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ROMANO WEALTH MANAGEMENT

ROMANO BROTHERS AND COMPANY, CRD 3215

EVANSTON, IL

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Data as of Feb 19, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:26 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 20
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 30, 2012 to Feb 19, 2026
39 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=0.94 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.05 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=12.0
Regulatory AUM: $1.5BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-02-19); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $1.5B
Private client RAUM: $1.4BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 94%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 11
RAUM per advisor: $140Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 16
Advisory employees: 9
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 2,078
Individual clients: 456
High net worth clients: 478
SEC number: 801-27061
CRD: 3215
Filings on the tape: 39
First filed: Mar 30, 2012
Latest filed: Feb 19, 2026
Organised: Corporation, IL
Website: romanowealth.com

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
DOUGLAS NORMAN GEISSER	n/a	Naples, FL \| EVANSTON, IL	28	41	n/a	yes
JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORY ROMANO	Certified Financial Planner	EVANSTON, IL	28	31	n/a	yes
RICHARD CONSTANTINO ROMANO	n/a	BONITA SPRINGS, FL \| EVANSTON, IL	28	62	n/a	yes
DEBORAH LEWIN CROSS	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	22	23	n/a	yes
SCOTT M MILLER	Certified Financial Planner	EVANSTON, IL	12	27	1	yes
BRETT PATRICK LARSON	Certified Financial Planner	EVANSTON, IL	12	23	n/a	yes
PETER HEMWALL	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	11	14	1	yes
ERIC ARTHUR BEDERMAN	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	10	34	1	yes
Valerie Romano Larson	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	10	10	n/a	yes
Kyle R Munson	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	2	11	6	yes
Megan Naydenova	n/a	EVANSTON, IL	2	13	1	yes

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
ROMANO, JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORY	President	D	yes	09/2002	Mar 30, 2012	Oct 25, 2024
ROMANO, RICHARD CONSTANTINO	Chairman	C	yes	10/2002	Mar 30, 2012	Oct 25, 2024
BEDERMAN, ERIC ARTHUR	CFO/CCO	Na	no	08/2016	Feb 19, 2026	Feb 19, 2026
GEISSER, DOUGLAS NORMAN	VICE PRESIDENT	Na	no	04/1990	Feb 19, 2026	Feb 19, 2026

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	Feb 19, 2026	$1.5B	$1.5B	16	9	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Jan 31, 2025	$1.4B	$1.4B	16	8	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Jan 24, 2024	$1.2B	$1.2B	15	7	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Jan 27, 2023	$1.1B	$1.1B	15	10	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 23, 2022	$1.3B	$1.3B	15	10	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Feb 24, 2021	$1.1B	$1.1B	15	9	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 27, 2020	$988M	$988M	15	9	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 5, 2019	$860M	$860M	17	10	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 20, 2018	$889M	$889M	17	10	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 16, 2017	$763M	$763M	16	9	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Apr 1, 2016	$957M	$679M	17	17	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 31, 2015	$981M	$688M	16	16	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 31, 2014	$944M	$640M	17	16	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Jun 20, 2013	$917M	$603M	17	16	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	May 9, 2012	$853M	$531M	n/a	n/a	n/a	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	2	2

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	$1.5B	$1.4B	10.9%	$1.1B	11.1%	16	16	0	0

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
EVANSBROOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT	2	Oct 3, 2023	Oct 2, 2023	EVANSTON, IL	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	18.2%

Relationships

Registered with (15)

← Megan NaydenovaAdvisorregistration: current employment
Apr 29, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
← Kyle R MunsonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 11, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← Valerie Romano LarsonAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 1, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
← ERIC ARTHUR BEDERMANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 15, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV
← PETER HEMWALLAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 24, 2014 to presentfactForm ADV
← BRETT PATRICK LARSONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 29, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← SCOTT M MILLERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Oct 21, 2013 to presentfactForm ADV
← DEBORAH LEWIN CROSSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 1, 2004 to presentfactForm ADV
← DOUGLAS NORMAN GEISSERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 25, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORY ROMANOAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 25, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
← RICHARD CONSTANTINO ROMANOAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 25, 1998 to presentfactForm ADV
← OSMAN ARAINAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2017 to Oct 3, 2023factForm ADV
← NICOLE KUZNIA KUSTOKAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 31, 2020 to Oct 3, 2023factForm ADV
← David Gregg DavenportAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 21, 2001 to May 29, 2012factForm ADV
← JAC ALLEN CERNEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 1, 2004 to Dec 21, 2009factForm ADV

