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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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Buford Dickson Harper & Sparrow Inc

Former SEC-registered adviserSt. Louis, MissouriCRD 108051SEC 801-57568IAPD
Latest filing Jun 26, 2012
First filing on the tape Feb 29, 2012 · 6 filings
RAUM
$27.0M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
n/a
n/a advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
n/a
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
6 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$27.0M as of Jun 26, 2012
Feb 29, 2012$116M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3): no history
Employees (5.A): no history
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal year
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 26, 2012; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$4.5MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutionsreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
controlled by a public reporting companyderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • 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
This filing has no Item 5.D breakdown (filings before 2017 reported ranges, not amounts).
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
6reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
Joined, latest
none on the tape
    Every departureEvery arrival
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Darryl Reginald Dickson · Chief Executive Officercontrol
      since 10/1995 · owns 50% to 75%
    • Richard Gerald Sparrow · Ccocontrol
      since 03/2012 · owns less than 5%
    • Nmn Sharnia Buford · Director
      since 10/1995 · owns 10% to 25%
    • Burns David Harper · Director
      since 10/1995 · owns 10% to 25%
    • Alex Ramos · Shareholder
      since 03/2010 · owns 5% to 10%
    • Henry William Young · Shareholder
      since 04/2000 · owns 10% to 25%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    No related person reported.
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Accounts · 12 to 6
      Mar 12, 2012 to Jun 1, 2012
    • Discretionary RAUM · $80.1M to $27.0M
      Mar 12, 2012 to Jun 1, 2012
    • RAUM · $80.1M to $27.0M
      Mar 12, 2012 to Jun 1, 2012
    • Related adviser · false to true
      Mar 12, 2012 to Jun 1, 2012
    • Accounts · 15 to 12
      Mar 9, 2012 to Mar 12, 2012
    • Discretionary RAUM · $116M to $80.1M
      Mar 9, 2012 to Mar 12, 2012
    • RAUM · $116M to $80.1M
      Mar 9, 2012 to Mar 12, 2012
    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.
    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
    Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
    RAUM per advisor
    n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
    Loaded
    Sep 14, 2026