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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

Crescent Financial Advisors

Former SEC-registered adviserSeneca, South CarolinaCRD 153101SEC 801-114128websiteIAPD
Legal name Clemson-Eps Advisors, LLC
Latest filing Oct 10, 2025
First filing on the tape Feb 8, 2012 · 22 filings
SEC status approved since Oct 11, 2018
RAUM
$193M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
99%
$191M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
4
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
22 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$193M as of Oct 10, 2025
Feb 8, 2012$65.5M then
HNW client RAUM$132M as of Oct 10, 2025
Feb 1, 2019$60.5M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Oct 10, 2025
Feb 8, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)4 as of Oct 10, 2025
Feb 1, 20194 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +21% over the last fiscal year+10% a year over threeIARs 2 to 3
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Oct 10, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$64.3MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
143derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$1.7MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$233,958derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.9%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.3derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
1.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+21%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+50%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+13%derived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, educational seminarsreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$37.5M, 101 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)
  • 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
  • High-net-worth individuals$132M68%
  • Individuals$59.5M31%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$1.1M0.6%
  • Charitable organizations$672,4310.3%
Individual clients
352reported
HNW clients
76reported
Pension plan clients
1reported
Charitable clients
3reported
Accounts
824reported
Financial planning clients
26-50reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$37.5M for 101 clientsreported
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
3 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -3 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days3 left over 36 months
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
    • Sture Jan Fredman · Managing Membercontrol
      since 10/2009 · owns 75% or more
    • Melissa Lori Talley-Kelley · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 12/2019 · owns less than 5%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    No related person reported.
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Seneca, Sc · principal003
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    • Thibadoux, LA
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Employees · 3 to 4
      Feb 13, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
    • Accounts · 751 to 824
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Advisory activities · 3 to 4
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Charity clients · 0 to 3
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • HNW clients · 70 to 76
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Individual clients · 309 to 352
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Pension plan clients · 0 to 1
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Assets in custody · $9.7M to $37.5M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $160M to $193M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $108M to $132M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · $51.5M to $59.5M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Pension RAUM · $0 to $1.1M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • RAUM · $160M to $193M
      Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
    • Advisory employees · 2 to 3
      Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
    • Employees · 2 to 3
      Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
    • State-registered IARs · 2 to 3
      Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
    • Accounts · 695 to 751
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • HNW clients · 43 to 70
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Individual clients · 323 to 309
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Assets in custody · $0 to $9.7M
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Financial planning clients · 0 to 26-50
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Other offices · 0 to 1
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $138M to $160M
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $84.7M to $108M
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $53.7M to $51.5M
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • RAUM · $138M to $160M
      Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
    • Advisory activities · 2 to 3
      Feb 7, 2023 to Feb 2, 2024
    • Financial planning clients · unset to 0
      Feb 7, 2023 to Feb 2, 2024
    • Employees · 5 to 2
      Jan 31, 2023 to Feb 7, 2023
    • Accounts · 621 to 695
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Charity clients · unset to 0.0
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Corporate clients · unset to 0.0
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • HNW clients · 36 to 43
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Individual clients · 250 to 323
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Pension plan clients · unset to 0.0
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 0.0
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Assets in custody · $47.5M to $0
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $143M to $138M
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    • HNW RAUM · $80.0M to $84.7M
      Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
    Signals
    7 dated events
    • Crescent Financial Advisors no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-04-01, RAUM $192.8M)
      May 1, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • Lori Melissa Talley-Kelley left Crescent Financial Advisors for Cwm, Llc (registered 2025-07-16)
      Mar 30, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Jan Sture Fredman left Crescent Financial Advisors for Cwm, Llc (registered 2025-07-17)
      Mar 30, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Sarah Mckenzi Kelley left Crescent Financial Advisors for Cwm, Llc (registered 2025-07-16)
      Mar 30, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Crescent Financial Advisors's advisors moved to Cwm, LLC (Seneca, SC): 3 of 3 registered, on the same day
      Mar 30, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
    • Melissa Lori Talley-Kelley (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Crescent Financial Advisors
      Jan 2, 2020 · Control person joined · fact
    • Clemson-Eps Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      Sep 13, 2018 · First SEC registration · 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