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FINANCIAL STRATEGIES GROUP

CLASSIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, CRD 122030

FARGO, ND

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Data as of May 5, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 8:15 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 12
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Jan 25, 2012 to May 5, 2026
58 observations

Across DFX

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Facts

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Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.99 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.01 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=3.0
Regulatory AUM: $189MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-05-05); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $187M
Private client RAUM: $187MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 99%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 4
RAUM per advisor: $47.3Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 10
Advisory employees: 4
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,346
Individual clients: 602
High net worth clients: 57
Custody, client assets: $18.3M
SEC number: 801-67302
CRD: 122030
Filings on the tape: 58
First filed: Jan 25, 2012
Latest filed: May 5, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, ND
Website: finstrat.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 GENE SCHMITZ	n/a	FARGO, ND	20	38	4	no
MICHAEL VICTOR YOUNG	Certified Financial Planner	FARGO, ND	20	27	1	yes
CRAIG ALAN ROTTMAN	n/a	FARGO, ND \| LAKEWOOD, CO	20	23	3	no
Austin Thomas Avery	n/a	FARGO, ND	4	21	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
CLASSIC HOLDINGS, LLC	HOLDING COMPANY/OWNER	E	yes	01/2013	Feb 7, 2013	Oct 14, 2024
ROTTMAN, CRAIG, ALAN	MANAGING MEMBER	C	yes	08/2018	Jan 25, 2012	Oct 14, 2024
ROTTMAN, CRAIG, ALAN	MANAGING MEMBER	Na	yes	01/2013	Jan 25, 2012	Oct 14, 2024
SCHMITZ, DOUGLAS, GENE	Member	C	yes	01/2013	Jan 25, 2012	Oct 14, 2024
YOUNG, MICHAEL, VICTOR	MANAGING MEMBER	C	yes	01/2013	Jan 25, 2012	Oct 14, 2024
YOUNG, MICHAEL, VICTOR	CCO AND MANAGING MEMBER	Na	yes	05/2007	Jan 25, 2012	Oct 14, 2024

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
Lakewood	Co	United States	1	yes

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 15 of 17

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 20, 2026	$189M	$187M	10	4	1	n/a	n/a
2024	Feb 18, 2025	$170M	$168M	10	5	1	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 19, 2024	$182M	$180M	10	5	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 16, 2023	$158M	$157M	12	6	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Jan 27, 2022	$180M	$178M	10	4	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 11, 2021	$170M	$165M	4	4	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 27, 2020	$177M	$171M	6	6	2	n/a	n/a
2018	Feb 6, 2019	$142M	$137M	7	7	3	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 1, 2018	$153M	$149M	8	8	3	n/a	n/a
2016	Jan 26, 2017	$116M	$114M	7	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Jan 25, 2016	$115M	$100M	7	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Feb 4, 2015	$126M	$109M	7	7	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Feb 12, 2014	$116M	$97.5M	5	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Feb 19, 2013	$98.6M	$81.9M	5	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Jan 30, 2012	$90.3M	$71.1M	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	0	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	$189M	$170M	11.4%	$158M	6.1%	10	10	1	1

Relationships

Registered with (6)

← Austin Thomas AveryAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 11, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← DOUGLAS GENE SCHMITZAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 5, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← MICHAEL VICTOR YOUNGAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 5, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← CRAIG ALAN ROTTMANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 5, 2006 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAMESON ALEXANDER HOLEHOUSEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 18, 2023 to Mar 31, 2025factForm ADV
← TAWNA Leah HERMANSONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 21, 2012 to Jan 17, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (4)

← SCHMITZ, DOUGLAS, GENEOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Jan 25, 2012 to Oct 14, 2024factForm ADV
← YOUNG, MICHAEL, VICTOROwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Jan 25, 2012 to Oct 14, 2024factForm ADV
← ROTTMAN, CRAIG, ALANOwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Jan 25, 2012 to Oct 14, 2024factForm ADV
← CLASSIC HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerHOLDING COMPANY/OWNER, ownership code E, foreign entity
Feb 7, 2013 to Oct 14, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 31, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Jameson Alexander Holehouse left Financial Strategies Group for Secure Asset Management, L.L.C. (registered 2024-04-01)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 17, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Tawna Leah Hermanson left Financial Strategies Group for Csenge Advisory Group, Llc (registered 2024-01-17)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Apr 4, 2019
Control person left
Victor Mark Young (Managing Member) no longer on Schedule A of Financial Strategies Group (listed 2019-02-06, absent 2019-04-04)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 25, 2012
Succession filed (Item 4)
Financial Strategies Group, Inc. reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:829cb219-9027-657e-6cae-43d179e70cc0
First observed: Jan 25, 2012
Last observed: May 5, 2026 4 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.

FINANCIAL STRATEGIES GROUP

CLASSIC ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, CRD 122030

FARGO, ND

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

DOUGLAS GENE SCHMITZ

n/a

FARGO, ND

MICHAEL VICTOR YOUNG

Certified Financial Planner

FARGO, ND

yes

CRAIG ALAN ROTTMAN

n/a

FARGO, ND | LAKEWOOD, CO

Austin Thomas Avery

n/a

FARGO, ND

yes

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CLASSIC HOLDINGS, LLC

HOLDING COMPANY/OWNER

yes

01/2013

Feb 7, 2013

Oct 14, 2024

ROTTMAN, CRAIG, ALAN

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

08/2018

Jan 25, 2012

Oct 14, 2024

ROTTMAN, CRAIG, ALAN

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

01/2013

Jan 25, 2012

Oct 14, 2024

SCHMITZ, DOUGLAS, GENE

Member

yes

01/2013

Jan 25, 2012

Oct 14, 2024

YOUNG, MICHAEL, VICTOR

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

01/2013

Jan 25, 2012

Oct 14, 2024

YOUNG, MICHAEL, VICTOR

CCO AND MANAGING MEMBER

yes

05/2007

Jan 25, 2012

Oct 14, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Lakewood

United States

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 20, 2026

$189M

$187M

n/a

2024

Feb 18, 2025

$170M

$168M

n/a

2023

Mar 19, 2024

$182M

$180M

n/a

2022

Mar 16, 2023

$158M

$157M

n/a

2021

Jan 27, 2022

$180M

$178M

n/a

2020

Mar 11, 2021

$170M

$165M

n/a

2019

Feb 27, 2020

$177M

$171M

n/a

2018

Feb 6, 2019

$142M

$137M

n/a

2017

Mar 1, 2018

$153M

$149M

n/a

2016

Jan 26, 2017

$116M

$114M

n/a

2015

Jan 25, 2016

$115M

$100M

n/a

2014

Feb 4, 2015

$126M

$109M

n/a

2013

Feb 12, 2014

$116M

$97.5M

n/a

2012

Feb 19, 2013

$98.6M

$81.9M

n/a

2011

Jan 30, 2012

$90.3M

$71.1M

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

$189M

$170M

11.4%

$158M

6.1%