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FORM ADV PART 2
BROCHURE
203 N Washington St., Suite 203
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 270-2886
info@selkirkwealth.com
March 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Selkirk Wealth
Advisors, LLC. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at (509)
270-2886. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by any federal or state
securities authority.
Additional information about Selkirk Wealth Advisors, LLC is also available on the SEC's website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. The searchable IARD/CRD number for Selkirk Wealth Advisors, LLC is
173605.
Selkirk Wealth Advisors, LLC is a registered investment adviser. Registration with any federal or state
securities authority does not imply a certain level of skill or training.
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Item 2: Summary of Material Changes
Selkirk Wealth Advisors, LLC is required to advise clients and prospective clients of any
material changes to this Form ADV Part 2A (the “Brochure”) from our last annual update.
Since our last annual update in March 2024, we have made the following material changes to
our Brochure:
In Item 5 we note our typical fixed financial planning fee for standalone financial
planning is $3,000, rather than a specific range, and we have increased our hourly rate
to $375.
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Item 3: Table of Contents
Item 2: Summary of Material Changes ................................................................................................... 2
Item 3: Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................ 3
Item 4: Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................... 4
Item 5: Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................ 6
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management............................................... 8
Item 7: Types of Clients ................................................................................................................................ 8
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ....................................... 8
Item 9: Disciplinary Information ........................................................................................................... 10
Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations .................................................... 11
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions ............................. 11
Item 12: Brokerage Practices.................................................................................................................. 11
Item 13: Review of Accounts ................................................................................................................... 15
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation ....................................................................... 15
Item 15: Custody .......................................................................................................................................... 15
Item 16: Investment Discretion ............................................................................................................. 15
Item 17: Voting Client Securities ........................................................................................................... 16
Item 18: Financial Information .............................................................................................................. 16
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Item 4: Advisory Business
Description of our Firm
Selkirk Wealth Advisors, LLC (“Selkirk,” “we,” the “firm,” “our,” or “us”) was established in
October of 2014 and we were registered as an investment advisor in November 2014. The firm
is owned equally by Eric Stutzman and Todd Koyama.
Selkirk provides personalized comprehensive financial planning and investment management
to individuals, pension and profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, and
small businesses. Our advisory services are designed to each client's specific goals,
objectives, and risk tolerance. Advice is provided through consultation with the client and may
include identification of financial problems, tax planning, insurance review, education funding,
retirement planning, and estate planning.
Financial Planning
We offer prospective clients a complimentary consultation. If after that initial meeting, the
prospective client chooses to work with us, we will enter into a written financial planning
agreement with them that describes the services to be performed and the cost of the services.
Financial planning typically involves providing a variety of advisory services to clients regarding
the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their individual needs.
These services can range from comprehensive financial planning to consultative or single
subject planning. Financial plans are based on the information, facts, and circumstances you
provide or describe to us during our engagement. We rely on you to promptly notify us if your
financial situation, goals, objectives, needs, or other circumstances change.
We do not always provide a written plan. This will be agreed upon and detailed within the
terms of our written engagement with you. The financial planning engagement ends when we
deliver the plan or, in situations where the engagement does not include a written plan, a
written notice to you that the engagement has been fulfilled. Clients desiring further financial
planning will enter into a new engagement for each subsequent plan and will be charged an
additional fee for the new financial plan(s).
Upon the conclusion of our financial planning services, clients can choose to engage us for
asset management services, described below.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you
choose to act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial
plan through any of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our
recommendations by placing securities transactions with any brokerage firm. Selkirk Wealth
Advisors will not participate in the implementation or monitoring of planning recommendations
unless specifically detailed in the consulting agreement.
Asset Management
We offer discretionary asset management to our clients. For those clients to whom we have
provided recent financial planning services, we will often utilize that existing financial plan at
the onset of a new asset management relationship. We provide individual, customized
management of your investment portfolio. Assets are invested in no-load mutual funds,
exchange-traded funds, stocks and bonds. We also use third-party money managers as part of
our discretionary asset management services.
