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. Below is a summary description of the fees and costs you will pay based upon the services you select.

Most of our asset management programs or services require you to pay a fee that is a percentage of the dollar value of the investments being managed. This type of fee is typically referred to as an “asset-based fee.” We offer two types of programs that charge an asset-based fee. We refer to one as a “traditional managed account” program and the other as a “wrap account” program. Depending on the program or service selected, asset-based fees are billed on either a monthly or quarterly basis.
In our traditional managed account programs, the asset-based fee covers only the cost of our advisory services, so you will be charged separately for any other fees you incur in connection with the management of your account, such as transaction fees, administrative services fees, and IRA and qualified retirement plan maintenance fees.
In our wrap account programs, you will pay asset-based fees that cover the cost of advisory services as well as certain transaction costs and administrative fees charged by the broker/dealer or bank that has custody 3 of your assets. Therefore, the asset-based fees in wrap account programs are typically higher than the fees in traditional managed account programs. Depending on the frequency of trading and the types of investments purchased and sold in a wrap account, wrap account programs may result in higher fees overall.
In addition to the direct fees clients pay, certain products have additional fees that are associated with the products themselves. Examples of these fees include mutual fund or money market 12b-1 fees, sub-transfer agent fees, distributor fees, management fees, and administrative expenses. As a matter of policy, Commonwealth credits the 12b-1 fees it receives from mutual funds purchased or held in advisory accounts back to the accounts paying such 12b-1 fees.
In general, the more assets there are in your advisory account, the more you will pay in fees. Therefore, we have an incentive to encourage you to increase the amount of assets in your account. Financial professionals may reduce their fee as a percentage of assets under management when their clients reach certain levels of account or household assets.
Clients receiving wealth management and retirement plan consulting services have the option of paying asset-based fees, flat fees, or hourly rates. These are billed as stated in your advisory contract.
You should review items 4 and 5 of Commonwealth’s Form ADV Part 2A Brochure, available at www.commonwealth.com/for-clients/disclosure/adv-part-2a, for a description of specific advisory programs and services, as well as how you are charged and how we are compensated.

Commonwealth has prepared an Investor Disclosure Brochure to assist you in locating detailed information on fees, costs, and conflicts of interest involved in our brokerage services. This brochure can be found at www.commonwealth.com/for-clients.

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Waltham, MA 02453

Paul Jonathan Tolley

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