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FIRM BROCHURE
(Part 2A of Form ADV)
March 18, 2025
OHANA ADVISORS
101 Lucas Valley Road, Suite 202
San Rafael, CA 94903
Phone: (415) 226-4710
Fax: (415) 479-4481
Part 2A of Form ADV (the “Brochure”) provides information about the qualifications and
business practices of Ohana Advisors. If you have any questions about the contents of this
Brochure, please contact us at (415) 226-4100. 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.
Ohana Advisors is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC; however, such
registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training and no inference to the contrary
should be made.
Additional information about Ohana Advisors is also available on the SEC’s website at
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
ITEM 1: COVER PAGE
Please refer to previous page.
ITEM 2: MATERIAL CHANGES
Item 2 discusses only material changes to the Brochure since the last other than annual amendment
on May 13, 2024. There have been no material changes.
ITEM 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item Number
Page
ITEM 1: COVER PAGE ..................................................................................................................... 2
ITEM 2: MATERIAL CHANGES ........................................................................................................ 2
ITEM 3: TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................ 3
Item 4: Advisory Business ............................................................................................................ 4
ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION ............................................................................................... 8
ITEM 6: PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT ................................... 9
ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS ............................................................................................................ 9
ITEM 8: METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS ..................... 10
ITEM 9: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION ........................................................................................ 14
ITEM 10: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS .................................. 14
ITEM 11: CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST IN CLIENT TRANSACTIONS AND
PERSONAL TRADING .................................................................................................... 15
ITEM 12: BROKERAGE PRACTICES .............................................................................................. 16
ITEM 13: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS ................................................................................................. 18
ITEM 14: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION ..................................................... 18
ITEM 15: CUSTODY ....................................................................................................................... 19
ITEM 16: INVESTMENT DISCRETION ............................................................................................ 20
ITEM 17: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES ....................................................................................... 20
ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 20
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Item 4: Advisory Business
A. Description of Firm
Ohana Advisors Management, LLC, a California limited liability company doing business as
Ohana Advisors (“Ohana” or “the firm”), is a boutique firm providing comprehensive family office
and financial services to an ultra-high net worth clientele. The multi-family office services are
individually tailored to emphasize personal service, and the firm functions as each client’s private
family office.
Ohana currently is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser. The states it conducts
business in are reflected in Part 1 of Form ADV, a copy of which can be found on
www.adviserinfo.sec.gov.
B. Principal Owners
Founded in 1993, Ohana operated as a sole proprietorship until its conversion to a California LLC
in May 2010. The firm is owned by Joshua M. Richter, Edward John Schneider IV, and David L.
Schrader.
C. Types of Advisory Services Offered
Ohana prides itself in offering a full range of family office services, including investment advisory
services. The firm also offers wealth management strategies with financial planning services.
These services are designed to assist family clients with their unique needs, priorities, and
objectives. Through Ohana, clients have access to an extensive range of investments on an open
architecture basis.
Ohana does not believe in a “one size fits all” model. Instead, the firm believes that each family is
different with its own diverse goals and needs. Consequently, Ohana strives to create and
implement an optimal, risk-managed, and diversified strategy tailored for each client. The firm
also provides coordination and support between its clients and their other financial, tax, and legal
advisors. Each family and decision maker can choose to be as active in or as insulated from the
operational processes as they like.
Ohana seeks to have, and has been successful in having, long-term relationships with its family
clients. Most Ohana families have been clients for over ten years. Similarly, it has low turnover
of its senior professional team who has on average been providing Ohana services for over 11
years. Further, that senior team averages over 23 years of experience in financial services. Ohana
believes this depth of history and experience helps to provide superior client service. The firm is
always available for its clients either to meet in person, by phone/video conference, or by email.
Ohana believes that excellent communication, access, and a personal, responsive organization are
essential.
Each family’s assets are separately owned. Each family typically utilizes one or more family
limited partnerships or LLCs to facilitate co-investing across family entities for efficiency, wider
access, and implementation of estate planning strategies. Ohana manages one pooled investment
vehicle (the “Fund”) for the purpose of providing increased investment opportunities to its clients.
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The only investors in the Fund are current Ohana clients and Ohana does not market the Fund’s
services to prospective or outside investors.
Ohana’s family office services include, among other things, the following:
Investment Advisory and Financial Planning Services
• Asset allocations and investment recommendations for family portfolio(s)
• Manager/fund recommendations, access, and oversight
• Comprehensive tracking and reporting of all investments
• Cash management for all entities
• Tax planning support
• Estate and gift planning implementation and services
• Next generation wealth planning, education, and support
Family Support Services
• Philanthropic support
• General financial support
• Bill payment services
Ohana takes an integrated approach to wealth management. The firm believes achieving financial
objectives requires optimal decision-making integrating estate planning tools, investment return
analysis, and income tax optimization.
At the first level, Ohana helps to originate and coordinate strategies incorporating efficient estate
asset transfer techniques in collaboration with the family’s estate planning attorney. Ohana takes
into consideration potential opportunistic investments and consequential significant potential asset
valuation changes, including the expected timing of those changes, in designing these strategies
with the attorney.