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Each portfolio will be initially designed to meet a particular investment goal, which together we
have determined to be suitable to your circumstances. Once we have determined the
appropriate investments for your account(s), we will continue to monitor and rebalance your
portfolio based on your individual needs and stated objectives.
Our asset management services and the fees we charge you for such services will be captured
in a written investment advisory agreement.
Selection of Other Advisers
After gathering information about your financial situation and objectives we may recommend
that all or a portion of your assets be managed by a Third-Party Money Manager. Before
recommending that you use a Third-Party Money Manager, we take a number of factors into
consideration. These include but are not limited to the Third-Party Money Manager's
performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals, risk tolerance,
and investment objectives.
The Third-Party Money Manager will actively manage your portfolio and will assume
discretionary investment authority over your account. We will monitor your portfolio with the
Money Manager to ensure its management and investment style remains aligned with your
investment goals and objectives. Our agreement with you also gives us discretionary authority
to change the Third-Party Money Manager if we believe that is the best option for you. The
Third-Party Money Manager(s) managing portions of your portfolio will charge a fee for these
services and these fees are distinct, separate, and in addition to, the fees we charge. A
detailed description of the other advisors’ services and fees is provided in their disclosure
brochure. The combined fee for the Third-Party Money Manager and Selkirk Wealth Advisors
will not be greater than 2.25%.
Important Information for Retirement Investors
When we recommend that you rollover retirement assets or transfer existing retirement assets,
such as a 401(k) or an IRA, to our management, we have a conflict of interest. This is because
we will generally earn additional revenue when we manage more assets. In making the
recommendation, however, we do so only after determining that the recommendation is in your
best interest. Furthermore, in making any recommendation to transfer or rollover retirement
assets, we do so as a “fiduciary,” as that term is defined in ERISA or the Internal Revenue
Code, or both. We also acknowledge we are a fiduciary under ERISA or the Internal Revenue
Code with respect to our ongoing investment advisory recommendations and discretionary
asset management services, as described in the advisory agreement we execute with you. To
the extent we provide non-fiduciary services to you, those will be described in the advisory
agreement.
Types of Investments and Restrictions
We invest client assets in publicly traded securities, including mutual funds, exchange-traded
funds (ETFs), as well as equity and debt securities, which include but are not limited to,
individual stocks, warrants, corporate debt securities, municipal securities, government
securities, and other long- and short-term debt instruments. As noted above, we may also use
Third Party Money Managers for all or a portion of your portfolio.
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Your portfolio is customized based on your investment objectives. We will accept client-
directed investment restrictions or limitations on our discretionary authority on a case-by-case
basis.
Wrap Fee Program(s)
We do not currently manage or sponsor wrap fee programs.
Assets We Manage
As of December 31, 2024, we managed approximately $207 million of client assets, all on a
discretionary basis.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation
We charge for our services based on assets under management, a fixed rate fee, and/or hourly
fees, depending on the services we are providing.
Financial Planning
As discussed in Item 4 above we offer comprehensive financial planning and investment
management services. We also offer stand-alone financial planning services for a fixed fee.
Our typical planning fee is $3,000, but your fee may be more or less than this, depending on
the plan’s complexity. Your exact fee will be detailed in our financial planning agreement with
you. We will charge on an hourly basis, rather than a fixed fee, upon request and when agreed
to in writing. Our hourly rate is $375. We will send you an invoice for our financial planning fee
upon completion of the work.
Asset Management
We charge an annual fee for asset management based on a percentage of your assets
according to the below tiered fee schedule. With a tiered fee schedule, different asset levels
are assessed different fees.
Household Managed Assets
First $1,000,000
$1,000,001-$3,000,000
$3,000,001-$6,000,000
$6,000,001-$10,000,000
Over $10,000,000
Standard Annual Fee
1.20%
0.85%
0.75%
0.55%
0.40%
The annual fee for our services is billed quarterly, in advance. We allow for billing in arrears
only on an exceptional basis when the custodian doesn’t process advance fee billing. If the
management agreement does not span the entire quarterly billing period, the fee will be
prorated based on the number of days the account is open during the billing period.
