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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

Independent Financial Advisors LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserRiverside, CaliforniaCRD 109404SEC 801-57326IAPD
Latest filing Apr 11, 2012
First filing on the tape Feb 22, 2012 · 6 filings
RAUM
$78.4M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
88%
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$78.4M as of Apr 11, 2012
Feb 22, 2012$78.4M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Apr 11, 2012
Feb 22, 20120 then
Employees (5.A): no history
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal year
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Apr 11, 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
$294,906derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
88%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 assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consultingreportedItem 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)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
  • a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
  • a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
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
266reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
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
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
    • M. Robert Bessee · Membercontrol
      since 01/2006 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Douglas Richard Piquet · Membercontrol
      since 01/2006 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Daley James Roorda · Membercontrol
      since 01/2006 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Raymond James Valmonte · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 07/2011 · owns less than 5%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Esop Advisors LLC
      LP sponsorn
    • Roorda,Piquet And Bessee, Inc.
      insurancey
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Advisory activities · 6 to 4
      Mar 2, 2012 to Apr 3, 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