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DISCLOSURE BROCHURE
March 1, 2025
LOCATIONS:
1460 Energy Centre 1100 Poydras Street New Orleans LA 70163
CONTACT NUMBER:
504.528.3685 New Orleans
FAX
504.528.3690 New Orleans
This Disclosure Brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC, which should be considered before investing. Please contact Suzanne T
Mestayer, if you have any questions about the contents of this brochure.
The information contained in this Disclosure Brochure has not been approved or verified by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission or by any State Securities Administrator.
Additional information about ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC also is available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC is a registered investment advisor. The words "registered investment
advisor" are not meant to imply any skill or training but is common language used to describe a type of
business in the investment management industry in the United States.
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Item 2 Material Changes
Form ADV Part 2 requires registered investment advisers to amend their brochure when information
becomes materially inaccurate. If there are any material changes to an advisor’s disclosure brochure,
the adviser is required to notify you and provide you with a description of the material changes.
Generally, we will notify clients of material changes on an annual basis. However, where we determine
that an interim notification is either meaningful or required, we will notify our clients promptly. In either
case, we will notify our clients in a separate document.
Since our last amendment filing on March 31, 2024, we have not made any material changes to our
Brochure.
Item 3 Table of Contents
Item 2 Material Changes ............................................................................................................................ 2
Item 3 Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................. 2
Item 4 Advisory Business ............................................................................................................................. 3
Services Offered ........................................................................................................................................ 3
Assets Under Management ....................................................................................................................... 5
Item 5 Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................... 6
Item 6 Performance Based Fees.................................................................................................................. 7
Item 7 Types of Clients ................................................................................................................................ 7
Item 8 Method of Analysis, Investment Strategies, and Risk of Loss .......................................................... 7
Item 9 Disciplinary Information .................................................................................................................. 8
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ......................................................................... 8
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading .................. 8
Item 12 Brokerage Practices ........................................................................................................................ 8
Item 13 Review of Accounts ......................................................................................................................... 9
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other Compensation .................................................................................... 10
Item 15 Custody .......................................................................................................................................... 11
Item 16 Investment Discretion ................................................................................................................... 11
Item 17 Voting Client Securities ................................................................................................................. 11
Item 18 Financial Information .................................................................................................................... 12
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered Advisers ................................................................................ 12
Item 20 Additional Information .................................................................................................................. 12
Privacy Policy ........................................................................................................................................... 12
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client’s portfolio.
The Company also manages the Women
Impact Strategy, a portfolio of the
stocks of companies that are leaders in
gender representation within Boards of
Directors and executive teams. The
strategy is actively managed to
maintain gender benchmarks,
established positive economic
indicators, and to mirror the sector
weighting of the Russell 3000 Index.
2) Non-Discretionary Investment
Item 4 Advisory Business
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC (hereinafter
referred to as “the Company”, “we”, “us” and
“our”) was founded in 1997. The Company is
organized under the laws of the state of
Louisiana. Advisean Partners, LLC ("Advisean"),
is 94% owner, TNI Holdings, LLC is a 5% owner,
and Latitude Holdings LLC is a 1% owner.
Suzanne T. Mestayer is majority owner of
Advisean and is the Managing Principal of the
Company. Fritz Gomila is a majority owner of
TNI Holdings, LLC and is a Principal of the
Company. Sarah Bomhoff is a majority owner of
Latitude Holdings, LLC and is a Principal of the
Company.
Services Offered
1) Discretionary Investment
Management – The Company offers
non-discretionary investment
management services to a limited
number of clients. Because there are
potential limitations to our ability to
manage non-discretionary accounts, the
performance of these accounts may
vary from the performance of our
discretionary accounts. We evaluate
non-discretionary arrangements on a
case-by-case basis and prefer to limit
the number of non-discretionary
account relationships.
3) Participant Account Management
(Discretionary) -
We use a third party platform to
facilitate management of held away
assets such as defined contribution plan
participant accounts, with discretion.