Our asset management fees are negotiable, including the option of a flat fee, meaning all
assets are charged a single fee based on total assets under management.
Fees are based on the fair market value (FMV) of client assets under management, as of the
last day of the previous quarter. We also add or subtract for cash flows in and out greater than
$1000 during the quarter when we calculate the quarterly fee. The specific manner in which
fees are charged by our firm is established in a client's written agreement with the Firm.
Advisory fees for asset management services are automatically deducted from your account
directly by your account custodian.
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Your account custodian will send you client statements, at least quarterly, showing all
disbursements for the account including the amount of the advisory fee, if deducted directly
from the account. We urge you to review your account statements as the account custodian
will not determine whether the fee has been properly calculated. See Item 12 - Brokerage
Practices in this brochure for more information about your account custodian(s).
Selection of Other Advisers
We may use a Third-Party Money Manager available to us on the Schwab platform to manage
all or a part of your portfolio. In these situations, you will receive the Form ADV Part 2A and/or
Part 2A Appendix, of that manager which will describe their fees, advisory services, advisory
practices, and conflicts of interest. After our recommendation and your selection of a Third-
Party Money Manager, your account agreement with Schwab gives us discretion to change the
Third-Party Money Manager without your prior approval. The fees you pay the Third- Party
Money Manager are separate and in addition to the fees you pay Selkirk. We will not
recommend a Third-Party Money Manager when we know that our combined fee would be
greater than 2.25% per year.
Advisory fees that you pay to the Third-Party Money Manager are established and authorized
in accordance with the Form ADV Part 2 provided by each Third-Party Money Manager. These
fees may or may not be negotiable. You should review the recommended Third-Party Money
Manager's brochure for information on its fees and services. We do not share in the advisory
fee you pay directly to the Third-Party Money Manager.
Other Fees and Charges
Selkirk fees are exclusive of custodial and brokerage charges incurred in your account. The
custodian/broker-dealer charges separate fees described in Item 12 of this brochure. These
expenses may include custodial fees, transaction fees odd-lot differentials, transfer taxes, wire
transfer and electronic fund fees, or other fees and taxes on brokerage accounts and securities
transactions. Mutual funds and exchange traded funds also charge internal management fees,
which are built into the fund’s price and therefore result in an overall lower return. Such
charges and fees are exclusive of and in addition to Selkirk’s management fee. We do not
receive any portion of these fees charged by a fund company or your custodian/broker-dealer.
In addition to statements sent by us, you will receive statements directly from these broker-
dealers, custodians or mutual funds or other investments you hold. While we take measures to
ensure the fees charged are accurate, we strongly urge you to compare these statements for
accuracy.
Refunds in the Event of Termination
Clients may terminate our services at any time by providing written notice to us. Clients will
incur a pro-rata charge for services rendered prior to the termination of the agreement, which
means you will incur advisory fees only in proportion to the number of days in the quarter for
which you are a client. If you have pre-paid advisory fees that we have not yet earned, we will
refund any unearned fees to you on a prorated basis.
We will stop providing portfolio management services on your account(s) the day we receive
your written notification of termination (unless you request a specific date of termination of
service in the future and we confirm that future date of termination in writing), or the day we
receive notice of your account transferring out, whichever is earlier.
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For financial planning services, if an agreement is terminated prior to completion of the
services, we will refund unearned fees as described in the client agreement. Fees will be
prorated based on the number of hours worked and the deliverables produced. If we agreed to
provide a written analysis or plan to you as part of our engagement, we will not generally
provide this if the agreement is terminated prior to completion of the services simply because
we will not usually have the data available to complete such a report. We will provide a fee
billing statement reflecting any fees paid to us, the work completed, the fees earned, and the
amount of the fees refunded or due to us.
Item 6: Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management
We do not use a performance-based fee structure because of the potential conflict of interest.
We believe that performance-based compensation creates an incentive for an adviser to
recommend an investment that may carry a higher degree of risk to the client. Our asset
management fees are based on the value of assets under management.
Item 7: Types of Clients
We provide investment advice to Individuals and High Net Worth Individuals, pension and
profit-sharing plans, trusts, estates, charitable organizations, corporations and businesses.
Not all clients receive the same investment advice, nor do all clients pay the same fee.
Account Minimums
Our minimum account size, based on the client’s total household assets under our
management, is $750,000. We may waive the minimum at our discretion.
Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss
Methods of Analysis
Our security analysis methods might include charting, fundamental analysis, technical analysis,
or cyclical analysis. The main sources of information include research subscription services,
financial newspapers and magazines, inspections of corporate activities, research materials
prepared by others, corporate rating services, timing services, annual reports, prospectuses,
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and company press releases.
All portfolio decisions are driven by basic analysis which might include but is not limited to
research services prepared by others such as Schwab Institutional, Fidelity Investments and
Morningstar®. Our due diligence and review of Third-Party Money Managers comes from
publicly available sources and in some cases interviews with the Third-Party Managers or their
representatives.
In situations where we select a Third-Party Money Manager to manage a portion of a client’s
portfolio, the Third-Party Money Manager is chosen with the goal of meeting the particular
investment goal that we have determined is suitable for your circumstances. We will continue
to review your portfolio managed by the Third-Party Money Manager and will make changes to
a strategy or select another Manager based on each client’s individual needs.
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Risk of Loss
All investing involves risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. Our investment
approach keeps the risk of loss in mind. Below are some of the risks present with investing
generally, as well as some key risks of different types of investments. In general, investing in
securities with concentrated exposures to (i) particular asset class(es) and/or (ii) a particular
sector and/or (iii) one or a select few markets involves greater risk than investing in
investments that have greater diversification. Below are some of the more common risks
involved in investment generally and in our investment strategies and selections:
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Interest-rate Risk: Fluctuations in interest rates may cause investment prices to fluctuate.
For example, when interest rates rise, yields on existing bonds become less attractive,
causing their market values to decline.
• Market Risk: The price of a security, bond, or mutual fund may drop in reaction to tangible
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and intangible events and conditions. This type of risk is caused by external factors
independent of a security's particular underlying circumstances. For example, political,
economic and social conditions may trigger market events.
Inflation Risk: When any type of inflation is present, a dollar today will not buy as much as
a dollar next year, because purchasing power is eroding at the rate of inflation.
• Currency Risk: Overseas investments are subject to fluctuations in the value of the dollar
against the currency of the investment's originating country. This is also referred to as
exchange rate risk.
• Reinvestment Risk: This is the risk that future proceeds from investments may have to be
reinvested at a potentially lower rate of return (i.e. interest rate). This primarily relates to
fixed income securities.
• Business Risk: These risks are associated with a particular industry or a particular
company within an industry. For example, oil-drilling companies depend on finding oil and
then refining it, a lengthy process, before they can generate a profit. They carry a higher
risk of profitability than an electric company, which generates its income from a steady
stream of customers who buy electricity no matter what the economic environment is like.
• Liquidity Risk: Liquidity is the ability to readily convert an investment into cash. Generally,
assets are more liquid if many traders are interested in a standardized product. For
example, Treasury Bills are highly liquid, while real estate properties are not.
• Financial Risk: Excessive borrowing to finance a business' operations increases the risk
of profitability, because the company must meet the terms of its obligations in good times
and bad. During periods of financial stress, the inability to meet loan obligations may result
in bankruptcy and/or a declining market value.
• Asset Allocation Risk: The primary risk of asset allocation is that the client may not
participate in sharp increases in a particular security, industry or market sector. Another
risk is that the proportions of different asset types will change over time due to stock and
market movements and, if not corrected, will no longer be appropriate for the client’s goals.
