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ITE M 1 – CO VE R P AGE
Greycourt & Co., Inc.
Investment Adviser Brochure (Form ADV: Part 2A)
SEC File Number 801-60297
March 25, 2025
This brochure provides information about the qualifications and business practices of Greycourt & Co.,
Inc. If you have any questions about the contents of this brochure, please contact us at 412-361-0100 or
info@greycourt.com. The information in this brochure has not been approved or verified by the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) or by any state securities authority.
Additional information about Greycourt & Co., Inc also is available on the SEC’s website at
https://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/. Registration with the SEC as an investment adviser does not imply a
certain level of skill or training.
2100 Wharton Street
Suite 600
Pittsburgh, PA 15203
412-361-0100
info@greycourt.com
www.greycourt.com
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ITEM 2 – MATERIAL CHANGES
This section of the brochure outlines any material changes since the last filing for Greycourt & Co., Inc.
(“Greycourt” or the “Firm”) dated March 28, 2024.
• Greycourt added a San Antonio office. The address at that location is:
200 Concord Plaza
Suite 201
San Antonio, TX 78216
• Greycourt added Organizational Solutions as a third line of business. Through this service, the
Firm offers operational support and services to single family offices.
Greycourt & Co., Inc. will continue to update this Brochure: 1) annually, and 2) promptly when certain
information becomes materially inaccurate.
Information about Greycourt & Co., Inc also is available on the SEC’s website at www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
Additionally, free and simple tools are available to you to review Greycourt & Co., Inc., and its financial
professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides free educational materials about broker-dealers,
investment advisers, and investing.
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ITEM 3 - TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1 – Cover Page ....................................................................................................................................... i
Item 2 – Material Changes ........................................................................................................................... ii
Item 3 - Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... iii
Item 4 - Advisory Business ........................................................................................................................... 2
Item 5 - Fees and Compensation ................................................................................................................. 4
Item 6 - Performance-Based Fees and Side-By-Side Management ....................................................... 5
Item 7 - Types of Clients ............................................................................................................................. 5
Item 8 - Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss ................................................ 5
Item 9 - Disciplinary Information .............................................................................................................. 9
Item 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations ................................................................ 9
Item 11 - Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client Transactions and Personal Trading ....... 9
Item 12 – Brokerage Practices ................................................................................................................. 10
Item 13 - Review of Accounts .................................................................................................................. 11
Item 14 - Client Referrals and Other Compensation ................................................................................. 12
Item 15 - Custody ....................................................................................................................................... 12
Item 16 - Investment Discretion ................................................................................................................ 12
Item 17 - Voting Client Securities .............................................................................................................. 13
Item 18 - Financial Information ................................................................................................................. 13
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ITEM 4 - ADVISORY BUSINESS
Overview
Greycourt & Co, Inc. (“Greycourt,” “the Firm,” “we,” or “our”) was founded in 1988. Gregory D. Curtis is
the principal owner of Greycourt and owns over 25% of the firm. Greycourt’s services include: 1) asset
allocation and portfolio design, 2) research on traditional and non-traditional (“alternative”) strategies
and managers, 3) portfolio implementation services, 4) portfolio monitoring and reporting services, and
5) customized consulting services.
Greycourt and its Principals have been providing comprehensive investment advice to sophisticated
investors for over 30 years. Prior to founding Greycourt, Greg Curtis served for many years as president
of a $1B+ family office that was established in 1858. At Greycourt’s founding in 1988, the Firm was among
the first entirely open architecture investment advisory firms focused on private clients, with an approach
and culture tightly focused on delivering advice from an unencumbered and independent platform.
Greycourt is managed by its Management Committee (MC), comprising ten managing directors who
oversee staffing, budgeting, and strategic planning for all functional areas of our firm: Advisory, Manager
Research, and Operations. Greycourt’s CEO has principal decision-making authority and reports to the
firm’s Board of Directors.
