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1333 West Loop South, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77027
P 713 840 1000 F 713 840 7802
www.linscombwealth.com
March 21, 2025
Form ADV, Part 2A; our “Disclosure Brochure” or “Brochure” as required by the Investment
Advisers Act of 1940 is an important document between Clients (you, your) and “Linscomb
Wealth, Inc.” (us, we, our, Firm).
This brochure provides important information about the qualifications and business
practices of Linscomb Wealth, Inc. (“LW”). If you have any questions about the contents of
this brochure, please contact us at 713-840-1000 and/or compliance@linscombwealth.com.
The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or by any State Securities Authority.
Additional information about Linscomb Wealth, Inc. also is available at the SEC’s website
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
We are a registered investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our
registration as an Investment Adviser does not imply any level of skill or training. The oral and
written communications we provide to you, including this Brochure, is information you use to
evaluate us (and other advisers) which are factors in your decision to hire us or to continue to
maintain our relationship.
Material Changes
This section of the Brochure summarizes only those “material changes” that have been
incorporated since our last amendment on February 29, 2024.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation: Family Office Services were added.
We may, at any time, update this Brochure and either send you a copy or offer to send you a copy
[either by electronic means (email) or in hard copy form].
A copy also is available on our website at: https://linscombwealth.com/
If you would like a copy of this Brochure, please download it from the SEC Website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov, or you may contact our Chief Compliance Officer at 713-840-1000 or
compliance@linscombwealth.com.
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Item 3 - Table of Contents
Item 2 – Material Changes ........................................................................................................................... 2
Item 3 - Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................... 3
Item 4 – Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................ 4
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation ............................................................................................................... 7
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management .................................................... 11
Item 7 – Types of Clients .......................................................................................................................... 11
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss ........................................... 12
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................... 15
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ........................................................... 15
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.. 16
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................. 17
Item 13 – Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................. 21
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation ............................................................................ 22
Item 15 – Custody ...................................................................................................................................... 23
Item 16 – Investment Discretion .............................................................................................................. 24
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities .......................................................................................................... 24
Item 18 – Financial Information .............................................................................................................. 25
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Item 4 – Advisory Business
Linscomb Wealth, Inc. (“LW”) is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Our Firm has provided comprehensive wealth planning and
investment advisory services to clients with diverse financial situations and needs for over 50 years.
The Firm’s roots date back to 1971 when we began advising clients on personal financial wealth
management strategies to manage risk and build wealth. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, LW has
grown organically and by acquisition. We also have offices located in Atlanta, Georgia;
Birmingham and Huntsville, Alabama; and Austin, Texas.
As of December 31, 2024, LW had regulatory assets under management of approximately $4.6
billion, of which approximately $2.5 million was advised on a non-discretionary basis.
Our Firm operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Cadence Bank. The Firm began operating as
Linscomb Wealth, Inc. in January 2024.
We provide personalized advice and professional services and offer a broad range of fee-only
investment management and wealth planning services based on a client’s specific financial goals.
We manage portfolios for high-net worth and ultra-high-net worth individuals and families, trusts,
partnerships, LLCs, and other legal entity type accounts, as well as charitable accounts, such as
foundations, endowments, and donor advised funds. Our investment advice primarily incorporates
equity and fixed income securities, utilizing mutual funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and
individual stocks and bonds. Bond positions typically include corporate, municipal, and US
Treasury securities. At our discretion, we also advise clients on a variety of other investment types
and accommodate reasonable portfolio and account level restrictions.
WEALTH PLANNING SERVICES
Wealth planning is an ongoing and holistic process, assessing your financial situation to create a
comprehensive plan and set of action steps and priorities designed to help you achieve your short-
and long-term financial goals. LW’s wealth planning services include any or all the following
services based on your needs:
Investment Policy
Gift & Estate Planning
Charitable Planning
Benefit Plan Advice
Income Tax Planning
Social Security Planning
Risk Management
Insurance Planning
Cash Flow Forecasting
Retirement Planning
Concentrated Wealth
Educational Funding
Financial Organization
Wealth planning services also aim to help you navigate important and routine financial decisions,
mitigate financial risks such as those associated with financial market volatility, loss of income,
premature death, and other life events. In performing these services, we are not required to verify
any information received from you or from other professionals (e.g., attorneys, accountants, etc.)
and are expressly authorized to rely on the information provided by you. All plans or planning
advice are typically reviewed by a wealth advisor(s) or other investment and planning professional
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employed by LW. LW also can help with implementation of planning recommendations, as needed
or requested by you. Implementation may include working with other professionals, such as your
attorneys, CPAs, brokers, and insurance agents.
Typically, wealth planning and our discretionary investment management services are paired as a
holistic engagement. While most clients hire us to provide wealth planning and discretionary
portfolio management, we also provide investment advice on a non-discretionary basis as granted
by the Client in the Investment Advisory Agreement (“IAA”). You maintain absolute discretion
over all decisions regarding the implementation of your financial plan and are under no obligation
to use us for any specific asset management service. You also should be aware that it always
remains your responsibility to promptly notify the Firm of any changes to your financial situation
or investment objectives for the purposes of reviewing, evaluating, or revising any of our
recommendations and/or services.
FAMILY OFFICE
Family office is a specialized area of wealth planning focused on clients with generational
wealth and complex financial situations. In addition to the firm’s wealth planning services,
LW’s family office services include any or all the following services based on your needs:
Advanced Estate & Wealth Transfer Planning
Strategic Tax Planning
Financial Reporting
Philanthropic Planning
Legacy Planning
Family Governance and Education
DISCRETIONARY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES
When you hire LW for discretionary services, you grant LW authority to buy and sell securities and
other investment instruments in your account aligned with asset allocation targets and investment
goals agreed upon with LW. We also are granted the authority to retain third-parties or subadvisors,
which includes affiliates of LW, to perform any of the duties or obligations of the Firm under the
IAA. If you hire us on a non-discretionary basis, we typically require that our recommendations and
investment decisions either be pre-approved by you, or you choose whether to implement our
recommendations in your overall investment process.
Assets managed by LW must be held by a qualified custodian. We recommend clients use specific
custodians who provide LW access to their custodial and trading services.
Asset allocation and portfolio construction are aligned with your investment goals. Our objective is
to create portfolios that generate risk-adjusted returns aligned with your overall financial goals and
objectives. Our wealth advisors work with you to evaluate multiple factors to help determine portfolio
positioning including, but not limited to, goals, time horizon(s), risk tolerance, income and transfer
taxes, liquidity needs, market and economic conditions, and any reasonable investment guidelines or
restrictions.
