
1. Section 4. Advisory Business.
Since the last annual update, we revised our regulatory assets under management (RAUM) in
Section 4 to include Clients’ assets where we manage and direct investments on a fully
discretionary basis in accordance with the Clients’ investment objectives and restrictions and,
for the first time, included Clients’ assets where we manage investments on a non-discretionary
basis in accordance with the Clients’ investment objectives and restrictions and have
authorization to buy and sell securities, after obtaining the Clients’ approval. As a result, there
has been a material increase in our RAUM, which includes assets of new Clients, and existing
Clients’ non-discretionary assets not previously reported in RAUM.
2. Section 4. Advisory Business.
CLA has exited the Third-Party Administrator business. As such, we have removed the following
language from Section 4:
Retirement Plan Administration Services
CLA Wealth Advisors also provides separate Third-Party Administrator ("TPA") services
to a limited number of sponsors of qualified retirement plans. The TPA provides back-
office support services, and in particular, a full spectrum of account recordkeeping
services. These TPA services are separate and distinct from the advisory services we
provide and are provided under a separate engagement agreement and for separate
compensation. We may refer clients to the TPA practice, and it may refer clients to us,
but there is no referral fee arrangement. No advisory client who is a sponsor or trustee
of a qualified retirement plan is obligated to use the TPA for third-party administrative
services, and no client of the TPA is obligated to utilize our advisory services.
Sponsors or trustees of pension, profit-sharing, 401(k), IRA or other client accounts
subject to the provisions of ERISA or the prohibited transaction provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code are solely responsible for determining whether to engage the
services of the TPA.
3. Section 5. Fees and Compensation
CLA has updated the standard fee schedule to reflect an increase in fees for clients with less
than $2,000,000 managed by CLA. This is reflected in the following language:
Our investment advisory clients will generally fall into one of two categories: Core and
Non-Core. Clients are considered to be “Core” clients when we manage $2 million or
less of their assets at the time they become our clients. All other clients are considered
to be “Non-Core” clients. The standard Core client’s annualized advisory fee is 1.100% of
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assets under management. The standard Non- Core client’s annualized advisory fee is
set forth on the following schedule:
Assets Annualized fee
First
$2,000,000
1.100%
Next
$3,000,000
0.75%
Next
$5,000,000
0.50%
Next
$10,000,000 > 0.40%
4. Section 8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
A number of minor changes have been made to this section to increase readability and as such,
CLA wishes to bring your attention to this section in general. Additionally, information related
to Third Party Managed Account Programs has been removed to better reflect the dynamic
nature of this program at CLA – bringing the focus to the service provided by the use of Third
Party Managers rather than the specific managers that could be recommended.
The following language was removed from the section on Third Party Managed Account
Programs:
ValMark Advisers, Inc. – TOPS™ Program
An additional investment option the Firm may recommend is the TOPS™ Program (The
Optimized Portfolio System) offered and managed by ValMark Advisers, Inc. The TOPS™
Program consists of a series of collective investment funds ("CIFs") that are managed
and supervised by ValMark Advisers, a non- affiliated investment advisor. When
recommending the TOPS™ Program to a client as an investment solution, the Firm does
not manage the assets in the client’s portfolio. Rather, the Firm serves as a solicitor for
ValMark Advisers, who in turn manages the portfolio’s assets. In its role, CLA Wealth
Advisors works closely with ValMark Advisers and frequently monitors the performance
of client assets in the TOPS™ Program, as well as providing accounting reporting and
conducting other on-going due diligence functions. The TOPS™ Program CIFs include the
following:
Strategic Allocation CIFs
The Strategic Allocation Portfolios are CIFs that are maintained by TD Ameritrade Trust
Company. TD Ameritrade Trust Company, as Trustee of the CIFs, utilizes models
developed by ValMark Advisers for investing in CIF assets. ValMark Advisers has been
retained by TD Ameritrade Trust to provide sub-advisory services. The Strategic
Allocation Portfolios are CIFs primarily composed of Exchange Traded Funds ("ETFs")
that represent numerous asset classes.
Target Date CIFs
Certain strategic allocation portfolios are managed to coincide with specific investor
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time horizons. These time horizons, known as Target Dates, include 2015, 2025, 2035,
and 2045.
Risk Based CIFs
Certain CIFs are managed as Risk Based Portfolios. These portfolios are summarized as
follows:
Capital Preservation – Designed for investors with short to intermediate-term
investment time horizons who are seeking capital preservation as well as the
opportunity for income and growth.
Income & Growth – Designed for investors with intermediate to long-term
investment time horizons who seek to earn income but potentially benefit from
stock market growth.
Balanced – Designed for investors with intermediate to long-term investment
time horizons who seek a reduced level of risk than found in more aggressive
asset allocations.
Moderate Growth – Designed for investors with long-term investment time
horizons that are willing to accept a moderate amount of volatility in exchange
for the potential to earn greater returns than are typically available with more
conservative asset allocations.
Growth – Designed for investors with long-term investment time horizons who
are willing to accept volatility in exchange for potentially higher investment
returns.
Aggressive Growth – Designed for investors with long-term investment horizons
that are willing to accept a greater degree of volatility in exchange for
potentially higher returns than are typically provided by more diversified asset
allocations.
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Table of Contents
1 Cover Page .................................................................................................................................. 1
2 Summary of Material Changes ................................................................................................... 2
3 Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... 4
4 Advisory Business ....................................................................................................................... 5
5 Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................. 9
6 Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management........................................................ 12
7 Types of Clients ........................................................................................................................ 12
8 Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, Types of Investments and Risk of Loss ............. 12
9 Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................... 19
10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .................................................................. 19
11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ............ 23
12 Brokerage Practices .................................................................................................................. 25
13 Review of Accounts .................................................................................................................. 29
14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................... 30
15 Custody ..................................................................................................................................... 30
16 Investment Discretion .............................................................................................................. 31
17 Voting Client Securities ............................................................................................................ 31
18 Financial Information ............................................................................................................... 31
19 Other Matters ........................................................................................................................... 31
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Advisory Business
4.
Overview
CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors, LLC (“CLA Wealth Advisors” or the “Firm”) is an investment advisor
registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) since 2000. CLA Wealth
Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, a professional services firm that
provides a variety of services including audit and assurance, consulting, international, outsourcing,
digital and tax services.
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP was formed on January 2, 2012 through the merger of two established CPA firms:
Clifton Gunderson LLP and LarsonAllen LLP. Prior to that merger, CLA Wealth Advisors was known as
LarsonAllen Financial, LLC and was solely owned by LarsonAllen LLP. Clifton Gunderson LLP, in turn,
owned another investment advisor – Clifton Gunderson Wealth Advisors LLC - which combined with CLA
Wealth Advisors after the merger of the accounting firms. CLA Wealth Advisors’ primary place of
business is in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm has approximately 41 additional offices located across
the U.S.
CLA Wealth Advisors is also registered as a broker-dealer and has been a member of the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) since 1995, and of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
As a broker- dealer, CLA Wealth Advisors conducts brokerage activity for its clients primarily, but not
exclusively, related to variable life insurance products and variable annuity products. CLA Wealth
Advisors may also conduct brokerage activity related to mutual fund trades and merger and acquisition
services on behalf of its clients.
CLA Wealth Advisors is also licensed as an insurance agency in Minnesota and other states. As an
insurance agency, CLA Wealth Advisors offers clients fixed and variable life insurance products and
variable annuity products.
In this brochure, “we,” “our,” “us” and similar words mean CLA Wealth Advisors.
CLA Wealth Advisors primarily provides wealth advisory and asset management services. The largest
part of our asset management service is the management of client accounts on a discretionary basis. We
also manage accounts on a non-discretionary basis, furnish investment advice through consultation, and
furnish advice on matters not directly involving securities, including financial planning.
For each client account we provide services to on an on-going basis, we review and assess the client’s
overall risk and return objectives periodically by questionnaire, interview, and verify investor return and
risk goals at least one time per year. When applicable, we help clients execute a financial plan and
Investment Objective Statement (referred to as “IOS”). Based on the client’s particular circumstances,
including asset levels, risk tolerance, and short- or long-term goals, we tailor our advisory services and
recommend to each client one or more investment portfolio solutions that are appropriate to the
client’s individual needs. When recommending multiple portfolio solution options, we will explain the
relative merits of each one and assist the client in determining which solution is right for them. Clients
having multiple accounts under our management may elect to use different investment advisory
solutions to meet their unique needs for each account.
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Wealth Advisory Services
Financial and Estate Planning Services
We provide consulting services in connection with personal financial matters. These services are offered
through private consultations. Our services range from one-time consultations to a long-term
relationship during which we provide financial planning services to fit client needs on a non-
discretionary basis. We provide a modular approach to planning services to meet the client's specific
needs. Areas of service include:
• Retirement planning
• Estate planning
Investment advisory
•
• Education funding
• Risk management*
*This service is provided free of charge in states which prohibit receipt of such fees when commissions
or compensation is received for purchases of insurance products.
