Overview
Assets Under Management: $203 million
High-Net-Worth Clients: 33
Average Client Assets: $5 million
Services Offered
Services: Financial Planning, Portfolio Management for Individuals, Pension Consulting
Fee Structure
Primary Fee Schedule (GFA PART 2A AND 2B)
Min | Max | Marginal Fee Rate |
---|---|---|
$0 | $1,500,000 | 1.00% |
$1,500,001 | $3,000,000 | 0.80% |
$3,000,001 | and above | 0.50% |
Illustrative Fee Rates
Total Assets | Annual Fees | Average Fee Rate |
---|---|---|
$1 million | $10,000 | 1.00% |
$5 million | $37,000 | 0.74% |
$10 million | $62,000 | 0.62% |
$50 million | $262,000 | 0.52% |
$100 million | $512,000 | 0.51% |
Clients
Number of High-Net-Worth Clients: 33
Percentage of Firm Assets Belonging to High-Net-Worth Clients: 76.71
Average High-Net-Worth Client Assets: $5 million
Total Client Accounts: 122
Discretionary Accounts: 113
Non-Discretionary Accounts: 9
Regulatory Filings
CRD Number: 146262
Last Filing Date: 2024-03-29 00:00:00
Form ADV Documents
Primary Brochure: GFA PART 2A AND 2B (2025-03-18)
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Glashofer Financial
Advisors
11906 Whistler Court
Potomac, Maryland 20854
301-424-4432 (Office)
301-424-4435 (Fax)
FORM ADV, PART 2A
Disclosure Brochure
Date of Update: March 18,
2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
Glashofer Financial Advisors. If you have any questions about the contents of this
brochure, please contact us at 301- 424-4432. The information in this brochure has not
been approved or verified by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or
by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Glashofer Financial Advisors is also available on the SEC’s
website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
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Material Changes
As of the date of this Firm Brochure, there have been no material changes since Glashofer
Financial Advisors last annual update, dated March 29, 2024. However, clients and
prospective clients should review the entire Firm Brochure carefully.
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Table of Contents
Material Changes........................................................................................................2
Advisory Business......................................................................................................3
Fees and Compensation..............................................................................................3
Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-Side Management..........................................4
Types of Clients ......................................................................................................... 4
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss .................................. 4
Disciplinary Information............................................................................................5
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .................................................. 5
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal
Trading.......................................................................................................................6
Brokerage Practices....................................................................................................6
Review of Accounts ................................................................................................... 7
Client Referrals and Other Compensation..................................................................7
Custody ...................................................................................................................... 8
Investment Discretion.................................................................................................8
Voting Clients Securities............................................................................................8
Financial Information.................................................................................................9
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Advisory Business
Glashofer Financial Advisors (“GFA”) is an investment advisory firm that has been in
business since February 2008. The principal owner and president of the firm is Paul
Glashofer.
Glashofer Financial Advisors provides investment advisory services to clients. GFA
also discusses each client’s financial situation to identify whether they require growth,
income, or a combination of both. GFA acts as investment advisor to clients with
limited power of attorney to direct the purchase and sale of securities for clients.
Glashofer Financial Advisors tailors its pension advisory services to the individual needs
of clients by focusing on the client’s risk tolerance, investment experience, investment
time horizon, and retirement needs.
Clients may impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities by
notifying the firm.
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. The way we make money
creates some conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires
us to act in your best interest and not put our interests ahead of yours.
Under this special rule's provisions, we must:
Meet a professional standard of care when making investment recommendations;
Never put our financial interests ahead of yours when making recommendations;
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.
For more information about our conflicts of interest, please review items 5, 10, 11 and
14 or reach out to us using the contact information on the cover page of this brochure.
As of December 31, 2024, Glashofer Financial Advisors manages approximately
$281,307,481 Of these assets, approximately $262,811,671 is managed on a
discretionary basis and $18,495,810 is managed on a non-discretionary basis.
Fees and Compensation
The basic fee to be charged by GFA for its advisory services is a percentage of the
average daily assets under management, as follows:
1% on first $1,500,000 under management
8/10 of 1% on next $1,500,000
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5/10 of 1% above $3,000,000
Non-profit organizations – 5/10 of 1%
Consultations are available on an hourly basis not to exceed $250 per hour.
GFA accepts accounts with a minimum account size of $500,000. However,
exceptions to minimum account size are made on a case-by-case basis. Fees are
negotiable.
The fee is charged quarterly in arrears. Clients may elect to have fees deducted directly
from their brokerage account or to be billed for fees incurred.