The platform allows us to avoid being
considered to have custody of Client
funds since we do not have direct
access to Client log-in credentials to
affect trades. We are not affiliated with
the platform in any way and receive no
compensation from them for using their
platform. A link will be provided to the
Client allowing them to connect an
account(s) to the platform. Once Client
account(s) is connected to the platform,
Adviser will review the current account
allocations. When deemed necessary,
Adviser will rebalance the account
Management - The Company
provides discretionary investment
management services for individuals,
high net worth individuals, individual
retirement accounts, trusts, estates,
non-profit organizations, and
qualified retirement plans. We
believe in a disciplined approach to
investing that includes a strategic,
global asset allocation. Our
investment committee determines
the overall global allocation of our
portfolios and selects professional
money managers and/or index-
linked securities to implement the
allocation. We do not attempt to
time short-term movements in the
financial markets and believe that
asset allocation is the primary
determinant of investor returns over
time. Most of our discretionary
accounts are invested in mutual
funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs),
individual stocks, cash or cash
equivalents, and structured notes.
We determine each client’s investment
objectives, time horizon, and risk
tolerance before selecting the
appropriate investments for that
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considering client investment goals and
risk tolerance, and any change in
allocations will consider current
economic and market trends. The goal
is to improve account performance over
time, minimize loss during difficult
markets, and manage internal fees that
harm account performance. Client
account(s) will be reviewed at least
quarterly and allocation changes will be
made as deemed necessary.
circumstances and objectives. We may
also use financial planning software to
determine your current financial
position and to define and quantify
your long-term goals and objectives.
We may outsource the processing of
the data for the plan. Once we specify
those long-term objectives (both
financial and non-financial), we will
develop shorter-term, targeted
objectives. Once we review and analyze
the information you provide to our
Company and the data derived from the
financial planning software, we will
deliver a written plan to you, designed
to help you achieve your stated
financial goals and objectives.
Financial plans are based on your
financial situation at the time we
present the plan to you, and on the
financial information you provide to us.
You must promptly notify our Company
if your financial situation, goals,
objectives, or needs change.
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 the accounts for
which we provide investment advisory
services. Moreover, you may act on our
recommendations by placing securities
transactions with any brokerage firm.
4) Qualified Retirement Plan Consultant –
The Company provides consulting
services to qualified retirement plans
such as 401(k) and profit-sharing plans.
Our services include record-keeper
evaluation and selection, assistance
with third-party administrator (TPA)
selection, plan design and feature
review, investment line-up review and
recommendations, and, in some cases,
consultation with plan participants
individually. We provide both ERISA
3(21) consultative services and/or ERISA
3(38) investment advisory services to
our clients depending upon their needs.
We believe that with proper plan design
and appropriate participant education
retirement plans are an excellent
benefit capable of playing the anchor
role in an employee’s retirement
planning. Further, we believe the
proper measure of plan success lies in
the retirement readiness of its
participants.
6) Institutional Consultant - The
Company offers customized services
to meet the diverse needs of
institutional clients. The company
offers review and recommendations
on investment policies, asset
allocation analysis, investment
manager search and evaluation,
ongoing performance measurement,
and rebalancing analysis as well as
ancillary services as needed by
5) Financial Planning Services - We offer
financial planning services to our
investment advisory clients, which
typically involve providing a variety of
advisory services to clients regarding
the management of their financial
resources based upon an analysis of
their individual needs. If you retain our
Company for financial planning services,
we will meet with you to gather
information about your financial
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clients.
an account that we manage or provide
investment advice, because the assets
increase our assets under management
and our advisory fees. In contrast, we
receive less or no compensation if
assets remain in the current plan or are
rolled over to another Company plan in
which you may participate.
7) Retirement Plan Benchmarking – The
Company provides independent
assessment reports that can be used by
plan sponsors to determine if plan
costs, features, investment options,
participation rates, and compliance
procedures are comparable to plans of
similar size.
