A. Regal Wealth Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) is a corporation formed on December 5, 2005
in the State of California. The Registrant became registered as an investment adviser in
January 2006. The Registrant is owned by the Beeler Family Trust, and William M. Beeler
and Jacqueline A. Bailey-Beeler serve as trustees. Mr. Beeler manages the affairs of the
Registrant.
B. As discussed below, the Registrant offers to its clients (generally: individuals, high net
worth individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, trusts, estates and charitable
organizations, etc.) investment advisory services, and, to the extent specifically requested
by a client, financial planning and related consulting services.
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
The client can engage the Registrant to provide discretionary investment advisory services
on a fee-only basis. Registrant’s annual investment advisory fee shall include investment
advisory services, and, to the extent specifically requested by the client, financial
planning and consulting services. In the event that the client requires extraordinary
planning and/or consultation services (to be determined in the sole discretion of the
Registrant), the Registrant may determine to charge for such additional services, the dollar
amount of which shall be set forth in a separate written notice to the client or a stand-alone
Financial Planning and Consulting Agreement as described below.
Before Registrant provides investment advisory services, an investment adviser
representative will ascertain each client’s investment objectives. Thereafter, the Registrant
will allocate investment assets consistent with the designated investment objectives. Once
allocated, the Registrant provides ongoing monitoring and review of account performance
and asset allocation as compared to client investment objectives, and rebalances the
account on a discretionary basis.
FINANCIAL PLANNING AND CONSULTING SERVICES (STAND-ALONE)
To the extent specifically requested by a client, the Registrant may determine to provide
financial planning and/or consulting services (including investment and non-investment
related matters, including estate planning, insurance planning, etc.) on a stand-alone
separate fee basis. Registrant’s planning and consulting fees are negotiable depending upon
the level and scope of the service(s) required and the professional(s) rendering the
service(s). Before engaging the Registrant to provide planning or consulting services,
clients are generally required to enter into a Financial Planning and Consulting Agreement
with Registrant setting forth the terms and conditions of the engagement (including
termination), describing the scope of the services to be provided, and the portion of the fee
that is due from the client before Registrant commencing services. The Registrant does not
serve as an attorney, accountant, or insurance agent, and no portion of our services should
be construed as legal, accounting or insurance services. Accordingly, Registrant does not
prepare estate planning or any other legal documents, tax returns, or sell insurance
products. To the extent requested by a client, we may recommend the services of other
professionals for non-investment implementation purpose (i.e. attorneys, accountants,
insurance, etc.). The client is under no obligation to engage the services of any such
recommended professional. The client retains absolute discretion over all such
implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject any recommendation from the
Registrant. If the client engages any such recommended professional, and a dispute arises
thereafter relative to such engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse exclusively from
and against the engaged professional. If, and when, the Registrant is involved in a specific
matter (i.e. estate planning, insurance, accounting-related engagement, etc.), it is the
engaged licensed professionals (i.e. attorney, accountant, insurance agent, etc.), and not
Registrant, that is responsible for the quality and competency of the services provided.
MISCELLANEOUS
Limitations of Financial Planning and Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation
Services. As indicated above, to the extent requested by a client, Registrant may provide
financial planning and related consulting services regarding non-investment related
matters, such as estate planning, tax planning, insurance, etc. Registrant does not serve as
an attorney, accountant, or insurance agency, and no portion of its services should be
construed as legal, accounting, or insurance implementation services. Accordingly,
Registrant does not prepare estate planning documents, tax returns or sell insurance
products. Registrant will generally provide such consulting services inclusive of its
advisory fee set forth at Item 5 below (exceptions could occur based upon assets under
management, extraordinary matters, special projects, stand-alone planning engagements,
etc. for which the Registrant may charge a separate or additional fee). Please Note.
