MWA is owned by Douglas Clark and has been providing advisory services since 1999.
As of December 31, 2022, MWA managed $222,499,354, all on a discretionary basis.
Investment Management Services:
MWA manages investment portfolios for individuals, qualified retirement plans, trusts, charitable
organizations, corporations and small businesses. MWA will work with the client to determine the client’s
investment objectives and investor risk profile and will design a written investment policy statement.
MWA uses investment and portfolio allocation software to evaluate alternative portfolio designs. MWA
evaluates the clients existing investments with respect to the clients investment policy statement. MWA
works with new clients to develop a plan to transition from the clients existing portfolio to the portfolio
recommended by MWA. MWA will then continuously monitor the client’s portfolio holdings and the
overall asset allocation strategy and hold regular review meetings with the client regarding the account
as necessary.
MWA will typically create a portfolio of no-load mutual funds, and may use model portfolios if the models
match the client’s investment policy. MWA will allocate the clients assets among various investments
taking into consideration the overall management style selected by the client. MWA primarily
recommends portfolios consisting of passively managed asset class and index mutual funds. MWA
primarily recommends mutual funds offered by Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), Bridgeway and Stone
Ridge Funds. DFA sponsored mutual funds follow a passive asset class investment philosophy with low
holdings turnover.
Client portfolios may also include some individual equity securities in situations where disposition of
these securities would present an overriding tax implication, or the client specifically requests they be
retained for a personal reason. These situations will be specifically identified in the client’s Investment
Policy Statement (IPS).
MWA manages mutual fund and equity portfolios on a discretionary basis according to the investment
policy selected by the client. A client may impose any reasonable restrictions on MWA’s discretionary
authority, including restrictions on the types of securities in which MWA may invest client’s assets and on
specific securities, which the client may believe to be appropriate.
MWA may also recommend fixed income portfolios to advisory clients, which consist of managed
accounts of individual bonds. MWA will request discretionary authority from advisory clients to manage
fixed income portfolios, including the discretion to retain a third-party fixed income manager. MWA will
prepare a separate Fixed Income Investment Policy Statement for any client qualifying for separate fixed
income portfolio services.
Pursuant to its discretionary authority, MWA will retain a fixed income securities manager. The fixed
income securities manager will be provided with the discretionary authority to invest
client assets in
fixed income securities consistent with the clients Fixed Income Investment Policy Statement. The
manager will also monitor the account for changes in credit ratings, security call provisions, and tax loss
harvesting opportunities (to the extent that the manager is provided with cost basis information). The
manager will obtain MWA’s consent prior to the sale of any client securities.
On an ongoing basis, MWA will answer client’s inquiries regarding their accounts and review periodically
with clients the performance of their accounts. MWA will periodically, and at least annually, review
client’s investment policy and risk profile to discuss the re-balancing of each client’s accounts to the
extent appropriate. MWA will provide to investment manager any updated client financial information or
account restrictions necessary for investment manager to provide sub-advisory services.
In addition to managing the client’s investment portfolio, MWA may consult with clients on various
financial areas including income and estate tax planning, business sale structures, college financial
planning, retirement planning, insurance analysis, personal cash flow analysis, establishment and design
of retirement plans and trust designs, among other things.
Employee Benefit Retirement Plan Services:
MWA also provides advisory services to participant-directed retirement plans through third party
administration services, which are online bundled service providers offering an opportunity for plan
sponsors to provide their participants with daily account access, valuation, and investment education.
MWA will analyze the plan's current investment platform, and assist the plan in creating an investment
policy statement defining the types of investments to be offered and the restrictions that may be
imposed. MWA will recommend investment options to achieve the plan's objectives, provide participant
education meetings, and monitor the performance of the plan's investment vehicles.
MWA will recommend changes in the plan's investment vehicles as may be appropriate from time to time.
MWA generally will review the plan's investment vehicles and investment policy as necessary.
For certain retirement plans, MWA also works in coordination and support with Buckingham Strategic
Partners, LLC. Retirement plan clients will engage both MWA and Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC.
Buckingham Strategic Partners, LLC will provide to the client additional discretionary investment
management services and will exercise discretionary authority to select the plan investments made
available to the plans’ participants by selecting and maintain the plans’ investments according to the
goals and investment objectives of the plan.
MWA will continue to work with plans to monitor plan investments, provide fiduciary plan advice
including regular considerations of the goals and objectives of the plan, and provide participant
education services to the plan.