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Gibson Capital, LLC
REGISTERED INVESTMENT ADVISER
FORM ADV PART 2A
MARCH 27, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications
and business practices of Gibson Capital, LLC. If you have
any questions about the content of the brochure, please
contact us at 724-934-3200.
Neither the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission nor any state securities authority has
approved or verified the information in this brochure.
Additional information about Gibson Capital, LLC is also
available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
www.gibsoncapital.com
Suite 2200 | 6600 Brooktree Court | Wexford, PA 15090
T 724.934.3200 | F 724.934.3201
Item 2 - Material Changes
On July 28, 2010, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted a series of significant
amendments to the current version of Form ADV Part 2, commonly referred to as an advisor’s “brochure”.
The intended result of the amendments was to provide investors with a more accessible and useful
description of the advisor’s business. This document’s structure is essentially the same as the previous
versions we have produced since the amendments went into effect.
This Form ADV Part 2A, dated March 27, 2025, is a document that we have prepared according to the
SEC’s current requirements. We have made no material changes to this document.
Item 3 - Table of Contents
Item 1 – Cover Page i
Item 2 - Material Changes ii
Item 3 - Table of Contents iii
Item 4 - Advisory Business
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Item 5 - Fees and Compensation
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Item 6 - Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
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Item 7 - Types of Clients
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Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
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Item 9 - Disciplinary Information
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Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
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Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading
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Item 12 - Brokerage Practices
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Item 13 - Review of Accounts
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Item 14 - Client Referrals and Other Compensation
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Item 15 - Custody
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Item 16 - Investment Discretion
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Item 17 - Voting Client Securities
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Item 18 - Financial Information
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Item 4 - Advisory Business
A. Gibson Capital, LLC (Gibson) is an SEC Registered Investment Advisor1 based in Wexford,
Pennsylvania. The firm was founded in 1989 as Gibson Capital Management, Ltd. (“GCM”) by our
Co-Chairman, Roger C. Gibson. The firm transitioned its operations from its original S Corporation
structure to an LLC in 2008, otherwise comprising the same business and investment operations.
The transition was completed with the transfer of all clients to the new entity in March 2009.
As part of our succession plan, on December 30, 2020, GCM sold Ownership Units in Gibson Capital,
LLC to a group of Next Generation (“Next Gen”) owners. In this transaction, principal ownership
transferred from GCM to the Next Gen group as a whole. In subsequent years, Gibson has added
more Next Gen owners. As a result of these sales, no single person owns 25% or more of Gibson
Capital, LLC.
B. Gibson provides investment advisory services, based on a strategic asset allocation approach, to
high net worth individuals, foundations, and retirement plans nationwide. Since our inception, we
have operated as a fee-only, open architecture firm. We have no proprietary products and none of
the associated conflicts of interest. We design and implement customized client portfolios with the
freedom to recommend an appropriate mix of investment alternatives based on the individual needs
of our clients.
Our advisory business consists primarily of ongoing investment advisory services. For the typical
client, these services include:
review of current financial situation
collaborative investment education and decision-making process
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• development of appropriate, customized portfolio structure
• documentation of approved strategy in an investment policy statement
implementation and ongoing management of the portfolio
investment performance, tax, and other reporting
coordination with other client advisors, such as attorneys and accountants
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• ongoing monitoring of the investment recommendations used for implementation
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related planning and modeling
• ongoing review and communication to ensure that the strategy remains appropriate
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We also, from time to time, may provide investment advice of a more limited nature to clients who do
not require ongoing investment advisory services. In these cases, we may provide consulting
services tailored to the needs of the client.
C. Gibson tailors its services and portfolios to the individual needs of the client. We do not utilize model
portfolios. We involve our clients in the investment decision-making process. Our collaborative
process actively guides clients through a systematic series of portfolio decisions, resulting in a
customized investment strategy. The process results in the preparation of a formal Investment Policy
Statement (IPS). The IPS serves as the operating manual for the portfolio and documents:
client’s investment objective
client’s asset allocation decisions
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level of discretion granted by the client to the advisor
• portfolio risk/return characteristics
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• duties and responsibilities of those involved in the investment process
Clients may impose restrictions or preferences for certain securities or types of securities. We will
document these choices in the IPS and incorporate them into the investment strategy.
1 Registration with the SEC as an Investment Adviser does not imply any certain level of skill or training.
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We also work with clients to customize the content of our meetings and reporting to best meet their
unique needs.
