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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

Wealth Advisory Group, Inc.

Former SEC-registered adviserBerwyn, PennsylvaniaCRD 122269SEC 801-107381websiteIAPD
Latest filing Apr 8, 2025
First filing on the tape Feb 29, 2016 · 21 filings
SEC status approved since Mar 7, 2016
RAUM
$667M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
33%
of RAUM
Private clients
32%
$213M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
7
6 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
21 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$667M as of Apr 8, 2025
Mar 2, 2017$168M then
HNW client RAUM$163M as of Apr 8, 2025
Mar 12, 2018$75.0M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)6 as of Apr 8, 2025
Mar 2, 20176 then
Employees (5.A)7 as of Apr 8, 2025
Mar 2, 20177 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +15% over the last fiscal year+6.7% a year over threeIARs 6 to 6
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Apr 8, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$111MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
35derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$2.4MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$2.1MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
33%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
68%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.2derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
6.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+15%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+9.9%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed fees, commissionsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
Wrap fee program
participatesreportedItem 5.I
Custody
$18.9M, 32 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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$449M67%
  • High-net-worth individuals$163M24%
  • Individuals$50.0M7.5%
  • Charitable organizations$4.5M0.7%
  • Corporations and businesses$288,6630.0%
Individual clients
142reported
HNW clients
69reported
Pension plan clients
103reported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
321reported
Financial planning clients
101-250reported
Wrap fee programs
$0 sponsored, $23.3M managedreported
Custody of client assets
$18.9M for 32 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourly, 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
6 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -6 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days6 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Every departureEvery arrival
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Teams outTeams in
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Ellis Richard Craft · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 07/1993 · owns less than 5%
    Entity owners
    • Wia Holdings, LLC · Owner
      direct · owns 75% or more
    • Cb Clockwork Midco, LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of World Associates Holdings, LLC
    • Cb Clockwork Parent, LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Cb Clockwork Midco, LLC
    • Cb World Management, LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Cb Clockwork Parent, LLC
    • World Associates Holdings, LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Wia Holdings, LLC
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    Advisers that list Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. as a related person
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Berwyn, Pa · principal004
    Wayne, Pa0021
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Accounts · 673 to 321
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • HNW clients · 61 to 69
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Individual clients · 131 to 142
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Pension plan clients · 94 to 103
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Assets in custody · unset to 18922527.0
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Custody of client assets · false to true
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 251-500 to 101-250
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $182M to $220M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $139M to $163M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · $34.3M to $50.0M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $399M to $447M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Pension RAUM · $401M to $449M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • RAUM · $581M to $667M
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Wrap assets (manager) · unset to 23279533.0
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Wrap assets (sponsor) · unset to 0.0
      Feb 26, 2024 to Apr 8, 2025
    • Accounts · 605 to 673
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • HNW clients · 58 to 61
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Individual clients · 123 to 131
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Pension plan clients · 88 to 94
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Employees · 8 to 7
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $160M to $182M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $120M to $139M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $27.0M to $34.3M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $324M to $399M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Pension RAUM · $329M to $401M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • RAUM · $483M to $581M
      Feb 21, 2024 to Feb 26, 2024
    • Related bank · false to true
      Nov 1, 2023 to Feb 21, 2024
    • Related insurance company · false to true
      Mar 14, 2023 to Nov 1, 2023
    • Accounts · 521 to 605
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Advisory employees · 7 to 6
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • HNW clients · 47 to 58
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Individual clients · 107 to 123
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Employees · 9 to 8
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Financial planning clients · 101-250 to 251-500
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • State-registered IARs · 7 to 6
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $148M to $160M
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • HNW RAUM · $110M to $120M
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Individual RAUM · $30.4M to $27.0M
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $401M to $324M
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    • Pension RAUM · $407M to $329M
      Dec 19, 2022 to Mar 14, 2023
    Signals
    14 dated events
    • Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-09-02, RAUM $666.9M)
      Dec 20, 2025 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • Richard Ellis Craft left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for Equitable Advisors, Llc (registered 2002-07-30)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Michael Christopher Bass left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for Equitable Advisors, Llc (registered 2002-07-30)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Robert Norton left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for World Investment Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-11-05)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Brian Alexander Sullivan left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for Bcg Securities, Inc. (registered 2023-07-11)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Andrew Reilly Dugery left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for World Investment Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-11-04)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Gerald Lee Preschutti left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for World Investment Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-11-05)
      Nov 26, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Wealth Advisory Group, Inc.'s advisors moved to World Investment Advisors, LLC (Berwyn, PA): 3 of 6 registered, on the same day
      Nov 26, 2025 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
    • 2 advisors left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. (Wayne, PA) for Equitable Advisors, LLC on the same day
      Nov 26, 2025 · Team lift-out · derived
    • Robert William Geiger left Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. for Pnc Wealth Management (registered 2023-07-27)
      Feb 23, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Christopher Michael Bass (President) no longer on Schedule A of Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. (listed 2022-10-18, absent 2022-12-19)
      Dec 19, 2022 · Control person left · inference
    • Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. reported RAUM $549.3M, up 35% from $406.6M (2021-03-10 to 2022-03-22)
      Mar 22, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
    • Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. reported RAUM $367.0M, up 39% from $263.1M (2019-04-09 to 2020-03-10)
      Mar 10, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
    • Wealth Advisory Group, Inc. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      Feb 29, 2016 · First SEC registration · fact
    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