Certified Financial Planner Practitioner
Disclosure Form
Part I. Relationships Which May Compromise the CFP’s Objectivity or Independence
We have no corporate or other relationship which may compromise my
objectivity or independence.
Part II. Material Information Relative to the Professional Relationship
A. Basic Philosophy of the CFP in Working With Clients:
Our approach to personal financial planning is to obtain from each client
significant financial and other information including attitudes, goals, and
objectives; to analyze the information obtained in order to develop alternatives
for your consideration; to educate each client about the implications of
selecting a particular alternative; to implement the alternative selected by the
client; and to periodically update the plan adopted. It is my goal to become
your chief financial adviser and to coordinate the efforts of your other
advisers in your best interests. We want you to be educated about your own
financial affairs and to take an active role in managing them.
B. Philosophy, Theory and / or Principles of Financial Planning which will
be Used:
Our philosophy of financial planning is to gather adequate reliable
information about a client's personal financial situation; to determine the
client's goals and objectives, time horizon, and risk tolerance; to analyze all
of this information in an objective manner, and to develop recommendations for
each client based upon this thorough analysis and in the interest of rendering
disinterested advice. In a personal financial planning engagement, we endeavor
to consistently act in the interest of the client and to place his or her
interest ahead of our own. Moreover, we believe that each client should be both
informed and proactively involved in his or her personal financial affairs.
Accordingly, we believe in holding frequent meetings with each client to educate
each about the financial planning process and his or her own financial
situation.
C. Summarized Resume of James W. Eyres, Managing Director:
1. Educational Background:
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University of Oregon, 1966 Master of Business
Administration, Columbia University, 1968 Certificate in Personal Financial
Planning, University of California, Berkeley Ext, 1995
2. Professional and Employment History:
Retired from Bank of America, San Francisco, where he served as a credit
officer from 1970 to 1999. He was responsible for lending to companies in many
different industries including shipping, oil, retailing, insurance, and
securities.
3. Professional Designations and Licenses Held:
Certified Financial Planner, June 1996, number 056101
California Registered Investment Adviser
4. Areas of Competence and Specialization:
We concentrate on the areas of business consulting, investment management,
retirement planning, and trust and estate planning. We also have some
familiarity with the areas of tax, real estate, insurance, and benefit
plans.
D. Description of the Financial Planning Services to be Provided:
See Receipt of Disclosures and Engagement.
E. Method of Compensation:
There will be no charge for the first meeting.
Compensation consulting and projects will be billed to you at a rate of
$110 per hour.
Compensation for investment management will be billed to you at a rate of
3/4% (three quarters of one percent) per annum payable quarterly on the value of
investments under management as of the end of each calendar quarter.
Compensation rates may be changed in the future.
F. Compensation Arrangements:
The client will pay all fees. We will not receive any commissions or other
income related to customer investments or holdings. Performance fees, if any,
will be assessed in compliance with SEC Rule 205-3.
G. Agency or Employment Relationships:
We have no agency or other employment relationships.
H. Conflicts of Interest:
1. A conflict exists between the interests of Piedmont Street Management
and your interests as client;
2. You as client are under no obligation to act upon our recommendations;
and,
3. If you elect to act on any of the recommendations, you are under no
obligation to effect the transaction through Piedmont Street Management. (Rule
260.235.2)
I. Other Material Information Relevant to the Professional Relationship:
None.
J. Information Required by all Laws Applicable to the Relationship:
Form ADV Part II offered annually to all investment management clients.