• Equity Securities: Prices of common stock react to the economic conditions of the
company that issued the security; industry and market conditions; as well as other factors,
and may fluctuate widely. Investments related to the value of stocks may rise and fall
based on an issuer’s actual and anticipated earnings, changes in management, the
potential for takeovers and acquisitions, and other economic factors. Similarly, the value of
other equity-related securities, including preferred stock, warrants and options may also
vary widely. Market conditions may affect certain types of stocks (such as large-cap or
technology-related) to a greater extent than other types of stocks. If the stock market
declines, the value of a portfolio will also likely decline and, although stock values can
rebound, there is no assurance that values will return to previous levels.
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• Fixed Income Securities: Prices of fixed income instruments (e.g., bonds) can exhibit
some volatility and change daily. Investments in fixed income instruments present
numerous risks, including credit, interest rate, reinvestment and prepayment risk, all of
which affect the price of the instruments. For instance, a rise in interest rates will generally
cause the price of bonds to go down. If the security is held to maturity and the issuer does
not default, the client should receive the face amount of the bond at the maturity date, as
well as stated interest payments while the bond is held. In this case, the change in price
prior to maturity may not affect the client. If the client needs to sell prior to maturity,
however, the investor will likely experience a loss. Where a client’s fixed income exposure
is to bond funds or fixed-income ETFs, the fund or ETF does not itself “mature,” although
different issues held by the fund/ETF will mature and will experience price fluctuations.
Investors are therefore highly dependent on the manager’s ability to accurately anticipate
the impact of rate changes and to appropriately manage the portfolio to achieve both
adequate returns and reasonable risk. Future increases in rates could have a material
negative impact on the value of current fixed income holdings. In addition, the value of
fixed income instruments may decline in response to events affecting the issuer, its credit
rating or any underlying assets backing the instruments.
• Mutual Funds: These are professionally managed investments that pool money from
multiple investors to purchase securities. Mutual funds may be broad-based (e.g., focused
on the market overall, or focused on large-capitalization companies), or they can be
narrower in scope, such as those focused on the technology industry or the securities of
specific country. The risks of mutual funds are generally connected to the risks of the
underlying securities they hold. Mutual funds do not trade on an exchange but are priced
daily based on the net asset value of the securities held in the fund. Investors buy or sell
fund shares based on that end-of-day price.
• Exchange-Traded Funds: Exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) are funds bought and sold on
a securities exchange that attempt to track the performance of a specific index (such as the
S&P 500), a commodity, or a basket of assets (such as a set of technology-focused,
country-specific, or other sector-specific stocks). The risks of owning an ETF generally
reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities they are designed to track, although
lack of liquidity in an ETF could result in its being more volatile than the underlying
securities. ETFs have management fees that increase their costs. ETFs are also subject to
other risks, including: the risk that their prices may not correlate perfectly with changes in
the underlying index (tracking error); the risk that the ETF will trade at prices that differ,
sometimes materially, from the ETF’s net asset value; and illiquidity risk, especially for
narrowly-focused ETFs, including the risk of possible trading halts due.
Financial Planning Risks
Financial planning services often require that assumptions about the future be made in order to
incorporate forecasts into the plan. These assumptions might include but are not limited to
future interest rates, inflation, investment performance, your longevity and health. As with all
forecasts, actual results will be different than estimates. A risk exists that there will be material
differences between the assumptions used in a plan and the actual results. In some cases,
these differences will mean that potential results discussed in a plan will not be achieved.
Item 9: Disciplinary Information
Selkirk has not been involved in any legal or disciplinary events that are material to a client’s
evaluation of its advisory business or the integrity of its management.
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Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations
Some of Selkirk advisory representatives are also licensed insurance producers in one or more
states. A licensed insurance producer has an incentive to recommend the sale of an insurance
product to an advisory client based on the additional revenue it generates for him or her.
However, our advisory representatives only ever recommend an insurance product to an
advisory client when he or she believes that product is in the best interests of the client,
including the cost and coverage. Selkirk is not an insurance agency and does not facilitate
sales of insurance products or receive insurance commissions. Our advisory representatives
may also on occasion recommend an insurance product or type of insurance product to a
client, but not facilitate the sale, and therefore receive no commission for such
recommendation.
