We specialize in the following types of services: Comprehensive Portfolio Management and Financial
Planning & Consulting. We are dedicated to providing individuals and other types of clients with a wide
array of investment advisory services. Our firm is a corporation formed in the State of Michigan. Our firm
has been in business as an investment adviser since 2011 and is owned as follows:
David S. Richmond – 72.50% Owner
Matthew J. Curfman – 24.17% Owner
Tara E. Furnas – 3.33% Owner
Description of the Types of Advisory Services We Offer
Comprehensive Portfolio Management
Our Comprehensive Portfolio Management service encompasses asset management as well as providing
financial planning/financial consulting to clients. It is designed to assist clients in meeting their financial
goals through the use of financial investments. We conduct at least one, but sometimes more than one
meeting (in person if possible, otherwise via telephone/video conference) with clients in order to
understand their current financial situation, existing resources, financial goals, and tolerance for risk.
Based on what we learn, we propose an investment approach to the client. We may propose an
investment portfolio, consisting of exchange traded funds, mutual funds, individual stocks or bonds, or
other securities. Upon the client’s agreement to the proposed investment plan, we work with the client
to establish or transfer investment accounts so that we can manage the client’s portfolio. Unless
otherwise agreed upon we perform semi-annual comprehensive reviews of your account performance
with you and determine if your financial plan and investment strategy remain appropriate. We also
determine if any life changes have occurred which help us as we continuously monitor the investments
in your accounts and make important adjustments on a discretionary basis to help meet your goals. If a
client experiences any significant changes to his/her financial or personal circumstances, you must notify
us so that we can consider such information in managing your investments.
In performing our fiduciary duty in investment advisory services, we design, work with and may
recommend investment strategies for management by Beacon Capital Management according to your
approved risk tolerance. Through authority granted by you, we will designate the strategy and the
account(s) to be traded by Beacon. We monitor and review these accounts on at least a quarterly basis
while third-party money managers execute the strategy by trading exchange traded funds, mutual funds,
individual stocks or bonds, or other securities in their models to help achieve the financial goals we have
determined together. Please refer to the client-executed third-party money management agreement or
addendum to your Richmond Brothers agreement for important disclosures and information about fees
which are in addition to our advisory fees. Should a client select Beacon to manage a portion or all the
assets in their accounts, Beacon will manage your accounts in their proprietary models. Actual stock-to-
bond ratio will deviate around the target stock-to-bond ratio of the model portfolio. Although the client
account’s target stock-to-bond ratio will be maintained, Beacon may change the specific mutual funds,
Exchanged Traded Funds (“ETFs”) or other investments being used in the client account at Beacon’s
discretion. Beacon’s model
portfolios each have conservative, balanced, and aggressive strategies within
them. Richmond Brothers maintains responsibility for assisting the client in understanding and
determining the most appropriate services and strategies provided by Beacon; communicating with
clients to answer client inquiries, update client information, and acquire suitability information;
providing documents, including Beacon’s ADV, to clients as required under federal or state law and
regulation; and provide suitability and model updates to Beacon as necessary.
Financial Planning & Consulting
We provide a variety of financial planning and consulting services to individuals, families and other
clients regarding the management of their financial resources based upon an analysis of the client’s
current situation, goals, and objectives. Generally, such financial planning services will involve preparing
a financial plan or rendering a financial consultation for clients based on the client’s financial goals and
objectives. This planning or consulting may encompass one or more of the following areas: Investment
Planning, Retirement Planning, Estate Planning, Charitable Planning, Education Planning, Corporate and
Personal Tax Planning, Cost Segregation Study, Corporate Structure, Real Estate Analysis, Mortgage/Debt
Analysis, Insurance Analysis, Lines of Credit Evaluation, Business and Personal Financial Planning.
Our written financial plans or financial consultations rendered to clients usually include general
recommendations for a course of activity or specific actions to be taken by the clients. For example,
recommendations may be made that the clients begin or revise investment programs, create or revise
wills or trusts, obtain or revise insurance coverage, commence or alter retirement savings, or establish
education or charitable giving programs. It should also be noted that we refer clients to an accountant,
attorney or other specialist, as necessary for non-advisory related services. For written financial planning
engagements, we provide our clients with a written summary of their financial situation, observations,
and recommendations. For financial consulting engagements, we usually do not provide our clients with
a written summary of our observations and recommendations as the process is less formal than our
planning service. Plans or consultations are typically completed within six (6) months of the client
signing a contract with us, assuming that all the information and documents we request from the client
are provided to us promptly. Implementation of the recommendations will be at the discretion of the
client.
Tailoring of Advisory Services
We offer individualized investment advice to clients utilizing our Comprehensive Portfolio Management
service. Additionally, we offer general investment advice to clients utilizing Financial Planning and
Consulting. Despite our best effort to accommodate specific client requests we may not be able to
allow clients to impose restrictions on investing in certain securities or types of securities due to the level of
difficulty this would entail in managing their account.
Participation in Wrap Fee Programs
We do not offer wrap fee programs.
Regulatory Assets Under Management
We manage $201,459,000 a discretionary basis and have no non-discretionary assets of December 31,
2022.