At the second level, Ohana works with clients to construct customized investment portfolios that
encompass broad diversification, utilizing third party investment advisers (“TPAs”) and various
private fund investments.
At the third level, Ohana evaluates, recommends, and implements strategies to meet other financial
needs, including life insurance and the establishment of charitable entities. While the firm
typically works with the family’s wealth creators, over time it incorporates (dependent on client
needs) education and coordination with next generation beneficiaries and/or third-party trustees.
Ohana provides investment recommendations on both publicly traded and privately held
investments. Publicly traded investments trade on stock exchanges and can be purchased and sold
anytime during exchange trading hours. Privately held investments include, for example, private
investment funds (such as hedge or private equity funds) with required holding periods and
restrictions on re-sale. Clients are provided with private fund memorandums and other offering
and subscription documentation for each private fund.
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The asset classes and types of investments Ohana recommends and manages include, but are not
limited to the following:
Asset Classes
• Cash and cash equivalents, including money market mutual funds and certificates
of deposits
• Fixed income, including US municipal bonds, corporate notes and bonds, mortgage
bonds, high yield bonds, and foreign bonds (both developed and emerging markets)
• Equities, including common stock in US, foreign developed, and emerging markets,
and certain venture capital securities
• Absolute Return
• Alternatives
• Real Assets
• Private Equity, including Venture Capital and Buyout
Types of Investments
• Exchange traded funds (ETFs), including but not limited to index ETFs and actively
managed ETFs
• Registered mutual funds, including, but not limited to both equity and fixed income
funds
• Hedge Funds, including fund of funds, long/short, credit or distressed event-
oriented funds, various forms of arbitrage funds, natural resources, and other funds
• Alternative investment funds, including royalties, illiquid distressed debt,
commodities, leveraged debt, energy infrastructure Master Limited Partnerships
(MLPs) and debt funds
• Real Estate Investment Trusts and Limited Partnerships, including publicly traded
Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) securities, and private partnerships in retail,
multi-family residential, commercial office and industrial properties, incorporating
US, European, Japan and emerging markets
• Private equity funds, including venture capital funds, large cap and middle market
buyout funds, distressed debt funds, and sector specific funds including bio-pharma
and technology, incorporating developed and emerging markets
For detailed information on the investment allocation strategies and the risks involved in the type
of investments listed above, please refer to Item 8, below.
An important part of the services offered by Ohana is the extensive dialogue with the principals of
the family clients. Through this dialogue Ohana strives to clarify, define, confirm, and document
each family’s investment and planning objectives. The goal is always to help the family achieve
its financial objectives; however, clients should understand that Ohana cannot offer any guarantees
or promises that the client’s financial goals and objectives will be met. In addition, clients should
notify us promptly if their financial situation, goals, objectives, or needs change at any time and/or
if there is any change to the financial information provided to Ohana by the client. In the event
that a client notifies Ohana of changes, it will review such changes and may recommend revisions
to the client’s investment portfolio. Lastly, Ohana will not assume any responsibility for the
accuracy of the financial and investment objective information provided by the client and Ohana
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is not obligated to verify any such information received from the clients or from their other
professionals (e.g., attorney, accountant, etc.).
In most instances, each client’s asset allocation and investment portfolio represent their
preferences. Ohana offers its services on a discretionary and a non-discretionary basis. When
Ohana acts as a non-discretionary manager, clients retain total control over investment selection.
This means that Ohana discusses investment recommendations with its family clients, and such
clients are under no obligation to implement any of the recommendations. It also means that the
family clients retain the authority to open or close all investment and custodian accounts, execute
all wire transfers, and sign all investment partnership subscription documents and limited
partnership agreements. In these instances, Ohana would not have discretionary authorization to
select investments on behalf of its family clients. In instances where Ohana acts as a discretionary
manager, Ohana will have discretionary authority to select investments on behalf of its family
clients – see Item 16 for details.
For administrative convenience for non-discretionary accounts, Ohana generally obtains a Limited
Power of Attorney to facilitate trading in clients’ brokerage accounts. This enables the firm, once
it has received instructions and approval from the authorized family member or trustee, to
implement their investment decisions thereby minimizing the family member/trustee’s
administrative processing needs. For instances where Ohana has discretionary authority, such
authority will be granted by way of a combination of documents including a Limited Power of
Attorney, a Power of Attorney, an Investment Policy Statement, and an Appointment of Agent and
Delegation of Authority agreement with the trust or other entity that is granting the authority.
Ohana also has an arrangement with an outside aviation company whereby Ohana receives a
monthly fee for performing the administrative duties related to managing the expenses of the
aircraft. The outside aviation company is responsible for managing the aircraft and has two
partners, one of which is Ohana’s client. This business line is completely separate from Ohana’s
investment advisory business and has no impact on Ohana’s clients.
D. Wrap-Fee Programs
Ohana does not provide portfolio management services to any wrap fee programs.