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IRA Rollover Recommendations
Effective December 20, 2021 (or such later date as the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) Field
Assistance Bulletin 2018-02 ceases to be in effect), for purposes of complying with the DOL’s
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (“PTE 2020-02”) where applicable, we are providing
the following acknowledgment to you. When we provide investment advice to you regarding your
retirement plan account or individual retirement account, we are fiduciaries within the meaning of
Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as
applicable, which are laws governing retirement accounts. Our management fee structure creates
some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in your
best interest and not place our interests ahead of yours. Under this special rule, we must:
Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations (give
prudent advice);
Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations (give loyal
advice);
Avoid misleading statements about conflicts of interest, fees, and investments;
Follow policies and procedures designed to ensure that we give advice that is in your best
interest;
Charge no more than is reasonable for our services; and
Give you basic information about conflicts of interest.
We benefit financially from the rollover of your assets from a retirement account to an account that
we manage, because the assets increase our assets under management and, in turn, our advisory
fees. As a fiduciary, we only recommend a rollover when we believe it is in your best interest.
Investment Selections
Based on our understanding of your needs, we customize advice to you although we employ similar
asset allocation strategies and purchase similar securities in other client accounts based on our
model portfolios and risk profiles. Differences between discretionary portfolios we manage are
generally due to specific client driven investment goals, cash availability, investment restrictions,
account size, tax considerations, time horizons, and various other factors. Therefore, the investment
performance of discretionary client portfolios with similar asset allocations and portfolio solutions
will differ from one another as well as from that of general firm model portfolios.
INVESTMENT CONSULTING SERVICES
We offer investment consulting services to address your needs with general investment and
product-based advice and education. Our investment consulting guidance includes:
Developing an investment policy statement;
Asset allocation study;
Investment manager search; and
Monitoring your investment portfolio.
RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES
LW is a “fiduciary” as that term is defined in Section 3(21) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), and Section 4975(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
(“Code”), as applicable when providing recommendations to retirement investors and plans. We
offer fiduciary-based advisory and non-fiduciary consulting functions to retirement plans
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consulting services, which includes the development of an investment policy statement, general
investment education, investment manager selection, recommendation of a plan’s qualified default
investment alternative, quarterly reporting, transition guidance, and an analysis of plan costs.
Our services can be structured as Section 3(21) plan consulting and advice or as Section 3(38)
discretionary investment management. We also offer RFP process management; plan design,
benchmarking services, ongoing investment recommendation and assistance, and employee
enrollment and education.
WRAP FEE PROGRAMS
Currently, we do not sponsor any “wrap-fee” programs nor are we a participant as an investment
manager in a wrap program.
NON-MANAGED ASSETS
In some circumstances, we agree to provide reporting to you for certain investment assets without
providing investment management services or advice. You grant LW non-discretionary access to
these accounts for viewing purposes through your LW IAA. For these assets, we will not direct the
investment or reinvestment of those assets; but we consider such assets in the overall asset
allocation decisions of the accounts in which we do have discretionary investment authority unless
otherwise directed by you. You also can make trades in these accounts without consulting us.
Because we have no monitoring responsibility, we are not responsible for ensuring that the
investments made for non-managed assets conform to your financial circumstances, investment
objectives, investment time horizon, and risk tolerance, even if such information is available to us.
Item 5 – Fees and Compensation
As an investment adviser, we are compensated for our advisory services in three ways: (a) a
percentage of assets under management, (b) hourly charges, and (c) fixed fees. We do not earn
commissions on any services we offer or 12b-1 fees for distribution of mutual funds. LW does not
receive traditional “soft dollar” benefits. See Item 12 - Brokerage Practices for more details.
Wealth planning services and recommendations provided are specific to each client engagement,
and the cost is typically included in the investment advisory fee charged (with any exceptions
agreed upon in advance). It also should be noted that fees charged by other third parties, such as
outside managers and custodians, may not be negotiable, and are beyond our control.
DISCRETIONARY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT FEE SCHEDULES
Discretionary portfolio management accounts are charged on a fee basis. Fees are assessed
quarterly in arrears based on the market value of managed assets as valued by the custodian and
may include prorated fees for assets deposited to the account during the prior quarter. Our standard
advisory fee schedule below does not include other possible fees, such as custodian fees, underlying
investment fees, or other third-party fees. Clients also should note that comparable services vary
and lower fees for comparable services may be available from other sources.
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Dollar amount
Annual Fee
First $2 million
1.00%
Next $3 million
0.8%
Next $5 million
0.6%
Over $10 million
0.4%
FIXED INCOME TREASURY BOND LADDER PORTFOLIO
Standalone, discretionary portfolios holding laddered U.S. Treasury securities are typically charged
at a flat annual fee of 0.25%, charged quarterly in arrears.
Limited Negotiability of Advisory Fees
While we maintain a standard fee schedule, we retain the right to negotiate fees or waive fees on a
client-by-client basis. Client relationships prior to 2012 or accounts obtained through acquisition,
may be subject to a different fee schedule, based on fee schedules in effect at the time they became
a client. Certain Clients also may have minimum fee requirements. Therefore, advisory fees will
differ among Clients, and other Clients may pay less or more than you or have a minimum fee.
In determining the fee structure for an account, we consider the nature of our proposed relationship
with you. The relationship determination is based on factors such as, but not limited to, asset size
and longevity, anticipated future assets and withdrawals, services provided, other household
accounts we manage, account type, and investment strategy complexity.
Discounts are offered to LW employees and their families. Cadence Bank employees also receive
services at reduced rates. For accounts where Cadence serves as Trustee and hires LW to manage
portfolio assets, such accounts pay the relevant fees to Cadence and LW receives an agreed upon
percentage of the Cadence fees charged to the trust by Cadence. Total investment management fees
charged by Cadence are based on their fee schedules, and LW’s share of such fees are generally
less than LW’s standard fee schedule.
FAMILY OFFICE
Generally, Family Office Services are offered for family relationships with assets under
management of $20 million and greater. Fees are calculated based on the firm's standard
discretionary portfolio management fee schedule unless agreed to otherwise based scope of services
and engagement. Fees are assessed quarterly in arrears based on the market value of managed assets
as valued by the custodian and may include prorated fees for assets deposited to the account during
the prior quarter.
