A. Firm Description
BRM Investment Management, LLC, (“BRM Investment Management,” “BRMI” or “the
Firm”) also doing business as Massey Romans Capital; is an investment management
firm that is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) as an
investment adviser based in Vero Beach, FL. The Firm’s registration as an investment
adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training. The Firm is organized as a
Delaware limited liability company that was founded in 2022. BRM Investment
Management’s current business activities consist:
• Portfolio Management Services
• Financial Planning/Consulting Services
Principal Owner: William B. Brown (50%), Paul Massey (25%), and William Romans
(25%) are principal owners.
The Firm also operates under the name, Formidable Florida.
B. Types of Advisory Services
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVICES
BRM Investment Management offers personalized investment advisory services which
are focused on providing a roadmap of income and expenses over our client’s life. Our
advice and services are tailored to meet our client’s individual needs, circumstances and
goals. We offer our portfolio management services through both discretionary and non-
discretionary management. We conduct initial meetings with clients in order to
understand their current financial situation, existing resources, goals, objectives and risk
tolerances.
Discretionary Portfolio Management: The primary service we provide is discretionary
asset management program. Clients participating in this program are generally placed in
a strategy or allocation that is overseen by financial professional at our Firm and sub-
advised by a third-party investment adviser. Under this program, BRM Investment
Management and any sub-advisers we hire to manager the assets in your account are
authorized to buy and sell investments in the account without asking you in advance. We
monitor the portfolio on an ongoing and continuous basis, unless otherwise agreed, and
will make adjustments and reallocations as necessary due to changes in the market and
your unique circumstances. Clients may impose certain reasonable written restrictions
on BRM Investment Management in regards to the management of their investment
portfolios, such as prohibiting the inclusion of certain types of investments. Each client
should take note, however, that restrictions imposed by a client may adversely affect
the composition and performance of the client’s investment portfolio.
Non-Discretionary Portfolio Management: Alternatively, BRM Investment Management
provides non-discretionary portfolio management services whereby the Firm will make
specific investment recommendations to a client tailored to meet the needs and
investment objectives of that specific client but shall not initiate any orders to purchase or
sell any securities (or specific securities) without the client’s approval. This program offers
clients the opportunity to maintain full investment authority and direct the individual
investments made within their own accounts.
As part of our investment advisory services to you, we may recommend that you
withdraw the assets from your employer's retirement plan and roll the assets over to an
individual retirement account ("IRA") that we will manage on your behalf. If you elect to
roll the assets to an IRA that is subject to our management, we will charge you an asset-
based fee as set forth in the agreement you executed with our firm. This practice presents
a conflict of interest because persons providing investment advice on our behalf have an
incentive to recommend a rollover to you for the purpose of generating fee-based
compensation rather than solely based on your needs. You are under no obligation,
contractually or otherwise, to complete the rollover. Moreover, if you do complete the
rollover, you are under no obligation to have the assets in an IRA managed by our firm.
Many employers permit former employees to keep their retirement assets in their
company plan. Also, current employees can sometimes move assets out of their company
plan
before they retire or change jobs. In determining whether to complete the rollover to
an IRA, and to the extent the following options are available, you should consider the costs
and benefits of: 1)) Leaving the funds in your employer's (former employer's) plan; 2)
moving the funds to a new employer's retirement plan; 3) cashing out and taking a
taxable distribution from the plan; and/or 4) rolling the funds into an IRA rollover
account. Each of these options has advantages and disadvantages and before making a
change we encourage you to speak with your CPA and/or tax attorney. Our
recommendations may include any of them, depending on what we feel is in your best
interest.
We are fiduciaries under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and when we provide
investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or individual retirement
account, we are also fiduciaries within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act and/or the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, which are laws
governing retirement accounts. As a fiduciary, we are required to document the reason(s)
for why the recommendation we made is in your best interest.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES
BRM Investment Management provides financial planning and consulting services for
clients seeking financial advice involving the analysis of a particular investment,
investment portfolio, or overall financial situation. The consulting services typically
take the form of a financial plan. These consulting services may include, but are not
necessarily limited to, a review of aspects of an individual’s current financial situation,
with emphasis on portfolio analysis, estate planning, insurance planning, education
planning and/or capital needs planning. BRM Investment Management may also assist
the client in coordinating the implementation of any recommendations made. The
decision to implement any recommendation rests exclusively with the client, and the
client has no obligation to implement any such recommendations through BRM
Investment Management or its affiliates.
In preparing the financial plan for a client, BRM Investment Management will gather
information deemed relevant to the particular advisory services being provided through
fact-finding reviews with the client and through documents provided by the client. The
service includes an analysis of the client’s financial information, which may include items
such as the client’s current assets, income, investments, liabilities, short and long-term
capital and liquidity needs, risk tolerance and short and long-term financial goals and
objectives.
C. Tailored Relationships
The investment advisory services offered by BRM Investment Management are based on
the individual needs of our clients and the suitability of products and services. We make
an assessment of our client’s goals, objectives, investment horizon, and risk tolerance. If
clients wish to impose certain restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of
securities, the Firm will address those restrictions with the clients to have a clear
understanding of the client’s requirements. As the client’s financial situation, goals,
objectives, or needs change, the client must notify BRM Investment Management
promptly.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Wrap Fee Programs are arrangements between broker-dealers, investment advisers,
banks and other financial institutions and affiliated and unaffiliated investment advisers
through which the clients of such firms receive discretionary investment advisory,
execution, clearing and custodial services in a “bundled” form. In exchange for these
“bundled” services, the clients pay an all-inclusive (or “wrap”) fee determined as a
percentage of the assets held in the wrap account. BRM Investment Management does not
participate in and is not a sponsor of any wrap fee program(s).
E. Assets under Management
As of February 22, 2023 the Firm has $ $132,880,104 in assets under management, all
of which are discretionary.