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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM 1b 10b

PLANNING SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC

CRD 154118

FULTON, MD

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Data as of Apr 25, 2019 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 36
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Mar 27, 2012 to Apr 25, 2019
38 observations

Across DFX

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

Allocatorsidentity

Planning Solutions Group, LLC

Investment consultant · shared crd

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: $1.0BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2019-04-25); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $683M
Private client RAUM: $676MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 65%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 32
Advisory employees: 21
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 2,029
Individual clients: 670
High net worth clients: 237
Custody, client assets: $509M
SEC number: 801-71722
CRD: 154118
Filings on the tape: 38
First filed: Mar 27, 2012
Latest filed: Apr 25, 2019
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Maryland

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
CARSON, ROBERT, HAYES	MANAGING MEMBER	D	yes	11/2010	Mar 27, 2012	Apr 25, 2019
KVECH, TIMOTHY, JERRY	Member	D	yes	11/2010	Mar 27, 2012	Apr 25, 2019
PSG COMPANIES, LLC	Member	E	yes	11/2010	Mar 27, 2012	Apr 25, 2019
GRETCHEN, LAUREN, GAIL	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	02/2012	Mar 27, 2012	Apr 25, 2019

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
PSG INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC	n/a	Former SEC adviser	$18.8M	N	yes	Md

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
VIRGINIA BEACH	Va	United States	2	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
2018	Mar 28, 2019	$1.0B	$684M	32	21	1	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 7, 2018	$995M	$702M	32	22	1	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 23, 2017	$816M	$814M	29	20	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 23, 2016	$534M	$534M	31	22	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 17, 2015	$517M	$517M	32	21	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 10, 2014	$539M	$529M	35	23	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Mar 25, 2013	$414M	$407M	33	23	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Mar 27, 2012	$294M	$288M	n/a	n/a	n/a	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
2018	$1.0B	$995M	5.1%	$534M	25.1%	32	32	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
WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC	12	Sep 10, 2019	Aug 4, 2025	FULTON, MD	Firm absorbed	RIA to ibd	75.0%
TRIAD ADVISORS, LLC	3	Sep 10, 2019	Feb 26, 2014	FULTON, MD	Team lift out	RIA to ibd	18.8%

Relationships

Affiliated with (1)

→ PSG INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, custodian, common control
factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← KVECH, TIMOTHY, JERRYOwnerMEMBER, ownership code D, individual
Mar 27, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← CARSON, ROBERT, HAYESOwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code D, individual
Mar 27, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← PSG COMPANIES, LLCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Mar 27, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (1)

← GRETCHEN, LAUREN, GAILOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 27, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV

Moved with (2)

→ WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLCRegistered adviser12 advisors, firm absorbed, same day
Sep 10, 2019 to Aug 4, 2025factForm ADV
→ TRIAD ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviser3 advisors, team lift out, same day
Sep 10, 2019 to Feb 26, 2014factForm ADV

Registered with (29)

← DONALD HANNAHSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 4, 2010 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← William CannonAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 11, 2018 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Robert Hayes CarsonAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2010 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Lauren Gail GretchenAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 2, 2011 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Kathleen NolanAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 27, 2013 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← JONATHAN VICTOR GIORDANIAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2010 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Jonathan Luther WieneckeAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 26, 2012 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Brian KuhnAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2012 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHER TYLER THOMASAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 24, 2013 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Heather Donhauser CaliannoAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 23, 2011 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Jared KnowlesAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 20, 2017 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← CHRISTOPHE MARIE PASCAL DIONOTAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2010 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← ALEXANDER COCHRANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 20, 2014 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Joseph EvansAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 8, 2019 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Melinda BoydAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 13, 2015 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← Daniel DupuyAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 30, 2019 to Sep 10, 2019factForm ADV
← SCOTT MICHAEL GOMSAKAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 29, 2013 to Jul 25, 2019factForm ADV
← Robert Brett HewittAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 16, 2017 to Jul 24, 2019factForm ADV
← CAITLIN ELIZABETH DOUGLASAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 11, 2018 to Nov 26, 2018factForm ADV
← JESSICA KATHERINE NYCE PARKERAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 17, 2018 to Aug 30, 2018factForm ADV
← STEVEN HILLARD STERNAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 24, 2015 to Jun 12, 2018factForm ADV
← Vincenzo FragomeniAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 29, 2015 to Nov 15, 2017factForm ADV
← HUGH JOSEPH BRESLINAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 10, 2010 to Aug 3, 2016factForm ADV
← JOSHUA RITTENHOUSE FRETZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Sep 12, 2013 to Mar 9, 2015factForm ADV
← NICHOLAS ANTHONY IBELLOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 8, 2014 to Jan 7, 2015factForm ADV
← GREGORY PAUL ARMSTRONGAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 2, 2010 to Aug 26, 2013factForm ADV
← RICHARD JOSEPH OSIKOWICZAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 19, 2011 to Jun 21, 2013factForm ADV
← THAD JOSEPH ISMARTAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 11, 2012 to Feb 15, 2013factForm ADV
← SHANA R ICEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 18, 2012 to Sep 25, 2012factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:dd4334df-6b42-4589-c6ee-04846cfd57c8
First observed: Mar 27, 2012
Last observed: Apr 25, 2019 90 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.

PLANNING SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC

CRD 154118

FULTON, MD

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Data as of Apr 25, 2019 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 18, 2026, 10:28 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CARSON, ROBERT, HAYES

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

11/2010

Mar 27, 2012

Apr 25, 2019

KVECH, TIMOTHY, JERRY

Member

yes

11/2010

Mar 27, 2012

Apr 25, 2019

PSG COMPANIES, LLC

Member

yes

11/2010

Mar 27, 2012

Apr 25, 2019

GRETCHEN, LAUREN, GAIL

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

02/2012

Mar 27, 2012

Apr 25, 2019

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

PSG INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

n/a

Former SEC adviser

$18.8M

yes

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

VIRGINIA BEACH

United States

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2018

Mar 28, 2019

$1.0B

$684M

n/a

2017

Mar 7, 2018

$995M

$702M

n/a

2016

Mar 23, 2017

$816M

$814M

n/a

2015

Mar 23, 2016

$534M

n/a

2014

Mar 17, 2015

$517M

n/a

2013

Mar 10, 2014

$539M

$529M

n/a

2012

Mar 25, 2013

$414M

$407M

n/a

2011

Mar 27, 2012

$294M

$288M

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2018

$1.0B

$995M

5.1%

$534M

25.1%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

Sep 10, 2019

Aug 4, 2025

FULTON, MD

Firm absorbed

RIA to ibd

75.0%

TRIAD ADVISORS, LLC

Sep 10, 2019

Feb 26, 2014

FULTON, MD

Team lift out

RIA to ibd

18.8%