Dollar amount
Annual Fee
First $2 million
1.00%
Next $3 million
0.8%
Next $5 million
0.6%
Over $10 million
0.4%
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Negotiated fee rates are determined based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, total
assets managed and/or total family net worth, breadth and complexity of services, number of family
members engaged, coordination with family and other advisors, jurisdiction, various risk factors,
and estimated commitment of firm resources.
NON-MANAGED ASSETS
We typically do not charge a fee for non-managed assets meaning assets in which LW has no
management authority. Generally, non-managed assets are those in which clients request be
presented on custodial statements and/or considered as part of the client’s total portfolio when LW
is making investment decisions on assets in which LW has investment decision making authority.
For example, a client may have private investments managed by another investment adviser, but
the client wants those assets considered when LW is creating a holistic investment allocation
strategy for the client.
Any trading you or other managers conduct in these assets may incur additional fees such as
advisory fees charged by a third-party manager, trading fees, and custodial fees which are unrelated
to, and separate, from LW.
AD HOC WEALTH PLANNING SERVICES FEE SCHEDULE
Typically, wealth planning services are inclusive with fees you pay for discretionary portfolio
management. In limited instances, where unique specialty planning work is identified, LW proposes
to you, in advance, a separate financial planning fee.
In these instances, LW typically charges a fixed fee based on scope and complexity of the services
and professional resources required. These fees are negotiable and determined at the onset of the
engagement, generally ranging from $5,000 - $50,000.
INVESTMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO ERISA PLANS FEE SCHEDULE
Fees for investment consulting services are typically charged as a percentage of assets under
advisement, in arrears, and are negotiable on a client-by-client basis based on factors including:
Whether we are providing you with a full menu of services or only a few services;
The dollar value of your portfolio;
The number of assets and accounts you have;
The number and location of your employees (for qualified clients who use our retirement
planning services).
Dollar amount
Annual Fee
All Assets
1.00%
PAYMENT AND BILLING
Fees generally must be paid quarterly. Accounts within the same household, and in certain cases
related to a household, are aggregated for breakpoint pricing. The fee amount is based on the market
value of your assets on the final business day of the calendar quarter. When deposits and
withdrawals during the quarter exceed 10% of the asset value at the end of the quarter, the quarterly
fee will be prorated for those deposits and withdrawals.
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Fees for investment consulting services are generally invoiced on a quarterly basis in arrears; however,
some client arrangements are structured with a quarterly fee, payable in advance each quarter.
Direct Fee Debit
Clients generally authorize us to withdraw advisory fees payable from their accounts which are
held with a qualified custodian such as Schwab or Fidelity Investments. However, it is possible for
clients to have us invoice them for the management fee so that they may mail us a check. We do
not accept credit card payments.
The qualified custodians provide at least quarterly account statements directly to our clients or to a
designated "independent representative." Because the custodian does not calculate the amount of
the fee to be deducted, it is important for clients to carefully review their account statements from
their custodian to verify the accuracy of the calculation, among other things. Clients should contact
us if they believe that there may be an error in the calculation.
We also send quarterly reports to our advisory clients which include the calculation of their
investment advisory fee as well as a legend urging clients to compare the report they receive from
us with the account statement received directly from their qualified custodian.
Use of Margin
Some client accounts may be authorized to use margin (provided by third-party custodians) within
the client’s investment portfolio. In these cases, the fee payable will be assessed gross of margin.
OTHER FEES AND EXPENSES
In addition to the fees and expenses already described, you also may pay custodian fees and
brokerage commissions and equivalents, transfer taxes, wire transfer fees, possible trade away fees,
and other fees and taxes charged to brokerage accounts and securities transactions, which are
separate from but in addition to the advisory fee we charge.
Schwab and Fidelity
We recommend our discretionary clients use Charles Schwab (“Schwab”) or Fidelity as custodian
and broker-dealer. Schwab and Fidelity generally do not charge a separate account fee for our
client accounts. Rather, they are paid through, or have the right to charge, commissions and other
transaction-related or asset-based fees such as, but not limited to, the following:
Transaction fees to buy and sell the shares of mutual funds, ETFs and individual exchange-
traded securities. Because of competitive market conditions between our custodians,
currently it is typical that these are not charged to you and often are being waived.
The amount of the fees, if and when actually charged, varies as the firms modify their fee
schedules from time to time. You should request a schedule of these charges from your
custodians at the time you open accounts.
Mutual funds and ETFs that are used in our asset allocation portfolios are subject to various fees
and expenses, including administrative, custody, redemption and other fees that are paid by
investors. These fees are disclosed in each fund’s prospectus and are in addition to LW’s fee. You
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should note that some institutional mutual fund share classes are available to us which may not be
available to you investing on your own.
If you choose to buy no-load mutual funds directly from mutual fund companies rather than through
a Schwab or Fidelity brokerage account, you will be subject to terms and conditions set forth by
the mutual fund company which may or may not charge a transaction fee.
In many cases, Schwab and Fidelity do not receive a commission from a mutual fund. Sometimes
the mutual fund and Schwab or Fidelity agree to a service fee arrangement so that you will not be
charged the transaction fee. In such cases, the mutual fund company pays the custodian directly. In
most of these cases, you still must pay a short-term redemption fee if shares a custodian purchased
in the fund are sold in less than 91 days. You must also pay various short-term redemption fees as
required by mutual fund companies which discourage market-timing activities. We have
demonstrated to Schwab and Fidelity that we avoid short-term trading. Because of this, the
custodian sometimes agrees to waive the short-term redemption fee. Other custodians may charge
different transaction fees for buying and selling no-load mutual funds.
Third Party Manager
Where LW uses an independent, third-party manager, the independent manager charges a fee that
is in addition to the fee charged by LW. The investment manager’s fee will be described in the
investment manager’s investment management agreement.
TERMINATION
Under our current form of advisory agreement, you may terminate your contract with us by
providing us written notice, as outlined in your Investment Advisory Agreement. You must still
pay any applicable fees charged to you by third parties (e.g., a custodian such as Schwab or Fidelity
that has charged a trading commission for a transaction in your account). The fee for the final billing
period will be prorated up to the date of the termination. We will issue an invoice for any unpaid
LW fees or the fee will be directly deducted from your account upon receiving your termination
notice per our investment management agreement terms.
