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Greenline Partners, LLC
Form ADV Part 2A
Uniform Application for Investment Adviser Registration
March 2025
This Brochure provides information about the qualifications and practices of Greenline Partners, LLC (“Greenline”),
an investment adviser registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Registration with the SEC does not imply that Greenline or its employees possess a certain level of skill or training.
The information in this Brochure has not been approved or verified by the SEC or by any states securities authority.
Please contact Greenline if you have any questions about the contents of this Brochure.
Additional information about Greenline is also available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Greenline Partners, LLC
521 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1706
New York, NY 10175
Phone (646) 470-8714
www.glinepartners.com
CRD number: 164192
Email: compliance@glinepartners.com
GREENLINE PARTNERS, LLC
Item 2: Material Changes.
This Brochure is filed as an Annual Amendment to the firm’s Form ADV. Since the last Annual Amendment filed in
March, 2024, no material changes have occurred that require notification in this section of the Brochure.
Item 3: Table of Contents.
ITEM 1: COVER PAGE.
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ITEM 2: MATERIAL CHANGES.
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ITEM 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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ITEM 4: ADVISORY BUSINESS.
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ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION.
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ITEM 6: SIDE BY SIDE MANAGEMENT.
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ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS.
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ITEM 8: METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS.
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ITEM 9: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION.
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ITEM 10: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS.
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ITEM 11: CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS
AND PERSONAL TRADING.
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ITEM 12: BROKERAGE PRACTICES.
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ITEM 13: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS.
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ITEM 14: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION.
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ITEM 15: CUSTODY.
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ITEM 16: INVESTMENT DISCRETION.
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ITEM 17: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES.
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ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION.
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Item 4: Advisory Business.
Greenline provides portfolio and asset management services on a discretionary basis to a wide range of investors
(collectively, “Clients”). Greenline also provides investment and consulting services on a non-discretionary basis.
Consulting services provided to our Clients include:
a) analysis and recommendations for a strategic asset allocation,
b) analysis and recommendations for a liability hedging strategy ,
c) analysis and recommendations for selecting active managers and structuring an optimal portfolio of these
managers, and
d) risk analysis of the Client’s existing portfolio relating to strategic asset allocation, liability hedging, and
manager selection.
Greenline tailors its services to each Client. First and foremost, the recommendations or management for each Client
is customized to the specific goals of each Client including targeted return, risk tolerance, and cash flow needs.
Additional considerations include tax efficiency, family obligations, gifting desires and any other individualized
limitations requested by the Client. We charge clients a fee for our services as described below under Item 5 Fees and
Compensation.
Greenline is a Limited Liability Company, with offices in New York, NY and organized under the laws of Connecticut.
Greenline began operations in 2012. Its principal owner is Maneesh Shanbhag.
Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, Greenline managed approximately $866 million of Client assets on a discretionary basis
and approximately $237 million of Client assets on a non-discretionary basis.
Item 5: Fees and Compensation.
For both consulting and asset management relationships, fees are negotiable, and individual arrangements are based
on Client specific factors, including, but not limited to, assets under management and the risk/return parameters of the
investment. The risk/return parameters imposed by the Client might affect our decision when negotiating a fee with a
Client. A higher risk parameter imposed by a Client would theoretically have a higher probability of volatility, (both
increases and decreases,) therefore increasing the possibility of gains or losses. Typical fees are up to 0.9% per annum
of managed assets, payable quarterly in arrears. Typical fees for Investment and Consulting Clients vary depending on
the nature and scope of services provided.
Additional Fees and Expenses
Greenline manages all investments through separate Client accounts. In addition to the fees stated above, there are
additional fees born by Clients, such as fees charged by investment vehicles used in the management of Client
accounts including but not limited to pooled investment vehicles, custodian costs, transaction expenses (including
brokerage fees), and legal expenses. Clients may be charged additional fees by their service providers, such as a wire
transfer fee from a bank.