In addition, clients may incur brokerage or transaction costs levied from the broker.
Should GFA purchase mutual funds, client may also pay a management fee to the fund.
Mr. Glashofer accepts compensation for the sale of insurance products. Any commission-
based product creates a conflict of interest as there is an incentive to recommend products
based on compensation received rather than a client’s needs. Glashofer Financial
Advisors is a client-focused firm and our focus is in serving the best interests of our
clients without consideration of the compensation.
Clients have the option to purchase investment products that GFA recommends through
other brokers or agents that are not affiliated with Glashofer Financial Advisors.
Less than 5% of Mr. Glashofer’s revenue is earned from the sale of insurance products.
Commissions from insurance products are disclosed to clients and GFA will at times
reduce advisory fees to offset the commissions. Note that clients are under no
obligation to execute any recommended transaction.
Performance-Based Fees and Side-by-SideManagement
Glashofer Financial Advisors does not manage any performance-based fee accounts nor
does it manage both performance-based fee accounts and accounts that are charged
another type of fee.
Types of Clients
Glashofer Financial Advisors offers investment advisory services to individuals, pension
and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, partnerships, and
corporations.
Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Glashofer Financial Advisors uses fundamental methods to assess risks and opportunities
in the capital markets. Security analysis also concentrates on companies that demonstrate
a high return on shareholder’s equity, generate substantial free cash flow, have strong
balance sheets, trade at a low price to book value or net current assets, trade at a low price
relative to their earnings, repurchase their own shares and increase their dividend
payouts.
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Throughout our investment process, we review numerous sources of information:
inspections of corporate activities; research materials prepared by others; corporate rating
services; annual reports, prospectuses, and filings with the SEC; company press releases
and financial newspapers and magazines.
Glashofer Financial Advisors provides investment advice on some or all of the following
types of securities: exchange‐listed and over‐the-counter securities; warrants; corporate
debt securities; commercial paper; certificates of deposit; municipal securities; United
States government securities; mutual fund shares and exchange-traded fund shares;
options contracts on securities; interests in partnerships investing in real estate and
private equity investments.
GFA seeks to invest in securities with long term purchases (securities held at least a
year), both to realize preferential tax rates on long‐term capital gains and to minimize
trading expenses. Our principal focus is to invest our clients’ funds to achieve long‐term
capital appreciation. When suitable to client circumstances and preferences, we may also
invest in short term purchases (securities sold within a year) and option writing, including
covered and uncovered options.
All investment programs have certain risks that are borne by the investor. Our investment
approach attempts to minimize risk. However, as with all investments, clients face
investment risks including the following: Loss of Principal Risk, Interest-Rate Risk,
Market Risk, Inflation Risk, Currency Risk, Reinvestment Risk, Business Risk, Liquidity
Risk, Geopolitical Risk and Financial Risk.
Glashofer Financial Advisors methods of analysis and investment strategies do not
present any significant or unusual risks. The firm does not have a strategy of frequent
trading of securities which can affect investment performance, particularly through
increased brokerage and other transaction costs and taxes.
Disciplinary Information
Glashofer Financial Advisors has never had, nor currently has, any legal or disciplinary
events that are material to client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of its advisory
business or the integrity of its management.
Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Paul Glashofer, the firm’s president and principal owner, also serves as an insurance
broker and advisor. Less than five percent of Mr. Glashofer’s time is spent on insurance
work and less than five percent of his revenue is earned from this work.
Currently, Mr. Glashofer is licensed to sell life, disability, and long-term care insurance.
He does not have an affiliation with any broker dealer and is not licensed to sell any
securities products. Clients are informed of any commission. In addition, Mr. Glashofer
has no primary affiliation with any insurance company and is able to place insurance
independently.
Glashofer Financial Advisors avoids a conflict of interest with its clients with regard to
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selling insurance products and receiving a commission by focusing on client’s needs first
and matching the appropriate product to the client, regardless of the commission.
Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and
Personal Trading
The firm's Code of Ethics establishes rules of conduct for all employees of Glashofer
Financial Advisors. GFA will provide clients or prospective clients with a copy of the
firm's Code of Ethics upon request.
When GFA officers or employees purchase securities for their clients and also purchase
the same security for their own account or do so at or about the same time, GFA officers
or employees will avoid conflicts of interest by either receiving an average price or by
purchasing the security after its client’s positions have been purchased. The same
procedure is followed when securities are sold.
Glashofer Financial Advisors maintains internal procedures to ensure that the interests of
client accounts will at all times be placed first. All personal securities transactions by the
GFA or its officers and employees are conducted in such a manner as to avoid any actual
or potential conflict of interest or any abuse of an individual’s position of trust or
responsibility. In addition, access persons may not take inappropriate advantage of their
positions.