Selkirk has no other material financial industry activities or affiliations.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Our firm's Code of Ethics sets forth standards of conduct and requires compliance with
securities laws. Its policies and procedures relating to personal investment activities are below.
Our advisory representatives may take positions in the same securities as clients, and we will
try to avoid conflicts. As a general guideline and as applicable we will include our personal
trades in block trades. Otherwise, our general policy is to be “last in” and “last out” for the
trading day when trading occurs in close proximity to client trades. Importantly, we will not
violate our fiduciary responsibilities to our clients and will review personal trading of the firm’s
representatives and other employees, making trade corrections as appropriate. Front running
(trading shortly ahead of clients) is prohibited.
We will provide a copy of our Code of Ethics at no cost to current and prospective clients upon
request.
We have a fiduciary duty to our clients. Selkirk Wealth Advisors' Code of Ethics involves the
confidentiality of client information, a prohibition on insider trading, a prohibition of rumor
mongering, restrictions on the acceptance of significant gifts and the reporting of certain gifts
and business entertainment items, and personal securities trading procedures, among other
things.
Clients or prospective clients may obtain a copy of our Code of Ethics by contacting us at the
telephone number on the cover page of this brochure.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices
The Custodian and Brokers We Use
Selkirk Wealth does not maintain custody of your assets, although we are deemed to have
custody in certain instances, such as where you give us authority to withdraw assets from your
account or where you have a standing letter of authorization on file with the custodian to allow
us to direct funds to a third party on your behalf (see Item 15 – Custody of this brochure). Your
assets must be maintained in an account at a “qualified custodian,” typically a broker-dealer or
bank. We recommend our clients use Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Schwab), a registered
broker-dealer, member SIPC, as their broker-dealer and qualified custodian. The custodian will
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hold your assets in a brokerage account and buy and sell securities when we instruct them to.
We are independently owned and operated and not affiliated with any custodian.
While we recommend a custodian/broker-dealer, you will decide whether to open an account
with them by entering into an account agreement directly with them. We do not open the
account for you, although we usually assist you in doing so. Even when your account is
maintained at Schwab, and we anticipate that most trades will be executed through Schwab,
we can still use other brokers to execute trades for your account, as described below (see
“Your brokerage and custody costs”).
How We Select a Broker-Dealer/Custodian to Recommend
We seek to recommend a custodian/broker-dealer who will hold your assets and execute
transactions on terms that are the most advantageous overall when compared to other
available providers and their services. We consider a wide range of factors, including among
other things:
Combination of transaction execution services along with asset custody services
Capability to execute, clear and settle trades
Capability to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts
Breadth of available investment products
Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment
decisions
Quality of services
Competitiveness of the price of those services (commission rates, margin interest
rates, other fees, etc.) and willingness to negotiate the prices
Reputation, financial strength, security and stability of the provider
Prior service to us and our clients
Services delivered or paid by Schwab
Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below under
the heading, “Products and Services Available to Us.”
Your Brokerage and Custody Costs
For our clients’ accounts that Schwab maintains, the custodian generally does not charge you
separately for custody services but is compensated by charging you commissions or other fees
on trades that it executes or that settle into your brokerage account. Certain trades (for
example, many mutual funds and ETFs) may not incur commissions or transaction fees. The
custodian is also compensated by earning interest on the uninvested cash in your account.
Custodian/broker-dealer will charge you a flat dollar amount as a “prime broker” or “trade
away” fee for each trade that we have executed by a different broker-dealer but where the
securities bought or the funds from the securities sold are deposited (settled) into your Schwab
account. These fees are in addition to the commissions or other compensation you pay the
executing broker-dealer. Because of this and in order to minimize your trading costs, we have
Schwab execute most trades for your account. We have determined this is consistent with our
duty to seek “best execution” of your trades. Best execution means the most favorable terms
for a transaction based on all relevant factors, including those listed above (see “How we
select brokers/custodians”).
