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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

Source Financial Advisors, LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserNew York, New YorkCRD 164825SEC 801-77037IAPD
Latest filing Mar 28, 2024
First filing on the tape Aug 8, 2012 · 47 filings
RAUM
$519M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
99%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$517M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
4
1 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
47 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$519M as of Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 2013$135M then
HNW client RAUM$507M as of Mar 28, 2024
Mar 16, 2018$274M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 20130 then
Employees (5.A)4 as of Mar 28, 2024
Mar 28, 20135 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +15% over the last fiscal year-2.9% a year over threeIARs 2 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 28, 2024; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$519MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
97derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$8.3MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.1MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
99%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
4.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
0.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+15%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
-50%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
-2.0%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed fees, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, educational seminarsreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$24.4M, 20 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)
  • marketing includes testimonials (5.L.1.c)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$507M98%
  • Individuals$10.4M2.0%
  • Corporations and businesses$2.2M0.4%
Individual clients
36reported
HNW clients
61reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
452reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$24.4M for 20 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
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Kathryn Megan Benner · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 01/2023 · owns less than 5%
  • Marie Michelle Smith · Managing Membercontrol
    since 07/2012 · 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
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
Columbus, Oh000
New York, Ny · principal000
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
  • Newburgh, NY1 employees
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 436 to 452
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Advisory employees · 2 to 1
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Corporate clients · unset to 1.0
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • HNW clients · 55 to 61
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Individual clients · 44 to 36
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Assets in custody · $17.7M to $24.4M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Employees · 6 to 4
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • State-registered IARs · 2 to 1
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Discretionary RAUM · $448M to $513M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • HNW RAUM · $435M to $507M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Individual RAUM · $15.4M to $10.4M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $2.3M to $6.1M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • RAUM · $451M to $519M
    Jul 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
  • Accounts · 395 to 436
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • HNW clients · 56 to 55
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Individual clients · 26 to 44
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Assets in custody · unset to 17730679.0
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Custody of client assets · false to true
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Employees · 7 to 6
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 1-10
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Discretionary RAUM · $478M to $448M
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • HNW RAUM · $552M to $435M
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Individual RAUM · $8.4M to $15.4M
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $81.8M to $2.3M
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • RAUM · $560M to $451M
    Sep 2, 2022 to Mar 30, 2023
  • Accounts · 349 to 395
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Advisory employees · 3 to 2
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • BD registered reps · 1 to 0
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • HNW clients · 53 to 56
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Individual clients · 25 to 26
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • State-registered IARs · 3 to 2
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Discretionary RAUM · $446M to $478M
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • HNW RAUM · $557M to $552M
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Individual RAUM · $9.4M to $8.4M
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $121M to $81.8M
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • RAUM · $567M to $560M
    Nov 1, 2021 to Mar 14, 2022
  • Other offices · 0 to 1
    Mar 11, 2021 to Mar 15, 2021
  • Accounts · 303 to 349
    Feb 1, 2021 to Mar 11, 2021
  • BD registered reps · 0 to 1
    Feb 1, 2021 to Mar 11, 2021
  • HNW clients · 54 to 53
    Feb 1, 2021 to Mar 11, 2021
Signals
8 dated events
  • Michelle Marie Smith left Source Financial Advisors, Llc for Savant Wealth Management (registered 2024-12-10)
    Dec 11, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Patrick Shi-Fan Huang left Source Financial Advisors, Llc for Hamilton Capital (registered 2024-03-18)
    Feb 22, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Carey Mark Rosenthal (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Source Financial Advisors, Llc (listed 2022-09-02, absent 2023-03-30)
    Mar 30, 2023 · Control person left · inference
  • Kathryn Megan Benner (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Source Financial Advisors, Llc
    Mar 30, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
  • Carey Mark Rosenthal (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Source Financial Advisors, Llc
    May 25, 2021 · Control person joined · fact
  • James John Glasheen (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Source Financial Advisors, Llc (listed 2021-03-19, absent 2021-05-25)
    May 25, 2021 · Control person left · inference
  • Source Financial Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $464.8M, up 37% from $340.5M (2019-08-21 to 2020-03-16)
    Mar 16, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
  • Source Financial Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
    Aug 8, 2012 · 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