A. Wacker Wealth Partners, LLC (the “Registrant”) is a limited liability company formed in
August 1987 in the State of California. The Registrant is owned primarily by Robert
Wacker, Bryan Krill, Matthew Wilson, Patrick O’Hara, Ryan Caldwell, Joan
Wenglikowski, Alexander Pock, and Megan Carden.
B. As discussed below, the Registrant offers investment advisory services, and, to the extent
specifically requested by a client, financial planning and related consulting services. Except
as otherwise noted, references to clients throughout this Brochure do not include the
“affiliated funds” (defined below).
INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES
Wealth Management Services (Investment Advisory/Financial Planning Services)
Individual clients can determine to engage the Registrant to provide wealth management
services, which consists of a combination of discretionary investment advisory services on
a fee-only basis and financial planning services to the extent requested by a client.
The wealth management services include an introductory meeting to determine a
prospective client’s needs, after which, the Registrant shall define the scope and focus of
its advice. The Registrant’s advice will include the development, implementation, and
management of an investment policy and plan for the client. The scope of the Registrant’s
advice may also include or exclude, as appropriate, an analysis of the client’s plan
regarding tax & estate issues, retirement, insurance, cash flow & debt management, and/or
any special needs or objectives. During the first year of services, the Registrant provides
an analysis and recommendations on all included facets of the client’s personal financial
plan. Thereafter, in addition to the ongoing discretionary management of the client’s
investment portfolio, the Registrant conducts updates and reviews of each client’s financial
and investment plan at least annually during the term of the engagement.
Institutional Investment Management Services
Institutional clients can engage the Registrant to provide discretionary investment advisory
services on a fee-only basis.
Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Investment Management Services
Non-Profit 501(c)(3) clients can determine to engage the Registrant to provide
discretionary investment advisory services on a fee-only basis.
Retirement Plan Consulting Services
The Registrant also provides consulting services, where it assists sponsors of self-directed
retirement plans with the selection and/or monitoring of investment alternatives (generally
open-end mutual funds) from which plan participants can self-direct the investments for
their individual plan retirement accounts. In addition, to the extent requested by the plan
sponsor, the Registrant will also provide participant education designed to assist
participants in identifying the appropriate investment strategy for their retirement plan
accounts. The terms and conditions of the engagement shall generally be set forth in a
Retirement Plan Consulting Agreement between the Registrant and the plan sponsor.
Affiliated Private Funds
The Registrant is the sponsor of and serves as investment adviser to a family of private
investment funds (together the “affiliated funds”). The complete description of the terms,
conditions, risks and fees associated with the affiliated funds is set forth in each of the
affiliated funds' offering documents.
The Registrant, on a non-discretionary basis, may recommend that qualified clients
consider investing in one or more of the affiliated funds. Registrant’s clients are under no
obligation to consider or make an investment in an affiliated fund.
Private investment funds involve various risk factors, including, but not limited to,
potential for complete loss of principal, liquidity constraints and lack of transparency, a
complete discussion of which is set forth in each fund’s offering documents, which are
provided to each investor for review and consideration. Unlike liquid investments, private
investment funds do not provide daily liquidity, which means that an investor will not be
able to access their funds for significant periods of time. Each prospective investor will be
required to complete a Subscription Agreement, and represent that they are qualified for
investment in the fund and is aware of the various risk factors that are associated with their
investment.
The affiliated funds are available only to “Accredited Investors,” as the term is defined by
Rule 501 of the Securities Act of 1933, and only by a Confidential Private Placement
Memorandum. Additional information on the standard is provided in the Confidential
Private Placement Memorandum and Subscription Agreement for the applicable affiliated
fund. Investors in the affiliated funds may not impose any restrictions on fund investments.
This Brochure is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, interest in the
affiliated funds. Such an offer can only occur when the prospective investor receives the
offering documents.
MISCELLANEOUS
Limitations of Financial Planning and Non-Investment Consulting/Implementation
Services. To the extent requested by a client, Registrant may provide financial planning
and related consulting services regarding non-investment related matters, such as estate,
tax and insurance planning. The Registrant does not serve as
a law firm, accounting firm,
or insurance agency, and no portion of Registrant’s 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. To the extent
requested by a client, Registrant may recommend the services of other professionals for
certain non-investment implementation purposes (e.g., attorneys, accountants, insurance
agents.). 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.
Retirement Plan Rollovers. 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. When the
Registrant provides investment advice to you regarding your retirement plan account or
individual retirement account, it is 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. The way the Registrant makes money creates some
conflicts with your interests, so we operate under a special rule that requires us to act in
your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. No client is under any obligation
to roll over retirement plan assets to an account managed by Registrant.
Non-Discretionary Service Limitations. Clients that determine to engage the Registrant
on a non-discretionary investment advisory basis must be willing to accept that the
Registrant cannot effect any account transactions without obtaining prior verbal consent to
any such transaction(s) from the client. Thus, in the event of a market correction during
which the client is unavailable, the Registrant will be unable to effect any account
transactions (as it would for its discretionary clients) without first obtaining the client’s
verbal consent.
Use of Mutual Funds and ETFs. While the Registrant may recommend allocating
investment assets to mutual funds that are not available to the public, the Registrant may
also recommend that clients allocate investment assets to publicly available mutual funds
and ETFs 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 ETFs 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. Other mutual funds, such as those issued by
Dimensional Fund Advisors (“DFA”), are generally only available through selected
registered investment advisers. Registrant may allocate client investment assets to DFA
mutual funds. Therefore, upon the termination of Registrant’s services to a client,
restrictions regarding transferability and/or additional purchases of, or reallocation among
DFA funds will apply. If a client determines to sell any securities held in their account,
they will be subject to tax consequences if they are investing through taxable accounts.
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. Clients are responsible for promptly notifying the
Registrant if there is ever any change in their financial situation or investment objectives
so that the Registrant can review, and if necessary, revise its previous recommendations or
services.
C. The Registrant shall provide investment advisory services specific to the needs of each
client. Prior to 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 had $1,027,296,055 in assets under management.
Approximately $1,020,294,488 were managed on a discretionary basis and $7,001,567 on a
non-discretionary basis.