Greycourt has over forty employees, approximately half of which are investment professionals with
significant career experience. Detailed biographies of our investment team can be found on Greycourt’s
website, www.greycourt.com/our-team/.
Greycourt offers investment advisory services to ultra-high net worth families and family offices, including
foundations controlled by or affiliated with client families. Our service offerings are delivered in three
ways depending on the needs of the client: (1) Investment Advisory Services, (2) Collaborative Solutions,
(3) Organizational Solutions.
Investment Advisory Services (IAS)
Our Investment Advisory Services offering entails fully integrated strategic portfolio design, strategy and
manager idea generation and research, comprehensive client service support, and portfolio analytics and
performance reporting. Our IAS client service model is designed to create a high-touch and personal
relationship with each client in a customized manner.
Collaborative Solutions (CS)
Collaborative Solutions is designed for family offices who work with us in a cooperative fashion on specific
investment matters in a non-discretionary fashion. We work with our CS clients in a peer-to-peer
framework, where our frontline investment professionals interact directly with investment professionals
who helm and/or staff single- or multi-family offices. The scope of work is typically focused in three main
areas: capital markets research; idea generation and manager research; and customized mandates and
projects related to portfolio structure, risk, and/or modeling.
Organizational Solutions
Our Organizational Solutions service is designed for single family offices as a supplement to our IAS and/or
CS offerings or as a stand-alone service. We work with our client’s family office team to provide
operational support and performance reporting.
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Advisory Approach
Greycourt provides supervision and continuous advice to clients based on a client’s stated objectives
subject to the terms of a written investment advisory agreement. Greycourt’s services vary, and the
elements described herein may be more or less prominent depending on the nature of the specific
engagement.
Greycourt generally delivers its advisory services on a non-discretionary basis. This means that Greycourt
facilitates and implements recommendations approved by a client. Less frequently, Greycourt provides
investment advice on a discretionary basis, where a client authorizes Greycourt to execute transactions
on the client’s behalf.
Greycourt seeks to provide investment advice through an understanding of clients’ specific goals,
objectives, risk tolerances, and unique circumstances, including tax, estate, and philosophical preferences.
Depending on the nature and scope of the engagement, Greycourt may provide: 1) a written evaluation
which includes its recommendations for strategic portfolio design, including articulating long-term targets
and ranges for investable asset classes and 2) an implementation plan which includes third-party
investments recommended by Greycourt. Recommended action plans take into consideration anticipated
costs of the recommendations, such as expected taxes, trading costs, management fees and expenses,
and market timing risks.
Greycourt researches and recommends unaffiliated third-party investment managers to its clients.
Managers include those investing in public and private segments of the equity, fixed income, and real
estate and real assets capital markets. Greycourt’s investment advice is not necessarily limited to these
types of investments and may include advice on other types of investments.
Greycourt tailors its advice to the individual needs of each client, and clients may impose restrictions on
investing in certain securities or types of securities, including with regard to philosophical or mission-
driven investment preferences. Clients are responsible for informing Greycourt of a change in their
individual circumstances, goals, or objectives, or if they want to impose or change restrictions related to
Greycourt’s advisory services or with regard to investing in certain securities or types of securities.
Upon request, Greycourt may also provide relevant information or advice to clients regarding the
investment implications of closely held businesses, how philanthropic or values-oriented investment
preferences may be expressed, investment-related family dynamics and intergenerational issues, or asset
custody. Greycourt does not act as a custodian for any client assets and reinforces that the choice of
custodian is entirely the purview of each client.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2024, Greycourt has Regulatory Assets Under Management (“RAUM”) of
$5,511,789,755 of which $218,492,898 was advised on a discretionary basis and $5,293,296,857 was
advised on a non-discretionary basis.
