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SHUSTER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

CRD 170233

PASADENA, CA

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Data as of May 20, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 17
Dated events: 15
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Nov 10, 2015 to May 20, 2026
44 observations

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Allocatorsidentity

Shuster Advisory Group, LLC

Investment consultant · shared crd

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: institutional managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.06 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.92 related_bd=true related_bank=false bd_reps=3.0
Regulatory AUM: $10BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-05-20); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $10B
Private client RAUM: $593MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 6%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 5
RAUM per advisor: $2.1Bderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 15
Advisory employees: 11
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 1,026
Individual clients: 39
High net worth clients: 153
SEC number: 801-106929
CRD: 170233
Filings on the tape: 44
First filed: Nov 10, 2015
Latest filed: May 20, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, CA
Website: sfgrpc.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
Mark SHUSTER	n/a	PASADENA, CA \| SAN RAFAEL, CA \| Pasadena, CA	11	38	2	yes
Carl Steinhilber	n/a	PASADENA, CA \| Pasadena, CA \| SAN RAFAEL, CA	4	15	1	no
Jonathan Taylor Young	n/a	Pasadena, CA \| SAN RAFAEL, CA \| PASADENA, CA	1	13	n/a	no
MICHAEL DAVID CARLOS GONZALEZ	Chartered Financial Analyst	PASADENA, CA \| SAN RAFAEL, CA \| Pasadena, CA	0	10	2	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
BORDEN, CRISTOPHER, JON	CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER	Na	yes	04/2016	Mar 29, 2019	Nov 27, 2024
SHUSTER, MARK, ALLAN	MANAGING MEMBER	E	yes	02/2014	Nov 10, 2015	Nov 27, 2024
PARRINO, JOANN	MEMBER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	10/2016	Oct 4, 2016	Nov 27, 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
KOBO WEALTH CONSERVANCY, LLC	n/a	Former SEC adviser	$155M	N	no	n/a
KOBO RETIREMENT STRATEGIES, LLC	n/a	Former SEC adviser	$0	Y	yes	n/a
SHUSTER FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

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 31, 2026	$10B	$10B	14	10	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 31, 2025	$7.9B	$7.8B	14	9	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 28, 2024	$6.3B	$6.2B	11	7	0	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 31, 2023	$4.4B	$4.3B	13	9	0	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 30, 2022	$4.4B	$3.8B	10	6	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 30, 2021	$3.6B	$3.3B	10	4	1	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 28, 2020	$2.3B	$1.8B	13	2	1	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 29, 2019	$27.0M	$27.0M	11	2	1	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 8, 2018	n/a	n/a	9	2	1	n/a	n/a
2016	Feb 8, 2017	n/a	n/a	11	2	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 24, 2016	$307M	$0	5	3	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
1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	1	3

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	$10B	$7.9B	30.5%	$4.4B	33.0%	15	14	0	0

Relationships

Affiliated with (3)

→ KOBO WEALTH CONSERVANCYRegistered adviserother investment adviser
factForm ADV
→ KOBO RETIREMENT STRATEGIESRegistered adviserother investment adviser, control, common control
factForm ADV
← KOBO RETIREMENT STRATEGIESRegistered adviserother investment adviser, LP sponsor, common control
factForm ADV

Registered with (11)

← MICHAEL DAVID CARLOS GONZALEZAdvisorregistration: current employment
May 18, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← Jonathan Taylor YoungAdvisorregistration: current employment
Sep 3, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAY SCOTT BREWERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Dec 6, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Carl SteinhilberAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 18, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
← Mark SHUSTERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 29, 2015 to presentfactForm ADV
← CRISTOPHER JON BORDENAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2016 to Sep 2, 2025factForm ADV
← Benny TranAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 25, 2022 to Sep 2, 2025factForm ADV
← STEPHEN GREGORY KNADLEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 1, 2023 to Sep 29, 2023factForm ADV
← MARC TOMANENG COSICOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2021 to Apr 20, 2023factForm ADV
← ANTHONY HAYATO WALSHAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 3, 2021 to Nov 22, 2021factForm ADV
← Nathan Edwin GierkeAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 28, 2015 to Aug 17, 2020factForm ADV

Controls (2)

