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RIA Intelligence

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

Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC

Independent wealth managerKansas City, MissouriCRD 151164SEC 801-70536website IAPD

Latest filing Mar 31, 2026

First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 44 filings

SEC status approved since Aug 24, 2009

RAUM

$659M

reported, Item 5.F

Discretionary

77%

of RAUM

Private clients

75%

$498M individuals and HNW

Advisors

registered through the firm on IAPD

RAUM per advisor

$94.2M

derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count

Employees

7 advisory (5.B.1)

Offices

beyond the principal office

Private funds

reported on Schedule D

History

44 filings and snapshots on the tape

RAUM$659M as of Mar 31, 2026

Mar 30, 2012$312M then

HNW client RAUM$194M as of Mar 31, 2026

Mar 20, 2018$243M then

State-registered IARs (5.B.3)7 as of Mar 31, 2026

Mar 30, 20120 then

Employees (5.A)12 as of Mar 31, 2026

Mar 28, 20136 then

Private funds: no history

RAUM -5.4% over the last fiscal year+7.4% a year over threeIARs 7 to 7

Practice profile

derived from the filing of Mar 31, 2026; every figure names its basis

Archetypes, each a printed rule

Independent boutique · a wealth manager with no broker-dealer, bank or insurance affiliate, 2 to 25 advisors, one to three offices, no public reporting company control
Mass-affluent RIA · private-client share at least 50 percent, non-HNW individuals at least 60 percent of private-client RAUM

RAUM per advisor: $94.2MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor: 48derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client: $9.2MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account: $419,240derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary: 77%derivedof RAUM
Institutional: 7.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor: 1.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office: 7.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year: -5.4%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year: +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year: -18%derived
Compensation: percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities: financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
Custody: $348M, 325 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)
compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)

Where the RAUM sits

Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing

Individuals$304M46%
High-net-worth individuals$194M29%
Corporations and businesses$116M18%
Pension and profit-sharing plans$37.9M5.7%
Charitable organizations$8.2M1.2%

Individual clients: 315reported
HNW clients: 21reported
Pension plan clients: 79reported
Charitable clients: 5reported
Accounts: 1,573reported
Financial planning clients: 251-500reported
Wrap fee programs: noreported
Custody of client assets: $348M for 325 clientsreported
Compensation: % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis: private_client_share=0.75 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.07 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived

Advisors registered through the firm

7 on IAPD today, longest tenure first

Name	Branch	Here since	In industry	Prior firms
Jon Michael Mcgraw	Kansas City, Mo	Jun 23, 2011	30 y	1
Vincent Ian Pastorino	Kansas City, Mo	Jun 23, 2011	27 y	3
Carlos Eduardo Carriedo Samaniego	Kansas City, Mo	Dec 15, 2023	10 y	2
Rachael Michelle GrafCertified Financial Planner	Kansas City, Mo	Jun 14, 2024	14 y	2
Danielle Marie BrownCertified Financial Planner	Kansas City, Mo	Jun 17, 2024	11 y	2
Mitchell Ian GasbarroCertified Financial Planner	Kansas City, Mo	Nov 20, 2024	10 y	0
Kaden Hayes Ludlow	Kansas City, Mo	Nov 20, 2025	10 y	0

Advisor movement

2 left, 0 joined in 12 months

net -2 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 29% of current headcount4 left over 36 months

Left, latest

Mitchell Lane Smith to Uptick Partners, LLC
Dec 5, 2025 · RIA to RIA
Kyle Edwin Hogan to Uptick Partners, LLC
Dec 5, 2025 · RIA to RIA
Brooks Jameson Casel to Opto Investment Management, LLC
Sep 5, 2025 · Other
Timothy Allan Wolfe to Modern Wealth Management, LLC
Dec 18, 2024 · RIA to RIA
John David Jespersen to V Wealth Advisors LLC
Sep 19, 2018 · RIA to RIA

Joined, latest

Brooks Jameson Casel from Copper Financial
May 30, 2025 · RIA to RIA
Danielle Marie Brown from Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.
Jun 17, 2024 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Rachael Michelle Graf from Prosperity Planning
Jun 14, 2024 · RIA to RIA
Carlos Eduardo Carriedo Samaniego from J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
Dec 15, 2023 · Wirehouse to independent RIA
Timothy Allan Wolfe from Choreo, LLC
Jun 21, 2023 · RIA to RIA
Kyle Edwin Hogan from Equitable Advisors, LLC
May 4, 2017 · Other
John David Jespersen from LPL Financial LLC
Oct 1, 2013 · Other
Vincent Ian Pastorino from LPL Financial LLC
Jun 23, 2011 · Other
Jon Michael Mcgraw from LPL Financial LLC
Jun 23, 2011 · Other

Every departure Every arrival

Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state

2 left for Uptick Partners, LLC
Dec 5, 2025 · Kansas City, Mo

Teams out Teams in

Private funds

No private fund reported.