Item 6 – Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management
Our Firm and our supervised persons do not accept performance-based fees, which is a fee based
on a share of capital gains or capital appreciation of the assets of a client. Side-by-side management
refers to the practice of managing accounts that charge performance-based fees while at the same
time managing accounts that are not charged performance-based fees. LW’s fees are asset-based,
fixed, or hourly, which we believe align our goals with those of our clients.
Item 7 – Types of Clients
LW provides wealth planning. investment management and consulting services to:
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals);
High-net worth individuals;
Ultra-high net worth individuals
Pension and profit-sharing plans;
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Trust and Estates;
Charitable organizations; and
Corporations, and various other business entities.
You typically must have an account of at least $1,000,000 for us to serve you; however, we reserve
the right to waive the minimum based on our discretion.
Item 8 – Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss
We use various methods of analysis to form our recommendations to you about investment
strategies and to manage assets you entrust to us. Our investment advice begins with gathering
information from you to determine your financial goals, needs, and risk tolerance.
We generally develop aa written investment policy statement (“IPS”) that governs the management
of your investments. An IPS will identify the major classes of investments we believe you should
own and the proportions that should be held for each asset class. Asset classes we use in managing
your portfolio include, but are not limited to stocks, bonds, and cash/cash equivalents. An IPS will
consider your risk tolerance, return goals, liquidity needs, and any special factors that apply to your
situation.
We manage portfolios using an asset allocation approach. Generally, client portfolios resemble one
of our asset allocation model portfolios, holding a diversified mix of passive and active investment
solutions. The portfolio is allocated based on your risk profile and generally is aligned with our
asset allocation model portfolios with weightings between equity and fixed income securities based
on your growth and risk objectives. We also consider other diversification factors such as market
capitalization, sector, and geographic regions for equities, and issuer, credit quality, and
maturity/duration for fixed income securities. Since portfolios are customized to meet each client’s
financial goals, you should expect model deviation in your portfolio composition and performance.
The creation of our asset allocation models resides with our Investment Committee. Specific asset
allocation decisions, as well as security and vehicle selection, are shared between our Investment
Committee, investment team, and the assigned wealth advisor. Analysis is undertaken by our
investment team and reviewed and approved by our Investment Committee. Depending on your
IPS and objectives, the final recommendation of your investment portfolio can include equities,
mutual funds, exchange traded funds, bonds (corporate, government and municipal), and cash or
cash equivalents.
Occasionally, we will build a fixed income treasury bond ladder for a client upon specific request.
The creation of the bond ladder is based on specific client parameters and goals such as income
requirements, investment horizon, and risk tolerance among other considerations. Analysis is
conducted by our investment team and your Wealth Advisor.
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Our Investment Committee is comprised of members representing LW’s investment, wealth
advisory and management functions, including our Chief Investment Officer. The composition of
the Investment Committee changes periodically. The Investment Committee meets routinely to
discuss changes that may impact our economic outlook and portfolio composition. The Investment
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Committee and investment team are devoted to evaluating the current economic and market
environment so we can make judgments about trends and risks that affect your portfolio.
We rely on both internally generated research as well as a variety of research sources prepared by
various outside firms and experts that we judge to be credible in gathering information to discuss
within our Investment Committee. We conduct due diligence on mutual funds, ETFs, stocks and
bonds to determine the suitability of a security for inclusion in our asset allocation portfolios and
individual accounts. In our analysis, we use a variety of qualitative and quantitative tools to analyze
appropriate securities for inclusion in our portfolios. We use resources such as commercially
available software and databases, securities rating services, market and financial newsletters and
publications, issuer-prepared information, and mutual fund reports and prospectuses. We also
consider performance history, firm specific data, credit risk, interest-rate risk, and other financial
data that may impact a company.
For most clients, the result of our portfolio management process is to recommend and implement
an investment portfolio that emphasizes diversification and long-term investment horizons as
opposed to short-term trading.
RISK FACTORS
While we believe our approach produces a risk-controlled portfolio, you must accept the inherent
risks of the financial markets. These include (but are not limited to) declines in market value, loss
of principal, loss of purchasing power, lost opportunity costs, and loss of liquidity.
Market and Economic Risk
This is the risk that the value of securities owned by an investor may go up or down, sometimes
rapidly or unpredictably, due to changes in economic or market conditions. The value of a
security held in an account may change in response to developments affecting entire economies,
markets, or industries, including changes in interest rates, political and legal developments,
changes in Federal Reserve policy, and general market volatility, to name a few.
Interest Rate Risk
This is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of an increase in interest
rates; fixed income securities with longer durations are generally more sensitive to changes in
interest rates than those with a shorter duration. Duration is a measure that relates the expected
price volatility of a bond to changes in interest rates. The duration of a bond may be shorter than
or equal to the full maturity of a bond. Generally, bonds with longer maturities will have greater
price sensitivity (positive or negative) to changes in interest rates. To compensate investors for
this higher interest rate risk, bonds with longer maturities generally offer higher yields than bonds
with shorter duration. If interest rates increase, the market value of the bond may decline,
adversely affecting the bond’s return. If interest rates decrease, the market value of the bond may
increase, which may increase the bond’s return.
Liquidity Risk
This is the risk that a lack of demand in the marketplace, or other factors, may result in an
inability to sell some or all of the investments promptly, or only being able to sell investments at
unusually depressed values.
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Credit Risk
This is the risk that an investor could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed income
security is unable or unwilling to meet its financial obligations.
High Yield Fixed-Income Securities Risk
Investments in High-Yield bonds entail greater risk than an investment in higher-rated securities.
Although High-Yield bonds typically pay higher interest rates than investment-grade bonds, there
is a greater likelihood that the company issuing the High-Yield bond will default on interest and
principal payments. In the event of an issuer’s bankruptcy, claims of other creditors may have
priority over the claims of High-Yield bond holders, which may leave few or no assets to repay
High-Yield bond holders. High-Yield bonds also are more sensitive to adverse economic changes
or individual corporate developments than higher quality bonds. During a period of adverse
economic change or a period of rising interest rates, companies issuing High-Yield bonds may be
unable to make principal and interest payments.
Bond Risk
Corporate debt securities (or "bonds") are typically safer investments than equity securities, but
their risk can also vary widely based on: the financial health of the issuer; the risk that the issuer
might default; when the bond is set to mature; and, whether or not the bond can be "called" prior
to maturity. When a bond is called, it may not be possible to replace it with a bond of equal
character paying the same rate of return.
Inflation Risk
This is the risk that the value of assets or investment income will decrease as inflation decreases
the purchasing power of a currency.