E. Advisory Agreements
Prior to providing investment advisory services, each client is required to enter into one or more
written agreements with Ohana, which sets forth the fees to be charged and the terms and
conditions under which Ohana will render services.
Ohana will provide a Brochure (Form ADV Part 2A) and one or more Brochure Supplements
(Form ADV Part 2B) to each client or prospective client prior to or contemporaneously with the
execution of Ohana’s advisory agreement. The advisory relationship will continue until terminated
by the client or Ohana in accordance with the provisions stated within the written agreement.
F. Amount of Client Assets Managed
As of December 31, 2024, the following represents the amount of client assets under management
by Ohana on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis:
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Type of Account
Assets Under Management
("AUM")
$1,662,453,167
Discretionary
Non-Discretionary
$958,548,699
Total:
$2,621,001,866
ITEM 5: FEES AND COMPENSATION
A. Investment Advisory Fees
All clients enter into a written agreement with Ohana, which sets forth the terms and conditions,
including those fees under which the firm will render its advisory services. Such fees are subject
to negotiation under certain circumstances and at the sole discretion of the firm.
Ohana’s advisory fees cover the investment advisory and financial planning services provided to
a family client. Fees are negotiated with clients annually and are based on a number of factors,
including but not limited to the complexity of family client accounts, the services performed, and
the amount of assets under management. The annual advisory fee is charged as a flat fee that is
paid monthly. Clients provide written instruction to their custodian outlining the amount of fees
to pay and which account to debit. Ohana has no authority to debit fees or give the custodian
instructions to pay the fees.
For clients who are not family office clients, the Firm charges a minimum fee of 50bps. Generally,
there are no separate fees charged for other family support services. However, Ohana reserves the
right to charge a client a one-time fixed fee for accommodating a special request, such as providing
certain non-typical services like the settlement of an estate or the splitting of assets through a
divorce.
As noted above, as of 2022 Ohana has begun managing the Fund that is only available to its
existing family clients for the purpose of providing wider access to investment opportunities for
its clients. Ohana does not take any management or performance fees with respect to this Fund.
B. Other Fees and Expenses
Clients should understand that the fees described above are exclusive to Ohana and do not include
certain charges imposed by third parties such as custodial fees, trade execution costs, mutual fund
fees, and other expenses. In addition to Ohana’s fees, clients will be subject to additional fees such
as, transaction fees, brokerage fees and commissions including bid-ask spread for marketable
securities bought or sold (commonly referred to as the mark up or mark down), retirement plan
administration fees, deferred sales charges on mutual funds, 12b-1 fees, odd-lot differentials,
transfer taxes, wire transfer and electronic fund fees, and other fees and taxes on brokerage
accounts and securities transactions. For mutual funds and ETFs, clients may be charged internal
management fees, distribution fees and other expenses as are found in the funds’ prospectuses.
Additional costs also may include organizational costs and incentive performance (carried interest)
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fees for limited partnerships including private equity, real estate and hedge funds. These fees
individually and in aggregate may be significant. Notably, Ohana will not receive any portion of
these other fees and expenses. However, the additional fees paid by a family client are evaluated
by Ohana and family decision-makers in assessing the expected net investment returns of each
existing or prospective investment.
It is noted that similar services may be obtained from other advisers at varying costs.
Please refer to Item 12 of this Brochure for additional important information about Ohana’s
brokerage and transactional practices, including considerations for selecting broker-dealers for
client transactions.
ITEM 6: PERFORMANCE-BASED FEES AND SIDE-BY-SIDE MANAGEMENT
Ohana does not charge performance-based fees (i.e., fees calculated based on a share of capital
gains or capital appreciation of the assets or any portion of the assets of an advisory client).
Consequently, Ohana does not engage in side-by-side management of accounts that are charged a
performance-based fee with accounts that are charged another type of fee (such as assets under
management).
However, some of the private funds that Ohana recommends to family clients for investment
charge performance-based fees. The fees are disclosed in the fund’s offering memorandum, which
should be read carefully by clients prior to investing.
ITEM 7: TYPES OF CLIENTS
A. Description
Ohana’s clients are ultra-high net worth families, with an average net worth of over $100 million
across the full client base. Family assets may be titled to individuals, revocable and irrevocable
trusts, charitable trusts, family limited partnerships, LLCs, family foundations, family owned
corporations, and donor advised funds. The family in aggregate meets accredited investor and
qualified purchaser status, but individual investing entities may or may not meet those thresholds.
B. Conditions for Managing Accounts
There is no firm minimum asset size, but Ohana family client relationships will typically have a
minimum net worth of $30 to 50 million within a near-term timeframe. This permits the firm to
assist in many of the planning requirements and to develop investment and tax-efficient transfer
opportunities as wealth and liquidity are being created.
Ohana has invested 30 years in developing expertise and networks in the area of alternative
investments, including real estate, hedge funds and private equity. While each family’s investment
allocation and portfolio is developed and maintained to meet their planning objectives taking into
account the secular opportunity set in the investment marketplace, it is typical that Ohana clients
may want to participate to some extent in these types of asset classes. Please refer to Item 8 below
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for detailed information on the types of alternative investments that Ohana recommends, along
with the risks that surround such investments.
