Item 1 – Date of Brochure as Last Revised: June 12, 2020
Our firm is a Registered Investment Adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand the differences. Additional free and simple tools are available to research firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing.
Item 2 – What investment services and advice can you provide me?
We provide investment planning and retirement planning services to retail investors. Services are based on the individual needs of the client. An initial interview and data gathering questionnaire is undertaken to determine the client’s financial situation and investment objectives. With this information, our financial professionals use their knowledge of clients, financial products and strategies, regulations, and the economy to determine appropriate recommendations to work towards attaining your goals and objectives. Recommendations are then presented along with determining an execution strategy. Ongoing support is provided for execution and periodic meetings and communications are conducted to review life or goal changes, investment performance, and adjust your financial strategies as necessary.
As a part of our standard service, we monitor client portfolios as part of an ongoing process with regular account reviews. Our financial professionals are responsible for reviewing the individual portfolios, investment objectives, strategies, and restrictions (if any) for their respective clients. Reviews may be triggered by material market, economic or political events, or by changes in client’s financial situations (such as retirement, termination of employment, physical move, or inheritance). Clients give us discretionary authority to determine the securities to be bought or sold. In all cases, however, such authority is exercised in a manner consistent with the stated investment objectives for the particular account. Clients sign a limited power of attorney and may also choose to restrict our ability to have full discretionary authority and impose reasonable account restrictions. When clients limit our discretionary authority, they will make the ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of investments. The minimum account size for opening and maintaining an account with our firm is $500,000.
For more detailed information about our services and fees, please feel free to request a copy of the firm’s disclosure Form ADV, Part 2A brochure. This brochure can also be found at the following public site: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/ (Select “Firm” and indicate our CRD number 154934).
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Item 3 – What fees will I pay?
We charge advisory fees for our investment advisory and financial planning services. Our fees are calculated and charged based on a percentage of assets under management on a quarterly billing cycle. Advisory fees generally range from 1% to 2% annually based primarily on total asset size, the amount allocated to equities vs. fixed income, and investment types contained in the portfolio. Olympic’s advisory fee minimum is 1.00% annually, and our fees and minimums are not negotiable. Because we charge a fee based on the total amount of assets we manage for you, we have an incentive to recommend that you invest more of your assets under our management which represents a conflict of interest.
Our fees are exclusive of brokerage commissions, transaction fees, and other account-related costs and expenses which may be charged by Charles Schwab & Co. Inc. (Custodian) to maintain your investment account as well as fees and expenses charged by investment products/managers (e.g. exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, third-party money managers, etc.) utilized as part of your investment portfolio. You are responsible for such charges, fees, and expenses which are exclusive of and in addition to Olympic’s advisory fee. Please note, Olympic does not receive any portion of fees paid to Schwab or investment managers/providers.
You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying. For more detailed information about our fees and costs, please refer to our firm’s disclosure Form ADV, Part 2A brochure.
Conversation Starters – We encourage you to ask our financial professionals these key questions:
What are your legal obligations to me when acting as my investment adviser? How else does your firm make money and what conflicts of interest do you have?
When we act as your investment adviser, we have to act in your best interest and not put our interest ahead of yours. At the same time, the way we make money creates some conflicts with your interests. You should understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you. Here are some examples to help you understand what this means.
We are “fee-only” meaning that our only source of income comes from fees we charge to our clients and that we do not receive or accept payments or commissions from any third parties. We do not utilize any proprietary products, principal trading, or revenue sharing.
We do receive third-party research, technology services, and other benefits at no charge to us from Charles Schwab, Olympic’s custodian. This gives us an incentive to recommend that our clients use this custodian which represents a conflict of interest.
More detailed information can be found in our firm’s disclosure Form ADV, Part 2A brochure.
Conversation Starters – We encourage you to ask our financial professionals these key questions:
How do your financial professionals make money?
Compensation for our financial professionals is based on the fee revenue generated from the advisory services they provide. They have an incentive to increase the number of clients they serve, the complexity of client’s financial planning needs, and the total assets that advisory fees are based upon.
Item 4 – Do you or your financial professionals have legal or disciplinary history?
No. Investor.gov/CRS has a free and simple search tool to research financial professionals.
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Item 5 – Additional Information
For more detailed information about us, please review a copy of our Form ADV, Part 2A brochure. Please call (425) 485-4700 to request up-to-date information and the most current copy of this Form CRS.
Conversation Starters – We encourage you to ask our financial professionals these key questions: