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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

Arbor Financial

Former SEC-registered adviserAnn Arbor, MichiganCRD 281317SEC 801-130609websiteIAPD
Legal name Arbor Financial Planning LLC
Latest filing Mar 13, 2026
First filing on the tape Jun 4, 2024 · 5 filings
SEC status approved since Jul 3, 2024
RAUM
$215M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
94%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$215M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
5 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$215M as of Mar 13, 2026
Feb 10, 2025$175M then
HNW client RAUM$207M as of Mar 13, 2026
Feb 10, 2025$164M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 13, 2026
Feb 10, 20252 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Mar 13, 2026
Feb 10, 20253 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +23% over the last fiscal yearIARs 2 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 13, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$107MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
36derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$3.6MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$377,934derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
94%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
2.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+23%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+4.3%derived
Compensation
fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, otherreportedItem 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)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$207M96%
  • Individuals$7.5M3.5%
Individual clients
14reported
HNW clients
58reported
Pension plan clients
0reported
Charitable clients
0reported
Accounts
568reported
Financial planning clients
51-100reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
fixedreported
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
1 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -1 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days1 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Irfan Bhabhrawala · Owner/ Chief Compliance Officercontrol
    since 07/2015 · 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
Ann Arbor, Mi · principal001
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 512 to 568
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • HNW clients · 53 to 58
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Individual clients · 16 to 14
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Assets in custody · 59018900.0 to unset
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Custody of client assets · true to false
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Discretionary RAUM · $162M to $201M
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • HNW RAUM · $164M to $207M
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Individual RAUM · $11.6M to $7.5M
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $12.9M to $13.7M
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • RAUM · $175M to $215M
    Feb 10, 2025 to Mar 13, 2026
  • Accounts · 499 to 512
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Advisory employees · 1 to 2
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • HNW clients · 51 to 53
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Individual clients · 18 to 16
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Assets in custody · unset to 59018900.0
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Custody of client assets · false to true
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Employees · 2 to 3
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 51-100
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • State-registered IARs · 1 to 2
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Discretionary RAUM · $153M to $162M
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • HNW RAUM · $156M to $164M
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Individual RAUM · $11.5M to $11.6M
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $14.2M to $12.9M
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
  • RAUM · $167M to $175M
    Oct 17, 2024 to Feb 10, 2025
Signals
3 dated events
  • Arbor Financial no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-06-01, RAUM $214.7M)
    Jul 1, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
  • Irfan Bhabhrawala left Arbor Financial for Sax Wealth Advisors, Llc (registered 2026-02-02)
    Jun 9, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Arbor Financial filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
    Jun 4, 2024 · 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