ITEM 8: METHODS OF ANALYSIS, INVESTMENT STRATEGIES AND RISK OF LOSS
A. Methods of Analysis
The investment strategy, asset allocation and portfolio composition for each family is based on the
objectives and constraints as defined in each client’s financial profile. These objectives and
constraints typically include portfolio and individual investment return, risk and liquidity.
Ohana assesses the economic climate for all the major geographic markets of the world across the
primary investment strategies and asset classes it recommends as outlined in Item 4, above. It
gives careful consideration to effects and trends that will impact client investment opportunities,
including demography, political and legal environment, normal cyclical behavior and whether
certain strategies appear to be exhibiting characteristics of a bubble, or are in some type of recovery
from a financial crisis.
The goal in this assessment is to identify investments that Ohana feels are persistent or
opportunistic. Persistent investments are those that it believes are likely to be in place for the long
term, which for practical purposes may mean ten years or more. Opportunistic investments are
those that the firm feels can benefit from a dislocation in a market or industry.
Investment Strategies and Asset Classes
Family client portfolios generally consist of those traditional asset classes and investments listed
in Item 4 above. Ohana seeks to develop portfolios that have meaningful diversification across
geographies, asset classes, sub-sectors, and level of expected return and risk. The majority of the
families’ portfolios also have significant allocation to private investment funds.
The investments included in clients’ portfolios have various liquidity limitations. The portfolio
construction strives to balance the illiquidity of certain investments and their potential for
increased performance returns in the recommendations to family decision-makers.
It is noted that Ohana does not recommend direct investments in private companies (“private
placements”) as part of its investment advisory services. Clients who wish to make these types of
investments do so at their own discretion, not at the direction or recommendation of Ohana.
Furthermore, Ohana is unable to provide valuations for these client-directed private placements as
these holdings are very hard to value. However, Ohana will incorporate these holdings into its
clients’ portfolio reporting at the clients’ request and with values provided by the client or the
issuer.
Asset Allocation
In assessing strategies, and as part of the risk analysis, Ohana evaluates the cash flow and return
characteristics of each investment, including estimating how quickly funds will be drawn down
and over what time period and at what return level they will be returned to the investors. As a
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result of this cash flow analysis, Ohana generally considers how investments help meet investment
goals broadly.
Ohana devotes investment research to identifying select managers and developing strategies for
incorporating them into certain family client investment portfolios, determined significantly by the
clients’ return objectives and risk tolerances. These are done in a financial planning context, such
as evaluating what risk/return allocation will meet the client’s financial goals with respect to
personal spending, charitable and estate planning and asset growth. For this “bottoms up”
planning, Ohana develops projected returns for different investment assets, based on a combination
of historical data, current rates of return and the impact of the macro-economic climate in the short
and medium term.
The due diligence process may include meetings and/or calls with the management team, review
of documentation and historical track record, discussions with custodians, legal counsel and
auditors, comparison and analysis against competitive investment vehicles, operational due
diligence, and background checks on investment principals.
B. Risk Management and Risk of Loss
Ohana considers risk in every initial investment decision and in subsequent on-going assessments
of individual investment and portfolio risk. The four main classes of risk to consider include:
1. Liquidity—includes: (a) not being able to meet other cash expenses because too much of
a portfolio is illiquid, or because expected liquidity is not available due to manager
decisions or market disruptions, (b) inability to cover capital commitments and/or estate
taxes; and (c) the potential inability to make a desirable investment because of the high
cost of shifting from non-marketable investments.
2. Inflation—the loss of purchasing power over time due to investment returns not being
sufficient to offset inflation, and inefficiency in an investment’s performance in an
inflationary environment against expectations, including equities, real estate and
commodity investments.
3. Return of Capital—the risk that permanent loss of capital occurs or that return of capital
is significantly delayed.
4. Probability of Meeting Expected Return—the individual and portfolio effect of
investment returns being less than expected due to manager performance or market
conditions.
5. Operational Failure.
Ohana’s significant use of illiquid investments cannot ensure that investment performance will
exceed that of a more liquid portfolio. In addition, illiquid investments are intrinsically longer
term and fixed, so that investors cannot change their mind if underlying economic or market
conditions change. Also, these investments may stay illiquid for longer than expected, with
unanticipated negative consequences for managing cash expenses, including capital calls, living
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expenses and the potential for losing the entire amount of the original investment. Consequently,
through the financial planning process, Ohana seeks to provide a margin of safety that each client
finds sufficient in balancing the potential returns and risks of illiquid investments.
