For AdvisorsWhy Acrylic

Bring your book. We bring the firm.

We will meet you wherever you are, and help you grow. When you join Acrylic Financial, you work as an investment adviser representative of the firm. Compliance, technology, billing and service support sit around your practice, and the advisory services in the firm's Form ADV are there for your clients.

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  • RegistrationRegistered Investment AdviserCRD 288263. Form ADV Part 2A, Item 1
  • FormedArizona, February 2017An Arizona corporation. Item 4A
  • Account minimumNoneItem 7
  • DiscretionDiscretionary or non-discretionary, as each client choosesItems 4B and 16

Acrylic

Transparent and flexible.

Acrylic exists to bring transparency to investing and to managing investments. We want to take away the mystery around money, and give clients and advisors what they need to take control of their financial lives, in a way that is simple to understand and easy to reach.

Since 2017, Acrylic has helped investors understand how their investments are working, and find fees they did not know they were paying. For advisors, the firm exists to help you offer your clients the technology and the service they expect today.

The 2017 dates: formed in Arizona in February 2017, and first licensed as an investment adviser in Arizona in May 2017 (Form ADV Part 2A, Item 4A). The rest is the firm's own account of its work.

Wherever you are, we fit.

Why work with Acrylic? In a sentence, because we are transparent and flexible. Five kinds of advisor, one firm.

  • A veteran advisor

    Years in the business and a wealth of knowledge. Bring your book and the way you work, and keep growing it.

    We got that.

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  • Just starting out

    New to financial services and building your first book. Start with a conversation about where you want to go.

    We got that.

    Do I need to be registered already?

  • An insurance agent adding advisory services

    Keep your insurance business and add advisory work beside it. Insurance sales stay in that role, outside Acrylic, and are not made in a fiduciary capacity.

    We got that.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 10A and 10C

  • A registered rep adding advisory services

    Add advisory services to your brokerage business, as an investment adviser representative of Acrylic. Brokerage work stays in that role, outside Acrylic.

    We got that.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 5E and 10A. Item 10 describes the conflicts.

  • The principal of your own RIA

    You run your own firm and want the technology and experienced firm personnel behind it. Sub-advisory keeps your RIA yours, with Acrylic managing portfolios for your clients.

    We got that.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Item 7 lists other investment advisers among its clients. See sub-advisory

  • Somewhere in between?

    Most practices are. Tell us where yours is, and we will meet you there.

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What sits around your practice

Four kinds of support, around the work you do with clients.

  1. Compliance Services

    Acrylic's own compliance team, a written Code of Ethics, a chief compliance officer, and the account and plan reviews the brochure sets out.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4A, 11 and 13. What compliance covers

  2. Technology

    The Acrylic MAC: one sign-in to the tools your practice runs on, including Orion and Redtail. Backtesting is there too: ask the team and they run it for you.

    The firm's platform, not an advisory service. See the platform

  3. Billing & Administration

    Portfolio management fees are withdrawn from client accounts monthly, in arrears, with each client's written authorization. The custodian's monthly report shows the assets held, their value and the fee calculation.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 5B, 13C and 15.

  4. Customer Service Support

    We will answer your clients' questions. Really, we are here for them. Help by phone at 833-4ACRYLIC (833-422-7954), or by email at info@acrylicfinancial.com, with forms, user IDs, passwords and changes to an account. Ask what else it covers for your practice in the first conversation.

    Phone and email as on the cover of Form ADV Part 2A.

Missing out on assets? Ask your firm.

If you are part of a big firm already, ask yourself these questions. Then ask us the same ones.

  1. Do you have a tech-savvy experience to offer today's tech-forward clients?

    At Acrylic, the tools a practice runs on sit behind one sign-in to the Acrylic MAC: custody, reporting, CRM and planning.

    The firm's platform, not an advisory service. See the platform

  2. Can you give your clients options you cannot offer them today?

    Portfolio management, financial planning, the selection of other advisers, and ongoing advice on assets held away, such as an employer plan.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Item 4B

  3. Do you net what you should from what you earn?

    Bring your current arrangement to the first conversation, and we will lay the two side by side.

    Details in the first conversation.

