Overview
Firm Description
CFF, a Massachusetts corporation, was founded in July 1989. CFF provides
investment management services to funeral homes, cemeteries and monument
companies, which have pre-need funding obligations as a result of their sale of
pre-paid funeral services, related merchandise, and perpetual care funding
obligations.
CFF also provides administration and sub- accounting services to its advisory
clients with respect to their escrow accounts.
Principal Owners
Mark C. Mannix is the sole shareholder of CFF.
Types of Advisory Services
CFF offers investment management and trust administration services to funeral
homes, cemeteries and monument companies. All client assets are invested in
one of five investment strategies offered by CFF. The five investment strategies
offered by CFF are called the Conservative Income Strategy, the Moderate
Income Strategy, the Conservative Growth & Income Strategy, the Moderate
Growth & Income Strategy, and the Long-Term Growth & Income Strategy.
The Conservative Income Strategy follows a passive management strategy and
typically invests 100% of its assets in U.S. Treasury Bonds, which are typically
held to maturity with the objective of providing security of principal while out-
pacing inflation and offsetting rising costs of funeral services.
The Moderate Income Strategy (75%/25%), Conservative Growth & Income
Strategy (65%/35%), Moderate Growth & Income Strategy (50%/50%), and
Long-Term Growth & Income Strategy (35%/65%) invest in mutual fund
portfolios that, in turn, primarily invest in bonds and dividend producing
stocks,
based on the approximate respective percentages noted above. All four
of these investment strategies have the goal of generating income and long-
term growth of capital. The Moderate Income Strategy and Conservative
Growth & Income Strategy, however, focus more on income generation, while
the Moderate Growth & Income Strategy and Long-Term Growth & Income
Strategy focus more on growth of capital. Furthermore, all four of these
investment strategies are sub-advised by Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC, which has
the discretionary authority to manage those assets within set guidelines
established by CFF.
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CFF provides investment advice tailored to the particular needs of our clients
by recommending appropriate investments in one or more of CFF’s investment
strategies. As CFF’s advisory clients are generally subject to state laws that
restrict the types of investments that they can make, advisory clients are
permitted to impose restrictions on the types of investments that can be made
by CFF on their behalf in their advisory agreements with CFF.
Tax Preparation
CFF prepares, distributes, and files tax returns and forms as required by the IRS
on behalf of its clients relating to those accounts under CFF’s investment
management. There is no additional charge for the tax preparation, it is
included in the management fee.
Assets under Management
As of December 31, 2023, CFF had approximately $694,400,000 of assets under
management belonging to clients. Currently, all assets are managed on a
discretionary basis.