In performing its services, CLA Wealth Advisors will not be required to verify any information received
from the client or from the client’s other professionals and is expressly authorized to rely thereon. If
requested by the client, we may recommend the services of other professionals for implementation
purposes. The client is under no obligation to engage the services of any such recommended
professional. The client retains absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to
accept or reject any recommendation from CLA Wealth Advisors.
Private Client Services
CLA has recently launched the Private Client Services (PCS) model that seeks to bring the experience and
breadth of CLA knowledge to high-net-worth clients in a seamless way. PCS incorporates professionals
from across all of CLA with deep industry experience in wealth advisory, estate, tax, risk and insurance
planning. This approach is geared towards clients looking for a more wholistic experience to planning
for their future. CLA believes that bringing multiple disciplines of professionals together to give a more
unified and comprehensive approach will enhance the client experience. This is not a WRAP program as
the services are billed individually by CLA LLP and CLA Wealth Advisors according to the engagement
letters associated with each service.
Business Succession Planning Services
CLA provides business succession planning services and is compensated for such services based on a
fixed fee arrangement (plus direct costs) or on a time and materials basis. Most often, this service is
performed as part of an investment banking transaction. These succession planning services are often
completed by a member of CLA LLP and billed according to the engagement agreement in place
regarding those services if not included in the investment banking agreement.
Individual Asset Management Services
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As discussed above, CLA Wealth Advisors provides both discretionary and non-discretionary investment
advisory services to assist clients in developing and implementing comprehensive investment strategies
for their investable assets consistent with their goals and objectives. We manage discretionary accounts
primarily by using model portfolio solutions that consist of selected mutual funds and Exchange Traded
Funds (“ETF”).
The Firm has historically provided many of its clients with investment solutions that consist of model
portfolio strategies that the Firm itself constructs and manages. In the past several years, we have
added additional portfolio solutions that reflect the investment management strategies of recognized
major third-party investment firms. We believe that each investment solution offers its own advantages,
and we consider individual client needs, goals, and objectives in helping them select a solution that is
most appropriate for them.
An Investment Committee meets regularly to review technical and fundamental research data and
discuss and formulate solutions and strategy. The committee discusses and reviews investment
instruments for use within the Firm’s own model solutions, as well as selecting, designing, and
monitoring portfolio solutions that are managed by or through third party providers. In connection with
our investment advisory solutions, there are several business practices that create actual or potential
conflicts of interest with our clients. Please see Section 10 below for information concerning conflicts.
Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on their account, i.e. socially responsible investing, managing
around concentrated positions and other assets held outside CLA Wealth Advisors. We will discuss such
restrictions with clients and advise them immediately if we are not able to accommodate the
restriction(s) for any reason. Clients are advised to provide their advisor with updated information about
their financial situation or objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating, or revising our previous
recommendations or services.
Information concerning the investment advisory solutions we use is contained below in Section 8.
As of December 31, 2024, CLA Wealth Advisors managed $7,287,820,959 of assets on a discretionary
basis, and $5,039,995,202 on a non-discretionary basis.
Advisory Services to Qualified Retirement Plans
We also provide advisory services to pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plans. These services typically
include the following:
•
Investment Objective Statement (Plan IOS) Preparation - We will meet with the client
(the plan or plan sponsor) to determine an appropriate investment strategy that reflects
the plan’s stated investment objectives for management of the overall plan. Our Firm
then assists the client in preparing a written Plan IOS detailing those needs and goals,
including an encompassing policy under which these goals are to be achieved. The Plan
IOS also lists the criteria for selection of investment vehicles, as well as the procedures
and timing interval for monitoring investment performance.
•
Selection of Investment Vehicles - We will construct appropriate asset allocation models
and help plan sponsors open investment accounts with an appropriate custodian. We
will then review various mutual funds (both index and managed) or other vehicles to
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determine which investments are appropriate to implement the client's Plan IOS.
• Monitoring of Investment Performance - We monitor client investments, based on the
procedures and timing intervals outlined in the Plan IOS.
• Employee Communications - For pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plan clients with
individual plan participants exercising control over assets in their own account (''self-
directed plans''), we may also provide educational support and investment workshops
designed for the plan participants. The nature of the topics to be covered will be
determined by us and the client under the guidelines established in ERISA Section
404(c). The educational support and investment workshops will not provide plan
participants with individualized, tailored investment advice or individualized, tailored
asset allocation recommendations. CLA Wealth Advisors will, however, provide such
individualized services if the participant enters into a separate individual engagement
agreement.
Capital Markets Activities
In December of 2022, the Firm transitioned from an active participant in the Capital Markets space,
conducting capital raising activities to a passive participant. The Firm will no longer actively raise capital
for real estate developers or their projects. The Firm will continue, from time to time, to act as a broker
for certain projects with institutional investors going forward. Prior to this change in approach, the Firm
acted in the capacity as a placement agent for certain firm clients with real estate development projects.
The Firm assisted these clients in raising capital from institutional investors that meet certain
investment asset thresholds with the ability to conduct an independent due diligence process.
Investment Banking and Sell-Side Representation
The Firm will engage as a broker dealer in certain sell-side business succession representation. As part
of this activity, our representatives will represent business owners in the marketing and sales process
for their businesses including valuation, quality of earnings and in the identification of potential buyers.
Educational Seminars/Workshops/Speaking Engagements
CLA Wealth Advisors occasionally conducts educational wealth and life management seminars for select
high net worth clients and potential clients. The seminars typically involve presentations on various life
and wealth planning topics including retirement and lifestyle strategies, investment markets and
strategies, and services offered by CLA Wealth Advisors and its affiliated entities. The seminars are
typically one to three days in length and are provided by the firm at no charge. Certain third-party firms
who sponsor and manage investment opportunities that CLA Wealth Advisors recommends to its clients
often provide financial support for the planning and conduct of these seminars. No investments are
offered at these seminars and attendees are under no obligation to either invest with any investment
managers who may appear at or sponsor the seminars, nor are they under any obligation to become a
client of CLA Wealth Advisors after attending any of our seminars. For third-party speaking
engagements, fees for such engagements are negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
Fees and Compensation
5.
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We generally charge clients as a percentage of assets under management or on a fixed-fee basis. The
fees may be subject to adjustment based on degree and number of services engaged. Although we do
not require a minimum amount invested, we may charge minimum fees for certain of our investment
advisory services. In the event such minimum fees will be charged, the client will be notified at the start
of the engagement.
Fees for Wealth Advisory Services
Fees for Financial and Estate Planning Services and Business Succession Planning Services are based on a
percentage of assets or a fixed fee arrangement (plus direct costs). Some fees for accounting, estate or
other tax planning services may be shared with CLA LLP in order to cover the costs of consulting time by
non-advisory professionals for non-investment advisory work. Clients are billed monthly in arrears for
services provided. After an initial evaluation, the client and advisor will agree to a method of billing and
an estimate of the fees that would apply to their situation. Examples of the ranges for these services are
as follows:
$ 500 – 3,000
$ 3,000 – 5,000
$ 5,000 – 10,000+
• Basic plan
• Executive or small business owner
• Business owner and/or complex estate planning
Upon entering into a financial planning services agreement, the client has five days within which the
client may terminate the agreement and receive a refund of any unearned fees.
Fees for Asset Management Services
Our investment advisory clients will generally be charged a quarterly investment advisory fee that is
calculated and charged in advance of the calendar quarter to which the fee applies. The fees are
deducted from the clients’ account(s). The fee will be based on the value of the portfolio as of the last
business day of the preceding quarter and calculated in accordance with the following standard fee
schedules. For new clients, the fee will be payable when the account is established and pro-rated for the
first partial quarter, if any. If a client terminates its agreement with us, which normally may be done at
any time subject to the provisions of the Wealth Advisory Services Agreement, all fees will be pro-rated
and any unearned fees will be promptly refunded. Fees charged to clients for investment advice may be
individually negotiated. Actual fees charged to investment advisory clients may vary significantly from
client to client and may be higher or lower than indicated in the standard fee schedules below,
depending upon a number of factors including the amount of assets under management, the scope of
services provided, the complexity of the client’s financial situation and the type of assets being
managed.
Our investment advisory clients will generally fall into one of two categories: Core and Non-Core. Clients
are considered to be “Core” clients when we manage $2 million or less of their assets at the time they
become our clients. All other clients are considered to be “Non-Core” clients. The standard Core client’s
annualized advisory fee is 1.10% of assets under management. The standard Non- Core client’s
annualized advisory fee is set forth on the following schedule:
Assets Annualized fee
First
Next
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
1.10%
0.75%
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Next
Next
$5,000,000
$10,000,000 >
0.50%
0.40%
As noted above, the fees are charged in quarterly installments. These fees apply to the asset
management services. Separate fees may be charged for financial planning update services, as well as
other services.
In addition to investment advisory fees, clients will incur brokerage and transaction costs as well as
custodian fees and the fees and expenses associated with investing in pooled investment vehicles such
as mutual funds, exchange traded funds and private investment funds. Clients will pay two levels of
advisory fees on the assets invested in such vehicles, one to the Firm and one to the investment
manager of the fund. This will also occur to the extent client assets are invested in third party separate
accounts. A client could invest directly in a mutual fund or other fund or strategy without our services;
however, in that event, the client would not receive the value of our services, which includes assistance
in evaluating fund performance and management style, setting strategy, and implementing purchases
and sales. Clients should carefully evaluate the options most appropriate for their financial condition
and objectives before making a choice.