Pooled investment vehicles: Including but not limited to mutual funds and ETF’s. All fees paid to Greenline for
investment advisory services are separate and distinct from the fees and expenses charged by mutual funds and/or ETFs
to their shareholders, which are described in each fund's prospectus. Those fees will generally include a management
fee, other fund expenses, and a possible distribution fee. A Client could invest in a mutual fund or ETF directly, without
our services. In that case, the Client would not receive the services provided by Greenline which are designed to assist
the Client in determining which funds are most appropriate to each Client's financial condition and objectives. Clients
should review both the fees charged by the funds and our fees to fully understand the total amount of fees to be paid
by the Client and to thereby evaluate the advisory services being provided.
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Termination Fees: Greenline charges no termination fee. An advisory relationship with Greenline can be terminated (as
documented in the written agreement between Greenline and the Client) upon written notice delivered by one party to
the other. Fees due and payable through the date of termination are earned by Greenline, and will be payable to Greenline
in the form that the Client normally pays its fees to Greenline at the time of termination of the relationship .
Greenline’s fees are paid in accordance with the terms of the Client’s signed agreement with Greenline. In most cases,
for its asset management Clients, Greenline receives its fees directly from the account’s custodian. Generally,
Greenline’s fees are assessed and paid quarterly a n d billed in arrears.
Greenline does not act in any capacity as a broker‐dealer, and accordingly, Greenline does not receive any
compensation for acting as a broker‐dealer. In addition, neither Greenline nor any of its supervised persons accepts
compensation for the sale of securities or other investment products, including asset‐based sales charges or service fees
from the sale of pooled investment vehicles.
Broker-dealers charge brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees for effecting certain securities transactions (i.e.
commissions are charged for individual equity and fixed income securities transactions). In addition to Greenline’s
investment management fee, brokerage commissions and/or transaction fees, Clients will also incur, relative to all
pooled investment vehicle purchases, charges imposed at the fund level (e.g. management fees and other fund
expenses).
For more information see Item 12.
Item 6: Side By Side Management.
Greenline undertakes to act in a fair and equitable manner and to resolve and mitigate conflicts or potential
conflicts in a timely manner. Because Greenline has the responsibility for managing more than one account,
sometimes with different fee structures, (e.g., side‐by‐side management), potential conflicts of interest can arise,
including but not limited to the potential for providing preferential treatment to one account over others in terms of
allocation of management time, resources, and investment opportunities.
To mitigate this risk, Greenline’s investment committee determines target holdings and weightings for each investment
strategy. Greenline has policies and procedures in place so that investment strategies are systematically applied at an
account level to minimize any potential for bias. Greenline has also put in place policies and procedures to address
trade allocation decisions and block trading. These policies and procedures (discussed more fully in Item 12) seek to
ensure fair allocation of investment opportunities among all Clients. Greenline’s principals periodically examine
accounts managed according to similar risk and return parameters to ensure that any material divergence in portfolio
holdings is adequately understood.
Item 7: Types of Clients.
Greenline provides services that are available to the following types of Clients and potential Clients:
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Individuals, including high net worth individuals,
trusts and estates,
institutions, including charitable foundations, endowments, pensions, and family offices ,
profit sharing plans,
other investment advisers,
corporations or other business entities not listed above.
Greenline’s investment minimums vary according to scope of the overall Client relationship. Generally, Greenline’s
managed account minimum is $5 million. Minimum account size may be waived for certain investors at Greenline’s
discretion.
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Item 8: Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss.
Greenline applies a common investment framework in both asset management and consulting relationships. This
framework is primarily fundamental in nature and is oriented towards building diversified, long-term focused portfolios
for our Clients. We are not actively trading markets to seek out short-term profits. Portfolios that Greenline builds and
recommends can be implemented using a broad variety of assets, including but not limited to equities, fixed income,
commodities and pooled investment vehicles.
Risk of Loss
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Therefore, current and prospective Clients should never assume that
future performance of any specific investment or investment strategy will be profitable. Investing in securities (including
stocks, bonds, and pooled investment vehicles) involves risk of loss. Further, depending on the different t ypes of
investments there may be varying degrees of risk. Clients and prospective Clients should be prepared to bear investment
loss including loss of original principal.
We do not represent to any Client, either directly or indirectly, any level of performance or any representation that our
professional services will not result in a loss to the Client’s invested assets. We do our very best as an investment adviser
to manage risk exposures and to prevent losses; however, losses cannot be prevented in all cases. Below are certain
additional risks associated when investing in securities through our investment management program.