Registrant believes that it is important for the client to address financial planning issues on
an ongoing basis. Registrant’s advisory fee, as set forth at Item 5 below, will remain the
same regardless of whether or not the client determines to address financial planning issues
with Registrant. To the extent requested by a client, Registrant may recommend the
services of other professionals for certain non-investment implementation purpose (i.e.
attorneys, accountants, insurance agents, etc.). Clients are reminded that they are under no
obligation to engage the services of any such recommended professional. The client retains
absolute discretion over all such implementation decisions and is free to accept or reject
any recommendation made by Registrant or its representatives. If the client engages any
unaffiliated recommended professional, and a dispute arises thereafter relative to such
engagement, the client agrees to seek recourse exclusively from and against the engaged
professional.
Client Obligations. In performing its services, Registrant shall not be required to verify
any information received from the client or from the client’s other professionals, and is
expressly authorized to rely thereon. Moreover, each client is advised that it remains their
responsibility to promptly notify the Registrant if there is ever any change in their financial
situation or investment objectives for the purpose of reviewing, evaluating, or revising
Registrant’s previous recommendations and/or services.
Investment Risk. Different types of investments involve varying degrees of risk, and it
should not be assumed that future performance of any specific investment or investment
strategy (including the investments and/or investment strategies recommended or
undertaken by Registrant) will be profitable or equal any specific performance level(s).
Retirement Plan Rollovers – Potential for Conflict of Interest: A client or prospective
client leaving an employer typically has four options regarding an existing retirement plan
(and may engage in a combination of these options): (i) leave the money in the former
employer’s plan, if permitted, (ii) roll over the assets to the new employer’s plan, if one is
available and rollovers are permitted, (iii) roll over to an Individual Retirement Account
(“IRA”), or (iv) cash out the account value (which could, depending upon the client’s age,
result in adverse tax consequences). If the Registrant recommends that a client roll over
their retirement plan assets into an account to be managed by the Registrant, such a
recommendation creates a conflict of interest if the Registrant will earn an advisory fee on
the rolled over assets. Registrant will earn new (or increase its current) compensation as a
result of the rollover. If Registrant provides a recommendation as to whether a client should
engage in a rollover or not (whether it is from an employer’s plan or an existing IRA),
Registrant is acting as a fiduciary 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. No client is under any obligation to roll over retirement
plan assets to an account managed by Registrant, whether it is from an employer’s
plan or an existing IRA. The Registrant’s Chief Compliance Officer, William M.
Beeler, remains available to address any questions that a client or prospective client
may have regarding its prospective engagement and the corresponding conflict of
interest presented by such engagement.
Use of Mutual Funds and Exchange Traded Funds. While the Registrant may
recommend allocating investment assets to mutual funds and exchange traded funds that
are not available directly to the public, the Registrant may also recommend that clients
allocate investment assets to publicly-available mutual funds and exchange traded funds
that the client could obtain without engaging Registrant as an investment adviser. However,
if a client or prospective client determines to allocate investment assets to publicly-
available mutual funds and/or exchange traded funds without engaging Registrant as an
investment adviser, the client or prospective client would not receive the benefit of
Registrant’s initial and ongoing investment advisory services. Please Note: In addition to
the Registrant's investment advisory fee described below, and transaction and/or custodial
fees discussed below, clients will also incur, relative to all mutual fund and exchange traded
fund purchases, charges imposed at the fund level (e.g. management fees and other fund
expenses).
Cash Sweep Accounts. Account custodians generally require that cash proceeds from
account transactions or cash deposits be swept into and/or initially maintained in the
custodian’s sweep account. The yield on the sweep account is generally lower than those
available in money market accounts. To help mitigate this issue, Registrant shall generally
purchase a higher yielding money market fund available on the custodian’s platform with
cash proceeds or deposits, unless Registrant reasonably anticipates that it will utilize the
cash proceeds during the subsequent 30-day period to purchase additional investments for
the client’s account. Exceptions and/or modifications can and will occur with respect to all
or a portion of the cash balances for various reasons, including, but not limited to, the
amount of dispersion between the sweep account and a money market fund, an indication
from the client of an imminent need for
such cash, or the client has a demonstrated history
of writing checks from the account.