Greycourt provides consulting or other advice on assets in addition to RAUM, identified as “assets under
advisement” or “AUA.” AUA adds to RAUM the assets of clients for whom Greycourt provides, individually
or in combination, ongoing asset allocation, ongoing manager research and due diligence, individual
implementation or sourcing recommendations, and/or other specialized consulting services that are not
included in RAUM. This includes certain Collaborative Solutions services and instances where Greycourt
serves in a manager-of-managers capacity for clients who are invested in separately managed accounts.
The total AUA, including RAUM, is over $23.3 billion as of December 31, 2024.
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ITEM 5 - FEES AND COMPENSATION
Greycourt’s fee is based on the services provided to the client, the amount of client assets advised by the
Firm (which may include cash and assets held in money market funds and some legacy or client-directed
assets) and on the degree of complexity of the engagement. The degree of complexity is affected by
various factors including the number of family units and generations involved, the complexity of the estate
planning vehicles, the presence or absence of endowed foundations, the presence of a closely held
company, and the number of face-to-face meetings expected.
Fee rates are negotiable and memorialized in a written investment advisory agreement executed with
each client. Advisory fees can be structured as asset-based or flat annual retainers. Asset-based fee
arrangements are guided by Greycourt’s standard asset-based pricing schedule, and fixed fee
arrangements are based on the complexity of the assignment and negotiated between Greycourt and
each client. Our minimum annual fee is $400,000 and our maximum blended asset-based fee is 0.50% per
year, in both cases subject to negotiation and exceptions based on the scope and nature of services
provided.
We may charge project-based fees where applicable to the services provided, including research projects,
performance reporting services and certain Collaborative Solutions or other consulting engagements.
Greycourt typically receives 50% of a fixed project fee as a retainer at the beginning of an engagement,
with the remainder due upon delivery of the completed project.
Greycourt’s fees do not usually include out-of-pocket expenses for travel, meals, and lodging, which may
be billed separately subject to the terms of the written investment advisory agreement. Greycourt’s
standard fee rates generally presume the receipt of direct data feeds from a client’s custodian and the
preparation by Greycourt of a single performance report. The need for manual tracking of client holdings
or customized reporting can entail additional fees.
Non-project client fees are generally charged quarterly in advance, although some legacy client
relationships may be charged fees in arrears. Greycourt typically submits the first invoice at the beginning
of an investment advisory engagement and bills its client on a pro-rata basis for the days remaining in the
initial service calendar quarter. Clients may choose to have fees directly deducted from their investment
account or to have fees invoiced by Greycourt.
A client advisory agreement can be canceled at any time, by either party, for any reason subject to written
notification periods that vary with the nature and complexity of the engagement, as detailed in each
client’s written investment advisory agreement. Upon termination, fees are prorated based on the days
remaining in the period and any prepaid, unearned fees are refunded by Greycourt, and any earned,
unpaid fees are due and payable. If a client terminates an agreement for fixed-fee services, Greycourt is
generally compensated for the portion of the engagement completed and refunds any balance or invoices
any portion due. Greycourt typically permits its clients to terminate an agreement without penalty within
a short period of time after entering into an agreement. For certain complex engagements requiring the
Firm to invest significant time at the start, Greycourt may request a specific time period for which no
refund is available.
Advisory fees paid to Greycourt are in addition to the advisory fees and other expenses charged by third-
party investment managers recommended by Greycourt. The managers of private placements, including
private equity funds and hedge funds, as well as mutual funds and ETFs, each charge advisory or
management fees. These products may also incur other expenses, which can include incentive fees,
commissions or other transaction costs, custodial fees, accounting fees and other administrative costs.
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Where clients invest in a fund-of-funds structure, there may be multiple layers of these fees and expenses
within the fund. Clients will pay most fees and costs regardless of whether recommended investments
are profitable. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money clients make on investments over time.
Clients should review both the fees charged by these managed investment products and the fees charged
by Greycourt to fully understand the total amount of fees being paid.
Clients are also subject to other third parties’ fees such as brokerage and transaction fees, custodial fees,
transfer taxes, wire transfer, and electronic fund fees.
