Goldman Sachs Model Portfolios

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² Diversification does not protect an investor from market risk and does not ensure a profit.

³ Allocation to GS-managed investment products in investment portfolios raises potential risks and conflicts of interest. These potential conflicts of interest may create incentives to identify GS-managed investment products rather than externally-managed products.  For instance, GS may, on an overall basis, receive higher fees, compensation and other benefits as a result of allocation to GS-managed investment products.  Various product- and client-related factors may be considered in evaluating GS- and externally-managed products, including, without limitation, experience and familiarity with particular investment products and the teams managing such investment products or their sponsors; fees and expenses; capacity constraints; and minimum investment requirements. Where a GS-managed product is selected, there may be one or more externally-managed investments that perform better or would have been more desirable investments than the GS-managed product if different factors had been given greater weight in the selection process.  As a result, investment portfolios may contain a significantly greater percentage of GS-managed products than would otherwise be the case.

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⁶ Source: FP Transitions, “The Value of Time: Quantifying how client focus increases the value of your business”, 2018.

⁷ There is no guarantee that objectives will be met.

⁸ For a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the required minimums applicable per model, financial advisors should refer to relevant platform and/or implementation vehicles disclosures.

Additional Information

Description of Model Provider

Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. (“GSAM” or “Model Provider”) is part of a worldwide, full-service investment banking, broker-dealer, asset management and financial services organization.  The Multi-Asset Solutions (“MAS”) team within GSAM is responsible for managing and maintaining these model portfolios (“Models”) and selecting the underlying investments, such as exchange-traded funds, mutual funds, and other investment products (“Portfolio Funds”), comprising the Models. Model Provider will monitor the composition and performance of the Models on an ongoing basis and adjust Portfolio Fund weights back to target in light of changes in market conditions or other factors. Model Provider makes non-discretionary recommendations for the purchase, sale and retention of Portfolio Funds consistent with the management of the Models. Model Provider gives advice, makes recommendations, and takes action in the performance of their duties to clients, or for their own accounts, that may differ from decisions or actions regarding the Models or their Portfolio Funds.

Model Provider distributes Models through Model platforms offered by sponsors and providers (each, a “Platform”) and to persons subscribing to receive the Models from a Platform (“Advisor”) and to Advisors directly. Unless explicitly agreed to in writing, Model Provider is not a fiduciary to and there is no actual or implied investment advisory relationship with any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider will not act as a fiduciary to and has not entered into any advisory or other relationship with any client or client account of any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider has no duty to supervise or monitor the services provided by any Platform or Advisor. Model Provider gives no representation or warranty as to the performance or profitability of any Model, any part thereof, or the Portfolio Funds.

Additional information about the Model Provider, including conflicts of interest, is set forth in the Model Provider's Form ADV, which should be reviewed prior to using a Model. A copy of Part 1A and Part 2A of the Model Provider's Form ADV is available on the SEC's website (www.adviserinfo.sec.gov) (“Form ADV”).

Required Expertise and Responsibility of Advisors

No Model is personalized or in any way tailored to reflect the personal financial circumstances or investment objectives of any client of the Advisor. By accessing a Model, Advisors agree to the limited use of the Model to assist the Advisor in developing its own investment recommendations and discretionary management of eligible accounts of its clients. Advisor is responsible for conducting its own diligence and monitoring of, and determining that it has sufficient information about, the Models and Portfolio Funds to determine the appropriateness of and select such investments for their clients. Access to Models is available to the Advisor on the condition that it (i) is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities; (ii) will exercise independent judgment in evaluating any information, recommendations or advice provided in the Models; (iii) will interpose its own best judgment in making investment decisions or investment recommendations to its clients and will not rely on any Model as the sole or primary basis for any Advisors investment decisions or investment recommendations; and (iv) is registered as an investment advisor or legally advised of exemption from such registration. To the extent the Advisor makes an investment decision or recommendation involving a Model to a client or prospective client, the Advisor must not state, imply or attribute any such investment decision or recommendation to GSAM or that GSAM has made or endorsed any such investment decision or recommendation by the Advisor or otherwise has any relationship or obligations to any of the Advisor's clients. No information provided through the Models will supplant the obligation of the Advisor to interpose its’ own best judgment in making investment decisions or investment recommendations to its’ clients. As between GSAM and the Advisor, before making an investment decision or recommendation regarding a security or investment, the Advisor must have a reasonable basis for any such decision or recommendation without having relied on information from the Model and Advisor must take into account their client's circumstances, objectives and risk tolerance to ensure the Model or Portfolio Funds are suitable for the client.

The Models are subject to additional terms, conditions and disclosures that are printed on or accompany the Models and their related information.