Brokerage Practices
Glashofer Financial Advisors trades with reputable firms who are qualified to execute
orders and negotiate commissions. Periodic reviews are conducted to evaluate
reasonableness of commission rates and the quality of executions. GFA’s goal is to
attempt to use firms based on the proven integrity and financial responsibility of the firm,
best execution of orders at reasonable commission rates, and the quality of client service.
GFA does not have any formal or informal arrangements or commitments to utilize
research, research-related products and other services obtained by broker-dealers (or third
parties) on a soft dollar commission basis.
Glashofer Financial Advisors recommends discount brokerage firms (qualified
custodians) such as Charles Schwab & Co, Inc. Glashofer Financial Advisors does not
receive fees or commissions from this or any broker-dealer arrangements, although GFA
may benefit from electronic delivery of client information, electronic trading platforms,
duplicate statements, the ability to directly deduct fees from client accounts and other
services provided by custodians for the benefit of clients. GFA may also benefit from
other services provided by custodians, such as research, continuing education, and
practice management advice. These benefits are standard in a relationship with these
custodians and are not in return for client recommendations or transactions.
Glashofer Financial Advisors may accept client instructions for directing the client’s
brokerage transactions to a particular broker-dealer. Under this circumstance, GFA may
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not obtain volume discounts or aggregate directed transactions. In addition, commission
charges will vary among clients and best execution may not be obtained. If client has no
brokerage firm, we recommend to clients the use of broker-dealers that provide
reasonable, competitive and quality brokerage services.
GFA attempts to aggregate client transactions where possible and when advantageous to
clients. The aggregation or blocking of client trades allows GFA to execute trades in a
more timely, equitable and efficient manner. In these instances, clients will receive an
average share price and transaction costs will be based on the client’s commission rates
with the custodian. Those trades not completed in one day will be allocated pro-rata
based on predetermined allocations.
Review of Accounts
All transactions are reviewed regularly by the principal, often on a daily basis. Accounts
are also reviewed regularly by the principal. Reviews are used to determine securities to
be purchased or sold and to ensure that client objectives are being met. In addition,
account statements and trade confirmations are reviewed to detect and prevent any
irregularities.
Clients receive monthly statements and all trade confirmations directly from the
brokerage house or bank where their assets are held in custody. Some brokerage houses
and banks no longer issue monthly statements when there is no activity in an account (i.e.
journal transactions, dividend or interest payments, trade confirmations) however, clients
always receive quarterly statements from these institutions. Client also have the option of
having online access to their accounts by these institutions so their accounts can be
accessed at any time for review/monitoring. In addition, clients are provided with a
billing and performance statement from our firm. Additional reports are available upon
request.
Meetings are scheduled on an annual basis, at a minimum, unless client requests
otherwise. In addition to these written or formal methods, GFA communicates with
clients frequently—by e‐mail, postal mail, telephone, and in person—concerning their
accounts and personal and financial circumstances.
Client Referrals and Other Compensation
Glashofer Financial Advisors does not have any compensatory arrangements for referrals.
Mr. Glashofer has received minimal commissions from insurance companies for the sale
of insurance products over the past year.
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Custody
The Securities and Exchange Commission deems Glashofer Financial Advisors as
having custody because of the firm’s client-authorized ability to deduct management
fees from client accounts and to transfer funds to third-party accounts based on Standing
Letters of Authorization. This includes transactions such as IRA distributions to a
client’s joint account or transferring funds to and from client’s accounts held at other
institutions.
In accordance with SEC guidance, GFA, along with its qualified custodian, complies
with the seven conditions advisors are required to meet to avoid the annual surprise
exam requirement.
GFA’s qualified custodians send monthly (or at the least, quarterly) account statements
directly to clients. Clients should compare the account statements they receive from the
qualified custodian with those they receive from Glashofer Financial Advisors. Glashofer
Financial receives duplicate brokerage statements for most clients electronically.
Investment Discretion
Accounts are generally managed on a discretionary basis within certain guidelines
authorized by the client. Clients must provide written authorization to the custodian
authorizing that Glashofer Financial Advisors have discretionary authority to manage
securities accounts on the client’s behalf. Glashofer Financial Advisors manages each
client’s account on an individual basis. When GFA decides to purchase a security, it
reviews the accounts to determine if the security is suitable for the client. The clients
risk tolerance and objectives, diversification of the portfolio, holdings in specific
industries and liquidity needs are some of the factors taken into consideration.