Clients may also incur the following additional costs depending on the underlying strategies deployed:
IRA or other retirement account fees
• Sub-advisor fees
• Early redemption fees
• Termination fees or CDSC charges
• Postage and handling charges
• Wire transfer fees
• Financial planning hourly charge fees (in addition or separate from the advisory fees)
• Tax preparation fees
•
We disclose the above fees as part of the underlying strategies. CLA Wealth Advisors primarily uses or
recommends mutual funds or ETFs for its clients’ investment portfolios. When using mutual funds or
ETFs, we will, when possible, use no-load share classes or load shares with the load waived. Please also
see Item 12 regarding brokerage expenses.
Clients selecting Charles Schwab & Co. as a platform for any wrap or sub-advisory accounts should refer
to their Schwab services agreement, Schedule H disclosure document, and any separate manager
account’s Form ADV Part 2A disclosure brochure for more information regarding any additional
investment advisory, servicing, clearing and/or custodian fees.
Fees for Advisory Services to Qualified Retirement Plans
Fees for Qualified Retirement Plan Investment Advisory Services are negotiated based on variables that
include asset-account size, number of employees, complexity of the plan investment options selected by
the plan sponsor, and the level of services agreed upon. Fees are charged in advance and are calculated
based on the prior quarter-end market value. Actual fees charged to Qualified Retirement Plan clients
may vary significantly from client to client and may be higher or lower than indicated in the standard fee
schedules below, depending upon a number of factors including the amount of assets under
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management, the scope of services provided, the complexity of the client’s financial situation and the
type of assets being managed. The standard Qualified Retirement Plan client’s annualized advisory fee
is set forth on the following schedule:
Assets from
Annualized fee
$0 to $1,000,000
$1,000,000 to $3,000,000
$3,000,000 to $6,000,000
$6,000,000 to $10,000,000 >
$10,000,000 to $20,000,000 >
$20,000,000 and up
0.75%
0.50%
0.40%
0.30%
0.25%
0.20%
Please see Item 10 below for a discussion of circumstances where the Firm accepts compensation in
connection with the sale of securities and other investment products and how we address the resulting
conflicts of interest.
Fees for Capital Markets Activities
Fees for Capital Markets Placement agent services or activities are negotiated with the fund or project
Sponsor. These fees will vary based on several factors including size of the investment, the market in
which the project is based and other variables based upon specific situation of the investor and the
fund/project. The Firm is paid (generally a percentage of the investment by the fund Sponsor or
indirectly from the investor) upon the closing of the transaction with an institutional investor.
Fees for Investment Banking and Sell-Side Representation
Fees for Investment Banking services or activities are negotiated with the client selling their business.
These fees will vary based on a number of factors including the work to bring a business to market, the
value sought for the business, the size of the potential market for the business sale and other variables
based on the particular facts and circumstances involved. The Firm offers no guarantees in the
relationships and will use commercially reasonable efforts. The Firm is paid upon the closing of the
transaction.
Other Types of Fees
From time to time, clients may instruct CLA Wealth Advisors of the need or desire to have additional
fees charged to their accounts for services offered by CLA Wealth Advisors, our parent firm CLA LLP or
another third-party. These fees will be outlined in the executed agreement(s) governing those services
between the client and the entity responsible.
Fees for Maintaining Client Directed Accounts
Beginning in 2021, CLA Wealth Advisors began to charge clients that hold a client-directed account an
annual maintenance fee. This flat fee is intended to offset the costs of maintaining the account and the
limited trading of those accounts. This maintenance fee is negotiable and may be waived at the
discretion of CLA Wealth Advisors. This fee is not prorated as it is only charged once per year.
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Performance Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
6.
CLA Wealth Advisors has no accounts for which it charges performance-based fees (fees based on a
share of capital gains or capital appreciation of the assets of a client’s account). As a result, CLA Wealth
Advisors has no conflicts of interest between accounts that pay asset-based fees and accounts that pay
performance-based fees (known as “side-by-side management”).
Types of Clients
7.
Clients of CLA Wealth Advisors are typically individuals, banks, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts,
estates, charitable organizations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, unincorporated
associations, and corporations.
8. Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
When we formulate our investment advice or manage client assets, we employ Strategic Asset
Allocation policies. For the model portfolio solutions that we manage ourselves, we may also use a
Tactical Asset Allocation policy that’s driven by our macroeconomic view of the factors influencing the
global capital markets. Our assessment does not attempt to anticipate market movements. This
presents a potential risk, as the price of a security can move up or down along with the overall market
regardless of the economic and financial factors considered in evaluating the stock.
Rather than focusing primarily on security selection, we first attempt to identify an appropriate asset
class allocation of equities, fixed income, alternatives and cash suitable to the client’s investment goals
and risk tolerance. The result produces highly diversified strategies based on our assessment of
economic and financial data from the United States and international markets. We position strategies
based on reviews from our Investment Committee. These reviews help CLA generate portfolio asset
allocations based on the outlooks of different market sectors, the overall economy, interest rates,
inflation, fiscal and monetary policy, energy prices, liquidity, as well as prior market and sector
behaviors.
A potential risk of asset allocation is that a client may not fully participate in sharp increases in a
particular security, industry, or market sector, especially when the market is advancing rapidly. Another
risk is that the ratio of securities, fixed income, and cash will change over time due to market
movements which, if not rebalanced, may cause the strategy to exhibit risk characteristics no longer
appropriate for the client’s goals. Finally, asset allocation and diversification will not prevent losses.
Asset Allocation regarding Mutual Funds and ETFs
When we review specific mutual funds or ETFs, we look at the experience and track record of the
manager of the mutual fund or ETF in an attempt to determine if that manager has demonstrated an
ability to invest over a period of time and in different economic conditions. We also look at the
underlying assets in each fund in an attempt to determine if there is significant overlap in the underlying
investments held in other fund(s) in the client’s portfolio. We monitor the funds or ETFs in an attempt to
determine if they are continuing to follow their stated investment strategies.
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A risk of mutual fund and/or ETF analysis is that, as in all investments, past performance does not
guarantee future results. A manager who has been successful may not be able to replicate that success
in the future. In addition, as we do not control the underlying investments in a fund, managers of
different funds held by the client may purchase the same security, increasing the risk to the client if that
security were to fall in value. There is also a risk that a manager may deviate from the stated investment
mandate or strategy of the fund or ETF, which could make the holding(s) less suitable for the client’s
portfolio.
Analysis of Third-Party Managers
We examine the experience, expertise, investment philosophies, and past performance of independent
third-party investment managers, including the managers of funds used in our own model solutions as
well as managers of portfolio strategies, in an attempt to determine if that manager has demonstrated
an ability to invest over a period of time and in different economic conditions. We monitor the
manager’s underlying holdings, strategies, concentrations, and leverage as part of our overall periodic
risk assessment. Additionally, as part of our due-diligence process, we may reviewthe manager’s
business enterprise risks for compliance, incentive alignment and internal controls. CLA Wealth
Advisors, however, does not generally make individual security selections in any sub-advised account
and as a result, does not monitor the selection of individualized securities or positions to the same
extent that it monitors those selections in accounts it manages directly. As part of these reviews, CLA
does retain the right to add or remove managers from the investment advisory platform and require
clients to exit a strategy if a manager is removed.
A risk of investing with a third-party manager who has been successful in the past is that he/she may not
be able to replicate that success in the future. In addition, as we do not control the underlying
investments in a third-party manager’s portfolio, there is a risk that a manager may deviate from the
stated investment mandate or strategy of the portfolio, making it a less suitable investment for our
clients. Moreover, as we do not control the manager’s daily business and compliance operations, we
may be unaware of the lack of internal controls necessary to prevent business, regulatory or
reputational deficiencies.
Analysis of Specific Securities
From time to time, we may need to analyze individual securities for suitability within a client’s portfolio.
As we approach this analysis, we may employ several different investment metrics to help us assess the
intrinsic value of the security, including forward and trailing price to earnings ratios (P/E), price to book
(P/B), price to cash flow (P/CF), dividend yield, and total market capitalization, among other factors. We
can utilize public analyst opinions and estimates to make judgments as to the attractiveness of a given
security as an investment. We may also consider economic and financial factors (including the overall
economy, industry conditions, and the financial condition and management of the company itself) to
determine if the company is underpriced (indicating it may be a good time to buy) or overpriced
(indicating it may be time to sell).
Additional Risk Relating to Analysis
Our securities and market analysis methods rely on the assumption that the companies whose securities
we purchase and sell, the rating agencies that review these securities, and other publicly available
sources of information about these securities, such as Morningstar, Bloomberg, Standard and Poor's,
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and others, are providing accurate and unbiased data. While we are alert to indications that data may be
incorrect, there is always a risk that our analysis may be compromised by inaccurate or misleading
information.
