Our ultimate responsibility as an investment adviser and fiduciary is to help our clients achieve their long-term investment and financial objectives. Establishing those objectives is often a difficult first step, but by working closely with our clients, we are able to formulate and implement a strategy designed to accomplish their goals.
“Our fiduciary duty guides our approach to managing money for our clients. Not only do we take it seriously, we embrace it and we are proud of it.”
Bragg Van Antwerp
Managing Director
As an independent, employee-owned investment advisory firm, we are devoted to the best interests of our clients. We have no affiliation with a broker or financial institution—an independence that allows us to invest on our clients’ behalf in an unbiased and transparent way, eliminating the use of potentially conflicting proprietary funds or products.
Many people pay far too much to have their money managed, often doing so without even knowing how much they are being charged. For this reason, another cornerstone of our approach to wealth management is a commitment to keeping fees and costs both low and transparent.
We take a holistic approach to wealth management, collaborating and regularly communicating not only with our clients and their families, but also with their accountants, attorneys and other financial professionals. This coordination helps us do our jobs better and allows us to simplify complex financial matters for our clients and their families.
In the end, we believe that wealth is maintained and grown by following a measured, consistent and long-term approach to investing based on our clients’ individual personality, circumstances and goals. This philosophy may not be flashy and might conjure up images of a bygone era, but it is this very discipline that has allowed MMPW to earn the trust of our clients and to establish ourselves as one of the largest investment advisory firms on the Gulf Coast.
“We believe wealth management involves more than just investments. In fact, it’s a comprehensive approach to every aspect of our clients’ finances. But it’s also a very personal process—one that requires a high level of trust and a great deal of communication.”
Rick Mitchell
Managing Director
In addition to managing clients’ investments, we also work with their other professional advisers and family members to coordinate additional aspects of their financial affairs. This coordination includes such matters as tax planning, retirement planning, estate planning, life insurance planning, college savings and charitable giving.
Yes. MMPW is an employee-owned investment advisory firm registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Although registration of an investment adviser does not imply any level of skill or training, a registered advisory firm is bound by law to act in a fiduciary capacity with each client.
Our clients include individuals, families, 401(k) plans, pension and profit-sharing plans, IRA rollovers, trusts, estates, and foundations. In addition, we serve as investment adviser, consultant and fiduciary to 401(k), pension and profit-sharing plans.
Both the client and MMPW sign an investment management agreement which details our duties, responsibilities and obligations in general terms and in accordance with regulatory considerations. The contract may be terminated by either party upon written notice.
We will meet with clients as often as requested, not only to discuss the status and performance of the portfolio, but also to review the client’s overall financial situation and the possibility of a change in investment objectives. Clients will also receive quarterly statements providing a detailed summary of the assets in the account and an overview of investment performance. Other reports include a year-end capital gains and loss report and a year-end summary of the portfolio’s income and expenses.
No. We do not serve as investment adviser to any mutual fund and, therefore, do not receive investment advisory fees from any mutual fund. Further, we do not receive any 12b-1 fees from mutual funds, nor do we receive any fees from revenue sharing arrangements. Mutual funds used in the investment management of our clients’ portfolios are selected strictly on their investment merits.
We are committed to an open architecture approach. Because we have no affiliation with a broker or financial institution, MMPW is free from using any proprietary funds. Our selection process is systematic and unbiased with the primary goal of selecting the best possible funds for client portfolios. From a universe of more than 25,000 mutual funds, we screen by classification and analyze each fund using specific investment criteria.
MMPW serves as an investment adviser only. We never serve as custodian and therefore do not hold client assets. A third-party custodian is required, creating a dual level of responsibility and accountability for our clients. This allows for the separation of investment advisory services from the possession and control of client assets.
We are a fee-only advisory firm and do not charge commissions. Our investment management fees are charged according to a published fee schedule based on the assets under management or as a flat fee, subject to negotiation. MMPW does not receive any compensation or benefit from the financial products utilized to manage clients’ accounts or from the trading of assets in our clients’ accounts.
Office
2610 Dauphin St.
Mobile, Alabama
36606
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