We manage the investments for our clients in
the same manner our owners, advisors, and
staff manage many of their own investments.
Discretionary money manager role - Building
and maintaining investment models starts and
continues with research on global economics,
markets, and historical information. The
information comes from a variety of sources
including books, periodicals, websites, blogs,
wire-houses, mutual fund companies,
conference calls, and in person meetings at
conferences and due diligence meetings.
There are many investment management styles
that we do not use when managing client
portfolios but which may be beneficial to the
client individually.
8) Rollover Accounts – 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 interest ahead of yours.
Under this special rule’s provisions, we
must:
Assets Under Management
The assets under management for ThirtyNorth
Investments, LLC total approximately
$343,523,000 (balances on accounts currently
managed as of December 31, 2024). Most of
these assets are held at Charles Schwab & Co.,
Inc. (“Schwab”), Voya Financial, Ascensus
Trust, TIAA, Met Life, Principal, Fidelity and
Vanguard.
• 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.
Discretionary accounts total $249,099,000, and
non-discretionary total $94,424,000. Included
in these numbers are 401(k) participant
accounts. Asset totals are calculated using end
of month figures downloaded from custodians'
websites and quarterly paper statements for a
few smaller custodial relationships.
We benefit financially from the rollover
of your assets from an ERISA account to
Discretionary accounts are those where the
client has given specific written authorization to
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the Company. We generally recommend that
clients utilize the brokerage and clearing
services of Schwab for investment management
accounts.
the Company to select securities and execute
trades on behalf of that client without obtaining
prior consent. Discretion is convenient for
clients and enables the Company to more
efficiently manage investments.
Item 5 Fees and Compensation
The vast majority of the Company’s revenues
are from fees paid directly by our clients. which
is explained below. We do not earn sales
commissions or payouts from the investment
products we recommend in our discretionary
portfolios.
Internal Expense Ratios – Mutual funds, ETFs,
and ETNs charge investors an internal expense
ratio to pay for the management and
administration of the fund. Expense ratios are
deducted daily and are reflected in the NAV
(Net Asset Value) price of the funds. We
recognize that keeping costs low is imperative
to long-term investment success. The Company
seeks to identify investments with low overall
expense ratios for our portfolios.
Discretionary Investment Management Fee
Schedule
Annual Fee
First $2,499,999.99
$2,500,000 and greater
1.00%
0.50%
For accounts open prior to 8/29/2016 pre-
existing fee schedules may still apply. The
Company may choose to charge a reduced rate
based upon circumstances.
Investment management fees are usually
deducted monthly, and in some cases quarterly,
from clients’ accounts. Fees are calculated
based on the account value on the last business
day of the prior month.
Transaction Fees – In some instances, our
custodians charge small transaction fees for
buying and selling investments. Our investment
strategy does not lead to a large volume of
trading in client accounts, and we expect the
trading costs in client accounts to remain
minimal.
For smaller accounts, we have identified Non-
Transaction Fee (NTF) investment vehicles to
further reduce total transaction costs for
clients. NTF investments charge higher internal
expense ratios to compensate the custodian for
the loss of the transaction fee. We perform a
cost/benefit analysis to determine whether the
client should pay the transaction fee or utilize
the NTF investment option.
.
401(k) and 403(b) Plans
Financial Planning Fees:
Financial planning fees start at $5,000 per plan.
The charges for 401(k) and 403(b) accounts
vary by plan. In general, the higher the total
plan’s assets, the lower the asset-based fee
charged by the Company. Record-Keepers,
Administrators, and Custodians charge fees
in addition to the Company's and some of
them share in the annual expenses charged
for each investment option.
Flat fee retainers are available for ongoing
financial planning services. The fee is
determined by the estimated number of hours
required to provide ongoing financial planning
services.
