Gill Capital Partners is a SEC-registered investment adviser with its principal place of
business located in Colorado. Gill Capital Partners began conducting business in 1983,
registered with the State of Colorado as an investment adviser in 2004, and registered with
the SEC as an investment adviser in 2006.
Listed below are the firm's principal shareholders (i.e., those individuals and/or entities
controlling 25% or more of this company).
x OBW, LLC, Holding Company
Gill Capital Partners offers the following advisory services to our clients:
INVESTMENT SUPERVISORY SERVICES ("ISS")
INDIVIDUAL PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Wealth Management
Gill Capital Partners offers clients a wide range of investment services that includes money
management, comprehensive financial planning, and tax planning and preparation. Clients
can choose from an array of services that best fit their situation, each having a separate fee
structure, or they can use EncompassSM, a bundled approach to managing their personal
finances (described below).
Our firm provides continuous advice to clients regarding the investment of client funds
based on the individual needs of the client. Through personal discussions in which goals
and objectives based on a client's particular circumstances are established, we develop a
client's personal investment policy and create and manage a portfolio based on that policy.
During our data-gathering process, we determine the client’s individual objectives, time
horizons, risk tolerance, and liquidity needs. As appropriate, we also review and discuss a
client's prior investment history, as well as family composition and background.
We manage these advisory accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Account
supervision is guided by the client's stated objectives (i.e., maximum capital appreciation,
growth, income, or growth and income), as well as tax considerations.
Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities, types of
securities, or industry sectors.
Our investment recommendations are not limited to any specific product or service offered
by a broker-dealer or insurance company and will generally include advice regarding the
following securities:
• Exchange-listed securities
• Securities traded over-the-counter
• Foreign issuers
• Warrants
• Corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper)
• Commercial paper
• Certificates of deposit
• Municipal securities
• Variable life insurance
• Variable annuities
• Mutual fund shares
• United States government securities
• Options contracts on securities
• Real Estate
• Private securities
Because some types of investments involve certain additional degrees of risk, they will only
be implemented/recommended when consistent with the client's stated investment
objectives, tolerance for risk, liquidity and suitability.
ENCOMPASSSM
Encompass is a comprehensive offering in which clients may utilize a suite of services for
a single fee. Encompass includes wealth management, tax planning and preparation1,
education planning2, retirement planning, estate planning3, insurance planning4, charitable
giving, and cash management.
1Gill Capital Partners will prepare one form 1040 (federal return) and schedule(s) A, B, C,
D, and E, and up to two state returns. If needed, we may prepare additional returns for the
client and have the option to charge an additional fee as outlined in the fee schedule for Tax
Planning and Preparation.
2Depending upon the client's situation, we may recommend that the client invest in a 529
plan. Clients should be aware that many 529 plans are considered load funds and pay a
service fee and/or commission to the advisor. In this situation, we will not charge a
management fee on such assets and will collect the commission or service fee instead.
3It is expected that the client would engage an attorney to prepare the legal documents
related to estate planning. As such, any legal fees would be exclusive of the fee charged by
Gill Capital Partners. We will coordinate planning efforts with the client's attorney. If the
client does not have an attorney, we may recommend an attorney to assist the client.
4If during the planning process it is determined that a client needs insurance of any type,
Gill Capital Partners will offer to assist the client in obtaining the recommended insurance.
The client, however, is under no obligation to work with Gill Capital Partners and may work
with the insurance agency of their choice. If Gill Capital Partners places any insurance
business, we will receive a commission and such commission will be compensation
received in addition to any fees paid by the client.
Institutional Services
Gill Capital Partners provides continuous investment advice and portfolio management to
institutional clients, including but not limited to banks, credit unions, municipalities, special
districts, and school districts. Through meetings with authorized representatives, and in
some cases, the investment committee or board of directors, the needs and investment
objectives of the institution are determined. Safety of principal and liquidity to meet financial
obligations generally are the primary needs of most institutional clients. Gill Capital Partners
then identifies investment strategies and specific investments that are consistent with the
needs of the client and our understanding of current market conditions.
