The conversation between client and advisor is the heart of our firm; all that we do must be borne of and nourish that relationship. - Augustine Hong, CEO Private Client Group Washington DC Alexandria VA Los Angeles CA Fort Lee NJ
Alexandria Capital About Us 2 Alexandria Capital, LLC (ACAP), an SEC-registered investment advisor with founding roots in the private wealth advisory business, caters its wealth management and investment services to high and ultra-high net worth individuals, families, trusts, and pension and profit sharing plans, both in the US and abroad. For over a quarter-century, ACAP has remained committed to the principle of always placing the client s interest first in all that we do. Today, with offices in Washington DC, Alexandria, Virginia, Fort Lee, New Jersey and Woodland Hills, California, we continue to help our clients protect and grow their wealth in a manner befitting their lifetime of hard work and discipline. All clients are supported by a team of experienced financial advisors whose job is to understand you and deliver on the promise of the company. This team, in turn, relies on the intellectual, creative and operational depths of its members and the firm s unique infrastructure and processes. ACAP and its employees adhere to the industry s highest ethical and professional standards. The firm s principals and executives hold or held designations such as: Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Personal Financial Specialist (PFS), and Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Integrated Wealth Solution (IWS) Customized Holistic Approach Consider these questions: Is IWS right for you? 1) You spend your lifetime building wealth, how much time do you spend protecting and growing it? 2) Emotional and gut instinct calls are good if you can afford to take a mulligan but what do you do when you don t have this luxury? 3) If you have to go shopping for a custom suit, do you browse the aisles at a Walmart? 4) How much does your past success say about your ability to manage your long-term financial goals? 5) Do you know the weakest link in your financial chain? Whether you are a successful young entrepreneur with concentrated wealth, a corporate executive contemplating retirement or retired grandparents sorting through myriad gifting ideas, all facets of your financial plan have to work together to help protect and grow your wealth. A well-prepared and disciplined process can ensure greater certainty about your future. While you spend time enjoying the fruits of your labor, your wealth management team will be working tirelessly to coordinate your affairs to build a holistic and integrated wealth solution that can last for generations. 3
Our Clients Their stories The Entrepreneur The Retirees The Retired Grandparents Concentrated stock position with low cost basis and newfound life style. Sample Solutions: Portfolio income maximization with duration certainty. Sample Solutions: Estate preservation and gifting directives. Sample Solutions: Prepaid Variable Forward contract (PVF) this is an investment strategy that allows an investor with a concentrated stock holding to generate liquidity for diversification or other purposes. Additionally, the investor will receive cash in hand without paying the capital gains taxes that would apply to a security disposal. Equity Collars/Option Strategies - buying puts and selling calls can help reduce single stock exposure. Collars are created by the simultaneous purchase of a put option and sale of a call option. Using this strategy provides the investor with a guarantee that his or her concentrated position will have a value within the minimum and maximum price for the period the options cover. New Retirement Asset Allocation Model - gives you more consistent results. Ibbotson, a company that is a leader in the investment allocation research field, concluded that you maximize your lifetime income by replacing a portion of your bond allocation with instruments that offers a guaranteed minimum withdrawal feature. Why Does The New Retirement Asset Allocation Strategy Deliver Better Results? - this retirement asset allocation works because inside of such vehicle, you are allocating a higher percentage to stocks than you would be if you didn't use this strategy. You can feel comfortable doing so because the amount of income you can withdraw is guaranteed. Advanced Planning Techniques a variety of trusts can be utilized for more sophisticated financial planning strategies. Among the most popular are the Charitable Remainder Trust and the Wealth Replacement Trust which, when used together, can provide both income and estate tax benefits and allow you to make a gift to a favorite charity without depleting your estate. Maximize use of Unified Tax Credit - during your lifetime to remove growth from your taxable estate. Maximize annual Gift Exclusion - each year you are able to give away money or property in the form of a gift. These gifts will be nontaxable as long as they are below the gift tax limit amount allowed. 4
Integrated Wealth Solution Managing extraordinary wealth requires holistic strategies that go beyond mere investment performance. In addition to research driven investment principles that focus on wealth preservation, tax and estate planning, our Advisors apply disciplined measures to bring cohesion to all the financial issues confounding extraordinary lives. Investment Management Services Nobel laureates in economics as well as many investment greats such as John Jack Bogle, Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch and David Swensen have been telling us for decades that index investing is a better strategy than market timing and stock picking. Virtually every unbiased study on the subject comes to the same conclusion: to buy, hold and rebalance a basket of low-cost index funds is the basis of successful investing. ACAP builds on this philosophy with active asset class research and tax sensitive rebalancing of portfolios. Additional customized strategies, such as options overlay and strategy may be implemented based on each client s specific circumstances. Prior to any investment consideration, the underlying security or vehicle must have gone through our due diligence process, its merits discussed and its use approved by the Investment Committee of the firm. Tax Compliance and Planning ACAP believes it is critical to coordinate clients overall tax planning with their portfolio management strategy in order to maximize net after-tax returns. That s why all ACAP clients and their Advisors work with our in-house CPAs to ensure that thoughtful consideration is given to clients investment decisions in relation to their tax status. Financial and Estate Planning As the third leg of our Integrated Wealth Solution (IWS), our comprehensive wealth advisory services bring together the ensemble of solutions and people best suited to help accomplish clients lifestyle and estate planning goals, including but not limited to philanthropy, volunteering and leisure. 5
Fortune favors the prepared. Alexandria Capital, LLC 1030 15 th Street NW, Suite 450W Washington DC, 20005 t. 202.391.0170 www.alexandriacapital.com