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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.
SEC-registered adviser
Meld Financial, Inc.
Latest filing Mar 24, 2026
First filing on the tape Nov 21, 2011 · 26 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 7, 2004
RAUM
$776M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
95%
$741M individuals and HNW
Advisors
10
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$77.6M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
15
10 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
2
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
26 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$776M as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 12, 2012$148M then
HNW client RAUM$485M as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 29, 2018$208M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)10 as of Mar 24, 2026
Mar 12, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)15 as of Mar 24, 2026
Feb 14, 20136 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +13% over the last fiscal year+15% a year over threeIARs 11 to 10
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 24, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- HNW wealth manager · private-client share of RAUM at least 50 percent and HNW share of private-client RAUM 50 to 90 percent
- Independent boutique · a wealth manager with no broker-dealer, bank or insurance affiliate, 2 to 25 advisors, one to three offices, no public reporting company control
- RAUM per advisor
- $77.6MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 111derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.7MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $399,794derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.8%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 3.3derived3 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +13%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- -9.1%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +7.1%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consulting, selection of other advisers, educational seminars, otherreportedItem 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)
- marketing includes testimonials (5.L.1.c)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$485M62%
- Individuals$256M33%
- Corporations and businesses$29.4M3.8%
- State and municipal entities$3.4M0.4%
- Charitable organizations$3.0M0.4%
- Individual clients
- 827reported
- HNW clients
- 287reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- 2reported
- Accounts
- 1,942reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.95 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.01 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
10 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle B WhittingtonCertified Financial Planner | Birmingham, Al | Apr 15, 2008 | 19 y | 0 |
| Dwight Heidelberg Reynolds | Birmingham, Al | Feb 13, 2009 | 24 y | 1 |
| Michael John Guilsher | Birmingham, Al | Mar 7, 2014 | 43 y | 1 |
| Tami Wyrosdick McdonaldCertified Financial Planner | Columbus, Ga | May 8, 2017 | 37 y | 1 |
| Blake W MayCertified Financial Planner | Birmingham, Al | Jun 12, 2020 | 11 y | 2 |
| Ashley Burrell CrawfordCertified Financial Planner | Birmingham, Al | Jun 12, 2020 | 10 y | 0 |
| Matthew Douglas Gensler | Boynton Beach, Fl | Sep 21, 2020 | 25 y | 4 |
| Madison CaswellCertified Financial Planner | Birmingham, Al | Dec 14, 2021 | 14 y | 0 |
| Tonya Jean Williams | Columbus, Ga | Aug 31, 2022 | 17 y | 1 |
| Justin Kennedy Tackett | Birmingham, Al | Aug 28, 2024 | 12 y | 0 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount1 left over 36 months
Left, latest
- William Drake Connor to Independent Advisor Alliance, LLCJul 24, 2024 · RIA to RIA
- Darryl Wayne Bryant to 6th Street Advisors, LLCMar 17, 2011 · Other
- Darryl Wayne Bryant to Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.May 21, 2008 · Other
- Chloe Alethea Moore to Financial StaplesSep 10, 2007 · Other
Joined, latest
- Tonya Jean Williams from Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, IncAug 31, 2022 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- William Drake Connor from Ronald Blue & Co., LLCSep 23, 2020 · Other
- Matthew Douglas Gensler from Capstone Investment Financial Group, LLCSep 21, 2020 · RIA to RIA
- Blake W May from MML Investors Services, LLCJun 12, 2020 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Tami Wyrosdick Mcdonald from Synovus Securities, Inc.May 8, 2017 · Other
- Michael John Guilsher from Lanark Financial, Inc.Mar 7, 2014 · Other
- Darryl Wayne Bryant from Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.Aug 20, 2009 · Other
- Dwight Heidelberg Reynolds from Citigroup Global Markets Inc.Feb 13, 2009 · Other
- Darryl Wayne Bryant from Osaic Wealth, Inc.Jan 30, 2004 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- W Blake May · Partnercontrolsince 01/2022 · owns 10% to 25%
- B Kyle Whittington · Cco, President, Ownercontrolsince 01/2007 · owns 75% or more
- Bryan James Cornehlsen · Partnersince 01/2018 · owns 5% to 10%
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, Al · principal | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Columbus, Ga | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Columbus, GA2 employees
- , 1 employees
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 1,846 to 1,942Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Advisory employees · 11 to 10Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Charity clients · 1 to 2Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Corporate clients · 13 to 10Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- HNW clients · 285 to 287Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Individual clients · 755 to 827Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- State-registered IARs · 11 to 10Oct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $690M to $776MOct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $441M to $485MOct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $214M to $256MOct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- RAUM · $690M to $776MOct 21, 2025 to Mar 24, 2026
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 0Jul 29, 2025 to Oct 21, 2025
- Accounts · 1,646 to 1,846Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Charity clients · unset to 1.0Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Corporate clients · 8 to 13Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- HNW clients · 295 to 285Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Individual clients · 657 to 755Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Pension plan clients · 37.0 to unsetOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Employees · 11 to 15Oct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $594M to $690MOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $407M to $441MOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $148M to $214MOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Pension RAUM · 437358.0 to unsetOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- RAUM · $594M to $690MOct 21, 2024 to Mar 6, 2025
- Accounts · 1,547 to 1,646Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- HNW clients · 280 to 295Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Individual clients · 558 to 657Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 20 to 37Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Employees · 13 to 11Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $512M to $594MJun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $353M to $407MJun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $110M to $148MJun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $13.9M to $437,358Jun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- RAUM · $512M to $594MJun 22, 2023 to Mar 8, 2024
- Accounts · 1,516 to 1,547Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
- Corporate clients · 21 to 8Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
- HNW clients · 194 to 280Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
- Individual clients · 451 to 558Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
- Pension plan clients · unset to 20.0Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
- Employees · 11 to 13Oct 21, 2022 to Mar 6, 2023
Signals
4 dated events
- William Drake Connor left Meld Financial, Inc. for Independent Advisor Alliance, Llc (registered 2024-08-01)Jul 24, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Alan Mark Mcgarvey (Chairman) no longer on Schedule A of Meld Financial, Inc. (listed 2022-10-21, absent 2023-03-06)Mar 6, 2023 · Control person left · inference
- Meld Financial, Inc. reported RAUM $585.9M, up 37% from $427.1M (2021-12-10 to 2022-03-22)Mar 22, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
- W Blake May (Partner) appeared on Schedule A of Meld Financial, Inc.Mar 22, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
Across DFX
shared identifiers only, never a name match
No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Business email
- meld@meldfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 17, 2026
- Business phone
- 205-967-4200reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 17, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/1658895/admin/feed/postsreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- MELDFINANCIAL.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 205-967-4200reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 24, 2026
- Contact form
- meldfinancial.com/contact-meld-financialreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 17, 2026
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
- Independent wealth managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- $77.6Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026