Frequently Asked Questions

Our clients include high-net-worth individuals and families, endowment funds, and retirement and profit-sharing plans for individuals and small or mid-size businesses. We also serve as investment consultants in the family office space. The majority of our clients are US citizens, though we work with several families living abroad as well.

Although our clients have diverse backgrounds and financial goals, they are united by one overarching trait: a commitment to long-term-focused investing. Those seeking trading or short-term investment strategies will be better served by other firms.

Yes. We are steadfastly committed to providing investment management and advice aligned with your unique circumstances, goals, and risk tolerance. At Roberts Glore, clients come first.

We currently manage or advise upon over $700 million of investment assets. Our average client holds between $1 million and $3 million with our firm, though we also serve a select group of clients with portfolios of $10 million or more.

We generally welcome new clients with portfolios of $500,000 or more. If you would like to work with us but fall short of that threshold, please contact us to see whether we might be able to come to a mutually acceptable arrangement.

Clients are welcome to custody their assets wherever they choose. The majority of our clients maintain custody with National Financial Services, LLC (“NFS,” a subsidiary of Fidelity Investments).

Our clients who maintain custody with NFS generally direct us to execute trades through LaSalle St. Securities, LLC, an independent broker-dealer based in the Chicago area. For clients who custody their assets elsewhere, we may be able to arrange for a delivery-vs.-payment (“DVP”) arrangement, whereby we execute trades through LaSalle St. Securities on their behalf. Otherwise, trades must be executed through outside custodians’ trade desks.

We are primarily a fee-only investment adviser. This means that the vast majority of our compensation comes in the form of advisory fees charged as a percent of the assets we manage or advise upon for our clients. We find that this arrangement aligns our interests with those of our clients. If our clients’ portfolios grow in value, our fee revenues rise commensurately; if their portfolios fall, so does our fee.

For discretionary advisory clients, the following fee ranges apply:

Assets under Management	Annual Fee as a Percent of AUM
Up to $500,000	1.25%
$500,000 to $1,000,000	1.00%
$1,000,000 to $2,000,000	0.90%
$2,000,000 to $3,000,000	0.85%
$3,000,000 to $5,000,000	0.80%
$5,000,000 to $10,000,000	0.70%
Over $10,000,000	Negotiable
Bond- or Fund-Centric Portfolio	Negotiable

Yes! The majority of our portfolio managers’ liquid net worth is invested in the same strategies we pursue for our clients. We feel that the surest way to sharpen our focus is to invest alongside our clients. In other words, we eat our own cooking. That way, we reap the rewards of effective investment analysis—and suffer the consequences of any mistakes. In fact, our mistakes hurt us twice; they harm our own portfolios, and they result in lower fee revenues for our firm. Thus, our incentive is to strive for long-term value creation, both for our clients’ portfolios and for our own.

Yes, in select cases. Our preference, particularly for the equity portion of our clients’ portfolios, is to buy individual securities that offer the potential for attractive long-term returns vis-à-vis relevant benchmarks. If we feel our ability to add value in a given sector or asset class is more limited, we may opt to use low-cost, no-load mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Generally, we use such funds for exposure to certain types of bonds, foreign equities or currencies, or commodity-related indices, or to achieve greater diversification in certain cases.

No. We do not advocate the use of margin in investing.

On average, we aim to conduct in-depth portfolio reviews two to four times annually for each of our clients, depending on market conditions. We also monitor the securities held by our clients on a daily basis, and we may take action to add or sell securities at any time for our discretionary clients’ portfolios (or recommend such actions for our non-discretionary clients) as we deem appropriate.

Yes. Clients who maintain custody with NFS are able to view their portfolios (including current holdings, market value, history, statements, and trade confirmations) using a proprietary web-based tool called Wealthscape Investor®. Simply let us know that you’d like to activate your login, and we’ll walk you through the setup process.

Right here. Form ADV Part 2 is a regulatory disclosure document required by the SEC.

Right here. Form CRS is a client relationship summary that describes our services and costs. For more information about our firm, you can use a free and simple search tool at Investor.gov/CRS.

Yes. In addition to our primary focus on investment management, we also provide financial planning consultations touching on such matters as strategic tax, estate, and retirement planning; intergenerational wealth transfer; 401(k) rollover options; insurance; personal or business asset and liability management; educational funding; income and spending management; and comprehensive financial goal-setting, etc. Our fees for financial planning are negotiable and depend on the complexity of your situation. Please contact us if you would like to learn more.

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