Element Pointe Advisors, LLC a.k.a. Element Pointe Family Office (“Firm”, “We”, “Our”, “Us”) is a wealth management and family
office advisory firm. We offer Investment Management, Financial Planning, Consulting, Family Office Advisory services,
Retirement Plan Advisory services, and affiliate private fund management. Prior to rendering any of the foregoing advisory
services, clients are required to enter into one or more written agreements with us setting forth the relevant terms and
conditions of the advisory relationship.
Element Pointe Family Office was formed in 2016 and is owned by David Savir and Carlos A. Dominguez directly and indirectly
through Element Pointe Group, LLC, a holding company.
As of March 3, 2023, the Firm had approximately $1,381,552,145 in Total Assets Under Advisement, which includes
$636,738,617 of Regulatory Assets Under Management (“AUM”). Of this AUM amount, we managed $583,574,740 on a
discretionary basis, and $53,163,877 on a non-discretionary basis.
Additionally, Total Assets Under Advisement (“AUA”) includes, but is not limited to, personal property, outside investments, and
other real assets of approximately $744,813,528 (as of December 31, 2022), for which we provide family office advisory or
consulting services. These are non-GAAP accounting assets and include values derived from information provided by the
families with whom we work and not independently verified by us. In addition to the Assets Under Advisement, we provide
consolidated reporting-only services for an additional $80,007,430 in assets (as of March 3, 2023).
While this brochure generally describes our business, certain sections also discuss the activities of our Supervised Persons,
which refer to our officers, partners, directors (or other persons occupying a similar status or performing similar functions),
employees or any other person who provides investment advice on our behalf and is subject to our supervision or control.
Investment Management, Financial Planning, Consulting, and Family Office Advisory Services
We manage client investment portfolios on a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. In addition, for some clients, we serve
as a family office advisor as detailed below.
Family Office Advisory Services
We serve as a family office advisor to ultra-high net worth (“UHNW”) families (generally with liquid net worth greater than
$100 million). We recognize that UHNW families have a unique set of needs. In addition to holding assets in many different
legal entities, UHNW families often hold assets at many different banks, brokerage firms, and other custodians, and often
have significant private company interests and real estate holdings. We understand the challenges of managing these many
relationships and vast financial interests, and we are able to assist clients by providing:
Portfolio consulting advice (“manager of managers”).
Ongoing oversight and management of portfolios across multiple financial institutions.
Account aggregation and consolidated reporting.
Management of the client’s bank and brokerage relationships.
Cash flow and liquidity management.
Coordination of activities between the client’s tax and legal advisors, banks, and third-party trustees.
Estate planning coordination with the client’s attorneys and tax advisors.
Investment Management Services
We primarily allocate client assets among various exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), mutual funds, individual debt and equity
securities, and independent investment managers (“Independent Managers”), as well as private equity and hedge funds in
accordance with their stated investment objectives. Some Independent Managers, investments, and strategies we recommend,
including portfolios of individual stocks selected by our Chief Investment Officer and investment team (“Single Stock Portfolios”),
have account level investment minimums.
Where appropriate, we also provide advice about any type of legacy positions or other investments held in client portfolios.
Clients may engage us to manage and/or advise on investment products that are not maintained at their primary custodian,
such as variable life insurance and annuity contracts and assets held in employer sponsored retirement plans and qualified
tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In these situations, we direct or recommend the allocation of client assets among the various
investment options available with the product. These assets are generally maintained at the underwriting insurance company
or the custodian designated by the product’s provider. A client may also give us a limited power of attorney to access assets at
other financial institutions that the client prefers to use for specific accounts (“Held Away Assets”). Access to Held Away Assets
includes the ability to view and report on the assets and/or the ability to buy and sell securities in the account. When managing
Held Away Assets, we are only responsible for the assets we manage and the decisions and recommendations that we make.
We tailor our advisory services to meet the needs of our individual clients and seek to ensure, on a continuous basis, that we
manage client portfolios in a manner consistent with those needs and objectives. We consult with clients on an initial and
ongoing basis to assess their specific risk tolerance, time horizon, liquidity constraints, and other related factors relevant to the
management of their portfolios. Clients are advised to promptly notify us if there are changes in their financial situations or if
they wish to place any limitations on the management of their portfolios. Clients may impose reasonable restrictions or
mandates on the management of their accounts if we determine, in our sole discretion, the conditions would not materially
impact the performance of a management strategy or prove overly burdensome to our management efforts. To the extent that
any portion of a client’s account is invested in mutual funds, we are governed by the investment restrictions described in the
mutual fund’s
prospectus and statement of additional information and not by any client imposed restriction.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
We provide financial planning and consulting services on a standalone basis. These services include advice on investment and
non-investment related matters, such as retirement planning, education planning, estate planning, and insurance planning. We
do not provide financial planning or consulting services to all clients. We determine in our sole discretion whether to offer or
provide these services for a given client based on the client’s needs, preferences, and objectives. Financial planning differs from
consulting services in that we will prepare a financial plan for a client and the term of advisory services will end, whereas
consulting services generally do not include the preparation of a financial plan and are long term in nature.