Other
Additional Fees
Regardless of where an account is held for a
client, the Company is not compensated
based on the expenses of an investment
The following fees are potential costs incurred
by our clients that do not constitute revenue for
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option. The Company is only compensated
for managing accounts directly by the client
and our incentive is to grow and protect
assets since our fee is based on the balance of
client accounts.
plans such as 401(k)s, 403(b)s, and profit
sharing plans. As an independently owned
Company, we have the ability to work with any
record-keeper, custodian, or third-party
administrator, and we help our clients select
these providers. We do not have a stated
minimum for retirement plan clients and will
accept new start-up plans in some cases.
Institutions – The Company provides advisory
services to institutions such as non-profit
organizations , private foundations and
endowments.
We are able to deduct our fee from most
accounts on a monthly basis, and in most cases,
fees are charged in advance. The Company's
fees are not charged until the beginning of the
month. In some cases, new accounts opened
during the month will be billed a partial fee for
the portion of the month that we manage the
account. There are no refunds of fees charged if
an account is closed in the same month a fee is
charged.
Item 6 Performance Based Fees
We do not accept performance-based fees or
participate in side-by-side management. Side-
by-side management refers to the practice of
managing accounts that are charged
performance-based fees while at the same time
managing accounts that are not charged
performance-based fees. Performance-based
fees are fees that are based on a share of
capital gains or capital appreciation of a client’s
account. Our fees are calculated as described in
the Fees and Compensation section above, and
are not charged on the basis of a share of
capital gains upon, or capital appreciation of,
the funds in your advisory account.
Item 8 Method of Analysis, Investment
Strategies, and Risk of Loss
Method of Analysis
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC applies a strategic
approach to portfolio management, meaning
that its investment philosophy is long-term in
nature and founded on academic principles and
fundamental based research rather than short-
term trends and technical analysis. We study
the returns, volatility and correlations of asset
classes to create our investment portfolios.
Reviewing the composition, tax effects, costs
and operations of the potential investment
vehicles is also part of this process. This is done
using paid subscriptions, professional and public
databases, attending industry conferences,
reading journals and interacting with other
investment professionals.
Item 7 Types of Clients
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC works with the
following types of clients:
Individuals and High Net Worth Individuals –
including Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs),
trusts, and estates. We have no stated
minimum account size for individual accounts,
but we discourage individuals from investing
before they have sufficient assets set aside for
ongoing expenses, upcoming large purchases,
and emergencies.
Mutual Funds, ETFs
Mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs)
are professionally managed collective
investment systems that pool money from
many investors and invest in stocks, bonds,
short-term money market instruments, other
mutual funds, other securities or any
combination thereof. The fund will have a
manager that trades the fund's investments in
accordance with the fund's investment
objective. While mutual funds and ETFs
generally provide diversification, risks can be
significantly increased if the fund is
concentrated in a particular sector of the
Retirement Plans – The Company serves as
investment advisor for qualified retirement
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disciplinary history to report.
Item 10 Other Financial Industry Activities and
Affiliations
Suzanne T. Mestayer is a CPA - inactive.
Fritz Gomila is a member of GF Group, LLC, a
holding company with investments in real
estate and a private equity fund but he receives
no compensation other than growth of value in
investment.
Item 11 Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest
in Client Transactions, and Personal Trading
market, primarily invests in small cap or
speculative companies, uses leverage (i.e.,
borrows money) to a significant degree, or
concentrates in a particular type of security
(i.e., equities) rather than balancing the fund
with different types of securities. Exchange
traded funds differ from mutual funds since
they can be bought and sold throughout the
day like stock and their price can fluctuate
throughout the day. The returns on mutual
funds and ETFs can be reduced by the costs to
manage the funds. Also, some mutual funds are
“no load” and charge no fee to buy into, or sell
out of, the fund, and other types of mutual
funds do charge such fees that can also reduce
returns. Mutual funds can also be “closed end”
or “open end”. So-called “open end” mutual
funds continue to allow in new investors
indefinitely whereas “closed end” funds have a
fixed number of shares to sell that can limit
their availability to new investors.
