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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

Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors

Former SEC-registered adviserIrvine, CaliforniaCRD 108502SEC 801-26834IAPD
Latest filing Mar 4, 2020
First filing on the tape Mar 20, 2012 · 16 filings
RAUM
$23,524
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
1
1 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
1
$23,524 gross assets
History
16 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$23,524 as of Mar 4, 2020
Mar 20, 2012$315M then
HNW client RAUM$151M as of Mar 19, 2019
Mar 23, 2018$157M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Mar 4, 2020
Mar 20, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)1 as of Mar 4, 2020
Mar 15, 20135 then
Private funds1 as of Mar 4, 2020
Mar 20, 20121 then
RAUM -100% over the last fiscal year-95% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0offices 1 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 4, 2020; 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
$23,524derivedRAUM 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
-100%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed fees, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$23,524, 1 clientsreportedItem 9.A
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
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)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • an independent public accountant performs a surprise examination (9.C.1)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pooled investment vehicles$23,524100%
Individual clients
0reported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
1reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$23,524 for 1 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourly, performancereported
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
    Private funds
    2 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
    FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
    Sfp Forestry & Land Fund LPno longer reportedReal Estate Fund$1.4M4Mar 17, 2015
    Yellin-Yamshon-Rubinstein L.P.Hedge Fund$23,52421Mar 20, 2012
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Steven Yamshon · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 09/2004 · owns 75% or more
    • A. Hugh Yamshon · Secretary
      since 04/1991 · owns less than 5%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Steven M. Novikoff
      insurancen
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Accounts · 507 to 1
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Charity clients · 2 to 0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Corporate clients · 1 to 0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • HNW clients · 32.0 to unset
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Individual clients · 142 to 0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Pension plan clients · 14 to 0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Assets in custody · $59.1M to $23,524
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Employees · 4 to 1
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Other offices · 1 to 0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Discretionary RAUM · $281M to $23,524
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • HNW RAUM · 150718301.0 to unset
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Individual RAUM · 96488077.0 to unset
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Pension RAUM · $13.1M to $0
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $15.5M to $23,524
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • RAUM · $281M to $23,524
      Jan 31, 2020 to Mar 4, 2020
    • HQ city · NEWPORT BEACH to IRVINE
      Apr 18, 2019 to Jan 31, 2020
    • Accounts · 503 to 507
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Advisory employees · 3 to 1
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Individual clients · 131 to 142
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Pension plan clients · 24 to 14
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Assets in custody · $17.2M to $59.1M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Discretionary RAUM · $292M to $281M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • HNW RAUM · $157M to $151M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Individual RAUM · $94.9M to $96.5M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Pension RAUM · $17.9M to $13.1M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $17.2M to $15.5M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • RAUM · $292M to $281M
      Mar 23, 2018 to Mar 19, 2019
    • Accounts · 482 to 503
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Charity clients · unset to 2.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Corporate clients · unset to 1.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • HNW clients · unset to 32.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Individual clients · unset to 131.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Pension plan clients · unset to 24.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 1.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Assets in custody · $14.5M to $17.2M
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Other offices · unset to 1.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Discretionary RAUM · $256M to $292M
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • HNW RAUM · unset to 157317679.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Individual RAUM · unset to 94912635.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    • Pension RAUM · unset to 17908771.0
      Mar 14, 2017 to Mar 23, 2018
    Signals
    1 dated events
    • Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors reported RAUM $23,524, down 100% from $281.0M (2020-01-31 to 2020-03-04)
      Mar 4, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
    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
    Across the graphs

    Stevens First Principles Investment Advisors is the same institution as 1 record in Real Estate Funds.

    Real Estate Funds1

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