In addition to illiquidity risks, other specific types of risks are associated with these types of
investments which are numerous and potentially significant, and include, but are not limited to:
Interest rate risk
Duration risk
Portfolio construction risk
Foreign political changes
Foreign exchange risks
Security selection
Excessive concentration
Default risk
Missed opportunities
Issues around the fair
valuation of investments
Changes in taxation
Counterparty risk
Excess reliance on past
performance
Custodial risk
Excess leverage
Reliance on key personnel
Errors in due diligence
Financial control failures and
misconduct
Inappropriate incentives
Market disruptions,
suspensions of trading or
fund distribution gates
Deteriorating economic
conditions
Undisclosed conflicts of
interest
Failure of hedges or collars to
perform as expected
Failure of derivatives to
perform as expected
Unexpected risk parameters may result in the temporary or permanent impairment of the
investment performance, including return of capital. Effective diversification helps to provide a
meaningful mitigation of risks impacting individual investments and lowering correlation among
investments and asset classes may significantly lower systemic risk.
The hedge funds that Ohana may introduce to clients may use leverage, short sales, and uncovered
options. Such strategies carry a risk of unlimited losses. Leverage increases both the possibilities
for profit and the risk of loss. Hedging strategies in general are usually intended to limit or reduce
investment risk, but they can also be expected to involve transaction costs and may inherently limit
or reduce the potential for profit.
Additionally, the structure of such investments presents additional special risks, including without
limitation, higher fees, volatile performance, limited transparency, special tax considerations,
subjective valuations and limited regulatory oversight. The performance-based fee/incentive
allocation structure of private funds may create an incentive to the fund’s investment manager to
make investments that are riskier or more speculative than would be the case in the absence of a
performance-based fee/incentive allocation structure.
In addition to those risks outlined above, some of the risks associated with investing in securities
and funds (both publicly traded and privately held) recommended or introduced by Ohana that
clients should be aware of include, but are not limited, to the following:
• Allocation Risk: The risk that a portfolio could lose money because of less than optimal or
poor asset allocation decisions as to how its assets are allocated or reallocated.
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Interest-Rate Risk: Fluctuations in interest rates may cause investment prices to fluctuate.
For example, when interest rates rise, yields on existing bonds become less attractive,
causing their market values to decline.
• Market Risk: The price of a stock, bond, mutual fund or other security may drop in reaction
to tangible and intangible events and conditions. This type of risk is caused by external
factors independent of a security’s particular underlying circumstances.
• Credit Risk: The risk that a portfolio could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed
income security, or the counterparty to a derivative contract, is unable or unwilling to meet
its financial obligations.
• High Yield Risk: High yield securities and unrated securities of similar credit quality
(commonly known as “junk bonds”) are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity
risks.
• Currency Risk: Overseas investments are subject to fluctuations in the value of the dollar
against the currency of the investment’s originating country. This is also referred to as
exchange rate risk.
• Political and Legislative Risk: Companies face a complex set of laws and circumstances in
each country in which they operate. The political and legal environment can change rapidly
and without warning, with significant impact, especially for companies operating outside
of the United States or those companies who conduct a substantial amount of their business
outside of the United States.
• Reinvestment Risk: This is the risk that future proceeds from investments may have to be
reinvested at a potentially lower rate of return (i.e., interest rate). This primarily relates to
fixed income securities.
• Business Risk: These risks are associated with a particular industry or a particular
company within an industry. Generally, business risk is that a company will go bankrupt
or perform below expectations. Every company carries the business risk that it will produce
insufficient cash flow in order to maintain operations. Business risk can come from a
variety of sources, some systemic and others un-systemic. That is, every company has the
business risk that the broader economy will perform poorly and therefore that sales will be
poor, and also the risk that the market simply will not like its products.
• Financial Risk: Excessive borrowing to finance a business’ operations increases the risk
of profitability, because the company must meet the terms of its obligations in good times
and bad. During periods of financial stress, the inability to meet loan obligations may result
in bankruptcy and/or a declining market value.
• Derivatives Risk: This is the risk of investing in derivative instruments, including liquidity,
interest rates, market, credit and management risks, mispricing or improper valuations.
Changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset,
rate or index and the investment could lose more than the principal amount invested.
• Foreign Investment Risk: Investments in foreign securities may be riskier than U.S.
investments because of factors such as unstable international, political and economic
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conditions, currency fluctuations, foreign controls on investment and currency exchange,
foreign governmental control of some issuers, potential confiscatory taxation or
nationalization of companies by foreign governments, withholding taxes, a lack of
adequate company information, less liquid and more volatile exchanges and/or markets,
ineffective or detrimental government regulation, varying accounting standards, political
or economic factors that may severely limit business activities, and legal systems or market
practices that may permit inequitable treatment of minority and/or non-domestic
investors. Investments in emerging markets may involve these and other significant risks
such as less mature economic structures and less developed and more thinly traded
securities markets.
• Artificial Intelligence Risk: Ohana may utilize artificial intelligence (“AI”) in its business
operations, and the challenges with properly managing its use could result in reputational
harm, competitive harm, and legal liability, and/or an adverse effect on Ohana's business
operations. If the content, analyses, or recommendations that AI applications assist in
producing are or are alleged to be deficient, inaccurate, or biased, a client and/or its account
could be negatively impacted as a result. AI tools may produce inaccurate, misleading or
incomplete responses that could lead to errors in Ohana’s and its employees’ decision-
making, portfolio management or other business activities, which could have a negative
impact on the performance of a strategy and/or an Account. Such AI tools could also be
used against Ohana, a client, or its investments in criminal or negligent ways. AI-related
changes to the products and services on offer also may affect our clients’ expectations,
requirements, or tastes in ways we cannot adequately anticipate or adapt to. Additionally,
Ohana’s competitors or other third parties could incorporate AI into their products more
quickly or more successfully, which could impair Ohana’s ability to compete effectively.
