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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

Byron Financial, LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserCharlotte, North CarolinaCRD 141893SEC 801-68802IAPD
Latest filing Aug 7, 2024
First filing on the tape Mar 14, 2012 · 30 filings
RAUM
$600M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
2.2%
of RAUM
Private clients
86%
$516M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
6
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
30 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$600M as of Mar 26, 2024
Mar 14, 2012$113M then
HNW client RAUM$512M as of Mar 26, 2024
Mar 19, 2018$290M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 26, 2024
Mar 13, 20131 then
Employees (5.A)6 as of Mar 26, 2024
Mar 13, 20139 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +7.2% over the last fiscal year+4.0% a year over threeIARs 4 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 7, 2024; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$300MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
47derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$6.3MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.3MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
2.2%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
1.1%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
3.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
2.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+7.2%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
-50%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+5.7%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutionsreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$520M, 73 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 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)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$512M85%
  • Corporations and businesses$77.4M13%
  • Individuals$4.2M0.7%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$3.9M0.6%
  • Charitable organizations$2.7M0.4%
Individual clients
12reported
HNW clients
81reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
476reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$520M for 73 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
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
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Chad Stephen Estep · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 07/2024 · owns less than 5%
    Entity owners
    • Corient · Owner
      direct · owns 75% or more
    • Ci Financial Corp. · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Corient Holdings Inc · public reporting company
    • Corient Holdings Inc · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Corient Management LLC
    • Corient Management LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Corient Partners LLC
    • Corient Partners LLC · Owner
      indirect · owns 75% or more of Corient
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Corient
      investment adviseryRAUM $165B
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Charlotte, Nc · principal000
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Related adviser · false to true
      Mar 26, 2024 to Aug 6, 2024
    • Accounts · 404 to 476
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Advisory employees · 4 to 2
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Corporate clients · 9 to 10
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • HNW clients · 80 to 81
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Individual clients · 8 to 12
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Employees · 7 to 6
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • State-registered IARs · 4 to 2
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $12.1M to $13.2M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $479M to $512M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $3.5M to $4.2M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $548M to $587M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Pension RAUM · $3.3M to $3.9M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • RAUM · $560M to $600M
      Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Accounts · 320 to 404
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Advisory employees · 3 to 4
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Corporate clients · unset to 9.0
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • HNW clients · 85 to 80
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Individual clients · unset to 8.0
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Employees · 6 to 7
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 0
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • State-registered IARs · 3 to 4
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $14.2M to $12.1M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • HNW RAUM · $577M to $479M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Individual RAUM · $479,753 to $3.5M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $581M to $548M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Pension RAUM · $3.3M to $3.3M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • RAUM · $595M to $560M
      Mar 21, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
    • Accounts · 370 to 320
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • HNW clients · 78 to 85
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Assets in custody · $440M to $520M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Financial planning clients · 0 to 1-10
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $14.2M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • HNW RAUM · $517M to $577M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Individual RAUM · $443,165 to $479,753
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $534M to $581M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Pension RAUM · $2.9M to $3.3M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • RAUM · $534M to $595M
      Sep 30, 2021 to Mar 21, 2022
    • Accounts · 382 to 370
      Feb 1, 2021 to Mar 17, 2021
    • Charity clients · 1.0 to unset
      Feb 1, 2021 to Mar 17, 2021
    Signals
    8 dated events
    • William Mccomas Byron left Byron Financial, Llc for Corient (registered 2024-08-07)
      Aug 27, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Joshua Scott Mayor left Byron Financial, Llc for Corient (registered 2024-08-07)
      Aug 27, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • 2 advisors left Byron Financial, LLC (Charlotte, NC) for Corient on the same day
      Aug 27, 2024 · Team lift-out · derived
    • Chad Stephen Estep (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Byron Financial, Llc
      Aug 6, 2024 · Control person joined · fact
    • Mccomas William Byron (Majority Owner) no longer on Schedule A of Byron Financial, Llc (listed 2024-03-26, absent 2024-08-06)
      Aug 6, 2024 · Control person left · inference
    • Scott Joshua Mayor (Minority Owner & Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Byron Financial, Llc (listed 2024-03-26, absent 2024-08-06)
      Aug 6, 2024 · Control person left · inference
    • Kollin Schrenk left Byron Financial, Llc for Pathstone (registered 2024-06-03)
      Mar 1, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Michael Patrick Keen left Byron Financial, Llc for Mariner (registered 2023-11-01)
      Oct 23, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · 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