HWM is an investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Registration
does not imply a certain level of skill or training. HWM is solely owned by David Hohimer and has
been providing advisory services since 2019.
HWM offers a variety of advisory services, which include investment and wealth management,
financial planning, and consulting services. Prior to HWM rendering any of the foregoing services,
clients are required to enter into one or more written agreements with HWM setting forth the relevant
terms and conditions of the advisory relationship (the “Advisory Agreement”). HWM manages
investment portfolios for individuals, high net worth individuals, pensions, trusts, businesses, and
corporations. HWM will work with a client to determine the client's investment objectives and
investor risk profile. These investment objectives may be set forth in a written Investment Policy
Statement (“IPS”) that describes an asset allocation that conforms to a client’s risk tolerance level and
expected rate of return requirements. Investment and portfolio allocation software is used to evaluate
alternative portfolio designs. HWM evaluates clients’ existing investments with respect to their IPS
and works with new clients to develop a plan to transition from a client’s existing portfolio to the
portfolio recommended by HWM. HWM then continuously monitors clients’ portfolio holdings and
holds regular review meetings with clients regarding their accounts, as necessary.
HWM will utilize the financial information provided by the client to analyze and develop strategies
and solutions to assist the client in meeting their financial goals. HWM will allocate a client’s assets
among various investments taking into consideration the client’s unique ability, need, and willingness
to take risk.
Investment and Wealth Management Services
HWM manages portfolios on both a discretionary and non-discretionary basis. HWM may also
provide its clients with a broad range of services, as described in more detail below. HWM advises its
clients by delivering tailored wealth management services and solutions. These services are based on
a comprehensive understanding of each client’s current situation, past experiences, and future goals.
With this acquired knowledge HWM will create, analyze, strategize, and implement goal-oriented
investment solutions. These solutions become our client’s investment policy. This policy and our
matched strategies are designed to be risk appropriate, cost effective and tax efficient.
HWM provides clients with wealth management services which generally include a broad range of
comprehensive financial planning and consulting services, as well as discretionary and/or, in very
limited circumstances, non-discretionary management of investment portfolios.
HWM primarily allocates client assets among individual equity and debt securities, exchange-traded
funds ("ETFs"), and institutional mutual funds in accordance with the client's stated investment
objective and risk/volatility parameter. HWM may also occasionally recommend clients allocate a
certain portion of their assets to independent investment managers ("Independent Managers"). Where
appropriate, HWM may also provide advice about many types of legacy positions or other investments
held in client portfolios. Clients may engage HWM to manage and/or advise on certain investment
products that are not maintained at their primary custodian, such as variable life insurance and annuity
contracts (to the extent permissible without an insurance license) and assets held in employer
sponsored retirement plans and qualified tuition plans (i.e., 529 plans). In these situations, HWM will
direct or make recommendations on a non-discretionary basis for the allocation of client assets among
the various investment options available with the product. These assets are generally maintained at
the underwriting insurance company or custodian for the plan trustee or administrator and clients
retain responsibility for effecting trades in these accounts.
HWM tailors its advisory services to meet the needs of its individual clients and seeks to manage client
portfolios in a manner consistent with the client's investment objective and risk tolerance parameter.
HWM consults with clients on an initial and ongoing basis to assess their specific risk tolerance, time
horizon, liquidity constraints and other related factors relevant to the management of their portfolios.
Clients are advised to promptly notify HWM if there are changes in their financial situation or if they
wish to place any limitations on the management of their portfolios. Clients may impose reasonable
restrictions or mandates on the management of their accounts if HWM determines, in its sole
discretion, the conditions would not materially impact the performance of a management strategy or
prove overly burdensome to the Firm's management efforts.
To the extent a client decides to invest with an Independent Manager or in a particular fund, those
managers and funds will have their own investment practices. Those investment practices are
described in each managers’ Form ADV or fund’s prospectus, or in its offering or other disclosure
documents. In addition, selected money managers or funds typically have discretion to determine the
type and amount of securities to be purchased or sold for the client for that portion of the client’s assets
managed by the money manager or fund.
In certain cases, HWM will recommend that a portion of a client’s assets be invested in certain private
funds. Such funds are described as hedge funds, real estate funds, private equity funds, venture capital
funds and other types of private pooled investment vehicles (collectively “private Funds”). While
HWM strives for fair and balanced allocation of private fund investment opportunities, individual
recommendations depend on several factors, including investment experience, investment
sophistication, risk tolerance, financial goals, and available assets. HWM’ goal is to allocate in a fair
and balanced manner, however, not all eligible clients will receive every private fund recommendation
due to these varying considerations.
