A. Firm Information
True Vision MN LLC (“True Vision” or the “Advisor”) is a registered investment advisor with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission. The Advisor is organized as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) under the laws of the State
of Minnesota. True Vision was founded in January 2019 and is owned and operated by Darin Pilacinski (Founder and
Chief Compliance Officer). This Disclosure Brochure provides information regarding the qualifications, business
practices, and the advisory services provided by True Vision.
B. Advisory Services Offered
True Vision offers investment advisory services to individuals, high net worth individuals, trusts, and estates (each
referred to as a “Client”).
The Advisor serves as a fiduciary to Clients, as defined under the applicable laws and regulations. As a fiduciary, the
Advisor upholds a duty of loyalty, fairness and good faith towards each Client and seeks to mitigate potential conflicts
of interest. True Vision's fiduciary commitment is further described in the Advisor’s Code of Ethics. For more
information regarding the Code of Ethics, please see Item 11 – Code of Ethics, Participation or Interest in Client
Transactions and Personal Trading.
Wealth Management Services
True Vision provides wealth management services for its Clients. These services generally include a broad range of
comprehensive financial planning in connection with discretionary investment management of Client portfolios. These
services are described below.
Investment Management Services
True Vision provides customized investment advisory solutions for its Clients. This is achieved through continuous
personal Client contact and interaction while providing discretionary investment management services. True Vision
works closely with each Client to identify their investment goals and objectives as well as risk tolerance and financial
situation in order to create a portfolio strategy. True Vision will then construct an investment portfolio, consisting of
low-cost, diversified mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), individual stocks, bonds, and independent
managers to meet the needs of its Clients. The Advisor may retain a Client’s legacy investments based on portfolio
fit and/or tax considerations.
True Vision’s investment strategies are primarily long-term focused, but the Advisor may buy, sell or re-allocate
positions that have been held for less than one year to meet the objectives of the Client or due to market conditions.
True Vision will construct, implement and monitor the portfolio to ensure it meets the goals, objectives, circumstances,
and risk tolerance agreed to by the Client. Each Client will have the opportunity to place reasonable restrictions on
the types of investments to be held in their respective portfolio, subject to acceptance by the Advisor.
True Vision evaluates and selects investments for inclusion in Client portfolios only after applying its internal due
diligence process. True Vision may recommend, on occasion, redistributing investment allocations to diversify the
portfolio. True Vision may recommend specific positions to increase sector or asset class weightings. The Advisor
may recommend employing cash positions as a possible hedge against market movement.
True Vision may recommend selling positions for reasons that include, but are not limited to, harvesting capital gains
or losses, business or sector risk exposure to a specific security or class of securities, overvaluation or overweighting
of the position[s] in the portfolio, change in risk tolerance of the Client, generating cash to meet Client needs, or any
risk deemed unacceptable for the Client’s risk tolerance.
At no time will True Vision accept or maintain custody of a Client’s funds or securities, except for the limited authority
as outlined in Item 15 – Custody. All Client assets will be managed within the designated account[s] at the Custodian,
pursuant to the terms of the advisory agreement. Please see Item 12 – Brokerage Practices.
Participant Account Management- As part of the Advisor’s Investment Management Services, when appropriate,
the Advisor will use a third party platform to facilitate management of held away assets such as defined contribution
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plan participant accounts, with discretion. The platform allows the Advisor to avoid being considered to have
custody of Client funds since the Advisor does not have direct access to Client log-in credentials to affect trades.
The Advisor is not affiliated with the platform in any way and do not receive compensation from them for using their
platform. A link will be provided to the Client allowing them to connect an account(s) to the platform. Once Client
account(s) is connected to the platform, the Advisor will review the current account
allocations. When deemed necessary, the Advisor will rebalance the account considering client investment goals and
risk tolerance, and changes in allocations will take into account current economic and market trends. The goal is to
improve account performance over time, minimize loss during difficult markets, and manage internal fees that harm
account performance. Client account(s) will be reviewed at least quarterly and allocation changes will be made as
deemed necessary.
