The Firm
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC (“U.S. Capital Wealth” “USCWA” or “the Firm”) is an investment
advisor registered with the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The main office of US
Capital Wealth is located at 4444 Westheimer, Suite G500, Houston, Texas 77027. U.S. Capital
Wealth initiated business operations in 2017 (formerly known as Legacy One Financial Advisors).
U.S. Capital Wealth is currently directly owned by U.S. Capital RIA Investors, LLC, Legacy One
Financial Holdings, LLC, and PLH Financial Holdings, LLC. However, on February 29, 2024, USCW
Holdco, LLC agreed to purchase USCWA. As of the effective date, April 12, 2024, USCW Holdco,
LLC will own USCWA. A second stage of the USCWA purchase will have USCW Holdco, LLC acquire
the USCWA affiliates USCA Securities, LLC and USCA Insurance Agency, LLC. The second
purchase is expected to be executed sometime in Q3 2024.
Types of Advisory Services offered by U.S. Capital Wealth
U.S. Capital Wealth offers a full suite of wealth management services to individuals, including
high net-worth individuals, family offices, institutions, and businesses, which include discretionary
and/or nondiscretionary account management as well as financial planning and general advisory
or consulting services. Accounts receiving discretionary and non-discretionary account
management services are generally held at one of the primary custodians recommended by the
Firm, National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS”), which is a subsidiary of Fidelity Custody and
Clearing Solutions (”FCCS”), or by Schwab Advisor Services, a division of Charles Schwab & Co.,
Inc. (“Schwab”). In certain limited circumstances, U.S. Capital Wealth provides consulting services
and advice on accounts or assets held away from its primary custodians, including hedge funds
and other types of types of investments. Additionally, U.S. Capital Wealth sometimes
recommends to clients that all or a portion of their portfolio be managed on a discretionary basis
by one or more affiliated or unaffiliated money managers, sub-advisors, or investment platforms
(collectively “External Managers”).
Available Advisory Services
Discretionary Investment Management by USCWA
Client will be provided ongoing management of designated assets or accounts by a USCWA
Financial Adviser or Advisory Team that is selected and designated by Client. The selected
USCWA Financial Adviser or Advisory Team will be responsible for the investment and
reinvestment of assets, building and maintaining investment portfolios, and executing investment
strategies designed to meet Client’s investment objectives and risk tolerance. Clients selecting
this option will appoint the selected USCWA Financial Adviser or Advisory Team as Client’s
attorney-in-fact and grant them a limited power-of-attorney with discretionary trading authority
over the designated assets or accounts to buy, sell, or otherwise effect investment transactions
involving the assets or accounts. Each Financial Adviser has multiple tools to assist in constructing,
trading, monitoring and rebalancing portfolios.
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Non-Discretionary Investment Management by USCWA
Client will be provided ongoing non-discretionary management of designated assets or accounts
by a USCWA Financial Adviser or Advisory Team who will recommend portfolio approaches
including buys, sells and trades in a variety of instruments based on the client’s investment
objectives and risk tolerance. Client can request additional services such as asset allocation,
research, analysis and performance reporting. Upon client’s approval, USCWA will execute such
trades in client’s account(s).
Discretionary Investment Management by External Managers.
USCWA will recommend one or more External Managers to conduct active discretionary
management of client assets or accounts in accordance with client’s investment objectives and
risk tolerance. External Managers will be granted a limited power-of-attorney and trading
authority over those assets directed to them for management, and they will be authorized to,
without client’s consent, buy, sell and trade in securities in the account. USCWA will render
services to clients relative to the supervision of the External Managers and ongoing monitoring of
account performance, asset allocation and investment objectives. When an External Manager is
used, the client continues to have direct ownership of the securities in the portfolio. The client
will receive an agreement and/or other disclosures describing the services to be provided by the
External Manager.
The fees charged by the designated External Managers, together with the fees charged by the
corresponding designated broker-dealer/custodian of the client’s assets, are exclusive of, and in
addition to, the annual advisory fee charged by USCWA. In some cases, clients will be charged
separately for the External Manager’s fee. In other cases, USCWA will share a portion of its fee
with the External Managers. The manner of billing and the amount received by the External
Manager will be disclosed to the client.
External Managers used by USCWA include Envestnet Asset Management, Inc. (“Envestnet”).
USCWA offers several of Envestnet’s Private Wealth Management Programs. This includes
Envestnet’s Separately Managed Accounts (“SMA”). SMA offers clients discretionary asset
management in separately managed accounts by one or more third-party portfolio managers
available through Envestnet.
USCWA also uses Piton Investment Management, LP (“Piton”) as an External Manager for some
of its accounts. Piton is an SEC-registered investment advisor focusing on fixed income investment
management services to institutions and individual investors. Certain managers of US Capital
Wealth are also managers of Piton. See Item 10 Additional Information – Other Financial Industry
Activities and Affiliations for more information regarding this relationship.
USCWA also uses 55I, LLC (also known as 55ip) as an External Manager for some of its accounts.
If 55I, LLC is used it acts as a sub-advisor to some or all assets held in the client accounts and
affects transactions based on the model portfolios selected by the USCWA Advisor. The models
available to the Financial Adviser were selected by USCWA. These models predominantly
(sometimes exclusively) utilize BlackRock and iShares ETFs. 55I, LLC is paid a fee by BlackRock,
which allows 55I to provide this service at no additional fee to USCWA or the client, subject to
specific terms and conditions. Other External Managers are also used. See Item 10 Additional
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Information – Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations for more information regarding
related conflicts.