• Market Risk – Any market, whether stocks, bonds, or other asset classes goes up and down as a result of overall
market conditions. When markets go down, this can result in a decrease in the value of Client investments. This
is also referred to as systemic risk.
• Equity (stock) market risk – Common stocks are susceptible to general stock market fluctuations and to volatile
increases and decreases in value as market confidence in and perceptions of their issuers change. If you held
common stock, or common stock equivalents, of any given issuer, you would generally be exposed to greater risk
than if you held preferred stocks and debt obligations of the issuer.
• Fixed Income Risk – When investing in bonds, there is the risk that issuer will default on the bond and be unable
to make payments. Further, individuals who depend on set amounts of periodically paid income face the risk that
inflation will erode their spending power. Fixed-income investors receive set, regular payments that face the same
inflation risk.
• ETF and Mutual Fund Risk – When our firm invests in an ETF or mutual fund, it will bear additional expenses
based on its pro rata share of the ETF’s or mutual fund’s operating expenses, including the potential duplication
of management fees. The risk of owning an ETF or mutual fund generally reflects the risks of owning the
underlying securities held by the ETF or mutual fund, including equities, fixed income, commodities, and
derivatives on such securities.
• Liquidity Risk – High volatility and/or the lack of deep and active liquid markets for a security may prevent a
Client from selling their securities at all, or at an advantageous time or price because Greenline and the Client’s
broker may have difficulty finding a buyer and may be forced to sell at a significant discount to market value.
Some securities (including ETFs) that hold or trade financial instruments may be adversely affected by liquidity
issues as they manage their portfolios. Greenline uses the value of the securities held in Client Accounts provided
by the Client’s account custodian.
• Concentration Risk – Portfolios managed by Greenline may from time to time be concentrated in a single security,
geographic region, or asset class. The value of Client accounts will vary considerably in response to changes in
the market value of that individual security, region or asset class. This may result in higher volatility.
• Foreign Investing and Emerging Markets Risk – Foreign investing involves risks not typically associated with
U.S. investments, and the risks may be exacerbated further in emerging market countries. These risks may include,
among others, adverse fluctuations in foreign currency values, as well as adver se political, social and economic
developments affecting one or more foreign countries. In addition, foreign investing may involve less publicly
available information and more volatile or less liquid securities markets, particularly in markets that trade a small
number of securities, have unstable governments, or involve limited industry. Investments in foreign countries
could be affected by factors not present in the U.S., such as restrictions on receiving the investment proceeds from
a foreign country, foreign tax laws or tax withholding requirements, unique trade clearance or settlement
procedures, and potential difficulties in enforcing contractual obligations or other legal rules that jeopardize
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shareholder protection. Foreign accounting may be less transparent than U.S. accounting practices and foreign
regulation may be inadequate or irregular.
Inflation, Currency, and Interest Rate Risks – Security prices and portfolio returns will likely vary in response to
changes in inflation and interest rates. Inflation causes the value of future dollars to be worth less and may reduce
the purchasing power of an investor’s future interest payments an d principal. Inflation also generally leads to
higher interest rates, which in turn may cause the value of many types of fixed income investments to decline. In
addition, the relative value of the U.S. dollar-denominated assets primarily managed by Greenline may be affected
by the risk that currency devaluations affect Client purchasing power.
• Legislative and Tax Risk – Performance may directly or indirectly be affected by government legislation or
regulation, which may include, but is not limited to: changes in investment advisor or securities trading regulation;
change in the U.S. government’s guarantee of ultimate payment of principal and interest on certain government
securities; and changes in the tax code that could affect interest income, income characterization and/or tax
reporting obligations (particularly for ETF securities dealing in n atural resources). In certain circumstances a
Client may incur taxable income on their investments without a cash distribution to pay the tax due.
• Counterparty Risk – Counterparty risk is the risk to Greenline that the counterparty to a services contract will not
fulfill its contractual obligations. Should the counterparty fail to fulfill its obligations to Greenline, Clients could
potentially incur significant losses and may have access to their accounts and investments limited or restricted.
