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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

Truenorth Wealth

Independent wealth managerSalt Lake City, UtahCRD 142205SEC 801-68446websiteIAPD
Legal name Association Financial Services Inc.
Latest filing Aug 22, 2026
First filing on the tape Apr 2, 2012 · 30 filings
SEC status approved since Oct 15, 2007
RAUM
$1.3B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
12%
of RAUM
Private clients
84%
$1.1B individuals and HNW
Advisors
11
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$115M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
19
10 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
4
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
30 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.3B as of Aug 22, 2026
Apr 2, 2012$157M then
HNW client RAUM$858M as of Aug 22, 2026
Feb 7, 2018$406M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)10 as of Aug 22, 2026
Apr 2, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)19 as of Aug 22, 2026
Mar 28, 20133 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +18% over the last fiscal year+13% a year over threeIARs 7 to 10offices 3 to 4
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 22, 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
  • Planning-led practice · financial planning activity (5.G.1), at least 100 financial planning clients (5.H), and hourly, fixed or subscription compensation (5.E)
  • Wrap program sponsor · sponsors a wrap fee program (5.I) with at least $100M of wrap assets
RAUM per advisor
$115MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
77derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$3.3MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$447,365derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
12%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.5%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
2.2derived5 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+18%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+43%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+3.2%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, pension consulting, publications, educational seminarsreportedItem 5.G
Financial planning clients
1,005reportedItem 5.H
Wrap fee program
$1.1BreportedItem 5.I
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)
  • 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$858M81%
  • Individuals$201M19%
  • Charitable organizations$5.7M0.5%
Individual clients
584reported
HNW clients
259reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
11reported
Accounts
2,829reported
Financial planning clients
1,005reported
Wrap fee programs
$0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, hourlyreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.84 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
11 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
NameBranchHere sinceIn industryPrior firms
Martin Arthur WatkinsCertified Financial PlannerMurray, UtJan 29, 202034 y2
Jared Charles EmpeyMurray, UtJan 30, 202011 y1
C Richard HopkinsMurray, UtJan 30, 202029 y1
Samuel Martin WatkinsMurray, UtJan 30, 202010 y1
Richard Minda LeeBoise, Id Dec 7, 202020 y0
Michael Davis EspinosaCertified Financial PlannerSalt Lake City, UtMar 11, 202211 y2
Thomas Allen ReedSan Francisco, Ca Aug 1, 202312 y0
Devon DuffySalt Lake City, UtAug 20, 202513 y0
Zachary Thomas WhitlockSalt Lake City, UtAug 25, 202511 y0
Carter John LarsenSalt Lake City, UtOct 17, 202510 y0
Jacob Matthew WatkinsSalt Lake City, UtJun 1, 202610 y0
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
Joined, latest
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Mallory Adams-Faulkner · Chief Operations Officercontrol
    since 08/2022 · owns less than 5%
  • Charles Jared Empey · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 08/2022 · owns less than 5%
  • Davis Michael Espinosa · Presidentcontrol
    since 08/2022 · owns less than 5%
  • Arthur Martin Watkins · Founder/Presidentcontrol
    since 01/2019 · owns 75% or more
  • Martin Samuel Watkins · Chief Executive Officercontrol
    since 08/2022 · owns 10% to 25%
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
Salt Lake City, Ut · principal720
Murray, Ut400
San Diego, Ca000
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
  • Boise, ID2 employees
  • Logan, UT1 employees
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
  • control person changedChange between filings · filing Aug 22, 2026
    WATKINS, MARTIN, ARTHUR (FOUNDER/PRESIDENT) left Schedule A between the filings of 2022-11-07 and 2026-08-22
    peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,360)
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 2,635 to 2,829
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Advisory employees · 7 to 10
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Charity clients · 10 to 11
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • HNW clients · 219 to 259
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Individual clients · 598 to 584
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Employees · 17 to 19
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • State-registered IARs · 7 to 10
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Other offices · 3 to 4
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Discretionary RAUM · $139M to $146M
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • HNW RAUM · $695M to $858M
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Individual RAUM · $196M to $201M
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $936M to $1.1B
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • RAUM · $1.1B to $1.3B
    Mar 23, 2025 to Mar 6, 2026
  • Accounts · 2,536 to 2,635
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Advisory employees · 8 to 7
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • HNW clients · 198 to 219
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Individual clients · 594 to 598
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Financial planning clients · More than 500 to More than 500
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • State-registered IARs · 8 to 7
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $139M
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • HNW RAUM · $595M to $695M
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Individual RAUM · $184M to $196M
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $1.0B to $936M
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Pension RAUM · unset to 0.0
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Pooled vehicle RAUM · unset to 0.0
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • RAUM · $1.0B to $1.1B
    Mar 19, 2024 to Mar 23, 2025
  • Accounts · 2,452 to 2,536
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Advisory employees · 6 to 8
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Charity clients · 11 to 10
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • HNW clients · 173 to 198
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Individual clients · 570 to 594
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • State-registered IARs · 6 to 8
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • HNW RAUM · $490M to $595M
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Individual RAUM · $155M to $184M
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $880M to $1.0B
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • RAUM · $880M to $1.0B
    Nov 29, 2023 to Mar 19, 2024
  • Accounts · 2,381 to 2,452
    Jan 27, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Charity clients · unset to 11.0
    Jan 27, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023
  • HNW clients · 1,058 to 173
    Jan 27, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Individual clients · 137 to 570
    Jan 27, 2023 to Mar 30, 2023
Signals
9 dated events
  • Jacob Ryan Shiffrin left Truenorth Wealth for Centura Wealth Advisory (registered 2024-11-01)
    Apr 25, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Truenorth Wealth reported RAUM $879.9M, up 35% from $652.6M (2023-01-27 to 2023-03-30)
    Mar 30, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
  • Charles Jared Empey (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Truenorth Wealth
    Nov 7, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
  • Davis Michael Espinosa (President) appeared on Schedule A of Truenorth Wealth
    Nov 7, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
  • Mallory Adams-Edinborough (Chief Operations Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Truenorth Wealth
    Nov 7, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
  • Joseph Griffin (Chief Executive Officer/Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Truenorth Wealth (listed 2022-03-23, absent 2022-11-07)
    Nov 7, 2022 · Control person left · inference
  • Truenorth Wealth reported RAUM $652.6M, up 32% from $493.4M (2021-04-12 to 2022-03-23)
    Mar 23, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
  • Martin Samuel Watkins (Chief Investment Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Truenorth Wealth
    Mar 23, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
  • Adam Michael Haynes left Truenorth Wealth for Albion Financial Group (registered 2023-03-30)
    Feb 24, 2022 · 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.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
Business phone
801-274-1820reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 17, 2026
Firm profile
linkedin.com/company/truenorthretirereportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Firm profile
linkedin.com/company/truenorth-wealthreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Website
truenorthretire.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Principal office phone
801-274-1820reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Aug 22, 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
$115Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded
Sep 14, 2026