DFX Intelligence
RIA Intelligence
Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.
SEC-registered adviser
Corkern & Co., Inc.
Legal name Corkern Barry M Advisory Services Inc
Latest filing Jan 22, 2026
First filing on the tape Feb 17, 2012 · 19 filings
SEC status approved since Jul 16, 1984
RAUM
$162M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
0.0%
of RAUM
Private clients
89%
$145M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$54.0M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
5
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
19 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$162M as of Jan 22, 2026
Feb 17, 2012$101M then
HNW client RAUM$145M as of Jan 22, 2026
Feb 15, 2018$95.0M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jan 22, 2026
Feb 17, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Jan 22, 2026
Feb 9, 20132 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +4.3% over the last fiscal year+8.0% a year over threeIARs 4 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 22, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office
- RAUM per advisor
- $54.0MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 27derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.8MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $1.9MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 0.0%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 11%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 3.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +4.3%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- -100%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- unknownderived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourlyreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 5.G
- Ownership
- controlled by a public reporting companyderived
- Advisor book size
- not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
- receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
- compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
- compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
- controlled by a public reporting company (10.A)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$145M89%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$15.1M9.3%
- Charitable organizations$2.1M1.3%
- Individual clients
- 0reported
- HNW clients
- 81reported
- Pension plan clients
- 2reported
- Charitable clients
- 2reported
- Accounts
- 85reported
- Financial planning clients
- 51-100reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.89 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.11 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Michael CorkernCertified Financial Planner | Little Rock, Ar | Nov 29, 1984 | 43 y | 2 |
| Janice Marie Corkern | Little Rock, Ar | Sep 29, 2023 | 38 y | 0 |
| Lawson Corkern | Benbrook, Tx | Aug 29, 2024 | 13 y | 0 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
- Barry Michael Corkern from Financial Decisions, Inc.Dec 5, 2003 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Michael Barry Corkern · President / Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 04/1994 · owns 75% or more
- Marie Janice Corkern · Vice President/Controllercontrolsince 12/2023 · owns less than 5%
- Lawson Corkern · Vice Presidentsince 08/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Shonte Laquita Neal · Vice President - Operationssince 11/2020 · owns less than 5%
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Rock, Ar · principal | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- low discretionary shareStatic outlier · filing Jan 22, 2026discretionary share of RAUM of 0% against a peer median of 100% (5676 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile, 33.7 robust deviations)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (5,676) · 0.0% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 86 to 85Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Charity clients · 1 to 2Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- HNW clients · 72 to 81Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Individual clients · unset to 0.0Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Pension plan clients · 3 to 2Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Insurance-licensed employees · 1 to 0Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- State-registered IARs · 4 to 0Jan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $131M to $145MJan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $155M to $162MJan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $22.2M to $15.1MJan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- RAUM · $155M to $162MJan 31, 2025 to Jan 22, 2026
- Accounts · 76 to 86Sep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- Business name · BARRY M. CORKERN & CO., INC. to CORKERN & CO., INC.Sep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 51-100Sep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $120M to $131MSep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $138M to $155MSep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $16.5M to $22.2MSep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- RAUM · $138M to $155MSep 16, 2024 to Jan 31, 2025
- Advisory employees · 1 to 2Apr 12, 2024 to Sep 16, 2024
- Employees · 4 to 5Apr 12, 2024 to Sep 16, 2024
- Insurance-licensed employees · 0 to 1Apr 12, 2024 to Sep 16, 2024
- State-registered IARs · 3 to 4Apr 12, 2024 to Sep 16, 2024
- Charity clients · 2 to 1Feb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- HNW clients · 69 to 72Feb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 5 to 3Feb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- Employees · 2 to 4Feb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- State-registered IARs · 2 to 3Feb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $105M to $120MFeb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $129M to $138MFeb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $22.3M to $16.5MFeb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- RAUM · $129M to $138MFeb 3, 2023 to Jan 30, 2024
- Accounts · 73 to 76Jan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- Charity clients · 0 to 2Jan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- HNW clients · 73 to 69Jan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- Individual clients · 0.0 to unsetJan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- Pension plan clients · 0 to 5Jan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- HNW RAUM · $145M to $105MJan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $145M to $129MJan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- Pension RAUM · unset to 22262018.0Jan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
- RAUM · $145M to $129MJan 31, 2022 to Feb 3, 2023
Signals
No event on the tape.
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Business phone
- 501-500-5616reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 501-664-7866reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Website
- BCORKERN.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- [501] 664-7866reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jan 22, 2026
- Contact form
- bcorkern.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Team page
- bcorkern.com/about/our-peoplereportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
Provenance
- Form ADV
- SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Advisors
- IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Class
- Independent wealth managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- $54.0Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026