Structured notes
Structured notes are unsecured,
unsubordinated debt instruments of the issuing
financial institution and bear the full credit risk
of the issuer in addition to the risks of the
underlying investments. Although structured
notes track an underlying basket of
investments, their performance may differ
significantly. Structured notes have a maturity
date, but may not return the full principal.
Structured notes are not considered liquid
investments.
Pursuant to SEC Rule 204A-1, the Company has
adopted a Code of Ethics written to assist with
maintaining an atmosphere of disclosure to
avoid any potential conflicts of interests with
clients and compliance with applicable
securities laws. The Company reviews personal
securities transactions of all staff members and
prohibits many transactions that could
potentially create an appearance of a conflict of
interest with clients. Staff and members of the
company have their personal investments
aligned with the strategies utilized for our
clients. The Company encourages any new hires
to open accounts with the Company. If a staff
member of the Company has an account that is
not managed by the Company, such account is
monitored by the Chief Compliance Officer. The
Company’s Code of Ethics is available to all
clients and prospective clients for their review
upon request.
All of the investment portfolios we manage for
clients involve the potential risk of loss of
principal. ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC strives
to determine the appropriate level of
investment risk in a client’s portfolio by
assessing the client’s objectives, time horizon,
and tolerance for risk. Investing in securities
bears the risk of loss. Clients should be
prepared to bear such loss.
Item 12 Brokerage Practices
As mentioned above in Item 5, we generally
recommend that individual clients utilize the
brokerage and clearing services of Schwab for
investment management accounts.
Factors which the Company considers in
recommending Schwab or any other broker-
dealer to clients, include their respective
financial strength, reputation, execution,
pricing, research and service. The commissions
and/or transaction fees charged by Schwab may
be higher or lower than those charged by other
Item 9 Disciplinary Information
Neither the Company nor any of its
principals or employees has any
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Financial Institutions.
The client may direct the Company in writing to
use a particular Financial Institution to execute
some or all transactions for the client. In that
case, the client will negotiate terms and
arrangements for the account with that
Financial Institution, and the Company will not
seek better execution services or prices from
other Financial Institutions or be able to “batch”
client transactions for execution through other
Financial Institutions with orders for other
accounts managed by the Company. As a result,
the client may pay higher commissions or other
transaction costs or greater spreads, or receive
less favorable net prices, on transactions for the
account than would otherwise be the case.
Subject to its duty of best execution, the
Company may decline a client’s request to
direct brokerage if, in the Company’s sole
discretion, such directed brokerage
arrangements would result in additional
operational difficulties.
Services. Our receipt of Additional Services
raises potential conflicts of interest. In providing
Additional Services to us, Schwab most likely
considers the amount and profitability to
Schwab of the assets in, and trades placed for,
our Client accounts maintained with Schwab.
Schwab has the right to terminate the
Additional Services Addendum with us, in its
sole discretion, provided certain conditions are
met. Consequently, in order to continue to
obtain the Additional Services from Schwab, we
may have an incentive to recommend to our
Clients that the assets under management by us
be held in custody with Schwab and to place
transactions for Client accounts with Schwab.
Our receipt of Additional Services does not
diminish our duty to act in the best interests of
our Clients, including seeking best execution of
trades for Client accounts.
Occasionally a mutual fund company, custodian,
or other vendor, which the Company may or
may not utilize, may provide indirect
compensation in the form of complimentary
research, hotel rooms for conferences,
educational seminars for products or other
minor assistance. The total amount of any and
all indirect compensation represents a minimal
percentage of revenue and does not influence
the Company when making decisions of where
to invest client assets. If indirect compensation
could appear to be influential in any decisions
made on investments, the Company would
refuse such compensation.