Products and Services Available to Us
We recommend Schwab, a custodian/broker-dealer platform whose business is serving
independent investment advisory firms like us. Schwab provides Selkirk and our clients with
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access to its institutional brokerage – trading, custody, reporting and related services – many
of which are not typically available to Schwab retail customers. However, certain retail
investors may be able to get institutional brokerage services without going through us. They
also make available various support services. Some of those services help us manage or
administer our clients’ accounts while others help us manage and grow our business. These
institutional support services are generally available on an unsolicited basis (we don’t have to
request them) and at no charge to us. Here is a more detailed description of the institutional
support services available through these platforms:
Services that Benefit You
The institutional services platform includes access to a broad range of investment
products, execution of securities transactions, and custody of client assets. The
investment products available include some to which we might not otherwise have
access or that would require a significantly higher minimum initial investment by our
clients. The institutional services described in this paragraph generally benefit you and
your account.
Services that May Not Directly Benefit You
The institutional services platforms also make available to us other products and
services that benefit us but may not directly benefit you or your account. These
products and services assist us in managing and administering our clients’ accounts.
They include investment research, Schwab’s own research, as well as that of third
parties. We may use this research to service all or some substantial number of our
clients’ accounts, including accounts not maintained at Schwab. In addition to
investment research, Schwab also makes available software and other technology that:
provide access to client account data (such as duplicate trade confirmations and
account statements);
facilitate trade execution and allocate aggregated trade orders for multiple client
accounts;
facilitate payment of our fees from our clients’ accounts; and
provide pricing and other market data;
assist with back-office functions, recordkeeping and client reporting
Services that Generally Benefit Only Us
Schwab offers other services intended to help us manage and further develop our
business enterprise. They may provide some of these services via a third-party vendor.
They may discount or waive its fees to us for some of these services or pay all or a part
of a third party’s fees. These services include:
educational conferences and events;
consulting on technology, compliance, legal, and business needs;
consulting on legal and related compliance needs
publications and conferences on practice management and business
succession; and
access to employee benefits providers, human capital consultants and
insurance providers
Schwab provides some of these services itself. In other cases, it will arrange for third-party
vendors to provide the services to us. They may also discount or waive their fees for some of
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these services or pay all or a part of a third party’s fees. They may also provide us with other
benefits such as occasional business entertainment of our personnel. If you did not maintain
your account with Schwab, we would be required to pay for these services from our own
resources.
Our Interest in Schwab Services
The availability of these services benefits us because we do not have to produce or purchase
them. We don’t have to pay for institutional advisory platform services. These services are not
contingent upon us committing any specific amount of business to the custodian/broker we
recommend in trading commissions or assets in custody. The fact that we receive these
benefits is an incentive for us to recommend the use of Schwab rather than making such a
decision based exclusively on your interest in receiving the best value in custody services and
the most favorable execution of your transactions. This is a conflict of interest. We believe,
however, that taken in the aggregate, our recommendation of Schwab as custodian/broker-
dealer is in the best interests of our clients. Our selection is primarily supported by the scope,
quality, and price of the custodian/broker-dealer’s services (see “How We Select a Broker-
Dealer/Custodian to Recommend”) and not the services that benefit only us.
Aggregation of Orders
When it is advantageous to clients and can be accomplished efficiently, we will aggregate
orders for a security for the accounts of multiple clients into a single transaction, often referred
to as a “block” or “bunched” trade. In a block trade, each participating client receives a price
that represents the average of the prices at which we executed all of the transactions in that
block. Our purpose with a block trade is to lower transaction costs and/or help clients achieve
better execution. Accounts participating in a block trade share transaction costs on an equal
and pro rata basis, unless a participating client has an agreement with the broker-dealer that
specifically dictates the brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees that the client must
pay. If the order is not completely filled, the securities purchased or sold are distributed among
participating clients on a pro rata basis or in some other equitable manner. We will only
aggregate orders and allocate trades among clients whose accounts are held in custody at the
same broker-dealer.