D. Gibson does not participate in wrap fee programs.
E. As of December 31, 2024, our client assets under management2 totaled $2,601,299,497. Of that
total, we managed, on a discretionary basis, $2,450,263,172 in client assets. Non-discretionary client
assets totaled $151,036,3253.
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation
A. Gibson is a fee-only investment advisor. We have a strict policy prohibiting the creation of proprietary
investment products. We do not receive compensation from any investment vehicle. We have no
soft dollar arrangements (see Item 12) with any money manager or broker-dealer. We receive fees
solely from our clients and therefore are free from any potential conflicts of interest that other forms of
compensation might create.
We charge an asset-based fee for ongoing investment advisory services. We calculate the fee for
each billing period based on the market value of the client's assets under management (AUM) as of
the last day of the immediately preceding billing period. No fee is based on capital gains or capital
appreciation of assets.
Our basic fee schedule is:
.7% on the first $4,000,000 of assets
.5% on the next $4,000,000 of assets
.3% on the next $4,000,000 of assets
.2% on the excess over $12,000,000 of assets
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We maintain a separate eleemosynary fee schedule for applicable charitable accounts as follows:
.7% on the first $4,000,000 of assets
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.5% on the next $4,000,000 of assets
.1% on the excess over $8,000,000 of assets
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We have a minimum AUM requirement of $3 Million to establish a new relationship. While the above
fee schedule is not negotiable, we reserve the right to take certain clients who do not currently meet
the AUM requirement. Further, some circumstances will result in a variation on our implementation of
the basic schedules above. For example, a family relationship will, under certain circumstances, be
aggregated for billing purposes, resulting in more advantageous billing tiers for their combined AUM.
We monitor the amount of each of these client’s assets and will recommend a transition to our basic
fee schedule when we believe it would be in the client’s best interest to do so.
In addition to the fee schedules described above, we apply a separate fee schedule to certain clients
that are qualified, participant-directed retirement plans. We design portfolio options for the plans
within a structure that integrates custodial services with plan recordkeeping and administration,
2 For this disclosure, our “client assets under management” figure differs from the “regulatory assets under management” figure
required for Item 5.F in Form ADV Part 1A. The figure we publish here does not include accounts for which we receive no
compensation and does include accounts for which we may not provide “continuous and regular supervisory or management
services” as strictly defined by the SEC.
3 The definition of “discretionary basis” used here is consistent with the SEC definition in Form ADV Part 1. This broad definition
defines discretion as any situation where an LPOA exists and does not reflect additional restrictions placed on our discretionary
authority by a client via the IPS or Advisory Agreement.
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performance reporting, participant changes in investment elections, option rebalancing, and other
related services. The fee schedule for these qualified plans follows:
.50% on the first $5,000,000 of assets
.25% on the next $35,000,000 of assets
.15% on the excess over $40,000,000 of assets
• One time set-up fee of $5,000
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As described in Item 4.B., we may, from time to time, provide investment consulting services. Fees
for these services are negotiable and may be charged on a flat-fee or hourly basis. We do not charge
fees based on a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of assets.
B. Gibson’s clients generally authorize the custodian to accept instructions from us to directly debit our
fees from their accounts on a quarterly basis. For accounts that are debited directly:
• The client signs an authorization permitting our fees to be paid directly from the client's
account held by an independent custodian or trustee.
• We send to the client an invoice showing the amount of the fee, the value of the client's
assets on which the fee was based, and the manner in which the advisor's fee was
calculated.
• The custodian or trustee agrees to send to the client a statement, at least quarterly, indicating
all amounts disbursed from the account, including the amount of the advisory fees paid
directly to us.
• We advise clients that they are responsible for verifying the accuracy of the fee calculation
and that the custodian will not determine that the fee is properly calculated.
Under some circumstances, we may agree to vary the payment method or frequency of billing. In
general, we bill client fees in advance of services (see Item 5.D.).
Qualified retirement plan clients may choose the manner and method of fee payment from these two
payment options:
• Payment by the plan. The plan pays the advisory fees on a quarterly basis according to the
terms of the plan’s recordkeeping service agreement. The recordkeeper collects the fee and
remits payment to us. We charge these fees in arrears based on the market value of all
billable plan accounts on the last day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter.
• Payment by the plan sponsor. We invoice the plan sponsor quarterly, in advance, based on
the market value of all billable plan accounts as of the last day of the immediately preceding
calendar quarter.