Investment Strategies
We use the following strategies in managing client accounts, provided that any such strategy is
appropriate to the needs of the client and consistent with the client's investment objectives, risk
tolerance, and time horizons, among other considerations:
CLA Wealth Advisors’ Model Portfolio Solutions
The primary method of designing, developing, or implementing the Firm’s own investment model
solutions is to focus on asset allocation. We maintain that the most critical component of managing
money is to focus on asset allocation or how much to allocate to cash, bonds, equities, and alternative
investments at various points in the investment cycle. We use both actively managed and passive
investment vehicles to implement strategies. Each client portfolio is managed with a mix of various asset
classes. Products generally consist of exchange traded funds, open-end funds (“mutual funds”), closed-
end funds and individual securities to meet the objectives of each portfolio. In certain instances, we may
use or recommend the use of limited partnerships, asset backed securities, separately managed
accounts (“SMA”) provided through Schwab Institutional Services, private placements and private real
estate investment trusts for clients that meet the required minimums for these types of investments.
CLA Wealth Advisors recommends mutual funds and some private placements offered by a number of
different mutual fund companies and fund sponsors. Some funds are available for investment only by
clients of registered investment advisers, and all investments are subject to the approval of the adviser.
This means that you may not be able to make additional investments in these types of funds if you
terminate your agreement with CLA Wealth Advisors, except through another adviser authorized by
these fund companies.
CLA Wealth Advisors will also recommend portfolios that may contain ETFs. ETFs are funds that trade
like other publicly traded securities. Each ETF is designed to track a particular market index. Similar to
shares of an index mutual fund, each share of an ETF represents a partial ownership in an underlying
portfolio of securities intended to track a market index. Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which are
bought and redeemed from the issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on daily net asset value,
shares of ETFs are generally listed on a national securities exchange and trade in the secondary market
at market prices that change throughout the day. The ETFs used in the CLA model portfolios generally
hold many of the securities in the index they follow, have significantly lower expenses than typical
mutual funds, and are tax efficient. The ETFs have low portfolio turnover rates due in part to lower
transaction costs. This can result in favorable tax results when their shares are held in a taxable account.
Other ETFs in the CLA model Portfolios use a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage their
portfolios. “Representative sampling” is an indexing strategy that involves investing in a representative
sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to that of the underlying index.
The securities selected are expected to have, in the aggregate, investment characteristics (based on
factors such as market capitalization and industry weightings), fundamental characteristics (such as
return variability and yield) and liquidity measures similar to those of the underlying index. The ETFs
may or may not hold all of the securities in their underlying indexes.
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Indexing may eliminate the chance that an ETF will substantially outperform its underlying index, but it
also may reduce some of the risks of active management, such as poor security selection. Indexing seeks
to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance by keeping portfolio turnover low in
comparison to actively managed investment companies.
Third Party Managed Account Programs
CLA Wealth Advisors may direct clients to third party managed account programs available through
contractual arrangements with non-affiliated investment management firms. Before selecting other
third-party programs to offer to clients, we seek non-affiliated investment managers of programs that
are properly licensed or registered as investment advisors. The programs and fees will be described in
detail in the non-affiliated firm’s Form ADV Part 2A.
Other Information Regarding Investment Strategies
We generally purchase securities with the intention of holding them in the client's account for a year or
longer. We employ this strategy because it typically takes a long time for an investment thesis to be fully
realized and because we believe investing around short-term movements in the market is unproductive
for our clients. A risk in a long-term purchase strategy is that by holding the security for this length of
time, we may not take advantage of short-term gains that could be profitable to a client. Moreover, if
our predictions are incorrect, a security may decline sharply in value before we make the decision to
sell.
We may engage in short-term purchases. When utilizing this strategy, we purchase securities with the
idea of selling them within a relatively short time (typically a year or less). Most likely this strategy will
be used for tax harvesting as determined by the client, their tax adviser and/or the client's overall
personal financial plan. In rare cases, we may purchase securities with the idea of selling them very
quickly (typically within 30 days or less). Most likely this will be done when we need a temporary
solution to address a long-term need (for example, to hold a certain portion of client's assets in a traded
money market fund while implementing a financial plan).
Risk of Loss
As a client, you should understand that investing in any securities, involves the risk of loss, including the
principal amount invested. We ask that you work with us to help us understand your tolerance for risk,
your long-term and short-term goals, and your expectations of our services. There is no assurance that
an investment will provide positive performance over any period of time. Past performance is no
guarantee of future results and different periods and market conditions may result in significantly
different outcomes. To the extent not already described above, the material risks presented by the
strategies and the securities we invest in are set forth below.
Management Risk: Strategies that are actively managed are subject to the risk that we will not
successfully execute the strategies. There can be no guarantee that our decisions will produce the
intended result, and there can be no assurance that an investment strategy will succeed.
Stock Market Risk: The chance that stock prices overall will decline. Stock markets tend to move in
cycles, with periods of rising prices and periods of falling prices. Mutual funds and ETFs reflect the risk
of the underlying securities within them, subjecting investors to the risks of loss described herein.
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Fixed Income Risk: Including: interest rate risk, which is the chance that bond prices overall will decline
because of rising interest rates; income risk, which is the chance that a strategy’s income will decline
because of falling interest rates; credit risk, which is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest
and principal in a timely manner, or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such
payments will cause the price of that bond to decline.
Municipal Securities Risk: To the extent an account is invested in bonds issued by local governments,
such bonds are subject to the fixed income risks described above as well as the following risks: 1)
legislative risk- the risk that a change in the tax code could affect the value of tax-exempt interest
income; and 2) liquidity risk- the risk that investors may have difficulty finding a buyer when they want
to sell and may be forced to sell at a significant discount to market value. Liquidity risk is greater for
thinly traded securities such as lower-rated bonds, bonds that were part of a small issue, bonds that
have recently had their credit rating downgraded or bonds sold by an infrequent issuer.
Asset-Backed Securities Risk: Asset-backed securities are securities that represent a participation in, or
are secured by and payable from, pools of underlying assets such as debt securities, bank loans, motor
vehicle installment sales contracts, installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and
personal property, receivables from revolving credit (i.e., credit card) agreements and other categories
of receivables. The value of asset-backed securities may be affected by various factors such as changes
in interest rates, the availability of information concerning the pool and its structure, credit quality of
the underlying assets, the creditworthiness of the servicing agent for the pool, the originator of the
underlying assets, or the entities providing the credit enhancement. An account holding asset-backed
securities bears a risk of early prepayment of principal due to the sale of the underlying property,
interest rate changes and general economic conditions. A portfolio’s ability to reinvest prepayments of
principal (as well as interest and other distributions and sale proceeds) at a comparable yield is subject
to generally prevailing interest rates at that time. Prepayments of principal generally occur when
interest rates are declining; therefore, we generally have to reinvest the proceeds of such prepayments
at lower interest rates than those at which the assets were previously invested. As a result, asset-backed
securities have less potential for capital appreciation in periods of falling interest rates than other
income-bearing securities of comparable maturity.
Foreign Investment Risk: If consistent with your IOS, we may invest in mutual funds or ETFs that invest in
foreign securities. Investing in foreign securities involve considerations and risks not typically associated
with investments in securities of domestic companies. These include, for example, unfavorable changes
in currency exchange rates, substantial changes in governmental policies, political and economic
instability, and changes in relations between nations. Foreign markets are not subject to the same
regulation as domestic markets. In addition, there is often less publicly available information about
foreign markets and issuers than about domestic markets and issuers.
Private Placement Risk: The Firm, on a non-discretionary basis, may recommend that certain qualified
clients consider an investment in a private investment fund. If a client decides to become a private fund
investor, the amount of assets invested in the fund(s) will generally be included as part of “assets under
management” for purposes of CLA Wealth Advisors calculating its investment advisory fee. Private
investment funds generally involve various risk factors, including, but not limited to, potential for
complete loss of principal, liquidity constraints and lack of transparency. A complete discussion of the
risks associated with a particular private fund is set forth in that fund’s offering documents, which will
be provided to each client for review and consideration. Unlike liquid investments that a client may
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maintain, private investment funds do not provide daily liquidity or pricing. Each prospective client
investor will be required to complete a Subscription Agreement, pursuant to which the client shall
establish that he/she is qualified for investment in the fund and acknowledges and accepts the various
risk factors that are associated with such an investment. In the event CLA Wealth Advisors references
private investment funds owned by the client on any supplemental account report prepared by the Firm,
the value(s) for all such private investment funds shall reflect either the initial purchase price and/or the
most recent valuation provided by the fund’s sponsor. If the valuation reflects the initial purchase price
(and/or a value as of a previous date), the current value(s) (to the extent ascertainable) could be
significantly more or less than the original purchase price. Note that there are private investment funds
with differing legal and investment structures which may have other unique characteristics in addition
to what is mentioned above. Please review the fund specific offering documents for further details on
each fund.