ThirtyNorth Investments, LLC participates in the
Schwab Alliance program. Schwab Alliance is a
division of Schwab member FINRA/ SIPC/NFA.
Schwab is an SEC-registered broker-dealer.
Schwab offers to independent investment
advisors services, which include custody of
securities, trade execution, clearance and
settlement of transactions. Advisor receives
some benefits from Schwab through its
participation in the program.
Item 13 Review of Accounts
Client accounts are reviewed periodically for
contributions, distributions and other issues,
which may impact the investments in the
client account. Suzanne T Mestayer and/or
our advisory and operational staff conduct
most of the periodic reviews on accounts.
Client portfolios are reviewed monthly for
performance and adjustments to accounts are
made as frequently as quarterly and at least
annually. The investment vehicles inside the
models are reviewed for changes in
management or other such issues that would
Additional Services
The Company may receive from Schwab certain
additional economic benefits (“Additional
Services”) that may or may not be offered to
any other independent investment advisors
participating in the program. Schwab provides
the Additional Services to us in its sole
discretion and at its own expense, and we do
not pay any fees to Schwab for the Additional
Services. Schwab and ThirtyNorth Investments,
LLC have entered into a separate agreement
(“Additional Services Addendum”) to govern the
terms of the provision of the Additional
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put the fund on a watch list. Sarah E.
Bomhoff, CFA, and members of the
Investment Committee conduct the quarterly
reviews of models.
There is no direct link between Advisor’s
participation in the program and the
investment advice it gives to its Clients,
although Advisor receives economic benefits
through its participation in the program that
are typically not available to Schwab retail
investors.
Clients should notify the Company promptly
of any changes to the client’s financial goals,
objectives or financial situation as such
changes may require a review of the
portfolio and make recommendations for
changes.
Clients receive detailed monthly or quarterly
statements of account activity, holdings and
values, as well as confirmations of purchases
and sales from qualified, independent
custodians.
Item 14 Client Referrals and Other
Compensation
The Company has entered into written
arrangements to pay a percentage of the
Company's advisory fee as referral fees to
individuals or companies ("solicitors") who
recommend clients to the Company. There is a
written agreement between the Company and
each solicitor, which clearly defines the duties
and responsibilities of the solicitor under this
arrangement. In addition, each solicitor is
required to provide a written disclosure
document, which explains to the prospective
client the terms under which the solicitor is
working with the Company and the fact that
the solicitor is being compensated for the
referral activities. The solicitor is also required
to furnish a copy of the Company's written
disclosure document (this document) to the
prospective client and obtain a written
acknowledgement from the client that both
the solicitor's and Company’s disclosure
documents have been received. Fees charged
to clients that are the product of a referral
from a solicitor are the same as those not
referred from a solicitor.
These benefits include the following products
and services (provided without cost or at a
discount): receipt of duplicate Client
statements and confirmations; research related
products and tools; consulting services; access
to a trading desk serving Advisor participants;
access to block trading (which provides the
ability to aggregate securities transactions for
execution and then allocate the appropriate
shares to Client accounts); the ability to have
advisory fees deducted directly from Client
accounts; access to an electronic
communications network for Client order entry
and account information; access to mutual
funds with no transaction fees and to certain
institutional money managers; and discounts on
compliance, marketing, research, technology,
and practice management products or services
provided to Advisor by third party vendors.
Schwab may also have paid for business
consulting and professional services received by
Advisor’s related persons. Some of the
products and services made available by
Schwab through the program may benefit
Advisor but may not benefit its Client accounts.
These products or services may assist Advisor in
managing and administering Client accounts,
including accounts not maintained at Schwab.
Other services made available by Schwab are
intended to help Advisor manage and further
develop its business enterprise. The benefits
received by Advisor or its personnel through
participation in the program do not depend on
the amount of brokerage transactions directed
to Schwab. As part of its fiduciary duties to
clients, Advisor endeavors at all times to put the
interests of its clients first. Clients should be
aware, however, that the receipt of economic
benefits by Advisor or its related persons in and
of itself creates a potential conflict of interest
Advisor participates in Schwab’s customer
program and Advisor may recommend Schwab
to Clients for custody and brokerage services.
