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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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

The Planning Group

Former SEC-registered adviserScottsdale, ArizonaCRD 113887SEC 801-66972IAPD
Legal name The Planning Group Of Scottsdale, LLC
Latest filing Mar 31, 2012
First filing on the tape Mar 31, 2012 · 1 filings
RAUM
$97.9M
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
1 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM: $97.9M
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 Mar 31, 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
$135,537derivedRAUM 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
unknownderived2 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, fixed fees, commissionsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, selection of other advisers, publications, educational seminarsreportedItem 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
  • is an insurance broker or agent (6.A.6)
  • 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)
  • a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
  • a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
  • a related person acts as qualified custodian (9.D.2)
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
722reported
Financial planning clients
101-250reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, commissionsreported
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
Every departureEvery arrival
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Stuart Reid Johnson · Owner And Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 06/2003 · owns 75% or more
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
  • Altair LLC
    custodiann
  • Centurion Wealth Solutions LLC
    real estaten
  • Eagle Creek Fund LLC
    custodiann
  • Flying Heart Foundation, Inc
    pooled vehicle sponsorcustodiann
  • Ashton Thomas Private Wealth
    investment advisernRAUM $6.0B
  • Insurance World LLC
    real estaten
  • Meridian Capital Services LLC
    real estaten
  • Meridian Foundation Inc
    pooled vehicle sponsorcustodiann
  • Meridian Services LLC
    custodiann
  • Meridian United Capital, LLC
    broker-dealern
  • Oak Canyon Capital Inc.
    custodiann
  • Private International Wealth LLC
    pooled vehicle sponsorcustodiann
  • Strategic Global Partners Inc.
    investment companyn
  • Strategic Planning Group Of Scottsdale LLC
    real estaten
  • Strategic Wealth Planning LLC
    real estaten
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
  • Sun City West, AZ
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
One filing, no change to show.
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