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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM 100m 1b

SPOTLIGHT ASSET GROUP

SPOTLIGHT ASSET GROUP, INC., CRD 288076

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL

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Data as of Jun 20, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:33 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 25
Dated events: 14
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 7, 2017 to Jun 20, 2024
38 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: $205MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2024-06-20); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $187M
Private client RAUM: $204MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 4
Advisory employees: 3
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 398
Individual clients: 61
High net worth clients: 52
SEC number: 801-110415
CRD: 288076
Filings on the tape: 38
First filed: Apr 7, 2017
Latest filed: Jun 20, 2024
Organised: Corporation, Illinois

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
GRECO, STEPHEN, ALBERT	PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	C	yes	12/2016	Apr 7, 2017	Jun 20, 2024
Riesenberg, Bethany, L.	Owner	Na	no	09/2018	Feb 6, 2019	Jun 20, 2024
Shah, Nayan	Owner	A	no	08/2019	Nov 5, 2019	Jun 20, 2024
Valsamis, Estelle	Owner	A	no	01/2019	Nov 5, 2019	Jun 20, 2024
Zagaris, Loukas	Owner	B	no	11/2018	Nov 5, 2019	Jun 20, 2024
Zagaris, Melani	Owner	A	no	01/2019	Nov 5, 2019	Jun 20, 2024

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
SAN DIEGO	CA	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

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2023	Mar 29, 2024	$205M	$187M	4	3	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 25, 2023	$179M	$173M	4	3	1	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 4, 2022	$229M	$227M	7	4	1	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 10, 2021	$447M	$440M	16	9	4	n/a	n/a
2019	Feb 6, 2020	$404M	$319M	17	11	4	n/a	n/a
2018	Feb 6, 2019	$238M	$194M	17	10	3	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 19, 2018	$105M	$81.4M	10	5	1	n/a	n/a

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
2023	$205M	$179M	14.9%	$447M	-22.9%	4	4	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
PANDORA WEALTH, INC.	3	Nov 22, 2024	Nov 21, 2024	OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL	Firm absorbed	RIA to RIA	100.0%
CANTERBURY TOLLGATE	2	Jun 21, 2018	Apr 18, 2019	BRENTWOOD, TN	Team lift out	RIA to state RIA	28.6%

Relationships

Controls (1)

← GRECO, STEPHEN, ALBERTOwnerPRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code C, individual
Apr 7, 2017 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (5)

← Riesenberg, Bethany, L.OwnerOWNER, ownership code NA, individual
Feb 6, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Shah, NayanOwnerOWNER, ownership code A, individual
Nov 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Valsamis, EstelleOwnerOWNER, ownership code A, individual
Nov 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Zagaris, MelaniOwnerOWNER, ownership code A, individual
Nov 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← Zagaris, LoukasOwnerOWNER, ownership code B, individual
Nov 5, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (17)

← DAVID CHIEN TSOWAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 8, 2019 to Nov 22, 2024factForm ADV
← STEPHEN ALBERT GRECOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2017 to Nov 22, 2024factForm ADV
← SERGIO DE LA TORREAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 12, 2019 to Nov 22, 2024factForm ADV
← BRIAN GLENN BLACKWELLAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 4, 2021 to Jan 13, 2023factForm ADV
← SEAN THOMAS LAMBAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 22, 2021 to Nov 18, 2021factForm ADV
← BRENDAN GILMARTIN MOODYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 13, 2018 to Sep 20, 2021factForm ADV
← Gregory Michael SchulerAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 12, 2021 to Aug 17, 2021factForm ADV
← LANCE ERIC PETERSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 5, 2018 to Aug 12, 2021factForm ADV
← BRAD PAUL TATARAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 4, 2019 to Aug 9, 2021factForm ADV
← AARON GIDEON KIRSCHAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 29, 2018 to Apr 15, 2021factForm ADV
← DANIEL J GREULICHAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 30, 2018 to Dec 31, 2020factForm ADV
← MICHAEL EDWARD MITCHELLAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 8, 2017 to Sep 11, 2020factForm ADV
← KRISTIN SWEISAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 26, 2019 to Dec 18, 2019factForm ADV
← ANTHONY MICHAEL SCHMITTAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 30, 2018 to Aug 2, 2019factForm ADV
← Jimmy DiepAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 22, 2019 to Jul 17, 2019factForm ADV
← BENJAMIN CHASE CHANDLERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 16, 2017 to Jun 21, 2018factForm ADV
← John Vernon HinelyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 15, 2017 to Jun 21, 2018factForm ADV

