Description of Firm
SWBC Investment Company ("SWBC" or “Firm”) is a Texas corporation, headquartered in San Antonio,
TX. We are part of the SWBC Corporation group of financial services companies, and controlled by
Charles Amato and Gary Dudley. Since 2007, we have been registered with the Securities and
Exchange Commission as an investment adviser (“RIA”).
SWBC delivers financial advice, manages portfolios and constructs financial plans for individuals
through “Investment Adviser Representatives” or “IARs.” SWBC also provides investment
management services on a discretionary basis to registered mutual funds and to private pooled
investment vehicles (such private pooled investment vehicles, the “Private Investment Funds”) as
discussed in more detail below.
This Brochure discusses the Services provided by SWBC, except for the SWBC Wrap Fee Program,
which is described in detail within separate disclosure brochures: SWBC Wrap Fee Program
Brochure, Form ADV Part 2A, Appendix 1. Persons interested in additional information about these
programs, should contact their SWBC IAR, or contact SWBC at the contact information on the front of
this Brochure. You may also click the link to the SEC’s website on the front of this Brochure and use
our firm CRD number to locate the disclosure brochure you desire.
As an organization, SWBC is committed to consumer sovereignty and transparency. We want to
deliver services to clients under the arrangement preferred by the client. We also want the client to
be aware of the capacity in which each SWBC financial professional is acting at the time of any
transaction or of any professional engagement.
The following paragraphs describe our services and fees. Refer to the description of each
investment advisory service listed below for information on how we tailor our advisory services to
your individual needs. As used in this Brochure, the words "we," "our," and "us" refer to SWBC and
the words "you," "your," and "client" refer to you as either a client or prospective client of the Firm.
Portfolio Management Services
As part of our portfolio management services, we can manage your portfolio internally or use one or
more sub-advisers to manage a portion of your financial assets. The sub-adviser(s) may use one or
more of their model portfolios to manage your account. We will regularly monitor the performance of
your accounts managed by sub-adviser(s). We will share a portion of the advisory fee you pay with the
sub-adviser(s); however, you will not pay the Firm a higher advisory fee as a result of our use of any
sub-advisers.
As part of our portfolio management services, in addition to other types of investments (see disclosures
below in this section), we may invest your assets according to one or more model portfolios developed
by an unaffiliated investment manager. These models are designed for investors with varying degrees
of risk tolerance, ranging from more aggressive investment strategies to more conservative investment
strategies. Clients whose assets are invested in model portfolios may not set restrictions on the
specific holdings or allocations within the model, nor the types of securities that can be purchased in
the model.
In providing account management services, we can accept client restrictions on the specific
securities or the types of securities that may be purchased for your account. However, at our
direction, we can select sub-advisers specializing in portfolios that may avoid “sin stocks”
and/or invest according to environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) principles approved
by the client.
As an institution, SWBC prides itself on its customer centric focus. That is, SWBC is
determined to deliver goods and services to its clients / customers in the manner preferred by
the client / customer. The financial services industry is among the most rapidly evolving and
innovative industries in the world. Advances in technology, communications and the science
of asset management have created new delivery channels for financial advice. Among these
investment options is so called “robo advice”. Robo advice is characterized by less personal
service but generally reflects lower costs, lower account minimums and algorithmic
implementation.
The highly automated, electronic delivery option previously available (being phased out)
through SWBC was offered only online through an interactive website. As part of this
Program, you must agree to accept electronic delivery of contracts, disclosure documents,
prospectuses, statements, and other materials. The Program is only available to residents of
the U.S., and is not available to foreign investors (individuals or entities) or U.S. citizens
residing outside of the U.S. Regular and continuous Internet access is required to enroll in the
Program and access all Program-related documents. You should not utilize this Program if
you do not have regular and continuous Internet access. The Program is a discretionary
investment management service designed for individual investors with accounts of $5,000 or
more.
When you enroll in this Program, you will provide financial profiling information through an online
website, including but not limited to, investment objective, risk tolerance, and investment time horizon.
We will rely on your responses to recommend asset allocation models. Our recommendation of an
asset allocation model is conducted via an algorithmic process that assesses values to some of the
answers you provide during the account establishment process. The Program will generally implement
investment allocations using funds that have a lower-than-average net expense ratio compared with
funds in the same fund asset class (“Low-Cost Funds”). Low-Cost Funds will generally contain
equities, open ended mutual funds and/or exchange-traded funds.
This Program may be implemented “in house” by SWBC employees, or we may choose to use sub-
advisers and third-party money managers. In any case, our use of sub-advisers and third-party money
managers will not raise the cost borne by the client. Reference the SWBC Program Brochure for more
information.
Financial Planning Services
We offer financial planning services which typically involve providing a variety of advisory services to
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of their individual
needs. These services can range from broad-based financial planning to consultative or single subject
planning. If you retain our firm for financial planning services, we will gather information about your
financial circumstances and objectives. We may also use financial planning software to determine your
current financial position and to define and quantify your long-term goals and objectives. Once we
specify those long-term objectives (both financial and non-financial), we will develop shorter-term,
targeted objectives. Once we review and analyze the information you provide to us and the data
derived from our financial planning software, we will deliver a written plan to you, designed to help you
achieve your stated financial goals and objectives.
Financial plans are based on your financial situation at the time we present the plan to you, and on
the financial information you provide to us. You must promptly notify us if your financial situation,
goals, objectives
or needs change.
You are under no obligation to act on our financial planning recommendations. Should you choose to
act on any of our recommendations, you are not obligated to implement the financial plan through any
of our other investment advisory services. Moreover, you may act on our recommendations by
placing securities transactions with any brokerage firm.