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and may indirectly influence the Advisor’s
choice of Schwab for custody and brokerage
services.
Item 17 Voting Client Securities
For the majority of our accounts, the Company
neither votes proxies for clients, nor provides
advice to clients about how to vote proxies.
The custodians send proxies directly to clients
for voting and the Company does not take
instructions from clients for voting.
The Company has authority to vote proxies for
client accounts invested in the Women Impact
Strategy. In such cases, the Company will cast
proxy votes in a manner that is consistent with
the best interest of the Company’s clients.
Policies and procedures for voting proxies are
included in the Company’s compliance manual
and are reviewed and maintained by the CCO
regularly. The appropriate books and records of
proxy votes are maintained by the Company.
Item 15 Custody
The Company does not retain custody of any
client assets. The main custodians holding
client accounts are Schwab, Voya Financial,
Ascensus Trust, TIAA, Principal, Fidelity and
Vanguard. As paying agent for our Company,
your independent custodian will directly debit
your account(s) for the payment of our
advisory fees unless other payment terms are
agreed upon. This ability to deduct our
advisory fees from your accounts causes our
Company to exercise limited custody over
your funds or securities. We do not have
physical custody of any of your funds and/or
securities. Your funds and securities will be
held with a bank, broker-dealer, or other
qualified custodian. You will receive account
statements from the qualified custodian(s)
holding your funds and securities at least
quarterly. The account statements from your
custodian(s) will indicate the amount of our
advisory fees deducted from your account(s)
each billing period. You should carefully
review account statements for accuracy.
For clients for whom we do vote proxies, other
than the Women Impact Strategy, the Company
generally will monitor proposed corporate
actions and proxy issues regarding Client
Securities, and may take any of the following
actions based on the best interests of our
clients: (i) determine how to vote the proxies,
(ii) abstain, or (iii) follow the recommendations
of an independent proxy voting service in voting
the proxies.
In general, the Company will determine how to
vote proxies based on our reasonable judgment
of the vote most likely to produce favorable
financial results for our clients. Proxy votes
generally will be cast in favor of proposals that
maintain or strengthen the shared interests of
shareholders and management, increase
shareholder value, maintain or increase
shareholder influence over the issuer's board of
directors and management and maintain or
increase the rights of shareholders. Proxy votes
generally will be cast against proposals having
the opposite effect. However, the Company will
consider both sides of each proxy issue.
Item 16 Investment Discretion
The Company receives written discretion
authority from most new clients when
accounts are opened with the exception of a
few accounts. Discretion is limited to trading
accounts in accordance with our investment
portfolios and does not allow for any
distributions, transfers, or other non-trading
actions in accounts. The ability of the
Company to place trades in client accounts
without obtaining prior consent from clients is
critical in the effective and efficient
management of model portfolios for clients.
Since the Company is not compensated for
trading securities in client accounts, there is no
incentive to trade other than to do what is best
for the client.
The full text of the Company's Proxy Voting
Policy will be provided to clients upon request.
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for advisory services with performance-based
fees. Please refer to the “Performance-Based
Fees and Side-By-Side Management” section
above for additional information on this topic.
Neither the Company, nor any of our
management persons have any reportable
arbitration claims, civil, self-regulatory
organization proceedings or administrative
proceedings.
Item 18 Financial Information
The Company does not have any financial
condition or impairment that would prevent us
from meeting our contractual commitments to
you. We do not take physical custody of client
funds or securities, or serve as trustee or
signatory for client accounts, and, we do not
require the prepayment of more than $1,200 in
fees six or more months in advance nor have we
filed a bankruptcy petition at any time in the
past ten years. Therefore, we are not required
to include a financial statement with this
brochure.