Cybersecurity Risk. The information technology systems and networks that Registrant
and its third-party service providers use to provide services to Registrant’s clients employ
various controls, which are designed to prevent cybersecurity incidents stemming from
intentional or unintentional actions that could cause significant interruptions in Registrant’s
operations and result in the unauthorized acquisition or use of clients’ confidential or non-
public personal information. Clients and Registrant are nonetheless subject to the risk of
cybersecurity incidents that could ultimately cause them to incur losses, including for
example: financial losses, cost and reputational damage to respond to regulatory
obligations, other costs associated with corrective measures, and loss from damage or
interruption to systems. Although Registrant has established its systems to reduce the risk
of cybersecurity incidents from coming to fruition, there is no guarantee that these efforts
will always be successful, especially considering that Registrant does not directly control
the cybersecurity measures and policies employed by third-party service providers. Clients
could incur similar adverse consequences resulting from cybersecurity incidents that more
directly affect issuers of securities in which those clients invest, broker-dealers, qualified
custodians, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchange and other financial
market operators, or other financial institutions.
Trustee Directed Plans. Registrant may be engaged to provide discretionary investment
advisory services to ERISA retirement plans, whereby the Firm shall manage Plan assets
consistent with the investment objective designated by the Plan trustees. In such
engagements, Registrant will serve as an investment fiduciary as that term is defined under
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Registrant will
generally provide services on an “assets under management” fee basis per the terms and
conditions of an Investment Advisory Agreement between the Plan and the Firm.
Please Note: Socially Responsible Investing Limitations. Socially Responsible
Investing involves the incorporation of Environmental, Social and Governance
considerations into the investment due diligence process (“ESG). There are potential
limitations associated with allocating a portion of an investment portfolio in ESG securities
(i.e., securities that have a mandate to avoid, when possible, investments in such products
as alcohol, tobacco, firearms, oil drilling, gambling, etc.). The number of these securities
may be limited when compared to those that do not maintain such a mandate. ESG
securities could underperform broad market indices. Investors must accept these
limitations, including potential for underperformance. Correspondingly, the number of
ESG mutual funds and exchange traded funds are few when compared to those that do not
maintain such a mandate. As with any type of investment (including any investment and/or
investment strategies recommended and/or undertaken by Registrant), there can be no
assurance that investment in ESG securities or funds will be profitable, or prove
successful.
Custodian Charges-Additional Fees. As discussed below at Item 12 below, when
requested to recommend a broker-dealer/custodian for client accounts, Registrant generally
recommends that Fidelity Brokerage Services, LLC and National Financial Services, LLC
(collectively “Fidelity”) serve as the broker-dealer/custodian for client investment
management assets. Broker-dealers such as Fidelity charge brokerage commissions,
transaction, and/or other type fees for effecting certain types of securities transactions (i.e.,
including transaction fees for certain mutual funds, and mark-ups and mark-downs charged
for fixed income transactions, etc.). The types of securities for which transaction fees,
commissions, and/or other type fees (as well as the amount of those fees) shall differ
depending upon the broker-dealer/custodian (while certain custodians, including Fidelity,
do not currently charge fees on individual equity transactions, others do). Please Note:
there can be no assurance that Fidelity will not change its transaction fee pricing in the
future. Please Also Note: Fidelity may also assess fees to clients who elect to receive trade
confirmations and account statements by regular mail rather than electronically. When
beneficial to the client, individual fixed‐income and/or equity transactions may be effected
through broker‐dealers with whom Registrant and/or the client have entered into
arrangements for prime brokerage clearing services, including effecting certain client
transactions through other SEC registered and FINRA member broker‐dealers (in which
event, the client generally will incur both the transaction fee charged by the executing
broker‐dealer and a “trade-away” fee charged by Fidelity). These fees/charges are in
addition to Registrant’s investment advisory fee at Item 5 below. Registrant does not
receive any portion of these fees/charges. ANY QUESTIONS: Registrant’s Chief
Compliance Officer, William Beeler, remains available to address any questions that
a client or prospective client may have regarding the above.
