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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM 1b 10b

RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS, LLC

RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS GROUP, LLC, CRD 281067

NORTHBROOK, IL

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Data as of Apr 25, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 11:54 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 34
Dated events: 21
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jul 30, 2015 to Apr 25, 2024
29 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $2.6BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2024-04-25); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $2.3B
Private client RAUM: $2.5BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 99%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 21
Advisory employees: 16
Offices: 4Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,471
Individual clients: 55
High net worth clients: 260
Custody, client assets: $983M
SEC number: 801-106503
CRD: 281067
Filings on the tape: 29
First filed: Jul 30, 2015
Latest filed: Apr 25, 2024
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Delaware

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.	Partner	C	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.	Partner	D	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.	Partner	D	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLC	SHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC	Member	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INC	Member	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP	SHAREHOLDER, CLASS B COMMON STOCK	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP	Shareholder	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 18, 2023	Apr 25, 2024
FERTIG, MAURY, LEONARD	CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER	Na	yes	07/2015	Jul 30, 2015	Apr 25, 2024
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC	Member	E	yes	07/2018	Aug 24, 2018	Apr 25, 2024
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC	Member	E	yes	01/2007	Jul 30, 2015	Apr 25, 2024
FOCUS OPERATING, LLC	MEMBER (MANAGER)	E	yes	07/2015	Jul 30, 2015	Apr 25, 2024
GOEL, CATHERINE, CANNON	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	07/2015	Jul 30, 2015	Apr 25, 2024
HUFFMAN, ROBERT, HERTZLER	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	Na	yes	07/2015	Jul 30, 2015	Apr 25, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS GROUP, LLC	n/a	Former SEC adviser	$3.5B	N	yes	n/a
FOCUS RISK SOLUTIONS, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Chicago	IL	United States	5	no
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2023	Mar 28, 2024	$2.6B	$2.3B	21	16	4	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 24, 2023	$2.2B	$2.0B	21	16	3	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 24, 2022	$2.3B	$1.7B	20	16	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 25, 2021	$1.6B	$1.6B	13	10	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 30, 2020	$1.2B	$1.2B	13	10	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 26, 2019	$1.0B	$1.0B	13	9	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 21, 2018	$1.1B	$1.1B	13	10	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 30, 2017	$1.0B	$952M	11	9	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 28, 2016	$970M	$970M	10	8	n/a	n/a	n/a

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2023	$2.6B	$2.2B	15.4%	$1.6B	17.3%	21	21	4	3

Teams out

two or more advisors whose registrations ended here and began at one firm together: a fact of two dates, not a prediction

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC	12	Aug 14, 2024	Aug 7, 2024	NORTHBROOK, IL	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	80.0%

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
BROWNSON, REHMUS & FOXWORTH, INC.	6	Jan 13, 2022	Jan 21, 2022	CHICAGO, IL	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	22.2%
RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS, LLC	5	Aug 17, 2015	Aug 17, 2015	NORTHBROOK, IL	Firm absorbed	Other	100.0%

Relationships

Affiliated with (2)

← STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERSRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV
→ STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERSRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV

Controls (12)

← HUFFMAN, ROBERT, HERTZLEROwnerCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Jul 30, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERTIG, MAURY, LEONARDOwnerCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Jul 30, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← GOEL, CATHERINE, CANNONOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Jul 30, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code C, foreign entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code D, domestic entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code D, foreign entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLCOwnerSHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LPOwnerSHAREHOLDER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 18, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Aug 24, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← FOCUS OPERATING, LLCOwnerMEMBER (MANAGER), ownership code E, domestic entity
Jul 30, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (15)

← ERNEST LEWIS MACVICARAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 26, 2017 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← MAURY LEONARD FERTIGAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← DOUGLAS ALFRED CRIMMINSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← DAVID AARON MCGRANAHANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 8, 2016 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← REBECCA ELLEN DEATONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 19, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← GREGORY KENNETH NEERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← RUTH FIORENTINO URESSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 14, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← CATHERINE CANNON GOELAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← KATHRYN C. GLANZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 21, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← BRIAN GERARD CALLAHANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← JEFFREY MICHAEL FOSSELMANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 16, 2015 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← JENNIFER MARIE DAVISAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← QUINN PATRICK MARTINAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 14, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← Whitney Kathryn Spalding SpencerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 14, 2022 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV
← Evan Jeffrey FerryAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 1, 2024 to Aug 14, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (3)

→ NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviser12 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Aug 14, 2024 to Aug 7, 2024factForm ADV
← BROWNSON, REHMUS & FOXWORTH, INC.Registered adviser6 advisors, team lift out, same day
Jan 13, 2022 to Jan 21, 2022factForm ADV
← RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS, LLCRegistered adviser5 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Aug 17, 2015 to Aug 17, 2015factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Firm absorbed
Relative Value Partners, LLC's advisors moved to Northcoast Asset Management LLC (Northbrook, IL): 12 of 15 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
12 advisors
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Brian Gerard Callahan left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Quinn Patrick Martin left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Whitney Kathryn Spalding Spencer left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Rebecca Ellen Deaton left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jennifer Marie Davis left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Evan Jeffrey Ferry left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-07)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Ernest Lewis Macvicar left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Jeffrey Michael Fosselman left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Kathryn C. Glanz left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Douglas Alfred Crimmins left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
David Aaron Mcgranahan left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Maury Leonard Fertig left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Gregory Kenneth Neer left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Ruth Fiorentino Uress left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Aug 14, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Catherine Cannon Goel left Relative Value Partners, Llc for Northcoast Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-08-01)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Jan 28, 2022
Regulatory AUM changed
Relative Value Partners, Llc reported RAUM $2.3B, up 45% from $1.6B (2022-01-12 to 2022-01-28)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$719M
Occurred
Jan 13, 2022
Team lift-out
6 advisors left Brownson, Rehmus & Foxworth, Inc. (Chicago, IL) for Relative Value Partners, LLC on the same day
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
6 advisors
Occurred
Mar 25, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
Relative Value Partners, Llc reported RAUM $1.6B, up 32% from $1.2B (2020-10-09 to 2021-03-25)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$386M
Occurred
Jul 30, 2015
Succession filed (Item 4)
Relative Value Partners, Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
Occurred
Jul 30, 2015
First Form ADV filing
Relative Value Partners, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:04e36d56-fb12-2b07-3d10-0fc3454b3e5c
First observed: Jul 30, 2015
Last observed: Apr 25, 2024 29 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS, LLC

RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS GROUP, LLC, CRD 281067

NORTHBROOK, IL

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Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLC

SHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC

Member

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INC

Member

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP

SHAREHOLDER, CLASS B COMMON STOCK

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP

Shareholder

yes

08/2023

Sep 18, 2023

Apr 25, 2024

FERTIG, MAURY, LEONARD

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

yes

07/2015

Jul 30, 2015

Apr 25, 2024

FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC

Member

yes

07/2018

Aug 24, 2018

Apr 25, 2024

FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC

Member

yes

01/2007

Jul 30, 2015

Apr 25, 2024

FOCUS OPERATING, LLC

MEMBER (MANAGER)

yes

07/2015

Jul 30, 2015

Apr 25, 2024

GOEL, CATHERINE, CANNON

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

07/2015

Jul 30, 2015

Apr 25, 2024

HUFFMAN, ROBERT, HERTZLER

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

yes

07/2015

Jul 30, 2015

Apr 25, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

STRATEGIC WEALTH PARTNERS GROUP, LLC

n/a

Former SEC adviser

$3.5B

yes

n/a

FOCUS RISK SOLUTIONS, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Chicago

United States

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2023

Mar 28, 2024

$2.6B

$2.3B

n/a

2022

Mar 24, 2023

$2.2B

$2.0B

n/a

2021

Mar 24, 2022

$2.3B

$1.7B

n/a

2020

Mar 25, 2021

$1.6B

n/a

2019

Mar 30, 2020

$1.2B

n/a

2018

Mar 26, 2019

$1.0B

n/a

2017

Mar 21, 2018

$1.1B

n/a

2016

Mar 30, 2017

$1.0B

$952M

n/a

2015

Mar 28, 2016

$970M

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2023

$2.6B

$2.2B

15.4%

$1.6B

17.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

NORTHCOAST ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Aug 14, 2024

Aug 7, 2024

NORTHBROOK, IL

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

80.0%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

BROWNSON, REHMUS & FOXWORTH, INC.

Jan 13, 2022

Jan 21, 2022

CHICAGO, IL

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

22.2%

RELATIVE VALUE PARTNERS, LLC

Aug 17, 2015

NORTHBROOK, IL

Firm absorbed

Other

100.0%