Issuer Risk
There is always a risk that the issuer, whether stocks or bonds, will perform poorly or that the
securities valuation will be reduced by factors specific to the issuer or its industry.
Mutual Funds and ETFs
Shares of open-end mutual funds involve general market risk as well as related risks of the
securities comprising the fund’s investments including liquidity risk, credit risk, volatility,
currency risk, and possible loss of principal. Shareholders also are liable for taxes on any fund-
level capital gains, as mutual funds are required to distribute capital gains in the event they sell
securities for a profit that cannot be offset by a corresponding loss.
Shares of ETFs are listed on securities exchanges and transacted at negotiated prices in the
secondary market. Generally, ETF shares trade at or near their most recent NAV, which is
generally calculated at least once daily for indexed based ETFs and potentially more frequently
for actively managed ETFs. However, certain inefficiencies may cause the shares to trade at a
premium or discount to their pro rata NAV. Similar to mutual funds, ETFs are required to
distribute capital gains. There also is no guarantee that an active secondary market for such shares
will develop or continue to exist. Generally, an ETF only redeems shares when aggregated as
creation units (usually 20,000 shares or more). Therefore, if a liquid secondary market ceases to
exist for shares of a particular ETF, a shareholder may have no way to dispose of such shares.
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Shares of closed-end funds have different risks than open-end funds. Like ETFs, closed-end funds
trade on the market, generally not at NAV. Like a more typical security, the price may diverge
from the NAV and sell at a discount or premium. In addition, closed-end funds can use more
leverage than open-end funds and, therefore, may take on additional risk.
Public Health Risk
In the event of a public health crisis or pandemic, client accounts could be negatively impacted.
Such events also could have a materially adverse effect on our business, our service providers’
businesses, financial markets, and performance of our client accounts.
Cybersecurity and Business Continuity
The Firm focuses on providing a secure and reliable IT infrastructure to protect our data and
manage cyber and business interruption risks. However, our information and technology systems
may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from computer viruses, network failures, computer
and telecommunications failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons and security breaches,
usage errors by our employees, power outages, and catastrophic events such as hurricanes, floods,
tornadoes, earthquakes, and fire.
If our systems are compromised or become inoperable for extended periods of time, LW will
likely need to make a significant investment to fix or replace them. The failure of these systems
potentially could cause significant interruptions in our operations and result in exposure of
sensitive Firm and client data. Such failures also could cause reputational damage or otherwise
could impact our business performance. If such events were to transpire, we would seek to notify
affected clients of any known cybersecurity incident that poses a substantial risk of exposing
confidential personal data about such clients to unintended parties. To help guard our IT
infrastructure, we have developed cybersecurity and disaster recovery and business continuity
policies to manage, and protocols to promptly mitigate, any potential threats or business
interruptions.
Item 9 – Disciplinary Information
Linscomb Wealth has no disciplinary events to report as a Firm. One employee has a regulatory
disclosure DRP in connection with a 2017 FINRA settlement prior to his employment with LW in
2021. Complete details regarding the event is disclosed in LW’s Form ADV Part 1 which can be
found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/Firm/summary/106779.
Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
LW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cadence Bank, a publicly listed, state-chartered bank based in
Tupelo, Mississippi. Cadence Bank has employees who also are registered representatives of LPL,
a broker-dealer. LW does not have a relationship with LPL.
LW is not registered as a broker-dealer. Further, LW, nor any of its management persons, have an
application pending to register, as a futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, a
commodity trading advisor, or an associated person of any of these entities. We do not have any
material relationships or arrangements with a municipal securities dealer, government securities
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dealer or broker, investment company or other pooled investment vehicles (including a mutual fund,
closed-end investment company, unit investment trust, private investment company or hedge fund).
Investment Adviser Representatives (IARs). In addition to being a registered investment adviser
with the SEC, we have individuals who are investment adviser representatives (IARs) of LW. The
IARs are under the supervision of LW, and the advisory services of the IAR are provided through
LW. Our IARs do not earn a commission from the services offered.
The Firm’s activities are supervised by LW’s Executive Committee and Senior Management Team
consisting of senior management of LW and the LW Board of Directors.
Legacy Insurance Services. Previously, various members of our Firm held licenses for the sale of
life insurance and annuity products. We no longer offer insurance products nor are any employees
licensed to sell insurance products. However, we still receive residual commissions from prior
sales by licensed individuals who were previously associated with LW. These commissions are
not retained by LW and are returned to the issuing insurance firm upon receipt.
Clients should note that we are able to provide advice on insurance related needs as part of our
wealth planning services, and when applicable and appropriate, will refer clients to licensed
insurance agents and/or carriers. We do not receive any financial benefit or commissions when
assisting clients with this service.
Employee Participation in Outside Business Activities. Our employees are encouraged to
participate in their communities. While they spend most of their time committed to LW’s advisory
business, from time to time, our employees may be involved with outside activities including, but
not limited to, board positions for institutions, charities, and non-profit organizations. Due to these
outside activities, a conflict of interest can arise between LW and an employee’s other activities.
To mitigate these conflicts, LW requires that employees report and receive approval for outside
business activities.
Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading
We have adopted a formal Code of Ethics (“Code”) to be followed by our employees. This Code is
intended to remind our employees of the following:
We have a fiduciary duty and legal responsibility at all times to place the interests of
our clients first;
We are required to conduct all of our personal securities transactions in such a manner to
avoid actual or potential conflict of interest versus serving the interests of our clients;
We should never take inappropriate advantage of our position as clients’ trusted
advisers;
We should be cognizant of the fiduciary principle that information concerning the
identity of security holdings and financial circumstances regarding our clients is
confidential;
We must remember that being independent in our investment decision-making process
for clients is vitally important.
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We believe that adhering to this Code and related ethical business practices enhances and extends
the good reputation of LW. The Code includes the Firm’s policy prohibiting the misuse of material,
non-public information. Any individual not observing this requirement is subject to disciplinary
actions.
In supervising our employees, we require that all employees provide an annual holdings report and
quarterly transaction reports to the Chief Compliance Officer. Further, we require that all
employees obtain pre-approval for certain transactions, including IPOs and Private Placements,
prior to transacting in such securities. All employees are required to attest to the Code on at least
an annual basis.