Voting Client Securities
Glashofer Financial Advisors monitors corporate actions, receives, and votes
client proxies and discloses any potential conflicts of interest.
For individual equities we have directly recommended, we review the issues on a case-
by-case basis to determine how to vote, with the knowledge that the primary purpose and
fiduciary responsibility of Glashofer Financial Advisors in voting proxies is to maximize
shareholder value.
When clients request advice on proxy voting for shares of stock in their portfolios that
GFA has not recommended, we will review the material provided by the client and
educate the client on the issues involved. It is the client’s responsibility to understand the
issues and to vote the shares.
Glashofer Financial Advisors maintains a separate file recording the history of all proxy
votes. Clients may obtain, free of charge, a record of how GFA voted proxy issues on
their behalf by submitting a written request or calling us at 301-424-4432.
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Should a conflict of interest exist between Glashofer Financial Advisors and client(s)
regarding the outcome of certain proxy votes, Glashofer Financial Advisors is committed
to resolving the conflict in the best interest of clients before it votes the proxy in question.
GFA may take any of the following courses of action to resolve the conflict:
i.
Disclose the conflict to clients and obtain consent before voting
ii.
Suggest that client(s) engage another party to determine how the proxy should be
voted
iii.
Vote according to the recommendation of an independent third party, such as a
proxy consultant, research analyst, proxy voting department of a mutual fund or
pension fund, or compliance consultant.
Clients may direct a proxy vote at any time by calling or writing to us to inform us of
their desired vote. A copy of Glashofer Financial Advisors proxy voting policy is
available upon request.
Financial Information
Glashofer Financial Advisors does not have any financial impairment that will preclude
the firm from meeting contractual commitments to clients. A balance sheet is not required
to be provided because Glashofer Financial Advisors does not serve as a custodian for
client funds or securities, other than as described above, and does not require prepayment
of fees of more than $1,200 per client, six months or more in advance. GFA is not subject
to any financial conditions that would impair our ability to meet contractual commitments
to clients.
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Glashofer Financial
Advisors
11906 Whistler Court
Potomac, Maryland 20854
301-424-4432 (Office)
301-424-4435 (Fax)
FORM ADV, PART 2B
Brochure Supplement
For
Paul J. Glashofer
Date of Update: March 18,
2025
This brochure supplement provides information about Paul J. Glashofer that supplements
the Glashofer Financial Advisors brochure. A copy of that brochure is attached. Please
contact Sandy Norwitz at the number above if you did not receive Glashofer Financial
Advisors brochure or if you have any questions about the contents of this supplement.
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Educational Background and Business Experience
Paul J. Glashofer
Year of Birth: 1965
Education:
University of Maryland, Bachelor of Science (Finance), 1988
Business:
Background:
Glashofer Financial Advisors – President and Principal Owner
January 2008 – present
Falcon Capital Management - Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors
June 1990-December 2007
Falcon Capital Management - Managing Director
June 1990-December 2007
Washington Financial Group - Insurance and Financial Advisor
1990-1992
Disciplinary Information
Paul J. Glashofer has never had, nor currently has, any legal or disciplinary events that are
material to client’s or prospective client’s evaluation of him as an investment adviser or the
integrity of his management.
Other Business Activities
Paul Glashofer, the firm’s president and principal owner, also serves as an insurance broker
and advisor. Less than five percent of Mr. Glashofer’s time is spent on insurance work and
less than five percent of his revenue is earned from this work.
Currently, Mr. Glashofer is licensed to sell life, disability, and long-term care insurance.
He does not have an affiliation with any broker dealer and is not licensed to sell any
securities products. All clients are informed of any commission. In addition, Mr. Glashofer
has no primary affiliation with any insurance company and is able to place insurance as an
independent.
Mr. Glashofer accepts compensation for the sale of insurance products. He does not sell
other security products that are commissionable. Any commission-based product provides
the potential to put compensation received above a client’s needs. Glashofer Financial
Advisors is a client-focused firm and our focus is in serving the best interests of our client’s
without consideration of the compensation.
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Additional Compensation
Mr. Glashofer has received minimal commissions from insurance companies for the sale of
insurance products over the past year.
Supervision
Glashofer Financial Advisors maintains and enforces written supervisory guidelines that
have been established in the firm’s Policies and Procedures manual. These guidelines are
designed to supervise the activities of any Investment Adviser Representatives and
associated persons to achieve compliance with the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and
the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder, and to achieve compliance by the
Investment Adviser with the same.
Mr. Glashofer is the principal responsible for compliance with the aforementioned rules.
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