General Advisory Services
In connection with non-discretionary accounts, which can be wholly independent of USCWA or
maintained as USCWA accounts, USCWA will provide other types of advisory services to the client,
which can include investment policy advice and assistance, developing asset allocation strategies,
manager selection
and evaluation, or review of outside accounts to assist with adherence to
investment policy guidelines and providing consolidated reporting. The types of service will be
tailored to the needs of the clients based on investment objectives and risk tolerance. Services
will be outlined in the agreement with the client.
In certain limited circumstances, U.S. Capital Wealth provides advice on accounts held at
custodians other than Schwab or NFS, in which the client directs brokerage services to a third-
party. U.S. Capital Wealth’s approach to providing service to outside accounts is generally the
same as for accounts maintained at its primary custodians. Services will be provided in
accordance with the client’s stated investment objectives and risk tolerance. However, U.S.
Capital Wealth will often not have access to the same account management tools that it has
when services are provided through its primary custodians. Additionally, U.S. Capital Wealth
Financial Advisers might not be able to directly effectuate investment decisions in accounts using
other broker-dealers. Directions instead can be provided to the client or an agent for the client.
Therefore, the handling of these accounts often differs with regard to the degree of
comprehensiveness and directness of the services provided.
USCWA also provides advice on investments in private placements or alternative investments,
including hedge funds or limited partnerships, held away from the Firm’s primary custodians.
Where appropriate, U.S. Capital Wealth Financial Advisers recommend such investments and
provide monitoring services or assist with allocations within the investment. These investments
can be managed or offered by affiliates of U.S. Capital Wealth. Conflicts of interest exist when a
U.S. Capital Wealth Financial Adviser recommends an affiliated investment because the Financial
Adviser and the affiliated entities benefit. More detail regarding such conflicts can be found in
Section 10 - Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliates.
U.S. Capital Wealth provides advice related to variable life insurance and other insurance-related
products, and assets held in employee sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (for
example, 529 plans) that are maintained at the underwriting insurance company or the custodian
designated by the product’s provider. For such assets, U.S. Capital Wealth will generally direct or
recommend the allocation of client assets among the various investment options available within
the product.
Fee-Based Financial Planning Services
Fee-based financial planning offers clients an opportunity to develop a customized financial plan
designed to illustrate their overall current financial situation. It is primarily offered by U.S. Capital
Wealth Financial Advisers who have earned and maintain the Certified Financial Planner (CFP®)
certification. The goal of the financial planning process is to work with the client to develop a
customized financial plan (“Plan”) that provides a comprehensive written report reflecting the
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client’s current financial situation and identifies future opportunities, projections or plans. In
conjunction with the client’s stated goals, the planning process will often include some or all of
the following: comprehensive balance sheet review; lifetime cash flow analysis; survivorship cash
flow analysis; corporate executive benefits review; insurance planning; estate documents review;
wealth transfer planning; review estate planning needs and goals; philanthropic planning; detailed
“cash flow” projections of present financial condition; alternative “cash flow” projections of
hypothetical impact of planning recommendations; investment and wealth transfer strategies; tax
planning, including estimates of gross estate and income taxes; analysis of the impact of
establishing proposed foundations or trusts; and forecasts of assets available to surviving heirs.
However, U.S. Capital Wealth does not directly render tax or legal advice.
Fee-based Financial Planning Services are generally provided for an annual fixed fee charged at
the initiation of the financial planning relationship and annually thereafter if desired by the client.
Clients can place restrictions on securities or types of securities to be considered in the financial
plan, if applicable. A Financial Adviser will work with the client to ascertain the full scope of
services and the approximate amount of time that the proposed engagement will take, which will
allow for the calculation of the fixed fee contract amount.
Financial Planning Services will often include quarterly meetings, though meetings are sometimes
more or less frequent. There is no obligation for the continuation of financial planning services
unless the client and Financial Adviser agree to extend the term of the services. Should the client
want additional services, such as investment advisory services, traditional brokerage services, or
lending or insurance services, they will be agreed to and additional fees will be charged
separately.
Customization of Advisory Services
Each client’s needs are different. U.S Capital Wealth tailors its wealth management services to
the needs of each client. In order to provide appropriately customized services, the client’s
Financial Adviser will work with the client to obtain information regarding the client’s financial
circumstances, investment objectives, overall financial condition, income and tax status, personal
and business assets, risk profile, and other information regarding financial and investment needs.
For the Firm to provide effective advisory services, it is important that clients provide accurate
and complete information to the Firm and update their information when there is any change in
circumstances, objectives or risk tolerance. It is an objective of the Firm to meet with clients at
least annually (either in person or remotely) to review their financial circumstances, investment
objectives and risk profile, although in many cases U.S. Capital Wealth Financial Advisers have
more frequent and regular client contact.
Clients are permitted to impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities or types
of securities in their advisory accounts provided U.S. Capital Wealth determines that the
conditions would not materially impact the performance of a management strategy or prove
overly burdensome for U.S. Capital Wealth’s management efforts. However, it is often not
possible to accommodate restrictions when utilizing ETFs, mutual funds or with respect to certain
third-party products or services. The ability to add reasonable trading restrictions for External
Managers will depend on what the specific External Manager allows.
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Breakdown of Assets of Under Management
As of February 29, 2024, U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors had approximately $6,817,172,721 in
assets under management. Of that amount, $4,915,722,542 was managed on a discretionary
basis and $1,901,450,179 was managed on a non-discretionary basis.