GENERAL INFORMATION
CornerCap Investment Counsel, Inc. is a Georgia corporation formed in 1989. CornerCap
provides guidance and tailored portfolio management services to high-net-worth individuals,
group retirement plans, foundations, endowments, and other types of clients. CornerCap is also
investment adviser to CornerCap Small-Cap Value Fund and to CornerCap Fundamentrics® Large
Cap ETF, as described below under “Other Financial Industry Activities and Affiliations.”
INDIVIDUALIZED ACCOUNT ADVISORY SERVICES
At the beginning of a client relationship, CornerCap meets with the client, asks questions, gathers
information, and performs research and analysis as necessary to develop the client’s investment
objective and strategy. The client’s investment objective and strategy will be updated from time
to time when requested by the client, or when determined to be necessary or advisable by
CornerCap based on updates to the client’s financial or other circumstances.
Discretionary Services
For clients selecting CornerCap’s discretionary services, CornerCap will analyze client portfolios
and determine an allocation of equity securities (e.g., stocks) and fixed income securities (e.g.,
bonds) for the portfolio, and will make recommendations regarding specific securities to be
purchased, consistent with the client’s investment objective and strategy. CornerCap may invest
assets in the client’s portfolio directly into stocks or bonds, or into mutual funds or other
investment funds that invest in stocks, bonds, or other securities. The methods used by
CornerCap to determine which securities should be purchased for a client portfolio are described
below under “Methods of Analysis, Investment Strategies and Risk of Loss”. As a discretionary
investment adviser, CornerCap will have the authority to supervise and direct the portfolio
without prior consultation with the client.
Non-Discretionary Services
Clients who choose a non-discretionary arrangement with CornerCap will receive similar portfolio
analysis and investment recommendations as described above under “Discretionary Services”, but
these clients must be contacted prior to the execution of any trade in the account(s) under
management. In a non-discretionary arrangement, the client retains the responsibility for the
final decision on all actions taken with respect to the portfolio.
POOLED VEHICLE ADVISORY SERVICES
CornerCap serves as investment adviser to CornerCap Small-Cap Value Fund (the “Mutual Fund”)
in two share classes (“Advisor class”, ticker: CSCVX; and “Institutional class”, ticker: CSCJX),
which is a separate series of Managed Portfolio Series Trust. CornerCap also serves as investment
adviser to one actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”): CornerCap Fundametrics® Large
Cap ETF (Ticker: FUNL) (the “CornerCap ETF”), which is a separate series of Advisor Managed
Portfolios Trust. Together the Mutual Fund and the CornerCap ETF may be referred to herein as
a “Fund,” and collectively the “Funds”.
The CornerCap ETF is listed on Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. Individual shares of the CornerCap
ETF may only be purchased and sold on a national securities exchange through a broker-dealer.
AUTOMATED INVESTMENT PROGRAM
CornerCap offers an automated investment program, the Digital Wealth Platform (the
“Program”). Through the Program, client accounts can be invested pursuant to one of the
investment strategies developed and managed by CornerCap and offered through the Program.
Each client portfolio in the Program is typically invested in a portfolio consisting of exchange-
traded funds (“ETFs”) and a cash allocation.
The Platform is generally targeted towards clients seeking wealth accumulation and capital
appreciation or wealth maintenance and preservation.
To participate in the Program, a client must first establish a brokerage account at Charles Schwab
& Co., Inc. (“CS&Co.”) pursuant to a separate agreement between the client and CS&Co.
CornerCap uses the Institutional Intelligent Portfolios® platform (“Platform”), offered by Schwab
Performance Technologies (“SPT”), a software provider to independent investment advisors and
an affiliate of CS&Co., to operate the Program. CornerCap is independent of and not owned by,
affiliated with, or sponsored or supervised by SPT, CS&Co., or their affiliates (together,
“Schwab”). Clients in a Program do not pay brokerage commissions or any other fees to CS&Co.
as part of the Program; however, Schwab does receive other revenues in connection with the
Program.
CornerCap has contracted with SPT to provide the Platform, which consists of technology and
related trading and account management services for the Program. The Platform enables
CornerCap to make the Program available to clients online and includes a system that automates
certain key parts of the investment process (the “System”). The System includes an online
investor profile questionnaire that helps CornerCap determine the client’s investment objectives
and risk tolerance and select an appropriate investment strategy and portfolio (“IPQ”). Based
upon the IPQ, Custodian’s software system will recommend one of CornerCap’s model portfolios
offered within the Program as the investment management strategy for the account (the
“Strategy”). It shall be the responsibility and obligation of the client to keep CornerCap apprised
in a timely manner of any changes to the IPQ or any other changes relevant to the manner in
which the portfolio is managed. CornerCap will have no duty or obligation to investigate the
accuracy or completeness of the information about the client included in or underlying the IPQ.
Clients should be aware that CornerCap may but is not obligated to commence management of
the client’s account until such time as the client has discussed the Strategy with CornerCap.
Once approved by CornerCap and the Client, the selected Strategy will only be revised to the
extent that a client revises the client’s IPQ and such revisions affect the risk profile of the client’s
account. However, if a client revises the IPQ such that a new Strategy is recommended for the
client, CornerCap is not obligated to make any change to the Strategy until the client has
discussed such change with CornerCap. Accordingly, if a client in the Program makes a change to
the IPQ, the client must promptly contact CornerCap to discuss such change; otherwise,
CornerCap may continue to manage the portfolio in accordance with the existing Strategy.
The System includes an automated investment engine through which CornerCap manages the
client’s portfolio on an ongoing basis through automatic rebalancing. This process will
automatically make periodic trades in the portfolio to rebalance investments in accordance with
the portfolio’s Strategy, such as when additional amounts are invested or when the assets in the
portfolio become over or underweight due to market movements. Such rebalances may not take
into account the tax effect of such trades or the tax situation of the client generally at such time.
CornerCap charges clients a fee for the Program as described below under “Item 5 - Fees and
Compensation”. CornerCap does not pay CS&Co. for transaction and execution expenses or pay
SPT an annual licensing fees for the Platform, provided that CornerCap and its affiliates maintain
$100 million in client assets in accounts at CS&Co. that are not enrolled in the Program, and each
account enrolled in the Program holds cash equal to at least 4% of the value of the account’s
assets. If CornerCap and its affiliates do not meet these conditions, then CornerCap must pay
SPT an annual licensing fee of 0.10% (10 basis points) on the value of its clients’ assets in the
Program. This fee arrangement gives CornerCap and its affiliates an incentive to recommend or
require that clients with accounts not enrolled in a Program be maintained with CS&Co. based on
CornerCap’s interest in receiving services that benefit its business rather than based on the
client’s interest in receiving the best value in custody services and the most favorable execution of
transactions. This is a potential conflict of interest. CornerCap believes, however, that its
selection of CS&Co. as custodian and broker for clients in the Program is in the best interests of
its clients. It is primarily supported by scope, quality, and price of CS&Co.’s services and not
Schwab’s services that benefit only CornerCap.
OTHER SERVICES
In addition to the foregoing, CornerCap may also advise clients with respect to investments in
specific private investment opportunities (e.g., evaluation of limited partnerships in which a client
is considering investing). In these situations, CornerCap assists the client to understand and
evaluate the opportunities and potential of the investments.
PRINCIPAL OWNERS
Thomas E. Quinn is the principal owner of CornerCap.
TYPE AND VALUE OF ASSETS CURRENTLY MANAGED
As of December 31, 2023, CornerCap managed $1,181,507,109 on a discretionary basis, and $0 of
assets on a non-discretionary basis.