Neither Greycourt nor its employees receive compensation for the sale of securities or other investment
products, including asset-based sales charges or service fees from the sale of mutual funds, for
recommendations made to clients.
ITE M 6 - PERFORMANCE-B ASE D FEES AND SIDE -BY -SI DE MANAGE ME NT
Greycourt does not charge performance-based fees.
ITE M 7 - TY PES O F CL IENTS
Greycourt offers its services to individuals, including high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates, as well
as charitable organizations, family offices, and corporations.
Greycourt does not have an explicit minimum account size but maintains minimum annual fees of
$400,000, as further detailed in Item 5.
ITE M 8 - MET HO DS O F ANAL YSIS, INVEST MENT ST RATE GIES AND RIS K O F LOSS
General Approach
Greycourt provides asset allocation analysis, strategic and tactical asset allocation, and specific
investment recommendations for clients across asset classes, employing a broad range of implementation
strategies. Greycourt utilizes information from a broad range of sources, including economic and market
analysis, databases, and news sources, among others. However, Greycourt relies most heavily on its own
analysis, particularly in its efforts associated with capital markets forecasting and manager due diligence.
Firm-wide investment decisions at Greycourt must be approved by a majority of our Investment
Committee (IC), where voting members comprise the senior ranks of the client advisor, associate advisor,
and manager research teams.
Manager recommendations to the IC are based on rigorous research and follow a detailed process of
identifying investment ideas, vetting potential managers, and documenting our work. The IC has
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ultimate responsibility to approve the hiring and firing of managers that are available for use by
clients.
The IC also considers and votes on critical inputs related to our asset allocation work, including
oversight of idea generation, quarterly reviews of our tactical allocation outlook, and periodic reviews
of our strategic assumptions.
The voting members of the IC seek input from Greycourt’s internal and external subject matter experts as
well as the broader IC. However, we do not approve firm-wide “model” portfolios. Each client advisory
team works with the raw materials reviewed and approved by our IC to construct a customized asset
allocation and deployment plan for each client.
Selection and sizing of managers within client portfolios is, as with asset allocation, customized for each
client. The advisory team working for a client is responsible for recommendations on inclusion, removal
(other than for reasons of manager termination), or re-sizing of managers within client accounts.
Greycourt bases its implementation recommendations on each manager’s investment philosophy,
investment disciplines, risk controls, experience, ownership structure, incentives, organizational stability,
client base, personal integrity, and any other relevant characteristics.
Once Greycourt receives approval from clients for a long-term asset allocation plan—a strategic portfolio
design—client advisors typically review the strategic portfolio design with clients on an ongoing and as-
needed basis.
Portfolio Design
The client engagement process will differ based on individual needs and circumstances but the process of
designing a portfolio typically involves several steps which can be summarized as follows:
1. Gather critical information including:
An understanding of the client’s goals, objectives, risk tolerances, and philosophical preferences,
Assessment of existing investment assets,
Relevant tax and estate planning information for the portfolio,
Anticipated cash flow needs, and
The characteristics of any operating businesses, concentrated stock positions and/or other
directly held investments that would influence the allocation of investable assets.
2. Develop several recommended portfolios employing a proprietary portfolio optimization model fed
by Greycourt’s forward-looking long-term return, risk and correlation assumptions and adjusted for
the expected impacts of taxes and fees.
3. Adjust the optimized model output to reflect qualitative judgement regarding asset classes and
prudent diversification.
4. Examine the implications of various target portfolios by employing a Monte Carlo simulation that
incorporates tax, fee, spending and inflation assumptions.
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5. After selecting a desired target allocation, memorialize a strategic portfolio design that documents
long-term asset allocation targets, ranges, and expected risk and return measures. Some clients may
ask us to formally document the strategic portfolio design via an investment policy statement.
