Keynote: Impact Investing Isn’t Enough, We Need a New Value System
Holly Ruxin was the keynote speaker at the Re$earch Money Conference “Building a Global Finance Marketplace” in Toronto, Canada on June 29th, 2016.
Building a global finance marketplace means building a new socio-economic model. How? Focus on sustainability of people.
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Privacy Policy
Montcalm TCR LLC (“Montcalm”), an independent investment advisory and financial services firm, is committed to safeguarding the confidential information of its clients. We hold all personal information provided to our firm in the strictest confidence. These records include all personal information that we collect from you in connection with any of the services provided by Montcalm. We have never disclosed information to nonaffiliated third parties, except as permitted by law, and do not anticipate doing so in the future. If we were to anticipate such a change in our firm policy, we would be prohibited under the law from doing so without advising you first. As you know, we use financial and other personal information that you provide to us to help you meet your personal financial goals while guarding against any real or perceived infringements of your rights of privacy. Our policy with respect to personal information about you is listed below.
We limit employee and agent access to information only to those who have a business or professional reason for knowing, and only to nonaffiliated parties as permitted by law. (For example, Federal regulations permit us to share a limited amount of information about you with a brokerage firm in order to execute securities transactions on your behalf, or so that our firm can discuss your financial situation with your accountant or lawyer.)
We maintain a secure office and computer environment to ensure that your information is not placed at unreasonable risk.
The categories of nonpublic personal information that we collect from a client depend upon the scope of the client engagement. It will include information about your personal finances, information about your health to the extent that it is needed for the planning process, information about transactions between you and third parties, and information from consumer reporting agencies.
For unaffiliated third parties that require access to your personal information, including financial service companies, consultants, and auditors, we also require strict confidentiality in our agreements with them and expect them to keep this information private. Federal and state regulators may also review firm records as permitted under law.
We do not provide your personally identifiable information to mailing list vendors or solicitors for any purpose.
Personally identifiable information about you will be maintained during the time you are a client, and for the required time thereafter that such records are required to be maintained by Federal and state laws, and consistent with the CFP board, CFA Institute and NAEA Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility. After this required period of record retention, all such information will be destroyed.
Form CRS
Client Relationship Summary of Your Investment Advisory Account with [firm name]
Introduction. Montcalm TCR LLC is registered as an investment adviser with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Brokerage and investment advisory services are different from each other, and it is important for you to understand the differences. In this Summary, “we” or “our firm” refers to Montcalm TCR, and “you” refers to our retail investor clients and potential clients. You can access free and simple tools to research our firm and other firms and financial professionals at Investor.gov/CRS, which also provides educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers and investing.
What investment services and advice can you provide me?
We provide investment advisory services to retail investors. Montcalm is a San Francisco-based investment management firm founded in 2012. Montcalm offers customized investment management services to individuals, trusts, estates, conservators and guardians, charitable organizations, corporations and other types of business entities as well as to a private investment fund as described below. Collectively, all clients of Montcalm are referred to as (“Clients”). Investment management services are offered primarily on a fully discretionary basis, unless otherwise noted. Some of the investment instruments Montcalm advises its clientele on include, but are not limited to, stocks, bonds, investment company securities, equity exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), derivatives and private funds. Montcalm provides advisory services and portfolio management services but does not provide custodial or other administrative services at this time.
Additional information is available on our Form ADV which you can access here
Questions you can ask us
Given my financial situation, should I choose an investment advisory service? Why or why not?
How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these qualifications mean?
What fees will I pay?
Montcalm charges fees based on a percentage of assets under management. The specific fees charged by Montcalm will be set forth in each Client’s written Agreement with Montcalm. Although Montcalm believes its advisory fees are competitive, Clients should be aware that lower fees for comparable services may be available from other sources. Montcalm charges a minimum $1500 annual fee per household. Montcalm charges a monthly asset management fee based on the time-weighted daily average balance of the account(s) for the previous month. Asset management fees are calculated as of the close of business on the 19th day of each month and are debited from the Client’s account(s) on the following business day. Fees are generally calculated based on the following annual percentages; however, Montcalm may, in its sole discretion, modify its annual fee through written agreement with its Clients.
Please refer to your individual Client Agreement and associated fee schedule for further clarification: Annual Management and Advisory Fee (other than Montcalm Donor Fund):
1.0% on the first $2,000,000; 0.95% on the next $2,000,001 to $5,000,000; 0.90% on the next $5,000,001 to $10,000,000; 0.80% on the next $10,000,001 to $25,000,000; 0.60% on the next $25,000,001 to $50,000,000; 0.40% on the next $50,000,001 to $100,000,000; 0.20% on the remaining balance.
For Client accounts that have investments in private funds or other alternative investments the notional for such private fund and alternative investments included in the fee calculation will only be calculated on invested capital and unrealized gains in the alternative investment and only charged during the specific fund’s stated investment period, if any.
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.
Additional information is available on our Form ADV which you can access here
A question you can ask us
Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go to fees and costs, and how much will be invested for me?
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.
Typically, the more assets there are in your advisory account, the more you will pay in fees, and we may therefore have an incentive to encourage you to increase the assets in your account.
Other examples?
You may also pay other indirect fees and costs related to our investment advisory services in addition to our principal fees and costs: such as management fees for private investments.
Additional information is available on our Form ADV which you can access here
A question you can ask us
How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
How do your financial professionals make money?
Our financial professionals are paid an annual salary and bonus based on their performance related to serving our clients and managing our portfolios.
Do you or your financial professionals have legal or disciplinary history?
None of our financial professionals have a disciplinary history.
You can visit Investor.gov/CRS for free and simple search tools to research us and our financial professionals.
A question you can ask us
As a financial professional, do you have any disciplinary history? For what type of conduct?
Additional Information
Please contact Holly Ruxin at 415-326-7640 if any additional questions.
A question you can ask us
Who is my primary contact person? Is he or she a representative of an investment adviser or a broker-dealer? Who can I talk to if I have concerns about how this person is treating me?