C. Gibson’s advisory fees are separate from fees and expenses that custodians and investment
companies may charge. We implement investment strategies using lower-cost “no-load” mutual
funds and/or exchange traded funds wherever possible. We evaluate the overall cost structure of
each fund during our due diligence process prior to recommendation as an investment option for our
clients. Clients can expect to pay asset-based fees payable to qualified custodians and/or
commissions for certain trades placed with brokers. We negotiate these fees and commissions on
behalf of our clients to keep expenses as low as possible. Clients utilizing separate account
managers also will incur separate advisory fees charged by the managers. Please refer to Brokerage
Practices, Item 12.
D. Gibson bills in advance for most of its advisory fees.
Upon termination of an advisory relationship:
• For those clients paying in advance, we promptly refund to the client any unearned fees paid
by the client. We determine the unearned portion of the fee by dividing the number of days
remaining in the billing period (beyond the termination date) by the total number of days in
the billing period.
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• Qualified retirement plan clients paying in arrears pay a prorated fee based on the number of
days in the preceding quarter for which we supplied advisory services.
The client may rescind the investment advisory relationship within five (5) calendar days of initial
execution, either orally or in writing, and we will promptly refund all monies paid by the client.
Thereafter, either party may terminate the professional relationship upon reasonable written or verbal
notice.
E. We receive fees solely from our clients. Neither Gibson nor any of its supervised persons receive
compensation from any investment vehicle. We have no soft dollar arrangements (see Item 12) with
any money manager or broker-dealer.
Item 6 - Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Neither Gibson nor any of our supervised persons accepts performance-based fees. No fee is based on
capital gains or capital appreciation of assets.
We do not offer proprietary products such as a mutual fund or hedge fund. Therefore, by definition, we
do not engage in side-by-side management.
Side-by-side management is the practice in which the same fund manager simultaneously manages
similar portfolios: one a hedge fund and one a mutual fund. Because hedge fund fee structures are more
lucrative, fund managers may be incentivized to make portfolio decisions that favor hedge fund investors
at the expense of mutual fund investors. Even among funds with nearly identical objectives and
investment philosophies, the potential conflicts include:
favoritism
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incentive to take on more risk in accounts paying performance fees
• unequal trading costs
• different trading priorities
• disproportionate allocations of securities
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Item 7 - Types of Clients
Gibson provides investment advice to the following types of clients:
individuals, including high net worth individuals
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trusts, estates, and/or charitable organizations
corporations and/or other business entities
insurance companies
• pension and profit-sharing plans
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Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
A. Gibson advocates a strategic asset allocation investment approach that does not rely on short-term
market forecasts. We recommend that clients diversify their portfolios broadly across a variety of
major asset classes. Differences in the patterns of returns across these asset classes mitigate the
volatility risk at the portfolio level.
Our investment philosophy maintains that an investment portfolio’s asset allocation (choice of asset
classes and the allocation of money across them) is a primary determinant of its long-term investment
performance. The markets primarily drive investment results, rather than the exercise of skill in either
security selection or market timing.
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Client involvement in the design of the portfolio is critical to their success. We arrive at the allocation
for each client through education and consultation with the client. Once the design process is
complete, we follow a consistent and disciplined investment management process for the
implementation and ongoing management of client portfolios in areas such as rebalancing, portfolio
review, and manager selection.
We conduct independent research regarding the evaluation and recommendation of the money
managers chosen to implement client strategies. Our due diligence for the selection of investments
spans the universe of available options for each asset class and involves both quantitative and
qualitative factors, including:
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correlation to style or peer group
• performance relative to peer group
track record
• performance relative to assumed risk
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• assets under management
• holdings consistent with style
• expense ratios/fees
stability of the organization
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For qualified retirement plan clients, we construct investment options for plan participants through
consultation with the plan sponsor. By following the methodology described above, we arrive at
several options with varying risk/return profiles. These portfolio options include various asset classes
and investment management styles that, in total, are expected to offer participants the opportunity to
diversify their retirement investments in a manner appropriate to their objectives, risk tolerances, and
return expectations.
While our investment strategy helps to reduce the risks associated with investing, it cannot eliminate
risk altogether. All investments involve risks, including the possible loss of principal. During their
investment lifetimes, investors should be prepared to encounter market environments in which they
experience losses, perhaps significant ones.
B. We mitigate the investment risks in client portfolios through the breadth of diversification across asset
classes and across securities within asset classes. By designing portfolios that capture the benefits
of multiple-asset-class investing, we help our clients pursue their financial goals with less volatility.