Margin Accounts: Risks/Conflict of Interest. Registrant does not recommend the use of
margin for investment purposes. A margin account is a brokerage account that allows
investors to borrow money to buy securities. By using borrowed funds, the customer is
employing leverage that will magnify both account gains and losses. The broker charges
the investor interest for the right to borrow money and uses the securities as collateral.
Should a client determine to use margin, Registrant does not include the additional market
value of the margined assets when computing its advisory fee. The use of margin can cause
significant adverse financial consequences in the event of a market correction ANY
QUESTIONS: Our Chief Compliance Officer, remains available to address any questions
that a client or prospective client may have regarding the use of margin.
Portfolio Activity. As part of its investment advisory services, Registrant will review client
portfolios on a periodic basis to determine if any changes are necessary based upon various
factors, including, but not limited to, investment performance, fund manager tenure, style
drift, account additions/withdrawals, and/or a change in the client’s investment objective.
Based upon these factors, there may be extended periods of time when Registrant
determines that changes to a client’s portfolio are unnecessary. Clients remain responsible
for paying fees in accordance with Item 5 regardless of the level of activity in their account.
Variable Annuity Sub-divisions. Registrant may also render discretionary investment
management services to clients relative to variable annuity products that they may own. In
so doing, Registrant directs the allocation of client assets among the various mutual fund
sub-divisions which comprise the variable annuity product based upon the investment
objectives of the client.
Reporting Services. Registrant can also provide, for a separate fee, account reporting
services, which can incorporate client investment assets that are not part of the assets that
Registrant manages (the “Excluded Assets”). Unless agreed to otherwise, in writing, the
client and/or his/her/its other advisors that maintain trading authority, and not
Registrant, shall be exclusively responsible for the investment performance of the
Excluded Assets. Unless also agreed to otherwise, in writing, Registrant does not provide
investment management, monitoring or implementation services for the Excluded Assets.
The client can engage Registrant to provide investment management services for the
Excluded Assets pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Investment Advisory Agreement
between Registrant and the client. The account reporting fee shall be based upon the size
of the account(s) and the scope of the reporting services to be provided.
Please Note: Fee Differentials. Registrant shall generally price its advisory services based
upon various objective and subjective factors. As a result, our clients could pay diverse fees
based upon the type, amount and market value of their assets, the anticipated complexity of
the engagement, the anticipated level and scope of the overall investment advisory and
consulting services to be rendered. Additional factors effecting pricing can include related
accounts, employee accounts, competition, and negotiations. As a result of these factors,
similarly situated clients could pay diverse fees, and the services to be provided by
Registrant to any particular client could be available from other advisers at lower fees. All
clients and prospective clients should be guided accordingly.
Cash Positions. Registrant treats cash as an asset class. As such, all cash positions (money
markets, etc.) shall be included as part of assets under management for purposes of
calculating Registrant's advisory fee. At any specific point in time, depending upon
perceived or anticipated market conditions/events (there being no guarantee that such
anticipated market conditions/events will occur),Registrant may maintain cash positions for
defensive purposes. In addition, while assets are maintained in cash, such amounts could
miss market advances. Depending upon current yields, at any point in time, Registrant's
advisory fee could exceed the interest paid by the client's money market fund.
Disclosure Statement. A copy of the Registrant’s written Brochure and Client Relationship
Summary, as set forth on Part 2 of Form ADV and Form CRS respectively, shall be
provided to each client prior to the execution of any advisory agreement
C. The Registrant shall provide investment advisory services specific to the needs of each
client. Before providing investment advisory services, an investment adviser representative
will ascertain each client’s investment objective(s). Thereafter, the Registrant shall allocate
and/or recommend that the client allocate investment assets consistent with the designated
investment objective(s). The client may, at any time, impose reasonable restrictions, in
writing, on the Registrant’s services.
D. The Registrant does not participate in a wrap fee program.
E. As of December 31, 2022, the Registrant managed $190,861,580 on a discretionary basis.