Some employees choose to hire LW to directly manage their personal assets and hold investment
positions that LW also recommends to its clients in their personal portfolios. We believe this
practice helps align our interests to those of our clients. In employee personal portfolios,
independent of a LW discretionary investment management arrangement with an employee, and
subject to satisfying the provisions under the Code, an employee may personally invest their own
assets using the same, similar, or different strategies recommended to you. In doing so, it is our
policy that no employee place their own interests ahead of you.
A copy of our Code of Ethics is available to you by contacting us at the address, telephone number,
or e-mail on the cover page of this brochure.
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices
LW does not maintain custody of your assets, although we may be deemed to have custody of your
assets if you give us authority to withdraw assets from your account (see Item 15 – Custody). Your
assets must be maintained by a “qualified custodian”, generally a broker-dealer or bank. Due to our
operational set-up, we typically require our clients to use Schwab or Fidelity, who are registered
broker-dealers, as the qualified custodian and execute transactions for the assets over which LW
maintains discretion.
Cadence Bank serves as Trustee (typically where a client requires the services of a corporate
trustee) to a limited number of LW client accounts. We operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cadence Bank. Where Cadence Bank serves as trustee for an account managed by LW, LW
recommended trades are executed through Cadence’s custodial relationship. Because of this
arrangement, LW is deemed to have custody of these shared accounts.
Our Relationship with Schwab and Fidelity
We are not affiliated with Schwab and Fidelity nor do we currently maintain promoter agreements
with these Firms for client referrals. These Firms will hold your assets in a brokerage account and
buy and sell securities when instructed by us or you. While we typically require that you use one
of these entities as a custodian and broker so that we can manage your assets, you are responsible
for choosing to do so and will open accounts with them by entering into an account agreement
directly with them. We do not open the account for you, but assist you if requested.
If you do not place your assets with one of these custodians, then we may not be able to manage
your account. Even though your account is maintained at one of these entities, and we anticipate
that most trades will be executed through the broker in which you have your account custodied, we
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can still use other brokers to execute trades for your account as described below (see “Your
brokerage and custody costs”).
How we select brokers/custodians. LW is not a broker-dealer and we do not have any broker-dealer
affiliates. When considering whether the terms that brokers provide are, overall, most advantageous
to you when compared with other available providers and their services, we consider a wide range
of factors, including:
Combination of transaction execution services and asset custody services (generally
without a separate fee for custody)
Capability to execute, clear, and settle trades (buy and sell securities for your account)
Compatibility with our trading platform to facilitate transfers and payments to and from
accounts (wire transfers, check requests, bill payment, etc.)
Breadth of available investment products (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, exchange-traded
fund (ETFs, etc.)
Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment
decisions
Competitiveness of the prices 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 to us and our clients
Service delivered or paid for by the broker
Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below (see
“Products and services available to us”)
Your brokerage and custody costs. For your accounts that are maintained with Schwab or Fidelity,
you generally get charged commissions and other fees on trades that the broker executes or that
settle into your account. There are certain trades that do not incur commission; however, those may
vary by broker platform. Fees on such broker arrangements can be charged as a percentage of the
dollar amount of assets in the account, per trade commission based, or other fee arrangements that
will be agreed upon in your respective broker service agreement. These platforms also typically
charge a “trade away” fee for each trade that we execute with a different broker but where the
securities bought or funds from sold securities are deposited into your account. These fees are in
addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay the executing broker. Because of this,
and to minimize your trading costs, we execute most trades for your account with your selected
broker.
Best Execution. 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 your selected broker, we have
determined that having your respective broker execute most trades is consistent with our duty for
best execution.
We periodically review the service that you receive from Schwab or Fidelity and compare the costs
and services with other alternatives. These are the factors we consider when we conduct these
reviews:
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Reasons to stay with Schwab or Fidelity:
Dealing with a small number of custodians gives us more leverage when we negotiate
the commission rates that you will pay.
Directing our clients to a wide variety of brokers would be more costly and
operationally difficult.
Reasons to look at alternatives:
Dealing with a small number of custodians may limit our ability to find the absolute best
service possible.
The conflict between these competing reasons creates a conflict of interest for our firm,
which we hereby disclose to you.
Product and Services available to us. LW does not engage in traditional “soft dollar arrangements”
with brokers meaning those arrangements where an adviser receives cash compensation or research
from brokers in exchange for directing client trades through that broker. Schwab and Fidelity
provide access to institutional brokerage services (trading, custody, reporting and related services),
many of which are not typically available to these firms’ retail customers. However, certain retail
investors may be able to get institutional brokerage services from one of these firms without hiring
us. These firms also make available various support services. Some of those services help us
manage or administer your accounts, while others help us manage and grow our business. Support
services are generally available on an unsolicited basis (we don’t have to request them) and at no
charge to use. Following is a more detailed description of support services:
Services that benefit you. Schwab and Fidelity provide institutional brokerage services
that include access to a broad range of investment products, execution of securities
transactions, and custody of client assets. The investment products available through these
brokers include some to which we might not otherwise have access or that would require a
significantly higher minimum initial investment by our clients. The services described
generally benefit you and your account.
Services that do not benefit you directly. These brokers also make available to us other
products and services that benefit us, but do not directly benefit you or your account. These
products and services assist us in managing and administering your accounts and operating
our Firm. They include investment research, both that of the broker-dealer and that of third
parties. We use this research to service all or a substantial number of our clients’ accounts,
including accounts not maintained at your specific broker. In addition to research, these
brokers make available software and other technology that:
Provides 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 our fees from our clients’ accounts; and
Assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting.
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Services that benefit us only. These brokers also offer other services intended to help us
manage and further develop our business enterprise. While we may not choose to use all the
services below, the services include:
Educational conferences
Consulting on technology and business needs
Consulting on legal and compliance related needs
Publications and conference on practice management and business succession
Access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants, and insurance
providers
Marketing consulting and support
The brokers provide some of these services themselves; while in other cases, they will
arrange for third party vendors to provide the services to us. Some brokers also discount or
waive fees for some of these services or pay all or part of a third party’s fees. If you did not
maintain your account at these brokers, we would be required to pay for those services from
our own resources.
Our interest in certain custodian/broker-dealer services. The availability of these services benefits
us because we do not have to pay for these services. Certain of these brokers also have agreed to
pay for certain technology, research, marketing, and compliance consulting products or services on
our behalf once the value of our clients’ assets in account at the respective broker reaches certain
thresholds. We do not pay for these services so long as our clients collectively keep a specified
amount of their assets in accounts at each respective custodian. Beyond this minimum level of
assets, we do not have to send them a particular amount of trading or other business to receive this
service. It is a conflict of interest for us to recommend the use of these brokers 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. We believe, however, our selection of these
entities as custodian and broker is in the best interests of our clients. Our selection is primarily
supported by the scope, quality, and prices of these entities’ services and not their services that
benefit only us.