Before investing in a Private Fund, HWM requires that clients carefully review the offering documents
to understand its risks and any potential conflicts of interest. (See Item 12 for details on allocating
Private Fund investments.) Certain Private Funds, mutual funds, and ETFs in HWM’ portfolio
involve advanced investment strategies like leverage and derivatives. Leverage, essentially borrowing
to invest, can amplify both gains and losses, as seen when a private fund leverages a line of credit for
acquisition, or a hedge fund uses shorted stock proceeds for further investments. Similarly, derivatives,
contracts tied to the value of another asset, can be highly sensitive to market fluctuations and
potentially lead to losses exceeding the initial investment. While these strategies can potentially
enhance returns, their use and the associated costs can also lead to losses. Hedging, on the other hand,
involves offsetting potential losses with other investments, like shorting a security to protect a long
position. Carefully consider these and other factors before investing. For more information on HWM'
analysis methods and associated risks, please refer to Item 8.
Independent Managers
As mentioned above, HWM may select certain Independent Managers to actively manage a portion
of its clients' assets. Pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement, HWM shall have the discretion
to appoint and terminate these third-party advisers. The specific terms and conditions under which a
client engages an Independent Manager may also be set forth in a separate written agreement with the
designated Independent Manager. In addition to this brochure, clients may also receive the written
disclosure documents of the respective Independent Managers engaged to manage their assets. HWM
evaluates a variety of information about Independent Managers, which may include the Independent
Managers' public disclosure documents, materials supplied by the Independent Managers themselves
and other third-party analyses it believes are reputable. To the extent possible, HWM seeks to assess
the Independent Managers' investment strategies, past performance, and risk results in relation to its
clients' individual portfolio allocations and risk exposure. HWM also takes into consideration each
Independent Manager's management style, returns, reputation, financial strength, reporting, pricing,
and research capabilities, among other factors.
HWM continues to provide services relative to the discretionary
or non-discretionary selection of the
Independent Managers. On an ongoing basis, HWM monitors the performance of those accounts
being managed by Independent Managers. HWM seeks to ensure the Independent Managers'
strategies and target allocations remain aligned with its clients' investment objectives and overall best
interests.
Financial Planning and Consulting Services
HWM starts with an extensive review of a client's family situation which includes assets and liabilities
as well as estate, tax, and insurance needs. The Firm then employs a risk tolerance and risk capacity-
focused considerations to get a detailed cash flow analysis and proposed asset allocation. Together,
this information is analyzed to develop a proposed financial plan, which is designed to be dynamic in
nature, ever-evolving due to life changes resulting from changes in cash flow needs, risk tolerance,
time horizon, or investment objectives.
HWM’s financial planning and consulting services may include any or all of the following functions:
Business Planning Liability Management
Cash Flow Forecasting Risk Management Trust and Estate Planning
Charitable Planning Financial Planning
Distribution Planning Investment Consulting
Tax Planning Insurance Planning
Retirement Plan Consulting
While each of these services is available on a stand-alone basis, certain of them may also be rendered
in conjunction with investment portfolio management services, as part of a comprehensive wealth
management engagement (described in more detail below). In performing these services, HWM is not
required to verify any information received from the client or from the client's other professionals (e.g.,
attorneys, accountants, etc.), and is expressly authorized to rely on such information. HWM may
recommend clients engage the firm for additional related services, or we may recommend other
professionals to implement recommendations made by HWM. Such additional services by HWM or
another professional will be provided for additional compensation, commensurate with the nature,
extent, complexity, and other characteristics of such services. Clients are advised that a conflict of
interest exists because the firm will have an incentive to recommend such additional services based on
the compensation to be received, rather than solely based on the client's needs, and in some cases,
based on the prospect of cross-referrals of advisory clients from the other professional or his or her
firm.
HWM also provides advice in the form of financial consultations. These services, charged on either
an hourly of fixed fee basis, consists of consultations based on specific investment and financial
concerns of the client. Consulting services may include, for example, assistance with establishing and
implementing a retirement plan, preparation or review of an investment policy statement, the
compilation of reports on various investment accounts, and asset allocation recommendations. The
scope and depth of the consultation varies depending on the client's particular circumstances and
needs. HWM provides financial planning and consulting services to non-advisory clients for a fixed
fee or hourly fee.
