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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

Good Harbor Financial

Former SEC-registered adviserBarrington, IllinoisCRD 127351SEC 801-71064IAPD
Legal name Good Harbor Financial, LLC
Latest filing Mar 17, 2022
First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 28 filings
RAUM
$20.6M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
4.3%
$883,959 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
5
4 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
28 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$20.6M as of Mar 17, 2022
Mar 30, 2012$1.6B then
HNW client RAUM$0 as of Mar 17, 2022
Mar 13, 2018$0 then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 17, 2022
Mar 30, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Mar 17, 2022
Mar 28, 201328 then
Private funds2 as of Mar 28, 2014
Mar 30, 20121 then
RAUM -49% over the last fiscal year-55% a year over threeIARs 2 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 17, 2022; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$10.3MderivedRAUM 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
$10.3MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
2.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
2.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
-49%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for investment companiesreportedItem 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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Investment companies$19.7M96%
  • Individuals$883,9594.3%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
0reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
2reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
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
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    3 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
    FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
    Good Harbor U.S. Tactical Core Fund, L.P.no longer reportedOther Private Fund$31.6M1Jan 7, 2013
    Good Harbor U.S. Tactical Offshore Fund Ltd.no longer reportedOther Private Fund$31.6M1Jan 7, 2013
    Cedar Capital Special Opportunities Fund I LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$616,00011Mar 30, 2012
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Russell Paul Ingersoll · Chief Executive Officercontrol
      since 12/2007 · owns less than 5%
    • Kamlesh Yashesh Patel · Chief Operating Officercontrol
      since 07/2011 · owns less than 5%
    • Ray Neil Peplinski · Chief Investment Officercontrol
      since 04/2003 · owns less than 5%
    • W Kevin Swanson · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 03/2016 · owns less than 5%
    • Russell Paul Ingersoll · Member/Managercontrol
      since 03/2008 · owns F of Ingersoll Cedar LLC
    • John Christopher Mcgowan · Managercontrol
      since 01/2014 · owns F of Cedar Capital Investments Holdings, LLC
    • Ray Neil Peplinski · Member/Managercontrol
      since 03/2008 · owns F of Peplinski Cedar LLC
    Entity owners
    • Cedar Capital, LLC · Managing Member
      direct · owns 75% or more
    • Cedar Capital Investments Holdings, LLC · Member
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Cedar Capital, LLC
    • Ingersoll Cedar LLC · Member
      indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Cedar Capital Investments Holdings, LLC
    • Peplinski Cedar LLC · Member
      indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Cedar Capital Investments Holdings, LLC
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    Advisers that list Good Harbor Financial as a related person
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Accounts · 80 to 2
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Advisory activities · 4 to 2
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • HNW clients · 7 to 0
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Individual clients · 24.0 to unset
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Pension plan clients · unset to 0.0
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Discretionary RAUM · $40.3M to $20.6M
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • HNW RAUM · $2.6M to $0
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Individual RAUM · $5.2M to $883,959
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Pension RAUM · $380,943 to $0
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • RAUM · $40.3M to $20.6M
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Wrap assets (manager) · 7679880.0 to unset
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Wrap assets (sponsor) · 0.0 to unset
      Dec 8, 2021 to Mar 17, 2022
    • Accounts · 141 to 80
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Advisory employees · 6 to 4
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Advisory activities · 5 to 4
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • BD registered reps · 2 to 0
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • HNW clients · 8 to 7
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Individual clients · 39 to 24
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Pooled vehicle clients · 1 to 0
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Employees · 7 to 5
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Insurance-licensed employees · 3 to 2
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • State-registered IARs · 3 to 2
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Discretionary RAUM · $230M to $40.3M
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • HNW RAUM · $3.2M to $2.6M
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Individual RAUM · $5.8M to $5.2M
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Pension RAUM · $384,710 to $380,943
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $15.7M to $0
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • RAUM · $230M to $40.3M
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Wrap assets (manager) · $9.3M to $7.7M
      Dec 15, 2020 to Mar 19, 2021
    • Accounts · 280 to 141
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Charity clients · unset to 0.0
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Corporate clients · unset to 6.0
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • HNW clients · 0 to 8
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Individual clients · 67 to 39
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Financial planning clients · unset to 0
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Discretionary RAUM · $232M to $230M
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • HNW RAUM · $0 to $3.2M
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Individual RAUM · $23.5M to $5.8M
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Pension RAUM · $387,227 to $384,710
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $14.1M to $15.7M
      Dec 10, 2019 to Mar 5, 2020
    Signals
    4 dated events
    • Thomas George Koleski no longer registered at Good Harbor Financial; no later IA registration on IAPD
      Aug 16, 2022 · Advisor departure · fact
    • Neil Ray Peplinski left Good Harbor Financial for Cedar Capital, Llc (registered 2015-11-25)
      Aug 16, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Good Harbor Financial reported RAUM $40.3M, down 83% from $230.4M (2020-12-15 to 2021-03-19)
      Mar 19, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
    • N Richard Garman (Manager) no longer on Schedule A of Good Harbor Financial (listed 2018-12-07, absent 2019-03-14)
      Mar 14, 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