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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserindependent wealth managerSEC registeredRAUM 100m 1b

WMG FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 285824

KNOXVILLE, TN

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 24
Dated events: 7
On other graphs: 0
Observed: May 1, 2019 to Sep 16, 2026
67 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=0.65 fund_share=0.03 institutional_share=0.32 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=3.0
Regulatory AUM: $694MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-09-16); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $488M
Private client RAUM: $454MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 65%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 15
RAUM per advisor: $46.3Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 18
Advisory employees: 12
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,654
Individual clients: 1,485
High net worth clients: 104
Custody, client assets: $305M
SEC number: 801-116718
CRD: 285824
Filings on the tape: 67
First filed: May 1, 2019
Latest filed: Sep 16, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, TN
Website: markashfordadvisor.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
LUANN CRAFT JARNAGIN	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	9	17	1	no
DENNIS KENT WHITE	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN \| Brandon, MS	8	36	1	no
JACKSON WHEATLEY PALMER	n/a	Brandon, MS \| KNOXVILLE, TN	8	29	1	no
JASON RUSH WITCHER	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN \| Brandon, MS	8	17	2	no
D WILLIAM BERGNER	Certified Financial Planner	KNOXVILLE, TN	8	36	2	no
Benjamin S Barnett	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	7	22	2	no
John W Perdue	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	7	27	2	no
Elizabeth Claire DeWan	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	5	18	3	no
James Matthew Dannel	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	3	11	3	no
William Parker Ashford	Certified Financial Planner	KNOXVILLE, TN \| Morristown, TN	3	13	n/a	no
Charles W Sells	n/a	Nashville, TN \| KNOXVILLE, TN	1	30	3	no
Rachael Jenifer Holcomb	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	1	11	2	no
Mark B Ashford	n/a	Morristown, TN	0	28	2	no
Peter Luke Komistek	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	0	10	n/a	no
Trent Jackson Lowe	n/a	KNOXVILLE, TN	0	10	n/a	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
BERGNER, D, WILLIAM	MANAGING MEMBER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	E	yes	10/2016	May 1, 2019	Jul 24, 2024
DeWan, Elizabeth, Claire	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	02/2021	Oct 7, 2019	Jul 24, 2024

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Brandon	Ms	United States	3	yes
Chattanooga	Tn	United States	2	no
Morristown	Tn	United States	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; showing 7 of 10

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 25, 2026	$694M	$488M	18	12	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Apr 25, 2025	$615M	$513M	17	11	3	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 11, 2024	$523M	$363M	18	12	3	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 14, 2023	$464M	$317M	18	12	3	n/a	n/a
2021	Feb 18, 2022	$461M	$315M	19	13	4	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 14, 2021	$343M	$244M	20	13	4	n/a	n/a
2019	Jan 29, 2020	$306M	$206M	18	14	4	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
1	2	-1	13.3%	0	0	0	3	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	$694M	$615M	12.8%	$464M	14.3%	18	17	0	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
SOUND INCOME STRATEGIES, LLC	2	Oct 3, 2025	Sep 30, 2025	CHATTANOOGA, TN	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	14.3%

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORS	2	May 4, 2019	May 8, 2019	BIRMINGHAM, AL	Team lift out	Ibd to RIA	0.6%
STRATEGIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC	3	Mar 19, 2018	Mar 19, 2018	JACKSON, MS	Firm absorbed	Other	100.0%
OSAIC FS, INC.	5	Dec 17, 2017	Jan 22, 2025	KNOXVILLE, TN	Team lift out	Other	1.4%

Relationships

Registered with (18)

← Trent Jackson LoweAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 19, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Peter Luke KomistekAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 5, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Mark B AshfordAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Rachael Jenifer HolcombAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 30, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← Charles W SellsAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 22, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← William Parker AshfordAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 7, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← James Matthew DannelAdvisorregistration: current employment
Nov 30, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Elizabeth Claire DeWanAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2019 to Oct 28, 2020factForm ADV
← John W PerdueAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 6, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Benjamin S BarnettAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 4, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← D WILLIAM BERGNERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jun 1, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← DENNIS KENT WHITEAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← JACKSON WHEATLEY PALMERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← JASON RUSH WITCHERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 19, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← LUANN CRAFT JARNAGINAdvisorregistration: current employment
Aug 15, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV
← Roger Dale DavisAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2017 to Oct 3, 2025factForm ADV
← Rae Denise Haulk DavisAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 23, 2017 to Oct 3, 2025factForm ADV
← Robert L SheetsAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 15, 2017 to Feb 9, 2018factForm ADV