  4. Can you take every client, or only the large ones?

    There is no account minimum for any of Acrylic's services, so your smallest clients have a place too.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Item 7

For your clients, the services in the brochure

Your clients can use the advisory services Acrylic's Form ADV Part 2A describes in Item 4. Each one is set out in a written agreement.

  • Portfolio management

    Ongoing management to an Investment Policy Statement written for each client: investment strategy, asset allocation, asset selection, an assessment of risk tolerance and regular monitoring. Acrylic may use model allocations, set to each client's restrictions, needs and targets.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4B, 4C and 16

  • Financial planning

    Investment, insurance, tax, retirement, education, and debt and credit planning. Each financial planning client receives the written plan on completion.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4B and 13C

  • Selection of other advisers

    Where it fits a client, Acrylic may direct some or all of their assets to a third-party investment adviser, after due diligence, and then monitors that adviser. The client generally pays both advisory fees, disclosed in writing before engagement.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4B, 5A and 10D

  • Assets under advisement

    Ongoing advice on assets the firm does not hold or trade, such as a client's employer-sponsored retirement plan.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4B and 5A

There is no account minimum for any of Acrylic's services (Item 7). The fees for each service are set out in Item 5, and the full brochure is on the disclosures page.

One sign-in for the day's work

The Acrylic MAC is the platform Acrylic advisors sign in to. The tools a practice runs on are connected behind it, so the day starts from one place.

  1. Custody

    Client accounts held at a qualified custodian, with statements sent to clients directly from it.

  2. Reporting

    Portfolio and account reporting for the book you manage.

  3. CRM

    Client records, notes and follow-ups.

  4. Planning

    Planning software for a client's goals and present position.

Ask us which tools connect to the Acrylic MAC today. See how one sign-in works

Client assets sit with a custodian, not with the firm

Acrylic does not accept or maintain physical custody of client funds or securities. Client accounts are held at custodians the firm has approved, including Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Interactive Brokers LLC and Mid Atlantic Clearing & Settlement Corporation.

Clients receive account statements directly from the qualified custodian. When advisory fees are deducted from a client's account, the firm is deemed to have custody and needs that client's written authorization.

Form ADV Part 2A, Items 12 and 15. Item 12 explains the limits of this practice and the conflict of directing accounts to these custodians. Read Item 12

The advisory model, and what sits beside it

What changes for you is the advisory work. What you do in other roles stays in those roles, and is disclosed.

  • The standard in advisory work

    When you act in an advisory capacity through Acrylic, you are held to a fiduciary standard. When you act as a registered representative of a broker-dealer or as an insurance agent, you work under the rules for that role, and that work is not conducted through Acrylic. Insurance sales are not made in a fiduciary capacity.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 10A and 10C

  • Your insurance business beside it

    Acrylic advisors may also have an outside affiliation, through a separate agency or individually as an agent, for placing insurance products. Commissions on those sales are separate from advisory fees, and clients are told so.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 5E and 10C

  • Registered representatives

    Many Acrylic representatives are also registered representatives of Brooklight Place Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer affiliated with Acrylic through common ownership. Item 10 describes that affiliation and its conflicts of interest.

    Form ADV Part 2A, Items 5E and 10. Form CRS

Acrylic Financial, Inc. is an Arizona corporation, independently owned and operated (Form ADV Part 2A, Items 4A and 14A).

Check the record before you call

Every line here is in a public filing. Read it the way you would read any firm's.

Registration
Registered Investment Adviser, CRD 288263 Form ADV Part 2A, Item 1
Formed
A corporation organized in Arizona in February 2017, first licensed as an investment adviser in Arizona in May 2017 Item 4A
Disciplinary history
None to report: no criminal or civil actions, no administrative proceedings and no self-regulatory organization proceedings Item 9. Form CRS, Item 4
Financial condition
No financial condition reasonably likely to impair the firm's commitments to clients, and no bankruptcy petition in the last ten years Item 18

Form ADV Part 2AForm CRSThe firm on IAPD

Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training.

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We have your back. Start with a conversation about your book, your clients and where you want the practice to go. The form is short. The conversation decides the rest.

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Advisory services through Acrylic Financial, Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser, CRD 288263. Registration does not imply a certain level of skill or training.