Gill Capital Partners utilizes portfolio management software and Bloomberg to track and
report portfolio performance, portfolio analysis, and cash flow analysis. We can provide
portfolio reports monthly or quarterly as required by the client. Reports include Performance
and Account Summary, Maturity Distribution, Investment Portfolio Detail, Purchase and
Sales, Realized Gains and Losses, Interest and Expense, and Accrued Interest. Gill Capital
Partners can also create custom reporting as required by the client.
We manage these advisory accounts on a discretionary or non-discretionary basis. Account
supervision is guided by the client's stated objectives (i.e., preservation of principal, income,
liquidity), as well as tax considerations.
Clients may impose reasonable restrictions on investing in certain securities, types of
securities, or industry sectors.
Our investment recommendations are not limited to any specific product or service offered
by a broker-dealer or insurance company and will generally include advice regarding the
following securities:
• Exchange-listed securities
• Securities traded over-the-counter
• Foreign issuers
• Corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper)
• Commercial paper
• Certificates of deposit
• Municipal securities
• Mutual fund shares
• United States government securities
• Real Estate
Because some types of investments involve certain additional degrees of risk, they will only
be implemented/recommended when consistent with the client's stated investment
objectives, tolerance for risk, liquidity and suitability.
Fund Advisory Services
Gill Capital Partners serves as the Investment Manager of the Parliament Income Fund,
LLC (the “Fund”), a Delaware Limited Liability company. Gill Capital Partners also acts as
general partner of the Fund. Gill Capital Partners provides investment advice, administrative
support, and marketing support to the Fund. The Fund’s confidential offering memorandum
lays out the investment strategy, investor requirements, fees, and other terms of the Fund.
Investors in the Fund (“Investors”) do not enter into an investment management agreement
with Gill Capital Partners and are not considered advisory clients unless they have
separately entered into an agreement with Gill Capital Partners for other services. Investors
may not impose restrictions on the Fund’s investment in certain securities or types of
securities. However, Investors may be excused from a particular investment due to legal,
regulatory or other constraints. This brochure is provided to the Investors and is also
qualified in its entirety by the Fund’s offering memorandum, limited partnership agreement,
and other governing documents (collectively, the “Offering Documents”).
Gill Capital Partners’ role as Investment Manager to the Fund may create potential conflicts
of interest. Gill Capital Partners and its employees may be motivated to recommend that
clients invest in the Fund because the management fee Gill Capital Partners receives from
the Fund is generally higher than the management fees clients pay for other services.
Please see Item 10 for more information about how Gill Capital Partners addresses potential
conflicts of interest.
QUALIFIED RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES
Plan Design and Implementation
Gill Capital Partners works with entities to design and implement a qualified retirement plan.
This may include, but is not limited to, employee stock ownership plans, profit-sharing,
money purchase, and 401(k)s. Clients may contract with Gill Capital Partners to perform
administration, record-keeping, and tax reporting as it relates to the qualified plan.
Plan Advising
Plan advising consists of the following:
Investment Policy Statement Preparation (hereinafter referred to as ''IPS''):
We work with the client to determine an appropriate investment strategy that reflects
the plan sponsor's stated investment objectives for management of the overall plan.
Our firm then prepares a written IPS detailing those needs and goals, including an
encompassing policy under which these goals are to be achieved. The IPS also lists
the criteria for selection of investment vehicles as well as the procedures and timing
interval for monitoring of investment performance.
Selection of Investment Vehicles:
We assist plan sponsors in constructing appropriate asset allocation models. We then
review various mutual funds (both index and managed) to determine which
investments are appropriate to implement the client's IPS. The number of investments
to be recommended will be determined by the client, based on the IPS.
Monitoring of Investment Performance:
We review client investments at least quarterly, based on the procedures and timing
intervals delineated in the Investment Policy Statement. Although our firm is not
involved in any way in the purchase or sale of these investments, we supervise the
client's portfolio and will make recommendations to the client as market factors and
the client's needs dictate.