Advisory Risk – There is no guarantee that Greenline’s judgment or investment decisions about particular
securities or asset classes will necessarily produce the intended results. Greenline’s judgment may prove to be
incorrect, and a Client might not achieve her investment objectives. In addition, it is possible that we fail to
manage our business such that Greenline remains a going concern which would be disruptive to our Clients as
they would need to find a new investment advisor.
• Cybersecurity Risk – Greenline and third-party service providers are subject to risks associated with a breach in
cybersecurity. Cybersecurity is a generic term used to describe the technology, processes and practices designed to
protect networks, systems, computers, programs and data from both intentional cyber-attacks and hacking by other
computer users as well as unintentional damage or interruption that can result in damage or interruption from
computer viruses, network failures, computer and telecommunications failures, infiltration by unauthorized persons,
and security breaches and usage errors by their respective professionals. A cybersecurity breach could expose
Greenline to substantial costs (including, without limitation, those associated with forensic analysis of the origin and
scope of the breach, increased and upgraded cybersecurity services, identity theft, unauthorized access to and use of
proprietary information, litigation, the dissemination of confidential and proprietary information, and reputational
damage), civil liability, and regulatory inquiry and/or action. While Greenline has established a business continuity
plan and cybersecurity policy including risk management strategies, systems, and policies and procedures to seek to
prevent cybersecurity breaches, there are inherent limitations in such plans, strategies, systems, an d policies and
procedures including the possibility that certain risks have not been identified. In addition, since Greenline does not
directly control the cybersecurity systems of third-party service providers, there can be no assurance that the
cybersecurity practices of these providers will protect Greenline from any potential breaches.
The foregoing list of risk factors does not purport to be a complete enumeration or explanation of the risks
involved in an investment in any or all of the strategies. Prospective Clients should read this entire Form ADV
and all accompanying materials provided by Greenline before deciding whether to invest with us. In addition, as
our investment philosophy develops and changes over time, an investment with Greenline may be subject to
additional and different risk factors. Greenline will promptly amend this Brochure if and when any information
regarding its investment risks becomes materially inaccurate.
Item 9: Disciplinary Information.
As a registered investment adviser, we are required to disclose all material facts regarding any legal or disciplinary events
that would be material to our Clients’ evaluation of Greenline or any of our management persons (as identified above).
Neither Greenline nor Greenline’s supervised persons have any disclosures applicable to this item.
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Item 10: Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.
As a registered investment adviser, we are required to disclose under this Item outside financial services activities or
affiliations. Neither Greenline nor Greenline’s supervised persons have any other outside business activity or affiliations
to disclose.
Item 11: Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading.
Greenline maintains an investment policy relative to personal securities transactions. This investment policy is part of
Greenline’s overall Code of Ethics, which serves to establish a standard of business conduct for all of Greenline’s
Representatives that is based upon fundamental principles of openness, integrity, honesty and trust .
Greenline and/or representatives of Greenline may buy or sell public securities that are also recommended to Clients.
Additionally, Greenline and/or representatives of Greenline may buy or sell public securities at around the same time
as those securities are recommended to Clients. This practice may create a situation where Greenline and/or
representatives of Greenline are in a position to materially benefit from the sale or purchase of those public securities.
Therefore, this situation creates a potential conflict of interest. Greenline has a personal securities transaction policy
in place to monitor the personal securities transactions and securities holdings of each of Greenline’s principals and
employees. Greenline’s securities transaction policy requires that principals and employees of Greenline must
periodically (at least once every calendar year) provide the Chief Compliance Officer or his/her designee with a written
report of their current securities holdings. This review will allow the Chief Compliance Officer to identify instances
where our Code of Ethics might have been violated such as front running Client trades.
In accordance with Section 204A of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, Greenline also maintains and enforces written
policies reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material non-public information by Greenline or any person
associated with Greenline. In this respect, the Code generally requires:
• Confidential treatment of non-public and confidential information on all Clients
• A prohibition on trading (for Greenline, their personal accounts or any Client account when we are in possession
of material, non-public information on an issuer of a security, until such time the information is generally
available to the investing public)
• Recertification of the Code (and compliance with the Code) on at least an annual basis and whenever the Code
is materially updated
A copy of the Code of Ethics is available upon request by submitting a request to Greenline’s Chief Compliance Officer
at compliance@glinepartners.com.
Item 12: Brokerage Practices.