Investing in securities and private funds involves a significant risk of loss. Ohana’s investment
recommendations are subject to various market, currency, economic, political and business risks,
and such investment decisions may not always be profitable. Clients should be aware that there
may be significant loss or depreciation to the value of the client’s investment account(s), which
clients should be prepared to bear. There can be no assurance that a client’s investment objectives
will be obtained and no inference to the contrary should be made.
ITEM 9: DISCIPLINARY INFORMATION
Registered investment advisers such as Ohana are required to disclose all material facts regarding
any legal or disciplinary events that would be material to a client’s or prospective client’s
evaluation of Ohana or the integrity of its management. Ohana does not have any such legal or
disciplinary events and thus have no information to disclose with respect to this Item.
ITEM 10: OTHER FINANCIAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS
The Chief Operating Officer of Ohana has a relationship with NaviMed Partners, LP (“NaviMed”)
in that he holds a position on the Limited Partnership Advisory Committee. No compensation or
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economic benefit is received by this individual or Ohana resulting from this relationship. The
Chief Investment Officer of Ohana has a relationship with Realization Capital Partners, LP
(“RCP”) in that he holds a position on the Limited Partnership Advisory Committee. No
compensation or economic benefit is received by this individual or Ohana resulting from this
relationship. Even in the absence of compensation there could be a perceived conflict of interest
when Ohana recommends an investment in NaviMed or RCP to one of its clients. As such, Ohana
has implemented controls around its investment committee process to mitigate this potential
conflict of interest. Decisions to direct client investments into NaviMed or RCP would need to go
through the same investment committee meeting process as any other fund or manager
recommendation. Any recommendation to direct client investments into NaviMed or RCP would
be based on the individual fund’s suitability for the client.
IN CLIENT
ITEM 11: CODE OF ETHICS, PARTICIPATION OR INTEREST
TRANSACTIONS AND PERSONAL TRADING
A. Code of Ethics Summary
Ohana has adopted a Code of Ethics (“Code”) in compliance with Rule 204A-1 under the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended. Ohana and its Access Persons (as defined in the
Code) have an ongoing fiduciary responsibility to Ohana’s clients and must ensure that the needs
of its clients always come first. Ohana holds its Access Persons to a very high standard of integrity
and business practices. In serving its clients, the firm must at all times deal with clients in an honest
and ethical manner and comply with all federal securities laws. In addition, Access Persons must
adhere to the following general principles as well as to the Code’s specific provisions:
(a) At all times, the interests of the clients must come first;
(b)
Personal securities transactions must be conducted consistent with the Code in a
manner that avoids any actual or potential conflict of interest; and
(c) No inappropriate advantage should ever be taken that is contrary to the
responsibilities and duties to its clients.
The Code contains restrictions on Access Persons’ personal trading activity, including the
prohibition of insider trading and front running. To help ensure adherence with these restrictions,
Access Persons are required to follow specific procedures regarding personal trading, including
pre-clearance of certain trades and are also required to submit quarterly and annual reports on
personal trades and security holdings. Various sanctions may be applied for violations of the
requirements under the Code.
A complete copy of Ohana’s Code of Ethics is available upon request by contacting Ohana by mail
or by telephone at the address or phone number on page 1 of this Brochure.
B. Participation or Interest in Client Transactions
Because the Code would permit associated persons of Ohana to invest in the same securities
(including private funds) as clients, there is a possibility that the associated person could benefit
over a family client depending on the facts and circumstances. Trading by Access Persons is
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continually monitored under the Code, with an eye to reasonably prevent conflicts of interest
between Ohana and its clients. Further, it is Ohana’s policy that no persons associated with Ohana
may invest in a security unless all Ohana clients receive full allocations for their desired
investments in that security first. This policy is managed by the firm’s Investment Committee and
strictly enforced to mitigate any potential conflicts of interest. In addition, Access Persons must
obtain written pre-approval prior to investing in certain transactions, such as Initial Public
Offerings (IPOs) and other limited offerings (e.g., private funds).
ITEM 12: BROKERAGE PRACTICES
A. Selection Criteria
Ohana typically does not maintain physical custody of client assets. The only exception to this is
the holding of privately offered securities that are:
• Acquired from the issuer in a transaction or chain of transactions not involving any public
offering;
• Uncertificated, and ownership thereof is recorded only on the books of the issuer or its
transfer agent in the name of the client; and
• Transferable only with prior consent of the issuer or holders of the outstanding securities
of the issuer.