6. Prepare a granular asset transition plan that reflects the embedded tax costs of selling existing
positions as well as Greycourt’s prevailing tactical views on asset classes and strategies.
7. Review recommended managers and proposed sizing.
Tactical and Opportunistic Recommendations
A client’s strategic portfolio design defines long-term target exposure for each asset class as well as
minimum and maximum ranges bracketing that target. In non-discretionary accounts Greycourt may
make recommendations to opportunistically rebalance above or below the target, depending on
Greycourt’s tactical outlook. Out-of-balance portfolios may be rebalanced back to the minimum or
maximum ranges or back to the target exposure, depending on our assessment of valuations and the
nature and magnitude of dislocations or opportunities in that sector of the market. We primarily make
tactical allocation recommendations within the context of portfolio rebalancing. However, on occasion
when we see large dislocations in the market, we will seek to position client portfolios more
opportunistically.
Risks
Investing in securities involves the risk of loss that clients should be prepared to bear. These risks include
but are not limited to general economic and market risks; risks related to engaging third-party portfolio
managers and certain investment vehicles; and risks related to particular trading strategies. Examples of
some of these risks are discussed below; however, risk exposures can vary widely across the range of
implementation options available, and this overview should not be considered either comprehensive or
applicable to a particular recommendation. Clients should always review the prospectus or other offering
documents, including third-party investment manager disclosures, for a description of any investment
strategy and implementation vehicle and the related risks prior to committing funds.
General economic and market risks. A client’s investment portfolio will be affected by general economic
and market conditions, such as interest rates, availability of credit, inflation rates, economic recession,
changes in laws and national and international political circumstances.
Risks related to engaging third-party portfolio managers and certain investment vehicles. Below are
common risks with respect to investing in managed investment products.
Greycourt does not control the investment decisions of recommended third-party investment
managers.
Investing in multiple investment managers could cause a client to hold opposite positions in an
underlying investment. This decreases or eliminates the possibility of positive returns from such
investment despite incurring expenses.
Some investment managers, such as private funds, are illiquid. In addition, these private funds may
themselves invest in illiquid securities (such as real estate or real assets, private companies, or other
private funds). This means that redemptions may not be permitted and could be delayed depending
on the nature of the private fund. Similarly, current valuations may not be readily available and/or
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may be subject to revision. Managers often do not refund (or rebill) fees based on the updated
valuations.
Risks related to manager trading strategies. Managers recommended by Greycourt engage in a variety
of trading strategies including frequent trading, short sales, margin transactions, and the use of options,
among other strategies. Greycourt strives to remain conversant on and communicate to clients the risks,
advantages, and disadvantages of these strategies.
High frequency trading. Managers employing frequent trading, or having high portfolio turnover,
typically incur brokerage commissions and other transaction expenses that exceed, sometimes
significantly, those of other investment strategies.
Short sales. Short selling, used where a manager believes a security is overvalued and likely to decline
over time, involves the sale of borrowed securities. Selling securities short creates the risk of losing
an amount greater than the initial investment and the theoretically unlimited risk of an increase in
the market price of the securities sold short. There is also the risk that the securities borrowed would
need to be returned to the lender on short notice, compelling the manager to replace borrowed
securities at a disadvantageous time. Short selling also can involve significant borrowing and other
costs which can reduce profits or result in losses.
Leverage; Interest rates; Margin. Managers may use leverage to amplify returns. The use of
borrowings poses certain risks. For example, should the securities that are pledged to brokers to
secure borrowings decline in value, then the manager could be subject to a “margin call,” pursuant to
which the manager must either deposit additional funds or suffer mandatory liquidation of the
pledged securities in a declining market at relatively low prices. Higher interest rates may cause the
value of certain securities to decline in value and may also increase the financing costs of leveraged
trading strategies.
