A. Pactolus Private Wealth Management, LLC
Pactolus Private Wealth Management, LLC dba Pactolus (“Pactolus” and/or the “firm”), is
organized as a Delaware limited liability company and is principally owned by Pactolus Holdings,
LLC (“PH”). Alan Harter is the Managing Member of Pactolus, which is an investment adviser
offering fee-based personalized family office advisory services to a select group of families and
individuals, high-net-worth individuals, related trusts, charitable entities, investment companies,
corporations, and other business entities. Pactolus has been providing services since January
2011.
B. Advisory Services Offered
Pactolus’s advisory services may include financial planning, investment strategy, portfolio
management, estate planning, financial administration, and project consulting.
Pactolus has four primary service offerings, which include:
▪ Financial Planning & Administration
▪ Investment Advisory
▪ Investment-Related Tax Planning
▪ Concierge
Financial Planning & Administration Services
The client will receive a written or oral report (depending on the client’s preference) that
provides a detailed financial plan designed to help achieve the client’s stated financial goals and
objectives. Based on the client’s needs, financial planning services may include (but are not
limited to) the following:
▪ Preparation of a consolidated assessment of financial condition, which may include:
• annual budgeting
• cash flow monitoring
• account reconciliations
• personal financial statement preparation
• debt management
▪ Establishment of objectives over relevant time frames, which may include:
• retirement objectives
• philanthropy
• estate planning
• wealth transition
• other related issues
▪ Preparation of a recommended asset allocation that serves to diversify the client's portfolio
among different categories of investments, such as:
• Stocks, ETFs and Mutual Funds
• Corporate and government fixed income (short-, intermediate-, and long-term
maturities)
• Developed international and emerging market securities (i.e., foreign issuers)
• Such other asset categories that are suitable in light of the client's investment goals,
objectives, and risk tolerance
▪ Risk analysis stress testing to meet the needs of the client, taking into account family,
business, and other financial objectives of the client.
▪ Liability management, which entails creating a portfolio of assets that can be appropriately
matched as to liquidity, timing, and safety to retire liabilities at applicable due dates.
▪ In coordination with the client’s team of specialized advisors (estate attorneys, CPAs, etc.),
Pactolus may prepare an estate plan to ensure wealth transition, tax, and related issues are
met in accordance with the client's wishes. In many instances, Pactolus may need to refer
clients to outside counsel if they do not have a relationship with the requisite expert
(accountant, attorney, etc.) needed to create a plan and draft documents pertaining to one
or more of the following planning services as well as others that may be needed:
• Estate planning
• Estate administration
• Charitable/philanthropic planning
• Advice on wills and trust agreements
• Business succession planning
• Retirement and distribution planning
Pactolus gathers required information through in-depth personal interviews. Information
gathered includes the client's current financial status, investment objectives, future goals, and
attitudes toward risk. Related documents supplied by the client are carefully reviewed, and a
report may be prepared covering one or more of the above-mentioned topics as directed by the
client. Financial planning and administrative services may be offered on a stand-alone basis.
Investment Advisory Services
Pactolus provides clients with multi-family office advisory services, which includes holistic
balance sheet management when applicable. The investment advisory service provided by
Pactolus may include an allocation to traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, mutual
funds, exchange traded funds, separately managed accounts, etc., and may include an
allocation to alternative investments such as private equity, hard money lending, hedge funds,
precious metals, etc. Should Pactolus encounter a client need that is outside the scope of our
expertise, we may engage the assistance of outside counsel. For example, if we are reviewing
private equity opportunities in commercial real estate, Pactolus may seek additional guidance
from experts with experience specific to the market opportunity being reviewed.
Resulting from our due diligence review, we may identify situations where our client would
benefit from an introduction to other Pactolus clients or outside advisors, which we may
facilitate upon receiving permission from the respective parties. Further, Pactolus may encounter
situations where specific clients may be interested in participating in “Club Deals.” Pactolus will
assist clients in the due diligence process of reviewing and executing specific opportunities that
may arise.
In addition to providing Pactolus with information regarding their personal financial
circumstances, investment objectives and tolerance for risk, clients are required to provide the
firm with any reasonable investment restrictions that should be imposed on the management of
their portfolio, and to promptly notify the firm of any changes in such restrictions or in the
client's personal financial circumstances, investment objectives, goals and tolerance for risk.
Pactolus speaks with clients at least annually to discuss the client’s financial situation and
determine whether there have been any changes in a client's personal financial circumstances,
investment objectives
and tolerance for risk.
