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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
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
- Lori Melissa Talley-Kelley to Cwm, LLCMar 30, 2026 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Sarah Mckenzi Kelley to Cwm, LLCMar 30, 2026 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
- Jan Sture Fredman to Cwm, LLCMar 30, 2026 · RIA to affiliated broker-dealer or bank
Joined, latest
- Jan Sture Fredman from Eps AdvisorsApr 12, 2010 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Sture Jan Fredman · Managing Membercontrolsince 10/2009 · owns 75% or more
- Melissa Lori Talley-Kelley · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 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
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seneca, Sc · principal | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- Thibadoux, LA
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Employees · 3 to 4Feb 13, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
- Accounts · 751 to 824Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Advisory activities · 3 to 4Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Charity clients · 0 to 3Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- HNW clients · 70 to 76Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Individual clients · 309 to 352Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Pension plan clients · 0 to 1Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Assets in custody · $9.7M to $37.5MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50Jul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $160M to $193MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $108M to $132MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $51.5M to $59.5MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $0 to $1.1MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- RAUM · $160M to $193MJul 25, 2024 to Feb 13, 2025
- Advisory employees · 2 to 3Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
- Employees · 2 to 3Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
- State-registered IARs · 2 to 3Feb 6, 2024 to Jul 25, 2024
- Accounts · 695 to 751Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- HNW clients · 43 to 70Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Individual clients · 323 to 309Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Assets in custody · $0 to $9.7MFeb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 26-50Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Other offices · 0 to 1Feb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $138M to $160MFeb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $84.7M to $108MFeb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $53.7M to $51.5MFeb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- RAUM · $138M to $160MFeb 2, 2024 to Feb 6, 2024
- Advisory activities · 2 to 3Feb 7, 2023 to Feb 2, 2024
- Financial planning clients · unset to 0Feb 7, 2023 to Feb 2, 2024
- Employees · 5 to 2Jan 31, 2023 to Feb 7, 2023
- Accounts · 621 to 695Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Charity clients · unset to 0.0Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Corporate clients · unset to 0.0Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- HNW clients · 36 to 43Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Individual clients · 250 to 323Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Pension plan clients · unset to 0.0Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 0.0Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Assets in custody · $47.5M to $0Nov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $143M to $138MNov 4, 2022 to Jan 31, 2023
- HNW RAUM · $80.0M to $84.7MNov 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 dayMar 30, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
- Melissa Lori Talley-Kelley (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Crescent Financial AdvisorsJan 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