Real Estate Investment Risk: The Firm may recommend that certain qualified clients invest in funds or
transactions that involve Real Estate. Risks associated with investing in Real Estate include, but are not
limited to, the following: cash distributions are not guaranteed; real estate is illiquid; risks associated
with owning, managing, operating and leasing commercial real estate property; conflicts of interest
among the asset management, the property manager and associates; the possibility that the property
may be overleveraged; tax risks; interest rate risks; economic risks; risks of terrorism; environmental
risks; liability risks; zoning, city ordinance, and/or legal compliance risks; title and escrow risks; flood
risks; fire risks; credit risks; and risks of obsolescence.
Private Real Estate Investment Trusts (“Private REITs”) and Private Real Estate Fund Risk: Certain of the
Real Estate investments recommended by the Firm may be in the form of Private (Non-Traded) REITs
and private Real Estate Funds. Risks associated with investing in Private REITs and Private Real Estate
Funds include, but are not limited to: the inability of the Private REIT shareholders to actively manage
the properties in the REIT or Private Fund; illiquidity until an exit or public event (which may not happen
and is not guaranteed); risks associated with management and investment banking execution, etc.
Additionally, Private REITs and Private Real Estate Funds are ultimately collateralized by real estate and
are subject to the same risks that apply to real estate as stated above.
Section 1031 Exchange Transaction Risk: The Firm may recommend, when appropriate, that certain
clients enter into Section 1031 real estate property exchanges. 1031 exchanges involve exchanging
investment real estate for investment real estate, and thus the illiquidity from one transaction to the
next remains the same. Substantial fees and expenses could be incurred and there are strict timing
limitations (for example, if the transaction is not properly constructed and executed in a timely manner,
then an investor may lose all tax benefits of such transaction and may also incur taxes associated with
depreciation recapture.) If a 1031 exchange transaction is not executed properly, it could result in a loss
of tax deferral and a recapture of depreciation. Ultimately, 1031 exchanges generally involve exchanges
into additional investment real estate or operating units that are collateralized by investment real estate
and are thus subject to the same risks that apply to real estate, as described above. Additionally, 1031
exchange transactions involve the acquired real estate property being held by an entity structured as a
Delaware Statutory Trust (DST). The risks associated with investing in a DST 1031 Exchange transaction
include the additional risk that the entity is managed by a trustee who is empowered to make most
decisions involving the future of the trust and its assets. Unlike a partnership or company, investors of a
DST do not vote on any decisions involving the management and direction of the entity. While this
allows for more efficiency in the making and implementation of managerial decisions, it removes a
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degree of control from the investors in the trust.
Disciplinary Information
9.
Registered investment advisers are required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or
disciplinary events that would be material to your evaluation of us or the integrity of our management.
In October of 2022, CLA Wealth Advisors LLC entered into a consent agreement with the Pennsylvania
Department of Banking and Securities. Due to an administrative error, CLA failed to register one
employee as an investment advisor representative from April 2017 until April of 2022. The investment
advisor representative’s home state was mistakenly registered incorrectly and as a result, CLA was
ordered to pay the Department an administrative assessment in the amount of $60,000. At all times,
CLA Wealth Advisors was notice filed with Pennsylvania as a registered investment advisor and the
individual involved was qualified to act as an investment advisor representative. No client harm
resulted from this error and CLA Wealth Advisors has taken steps to ensure this type of error does not
occur in the future.
10. Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
CLA Wealth Advisors engages in a number of financial industry activities and has several affiliates that
do as well. Set forth below is a description of the activities, the affiliates, and the various actual or
potential conflicts of interest that exist as a result.
Broker-Dealer
CLA Wealth Advisors is registered as a broker-dealer and is a member of the FINRA and SIPC. Certain
management professionals of CLA Wealth Advisors are licensed as registered representatives of CLA
Wealth Advisors’ broker-dealer. Other employees of CLA Wealth Advisors, including some investment
professionals, are separately licensed as registered representatives of ValMark Securities, Inc.
("ValMark"), an unaffiliated broker-dealer. ValMark is registered with the SEC and is a member of the
FINRA and SIPC.
These individuals can affect securities transactions on behalf of the clients of CLA Wealth Advisors. We
view these transactions as an integral part of the overall client strategy and sometimes as part of the
implementation of the client's personal financial plan. For these securities’ brokerage transactions, CLA
Wealth Advisors will earn compensation such as commissions. If the transactions are conducted through
ValMark, a portion of these commissions are retained by ValMark, with the remainder paid to CLA
Wealth Advisors. For brokerage transactions conducted solely through CLA Wealth Advisors, all
commission compensation is paid to and retained by CLA Wealth Advisors. No portion of brokerage
commissions are paid directly to registered representatives who are employees of CLA Wealth Advisors,
but they may impact the future salary of these professionals. Clients are not required to use CLA Wealth
Advisors’ broker-dealer or ValMark for these transactions and may choose any broker-dealer they wish.
Supervisory Principals of the respective broker-dealer review all securities transactions placed at their
broker-dealer by our professionals for their clients. Certain employees of CLA Wealth Advisors devote
substantially all of their time to securities brokerage and fixed insurance brokerage activity, and spend
no time providing investment advisory services. We estimate that no CLA Wealth Advisors investment
advisory professional who is involved with these broker-dealer activities will dedicate more than 5% to
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10% of his or her time to them.
CLA Wealth Advisors and its professionals must put the interests of clients first as part of their fiduciary
duties; however, our clients should be aware that the receipt of additional compensation itself creates a
potential conflict of interest. It is the policy of CLA Wealth Advisors to disclose to its clients the nature
and amount of any additional compensation CLA Wealth Advisors will receive for securities transactions
through its own broker-dealer or ValMark Securities.
Insurance Agency
CLA Wealth Advisors is licensed as an insurance agency in Minnesota and other states. As an insurance
agency, CLA Wealth Advisors offers clients fixed and variable life insurance products and variable
annuity products. Several professionals of our Firm are insurance agents of CLA Wealth Advisors. These
individuals can sell insurance products (other than securities) to their clients who may or may not also
be clients of CLA Wealth Advisors. For the sale of these products, the insurance agency earns
compensation such as commissions. These commissions are paid to the insurance agency and never
directly to the agent, but they may impact the future salary of these agents. Clients, however, are not
under any obligation to engage our insurance agency when considering implementation of advisory
recommendations. The implementation of any or all recommendations is solely at the discretion of the
client.
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP
CLA Wealth Advisors is a wholly owned subsidiary of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP (“CLA LLP”), a professional
services firm with offices throughout the country that provides a variety of services including audit and
assurance, consulting, international, outsourcing, digital and tax services. Several management
personnel of our Firm are also principals in CLA LLP. Typically, these individuals do not actively practice
public accounting because 100% of their time is dedicated to CLA Wealth Advisors. Some of them are
licensed CPAs, which, we believe, adds value to our client service. However, the Advisor has an expense
sharing arrangement with CLA, where common expenses of CLA and the Advisor are allocated to each of
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them pro rata on an equitable basis.
CLA LLP often recommends CLA Wealth Advisors to accounting clients in need of investment advisory
services. Conversely, CLA Wealth Advisors often recommends CLA LLP to advisory clients in need of
accounting, tax, digital, outsourcing or other consultative services that could include fund
administration. The professional services provided by CLA LLP are separate and distinct from our
advisory services, and are provided for separate compensation. There is no referral fee arrangement
between the firms for these recommendations. No CLA Wealth Advisors client is obligated to use CLA
LLP for any accounting services and no accounting client is obligated to use the advisory services
provided by us. CLA LLP's professional services do not generally include the authority to sign checks or
otherwise disburse funds on any of our advisory clients’ behalf. Although separate in nature, the fact
that CLA LLP receives compensation directly from entities that may also be engaged with CLA Wealth
Advisors could create a conflict of interest. In order to mitigate this conflict, wherever possible, decisions
on these services are kept separate and distinct from the Wealth Advisory services performed and point
of sale disclosures are made to clients considering an investment from one of these entities.
Conflicts of Interest
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Conflicts of interest will arise whenever CLA Wealth Advisors has an actual or perceived economic or
other incentive to act in a way that benefits it or one of its affiliates, such as CLA LLP, when making
investment recommendations. In addition to the conflicts described above, set forth below are various
conflicts related to business activities of CLA Wealth Advisors and its affiliates, as well as a description of
how such conflicts are addressed.
Conflicts related to the recommendation of private investment funds
To the extent any of the following business practices exist with respect to a private investment fund,
such practices present a conflict because of the economic or other incentives to recommend the fund.
CLA Wealth Advisors addresses these conflicts (i) through disclosure of the business practices here, in a
fund’s offering documents if possible, and in a conflict disclosure form that describes the applicable
conflicts in connection with each fund recommendation, (ii) by subjecting any such fund to the same
initial and ongoing review and approval process it uses for all private fund investment recommendations
and (iii) by only recommending a fund when it is a suitable investment for your investment account.
Due diligence fee: A fund or fund sponsor may pay CLA Wealth Advisors to provide due diligence services
related to the fund itself to help make the fund more credible with investors.
Placement agent fee: A fund may pay CLA Wealth Advisors a fee for finding suitable investors.