Moved with (3)

→ SOUND INCOME STRATEGIES, LLCRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 3, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025factForm ADV
← OSAIC FS, INC.Registered adviser5 advisors, team lift out
Dec 17, 2017 to Jan 22, 2025factForm ADV
← CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORSRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
May 4, 2019 to May 8, 2019factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← BERGNER, D, WILLIAMOwnerMANAGING MEMBER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, ownership code E, individual
May 1, 2019 to Jul 24, 2024factForm ADV
← DeWan, Elizabeth, ClaireOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 7, 2019 to Jul 24, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 3, 2025
Team lift-out
2 advisors left Wmg Financial Advisors, LLC (Chattanooga, TN) for Sound Income Strategies, LLC on the same day
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
2 advisors
Occurred
Oct 3, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Roger Dale Davis left Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc for Sound Income Strategies, Llc (registered 2025-09-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Oct 3, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Rae Denise Haulk Davis left Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc for Sound Income Strategies, Llc (registered 2025-09-30)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Feb 18, 2022
Regulatory AUM changed
Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $461.2M, up 34% from $343.4M (2021-10-07 to 2022-02-18)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$118M
Occurred
Mar 14, 2021
Control person joined
Claire Elizabeth Dewan (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
Occurred
Jan 29, 2020
Regulatory AUM changed
Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $305.5M, up 156% from $119.2M (2020-01-06 to 2020-01-29)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago
$186M
Occurred
May 1, 2019
First Form ADV filing
Wmg Financial Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:4ae16112-0c19-419c-534e-41169392f039
First observed: May 1, 2019
Last observed: Sep 16, 2026 3 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.

WMG FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 285824

KNOXVILLE, TN

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Data as of Sep 16, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 11:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

LUANN CRAFT JARNAGIN

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

DENNIS KENT WHITE

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN | Brandon, MS

JACKSON WHEATLEY PALMER

n/a

Brandon, MS | KNOXVILLE, TN

JASON RUSH WITCHER

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN | Brandon, MS

D WILLIAM BERGNER

Certified Financial Planner

KNOXVILLE, TN

Benjamin S Barnett

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

John W Perdue

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

Elizabeth Claire DeWan

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

James Matthew Dannel

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

William Parker Ashford

Certified Financial Planner

KNOXVILLE, TN | Morristown, TN

n/a

Charles W Sells

n/a

Nashville, TN | KNOXVILLE, TN

Rachael Jenifer Holcomb

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

Mark B Ashford

n/a

Morristown, TN

Peter Luke Komistek

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

n/a

Trent Jackson Lowe

n/a

KNOXVILLE, TN

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BERGNER, D, WILLIAM

MANAGING MEMBER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

yes

10/2016

May 1, 2019

Jul 24, 2024

DeWan, Elizabeth, Claire

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

02/2021

Oct 7, 2019

Jul 24, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Brandon

United States

yes

Chattanooga

United States

Morristown

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 25, 2026

$694M

$488M

n/a

2024

Apr 25, 2025

$615M

$513M

n/a

2023

Mar 11, 2024

$523M

$363M

n/a

2022

Mar 14, 2023

$464M

$317M

n/a

2021

Feb 18, 2022

$461M

$315M

n/a

2020

Mar 14, 2021

$343M

$244M

n/a

2019

Jan 29, 2020

$306M

$206M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-1

13.3%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$694M

$615M

12.8%

$464M

14.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

SOUND INCOME STRATEGIES, LLC

Oct 3, 2025

Sep 30, 2025

CHATTANOOGA, TN

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

14.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP ADVISORS

May 4, 2019

May 8, 2019

BIRMINGHAM, AL

Team lift out

Ibd to RIA

0.6%

STRATEGIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC

Mar 19, 2018

JACKSON, MS

Firm absorbed

Other

100.0%

OSAIC FS, INC.

Dec 17, 2017

Jan 22, 2025

KNOXVILLE, TN

Team lift out

Other

1.4%