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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC adviserleft the SEC rosterRAUM 100m 1b

OBSIDIAN PERSONAL PLANNING SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 168342

ROCKVILLE, MD

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Data as of Mar 26, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 16
Dated events: 15
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Aug 28, 2013 to Mar 26, 2025
36 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: $407MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2025-03-26); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $342M
Private client RAUM: $388MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 95%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 10
Advisory employees: 7
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,395
Individual clients: 662
High net worth clients: 128
Custody, client assets: $3.0M
SEC number: 801-78523
CRD: 168342
Filings on the tape: 36
First filed: Aug 28, 2013
Latest filed: Mar 26, 2025
Organised: Limited Liability Company, MD

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
CARROLL, PATRICK, KENNETH	GENERAL PARTNER	C	yes	02/2019	Aug 28, 2013	Mar 25, 2024
CARROLL, PATRICK, KENNETH	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	01/2017	Aug 28, 2013	Mar 25, 2024
OBSIDIAN PLANNING HOLDINGS, LLC	MANAGING MEMBER	E	yes	02/2007	Feb 19, 2019	Mar 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
401K COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	yes	n/a
M GROUP INSURANCE LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	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
Columbia	Mo	United States	3	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
2024	Mar 26, 2025	$407M	$342M	10	7	1	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 25, 2024	$313M	$303M	8	5	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 1, 2023	$183M	$182M	11	7	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Feb 24, 2022	$195M	$191M	9	8	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 8, 2021	$167M	$163M	9	6	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 24, 2020	$154M	$145M	9	6	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Feb 19, 2019	$135M	$125M	9	6	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 11, 2018	$117M	$115M	10	6	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 2, 2017	$86.7M	$86.7M	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 24, 2016	$62.8M	$62.8M	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Feb 27, 2015	$52.0M	$52.0M	9	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Feb 20, 2014	$29.2M	$29.2M	6	4	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	7	-7	n/a	0	0	0	1	8

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
2024	$407M	$313M	30.2%	$195M	27.9%	10	8	1	1

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
MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS	6	Dec 4, 2025	Oct 6, 2025	ROCKVILLE, MD	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	85.7%

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)	2	Aug 2, 2017	Nov 7, 2019	ROCKVILLE, MD	Team lift out	Other	0.3%

Relationships

Registered with (11)

← PATRICK KENNETH CARROLLAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2013 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← TODD MICHAEL FELDMANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 7, 2019 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← PAMELA JEAN FLICKAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2019 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← JAY BRADLEY WILENAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2023 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← VINCENT SEAN MCCARRONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 28, 2020 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← Ashley Maurine HelmAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 1, 2025 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← Erin Nicole GrayAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 2, 2024 to Dec 4, 2025factForm ADV
← Landon William BuzzerdAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 28, 2020 to Oct 5, 2023factForm ADV
← Michael John AmbrogioAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 15, 2021 to Feb 22, 2022factForm ADV
← MICHAEL ROY PARISAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2013 to Dec 14, 2017factForm ADV
← DAVID RYAN SHOBERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2013 to Dec 1, 2016factForm ADV

Moved with (2)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviser6 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Dec 4, 2025 to Oct 6, 2025factForm ADV
← NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)Registered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Aug 2, 2017 to Nov 7, 2019factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← CARROLL, PATRICK, KENNETHOwnerGENERAL PARTNER, ownership code C, individual
Aug 28, 2013 to Mar 25, 2024factForm ADV
← OBSIDIAN PLANNING HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Feb 19, 2019 to Mar 25, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

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

Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Firm absorbed
Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, LLC's advisors moved to Merit Financial Advisors (Rockville, MD): 6 of 7 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
6 advisors
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Todd Michael Feldman left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-06)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Erin Nicole Gray left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Domain Money Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-06-12)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Ashley Maurine Helm left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Jay Bradley Wilen left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Pamela Jean Flick left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Vincent Sean Mccarron left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Dec 4, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Patrick Kenneth Carroll left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Merit Financial Advisors (registered 2025-10-03)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 25, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc reported RAUM $312.8M, up 71% from $182.5M (2023-12-20 to 2024-03-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$130M
Occurred
Mar 25, 2024
Control person left
Ann Julie Carroll (Limited Partner) no longer on Schedule A of Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc (listed 2023-12-20, absent 2024-03-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Oct 5, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Landon William Buzzerd left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Grant Street Asset Management Inc (registered 2023-02-15)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Feb 22, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Michael John Ambrogio left Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc for Alight Financial Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-03-15)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 19, 2018
Succession filed (Item 4)
Aci Partners, Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Aug 28, 2013
First Form ADV filing
Aci Partners, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Show 1 bookkeeping events

Occurred
Jan 2, 2026
Obsidian Personal Planning Solutions, Llc no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-12-20, RAUM $407.2M)

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:72523812-b37a-accf-92c0-db9968360eaf
First observed: Aug 28, 2013
Last observed: Mar 26, 2025 18 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.

OBSIDIAN PERSONAL PLANNING SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 168342

ROCKVILLE, MD

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Data as of Mar 26, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 11:33 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CARROLL, PATRICK, KENNETH

GENERAL PARTNER

yes

02/2019

Aug 28, 2013

Mar 25, 2024

CARROLL, PATRICK, KENNETH

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

01/2017

Aug 28, 2013

Mar 25, 2024

OBSIDIAN PLANNING HOLDINGS, LLC

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

02/2007

Feb 19, 2019

Mar 25, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

401K COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS

n/a

yes

n/a

M GROUP INSURANCE LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Columbia

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2024

Mar 26, 2025

$407M

$342M

n/a

2023

Mar 25, 2024

$313M

$303M

n/a

2022

Mar 1, 2023

$183M

$182M

n/a

2021

Feb 24, 2022

$195M

$191M

n/a

2020

Mar 8, 2021

$167M

$163M

n/a

2019

Feb 24, 2020

$154M

$145M

n/a

2018

Feb 19, 2019

$135M

$125M

n/a

2017

Mar 11, 2018

$117M

$115M

n/a

2016

Mar 2, 2017

$86.7M

n/a

2015

Mar 24, 2016

$62.8M

n/a

2014

Feb 27, 2015

$52.0M

n/a

2013

Feb 20, 2014

$29.2M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

-7

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2024

$407M

$313M

30.2%

$195M

27.9%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Dec 4, 2025

Oct 6, 2025

ROCKVILLE, MD

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

85.7%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

NATIONAL PLANNING CORPORATION ("NPC OF AMERICA" IN FL & NY)

Aug 2, 2017

Nov 7, 2019

ROCKVILLE, MD

Team lift out

Other

0.3%