Because of the breadth of diversification used in our investment strategy, our clients likely will face a
unique behavioral risk that would not be present if they chose a more traditional U.S. stock and bond
portfolio. We refer to this risk as “frame-of-reference” risk. It refers to the difficulty that a U.S.-based
investor may have adhering to a globally diversified strategy during periods when the investor’s
domestic market is outperforming the global strategy.
C. When implementing client investment strategies, we generally use some type of a pooled vehicle,
such as mutual funds or exchange traded funds (ETFs). Depending on a client’s specific situation or
investment objectives, we may recommend a separate account manager or managers. We do not
make recommendations of individual stocks or individual bonds.
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information
As a Registered Investment Advisor, we are required to disclose any legal or disciplinary events that
might be material to a client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of our advisory business or the integrity of
our management.
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A. Gibson and its management have never been named, charged, convicted of, pled no contest to, or
been the subject of any order or judgment in a criminal or civil action in a domestic, foreign, or military
court of competent jurisdiction.
B. Gibson and its management have never been involved in an administrative proceeding before the
SEC or any other federal, state, or foreign financial regulatory authority.
C. Gibson and its management have never been involved in any self-regulatory organization (SRO)
proceeding.
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
A. Neither Gibson nor any of our employees or management personnel are registered, or have
applications pending to register, as a broker-dealer or a registered representative of a broker dealer.
B. Neither Gibson nor any of our employees or management personnel are registered, or have an
application pending to register, or as a commodity futures commission merchant, commodity pool
operator, or commodity trading advisor.
C. We have no relationships or arrangements with any persons or entities that would create a material
conflict of interest with clients.
D. We receive fees only from our clients and receive no commissions or compensation from any other
source, including any other investment advisors that we may recommend.
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions, and Personal
Trading
A. Gibson has adopted a formal code of ethics. The following list of principles frames the professional
and ethical conduct that Gibson expects from its employees:
• act with integrity, competence, diligence, respect, and in an ethical manner with the public,
clients, prospective clients, employers, employees, colleagues in the investment profession,
and other participants in the global capital markets
• place the integrity of the investment profession, the interests of clients, and the interests of
Gibson above one’s own personal interests
• do not take inappropriate advantage of one's position
• avoid any actual or potential conflict of interest
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conduct all personal securities transactions in a manner consistent with this policy
• use reasonable care and exercise independent professional judgment when conducting
investment analysis, making investment recommendations, taking investment actions, and
engaging in other professional activities
• practice and encourage others to practice in a professional and ethical manner that will reflect
credit on oneself and the profession
• promote the integrity of, and uphold the rules governing, capital markets
• maintain and improve one's professional competence and strive to maintain and improve the
competence of other investment professionals
comply with Gibson’s gift policy
comply with applicable provisions of the Federal securities laws
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To ensure that our employees are observing these standards in their personal investing conduct, we
scrutinize their personal trading activity. Our policy requires employees to:
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report personal securities transactions on at least a quarterly basis; and
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• provide us with a detailed summary of certain holdings (both initially upon commencement of
employment and annually thereafter) over which they have a direct or indirect beneficial
interest.
We will provide a copy of our code of ethics to any client or prospective client upon request.
B. Gibson does not recommend investments in securities in which we or our employees have a material
financial interest. For example:
• We do not engage in principal trading with our clients. Principal trading is defined as selling
securities to or buying securities from a client through a proprietary account.
• No one at Gibson acts as a general partner in a general partnership that sells investments to
clients.
• No one at Gibson acts as an investment advisor to an investment company (mutual fund) that
we recommend to clients.
C. It is likely that Gibson and/or our employees will have investments in securities that we also
recommend to our clients. Because the funds that we recommend are typically mutual funds and
exchange traded funds (ETFs), potential conflicts as a result of these common holdings are unlikely
to occur.
D. Gibson likely will recommend to clients or buy or sell securities for client accounts at or about the
same time that we and our related persons buy or sell the same securities.
Since we invest primarily in mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) and do not attempt to
“time” the market, we do not face the potential conflicts that we would face if we invested client funds
in individual securities. All mutual fund trades are executed at the close of business, regardless of
the time of day at which we enter the trades. We usually enter ETF trades throughout the day without
specifying a particular price. So, we buy and sell securities at various prices throughout the day.
Nevertheless, we take steps to mitigate what conflicts may exist. To make certain that no employee
is taking advantage of his/her position, we conduct a thorough review of personal trading at least
quarterly. In this review, a compliance employee compares employee trading to client trading. The
audit’s purpose is to highlight and examine any trade that appears to have disadvantaged any client
or benefitted any employee to the detriment of a client. If we identify any discrepancy or questionable
trade, the Board of Managers determines the proper remedy and/or disciplinary action.
