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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

Clarity Capital Partners

Former SEC-registered adviserNewport Beach, CaliforniaCRD 129898SEC 801-62893websiteIAPD
Legal name Clarity Capital Partners LLC
Latest filing Jul 17, 2025
First filing on the tape Mar 29, 2012 · 72 filings
SEC status approved since Mar 24, 2004
RAUM
$438M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
89%
of RAUM
Private clients
84%
$367M 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
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
1
reported on Schedule D
History
72 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$438M as of Jul 17, 2025
Mar 29, 2012$155M then
HNW client RAUM$287M as of Jul 17, 2025
Mar 5, 2018$100M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)6 as of Jul 17, 2025
Apr 1, 20130 then
Employees (5.A)7 as of Jul 17, 2025
Apr 1, 20132 then
Private funds1 as of Jul 17, 2025
Feb 28, 20231 then
RAUM +18% over the last fiscal year+1.3% a year over threeIARs 11 to 6
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jul 17, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$73.0MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
63derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$3.6MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$393,262derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
89%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
4.9%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.2derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
3.0derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+18%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
-18%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+13%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed fees, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehicles, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$329M, 421 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
  • is a broker-dealer (6.A.1)
  • 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)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
  • 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
  • High-net-worth individuals$287M65%
  • Individuals$80.5M18%
  • Corporations and businesses$40.8M9.3%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$21.6M4.9%
  • Pooled investment vehicles$8.1M1.8%
Individual clients
299reported
HNW clients
79reported
Pension plan clients
18reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
1,113reported
Financial planning clients
51-100reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$329M for 421 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourly, performancereported
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
5 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -5 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days9 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    1 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
    FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
    Clarity Capital Partners Next Gen Model, LLCPrivate Equity Fund$4.6M41Jun 16, 2022
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Allen Todd Rustman · Managing Partner And Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 09/2000 · owns 75% or more
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Todd Rustman
      pooled vehicle sponsory
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Newport Beach, Ca · principal005
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    • Bellevue, WA2 employees
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Advisory employees · 7 to 6
      Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 17, 2025
    • Employees · 8 to 7
      Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 17, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 51-100
      Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 17, 2025
    • State-registered IARs · 7 to 6
      Jun 23, 2025 to Jul 17, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 8 to 7
      May 22, 2025 to Jun 23, 2025
    • Employees · 9 to 8
      May 22, 2025 to Jun 23, 2025
    • State-registered IARs · 8 to 7
      May 22, 2025 to Jun 23, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 9 to 8
      Mar 20, 2025 to May 22, 2025
    • BD registered reps · 5 to 3
      Mar 20, 2025 to May 22, 2025
    • Employees · 10 to 9
      Mar 20, 2025 to May 22, 2025
    • State-registered IARs · 9 to 8
      Mar 20, 2025 to May 22, 2025
    • Accounts · 974 to 1,113
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • BD registered reps · 3 to 5
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Corporate clients · 19 to 24
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • HNW clients · 65 to 79
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Individual clients · 271 to 299
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Pension plan clients · 16 to 18
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Assets in custody · $250M to $329M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 0 to 51-100
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $371M to $389M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $252M to $287M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · $81.3M to $80.5M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $48.3M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Pension RAUM · $15.4M to $21.6M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $4.6M to $8.1M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • RAUM · $371M to $438M
      Feb 5, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 10 to 9
      Jan 9, 2025 to Feb 5, 2025
    • Employees · 11 to 10
      Jan 9, 2025 to Feb 5, 2025
    • State-registered IARs · 10 to 9
      Jan 9, 2025 to Feb 5, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 11 to 10
      May 22, 2024 to Jan 9, 2025
    • Employees · 12 to 11
      May 22, 2024 to Jan 9, 2025
    • State-registered IARs · 11 to 10
      May 22, 2024 to Jan 9, 2025
    • Assets in custody · unset to 250000000.0
      Mar 27, 2024 to May 22, 2024
    • Custody of client assets · false to true
      Mar 27, 2024 to May 22, 2024
    • Accounts · 769 to 974
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    • HNW clients · 57 to 65
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    • Individual clients · 184 to 271
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    • Pension plan clients · 11 to 16
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    • Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 0
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $301M to $371M
      Dec 7, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
    Signals
    17 dated events
    • Clarity Capital Partners no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-09-02, RAUM $437.7M)
      Dec 20, 2025 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • Peter James Anderson left Clarity Capital Partners for Summit Financial, Llc (registered 2025-07-14)
      Sep 30, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Ron M. Amir left Clarity Capital Partners for Summit Financial, Llc (registered 2025-07-11)
      Sep 30, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Connor Jason Schamblin left Clarity Capital Partners for Summit Financial, Llc (registered 2025-07-02)
      Sep 30, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Blake Andrew Kent Bauer left Clarity Capital Partners for Summit Financial, Llc (registered 2025-07-15)
      Sep 30, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Todd Allen Rustman left Clarity Capital Partners for Whjr Associates (registered 2011-06-06)
      Sep 30, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Clarity Capital Partners's advisors moved to Summit Financial, LLC (Newport Beach, CA): 4 of 5 registered, on the same day
      Sep 30, 2025 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
    • Terry L Thomason left Clarity Capital Partners for Elite Wealth Management, Inc. (registered 2025-07-10)
      Jul 17, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Misty Dawn Stoddart left Clarity Capital Partners for Creativeone Wealth, Llc (registered 2025-06-16)
      Jun 23, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Brittany Danielle Slater-Gautreau left Clarity Capital Partners for Alpha Cubed Investments, Llc (registered 2016-07-08)
      May 21, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • William Dean Katzelis left Clarity Capital Partners for Divergent Capital Asset Management Llc (registered 2024-12-20)
      Jan 9, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Clarity Capital Partners reported RAUM $301.3M, down 29% from $421.6M (2023-01-31 to 2023-02-28)
      Feb 28, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
    • Kyle William Chapman left Clarity Capital Partners for Foundations Investment Advisors Llc (registered 2023-03-20)
      Jul 14, 2022 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Danielle Brittany Slater-Gautreau (Chief Compliance Officer& Managing Director) no longer on Schedule A of Clarity Capital Partners (listed 2022-06-16, absent 2022-06-23)
      Jun 23, 2022 · Control person left · inference
    • Clarity Capital Partners reported RAUM $370.0M, up 42% from $260.0M (2021-01-28 to 2021-03-09)
      Mar 9, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
    • Danielle Brittany Slater-Gautreau (Chief Compliance Officer& Managing Director) appeared on Schedule A of Clarity Capital Partners
      May 22, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
    • Clarity Capital Partners reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
      May 21, 2019 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
    Across DFX
    shared identifiers only, never a name match
    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