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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 1b 10b

SOUDERS FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 296780

CINCINNATI, OH

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Data as of Jul 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 22
Dated events: 7
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 20, 2018 to Jul 24, 2026
27 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: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.81 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.19 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=9.0
Regulatory AUM: $1.4BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-07-24); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $1.1B
Private client RAUM: $1.1BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 81%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 14
RAUM per advisor: $101Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 21
Advisory employees: 14
Offices: 6Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 3,616
Individual clients: 1,044
High net worth clients: 231
SEC number: 801-113263
CRD: 296780
Filings on the tape: 27
First filed: Apr 20, 2018
Latest filed: Jul 24, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, OH

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
DANIEL EDWARD SOUDERS	Certified Financial Planner	CINCINNATI, OH	8	34	4	no
DAVID FRANCIS TREFT	Certified Financial Planner	Cincinnati, OH	8	23	3	yes
BRIAN PATRICK SCHWEDER	n/a	Cincinnati, OH	8	28	2	yes
THOMAS KNIGHT MACEY	n/a	Cincinnati, OH	8	20	2	no
BRIAN PATRICK GIESTING	n/a	Cincinnati, OH	8	23	1	yes
PAUL FERRIS SOLOMON	n/a	Cincinnati, OH	8	22	2	no
RYAN PAT BONAVENTURA	n/a	CINCINNATI, OH	8	20	2	yes
MICHAEL ANTHONY SOUDERS	Certified Financial Planner	Cincinnati, OH	8	15	1	no
MATTHEW LUKE BERNING	n/a	Cincinnati, OH	7	11	2	no
Catherine C Zaino	n/a	CINCINNATI, OH \| Springfield, OH	7	15	2	no
PHILIP STEVEN SCOTT	n/a	Springfield, OH \| CINCINNATI, OH	7	26	4	yes
RODNEY TRACEY FLANNERY	n/a	CINCINNATI, OH \| Columbus, OH	7	25	3	yes
Michael Treft	n/a	CINCINNATI, OH	6	10	n/a	no
Winfield Roy Geiger	n/a	CINCINNATI, OH \| Cincinnati, OH	1	24	3	no

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
BONAVENTURA, RYAN, PAT	Member	C	yes	03/2018	Jul 24, 2026	Jul 24, 2026
SCHWEDER, BRIAN, PATRICK	Member	C	yes	03/2018	Jul 24, 2026	Jul 24, 2026
SOUDERS, DANIEL, EDWARD	Member	C	yes	03/2018	Jul 24, 2026	Jul 24, 2026
Abdul-Basser, Musa, Bin Hasan	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	03/2025	Jul 24, 2026	Jul 24, 2026
Hayes, Patrick, Daniel	CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER	Na	no	10/2024	Jul 24, 2026	Jul 24, 2026
PETTIT, KENTON, KELLER	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	10/2024	Oct 18, 2024	Nov 7, 2024

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Mason	Oh	United States	2	no
Cincinnati	Oh	United States	1	yes
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
2025	Mar 16, 2026	$1.4B	$1.1B	21	14	6	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 31, 2025	$1.1B	$802M	19	13	6	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 27, 2024	$890M	$669M	19	13	6	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 31, 2023	$697M	$529M	19	13	6	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$545M	$517M	19	13	2	n/a	n/a
2020	Jan 29, 2021	$455M	$429M	19	15	4	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 20, 2020	$368M	$343M	17	13	3	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 27, 2019	$303M	$282M	13	8	1	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
0	0	0	0.0%	0	0	0	1	0

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
2025	$1.4B	$1.1B	32.3%	$697M	26.4%	21	19	6	6

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	4	Aug 20, 2019	Aug 25, 2019	SPRINGFIELD, OH	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	17.4%
ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC	5	Jun 11, 2018	Jun 21, 2018	CINCINNATI, OH	Team lift out	RIA to new firm	13.5%

Relationships

Registered with (15)

← Winfield Roy GeigerAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 25, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Michael TreftAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 2, 2020 to presentfactForm ADV
← Catherine C ZainoAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 25, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← PHILIP STEVEN SCOTTAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 25, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← RODNEY TRACEY FLANNERYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 25, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← MATTHEW LUKE BERNINGAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 23, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← BRIAN PATRICK SCHWEDERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← THOMAS KNIGHT MACEYAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← BRIAN PATRICK GIESTINGAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← PAUL FERRIS SOLOMONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← RYAN PAT BONAVENTURAAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← MICHAEL ANTHONY SOUDERSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← DANIEL EDWARD SOUDERSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← DAVID FRANCIS TREFTAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← Clark Alan EngleAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 25, 2019 to Jan 14, 2022factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← PETTIT, KENTON, KELLEROwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 18, 2024 to Nov 7, 2024factForm ADV
← Hayes, Patrick, DanielOwnerCHIEF LEGAL OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Apr 20, 2018 to Nov 7, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← SOUDERS, DANIEL, EDWARDOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Apr 20, 2018 to Nov 7, 2024factForm ADV
← SCHWEDER, BRIAN, PATRICKOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Apr 20, 2018 to Nov 7, 2024factForm ADV
← BONAVENTURA, RYAN, PATOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Apr 20, 2018 to Nov 7, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

← ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLCRegistered adviser4 advisors, team lift out, same day
Aug 20, 2019 to Aug 25, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 16, 2026
Regulatory AUM changed
Souders Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $1.4B, up 32% from $1.1B (2025-03-31 to 2026-03-16)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$344M
Occurred
Mar 27, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Souders Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $889.9M, up 28% from $697.1M (2023-10-09 to 2024-03-27)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$193M
Occurred
Mar 31, 2023
Regulatory AUM changed
Souders Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $697.1M, up 28% from $545.4M (2022-10-25 to 2023-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$152M
Occurred
Jan 14, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Clark Alan Engle left Souders Financial Advisors, Llc for Everhart Advisors (registered 2022-01-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 29, 2021
Control person joined
Daniel Patrick Hayes (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Souders Financial Advisors, Llc
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Oct 16, 2019
Control person left
Daniel Patrick Hayes (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Souders Financial Advisors, Llc (listed 2019-08-25, absent 2019-10-16)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Apr 20, 2018
First Form ADV filing
Souders Financial Group filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:077728fb-7fea-5ec9-c5a0-f1aff57952fc
First observed: Apr 20, 2018
Last observed: Jul 24, 2026 59 days 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.

SOUDERS FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 296780

CINCINNATI, OH

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Data as of Jul 24, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 9:50 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

DANIEL EDWARD SOUDERS

Certified Financial Planner

CINCINNATI, OH

DAVID FRANCIS TREFT

Certified Financial Planner

Cincinnati, OH

yes

BRIAN PATRICK SCHWEDER

n/a

Cincinnati, OH

yes

THOMAS KNIGHT MACEY

n/a

Cincinnati, OH

BRIAN PATRICK GIESTING

n/a

Cincinnati, OH

yes

PAUL FERRIS SOLOMON

n/a

Cincinnati, OH

RYAN PAT BONAVENTURA

n/a

CINCINNATI, OH

yes

MICHAEL ANTHONY SOUDERS

Certified Financial Planner

Cincinnati, OH

MATTHEW LUKE BERNING

n/a

Cincinnati, OH

Catherine C Zaino

n/a

CINCINNATI, OH | Springfield, OH

PHILIP STEVEN SCOTT

n/a

Springfield, OH | CINCINNATI, OH

yes

RODNEY TRACEY FLANNERY

n/a

CINCINNATI, OH | Columbus, OH

yes

Michael Treft

n/a

CINCINNATI, OH

n/a

Winfield Roy Geiger

n/a

CINCINNATI, OH | Cincinnati, OH

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BONAVENTURA, RYAN, PAT

Member

yes

03/2018

Jul 24, 2026

SCHWEDER, BRIAN, PATRICK

Member

yes

03/2018

Jul 24, 2026

SOUDERS, DANIEL, EDWARD

Member

yes

03/2018

Jul 24, 2026

Abdul-Basser, Musa, Bin Hasan

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

03/2025

Jul 24, 2026

Hayes, Patrick, Daniel

CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER

10/2024

Jul 24, 2026

PETTIT, KENTON, KELLER

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

10/2024

Oct 18, 2024

Nov 7, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Mason

United States

Cincinnati

United States

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 16, 2026

$1.4B

$1.1B

n/a

2024

Mar 31, 2025

$1.1B

$802M

n/a

2023

Mar 27, 2024

$890M

$669M

n/a

2022

Mar 31, 2023

$697M

$529M

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$545M

$517M

n/a

2020

Jan 29, 2021

$455M

$429M

n/a

2019

Mar 20, 2020

$368M

$343M

n/a

2018

Mar 27, 2019

$303M

$282M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$1.4B

$1.1B

32.3%

$697M

26.4%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

Aug 20, 2019

Aug 25, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, OH

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

17.4%

ADVANTAGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

Jun 11, 2018

Jun 21, 2018

CINCINNATI, OH

Team lift out

RIA to new firm

13.5%