Owns (2)

← GEISSER, DOUGLAS NORMANOwnerVICE PRESIDENT, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to Oct 25, 2024factForm ADV
← BEDERMAN, ERIC ARTHUROwnerCFO/CCO, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 17, 2016 to Oct 25, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← ROMANO, JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORYOwnerPRESIDENT, ownership code D, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to Oct 25, 2024factForm ADV
← ROMANO, RICHARD CONSTANTINOOwnerCHAIRMAN, ownership code C, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to Oct 25, 2024factForm ADV

Moved with (1)

→ EVANSBROOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENTRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 3, 2023 to Oct 2, 2023factForm ADV

Dated events

1 bookkeeping events (roster, classification and holdings changes) folded below

Occurred
Oct 3, 2023
Team lift-out
2 advisors left Romano Wealth Management (Evanston, IL) for Evansbrook Capital Management on the same day
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
2 advisors
Occurred
Oct 3, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Nicole Kuznia Kustok left Romano Wealth Management for Evansbrook Capital Management (registered 2023-10-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Oct 3, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Osman Arain left Romano Wealth Management for Evansbrook Capital Management (registered 2023-10-02)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Show 1 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Mar 20, 2018
Romano Wealth Management reported 13 state-registered advisory representatives, up from 1 (2017-03-16 to 2018-03-20)

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:1367b513-24f2-31be-4c8c-9de2f6c713ed
First observed: Mar 30, 2012
Last observed: Feb 19, 2026 7 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.

ROMANO WEALTH MANAGEMENT

ROMANO BROTHERS AND COMPANY, CRD 3215

EVANSTON, IL

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

DOUGLAS NORMAN GEISSER

n/a

Naples, FL | EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORY ROMANO

Certified Financial Planner

EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

RICHARD CONSTANTINO ROMANO

n/a

BONITA SPRINGS, FL | EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

DEBORAH LEWIN CROSS

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

SCOTT M MILLER

Certified Financial Planner

EVANSTON, IL

yes

BRETT PATRICK LARSON

Certified Financial Planner

EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

PETER HEMWALL

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

yes

ERIC ARTHUR BEDERMAN

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

yes

Valerie Romano Larson

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

n/a

yes

Kyle R Munson

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

yes

Megan Naydenova

n/a

EVANSTON, IL

yes

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

ROMANO, JOSEPH RICHARDVIKTORY

President

yes

09/2002

Mar 30, 2012

Oct 25, 2024

ROMANO, RICHARD CONSTANTINO

Chairman

yes

10/2002

Mar 30, 2012

Oct 25, 2024

BEDERMAN, ERIC ARTHUR

CFO/CCO

08/2016

Feb 19, 2026

GEISSER, DOUGLAS NORMAN

VICE PRESIDENT

04/1990

Feb 19, 2026

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Feb 19, 2026

$1.5B

n/a

2024

Jan 31, 2025

$1.4B

n/a

2023

Jan 24, 2024

$1.2B

n/a

2022

Jan 27, 2023

$1.1B

n/a

2021

Mar 23, 2022

$1.3B

n/a

2020

Feb 24, 2021

$1.1B

n/a

2019

Feb 27, 2020

$988M

n/a

2018

Mar 5, 2019

$860M

n/a

2017

Mar 20, 2018

$889M

n/a

2016

Mar 16, 2017

$763M

n/a

2015

Apr 1, 2016

$957M

$679M

n/a

2014

Mar 31, 2015

$981M

$688M

n/a

2013

Mar 31, 2014

$944M

$640M

n/a

2012

Jun 20, 2013

$917M

$603M

n/a

2011

May 9, 2012

$853M

$531M

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

$1.5B

$1.4B

10.9%

$1.1B

11.1%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

EVANSBROOK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT

Oct 3, 2023

Oct 2, 2023

EVANSTON, IL

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

18.2%