In the cases where it selects brokers and negotiates commission rates, consistent with its duty of best execution,
Greenline will take into account a number of factors. In selecting brokers, Greenline will consider the value of
brokerage (such as efficiency of execution, order routing, clearing and settlement services) and research products and
services (collectively, “research”) received by a broker, either directly provided by the broker (proprietary research),
or paid for by the broker to be provided by others (third party research). By its receipt and use of research or certain
brokerage services Greenline may be considered to be receiving “soft dollar” benefits from the brokers it utilizes.
Greenline, however, does not participate in any formal soft dollar arrangements, earn soft dollar credits or pay specific
additional brokerage commissions for research or other types of soft dollar benefits. To the extent the receipt of
research or brokerage by Greenline are deemed to be soft dollar benefits, such benefits fall within the safe harbor of
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Greenline does not adhere to any specific allocation criteria or other formulas in selecting brokers and will weigh a
combination of the criteria described herein. In selecting brokers, Greenline need not solicit competitive bids and does
not have an obligation to seek the lowest available commission cost. Greenline does not select brokers on the basis of
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the commission rates only, thus a Client may be deemed to be paying for brokerage and/or research provided by the
broker, which is or may be deemed to be included in the commission rate. Greenline will make a good faith
determination that the amount of commission is reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research
received, viewed in terms of either the specific transaction or series of transactions or Greenline’s overall responsibility
to its Clients.
Brokerage and research services provided by broker/dealers generally benefit all Greenline Clients. In certain
circumstances, Greenline may execute transactions for only some Clients through broker/dealers who provide
brokerage or research services and the brokerage or research services may be used for the benefit of one or more other
Clients.
Greenline may have an incentive to select a broker based on the fact that it will receive research. Therefore, Greenline
may have a potential conflict of interest between its duty to obtain best execution for a Client and its interest in receiving
such benefits. Greenline’s expenses could increase materially if it attempted to generate such additional information
and services on its own. Greenline at least annually evaluates its brokerage practices and the reasonableness of
commissions paid by its Clients. The extent to which commission rates charged by brokers reflect the value of
brokerage and research received cannot be readily determined. Although the commission rates charged by such brokers
are represented by such brokers as not specifically reflecting such additional benefits, the commission rates charged
by such brokers may be higher or lower than other brokers.
Block Trading Procedures
Greenline seeks to execute trades in a way that minimizes transaction and booking costs and that seeks to achieve fair
treatment for all accounts when allocating individual executions. Greenline often executes orders in blocks (i.e., trades
for multiple accounts grouped into single orders) to achieve execution efficiency and cost efficiency, and to minimize
volatility in prices across accounts. When Greenline encounters investment opportunities that are appropriate for more
than one Client, or when an aggregated order is only partially filled, Greenline will allocate the investment opportunity
or a partially filled order on a fair and equitable basis, which will generally involve proportionally allocating fills.
Greenline periodically evaluates this process to ensure the goal of fairness to all Clients.
Agency or Cross Transactions
Greenline does not generally enter into cross trades and does not anticipate doing so. If a situation develops that might
involve a cross trade and Greenline believes such trade would be in the best interests of the affected Clients, Greenline
would make such trades in compliance with applicable law, including full disclosure to the Clients involved.
Principal Transactions
Greenline does not place transactions as principal for our own account or any other party or purchase or sell security
from or to any advisory account.
Error policy
It is Greenline’s policy to ensure clients are made whole following a trade error. Specifically, when Greenline causes a
trade error to occur in a client account that results in a loss, Greenline will reimburse the client account for the loss. If
the trade error results in a gain, the Client will keep that gain.
Definition of a Trade Error
Although no formal definition exists, trading errors generally include the following situations:
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Buying or selling the wrong security;
Failing to buy or sell securities as intended;
Buying, selling or allocating the incorrect number of shares;
Buying or selling a security in the wrong account;
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• Delays in trading within a client’s account as a result of Greenline’s actions (or inactions);
• Allocating securities to the wrong account;
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Buying or selling securities not authorized by the investment management agreement or account investment
objectives; and
Failing to follow specific client instructions to purchase, sell or hold securities.