Item 12 - Brokerage Practices
A.
In selecting a broker-dealer, Gibson considers the full range and quality of a broker's services,
including execution capability, commission rate, financial responsibility, and responsiveness to us and
our clients. We negotiate commissions and fees on behalf of our clients when possible. We are not
limited, however, to the financial products offered by any one broker-dealer. In addition, clients may
select a broker-dealer. If a client does not indicate a preference, we generally implement the
investment plan in whole or in part through the investment platform offered by National Financial
Services, LLC, Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC. In some cases, the use of a single broker may not
enable the client to achieve best execution of any single transaction. However, best execution of any
one transaction is not the sole determining factor in choosing a broker.
1. Research and Other Soft Dollar Benefits. Gibson does not participate in “soft dollar”
arrangements.4
4 A soft dollar arrangement is a practice wherein an advisor uses client-paid brokerage commissions to obtain research or other
products or services to aid the advisor in its investment decision-making process. While this practice, if properly disclosed, does not
violate any regulations, we believe that participation in such arrangements poses unacceptable conflicts of interest.
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By virtue of custodying client assets at Fidelity, we receive support services that enable us to
monitor and service our client accounts. These support services are not exclusive to us and,
except in certain circumstances, do not depend on the volume of transactions directed by us to
Fidelity. This support includes:
• a dedicated trading desk that services Fidelity advisor clients exclusively
• a dedicated service group and an account services manager dedicated to our accounts
• electronic download of trades, balances, prices, and positions in Fidelity's portfolio
management software
client statements, confirmations, and year-end summaries
• electronic access to Fidelity's proprietary internet site and their software-based system
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the ability to have advisory fees directly debited from client accounts (in accordance with
Federal and State requirements)
client access to Fidelity's online service
• newsletters and other publications
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the Gibson logo printed on client statements
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• access to Fidelity's Institutional Funds Network
• possible vendor discounts through Fidelity’s Third-Party Discount Alliances program
• discounted or gratis attendance at Fidelity sponsored conferences, meetings, and other
educational events
We may receive similar support services from other custodians at which we custody client assets.
2. Brokerage and Client Referrals. Gibson does not seek, receive, or accept client referrals from
broker-dealers in exchange for recommending those broker-dealers.
3. Directed Brokerage. Gibson does not recommend, request, or require that clients direct us to
execute trades through a specific broker-dealer.
B. Gibson generally does not aggregate the purchase or sale of securities across client accounts. We
intend to manage each client portfolio on an individual basis and trade each client’s account
independently.
The securities that we recommend for client accounts are primarily mutual funds or exchange-traded
funds (ETFs). All mutual fund trades are executed at the close of business, regardless of the time of
day at which we enter trades, and therefore trade at a consistent price. ETF prices, however, vary
throughout the day. Because we may trade ETFs at various times throughout the day, clients may
receive different prices for the same ETF.
From time-to-time we may identify a situation that warrants aggregating the purchase or sale of
securities such as ETFs across various client accounts, usually when we are making
recommendations for all or a substantial number of client accounts or when we must trade in many
accounts within a short time. In this situation, aggregating orders may improve best execution for all
clients involved. Aggregation may minimize market impact so that no client is disadvantaged by price
movement. If we determine that aggregating orders is beneficial to clients, we will do so.
Item 13 - Review of Accounts
A. Gibson regularly reviews client accounts.
On a daily basis, our operations team reviews and reconciles client accounts. This level of review5
involves reconciliation of position balances and prices and the verification and review of transactions.
5 This level of review and reconciliation does not pertain to certain qualified plans that receive the reduced fee schedule as outlined
in Item 4.A. and for whom the custodian provides certain services.
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Our Investment Advisor Representatives (IARs) conduct a review of client accounts at least monthly6
(the IARs are identified in our form ADV Part 2B, the Brochure Supplement). For these reviews, the
IARs examine the overall portfolio structure and asset allocation to ensure that they are consistent
with the client's Investment Policy Statement (IPS). The IARs also review each recommended
investment position to ensure that it continues to be an appropriate investment for the portfolio.
