CLIENT RELATIONSHIP SUMMARY

[Form CRS Requirement]
September 2022

There are different ways you can get help with your investments.  You should carefully consider which types of accounts and services are right for you.  This document provides a summary of the types of services we provide and how you will pay for them.  Please feel free to reach out to us for additional information.  Questions you might consider asking us are noted (-->) throughout this Summary.

Introduction

Sirius Wealth Management Strategies, LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser that has provided investment management services to retail investors since 2006.  We do not provide services as a broker-dealer.  There are differences between investment advisers and broker-dealers, and it is important for you to understand them as you decide what kind of account is right for you.  You can learn more about the differences between investment advisers and broker-dealers at the websites provided by the SEC like https://www.investor.gov and ​https://www.investor.gov/crs.

What Investment Services and Advice Can You Provide Me?

Investment Management Services: If you request investment management services, we will:

  • Tailor an investment approach for you that reflects your age, income, family circumstances, financial condition, retirement goals, investment goals, and risk tolerance.
  • Conduct periodic reviews of your goals and asset allocation in response to changes in the above factors.
  • Provide ongoing monitoring of your investment accounts.
  • Ongoing monitoring of market, economic, and geopolitical trends.
  • Review relevant financial industry research on a routine basis.
  • Buy and sell securities for your accounts that are consistent with your financial goals and risk tolerance.
  • We manage assets on a “discretionary” basis that authorizes us to trade without your approval of each trade. We may make an exception and accept assets managed on a “non-discretionary” basis whereby we would make investment recommendations to you and allow you to make the decisions as to which securities to buy or sell.


Our Firm imposes a minimum account size requirement of $2 million.

Financial Planning Services: If you request financial planning services and depending upon your needs, we will evaluate your financial condition and help you set financial goals and plan for retirement.  Analyses may include education funding, insurance needs, charitable giving, estate, and tax planning, and employer stock options.  These may be stand-alone services or included with our management services.

Additional detail about our services is provided in our Form ADV Part 2A at Item 4.

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What Fees Will I Pay?

These are the principal types of fees you will pay to us in connection with our services:

  • Asset-Based Fees:  Investment management fees are charged as a percentage of the value of the assets under our management. These are paid quarterly. 
  • Fixed Fees: Financial planning fees on a fixed fee basis are paid at the time the services are provided.
  • Hourly Fees:  Financial planning fees on an hourly fee basis are paid at the time the services are provided.
  •  Our fees may be negotiable and may vary amongst clients. 


 Other fees & costs you will pay to others in relation to your investments include:

  • Custodian fees.  If charged, these are paid to your custodian directly, on an annual or monthly basis.
  • Maintenance fees.  If charged, these are paid to your custodian directly.
  • Transactional and product-level fees (commissions).  If charged, these are paid to your executing broker-dealer directly, at the time of each transaction.
  • Fees related to Pooled Investments (Funds). Mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), hedge funds, and other pooled products may impose their own management fees, administrative fees, and redemption or surrender fees.  These are paid to the issuer of the security directly.


Fees and costs reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time.  Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying.  You will pay the asset-based fee each period even if no securities are bought or sold in your account.  You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. More detail about our fees is in our Form ADV Part 2A, Item 5.

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What Are Your Legal Obligations to Me When Acting as My Investment Adviser?
We have adopted an internal Code of Ethics.  When we act as your investment adviser, we must act in your best interest and not put our interests ahead of yours.  Where the interests of our Firm or staff conflict with our duties to you, we must work to eliminate the conflict or tell you about it in clear terms.  You should understand these conflicts because they can affect the investment advice we provide you.

How Else Does Your Firm Make Money and What Conflicts of Interest Do You Have?

Here are examples to help you understand what this means:

  • We charge fees for our services and that creates a conflict with your interests.  The more assets there are in your investment account, the more absolute dollars you pay to us in fees, and we, therefore, have an incentive to encourage you to increase the assets in your account.  This occurs when we recommend you invest in securities rather than non-managed assets such as real estate or that you rollover a 401K retirement account to an IRA account managed by our Firm.
  • We advise you to custody your investment accounts with Charles Schwab because it provides us with essential trading, reporting, compliance,  education, back office services, and investment research.
  • Our employees personally invest in the same, or different securities based upon their personal financial situations and their investments may perform as well as, better or worse than our clients’ investments.

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How Do Your Financial Professionals Make Money?

Financial professionals are paid a salary based on their education, professional training, work background, and the level of skill, sophistication, and dedication they exhibit in conducting their work for the Firm. Financial professionals who are owners of the business share in the profits of the business.  Non-owner financial professionals, if any, receive salaries and are entitled to participate in the Firm’s bonus program in years in which bonuses are awarded. 

Do You or Your Financial Professionals Have Legal or Disciplinary Histories?

No.  We recommend that you visit  https://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/ for a free and simple search tool to research our Firm and our financial professionals.

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We encourage you to seek out additional information.

Visit https://www.investor.gov/ which provides helpful educational materials to learn more about investing.  For additional information on our advisory services, fees, conflicts, and personnel, see our Form ADV Parts 1 and 2 at https://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov/. If you have any concerns or questions, or to obtain copies of our Form ADV Part 2 or Form CRS, contact us at 650-276-7960 or mvorst@siriuswm.com.