Trade errors do not include administrative errors that are generally immediately correctable through communications
with the broker (such as a clerical error made by the broker in allocating shares of a block trade). In no instance will
such administrative errors result in a financial loss to a client.
All trade errors should be corrected within a reasonable period of time following discovery of the error. We will not
use commissions from other client accounts to correct trade errors.
Oversight and Documentation of Trade Errors
• The CCO is responsible for documenting the trade error, including a description of the error, financial impact (if
any), the client(s) involved and the resolution.
• The CCO is responsible for overseeing the appropriate resolution of the trade error, which includes analyzing
how the error occurred and whether a pattern exists which needs to be addressed.
• Payments made to clients as a result of trade error correction are to be recorded in the firm’s accounting
records.
Item 13: Review of Accounts.
Account Reviews
Greenline’s Investment Committee reviews portfolio strategy, in which it discusses and determines if changes are
necessary to the current strategy, which may affect Client holdings. Changes may be deemed appropriate based on but
not limited to, the economic environment, changes in a securities financial outlook, management or litigation issues. The
Chief Investment Officer does informal reviews of specific model holdings on at least a quarterly basis . A member of
the Investment Committee may call a formal meeting more frequently if deemed necessary.
Greenline’s Investment Committee reviews accounts on no less than a quarterly basis for the purposes of determining
potential portfolio rebalancing decisions and other investment changes that may be appropriate depending on the specific
Client needs and circumstances. Greenline may conduct account reviews more frequently based upon the occurrence of
a triggering event, such as a change in Client investment objectives and/or financial situation, market corrections and
Client request.
The Chief Investment Officer leads reviews.
Client Reporting
All Clients receive a report, at least quarterly, from Greenline with portfolio and market commentary. Clients are also
provided with transaction confirmation notices and regular summary account statements directly from the broker-
dealer/custodian for the Client accounts.
Item 14: Client Referrals and Other Compensation.
Except as set forth with respect to soft dollar benefits in Item 12, Greenline does not receive any economic benefits from
any non-Client for providing investment advisory services to Greenline ’s Clients.
We receive an economic benefit from Schwab in the form of the support products and services it makes available to us.
These products and services, how they benefit us, and the related conflicts of interest are described above under 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.
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Item 15: Custody.
Under government regulations, we are deemed to have custody of your assets if you authorize us to instruct the account
custodian to deduct our advisory fees directly from your account. Your account custodian maintains actual custody of
your assets. You will receive account statements directly from the account custodian at least quarterly. They will be
sent to the email or postal mailing address you provided to the account custodian. You should carefully review those
statements promptly when you receive them.
To the extent that Greenline provides Clients with periodic account statements or reports, Clients are urged to compare
any statement or report provided by Greenline with the account statements received from the account custodian. The
account custodian also does not verify the accuracy of Greenline’s advisory fee calculation.
Item 16: Investment Discretion.
Greenline provides discretionary and non-discretionary services to its Clients. The Investment Management
Agreement between Greenline and its Clients specifies whether Greenline is delegated discretionary or non-
discretionary authority over the Client’s account. In some cases, Greenline is granted discretionary authority over
certain assets in a Client’s account and non-discretionary authority over others. The Investment Management
Agreement can be amended at any point during the relationship if the Client wishes to change the authority given to
Greenline. Clients have the ability to place reasonable restrictions on the types of investments that may be purchased
in an account. Clients may also place reasonable limitations on the discretionary power granted to our firm so long as
the limitations are specifically set forth or included as an attachment to the Investment Management Agreement.
Item 17: Voting Client Securities.
It is Greenline’s policy to not vote proxies on behalf of non-ERISA Clients. All proxy materials received on behalf of
a Client account are to be sent directly to our Client or a designated representative of the Client, who is responsible for
voting the proxy. For those Clients governed by ERISA, the firm will follow the proxy voting policies as defined by
ERISA. Greenline personnel may answer Client questions regarding proxy-voting matters in an effort to assist the
Client in determining how to vote the proxy. However, the final decision of how to vote the proxy rests with the
Client.
Item 18: Financial Information.
As described above, Greenline bills all fees in arrears. Greenline is not aware of having any financial condition that
is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet contractual commitments to Clients.
Greenline has not been subject to a bankruptcy petition at any time.
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