We also review our clients’ Investment Policy Statements on an annual basis. In this process we
review the client’s:
investment objectives
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time horizon
risk tolerance
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• broad portfolio balance
• asset allocation
• modeled portfolio behavior
• discretionary authority
• proxy voting preferences
B. On a more frequent basis, various triggering factors can occur that may necessitate review of client
accounts. These factors include, but are not limited to, significant changes in the general price levels
of the various securities markets and significant additions to or withdrawals from a client's account.
C. Gibson tailors the frequency and nature of reporting to suit individual client needs.
We provide performance reports for clients at least quarterly. As part of the performance review
process, we review the overall portfolio structure, market value, and performance of each investment
position, asset class, and of the portfolio as a whole.
Some clients elect to receive additional custom monthly or weekly reports. These reports may
include current asset allocation, portfolio total return for recent periods and since inception, and
growth of $100 since inception.
For clients who elect web-based reporting, we provide up-to-date reports on a weekly or monthly
basis.
We provide annual tax summaries to some clients with taxable accounts. This reporting generally
consists of year to date and estimated income and capital gain distribution, realized gain and loss,
IRA distribution and gifting information.
For some retirement plan clients, we provide plan administration reports to plan administrators,
generally on a semiannual or annual basis.
For other retirement plan clients, the plan recordkeeper provides reporting.
Item 14 - Client Referrals and Other Compensation
A. Gibson does not receive any economic benefit for providing investment advice from anyone other
than our clients. We do not receive and do not accept sales awards or prizes.
B. Gibson does not pay or provide any type of compensation for client referrals.
6 For the qualified plans identified in footnote 5, we conduct these reviews on a quarterly basis.
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Item 15 - Custody
Gibson’s policy is to never take custody of our clients’ assets. This key separation of duties provides
important protections for client assets.
Item 16 - Investment Discretion
In general, custodial applications automatically provide investment advisors with an LPOA over client
accounts. Gibson permits its clients to further define the degree of discretion that they wish us to
exercise in the management of their accounts. Clients define our discretionary authority in the Investment
Policy Statement. Generally, clients choose to grant or restrict discretion for the following types of trading
activity:
• portfolio changes relating to rebalancing the portfolio, investing new deposits, and generating
liquidity to cover withdrawals
the addition of new positions or the elimination of existing positions
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Clients also may elect to have us manage their accounts on a fully non-discretionary basis.
We may choose not to accept discretionary authority to trade in client portfolios positions that we did not
recommend.
Item 17 - Voting Client Securities
A. Gibson’s clients may direct us to receive proxies and vote them on their behalf, or they may elect to
retain their proxy-voting privileges. These choices are defined by the client in our Investment
Advisory Agreement and the Investment Policy Statement. We generally will not assume proxy-
voting authority for investment positions that we do not recommend to the client.
We have adopted formal proxy voting policies and procedures. Each year we provide our clients with
a summary of these policies and procedures in our Proxy Voting Notice. Where the power to vote in
person or by proxy has been delegated, directly or indirectly to us, we have the fiduciary
responsibilities to:
vote in a manner that is in the best interests of the client, and
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• properly deal with potential conflicts of interest arising from proxy proposals that we are
voting
We vote proxies related to securities held by any client in a manner that is in the best interest of the
client. We consider only those factors that relate to the client’s investment policies and objectives or
are dictated by the client’s written instructions, including how our vote will economically impact and
affect the value of the client's investment.
We intend to vote in a prudent and timely fashion and after a careful evaluation of the issue(s)
presented on the ballot. A qualified investment professional designated by Gibson is responsible for
voting proxies in full accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by us to govern this
process.
We have structured our business to eliminate, as much as possible, opportunities for conflicts of
interest to arise with respect to the management of client portfolios and the voting of proxies and
ballots. Nonetheless, we have adopted procedures that ensure the integrity of our proxy voting
activities.
In exercising our voting discretion, we will avoid any direct or indirect conflict of interest raised by our
voting decisions. If a conflict exists, we will notify the client of the nature of the conflict and ask the
client for guidance about how they would like us to cast the proxy vote.
We will provide to our clients, upon oral or written request, a copy of our complete proxy voting
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policies and procedures.
Upon written or oral request by a client, we will provide information as to how we voted the proxies
related to that client’s account.
B. Clients may choose to vote proxies on their own behalf. Clients who make that election will receive
their proxy voting materials directly.
Item 18 - Financial Information
A. Since Gibson does not require prepayment of client fees six months or more in advance, we are not
required to include an audited balance sheet with our filing.
B. Gibson has no financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair our ability to meet contractual and
fiduciary commitments to our clients.
C. Gibson has never been the subject of a bankruptcy petition.