Options and other derivatives. Managers may use options or other derivatives for both speculative
and hedging purposes. Although such techniques can increase investment returns, they can also
involve a high level of risk. For example, the writing (selling) of uncovered options involves a
theoretically unlimited risk of a price increase or decline in the underlying security. Premium costs, as
well as the cost of covering options written, can reduce or eliminate position profits or create losses.
A manager's ability to close out a position is dependent upon the existence of a liquid secondary
market which, particularly in times of crisis, may not be present.
Risks related to Exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ETFs are securities that closely resemble index funds but
can be bought and sold like common stocks. An ETF may fail to accurately track the market segment or
index that underlies its investment objective or may not be “actively” managed. Additionally, the market
price of ETF units can trade at a discount or premium to its net asset value.
Regulatory/Legislative Developments Risk. Regulators and/or legislators may promulgate rules or pass
legislation that places restrictions on, adds procedural hurdles to, affects the liquidity of, and/or alters the
risks associated with certain investment transactions. Such rules/legislation could affect the performance
associated with those investments.
Cybersecurity Risk. Although Greycourt has taken measures to decrease the risks associated with a
cybersecurity event, the computer systems, networks, and devices used by the Firm, its recommended
investment managers, and its service providers potentially can be breached. A client and/or investor could
be negatively impacted as a result of a cybersecurity breach. A cybersecurity breach could result in a
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failure to maintain the security, confidentiality, or privacy of sensitive data, including personal information
of clients. A cybersecurity breach may also cause disruptions and impact business operations potentially
resulting in a financial loss to a client.
Public Health Emergencies. Pandemics and other widespread public health emergencies, including
outbreaks of infectious diseases such as SARS, H1N2/09, avian flu, Ebola, and COVID-19, have resulted in
market volatility and disruption, and future such emergencies have the potential to materially and
adversely impact client returns.
There can be no assurance that the investment objective of any investment strategy or vehicle will be
met.
ITE M 9 - DISCIPLI NARY INFORMATI ON
Greycourt and its employees do not have legal or disciplinary events to disclose.
ITE M 10 - OT HE R FI NANCIAL I NDUSTRY AC TIVITIES AND AFFILI ATIONS
Neither Greycourt nor any of its management persons are registered, or have an application pending to
register, as a broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, commodity pool operator, a commodity
trading advisor, or as a registered representative or associated person of such entities.
Greycourt and its employees do not have any financial industry activities or affiliations that are material to
its advisory business. Greycourt does not receive any compensation from investment managers that it
recommends or, in fact, receive compensation for providing investment advice from any source other than
its clients.
ITEM 11 - CO DE OF ET HICS, PARTICI PATI ON OR I NTEREST IN CLI E NT TRANS ACTIO NS
AND PE RSONAL T RADING
Greycourt and its employees have a fiduciary duty to place their clients’ interests above their own or the
Firm’s interests. Greycourt has a written code of ethics, adopted pursuant to SEC rule 204A-1, which sets
forth policies regarding standards of business conduct, compliance with federal securities laws, employee
personal securities transactions, the receipt of gifts and entertainment, employee political donations, and
other potential conflicts of interest. In addition, Greycourt has policies and procedures with respect to
protecting client information and not sharing this information with nonaffiliated third parties.
Employees invest and transact in securities (or related securities, e.g., warrants, options, or futures) that
Greycourt also recommends to clients. Further, employees may transact in a security for their personal
accounts at or about the same time that Greycourt recommends or invests in that same security for
clients. The ability to invest alongside clients can create a conflict of interest.
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Where Greycourt is able to negotiate more favorable terms on behalf of clients for managed investment
products, Greycourt employees also may invest in those managed investment products on the more
favorable terms (e.g., reduced investment minimums, etc.) than would be available to the employee if
Greycourt had not recommended the managed investment product to clients.
Investing Greycourt personnel will, for some investments, benefit from the evaluation and due diligence
undertaken by Greycourt on behalf of its clients. In such circumstances, the investing Greycourt personnel
will not share or reimburse the firm for any expenses incurred in connection with the research associated
with that investment vehicle.