Retirement Accounts – When the Advisor provides investment advice to Clients regarding ERISA retirement accounts
or individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”), the Advisor is a fiduciary within the meaning of Title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and/or the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”), as applicable, which are laws
governing retirement accounts. When deemed to be in the Client’s best interest, the Advisor will provide investment
advice to a Client regarding a distribution from an ERISA retirement account or to roll over the assets to an IRA, or
recommend
a similar transaction including rollovers from one ERISA sponsored Plan to another, one IRA to another
IRA, or from one type of account to another account (e.g., commission-based account to fee-based account). Such
a recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Advisor will earn a new (or increase its current) advisory fee as
a result of the transaction. No client is under any obligation to roll over a retirement account to an account managed
by the Advisor.
Financial Planning Services
True Vision will typically provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to Clients, pursuant to a written
financial planning agreement. Services are offered in several areas of a Client’s financial situation, depending on
their goals and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services involve preparing a formal financial plan or
rendering a specific financial consultation based on the Client’s financial goals and objectives. This planning or
consulting may encompass one or more areas of need, including but not limited to, personal financial planning, estate
planning, college planning, capital management, investment consulting, tax planning, and insurance needs.
A financial plan developed for the Client will usually include general recommendations for a course of activity or
specific actions to be taken by the Client. For example, recommendations may be made that the Client start or revise
their investment programs, commence or alter retirement savings, establish education savings or contribute to
charitable giving programs.
True Vision, with consent by the Client, will typically coordinate with the Client’s existing specialists including an
accountant, attorney, and others. True Vision may also refer a Client to a specialist as appropriate for their unique
situation. For certain financial planning engagements, the Advisor will provide a written summary of the Client’s
financial situation, observations, and recommendations.
Financial planning recommendations pose a conflict between the interests of the Advisor and the interests of the
Client. For example, the Advisor has an incentive to recommend that Clients engage the Advisor for investment
management services or to increase the level of investment assets with the Advisor, as it would increase the amount
of advisory fees paid to the Advisor. Clients are not obligated to implement any recommendations made by the
Advisor or maintain an ongoing relationship with the Advisor. If the Client elects to act on any of the recommendations
made by the Advisor, the Client is under no obligation to implement the transaction through the Advisor.
Use of Independent Managers
True Vision will recommend that a Client utilize one or more unaffiliated investment managers or investment platforms
(collectively “Independent Managers”) for all or a portion of a Client’s investment portfolio. In such instances, the
Client may be required to authorize and enter into an advisory agreement with the Independent Manager[s] that
defines the terms in which the Independent Manager[s] will provide investment management and related services.
The Advisor may also assist in the development of the initial policy recommendations and managing the ongoing
Client relationship. The Advisor will perform initial and ongoing oversight and due diligence over the selected
Independent Manager[s] to ensure the Independent Managers’ strategies and target allocations remain aligned with
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its clients’ investment objectives and overall best interests. The Client, prior to entering into an agreement with
unaffiliated investment manager[s] or investment platform[s], will be provided with the Independent Manager's Form
ADV 2A (or a brochure that makes the appropriate disclosures).
C. Client Account Management
Prior to engaging True Vision to provide investment advisory services, each Client is required to enter into an
agreement with the Advisor that define the terms, conditions, authority and responsibilities of the Advisor and the
Client. These services may include:
• Establishing an Investment Strategy – True Vision, in connection with the Client, will develop a strategy that
seeks to achieve the Client’s goals and objectives.
• Asset Allocation – True Vision will develop a strategic asset allocation that is targeted to meet the investment
objectives, time horizon, financial situation and tolerance for risk for each Client.
• Portfolio Construction – True Vision will develop a portfolio for the Client that is intended to meet the stated
goals and objectives of the Client.
• Investment Management and Supervision – True Vision will provide investment management and ongoing
oversight of the Client’s investment portfolio.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
True Vision includes securities transaction fees together with its investment advisory fees. Including these fees into
a single asset-based fee is considered a “Wrap Fee Program”. The Advisor customizes its investment management
services for its Clients. The Advisor sponsors the True Vision Wrap Fee Program solely as a supplemental disclosure
regarding the combination of fees. Depending on the level of trading required for the Client’s account[s] in a particular
year, the Client may pay more or less in total fees than if the Client paid its own securities transaction fees. Please
see Appendix 1 – Wrap Fee Program Brochure, which is included as a supplement to this Disclosure Brochure.
E. Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, True Vision manages approximately $200,014,043 in assets under management, all of
which are managed on a discretionary basis. Clients may request more current information at any time by contacting
the Advisor.