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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

Byw

Former SEC-registered adviserCRD 168297SEC 801-118366websiteIAPD
Legal name Byw Investment Advisors, Inc
Latest filing Jan 10, 2025
First filing on the tape Mar 4, 2020 · 9 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 3, 2020
RAUM
$113M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
2
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
9 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$113M as of Jan 10, 2025
Mar 28, 2020$110M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)1 as of Jan 10, 2025
Mar 28, 20201 then
Employees (5.A)2 as of Jan 10, 2025
Mar 28, 20202 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +0.0% over the last fiscal year-0.1% a year over threeIARs 1 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 10, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$113MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$113MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
100%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
2.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
1.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+0.0%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Insurance companies$113M100%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
1reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
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
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    Every departureEvery arrival
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Darryl Reginald Dickson · Chairman, Ceo And Ccocontrol
      since 06/2013 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Paul Liu · Executive Vice Presidentcontrol
      since 06/2013 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Charles John Moten · Shareholdercontrol
      since 03/2016 · owns 25% to 50%
    • Richard Gerald Sparrow · Shareholder
      since 06/2013 · owns less than 5%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    Advisers that list Byw as a related person
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • HQ city · unset to
      Oct 18, 2024 to Jan 10, 2025
    • HQ state · unset to
      Oct 18, 2024 to Jan 10, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 0
      Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 11, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $107M to $113M
      Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 11, 2024
    • RAUM · $107M to $113M
      Mar 1, 2023 to Mar 11, 2024
    • Accounts · 4 to 1
      Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 1, 2023
    • HQ city · ST. LOUIS to unset
      Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 1, 2023
    • HQ state · MO to unset
      Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 1, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $113M to $107M
      Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 1, 2023
    • RAUM · $113M to $107M
      Mar 22, 2022 to Mar 1, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $114M to $113M
      Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 22, 2022
    • RAUM · $114M to $113M
      Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 22, 2022
    • Discretionary RAUM · $110M to $114M
      Mar 28, 2020 to Mar 24, 2021
    • RAUM · $110M to $114M
      Mar 28, 2020 to Mar 24, 2021
    Signals
    2 dated events
    • Byw no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-03-06, RAUM $113.2M)
      May 2, 2025 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • Byw filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      Mar 4, 2020 · 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