Where investment opportunities are limited, available interests are allocated first to Greycourt’s clients.
To mitigate potential conflicts associated with employee investments, all employees must report their
personal investment holdings and securities transactions to Greycourt. The Chief Compliance Officer
reviews these reports for compliance with the Firm’s policies and procedures and the Code of Ethics.
Greycourt will provide a copy of its Code of Ethics to any client or prospective client upon request. To
request our current Code, please contact Jill Grenda, Chief Compliance Officer, at 724-553-8457 or
jill@compliancegroupllc.com.
ITE M 12 – B RO KERAGE PRACTIC ES
General Approach
Greycourt does not exercise discretion in the selection of broker-dealers for client transactions. Where
Greycourt does have investment discretion or otherwise recommends individual securities (generally
limited to passive ETFs or passive mutual funds), clients select the broker-dealer to be used. Not all
advisers require clients to direct brokerage. As Greycourt does not have discretion to select the broker-
dealer, the Firm does not negotiate commissions, obtain volume discounts, or seek best price and
execution. Consequently, the brokerage commissions paid by Greycourt’s clients differ.
Where Greycourt recommends or selects third-party investment managers or their sponsored offerings,
Greycourt does not exercise discretion in the selection of broker-dealers. With regard to separately
managed accounts, either the managers select the broker-dealers to execute transactions on behalf of
clients or clients make such elections on their own behalf. In some cases, the election of a broker-dealer
may be limited to broker-dealers associated with a client’s chosen custody platform.
Where the Firm recommends or selects third-party investment managers or their sponsored offerings,
Greycourt considers the manager’s efforts in pursuing best execution on behalf of clients as a part of its
due diligence efforts. These efforts typically include the periodic review of policies, procedures and
disclosures related to best execution, the use of “soft dollar” research, and other trading practices.
Upon request, Greycourt assists clients in the selection of a broker-dealer. In providing such assistance,
Greycourt will consider any client-specific considerations, such as the need for custody or other services,
as well as a firm’s ability to properly execute orders (based on factors such as size and complexity) and
the operational aspects of brokerage firms’ back office, custodial or other administrative services.
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Specific Matters
Soft Dollars Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, permits an adviser to
engage in the industry practice of paying higher commissions to broker-dealers who provide brokerage
and research services than it does to broker-dealers who do not provide such research services, if such
higher commissions are deemed reasonable in relation to the value of research services provided.
Greycourt does not exercise discretion in the selection of broker-dealers for client transactions and thus
is not in a position to negotiate higher commission rates with broker-dealers to receive research services.
Greycourt does receive products and services from clients’ broker-dealers that assist it in managing and
administering clients' accounts. However, the products and services do not depend on the number of
transactions or amount of assets under the broker-dealer’s custody. These products and services are
provided at no cost and include software and other technology that: 1) provide access to client account
data (such as trade confirmations and account statements), 2) provide research, pricing, and other market
data, 3) facilitate payment of Greycourt's fees from its clients' accounts, and (4) assist with back-office
functions, recordkeeping, and client reporting. These products and services benefit Greycourt and may
not directly benefit client accounts. Further, these products and services may be used to service all client
accounts and not strictly those accounts maintained at the broker-dealer providing the products or
services.
Greycourt considers the nature, cost and quality of custody and brokerage services when recommending
broker-dealers for clients. Greycourt also considers the availability of the products and services described
above. This can create a conflict of interest because Greycourt could have an incentive to recommend or
use broker-dealers that provide products or services that it would otherwise have to pay for rather than
based on the quality of the services provided to clients.
Trade Aggregation. Aggregation, or blocking, of client transactions describes the grouping of client orders
in an effort to reduce overall transaction costs and is consistent with meeting the fiduciary responsibility
to maximize the value of client portfolios. As Greycourt does not select client broker-dealers, and given
the individualized nature of client portfolios, Greycourt does not have regular opportunity to aggregate
orders and thus will not seek to do so. Where a given trade could have been aggregated and Greycourt
does not do so, any potential benefit would not be realized in terms of execution quality or cost reduction.