Moved with (2)

→ PANDORA WEALTH, INC.Registered adviser3 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Nov 22, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024factForm ADV
→ CANTERBURY TOLLGATERegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Jun 21, 2018 to Apr 18, 2019factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 22, 2024
Firm absorbed
Spotlight Asset Group's advisors moved to Pandora Wealth, Inc. (Oakbrook Terrace, IL): 3 of 3 registered, on the same day
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
3 advisors
Occurred
Nov 22, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Sergio De La Torre left Spotlight Asset Group for Pandora Wealth, Inc. (registered 2024-11-21)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 22, 2024
Advisor changed firm
David Chien Tsow left Spotlight Asset Group for Pandora Wealth, Inc. (registered 2024-07-17)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 22, 2024
Advisor changed firm
Stephen Albert Greco left Spotlight Asset Group for Pandora Wealth, Inc. (registered 2024-07-17)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Jan 13, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Brian Glenn Blackwell left Spotlight Asset Group for Lido (registered 2023-01-25)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Mar 4, 2022
Control person left
Eileen Bridget Ward (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group (listed 2021-11-30, absent 2022-03-04)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 30, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
Spotlight Asset Group reported RAUM $232.7M, down 48% from $446.8M (2021-03-10 to 2021-11-30)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$-214M
Occurred
Mar 10, 2021
Control person left
E Michael Mitchell (Vice President, Director Of Financial Planning) no longer on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group (listed 2021-01-12, absent 2021-03-10)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Apr 28, 2020
Control person joined
Eileen Bridget Ward (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Feb 6, 2020
Control person left
Adam Jason Howard (Owner) no longer on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group (listed 2020-02-03, absent 2020-02-06)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Feb 6, 2020
Control person left
Woodworth Jonathan Jamieson (Director Of Trading) no longer on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group (listed 2020-02-03, absent 2020-02-06)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Nov 5, 2019
Regulatory AUM changed
Spotlight Asset Group reported RAUM $366.2M, up 54% from $237.8M (2019-09-09 to 2019-11-05)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
$128M
Occurred
Feb 6, 2019
Control person joined
L. Bethany Riesenberg (Chief Financial Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Spotlight Asset Group
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago
Occurred
Apr 7, 2017
First Form ADV filing
Spotlight Asset Group filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 6 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:c141bf36-0975-82c7-99ec-f52d0b397d3b
First observed: Apr 7, 2017
Last observed: Jun 20, 2024 27 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.

SPOTLIGHT ASSET GROUP

SPOTLIGHT ASSET GROUP, INC., CRD 288076

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL

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Data as of Jun 20, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 21, 2026, 1:33 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

GRECO, STEPHEN, ALBERT

PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER & CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

12/2016

Apr 7, 2017

Jun 20, 2024

Riesenberg, Bethany, L.

Owner

09/2018

Feb 6, 2019

Jun 20, 2024

Shah, Nayan

Owner

08/2019

Nov 5, 2019

Jun 20, 2024

Valsamis, Estelle

Owner

01/2019

Nov 5, 2019

Jun 20, 2024

Zagaris, Loukas

Owner

11/2018

Nov 5, 2019

Jun 20, 2024

Zagaris, Melani

Owner

01/2019

Nov 5, 2019

Jun 20, 2024

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

SAN DIEGO

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2023

Mar 29, 2024

$205M

$187M

n/a

2022

Mar 25, 2023

$179M

$173M

n/a

2021

Mar 4, 2022

$229M

$227M

n/a

2020

Mar 10, 2021

$447M

$440M

n/a

2019

Feb 6, 2020

$404M

$319M

n/a

2018

Feb 6, 2019

$238M

$194M

n/a

2017

Mar 19, 2018

$105M

$81.4M

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2023

$205M

$179M

14.9%

$447M

-22.9%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

PANDORA WEALTH, INC.

Nov 22, 2024

Nov 21, 2024

OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL

Firm absorbed

RIA to RIA

100.0%

CANTERBURY TOLLGATE

Jun 21, 2018

Apr 18, 2019

BRENTWOOD, TN

Team lift out

RIA to state RIA

28.6%