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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM under $100M

LIFESTYLE PLANNING SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 164456

ALPHARETTA, GA

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Data as of Mar 29, 2019 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 1:14 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 22
Dated events: 1
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Nov 28, 2018 to Mar 29, 2019
3 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: $6.1MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2019-03-29); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $6.1M
Private client RAUM: $6.1MderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 100%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 13
Advisory employees: 6
Offices: 2Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 94
Individual clients: 28
High net worth clients: 4
SEC number: 801-114500
CRD: 164456
Filings on the tape: 3
First filed: Nov 28, 2018
Latest filed: Mar 29, 2019
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Texas

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
KENT, RICK, LEE	Owner	C	yes	03/1997	Nov 28, 2018	Mar 29, 2019
MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	Owner	E	yes	09/2018	Nov 28, 2018	Mar 29, 2019
MERIT FINANCIAL, INC.	Owner	D	yes	10/2011	Nov 28, 2018	Mar 29, 2019
BLANTON, DOUGLAS, LEE	CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	Na	no	10/2017	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 29, 2019
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS, LLC	Owner	F	no	10/2017	Nov 28, 2018	Mar 29, 2019
WISDOM THEORY FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC	Owner	F	no	10/2017	Nov 28, 2018	Mar 29, 2019
WOOD, AMELIA, BABASA	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER	Na	no	01/2019	Mar 29, 2019	Mar 29, 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
MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC	n/a	Bd affiliated wealth	$24B	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
Houston	TX	United States	2	no
Frisco	TX	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

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2018	Mar 29, 2019	$6.1M	$6.1M	13	6	2	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	$6.1M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	13	n/a	2	n/a

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	2	Aug 5, 2019	Jul 16, 2019	FRISCO, TX	Team lift out	RIA to RIA	50.0%
STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD	2	Oct 17, 2018	Feb 25, 2013	ALPHARETTA, GA	Team lift out	Other	33.3%

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD	2	Oct 31, 2017	Jun 15, 2015	FRISCO, TX	Team lift out	Other	0.8%

Relationships

Affiliated with (1)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviserother investment adviser, control, common control
factForm ADV

Owns (4)

← BLANTON, DOUGLAS, LEEOwnerCHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 29, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← WOOD, AMELIA, BABASAOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 29, 2019 to presentfactForm ADV
← FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS, LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code F, domestic entity
Nov 28, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← WISDOM THEORY FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code F, domestic entity
Nov 28, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV

Controls (2)

← KENT, RICK, LEEOwnerOWNER, ownership code C, individual
Nov 28, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLCOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Nov 28, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (11)

← KAY MAYHUEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 5, 2012 to Aug 5, 2019factForm ADV
← JON PAUL PATTINSONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 15, 2015 to Aug 5, 2019factForm ADV
← NICOLE CHRISTINE LOUVARAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2019 to Aug 5, 2019factForm ADV
← KYLE R LOUVARAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 11, 2018 to Aug 5, 2019factForm ADV
← RICK LEE KENTAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 20, 2018 to Feb 5, 2019factForm ADV
← BRAD LYNN CASTAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 10, 2012 to Nov 20, 2018factForm ADV
← BLAINE GORDON MALCOLMAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 11, 2012 to Oct 17, 2018factForm ADV
← MATTHEW KYLE SHORESAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 11, 2012 to Oct 17, 2018factForm ADV
← ZACHARY BECKERLEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 27, 2015 to Oct 17, 2018factForm ADV
← JENNIFER COX MANNAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 17, 2015 to Oct 31, 2017factForm ADV
← LACEY E BUTEYNAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 21, 2013 to Oct 8, 2014factForm ADV

Moved with (3)

→ MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORSRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Aug 5, 2019 to Jul 16, 2019factForm ADV
← STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTDRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 31, 2017 to Jun 15, 2015factForm ADV
→ STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTDRegistered adviser2 advisors, team lift out, same day
Oct 17, 2018 to Feb 25, 2013factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Nov 28, 2018
First Form ADV filing
Lifestyle Planning Solutions, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 4 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:fa7d05a1-8aeb-a6c5-7e66-12b9219b4b82
First observed: Nov 28, 2018
Last observed: Mar 29, 2019 91 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.

LIFESTYLE PLANNING SOLUTIONS, LLC

CRD 164456

ALPHARETTA, GA

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Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

KENT, RICK, LEE

Owner

yes

03/1997

Nov 28, 2018

Mar 29, 2019

MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Owner

yes

09/2018

Nov 28, 2018

Mar 29, 2019

MERIT FINANCIAL, INC.

Owner

yes

10/2011

Nov 28, 2018

Mar 29, 2019

BLANTON, DOUGLAS, LEE

CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER / CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

10/2017

Mar 29, 2019

FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT SYSTEMS, LLC

Owner

10/2017

Nov 28, 2018

Mar 29, 2019

WISDOM THEORY FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC

Owner

10/2017

Nov 28, 2018

Mar 29, 2019

WOOD, AMELIA, BABASA

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER / CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

01/2019

Mar 29, 2019

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

n/a

Bd affiliated wealth

$24B

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

Houston

United States

Frisco

United States

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2018

Mar 29, 2019

$6.1M

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

$6.1M

n/a

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

MERIT FINANCIAL ADVISORS

Aug 5, 2019

Jul 16, 2019

FRISCO, TX

Team lift out

RIA to RIA

50.0%

STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD

Oct 17, 2018

Feb 25, 2013

ALPHARETTA, GA

Team lift out

Other

33.3%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

STRATOS WEALTH PARTNERS, LTD

Oct 31, 2017

Jun 15, 2015

FRISCO, TX

Team lift out

Other

0.8%