DIRECTED BROKERAGE
As discussed above, to gain operating efficiencies in trading and managing client portfolios we
typically require that clients use Schwab or Fidelity brokers for custody and brokerage activities.
We may not be able to manage your account if you choose other broker-dealers for executing
transactions because other arrangements create additional operational difficulties.
TRADE AGGREGATION AND ALLOCATION
LW, where possible, seeks, but is not required to aggregate client orders (“batch order”) under its
discretionary management, including those employee accounts that we manage directly. Generally,
this is practical when our Investment Committee decides to eliminate or add a particular investment
in a manner that affects many client portfolios. Trade orders like this will be made on an aggregated
basis, per executing custodian platform so that the resulting execution of the trade will be allocated
among all clients on the same custodian platform in a way that all client accounts receive the same
average execution price. When a batch order is only partially filled, the securities purchased will be
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allocated to the underlying accounts on a pro-rata basis or in a manner that is deemed equitable by
LW.
Batch orders are generally not practical for changes to client portfolios that result from individual
account review, since a large number of accounts are not traded at the same time. In these cases,
trades for client accounts are entered on a one-by-one basis for clients. As a result, clients may not all
receive the same execution price on a given security bought or sold within the same day.
If we perform a batch trade with a brokerage firm other than the one that normally oversees your
account, you will likely pay an extra fee for trade settlement. This fee is set by the firm that brokers
trades for your account.
IPOs - “Hot Issues”. We normally do not invest in Initial Public Offerings (IPOs), however, in the
event that we do purchase IPOs for client accounts, any shares purchased for clients will be
allocated under a uniform method designed to ensure fair and equal distribution of these
investments among those clients eligible to participate in the IPO.
Trading Fixed Income. We generally follow a “first come, first served” policy when it comes to
allocating trades for individual bond investments. This means that if you were the first client
seeking that kind of investment on a particular day, your trade will normally be made first.
However, when making our decisions, we still consider your preferences and the specifics of your
portfolio, such as, but not limited to:
Issuer limitations
Bond credit-quality restrictions
Minimum position sizes
Round lots
The number of holdings that make up the bond portfolio
CROSS TRADES, PRINCIPAL TRADES, AND AGENCY CROSS TRADES
We do not conduct cross trades (a transaction involving the sale of a security in one client account
and the simultaneous purchase of that security in another client account that is executed by a third
party broker), principal trades (a transaction involving the purchase or sale of a security between
LW and a client account), or agency cross trades (a transaction involving the purchase or sale of
security between a client account and an affiliated broker).
Item 13 – Review of Accounts
We periodically review your discretionary managed portfolios and financial plans. We then make
any needed changes based on market conditions and other factors.
FINANCIAL PLAN REVIEWS
We recommend that you engage LW to update or review your financial plans at least annually.
Reviews and updates are typically requested to account for a change in your goals, financial
situation, or simply to confirm your plan is still appropriate. All updates and changes (if any) to
your plan are typically reviewed by your Wealth Advisor(s).
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INVESTMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS
The Investment Committee establishes an overall allocation policy along with asset allocation
models and specific portfolio solutions. The Investment Committee and Investment/Trading teams
routinely review the allocation policy, client asset allocation models, and portfolio solutions. LW
Wealth Advisors are responsible for working with you to establish your overall investment policy,
which broadly defines an appropriate asset allocation model and personalized investment
allocation, in accordance with Firm’s established policy. The Investment/Trading Team, along with
your assigned Wealth Advisor, routinely review client portfolios managed on a discretionary basis
for actionable deviations in your defined investment policy and specific portfolio solution.
Generally, account reviews are conducted to, or as a result of:
Identifying a deviation in investment policy, which may relate to overall asset
allocation/risk model, as defined by your investment policy;
Initiating a change in the Investment Committee’s recommended asset allocation policy,
risk model, and/or your specific portfolio solution;
An update made to your investment policy, asset allocation and/or specific portfolio
solution, cash positions accumulating above recommended/policy levels based on
portfolio income, contributions, sells of non-managed securities, or previously held cash
reserves no longer required;
Raising cash for anticipated portfolio distributions, routine or otherwise.
ACCOUNT STATEMENTS AND OTHER REPORTS
You should receive account statements on at least a quarterly basis from your qualified custodian
detailing activity and end-of-period positions. Additionally, you will receive quarterly statements
from us, along with our quarterly commentary providing our views about the financial markets and
the economy. LW does not independently verify information provided by a custodian, you, or other
third party, nor does LW guarantee the validity of such information. We encourage you to review
the statements received from the custodian for accuracy and inform LW if there are inconsistencies.
Item 14 – Client Referrals and Other Compensation
CLIENT REFERRALS
Affiliate Referrals to LW. Occasionally, we receive a client referral from our affiliate, Cadence
Bank. In these situations, we compensate Cadence Bank for the referral. Client referrals by our
affiliate are compensated on percentage of investment advisory fees paid by the client to LW
attributable to Cadence Bank with perpetual credit in most cases.
Affiliate Referrals by LW. Similarly, LW employees refer its Clients to Cadence Bank. In these
situations, no referral compensation is paid to the LW employee for the referral. If a Client chooses
to engage Cadence Bank for services, the Client will be charged additional fees beyond the advisory
fees charged by LW for the service provided by Cadence Bank. Our employees may not offer
opinions or endorsements of products or services offered by Cadence Bank.
Third-Party Promotors. We have a limited number of third-party promotors, both entities and
individuals, who receive referral compensation for referring clients to us. We generally pay a
percentage of the investment advisory fee paid by the client to LW, for a trailing period which can
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be for the entirety of time in which we manage the account, to the promotor that referred you to us.
We do not currently have an active promotor agreement in place with Schwab or Fidelity; however,
we pay trailing cash fees to Schwab and Fidelity for clients brought to us from a referral program
in which we previously participated.
We do not increase our managementt fee to cover the cost of these referral fees. Therefore, there is
no difference in the fee you are charged if you become a client through a paid referral source or
otherwise. We will notify you of the referral arrangement and provide a written disclosure and any
compensation provided to the promotor consistent with Rule 206(4)-1 under the Advisers Act.