Fund monitoring fee: A fund manager may share a portion of its fund management fee with CLA Wealth
Advisors for the services it provides to fund investors that are CLA Wealth Advisors clients.
Other compensation: A fund or fund manager may pay CLA Wealth Advisors to help defray the costs of
client or advisor conferences.
Other relationships with fund manager/sponsor or distributor: CLA Wealth Advisors may have other
business relationships with the parties and seek to curry favor with them and employees may have
family or other close relationships with these parties.
Fund sponsor role: CLA Wealth Advisors may be involved in the creation of a fund to fit a specific
investment thesis, even if it does not serve as investment adviser to the fund. This could create a conflict
as a result of the desire to recommend the fund to validate the thesis or to continue to recommend the
fund after the thesis has proven incorrect.
Employees as investors: CLA Wealth Advisors employees may be investors in the fund. This could create
a conflict to the extent recommendations result from a desire to protect their own investment even if
the fund is not suitable for a client or from a desire to personally invest on more favorable terms than
those offered publicly. In addition to the other conflict mitigating steps, it is CLA Wealth Advisors’ policy
that any such investments must not be on terms more favorable than those offered to clients.
Other relationships with fund manager/sponsor or distributor: As a professional services firm, CLA offers
a variety of services that fund managers/sponsors or distributors might be interested in. It would be a
conflict of interest for CLA Wealth Advisors to recommend a fund to help CLA LLP curry favor with these
clients or prospective clients.
The following conflicts relate to activities of CLA LLP with regard to private investment funds.
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Fund administration services: A fund or its sponsor may hire CLA LLP to provide fund administration
services. Such services are usually provided for an asset-based fee and as a result, the bigger a fund, the
greater the payment to CLA LLP.
Outsourced management company services: A fund’s sponsor could hire CLA LLP to provide certain
services, such as accounting services, tax services and financial statement preparation and compilation
services to the sponsor and the fund or to portfolio companies within a fund or owned by the sponsor.
To the extent a fund maintains sufficient assets to be viable, CLA LLP will continue to receive payment
for these services.
Due diligence fee: A fund or its sponsor may retain CLA LLP to perform limited scope due diligence with
respect to specific fund investments. In addition to CLA LLP receiving compensation, CLA Wealth
Advisors could have a conflict in recommending a fund whose investments become troubled out of
desire to protect CLA LLP’s due diligence efforts.
To summarize, where compensation is involved, CLA Wealth Advisors’ recommendation to invest in a
particular private fund, if accepted by a client, would result in CLA Wealth Advisors and CLA LLP
receiving more compensation than they would if CLA Wealth Advisors had not recommended the fund
or recommended a different fund where none of these conflicts existed.
To the extent other business activities lead to conflicts in the future, such business activities and
conflicts will be disclosed in the specific conflict disclosure form at the time of the recommendation and
mitigated as appropriate.
A client should carefully consider these conflicts of interest when deciding whether to invest in a private
investment fund. CLA Wealth Advisors’ clients are under no obligation to consider or make an
investment in a private investment fund.
Conflicts related to the recommendation of certain mutual funds and ETFs
To the extent any of the following business practices exist with respect to a mutual fund or ETF, such
practices present a conflict because of the economic incentives to recommend the fund. CLA Wealth
Advisors addresses these conflicts (i) through disclosure of the business practices (ii) by subjecting any such
fund to the same initial and ongoing review and approval process it uses for all mutual fund and ETF
investment recommendations and (iii) by only recommending a mutual fund or ETF when it is a suitable
investment for your investment account.
CLA LLP may provide certain professional services to public fund sponsors, the funds themselves, or
portfolio companies held by funds. As a result, this could create a conflict of interest in making a
recommendation to invest in a fund. As stated above, these potential conflicts are mitigated by the
separate nature of these professional services and not taken into account when subjecting the fund or
sponsor to the due diligence process.
CLA Wealth Advisors employees from time to time accept compensation from outside firms in the form
of travel to and attendance at events sponsored or hosted by such other firms. Such events are primarily
devoted to training and educational activities, and any social activities will be incidental to the training
and educational purpose of the event.
CLA Wealth Advisors accepts compensation from other firms to offset the cost of events hosted by CLA
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Wealth Advisors. These other firms will include both vendors, fund sponsors or managers and
custodians amongst others.
The acceptance of compensation by CLA Wealth Advisors and its professionals from another firm will
not be based upon CLA Wealth Advisors agreeing to do business with, or making recommendations to
clients regarding investment products or services offered by the other firm.
Conflicts related to the recommendation of other registered investment advisers
CLA Wealth Advisors may execute agreements with other registered investment advisors and
recommend these other advisors to clients. Pursuant to these agreements, CLA Wealth Advisors may
receive a portion of the account fees or may add the other advisor’s fees to its own fees. In such
instances, CLA Wealth Advisors will make available to the client a “Compensation Disclosure Statement”
and the Form ADV Part 2A disclosure brochure of the other advisor. A client is under no obligation to
use the services of any advisor(s) which CLA Wealth Advisors recommends.
The Firm’s Chief Compliance Officer, Brian J. Buffie, JD, is available to address any questions that a
client or prospective client may have regarding conflicts of interest.
11. Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
CLA Wealth Advisors and our personnel have an obligation to act as a fiduciary to our clients. That
means we owe an overriding duty of loyalty, fairness, and good faith towards our clients, and we must
always put the client’s best interests above our own.
We have adopted a Code of Ethics which sets forth ethical standards of business conduct that we
require of every principal, director, officer, and employee. The following general principles guide our
Code of Ethics:
• The interests of clients are always placed ahead of any personal investment interests of
a principal, director, officer, or employee. We allow employees to invest in their own
accounts, including trading securities that we recommend for clients. However, no one
can allow his or her personal investment transactions, activities and interests interfere
with making and implementing decisions in the best interests of our advisory clients.
• No principal or employee of CLA Wealth Advisors may buy or sell securities for his or her
personal portfolio where such decision is based on material non-public information.
While we do not believe that we have any particular access to non-public information,
all employees are reminded that such information may not be used in a personal or
professional capacity.
•
It is the expressed policy of CLA Wealth Advisors that no person employed by us may
purchase or sell any security prior to transactions being implemented for an advisory
account. This prevents such employees from benefiting from transactions placed on
behalf of advisory accounts.
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• We require all employees and their immediate family members who live in the same
household to conduct their personal securities transactions through personal securities
accounts at Schwab or another broker-dealer who in turn has made arrangements for
CLA Wealth Advisors to monitor trades made in such accounts on a daily basis. Certain
exceptions to this policy are allowed, including 401(k) plan accounts and accounts that
can only be used for direct mutual fund investments. For such exceptions, CLA Wealth
Advisors requires that the employee upload paper copies of their trade confirmations
and account statements to My Compliance Office or create an electronic feed to My
Compliance Office.
• We require prior approval for any initial product offering (IPO) or private placement
purchases by associated persons of CLA Wealth Advisors.
• We will take care in maintaining and protecting any personal and other confidential
information that we obtain from clients.
• We prohibit accepting or giving any gifts and business entertainment that may
influence, or be perceived to influence, any decisions made by our personnel.
• Our personnel are not allowed to make political or charitable contributions for the
purpose of obtaining advisory contracts from governmental or charitable organizations.
• We require each supervised and associated person of CLA Wealth Advisors to
acknowledge receipt, understanding and adherence to the Code of Ethics annually.
• We have established policies requiring the reporting of Code of Ethics violations to our
senior management.
• Any individual who violates any of the above restrictions may be subject to termination.
Our Code of Ethics outlines CLA Wealth Advisors' guidelines for personal securities trading by supervised
and associated personnel. Each person must submit information related to his or her personal
investment activities quarterly to the Chief Compliance Officer for review. Furthermore, each person
must submit his or her securities holding reports, initially upon hire and annually thereafter.
Each supervised person must report all gifts and business entertainment given or received to and from
clients and business partners as they occur. These activities are also reviewed by the Chief Compliance
Officer to ensure that no one's professional decisions are being influenced inappropriately.
Each supervised person must seek prior approval before making a political contribution. Any outside
business activity must also be pre-approved in order to avoid or properly disclose and manage potential
conflicts of interest. That includes serving on a board of any publicly traded company. Our Code also
provides for oversight, enforcement, and recordkeeping provisions.
A copy of our Code of Ethics is available to our advisory clients and prospective clients. You may request
a copy by calling us at 1-888-925-2926.
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12. Brokerage Practices
Non-Discretionary Accounts
In certain cases, the asset management services that CLA Wealth Advisors provides are non-
discretionary in nature. While CLA Wealth Advisors recommends to clients which securities to buy or
sell, and in what quantity, it is the client’s responsibility to exercise their own judgment regarding
whether or not to follow our recommendation. In these instances, CLA Wealth Advisors may also assist
the client in effecting the recommended transaction.
Discretionary Accounts
Where CLA Wealth Advisors has discretionary management authority, CLA Wealth Advisors is authorized
to determine the securities to be bought or sold and the total amount of securities to be bought or sold
without the approval of the client, subject to the investment guidelines and restrictions established by
the client that may limit our authority to buy or sell certain types of securities or amounts of securities.