We are not obligated to include any client account in a block trade. No client participating in a
block trade will be favored over any other client that also participates in the same block trade.
Directed Brokerage
Because we generally recommend Schwab as custodian and choose to execute our
transactions through the single broker-dealer where you open your account, we are effectively
requiring clients to “direct” their brokerage to that broker-dealer. Only on a case-by-case basis
will we accept instruction from you to direct transactions to a broker dealer other than Schwab.
Not all advisers execute through a single broker-dealer or request their clients to do so.
Because we are not typically selecting a broker on a trade-by-trade basis, we may not be able
to achieve the most favorable execution of client transactions and this practice may cost clients
more money. As disclosed above, however, Schwab permits trade aggregation, and is itself
obligated to seek best execution for the trades executed through them.
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Item 13: Review of Accounts
Clients' accounts are reviewed at least annually for suitability, performance and consistency
with the client's investment objectives. Accounts are reviewed more frequently if there is any
unusual activity in the securities held by such account. Additionally, if macroeconomic events
could potentially impact a client's portfolio value, we will review securities to evaluate
appropriateness.
We distribute quarterly performance reports to clients upon request, or as agreed upon
between the client and Selkirk Wealth; we do not routinely deliver such reports to all clients.
Reports detail the client’s asset allocation, income earned, appreciation or depreciation on
portfolio assets, and the fees paid to our firm.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation
We receive an economic benefit from Schwab in the form of the support products and services
it makes available to us and other independent investment advisors that have their clients
maintain accounts there. These products and services, how they benefit us, and the related
conflicts of interest are described above (see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices). The availability
to us of Schwab’s products and services is not based on us giving particular investment
advice, such as buying particular securities for our clients.
We do not compensate referring parties (current clients, estate planning attorneys,
accountants, personal friends of employees and other similar sources) for any referral we
receive.
We do not accept referral fees or any form of remuneration from other professionals when a
prospect or client is referred to them.
Item 15: Custody
A qualified custodian maintains custody of our clients’ assets. Selkirk Wealth Advisors is
deemed to have custody as well in certain instances where clients have provided us with
signed, standing letters of authorization (SLOAs) to move money from their accounts to a
designated third party without obtaining the client’s signed authorization each time. 100% of
the numbers provided in our ADV Part 1, Item 9 are related to this custody for SLOAs. Your
custodian has controls in place to help us meet certain regulatory conditions when we have
this type of authority, and we periodically review and confirm these conditions remain in place.
Your qualified custodian will send account statements to you directly at least quarterly. They
will be sent to the email or postal mailing address you provided to your custodian. You should
carefully review those statements promptly when you receive them. We also urge you to
compare your custodial account statements to the periodic portfolio reports you receive from
us.
Item 16: Investment Discretion
Clients grant us discretionary authority to manage securities accounts on their behalf. We have
the authority to determine, without obtaining specific client consent, the securities to be bought
or sold, and the amount of the securities to be bought or sold. Discretionary trading authority
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facilitates placing trades in your accounts on your behalf so that we may promptly implement
the investment policy that you have approved in writing.
While we recommend a particular custodian, the client ultimately chooses and enters into an
agreement with the custodian to be used and the commission rates paid to the custodian. Our
firm does not receive any portion of the transaction fees or commissions paid by the client to
the custodian on certain trades.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities
Selkirk does not vote proxies on behalf of advisory clients. Clients retain the responsibility for
receiving and voting proxies for any and all securities maintained in client portfolios. We may
provide advice to clients regarding the clients' voting of proxies.
Item 18: Financial Information
Our firm does not have any financial impairment that will preclude the firm from meeting
contractual commitments to clients and has not been the subject of a bankruptcy proceeding.
A balance sheet is not required to be provided because our firm does not serve as a custodian
for client funds or securities and does not require prepayment of fees of more than $1,200 per
client, and six months or more in advance.
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