Tax Planning Services
Pactolus will provide assistance and work with clients’ tax specialists in helping structure
investment strategies that are designed to maximize after-tax returns and to otherwise ensure
optimal tax efficiency. These services may include the following:
▪ Annual tax planning (with tax advisor)
▪ Harvesting investment gains or losses for tax efficiency
▪ Estate and fiduciary tax planning
▪ Tax planning for client’s charitable foundation
Concierge Services
Pactolus may provide one or more of the following concierge services as mutually agreed upon
with the client. Pactolus provides assistance to the client and coordinates the activities
enumerated below with the client and any third parties, specialists, or contractors hired by the
client. Pactolus may engage a third-party service provider to provide certain services requested
by the client, such as bill payment and related services. Other than having custody as the
General Partner of a private fund, Pactolus does not act as the client’s agent or take custody of
assets. (See Item 5.B. of this Brochure.) The following services will be provided by Pactolus:
▪ Multiple household management
• Occupancy preparation
▪ Management of household inventories & appraisal of valuables
▪ Coordination of property & casualty insurance
▪ Project management
▪ General contractor oversight
▪ Assistance with personal property acquisition/disposition
▪ Other concierge services as mutually agreed upon with the client
Structured Products - Loan Recommendation and Due Diligence Services
Pactolus may perform initial due diligence and ongoing monitoring services on certain
structured products which will primarily consist of loans to residential or commercial real estate
developers (“borrower”). Pactolus may recommend to appropriately suited clients that they
make short to intermediate term loans to such borrower. Generally, such loans would be used as
operating and or development capital by the borrower and would generally remain outstanding
for a period of six to twenty-four months. Pactolus does not guarantee repayment of such loans
by the borrower. Clients should be aware that Pactolus has an economic incentive to
recommend such loans because the fee for monitoring such loans is higher than the Pactolus
standard investment advisory fee.
Real Estate Services
Pactolus may provide real estate services to its advisory clients. Services include the following:
▪ Identify, from time to time, real estate investment opportunities for the client’s
consideration, including but not limited to unimproved land suitable for residential and/or
commercial development, and income-producing residential and/or commercial
properties, whether located in or outside the United States (each, a “property” and
collectively, the “properties”).
▪ Perform financial due diligence on each property to assist the client in determining the
potential economic opportunity presented by acquiring the property. This financial due
diligence includes an analysis of the acquisition cost, taxes, income (current or potential),
operating expenses, depreciation, and other items Pactolus in its sole discretion deems
appropriate.
▪ Analyze the development potential of each property or, if currently income producing, the
viability of current or alternative uses of the property.
▪ Visually inspect each property in connection with the client’s acquisition of a property. The
client will bear the reasonable travel and other expenses incurred by Pactolus in
performing these inspections.
▪ Retain service providers, which generally will be independent third parties unless otherwise
approved by client, to the extent Pactolus deems necessary or appropriate in performing
the services hereunder and/or in connection with the acquisition, disposition, or other
transaction relating to any property. The cost of such service providers will be borne by the
client, unless otherwise agreed to by Pactolus, and will be explained to the client in
advance of the services being performed.
▪ Provide the client with periodic reports on each property acquired by the client as Pactolus
deems appropriate in its sole discretion, unless the client requests and Pactolus agrees to a
specific form or frequency of report.
C. Client-Tailored Services and Client-Imposed Restrictions
Each client’s account will be managed on the basis of the client’s financial situation and
investment objectives, and in accordance with any reasonable restrictions imposed by the client
on the management of the account.
Unsupervised Accounts
In some cases clients may express an intention to exercise sole discretion over transactions in a
given account or that the nature of the holdings does not require active management. Because
such situations preclude active supervision by Pactolus, these accounts are identified as
“unsupervised accounts” and billed only the custodial fee charged by Fidelity Investments.
D. Wrap Fee Programs
Pactolus provides investment advisory services exclusively on a wrap fee basis as a wrap
program sponsor. Under our wrap program, clients will receive investment advisory services and
the execution of securities brokerage transactions for a single specified fee.
Participation in a wrap program may cost you more or less than purchasing such services
separately. We adhere to our fiduciary duty when trading in your accounts. Trades are made
only on the basis of the account’s stated investment objectives, and without concern to the
firm’s trading costs and firm’s expenses.
Please refer to Appendix 1: Pactolus Wrap Fee Program Brochure for information.
E. Client Assets Under Management
As of December 31, 2023, Pactolus had $100,323,174 of discretionary assets and $85,513,083 of
non-discretionary assets under management.