In addition, and in such cases, CLA Wealth Advisors has the authority to determine without specific
client consent, the broker or dealer for securities transactions in the client’s account. CLA Wealth
Advisors’ objective in selecting brokers and dealers and in effecting portfolio transactions is to seek to
obtain the best combination of price and execution services with respect to its accounts’ portfolio
transactions. The best net price, considering brokerage commissions, spreads, and other costs, is
normally an important factor in this decision, but a number of other judgmental factors are considered
as they are deemed relevant.
These factors include, but are not limited to: CLA Wealth Advisors’ knowledge of negotiated commission
rates and spreads currently available; nature of the security being traded; size and type of transaction;
nature and character of the markets for the security to be purchased or sold; desired timing of the
trade; current and expected activity in the market for the particular security; confidentiality; execution,
clearance and settlement capabilities, as well as the reputation and perceived soundness of the broker-
dealer selected. Other factors which are considered include CLA Wealth Advisors’ knowledge of actual
or apparent operational problems of any broker-dealer; the transactions to be executed; historical
experience with the broker-dealer; and the reasonableness of spreads or commissions. In addition, as
described below, brokers and dealers who provide brokerage and research services to CLA Wealth
Advisors, either directly or from third parties, may receive orders for transactions resulting in
commissions being earned by them. In most cases, CLA Wealth Advisors will execute client transactions
with the client’s custodial broker-dealer. It is the experience of CLA Wealth Advisors that with respect to
most transactions, particularly transactions in mutual fund securities, the custodial broker-dealer will
provide best execution.
Client–Directed Accounts
Clients may direct us to execute all securities transactions for them with its custodial broker-dealer or
such other broker-dealer selected by the client. We treat a client direction as a decision by the client to
retain, to the extent of the direction, the discretion that we would otherwise have in selecting broker-
dealers to effect transactions and in negotiating transaction costs generally for the client’s account.
Although we attempt to effect directed transactions in a manner consistent with our policy of seeking
best execution and price on each transaction, there may be occasions where we are unable to do so, in
which case we will continue to comply with the client’s instructions on the foregoing basis. In
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connection with the direction, the client should therefore consider whether transaction costs,
execution, clearance and settlement capabilities, along with fees for custodial or other services provided
to the client by the broker-dealer (if applicable), will be comparable to those otherwise obtainable.
Client-directed accounts may result in CLA Wealth Advisors being unable to negotiate commissions or
obtain volume discounts, and best execution may not be achieved.
Recommended Custodial Broker-Dealer
Where a client has not established an arrangement with a custodial broker-dealer, we will generally
recommend that clients establish and maintain, in the client’s name, a custodial brokerage account with
Schwab Institutional Services, a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“Schwab”). CLA Wealth Advisors
and Schwab are separate, unaffiliated entities. While CLA Wealth Advisors recommends that you use
Schwab as a custodian/broker, you will decide whether to do so and will open your account with Schwab
by entering into an agreement directly with them. Conflicts of interest are described below as well as in
Item 14 (client referrals and other compensation). You should consider these conflicts of interest when
selecting your custodian. CLA Wealth Advisors believes the selection of Schwab is in the best interest of
the client due to a variety of reasons. However, there is no guarantee that best execution will be
achieved on every transaction. When considering whether the terms that Schwab provides are, overall,
most advantageous to you when compared with other available providers and their services, we take
into account a wide range of factors including:
• Breadth of available investment products and access to them -Schwab provides CLA Wealth
Advisors’ clients with access to Schwab’s institutional trading and operations services typically
not available to Charles Schwab & Co.’s retail customers
• Combination of transaction execution services and custody services (generally without a
separate fee for custody)
• Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your account)
• Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts (wire transfers, check
requests, etc.)
• Availability of investment research tools that assist us in making investment decisions
• Quality of Services
• Competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, margin interest rates, other
fees, etc.) and willingness to negotiate the prices
• Reputation, financial strength, security and stability
• Prior service provided to CLA and our clients
• Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below.
Schwab’s services to its clients include brokerage, custody, research, as well as 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. Schwab generally provides services other than
brokerage without charge to the extent that its client directs CLA Wealth Advisors to execute brokerage
transactions for the client’s account through Schwab. For CLA Wealth Advisors’ client accounts
maintained in Schwab’s custody, Schwab generally does not charge separately for custody but is
compensated through commissions or other transaction-related fees for trades that are executed
through Schwab or settled into Schwab accounts.
In 2024, CLA Wealth Advisors discontinued the longstanding arrangement with Schwab that provided
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brokerage and research services under a soft dollar agreement, thus reducing the financial incentive for
CLA Wealth Advisors to recommend Schwab as the qualified custodian for new accounts. From time to
time, Schwab may provide other products, services or benefits in connection with the recommendation
of CLA Wealth Advisors, which are described in further detail below. Many of the products and services
provided by Schwab may be used to generally benefit a significant number of CLA Wealth Advisors’
accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab, and will not necessarily directly benefit any
individual client’s account.
Moreover, the cost of products, services and other benefits provided to CLA Wealth Advisors by Schwab
benefits us because otherwise we would have to pay for such products, services, and other benefits
ourselves. As a result of products, services and other benefits provided by Schwab, CLA Wealth Advisors
has an incentive, and may be influenced to recommend that the client establish a custodial brokerage
account at Schwab and not solely on the nature, cost or quality of custody and brokerage services
provided by Schwab.
Certain broker-dealers who provide best execution may also furnish research services and related
products to CLA Wealth Advisors for use in managing client accounts. Research services provided to CLA
Wealth Advisors include research services offered by third parties through the executing broker-dealer.
As noted above, CLA Wealth Advisors considers a number of factors in selecting broker-dealers, which
may include the value of research provided. Accordingly, the commissions charged by any such broker
or dealer may be greater than the amount another firm might charge if CLA Wealth Advisors determines
in good faith that the amount of such commissions is reasonable in relation to the value of the research
information and brokerage services provided by such broker or dealer. We are not required to select
the broker or dealer that charges the lowest transaction cost, even if that broker provides execution
quality comparable to other brokers or dealers. Although we are not required to execute all trades
through Schwab, we have determined that having Schwab execute most trades is consistent with our
duty so seek “best execution” of your trades. Best execution means the most favorable terms for a
transaction based on all relevant factors, including those listed above. By using another broker or dealer
you may pay lower transaction costs but our firm may not be able to provide you services.
Products and Services available to us from Schwab
Schwab Advisor Services is Schwab’s business serving independent investment advisory firms like CLA
Wealth Advisors. They provide CLA and our clients with access to their institutional brokerage services
(trading, custody, reporting, and related services), many of which are not typically available to Schwab
retail customers. However, certain retail investors may be able to get institutional brokerage services
from Schwab without going through CLA. Schwab also makes available various support services. Some
of those services help CLA manage or administer our client’s accounts, while others help us manage and
grow our business. Schwab’s support services are generally available on an unsolicited basis (we don’t
have to request them) and at no charge to us. Following is a more detailed description of Schwab’s
support services:
Services that benefit you. Schwab’s institutional brokerage services include access to a broad range of
investment products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment
products available through Schwab include some to which CLA might not have access or that would
require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our clients. Schwab’s services described in
this paragraph generally benefit you and your account.
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Services that do not directly benefit you. Schwab also makes available to CLA other products and
services that benefit CLA but do not directly benefit you or your account. These products and services
assist CLA in managing and administering our clients’ accounts and operating the Firm. They include
investment research, both Schwab’s own and that of third parties. We use this research to service all or
a substantial number of client accounts at CLA, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In
addition to investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
• Provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and account
statements
• Facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client accounts
• Provide pricing and other market data
• Facilitate payment of CLA management fees from client accounts
• Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting
• Recruiting and custodial search consulting.
Services that generally benefit only CLA. Schwab also offers other services intended to help CLA manage
and further develop our business enterprise. These services include:
• Educational conferences and events
• Consulting on technology and business needs
• Consulting on legal and compliance related needs
• Publications and conferences on practice management and business succession
• Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance providers
• Marketing and consulting support
• Recruiting and custodial search consulting.
Schwab provides some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party vendors to
provide the services to CLA. Schwab also discounts or waives its fees for some of these services or pays
all or a part of a third party’s fees. Schwab also provides CLA with other benefits, such as occasional
business entertainment of our personnel. If you did not maintain your account with Schwab, we would
be required to pay for those services from our own resources.
Our interest in Schwab’s services
The availability of these services from Schwab benefits CLA because we do not have to produce or
purchase them. We don’t have to pay for Schwab’s services. Schwab has also agreed to pay for certain
technology, research, marketing, and compliance consulting products and services on our behalf. These
services are not contingent upon CLA committing any specific amount of business to Schwab in trading
commissions or custody. The fact that CLA receives these benefits from Schwab is an incentive to
recommend the use of Schwab rather than making such a decision based exclusively on your interest in
receiving the best value in custody services and the most favorable execution of your transactions. This
is a conflict of interest. We believe, however, that taken in the aggregate, our recommendation of
Schwab as custodian and broker is in the best interest of our clients. Our selection is primarily
supported by the scope, quality and price of Schwab’s services and not Schwab’s services that benefit
only CLA.