Client cash and securities must generally be maintained in an account at a “qualified custodian,”
generally a broker-dealer. In most cases Ohana does not have discretion to choose broker-dealers
on behalf of the family clients. The client usually retains full discretion to accept or reject Ohana’s
investment recommendations and for implementing any accepted recommendations with any
broker-dealer of their choice. However, depending on the needs of the client, Ohana does
recommend certain broker-dealers from time to time and also will enter into a Limited Power of
Attorney for trading authority at the request of the client, in order to implement client approved
recommendations. There are also instances where Ohana is considered to have discretionary
authority – see Item 16 for details.
Brokerage accounts are primarily used for investment and cash management needs. These
accounts typically hold cash, money market funds, bonds, stocks, ETFs and mutual funds. They
also may infrequently include put and call options. In some cases, brokerage accounts are opened
to facilitate the sale of stocks distributed by venture capital funds. In these cases, the distributing
broker is selected by the venture capital fund and is solely used for processing the sale or transfer
of distributed stocks.
Ohana currently recommends separate teams within the Private Wealth Management groups of
major investment banks at Goldman Sachs and Northern Trust. The firm also recommends Fidelity
for investing certain trusts and IRAs, based upon their flexibility compared to that offered by other
investment banks to invest in mutual funds. These firms are registered broker-dealers and maintain
physical custody of the client’s assets and affect trades for their accounts. Ohana does not
recommend brokers on a transaction basis. Ohana receives no compensation or soft dollar benefits
of any kind.
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Factors considered by Ohana in recommending brokers for investment and cash management
needs, include, but are not limited to the broker’s ability to: (1) accommodate a high volume of
cash management activities; (2) handle complex transactions (such as 10b5(1) plan stock sales);
and (3) offer a range of sophisticated investment products. Additionally, such recommendations
will take into account a number of other factors, including among others, these:
• Combination of transaction and execution services along with asset custody services
• Capability to execute, clear and settle trades
• Capabilities to facilitate transfers and payments to and from accounts
• Breadth of investment products made available
• Availability of investment research and tools that assist us in making investment decisions
• Quality of service
• Competitiveness of the price of those services, commission rates, margin interest rates,
other fees, etc.
• Reputation, financial strength and stability of the provider
• Availability of other products and services that benefit us, as discussed below
It is important for clients to consider and compare the significant differences between having assets
held at a broker/dealer, bank, or another custodian. Some of these differences include, but are not
limited to, total account costs, transaction fees, commission rates, security controls, and technology
services.
In recommending a broker, Ohana will attempt to minimize the total cost for all brokerage services
paid by the client. However, it may be the case that a recommended broker charges a higher fee
for a service, such as commission rates, than can be obtained from another broker. It may also be
the case that the total costs of all services provided by the recommended broker may be higher
than can be obtained at another broker. Ohana may determine in good faith that such total costs
are reasonable in relation to the value of brokerage and research services provided by such broker,
viewed in terms of Ohana’s overall responsibilities to the client. The final decision to take custody
of assets with a broker-dealer is generally at the discretion of the client. Ohana is independently
owned and operated and not affiliated with any brokers.
As part of Ohana’s fiduciary duty and to help further ensure that brokerage firms recommended
by Ohana are conducting overall best qualitative execution, it will periodically (and no less often
than annually) evaluate such brokers. The evaluation will consider the factors outlined above,
along with the full range of brokerage services offered by the brokers, which may include, but are
not limited to price, commission, timing, research, capable floor brokers or traders, capital strength
and stability, reliable and accurate communications, settlement processing, and administrative
ability.
In circumstances where Ohana is directed by a family client to place all or a portion of the client’s
transactions through a specific broker not recommended by Ohana (aka “Client Directed
Brokerage”), the family client should understand that: (1) Ohana does not negotiate specific
brokerage commission rates with the broker on the client’s behalf, or seek better execution services
or prices from other broker/dealers and, as a result, the client may pay higher commissions and/or
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receive less favorable net prices on their transactions than might otherwise be the case, and (2)
conflicts may arise between the client’s interest in receiving best execution with respect to
transactions effected for the account and Ohana’s interest in potentially receiving future client
referrals from the broker. Therefore, prior to directing us to use a specific broker-dealer, a family
client should consider whether, under that restriction, execution, clearance and settlement
capabilities, commission expenses and whatever amount is allocated to custodian fees, if
applicable, would be comparable to those otherwise obtainable.
Ohana does not aggregate client trades and does not place principal trades or agency cross
transactions. There may be instances where Ohana does engage in internal cross transactions (i.e.
causing a security to be traded between two clients at the same price, receiving no commissions or
other compensation). In such instances Ohana will adhere to specific procedures.
ITEM 13: REVIEW OF ACCOUNTS
A. Review of Client Investment Accounts
Ohana performs reviews of client investment accounts on a regular basis. Additional reviews may
be triggered by one or more of the following: (1) a change in a client’s investment objectives, risk
tolerance or tax status; (2) cash added or withdrawn from the account(s); (3) purchase or sale of a
security; and (4) changes in market conditions as well as macroeconomic and company-specific
events.
B. Regular Reports
Family client financial, investment and other types of reports are prepared by Ohana throughout
the year and reviewed with family clients based on each client’s needs with a goal of meeting at
least quarterly. This comprehensive review is conducted by the Investment Committee and the
members of Ohana’s client service team.