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B, latest filing

Michael Jon Mcgraw · President, Cco, LLC Chairmancontrol
since 01/2002 · owns less than 5%
Ann Jacqueline Morgan · Coocontrol
since 12/2023 · owns less than 5%
Ian Vincent Pastorino · Lead Advisor, LLC Member, LLC Vice Chairmancontrol
since 01/2016 · owns 10% to 25%
Michael Jon Mcgraw · Trusteecontrol
since 11/2004 · owns 75% or more of Mcgraw Jt Revocable Trust
Edwin Kyle Hogan · LLC Member
since 07/2021 · owns 5% to 10%
Marie Macy Layne · LLC Member
since 07/2022 · owns less than 5%
Lane Mitchell Smith · LLC Member
since 07/2020 · owns 5% to 10%

Entity owners

Mcgraw Jt Revocable Trust · LLC Member
direct · owns 75% or more

Related persons

Schedule D 7.A

No related person reported.

Office movement

IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months

Office	Advisors	Joined	Left	Teams out	Forming
Kansas City, Mo · principal	7	1	2	1

Offices

Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest

No branch office listed.

ADV anomalies

3 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions

wealth to institutional shiftCombination · filing Mar 31, 2026
private-client share fell 15 points or more while institutional share rose 15 points or more. RAUM $696,762,721 to $659,465,030, advisors 7 to 7, private clients 411 to 336, offices 0 to 0 (2025-04-30 to 2026-03-31)
peers: independent wealth managers, $500M to $1B (1,483)
institutional asset share shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026
institutional share of RAUM moved from 7.0% to 25.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-04-30 and 2026-03-31
peers: independent wealth managers, $500M to $1B (1,483)
client mix shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026
private-client share of RAUM moved from 93.0% to 75.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-04-30 and 2026-03-31
peers: independent wealth managers, $500M to $1B (1,483)

How anomalies are measured

What changed

consecutive filings, newest first

Accounts · 2,076 to 1,573
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Charity clients · 2 to 5
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
HNW clients · 20 to 21
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Individual clients · 391 to 315
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Pension plan clients · 126 to 79
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Assets in custody · $451M to $348M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Employees · 14 to 12
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Discretionary RAUM · $551M to $507M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
HNW RAUM · $251M to $194M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Individual RAUM · $395M to $304M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Non-discretionary RAUM · $146M to $153M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Pension RAUM · $36.8M to $37.9M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
RAUM · $697M to $659M
Dec 18, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
Accounts · 2,005 to 2,076
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Advisory employees · 8 to 7
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Charity clients · unset to 2.0
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Corporate clients · unset to 9.0
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
HNW clients · 151 to 20
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Individual clients · 252 to 391
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Pension plan clients · unset to 126.0
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Assets in custody · $113M to $451M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Employees · 15 to 14
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Financial planning clients · 251-500 to 251-500
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
State-registered IARs · 8 to 7
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Discretionary RAUM · $489M to $551M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
HNW RAUM · $506M to $251M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Individual RAUM · $108M to $395M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Non-discretionary RAUM · $137M to $146M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Pension RAUM · unset to 36822963.0
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
RAUM · $625M to $697M
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Wrap assets (manager) · 0.0 to unset
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Wrap assets (sponsor) · 0.0 to unset
Dec 18, 2024 to Apr 30, 2025
Accounts · 2,269 to 2,005
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
Advisory employees · 7 to 8
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
HNW clients · 252 to 151
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
Individual clients · 152 to 252
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
Assets in custody · $117M to $113M
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
Employees · 11 to 15
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
State-registered IARs · 5 to 8
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024
Discretionary RAUM · $392M to $489M
Jan 31, 2024 to Mar 30, 2024

Signals

8 dated events

Kyle Edwin Hogan left Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc for Uptick Partners, Llc (registered 2025-11-03)
Dec 5, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Mitchell Lane Smith left Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc for Uptick Partners, Llc (registered 2025-11-03)
Dec 5, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
2 advisors left Buttonwood Financial Group, LLC (Kansas City, MO) for Uptick Partners, LLC on the same day
Dec 5, 2025 · Team lift-out · derived
Brooks Jameson Casel left Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc for Opto Investment Management, Llc (registered 2025-11-21)
Sep 5, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Timothy Allan Wolfe left Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc for Modern Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2025-01-02)
Dec 18, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
Allen Brent Bastian (Llc Member, Llc Secretary) no longer on Schedule A of Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc (listed 2024-05-02, absent 2024-08-27)
Aug 27, 2024 · Control person left · inference
Ann Jacqueline Morgan (Coo) appeared on Schedule A of Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc
Dec 2, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
Buttonwood Financial Group, Llc reported RAUM $435.8M, up 30% from $335.2M (2017-12-26 to 2018-03-20)
Mar 20, 2018 · RAUM change · derived

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 email: info@buttonwoodfg.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
Business phone: 816-285-9000reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
Firm profile: linkedin.com/company/buttonwood-financial-group-llcreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Website: BUTTONWOODFG.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Principal office phone: 816-285-9000reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 31, 2026
Team page: buttonwoodfg.com/teamreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 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: $94.2Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded: Sep 14, 2026