U.S. Bancorp Advisors LLC, member FINRA and SIPC (sipc.org), is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as both a broker-dealer and an investment adviser. Brokerage and investment advisory services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand these differences.
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We offer both brokerage and investment advisory services to retail investors. Here are the primary differences you would see:
Our brokerage services include buying and selling mutual funds, stocks, bonds and other types of individual securities in our Full Service or Self Directed brokerage account types. More investment products are available in a Full Service account compared to a Self Directed account.
Our Full Service accounts allow you to work with a financial advisor who will provide recommendations from time to time or at your request. With our Self Directed brokerage accounts, you place trades on your own, either online or by phone (for an additional fee) through the U.S. Bancorp Advisors Client Service Center. Online tools and resources are available at no additional cost, but financial advisor recommendations are not provided on Self Directed brokerage accounts. Recommendations are provided by financial advisors for Full Service accounts serviced by both in field advisors and our Wealth Connect Team, available exclusively by phone.
We do not monitor your account or investments for you, or provide ongoing advice, unless we state otherwise in writing, so you should ensure you are reviewing the investments in your accounts.
You make the ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of your investments. At U.S. Bancorp Advisors, we do not offer discretionary brokerage accounts, in which your financial advisor manages your account.
We have an established evaluation process to determine which products and resources we make available to our brokerage clients.
There is no account minimum for any of our brokerage accounts, although certain investment products have minimum investment amounts.
Our advisory services include investment advisory managed accounts (in the form of wrap accounts through the Personal Portfolios Wrap Program), and financial planning which is a part of our common services. Your financial advisor will provide ongoing monitoring and advice for your investments in advisory managed accounts; however financial planning is not monitored by a financial advisor.
Investment advisory managed accounts are available on both a non-discretionary and discretionary basis. In non-discretionary accounts, you make the ultimate decision regarding the purchase or sale of your investments. In discretionary accounts, we have the authority to make investment decisions on your behalf without discussing them with you. In certain circumstances, you may limit our discretionary authority; such as, limiting purchases to certain types of securities for your account. Accounts with restrictions will perform differently than accounts without restrictions. We also offer discretionary accounts managed by an affiliated and/or unaffiliated third-party manager. We have an established evaluation process to determine which products and resources we make available to our investment advisory clients.
Our advisory accounts do have minimum amount requirements; please see the Personal Portfolios Wrap Program Brochure found below under the additional information section.
Whether you invest through a brokerage or an advisory account, we do not limit our platform to particular asset classes, proprietary investments or to investments that result in our receipt of third-party compensation. However, certain investment categories are limited to proprietary investments and we expect to receive third-party compensation with respect to most of the investments we sell. When we recommend that you open a brokerage account and provide recommendations and other services for your brokerage account, we will be acting as a broker-dealer. When we recommend that you open an advisory account and provide recommendations and advice for your advisory accounts, we will be acting as an investment adviser. When we provide financial planning services, we will be acting as an investment adviser.

In a brokerage account, you generally pay a commission for stock transactions (an amount charged to execute your trade), a markup/markdown for bond transactions (the difference between the market price and the amount you pay) and a sales charge for mutual fund transactions (an amount added to the market value of the shares). With annuities, we are paid by a direct payment from the insurance company. Because we earn revenue each time you trade in a brokerage account, we have a financial incentive when you trade more frequently and in larger amounts.
Some types of investments, such as mutual funds and annuities, charge ongoing fees that will affect the money you make on your investment over time. We receive certain ongoing fees from mutual fund companies, such as 12b-1 fees in connection with your investments.
There are other fees charged to your account. Some examples include annual fees for brokerage and individual retirement accounts, transfer, wire fees and termination fees. In addition, certain brokerage-related and administrative fees apply to your brokerage account, which is held in custody or “carried” at National Financial Services (“NFS”), our unaffiliated clearing broker. Please refer to the fee schedules found below under the additional information section.
In an advisory account you pay a negotiable wrap fee based on the value of the assets in your account (including cash), billed to your account quarterly. As a firm, we are compensated for our advisory services by the asset-based wrap fee you pay. An advisory wrap account incorporates most of your transaction and administrative costs into one simple, quarterly fee. We’re also compensated by revenue sharing arrangements. In addition, we receive 12b-1 fees from mutual fund companies as part of your advisory account investments, but we credit these fees back to your account.
For the Personal Portfolios Wrap Program, depending on your investment selection, your asset based wrap fee includes the advisory fee paid to us, fees paid to the third-party platform manager for their technology and administrative services, the third-party custodian for custody including clearing and execution of trades, and third-party asset manager(s) (if any). Therefore, a wrap fee is higher than a typical asset-based advisory fee that does not incorporate the fees previously described. The more assets that are in your account, the more you will pay us in fees. Therefore, we have an incentive to encourage you to increase the amount of assets in your account.
There may be other fees charged, such as exchange fees and transfer taxes, and the costs of trades executed with or through third-parties. For a list of additional fees charged, please see the Personal Portfolios Wrap Program Brochure and fee schedule found below under the additional information section.
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.

When we provide you with a recommendation as your broker-dealer or 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 recommendations and investment advice we provide you.
Here are some examples to help you understand what this means:

How might your conflicts of interest affect me, and how will you address them?
Our financial advisors receive a portion of the commissions that we receive as compensation for selling you a product and/ or service. Financial advisors are paid a monthly commission based on their monthly “production level,” which is based on an internal commission payout grid.
All qualified sales revenue for the current month and the previous five months are aggregated into a rolling six-month average calculation, which is used to determine the payment to the financial advisor. The compensation our financial advisors earn is a conflict of interest because they have a financial incentive to recommend investments that pay them more compensation.
We mitigate this conflict by limiting compensation within product categories and requiring financial advisors to make recommendations that are in your best interest.
Some financial advisors are eligible for special incentive compensation in the form of recruitment and retention bonuses based on client assets brought to the firm and revenue generation.
Some financial advisors are eligible to receive compensation for referrals made to our affiliates. The referral fees paid to financial advisors do not entail an additional cost to you.
Our financial advisors receive a portion of the investment advisory fees we receive as compensation based on your assets under management in the Personal Portfolios Wrap Program. This compensation represents a conflict of interest, because we and our financial advisors make more money when your account balance increases, and therefore have an incentive to recommend you increase the assets in your account. Because our compensation increases as your account balance grows, we and our financial advisors have an incentive to provide advice and services intended to help your account’s investment performance.
For both broker-dealer and investment adviser services, our financial advisors occasionally receive gifts of nominal value (limited to less than $100 each calendar year) from product or service vendors, including our affiliates. Certain vendors may also invite our employees to training/ educational events or host reasonable business entertainment that is deemed necessary and/or customary industry practices. These product or service vendors may be recommended to you.
These benefits can create a conflict of interest to recommend one product over another. In addition, some financial advisors are not compensated for transactions in your account if the combined account balances in your U.S. Bank, N.A., and U.S. Bancorp Advisors relationship do not meet or exceed $100,000. This can deter the financial advisor from recommending strategies that could be beneficial to you but do not result in a qualifying relationship balance that meets the threshold for compensation or may incent financial advisors to recommend a trade that is inconsistent with your financial situation but meets the threshold for compensation.
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