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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

Kaye Capital Management

Former SEC-registered adviserEl Segundo, CaliforniaCRD 109329SEC 801-57510websiteIAPD
Latest filing Feb 27, 2025
First filing on the tape Apr 11, 2012 · 40 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 21, 2000
RAUM
$743M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
96%
of RAUM
Private clients
42%
$310M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
6
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
40 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$743M as of Feb 27, 2025
Apr 11, 2012$118M then
HNW client RAUM$258M as of Feb 27, 2025
Mar 19, 2018$111M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Feb 27, 2025
Feb 13, 20132 then
Employees (5.A)6 as of Feb 27, 2025
Feb 13, 20133 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +11% over the last fiscal year+11% a year over threeIARs 3 to 3
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Feb 27, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$248MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
102derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$1.6MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$616,732derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
96%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
58%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
2.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
3.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+11%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+1.3%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed fees, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$423M57%
  • High-net-worth individuals$258M35%
  • Individuals$52.1M7.0%
  • Charitable organizations$9.3M1.3%
  • Corporations and businesses$1.1M0.1%
Individual clients
149reported
HNW clients
157reported
Pension plan clients
494reported
Charitable clients
2reported
Accounts
1,205reported
Financial planning clients
11-25reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
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
2 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -2 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days3 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • William David Hilton · Partner, Coo, Trustee Of Hilton Family Trustcontrol
      since 03/2015 · owns less than 5%
    • Dillon Kent Keister · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 11/2023 · owns less than 5%
    • Jeffrey Kenneth Watten · President, Ceo, Trustee Of Watten Family Trustcontrol
      since 10/2005 · owns less than 5%
    • Lauren Jennifer Hilton · Trustee - Hilton Family Trust
      since 06/2021 · owns less than 5%
    • Carmenera Jennifer Watten · Trustee - Watten Family Trust
      since 06/2021 · owns less than 5%
    Entity owners
    • Hilton Family Trust · Owner
      direct · owns 25% to 50%
    • Watten Family Trust · Owner
      direct · owns 25% to 50%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Cogent Insurance Solutions
      real estaten
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    El Segundo, Ca · principal0011
    Los Angeles, Ca001
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Accounts · 1,247 to 1,205
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Corporate clients · 4 to 3
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • HNW clients · 114 to 157
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Individual clients · 188 to 149
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Pension plan clients · 480 to 494
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 11-25
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $643M to $711M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $244M to $258M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · $60.6M to $52.1M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $25.5M to $32.4M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Pension RAUM · $351M to $423M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • RAUM · $669M to $743M
      Jan 27, 2025 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Accounts · 817 to 1,247
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Advisory employees · 4 to 3
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Charity clients · unset to 2.0
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Corporate clients · unset to 4.0
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • HNW clients · 104 to 114
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Individual clients · 220 to 188
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Pension plan clients · 33 to 480
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 11-25
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • State-registered IARs · 4 to 3
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $414M to $643M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $221M to $244M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $66.7M to $60.6M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $74.7M to $25.5M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Pension RAUM · $197M to $351M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • RAUM · $488M to $669M
      Dec 15, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
    • Advisory employees · 5 to 4
      Mar 22, 2023 to Jun 26, 2023
    • Employees · 7 to 6
      Mar 22, 2023 to Jun 26, 2023
    • State-registered IARs · 5 to 4
      Mar 22, 2023 to Jun 26, 2023
    • Accounts · 739 to 817
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • HNW clients · 97 to 104
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Individual clients · 202 to 220
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Pension plan clients · 17 to 33
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 26-50
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $516M to $414M
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • HNW RAUM · $259M to $221M
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Individual RAUM · $69.9M to $66.7M
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $22.7M to $74.7M
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    • Pension RAUM · $206M to $197M
      Nov 28, 2022 to Feb 8, 2023
    Signals
    12 dated events
    • Kaye Capital Management no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-12-20, RAUM $743.2M)
      Jan 2, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • 2 advisors left Kaye Capital Management (EL Segundo, CA) for Modern Wealth Management, LLC on the same day
      Dec 31, 2025 · Team lift-out · derived
    • Kenneth Jeffrey Watten left Kaye Capital Management for Modern Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2025-06-30)
      Dec 31, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • David William Hilton left Kaye Capital Management for Modern Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2025-06-30)
      Dec 31, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Kaye Capital Management reported RAUM $668.7M, up 37% from $488.5M (2023-12-15 to 2024-03-22)
      Mar 22, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
    • David Tassone left Kaye Capital Management for Avise Financial (registered 2024-01-02)
      Jan 4, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Dillon Kent Keister (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Kaye Capital Management
      Nov 29, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
    • Kaye Capital Management reported RAUM $538.6M, up 52% from $354.9M (2021-09-20 to 2022-03-07)
      Mar 7, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
    • Lauren Jennifer Hilton (Trustee) appeared on Schedule A of Kaye Capital Management
      Jun 23, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
    • Carmenera Jennifer Watten (Trustee) appeared on Schedule A of Kaye Capital Management
      Jun 23, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
    • Kaye Capital Management reported RAUM $354.9M, up 49% from $238.3M (2020-06-29 to 2021-02-24)
      Feb 24, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
    • Marv Kaye (President) no longer on Schedule A of Kaye Capital Management (listed 2019-06-12, absent 2019-10-08)
      Oct 8, 2019 · Control person left · inference
    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