Employee Communications:
For pension, profit sharing and 401(k) plan clients with individual plan participants
exercising control over assets in their own account (''self-directed plans''), we may also
provide quarterly educational support and investment workshops designed for the plan
participants. The nature
of the topics to be covered will be determined by us and the
client under the guidelines established in ERISA Section 404(c). The educational
support and investment workshops will NOT provide plan participants with
individualized, tailored investment advice or individualized, tailored asset allocation
recommendations. We may, however, meet with plan participants on a one-on-one
basis and provide individualized advice and tailored recommendations.
TAX PLANNING AND PREPARATION
Gill Capital Partners has engaged various CPAs to provide tax planning and preparation for
individuals and business owners. These services may be utilized through Encompass, or
they may be provided to the client for a separate fee. Accounting services performed by
these CPAs may be separate and distinct from our advisory services. We offer tax planning
and preparation to client's enrollment in Encompass.
FINANCIAL PLANNING
Financial planning is a comprehensive evaluation of a client’s current and future financial
state by using currently known variables to predict future cash flows, asset values and
withdrawal plans. Through the financial planning process, all questions, information and
analysis are considered as they impact and are impacted by the entire financial and life
situation of the client. Clients receiving this service receive a written report which provides
them with a detailed financial plan designed to help them achieve their financial goals and
objectives.
In general, the financial plan can address any or all of the following areas:
• PERSONAL: We review family records, budgeting, personal liability, estate
information and financial goals.
• TAX & CASH FLOW: We analyze the client’s income tax and spending for past,
current and future years, then illustrate the impact of various investments on the
client's current income tax and future tax liability.
• INVESTMENTS: We analyze investment alternatives and their effect on the client's
portfolio.
• INSURANCE: We review existing policies to ensure proper coverage for life, health,
disability, long-term care, liability, home and automobile.
• RETIREMENT: We analyze current strategies and investment plans to help the client
achieve his or her retirement goals.
• DEATH & DISABILITY: We review the client’s cash needs at death, income needs
of surviving dependents, estate planning and disability income.
• ESTATE: We assist the client in assessing and developing long-term strategies,
including, as appropriate, living trusts, wills, estate tax planning, powers of attorney,
asset protection plans, nursing homes, Medicaid and elder law.
We gather the required information through in-depth personal interviews. Information
gathered includes the client's current financial status, tax status, future goals, return
objectives and attitudes towards risk. We carefully review documents supplied by the client,
including a questionnaire completed by the client, and prepare a written report. Should the
client choose to implement the recommendations contained in the plan, we suggest the
client work closely with his/her attorney, accountant, insurance agent, and/or financial
adviser. Implementation of financial plan recommendations is entirely at the client's
discretion.
We also provide general non-securities advice on topics that may include tax and budgetary
planning, estate planning and business planning.
Investment recommendations made during the planning process are not limited to any
specific product or service offered by a broker-dealer or insurance company and will
generally include advice regarding the following securities:
• Exchange-listed securities
• Securities traded over-the-counter
• Foreign issuers
• Warrants
• Corporate debt securities (other than commercial paper)
• Commercial paper
• Certificates of deposit
• Municipal securities
• Variable life insurance
• Variable annuities
• Mutual fund shares
• United States government securities
• Options contracts on securities
• Real Estate
• Private securities
Typically, the financial plan is presented to the client within six months of the contract date,
provided that all information needed to prepare the financial plan has been promptly
provided.
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Gill Capital Partners can provide the following additional services for a fee: portfolio
accounting, business consulting, due diligence, development of investment policy
statements, and attendance at board meetings.
AMOUNT OF MANAGED ASSETS
As of December 31, 2023, we were actively managing $717,903,721 of clients' assets on a
discretionary basis. We were not managing any client assets on a non-discretionary basis. Our
total regulatory assets under management on December 31, 2023, were $717,903,721