Internal Cross Trades
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We generally do not conduct internal cross trades, that is, a bond trade where one of our clients is the
seller and another of our clients is the buyer. However, there may be a very specific circumstance
wherein we believe it to be advantageous for one of our clients to sell and another of our clients to buy
the same bonds on the same day. In such cases, we may conduct a cross trade in the bonds. When
conducting a cross trade between two of our clients, there is a potential for a conflict of interest due to
our conflicting duties and loyalties to both clients. To address and mitigate this potential conflict of
interest, we have adopted policies and procedures that are intended to assure fair treatment of both
the selling client and the buying client.
We will not contemplate a cross trade unless we have determined that the sale is suitable and
appropriate to meet the seller’s needs, and that the buyer will benefit, in terms of portfolio goals and
needs, investment quality, and duration. We will only conduct cross trades if the market is active and
volatile, so that we can obtain live competitive market offering information to formulate a fair price and
spread for the trade, based on actual offers for bonds of comparable quality, yield and duration.
Trade Errors
If CLA Wealth Advisors commits a trade error in a client account, we will correct that error so that the
client is not harmed. Trade error policies at Schwab are described below.
If a correcting trade results in an investment gain, the gain will remain in that client account unless the
same error involved other client account(s) that should have received the gain; it is not permissible for
the client to retain the gain or decide to forego the gain, for example, due to tax reasons. If the gain
does not remain in any client account, Schwab will donate the amount of any gain of $100 or more to a
charity of Schwab’s choice. If a loss occurs greater than $100, CLA Wealth Advisors will pay for the loss.
Schwab will maintain the loss or gain (if such gain is not retained in the client account) if it is under $100
to offset its administrative time and expense. Generally, if related trade errors result in both gains and
losses in the same client account, they will be netted.
13. Review of Accounts
CLA Wealth Advisors operates with a group practice model with a team responsible for each client
relationship. We prepare specific analyses determined by client needs. These analyses are prepared by
qualified staff on a periodic basis. We offer initial review and recommendations as well as active on-
going review and monitoring of accounts. Advisory accounts and participant directed retirement plan
fund selections are reviewed at inception and on an on-going basis by our employees to determine if the
account is being managed in accordance with the client’s stated investment strategy. Additional account
reviews may be triggered by general economic conditions, fund reports, news information, performance
publications, income tax changes and client requests.
CLA Wealth Advisors provides quarterly written reports to clients reflecting the holdings, transactions,
and performance of their assets.
14. Client Referrals and Other Compensation
The Firm may pay referral fees to persons or firms ("Solicitors") for introducing clients to us. Whenever
we pay a referral fee, we require the Solicitor to provide the prospective client with a copy of this
document (the Firm Brochure) and a separate disclosure statement that includes the following
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information:
• The Solicitor's name and relationship with the Firm;
• The fact that the Solicitor is being paid a referral fee; and
• Whether the fee paid to us by the client will be increased above our normal fees in
order to compensate the Solicitor.
As a matter of Firm practice, the advisory fees paid to us by clients referred by individual solicitors are
not increased as a result of any referral. Each Solicitor who is engaged by the Firm must undergo a multi-
level approval process that involves officers and principals of both CLA Wealth Advisors and our indirect
parent accounting firm.
Please see Section 10 for a discussion of compensation received in connection with CLA Wealth
Advisors’ provision of advisory services.
15. Custody
CLA Wealth Advisors ordinarily does not maintain custody of client assets. Please see our custodian
arrangements with Schwab in Section 12.
We previously disclosed in the "Fees and Compensation" section (Item 5) that CLA Wealth Advisors
directly debits advisory fees from client accounts. As part of this billing process, the client's custodian is
advised of the amount of the fee to be deducted from that client's account. On at least a quarterly basis,
the custodian is required to send to the client a statement showing all transactions within the account
during the reporting period. Because the custodian does not calculate the amount of the fee to be
deducted, it is important for clients to carefully review their custodial statements to verify the accuracy
of the calculation, among other things. Clients should contact us directly if they believe that there is an
error in their statement. In such a case we recommend that clients contact the Chief Compliance Officer
directly at 612-397-3036.
In addition to the periodic statements that clients receive directly from their custodians, we may send
account reports directly to our clients on a quarterly basis. We urge our clients to carefully compare the
information provided on these statements to ensure that all account transactions, holdings, and values
are correct and current.
In some situations, CLA Wealth Advisors may be deemed to have custody of client assets under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, because an associated person of CLA Wealth Advisors or
one of its affiliated firms serves in a trustee or similar role for an account managed by CLA Wealth
Advisors. For such accounts, CLA Wealth Advisors will arrange in advance to have surprise annual audits
of the accounts, with such audits being done by an independent third-party audit firm that is qualified to
conduct such audits. For all other accounts we do not have custody of client assets.
Investment Discretion
16.
Pursuant to our investment advisory agreements with clients, we may have discretion in managing and
directing the investment of client accounts. In such a situation, we may have power and authority to act
at any time, without consulting the client, (i) to buy, sell, exchange, convert or otherwise trade in any
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and all stocks, bonds, other securities and other assets in the client’s account as we may select, (ii) to
select and appoint sub-advisors to manage and direct the investment of all or any portion of the account
on a discretionary basis, and (iii) to place orders for the execution of such transactions for the account
without the prior consent of the client. However, our discretionary power and authority are subject to
the investment objectives and any investment restrictions applicable to the account, and any changes to
such objectives or restrictions established by the client that are communicated to us in writing. CLA
Wealth Advisors may also manage client accounts on a non-discretionary basis whereby authority to
execute on transactions authorized by the client is expressly given to CLA Wealth Advisors via the client
signed Wealth Advisory Services Agreement.
17. Voting Client Securities
As a matter of Firm policy, we do not vote proxies on behalf of clients. Therefore, clients maintain
exclusive responsibility for: (1) directing the manner in which proxies shall be voted, and (2) making all
elections relative to any board members, acquisitions, tender offers, bankruptcy proceedings or other
types of events related to the client’s investment assets. Clients are responsible for instructing each
custodian of the assets to forward to the client copies of all proxies and shareholder communications
relating to the client’s investment assets.
We do not offer any consulting assistance regarding proxy issues to clients. Some third-party money
managers that we engage may offer proxy voting and/or consulting assistance. Clients should discuss
terms and conditions of such services directly with the manager.
Financial Information
18.
There are no known financial conditions within CLA Wealth Advisors that are reasonably likely to impair
the advisor’s ability to meet contractual commitments to clients. Neither the Firm nor any of its
management personnel have been the subject of a bankruptcy in the past ten years.
19. Other Matters Investment Performance
CLA Wealth Advisors does not generally advertise its investment performance.
Education and Business Standards
Our employees who provide asset management-type services are generally required to have college
degrees and appropriate professional licenses. However, our employment determination also depends
on an applicant’s relevant work experience and educational background.
Business Continuity Plan
CLA Wealth Advisors’ business continuity plan addresses the loss of an area, building, staff, data,
systems, and/or telecommunications. CLA Wealth Advisors coordinates its plan with its parent company,
CliftonLarsonAllen LLP. These plans are updated as needed and are subject to testing, evaluation, and
senior management review on an on-going basis. CLA Wealth Advisors' Risk Committee oversees these
plans and coordinates the activities of key people across the business to implement plans when needed.
Under most scenarios, we expect to continue doing business and resume operations with minimal
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service impacts. However, under certain scenarios, the time that it takes to recover and resume
operations may be significantly increased depending on the extent of disruption to our systems and the
number of personnel affected.
Miscellaneous
In performing its services, CLA Wealth Advisors will not be required to verify any information received
from any client or from the client’s other professionals, and is expressly authorized to rely thereon.
Moreover, each client is advised that it is responsible to promptly notify us if there is ever any change in
the client’s financial situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating or
revising our previous recommendations and/or services, or if they wish to impose any reasonable
restrictions upon CLA Wealth Advisors’ asset management services.
A copy of our written disclosure statement as set forth in this Firm Brochure (Form ADV Part 2A) will be
provided to each client prior to or contemporaneously with the execution of the Financial Planning and
Consulting Agreement or Wealth Advisory Services Agreement. Any advisory client will have a period of
five (5) business days from the date of signing the investment advisory agreement to unconditionally
rescind the agreement and receive a full refund of all fees. Thereafter, the client may terminate the
investment advisory agreement by providing the Advisor with thirty (30) days written notice. Upon
termination, fees will be prorated to the date of the termination and any unearned portion of the fee
will be refunded to the client.
We may, at times, use sub-advisors to perform certain services under our agreements with clients. If we
use a sub-advisor, it may have access to client information and records. Any sub-advisors will be subject
to the same restrictions on the use of such information and records as applied to CLA Wealth Advisors.
Please see our Privacy Notice for more information on CLA Wealth Advisors’ privacy policies.
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