ASA Managed Account
Managers LLC (and relying adviser) TF Managers LLC Form CRS
Item 1 Introduction
02/12/2021
ASA Managed Account Managers LLC is
registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as an Investment
Adviser. TF Managers LLC is an affiliated entity and relying adviser to ASA
Managed Account Managers LLC due to common control and operational integration.
Brokerage and investment advisory
services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand the
differences. The SEC offers free and simple tools to research firms and
financial professionals at https://Investor.gov/CRS which also provides information
tailored to educate retail investors about financial professionals.
Item 2 Relationships and Services
What investment
services and advice can you provide me?
Our
firm offers the following principal investment advisory services to retail
investors.
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Portfolio
management—Our firm buys and sells debt related securities (e.g.
bonds) specializing in, but not limited to, municipal bonds in building a
portfolio in your account. Your
account is monitored continuously as part of our standard service. Our firm
provides investment discretion for this service. If you invest on a
discretionary basis, our firm will buy and sell investments in your account
without requiring your pre-approval on an ongoing basis until you notify us in
writing that you want the account, or specific investments in the account, to
be managed on a non-discretionary basis such that you make the ultimate
decision to purchase or sell.
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Other
services: Private Investment Fund—monitored continuously as part of our
standard service. Discretionary authority is ongoing and remains in effect
until you withdraw from the Fund. The Fund primarily invests in loans and is
limited to investments outlined in its offering memorandum.
The minimum balance to open an
account for portfolio management services is $100,000. The minimum balance to
invest in the private investment fund is $1,000,000.
For additional information, please see https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/162855
for our Form ADV, 2A brochure (Items 4 and 7 of Part 2A or
Items 4.A. and 5 of Part 2A Appendix 1).
Conversation starters. Ask your
financial professional:
–
Given my financial situation, should I
choose an investment advisory service? Why or why not? How will you choose investments to recommend to me?
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What is your relevant experience,
including your licenses, education and other qualifications? What do these
qualifications mean?
Item 3 Fees,
Costs, Conflicts and Standard of Conflict
What fees will I pay?
Our fees vary depending on the
complexity and amount of assets in your account. They are assessed daily and
charged quarterly in arrears. Our fees are disclosed in our Form ADV Part 1A,
Item 5.E. and more fully described in our Form ADV Part 2A, Items 5.A., B., C.,
and D. Some fees create a conflict of interest described below and in more detail
in our Firm's Part 2A.
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If
our firm charges you asset-based fees, more assets in the account will cause
you to pay more in fees and therefore we may have an incentive to encourage you
to increase the amount of money invested your
account.
·
If
our firm charges you performance-based fees arrangements, our firm is
compensated for unrealized appreciation and therefore there is an incentive to make riskier or more
speculative investments.
Third
Party Costs:
·
Portfolio
Management - Some investments (e.g. mutual funds)
impose additional fees (e.g. transactional fees and product level fees) that
reduce the value of your investment over time. Additionally, you will typically
pay transaction fees when we buy and sell an investment for your account.
·
Private
Investment Fund - You will pay your proportional share of the costs associated
with the operations of the Fund (e.g. audit fees,
administration fees, legal fees, corporate registration fees, etc.)
Additionally, you will pay your proportional share of the transaction fees
incurred when we buy and sell an investment for the Fund.
There are no other fees or costs
related to our services.
Additional
Information:
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.
For more detailed information about our fees and costs please review our
Form ADV, Part 2A brochure (specifically Items 5.A., B., C., and D.) which can
be found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/162855.
Conversation starters. Ask your financial professional:
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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 examples to help you
understand what this means.
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Our firm makes money by offering
products and services
to you that we in turn earn money on and therefore
have an incentive to sell these products to you.
Conversation starters. Ask your
financial professional:
–
How
might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
Additional
information:
For more detailed information about our fees and costs please review our
Form ADV, Part 2A brochure (specifically Items 5.A., B., C., and D.) which can
be found at https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/162855.
How do your
financial professionals make money?
·
Our
firm is paid directly by you and receives no other fees from products or
services in your account. Our financial professionals are paid from the net
profits the firm earns from providing investment advisory services based on the
firm's membership agreement.
Item 4 Disciplinary History
Do you or your
financial professionals have legal or disciplinary history?
No.
Visit https://Investor.gov/CRS
for a free and simple search tool to
research our firm and our financial professionals.
Conversation Starters. Ask your
financial professional:
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As
a financial professional, do you have any disciplinary history? For what type
of conduct?
Item 5 Additional Information
You can find additional information
about our services and request a copy of the relationship summary by visiting www.asallc.com; emailing at tstevens@asallc.com or calling us at 952-847-2460.
Conversation starters. Ask your financial professional:
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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?