Compilation of Models

When selecting Portfolio Funds for inclusion in a Model, Model Provider generally expects to select Portfolio Funds sponsored and managed by Model Provider or its affiliates (“Model Provider Fund”) without considering or canvassing the universe of external Portfolio Funds (“Third Party Funds”), even though there may (or may not) be Third Party Funds that may be more appropriate for inclusion in such Model (including available Third Party Funds in the applicable asset classes / sub-asset classes that have lower fees and expenses or other favorable terms relative to a Portfolio Fund). Model Provider, in its sole discretion, may also consider Third Party Funds for inclusion, without canvassing the broader universe of such Third Party Funds. The use of Model Provider Funds and the underlying investments in such funds will affect how the Models are constructed, and may cause a Model to differ from other Models developed by Model Provider that use Third Party Funds (or use Third Party Funds in different percentages from those used in the other Models). For models that include Model Provider Funds and Third-Party Funds, GSAM generally will recommend an allocation to Model Provider Funds designed to meet a certain revenue range target for GSAM. The actual revenue from Model Provider Funds may be higher or lower than the target at any given time. Revenue range targets are available upon request.

Model Provider, in its sole discretion, may refrain from selecting certain Portfolio Funds due to: (i) regulatory requirements; (ii) Model Provider's internal policies and procedures; (iii) actual, potential, or perceived conflicts of interest; or (iv) any other reason.

Model performance has important inherent limitations, particularly that the results do not represent actual trading of investor accounts and may not reflect the impact that material economic and market factors might have had on the Model Provider’s decision-making if the Model Provider were actually managing investors' money. Investors following the Model may experience different performance than reported.

Compensation

Model Provider will benefit from the Advisor’s clients investing into Model Provider Funds included in the Models. Model Provider or its affiliates will generally receive compensation in connection with the management of Model Provider Funds included in a Model. As Model Provider is compensated for the compilation of Models if the assets are invested in Model Provider Funds, Model Provider is incentivized to include Model Provider Funds in Models. Additionally, Model Provider will be disincentivized to remove any Model Provider Funds from a Model. Such incentives could have an adverse effect on the performance of the Models. A Platform may limit or restrict an Advisor's ability to substitute Model Provider Funds with Third Party Funds in a Model. Model Provider will not be required to share any fees, allocations, compensation, remuneration or other benefits received in connection with any assets invested in the Model Provider Funds with a Platform, Advisor, or the clients thereof.

Delay in updating Models

There may be timing differences in the updates to the Models through a Platform and the receipt of such updates by other persons. Model Provider may delay updating information regarding Models or any updates thereto through a Platform until after Model Provider has commenced or completed trading in securities included in the Models or Portfolio Funds for its’ clients or for its’ own accounts. In addition, there may be circumstances outside of Model Provider's control which result in timing differences in the updates to Models through a Platform and/ or the availability of such updates to clients of Model Provider. Because of any such timing differences, Model Provider may have taken action or advised other clients of Model Provider with respect to changes in the Models before updating this information through a Platform. In this circumstance, trades ultimately placed by the Advisors for their clients may be subject to price movements, particularly with orders that are large in relation to the given security's trading volume. As a result, the accounts of the Advisors' clients may not track the Models and may receive prices that are less favorable than the prices obtained by Model Provider for its’ clients or for its’ own accounts. Furthermore, any delay in updates of Models may in certain instances reduce or eliminate the Model's usefulness or suitability for a Platform, Advisors and their clients.

Other Important Disclosures; Certain Risk Considerations:

Past performance does not guarantee future results, which may vary. The value of investments and the income derived from investments will fluctuate and can go down as well as up. A loss of principal may occur.

Investments made pursuant to the Model allocations in Portfolio Funds involve substantial risks and conflicts of interest and could result in the loss of all or a substantial portion of the assets invested pursuant to the Model allocations. Model portfolios are constructed using Portfolio Funds across different asset classes, each carrying its own set of inherent risks that can impact the overall portfolio performance. Advisors and their clients should review the offering documents, such as prospectuses or product disclosure statements, for each Portfolio Fund for a comprehensive understanding of specific risks, fees, and expenses.

Diversification does not protect an investor from market risk and does not ensure a profit.

References to indices, benchmarks or other measures of relative market performance over a specified period of time are provided for your information only and do not imply that the portfolio will achieve similar results. The index composition may not reflect the manner in which a portfolio is constructed. While the Model Provider seeks to design a portfolio which reflects appropriate risk and return features, portfolio characteristics may deviate from those of the benchmark. Indices are unmanaged. The figures for the index reflect the reinvestment of all income or dividends, as applicable, but do not reflect the deduction of any fees or expenses which would reduce returns. Investors cannot invest directly in indices.

Model Provider is not providing investment, tax, legal, accounting or financial advice to any Platform, Advisor, or any clients thereof, and has no obligation to, and will not, take into account the tax status, investment goals or other characteristics of any Advisor or their client when compiling the Models. Investors should obtain their own independent tax and other advice based on their particular circumstances.

Although certain information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, we do not guarantee its accuracy, completeness or fairness. We have relied upon and assumed without independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of all information available from public sources.

Views and opinions expressed are for informational purposes only and do not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. Views and opinions are current as of the date of this document and may be subject to change, they should not be construed as investment advice.

THIS MATERIAL DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY JURISDICTION WHERE OR TO ANY PERSON TO WHOM IT WOULD BE UNAUTHORIZED OR UNLAWFUL TO DO SO.

This material is not intended to be used as a general guide to investing, and makes no implied or express recommendations concerning the manner in which any client’s account should or would be handled, as appropriate investment strategies depend upon the client’s investment objectives.

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