In addition, communications including emails, phone calls and meetings occur based on certain
triggering events, such as a required financial action, consideration of new investments or
investment changes, discussion of significant changes in the economic or investment climate, or
personal events with family members requiring discussion or action. Family clients invested in the
Fund will also receive quarterly statements and annual K-1s for the Fund.
ITEM 14: CLIENT REFERRALS AND OTHER COMPENSATION
Ohana does not receive any type of economic benefit from any third party for providing investment
advice or other advisory services to family clients, except as follows:
Ohana may receive an economic benefit from brokers in the form of the support products and
services they make available to Ohana. These products and services, how they benefit us, and the
related conflicts of interest are described above in Item 12 – Brokerage Practices. The availability
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to Ohana of the brokers’ products and services is not based on Ohana giving particular investment
advice, such as buying particular securities for clients.
Ohana does, from time to time, depending on the needs of its family clients, suggest certain service
providers, such as accountants or attorneys. However, Ohana does not have any type of referral
arrangement in place and does not receive any direct or indirect benefit from these referrals.
Ohana has an arrangement with an outside aviation company whereby Ohana receives a monthly
fee for performing the administrative duties related to managing the expenses of the aircraft. The
outside aviation company is responsible for managing the aircraft and has three partners, one of
which is Ohana’s client. This business line is completely separate from Ohana’s investment
advisory business and has no impact on Ohana’s clients.
ITEM 15: CUSTODY
Ohana offers certain services to its clients that are considered to be taking custody indirectly. With
prior client authorization, such services include (as implemented through a Power or Limited
Power of Attorney granted by the client):
Initiating tax payments for clients
• Signing on client’s behalf for wire transfers
• Facilitating the transfer of funds within client accounts
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• Making other payments, including accounting and legal expenses, for clients
• Signing fund and account subscription documents, amendments, etc. on client’s behalf
• Receiving and processing checks for deposit into client accounts
• Advisory personnel serving as trustee for client accounts or assets
In all of the above scenarios Ohana will not be acting as a “qualified custodian” but will be subject
to the SEC’s Custody Rule. Client cash and securities will be maintained in an account at a
“qualified custodian,” generally a broker-dealer.
When authority is granted to Ohana to provide any of the above listed services on a non-
discretionary basis it will continue the following via email and/or in person with its clients:
• Get approval for all investment recommendations.
• Get approval for all securities trades.
• Get approval for any wires not related to approved investments, including personal wires,
transfers between accounts, or client directed investments.
o Note: Ohana has established detailed procedures for client asset transfer requests
(wire processing protocol) to ensure the security of client assets.
Based on the above sceneries and services offered Ohana is obligated to comply with the following
requirements as imposed by the Custody Rule:
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• Use of “qualified custodians” to hold client assets. Ohana maintains client funds and
securities (with limited exceptions) with a “qualified custodian” that maintains the client’s
funds and securities in a separate account under the client’s name.
• Client Notification. Ohana has notified the clients whose funds and securities the F\firm
has custody over in writing of the qualified custodian’s name, address and the manner in
which the funds or securities are maintained.
• Account statements for clients detailing their holdings. Clients will receive statements on
at least a quarterly basis directly from the qualified custodian(s) that holds and maintains
their investment assets. Clients are urged to carefully review all custodial statements and
compare them to the reports provided by Ohana. Ohana’s reports may vary from custodial
statements based on accounting procedures, reporting dates, or valuation methodologies of
certain securities.
• Annual surprise exams. The firm has entered into a written agreement with an
independent public accountant to examine the assets of which it is deemed to have custody
on a surprise basis every year.
ITEM 16: INVESTMENT DISCRETION
Ohana offers it services on a discretionary and a non-discretionary basis. In instances where Ohana
acts as a discretionary manager, such authority will be granted by way of a combination of
documents including a Limited Power of Attorney, a Power of Attorney, an Investment Policy
Statement, and an Appointment of Agent and Delegation of Authority agreement with the trust or
other entity that is granting the authority.
Clients may limit this discretionary authority and change or amend such limitations by giving
Ohana written instructions.
ITEM 17: VOTING CLIENT SECURITIES
Ohana’s policy and practice is to not vote proxies on behalf of its clients and therefore, shall have
no obligation or authority to take any action or render any advice with respect to the voting of
proxies solicited by or with respect to issuers of securities held in a client’s account, unless the
account is an ERISA account and such authority has not been delegated to another named fiduciary
in the plan’s written documents. Consequently, the client retains the responsibility for receiving
and voting all proxies for securities held within the client's account. Ohana shall not be deemed
to have proxy voting authority solely as a result of providing advice or information about a
particular proxy vote to a client.
ITEM 18: FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Ohana does not require or solicit prepayment of more than $1,200 in fees per client, six months or
more in advance and therefore is not required to provide, and has not provided, a balance sheet.
Ohana does not have any financial commitments that impair its ability to meet contractual and
fiduciary obligations to clients and has not been the subject of bankruptcy proceedings.
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