Non-Affiliated Referrals by LW. We have a network of industry service providers for a variety of
our clients’ needs including tax and accounting, estate and other legal services, and insurance
professionals to whom we refer our clients. We do not provide cash compensation, nor do we
receive any cash compensation from the service provider for the referral. The client maintains a
direct relationship with any non-affiliated service provider and pays for those services
independent of the services LW provides.
OTHER COMPENSATION
In some instances, employees receive benefits from third parties and clients in the form of reasonable
and limited business entertainment, gifts, travel, lodging, and waived registration fees in connection
with training events or conferences for which LW believes the benefit realized is negligible and does
not present a significant conflict of interest.
Additionally, as noted in Item 10 – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations, LW receives
trailing commissions from insurance services previously sold under a discontinued practice;
however, LW returns the trailing commission checks to the insurance firm upon receipt.
We also receive an economic benefit from Schwab and Fidelity in the form of support products and
services discussed in Item 12 – Brokerage Practices. These entities also agree to pay for certain
products and services that we would otherwise need to pay for if assets in these accounts do not meet
a certain threshold. You do not pay more for assets maintained by these entities as a result of these
arrangements. However, we benefit from the arrangement because the cost of these services would
otherwise be borne directly by us. You should consider these conflicts of interest when selecting a
custodian and hiring us.
Item 15 – Custody
LW does not maintain physical custody of client assets. It is our policy that your funds and securities
are held in accounts maintained by a qualified custodian independent of LW, with periodic
statements delivered directly to you from the custodian. These statements describe all activity and
balances in your custodial accounts. For most of our clients, this custodian is typically Schwab or
Fidelity. Cadence Bank serves as Trustee for a limited number of LW clients that engage Cadence
Bank for trust services. The qualified custodian for such assets is FIS/Reliance Trust Company;
however, you will receive a custodial statement from FIS/Reliance Trust Company branded as
Cadence Bank.
Through our advisory agreement, some clients choose to give us the ability to direct cash payments
from your custodian account to a third party under a standing letter of authorization from you to
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the custodian. We also have limited authority to assist clients in communicating the transferring of
client assets to a third party. Both we and the custodian have procedures to comply with regulatory
guidance to allow us to follow your payment instructions, once we have verbally authenticated the
instructions came from you. LW will obtain a surprise exam for those accounts in which we are
deemed to maintain custody in accordance with our regulatory obligations.
As discussed in Item 13- Review of Accounts, both the custodian and LW send you periodic
statements detailing your portfolio transactions and account balances. For tax and other purposes,
the custodial statement and related tax forms are the official record of your account(s) and assets.
We urge you to compare the account statement you receive from your custodian to the statements
provided by us. Our statements may vary from the custodial statement based on accounting
procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methods of certain securities. If you have any questions
regarding this comparison, you should ask us.
Item 16 – Investment Discretion
When you hire us to manage your portfolio on a discretionary basis, you grant us the authority to
make certain decisions with respect to your investments in the portfolio without consulting you
prior to the transaction. You typically grant us this authority by signing some form of a “Limited
Power of Attorney” with the custodian of your account, as well as a Linscomb Wealth Investment
Advisory Agreement.
We have the right to determine the following when managing a discretionary portfolio:
The securities to buy or sell for you
The amount of securities to buy or sell for you
The broker or dealer to use for executing buy and sell transactions
You may choose to place certain limitations on our authority which we can choose to accept such
as placing restrictions to buy or hold a specific security. We typically accept reasonable limitations
that we judge will not hinder our ability to effectively manage your portfolio.
Some Clients choose to hire us to advise them on their portfolio without granting us full discretion
over their assets. These are referred to as non-discretionary assets. When you hire us in a non-
discretionary capacity, you maintain control over the decisions made in your portfolio. We will
recommend security transactions; however, you generally will need to approve the trades we
propose and instruct us to execute the trades or execute the trades yourself.
You may also provide us with non-discretionary authority to accounts that we do not manage so
that we have a holistic view of your portfolio of investable assets. In such cases, we do not manage
or take instructions from you on such assets.
Item 17 – Voting Client Securities
Our standard investment advisory agreement grants us authority to vote proxies on your behalf
unless you request in writing that we do not vote proxies in your account. You reserve the right to
vote your proxies and may do so by sending your custodian and LW a written request to revoke our
proxy authority on your account.
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When we vote proxies on behalf of our clients, and considering our fiduciary duty to clients and
given the complexity of the issues that may be raised with proxy votes, we have retained Proxytrust
as our proxy advisory firm. Proxytrust is an independent third party that specializes in providing a
variety of fiduciary-level proxy related services to institutional investment managers. Proxytrust
provides us with in-depth research, voting recommendations, vote execution and recordkeeping.
Under our agreement with Proxytrust, we no longer receive proxy statements from the custodians
on behalf of our clients; rather, all proxies are sent directly to Proxytrust who completes their
research, and then systematically votes the proxies according to our agreed upon proxy voting
guidelines. LW will typically vote consistent with Proxytrust recommendations, unless otherwise
directed by the client. Proxytrust supplies us with a monthly proxy voting report which indicates
how the proxies were voted.
We vote by proxy on these kinds of issues:
Routine
Election of officers
Ratification of outside auditors
Examples:
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Non-routine
You should note that LW always votes Cadence proxies in favor with management; however,
generally, the matters put to vote do not cause a conflict of interest between LW and you. LW remains
sensitive to the possibility of these conflicts of interest.
LW is not responsible for voting proxies the proxy service does not receive. We do not have
authority, responsibility, or obligation to take any action or render any advice with respect to any
legal actions, including but not limited to, class action lawsuits, which involve securities or other
assets held or previously held in your account(s).
To obtain a copy of our Proxy Voting Policy and voting records please send a written request to our
Chief Compliance Officer at either:
Mailing Address:
Via Email:
1333 West Loop South, Suite 1500, Houston, TX 77027, or
compliance@linscombwealth.com
Item 18 – Financial Information
We do not require or solicit prepayments of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six months or more
in advance. Therefore, we are not required to include a financial statement.
As an advisory Firm that maintains discretionary authority for client accounts and that may be
deemed to have custody of certain client assets, we are also required to disclose any financial
condition that is likely to impair our ability to meet our contractual obligations. We have no
additional financial circumstances to report.
We have not been the subject of a bankruptcy petition at any time during the past.
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