Selection of Other Advisers
We may recommend that you use the services of a third party money manager ("TPMM") to manage
all, or a portion of, your investment portfolio. After gathering information about your financial situation
and objectives, we may recommend that you engage a specific TPMM or investment program. Factors
that we take into consideration when making our recommendation(s) include, but are not limited to, the
following: the TPMM's performance, methods of analysis, fees, your financial needs, investment goals,
risk tolerance, and investment objectives. We will monitor the TPMM(s)' performance to ensure its
management and investment style remains aligned with your investment goals and objectives.
Pension Consulting Services
Our affiliate, SWBC Investment Advisory Services, LLC (common ownership and control) offers pension
consulting services to employee benefit plans, their fiduciaries and their sponsors.
The Firm, certain of its IARs and certain of the registered representatives of our affiliated broker-
dealer may also assist with participant enrollment meetings and provide investment-related
educational seminars to plan participants on such topics as:
Diversification;
Asset allocation;
Risk tolerance; and
Time horizon
Please see Item 10 below for a more detailed discussion.
Wrap Fee Program(s)
We are a portfolio manager to and sponsor of a wrap fee program, which is a type of investment
program that provides clients with access to several money managers or mutual fund asset allocation
models for a single fee. That fee includes administrative fees, management fees and commissions. If
you participate in our wrap fee program, you will pay the Firm a single fee which includes our
investment management fees, certain transaction costs, custodial and administrative costs. The Firm
will receive a portion of the wrap fee for our services. The overall cost you will incur if you participate
in our wrap fee program may be higher or lower than you might incur by separately purchasing
investment advisory services in a non-wrap fee format.
In order to participate in the wrap fee program sponsored by the Firm, you will be required to transact
through one of our approved Custodians such as, but not limited to, our affiliated broker-dealer, SWBC
Investment Services, LLC, member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation, Fidelity Institutional, Pershing, Charles Schwab (“Schwab”) or TD
Ameritrade Institutional, a division of TD Ameritrade, Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. Pershing, Schwab,
and TD Ameritrade are independent SEC registered broker-dealer(s). Pershing, Schwab and TD
Ameritrade and the Firm are separate and unaffiliated entities. To compare the cost of the wrap fee
program with non-wrap fee alternatives, you should consider the frequency of trading activity
associated with your planned investment strategies and the brokerage commissions charged by other
broker-dealers and the advisory fees charged by investment advisers. For more information
concerning the Firm’s wrap fee programs, see Appendix 1
to this Form ADV 2A.
Types of Investments
We currently offer advice on ETF's, equities (including, advice in respect of privately issued equity
securities to SWBC CPG Fund I, LP (“CPG Fund”) and real estate-related partnerships to SWBC RE
Fund, LP (“RE Fund” and together with the CPG Fund, the “Private Investment Funds”), mutual funds,
options and fixed income and, in respect of RE Fund, real estate.
Additionally, we may advise you on various types of investments based on your stated goals and
objectives. We may also provide advice on any type of investment held in your portfolio at the inception
of our advisory relationship.
Since our investment strategies and advice are based on each client’s specific financial situation, the
investment advice we provide to you may be different or conflicting with the advice we give to other
clients regarding the same security or investment.
Finally, for those of our clients who are “Accredited Investors,” the Firm may provide investment advice
with respect to securities exempt from registration under Regulation D, generally speaking, “private
placements.” Some of these private placement investments may be sponsored by affiliates of the Firm.
Others may be sponsored by unaffiliated third-parties. Please be advised that an inherent conflict of
interest exists when the Firm advises a client to invest in a private placements sponsored by an
affiliated entity (such as another SWBC enterprise under common control and ownership with the Firm).
Private Investment Funds
Interests in the Private Investment Funds are offered exclusively to investors satisfying applicable
eligibility and suitability requirements. Further information can be found in each Private Investment
Fund’s private placement memorandum, limited partnership agreement, subscription agreements,
investment management agreements and/or other governing documents, as applicable (collectively,
the “Offering Documents”). All discussions of the Private Investment Funds in this Brochure,
including but not limited to their investments, the strategies used in managing the Private
Investment Funds, the fees and other costs associated with an investment in the Private Investment
Funds, investor suitability standards and conflicts of interest faced by SWBC in connection with
management of the Private Investment Funds, are qualified in their entirety by reference to each
Private Investment Fund’s respective Offering Documents.1
Subadviser to Institution(s)
SWBC serves as a subadviser to institutional investors and AlphaCentric Municipal Opportunities Fund
(the “Fund”), for which SWBC provides advice with respect to a portfolio of municipal bonds and
municipal securities that are exempt from regular federal individual income taxes, but without regard to
the alternative minimum tax (AMT). On behalf of the Fund, SWBC may buy bonds of any rating,
including unrated bonds, and may invest in bonds that are in default. For more information on the
investment objective, principal risks, and fees associated with the Fund, please see the Fund’s
prospectus and SAI, which are available from the AlphaCentric website at
www.AlphaCentricFunds.com . Subadvised services are bound by separate agreements stipulating its
services and costs please refer to the separate agreements for more information. Please be advised
that an inherent conflict of interest exists when the Firm advises a client to invest in a Fund by an
affiliated or unaffiliated entity (such as another SWBC enterprise under common control and ownership
with the Firm or a Fund in which SWBC may receive additional compensation).
Assets Under Management
As of March 15, 2024, we provide asset management services for $345,800,000 in client assets on a
discretionary basis.