The client retains the sole responsibility for determining whether to implement any recommendations we make and for placing
any resulting transactions. We do not have discretionary authority with respect to the client’s assets unless the client enters
into a wealth management agreement with us. A conflict of interest exists if the advice we provide in connection with financial
planning or consulting services includes recommendations for other services that we provide. A client is under no obligation to
act upon our recommendation. If a client elects to act on any of our recommendations, the client is under no obligation to effect
the transaction through us.
Use of Independent Managers
As mentioned above, we can select Independent Managers to actively manage a portion of our clients’ assets. Clients will receive
the written disclosure documents of the respective Independent Managers engaged to manage their assets.
We evaluate a variety of information about Independent Managers, which may include the Independent Managers’ public
disclosure documents, materials supplied by the Independent Managers themselves and other third-party analyses we believe
are reputable. To the extent possible, we seek to assess the Independent Managers’ investment strategies, past performance
and risk results in relation to our clients’ individual portfolio allocations and risk exposure. We also take into consideration each
Independent Manager’s management style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing and research capabilities,
among other factors.
We continues to provide services related to the discretionary selection of the Independent Managers. On an ongoing basis, we
monitors the performance of those accounts Independent Managers manage. We seek to ensure the Independent Managers’
strategies and target allocations remain aligned with our clients’ investment objectives and overall best interests.
Retirement Plan Advisory Services
We provide ongoing investment monitoring and recommendations of investments on a non-discretionary basis to clients that
are trustees or other fiduciaries to retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
This service constitutes “investment advice” under Section 3(21) of ERISA and in these instances, we are a “fiduciary” as such
term is defined under Section 3(21) in connection with this service. You should understand that to the extent we are engaged
to perform services other than ongoing investment monitoring and recommendations, those services are not “investment
advice” under ERISA and we will not be a “fiduciary” under ERISA with respect to those other services.
We do not provide recommendations to plan participants with respect to their selection of investments and the client retains
the sole responsibility for determining whether to implement any recommendations we make.
From time to time, we offer the client or plan participants advisory services that are separate and apart from our Retirement
Plan Advisory Services. In offering any such services, we are not acting as a fiduciary under ERISA with respect to such services.
If we offer any such separate services, the client will make an independent assessment without reliance on our advice or
judgment.
Affiliate Private Fund
We serve as investment manager to Element Pointe Deep Access Fund, LP (“EP Deep Access Fund”), a special purpose vehicle
(“SPV”) and private fund. Our affiliate, Element Pointe Deep Access GP, LLC (“EP Deep Access GP”), serves as EP Deep Access
Fund’s general partner. EP Deep Access Fund is a Delaware limited partnership.
EP Deep Access Fund was formed to acquire an interest in a non-publicly traded security. EP Deep Access Fund’s assets and
liabilities are held separately and are not comingled with our firm’s funds. EP Deep Access Fund was created in connection with
our identification of a private investment for inclusion in some clients’ portfolios, but where the availability to individual investors
limited clients’ participation. In its capacity as general partner, EP Deep Access GP coordinated the structuring of the EP Deep
Access Fund and manages its operations, including retaining legal and accounting professionals. EP Deep Access GP has
delegated the day-to-day operations to us. EP Deep Access Fund has defined investment objectives that are set forth in its
offering documents and we tailor our investment advisory services to meet those objectives.
We, or our affiliate, offer the opportunity to invest in an affiliate private fund to other investors, including, without limitation,
strategic partners, and potential clients and business partners, which are strategic to our business and our ability to serve the
long-term interests of our clients. This is a conflict of interest because third-party investors are allocated a portion of an
investment that could have otherwise been offered to a client. To mitigate this conflict, we will support any such allocations by
a written justification regarding how the allocation stands to benefit our long-term ability to serve our clients’ interests, and will
require Chief Compliance Officer approval based on such justification.