Additional Information
Suzanne Mestayer, Managing Principal, is a
member of the board of directors of
PanAmerican Life Insurance Group, and
Ochsner Health. No other member of
management of the Company, nor any other
employees have a material arrangement or
arrangement with any issuer of securities.
Trade Errors: In the event a trading error occurs
in your account; our policy is to restore your
account to the position it should have been in
had the trading error not occurred. Depending
on the circumstances, corrective actions may
include canceling the trade, adjusting an
allocation, and/or reimbursing the account. If a
trade error results in a profit, you may or may
not keep the profit depending upon the
custodian.
Class Action Lawsuits: We do not determine if
securities held by you are the subject of a class
action lawsuit or whether you are eligible to
participate in class action settlements or
litigation nor do we initiate or participate in
litigation to recover damages on your behalf for
injuries as a result of actions, misconduct, or
negligence by issuers of securities held by you.
Item 20 Additional Information
Privacy Policy
The Company is committed to maintaining the
confidentiality, integrity and security of
personal information about our current and
prospective clients. We consider customer
privacy to be fundamental to our relationship
with clients. It is therefore our policy to
respect the privacy of current and former
clients and to protect personal information
entrusted to us. This policy describes the steps
we have taken to safeguard your information
and what client information we may share with
others. We are proud of our privacy practices
and want you to know how we protect
information used to provide you with service.
You do not have to contact us to benefit from
our privacy protections; they apply
automatically to all of our clients.
Item 19 Requirements for State-Registered
Advisers
Please refer to the Form ADV Part 2B brochure
supplements for additional background
information about our investment adviser
representatives.
Information We Collect and Maintain:
We collect and discriminately share with
others the following types of personal
information about you:
•
The Company is not actively engaged in any
business other than giving investment advice.
Neither the Company, nor any persons
associated with our Company are compensated
Information we receive from you to
open an account or provide investment
advice to you (such as your home
address, telephone number, Social
Security or taxpayer identification
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example, for tax purposes or for
reporting suspicious transactions).
•
How We Protect Personal Information:
We maintain the confidentiality, security
and integrity of your non-public personal
information by:
•
• Restricting access to your Non-public
number, e-mail address, age, marital
status, assets, and income financial
information);
Information that we generate to service
your account (such as trade tickets and
account statements); or
Information that we may receive from
third parties with respect to your
account (such as trade confirmations).
Personal Information to those
employees with a legitimate need for
the information; and
Information We Disclose:
We will not disclose any Non-public
Personal Information about you or
your account(s) to anyone unless one
of the following conditions is met:
• Company receives your prior written
consent;
• Company believes the recipient is your
• Maintaining physical electronic and
procedural safeguards that meet or
exceed federal and industry standards
governing how Non-public Personal
Information should be stored. We have
not and will not sell your personal
information to anyone, even if our
formal client relationship ends.
authorized representative;
• Company discloses your Non-public
Personal Information as necessary to
effect or process a transaction in any
account, or to maintain or service your
account(s);
• Company is required by law to disclose
Privacy Policy Update:
From time to time, we may amend our
privacy policy. You will receive appropriate
notice when our privacy policy changes. The
Company will send its Clients a current
privacy policy at least once a year.
information to the recipient.
How to Contact us with Privacy Questions:
The policies and practices listed above apply to
both current and former clients.
In all such situations, we stress the confidential
nature of information being shared.
We may share your personal information with:
• Non-affiliated companies that provide
processing, account maintenance and
related services in connection with your
investments and other transactions
handled by us; and
• Non-affiliated companies and
Our relationship with you is one of our most
vital assets. We recognize that you have
entrusted us with your private financial
information, and we will do our utmost to
maintain this trust. For additional questions
concerning our privacy policy, please contact
Suzanne T Mestayer at 504-528-3685
government agencies only to the extent
permitted or required by law, for legal,
regulatory or other purposes (for
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