← SHUSTER, MARK, ALLANOwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code E, individual
Nov 10, 2015 to Nov 27, 2024factForm ADV
← BORDEN, CRISTOPHER, JONOwnerCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 29, 2019 to Nov 27, 2024factForm ADV

Owns (1)

← PARRINO, JOANNOwnerMEMBER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Oct 4, 2016 to Nov 27, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 31, 2026
Regulatory AUM changed
Shuster Advisory Group, Llc reported RAUM $10.3B, up 30% from $7.9B (2025-11-18 to 2026-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$2.4B
Occurred
Sep 2, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Benny Tran left Shuster Advisory Group, Llc for Ashton Thomas Private Wealth (registered 2025-08-04)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Sep 2, 2025
Advisor changed firm
Cristopher Jon Borden left Shuster Advisory Group, Llc for Kobo Retirement Strategies (registered 2017-03-14)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2025
Regulatory AUM changed
Shuster Advisory Group, Llc reported RAUM $7.9B, up 26% from $6.3B (2024-11-27 to 2025-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$1.6B
Occurred
Mar 28, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Shuster Advisory Group, Llc reported RAUM $6.3B, up 43% from $4.4B (2023-12-07 to 2024-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$1.9B
Occurred
Sep 29, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Stephen Gregory Knadle left Shuster Advisory Group, Llc for Ep Wealth Advisors (registered 2026-08-13)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Apr 20, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Marc Tomaneng Cosico left Shuster Advisory Group, Llc for Mariner (registered 2023-06-21)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2023
Control person left
Patrick Carl Steinhilber (Chief Operations Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc (listed 2023-02-10, absent 2023-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 30, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
Shuster Advisory Group, Llc reported RAUM $3.6B, up 57% from $2.3B (2020-12-23 to 2021-03-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$1.3B
Occurred
Sep 25, 2020
Control person left
Isaac Kim (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc (listed 2020-06-29, absent 2020-09-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 28, 2020
Control person joined
Isaac Kim (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 28, 2020
Control person left
Edwin Nathan Gierke (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc (listed 2019-03-29, absent 2020-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person joined
Jon Cristopher Borden (Chief Investment Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person joined
Patrick Carl Steinhilber (Chief Operations Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Shuster Advisory Group, Llc
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 10, 2015
First Form ADV filing
Sfg Retirement Plan Consulting, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:afb514bb-7c20-8884-1576-a5668728f8b3
First observed: Nov 10, 2015
Last observed: May 20, 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.

SHUSTER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC

CRD 170233

PASADENA, CA

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Data as of May 20, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 2:20 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

Mark SHUSTER

n/a

PASADENA, CA | SAN RAFAEL, CA | Pasadena, CA

yes

Carl Steinhilber

n/a

PASADENA, CA | Pasadena, CA | SAN RAFAEL, CA

Jonathan Taylor Young

n/a

Pasadena, CA | SAN RAFAEL, CA | PASADENA, CA

n/a

MICHAEL DAVID CARLOS GONZALEZ

Chartered Financial Analyst

PASADENA, CA | SAN RAFAEL, CA | Pasadena, CA

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BORDEN, CRISTOPHER, JON

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

yes

04/2016

Mar 29, 2019

Nov 27, 2024

SHUSTER, MARK, ALLAN

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

02/2014

Nov 10, 2015

Nov 27, 2024

PARRINO, JOANN

MEMBER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

10/2016

Oct 4, 2016

Nov 27, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

KOBO WEALTH CONSERVANCY, LLC

n/a

Former SEC adviser

$155M

n/a

KOBO RETIREMENT STRATEGIES, LLC

n/a

Former SEC adviser

yes

n/a

SHUSTER FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

n/a

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 31, 2026

$10B

n/a

2024

Mar 31, 2025

$7.9B

$7.8B

n/a

2023

Mar 28, 2024

$6.3B

$6.2B

n/a

2022

Mar 31, 2023

$4.4B

$4.3B

n/a

2021

Mar 30, 2022

$4.4B

$3.8B

n/a

2020

Mar 30, 2021

$3.6B

$3.3B

n/a

2019

Mar 28, 2020

$2.3B

$1.8B

n/a

2018

Mar 29, 2019

$27.0M

n/a

2017

Mar 8, 2018

n/a

2016

Feb 8, 2017

n/a

2015

Mar 24, 2016

$307M

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

$10B

$7.9B

30.5%

$4.4B

33.0%