Brokerage for Client Referrals. Greycourt does not direct brokerage in exchange for client referrals.
Mutual Funds and ETFs. When Greycourt recommends and facilitates client investment in mutual funds
and ETFs, the Firm recommends or, in the case of discretionary accounts, utilizes the lowest cost share
class appropriate for each client’s circumstances.
ITE M 13 - RE VIE W OF ACC O UNTS
Greycourt generally reviews investment advisory services (IAS) client portfolios on a quarterly basis, or
more frequently as is consistent with the written advisory agreement. The reviews cover asset allocation,
manager performance and/or overall results, consistent with the scope of the advisory services provided.
In addition, reviews may be triggered by cash flow events, client requests or significant changes in capital
markets. Advisors assigned to the client relationship supervise account reviews.
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Reporting is customized to the scope of the advisory services provided. Clients may receive a written
evaluation of their current portfolio, a written plan of action to move from their current portfolio to the
portfolio recommended by Greycourt, and/or a written investment policy statement. Investment Advisory
Services and some Collaborative Solutions clients also receive written quarterly performance reports.
capital markets reviews, and manager research updates.
Project or consulting-related engagements, including those associated with Collaborative Solutions
engagements, have reporting, reviews and client communications that occur at various cadences,
including annually or semi-annually.
ITEM 14 - CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
As described in Item 12, Greycourt receives products and services from brokers. Greycourt does not
receive any other economic benefit from a non-client for providing investment advisory services.
Greycourt does not compensate any person who is not a Greycourt employee for client referrals.
ITEM 15 - CUSTODY
Client assets, including stocks, bonds and cash are held by third-party custodians. Greycourt is considered
to have control of client assets solely to the extent that Greycourt has authority granted to it by clients to
directly deduct its fees from client accounts or where clients establish arrangements for the transfer of
assets to a third party which allows Greycourt to instruct the payee, amount, or timing of the distribution.
However, qualified custodians maintain physical custody of client assets.
Clients receive account statements at least quarterly from their custodian. Greycourt urges all clients to
carefully review the custodian’s statements and compare the official custodial records to Greycourt
reporting. Greycourt statements may vary from custodial statements based on accounting procedures,
reporting dates, unsupervised (non-fee paying) assets held by the qualified custodian, or valuation
methodologies of certain securities. Especially with regard to cost basis, Greycourt recommends that
clients rely on the statements of their qualified custodian. If a client has a question about an entry on a
Greycourt report, please contact Gretchen Shoup, Chief Operating Officer, at 412-665-1146 or
gshoup@greycourt.com.
ITEM 16 - INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Greycourt enters into a written investment advisory agreement with each client. The agreement sets forth
the terms and conditions of the engagement, including whether services are provided on a discretionary
or non-discretionary basis. If Greycourt has discretionary authority, the client can impose limitations on
this authority. If Greycourt does not have discretionary authority then Greycourt will provide to the client
its recommendations or other services, as described in the written agreement, and the client makes the
ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of investments.
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ITEM 17 - VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Greycourt does not vote proxies for clients and does not provide advice as to how to vote client securities.
Clients will receive proxies directly from the issuer of the security or their custodian. Clients can vote their
own proxies or arrange for a third-party to vote proxies on their behalf. To obtain information regarding
Greycourt’s proxy voting policies and procedures, contact Jill Grenda, Chief Compliance Officer, at 724-
553-8457 or jill@compliancegroupllc.com.
ITEM 18 - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Greycourt does not require or solicit prepayment of fees six months or more in advance.
Greycourt does not have any financial condition that is reasonably likely to impair its ability to meet
contractual commitments to its clients. The firm has not been subject to a bankruptcy petition during
the past ten years.
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