Clients are under no obligation to act upon any recommendations made by HWM under a financial
planning or consulting engagement or to engage the services of a third-party professional. Clients
retain the absolute right to decide whether to act on such recommendations, and if they choose to act
on such recommendations, whether to engage the Firm or such professional for such services or to
engage another investment adviser or professional of their choosing, which may charge less (or more)
for such services. Should a client choose to implement the recommendations contained in the plan,
HWM suggests the client work closely with his/her attorney, accountant and/or insurance agent.
Implementation of financial plan recommendations is entirely at the client's discretion. Financial
planning recommendations are of a generic nature and are not limited to any specific product or
service offered by a broker dealer or insurance company.
Wrap Fee Program
HWM also offers portfolio management services through a wrap fee program. A wrap fee program is
an investment program wherein the investor pays one stated fee that includes management fees,
transaction costs, custody, fund expenses, and any other administrative fees. Please refer to our Wrap
Fee Brochure for more information on our Comprehensive Wrap Fee Program. . A wrap fee program
may not be the lowest cost option if you would like to restrict your investments to open-end mutual
funds or other long-term investment products.
Pension and Other Retirement Plans
In the capacity as a fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (“ERISA”), HWM provides advisory services to pension plans and retirement plan clients.
These include advisory services to company retirement plans (each a “Plan”) and the Plan’s sponsor
(the “Plan Sponsor”). HWM provide discretionary advisory services as a 3(38) or non-discretionary
advisory services as a 3(21) Fiduciary in support of the Plan Sponsor. HWM will provide the following
plan fiduciary services pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement with each Plan Sponsor:
•Plan Design Assistance
•Vendor Analysis
•Plan Participant Enrollment
•Investment Policy Statement (“IPS”)
•Investment Monitoring/Recommendation
•Plan Effectiveness Monitoring
•ERISA 404(c) Assistance
•Benchmarking Services
In accordance with ERISA Section 408(b)(2), the Plan Sponsor is provided with a written description
of HWM’ fiduciary status, the specific services to be rendered and all direct and indirect compensation
HWM reasonably expects under the engagement. HWM also provides the following non-advisory
services to the Plan and the Plan Participants, pursuant to the terms of the Advisory Agreement with
each Plan Sponsor:
•Investment Education
•Plan Sponsor Fiduciary Education
•Periodic on-site advisor visits with staff for account updates and reviews
•Periodic Plan Participant group education opportunities
HWM uses a third party platform to facilitate management of some held away assets, such as defined
contribution plan participant accounts, with discretion. We are not affiliated with the platform in any
way and receive no compensation from them for using their platform. A link will be provided to the
client allowing them to connect an account(s) to the platform. Once the client’s account(s) is connected
to the platform, HWM will review the current account allocations. When deemed necessary, HWM
will rebalance the account considering client investment goals and risk tolerance, and any change in
allocations will consider current economic and market trends. Client account(s) will be reviewed at
least annually and allocation changes will be made as deemed necessary.
In recommending that any client roll over retirement plan assets to our management, we have a
conflict of interest. Before making any such recommendation, we review the client’s existing
investment options, fees, and expenses in the context of their overall investment objectives. We only
make the recommendation once we have determined that doing so is in the client’s best interest.
Margin Accounts
Using margin in your account, while increasing your total assets and thus our advisory fee, presents a
potential conflict of interest for our firm. Our loyalty is to you, the client, and we recognize that margin
carries significant risks and isn't suitable for all investors. We always recommend prudent use of
margin, if at all. Buying securities on margin incurs additional costs and risks, so weigh these carefully
before proceeding. See Item 8 for details.
No Legal, Accounting or Tax Advice. HWM does not provide any legal, accounting or tax advice.
Client should seek the counsel of a qualified accountant and/or attorney when necessary. HWM may
assist clients with tax harvesting, and we will work with a client’s tax specialist to answer any questions
related to the client’s portfolio account.
HWM is under common control with Risk & Liability Consultants LLC (“R&LC”), which provides
commercial loan brokerage services, licensed mortgage brokerage services and offers insurance
products through licensed agents and insurance agencies. Certain Supervised Persons of HWM are
affiliated with R&LC and are licensed insurance agents, and therefore may refer clients of HWM to
R&LC.
As of December 31, 2023, HWM has $728,577,534 discretionary assets under management and
$67,421,737 non-discretionary assets under management.