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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.

SEC-registered adviser

USA Financial Exchange

Independent wealth managerAda, MichiganCRD 283466SEC 801-107771websiteIAPD
Legal name USA Financial Exchange LLC
Latest filing Mar 27, 2026
First filing on the tape Apr 26, 2016 · 24 filings
SEC status approved since May 18, 2016
RAUM
$1.6B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$1.6B individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
38
0 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
24 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.6B as of Mar 27, 2026
Mar 29, 2018$220M then
HNW client RAUM$233M as of Mar 27, 2026
Mar 29, 2018$17.6M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)26 as of Mar 27, 2026
Apr 13, 201720 then
Employees (5.A)38 as of Mar 27, 2026
Apr 13, 201727 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +2.1% over the last fiscal year+6.1% a year over threeIARs 26 to 26
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 27, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
  • Mass-affluent RIA · private-client share at least 50 percent, non-HNW individuals at least 60 percent of private-client RAUM
RAUM per advisor
$62.9MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
395derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$793,974derivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$164,066derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%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
26.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+2.1%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
-95%derived
Compensation
otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
selection of other advisers, 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)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Individuals$1.4B86%
  • High-net-worth individuals$233M14%
Individual clients
9,971reported
HNW clients
294reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
9,971reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
n/areported
Class basis
private_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=false bd_reps=26.0derived
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
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Clayton William Bachert · Chief Financial Officercontrol
        since 01/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • David Brent Enders · President/Managercontrol
        since 01/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • Robert Mark Mersman · Chief Marketing Officercontrol
        since 01/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • M Dawn Thomason · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 08/2022 · owns less than 5%
      • David Michael Walters · Ceocontrol
        since 01/2016 · owns less than 5%
      • Carroll James Mcconnell · Chief Operations Officer
        since 11/2021 · owns less than 5%
      Entity owners
      • USA Financial LLC · Direct Owner
        direct · owns 75% or more
      • Accelerate Buyer LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Amerilife Holdings LLC
      • Accelerate Intermediate Holdings 1 LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Accelerate Buyer LLC
      • Accelerate Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Accelerate Intermediate Holdings 1 LLC
      • Accelerate Topco Holdings LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Accelerate Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC
      • Al Marketing LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of USA Financial LLC
      • Amerilife Blocker Holdings LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Accelerate Topco Holdings LLC
      • Amerilife Group LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Al Marketing LLC
      • Amerilife Holdings LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Amerilife Midco LLC
      • Amerilife Midco LLC · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Amerilife Group LLC
      • Gc Propel Aggregator Gp LLC · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Gc Propel Aggregator LP
      • Gc Propel Aggregator LP · Shareholder
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Gc Propel Holdings Inc
      • Gc Propel Holdings Inc · Member
        indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Accelerate Topco Holdings LLC
      • Genstar Capital Partners X LP · Limited Partner
        indirect · owns 50% to 75% of Gc Propel Aggregator LP
      • Genstar Capital Partners X LP · Member
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Gc Propel Aggregator Gp LLC
      • Genstar Capital X LP · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Genstar Capital Partners X LP
      • Genstar X Gp LLC · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Genstar Capital X LP
      • Icg Holiday Partners I LP · Limited Partner
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Thl Al Blocked Buyer Feeder LP
      • Thl Al Blocked Buyer Feeder LP · Limited Partner
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Thl Amerilife Parallel Spv LP
      • Thl Amerilife Equity Advisors LLC · General Partner
        indirect · owns F of Thl Amerilife Parallel Spv LP
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Advisers that list USA Financial Exchange as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      ADV anomalies
      4 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • clients down average size upCombination · filing Mar 27, 2026
        private clients fell 20 percent or more while RAUM per client rose 30 percent or more: a move up-market or the departure of small accounts. RAUM $1,601,885,578 to $1,635,901,063, advisors 26 to 26, private clients 227815 to 10265, offices 0 to 0 (2025-03-26 to 2026-03-27)
        peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,360)
      • account count collapseChange between filings · filing Mar 27, 2026
        accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 227,815.0 to 9,971.0 (-96.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-26 and 2026-03-27; the peer median change was +6.0% (1206 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile of changes)
        peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,206) · 0.2% percentile
      • client count collapseChange between filings · filing Mar 27, 2026
        individual and HNW clients (Item 5.D) moved from 227,815.0 to 10,265.0 (-95.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-26 and 2026-03-27; the peer median change was +5.0% (1132 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile of changes)
        peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,132) · 0.1% percentile
      • control person changedChange between filings · filing Mar 27, 2026
        ENDERS, BRENT, DAVID (PRESIDENT/MANAGER) left Schedule A between the filings of 2024-08-15 and 2026-03-27
        peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,360)
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 227,815 to 9,971
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • HNW clients · 262 to 294
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • Individual clients · 227,553 to 9,971
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • Financial planning clients · to 0
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.6B to $1.6B
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • HNW RAUM · $208M to $233M
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • Individual RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4B
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • RAUM · $1.6B to $1.6B
        Sep 22, 2025 to Mar 27, 2026
      • Accounts · 10,320 to 227,815
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Corporate clients · 49.0 to unset
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • HNW clients · 411 to 262
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Individual clients · 9,860 to 227,553
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.4B to $1.6B
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • HNW RAUM · $55.3M to $208M
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Individual RAUM · $1.3B to $1.4B
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • RAUM · $1.4B to $1.6B
        Sep 26, 2024 to Mar 26, 2025
      • Legal name · USA FINANCIAL EXCHANGE CORPORATION to USA FINANCIAL EXCHANGE LLC
        Aug 16, 2024 to Aug 19, 2024
      • Succession · true to false
        Aug 16, 2024 to Aug 19, 2024
      • Organization form · Corporation to Limited Liability Company
        Aug 15, 2024 to Aug 16, 2024
      • Succession · false to true
        Aug 15, 2024 to Aug 16, 2024
      • Accounts · 10,870 to 10,320
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Corporate clients · unset to 49.0
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • HNW clients · 435 to 411
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Individual clients · 10,435 to 9,860
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Financial planning clients · More than 500 to unset
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4B
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • HNW RAUM · $18.5M to $55.3M
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Individual RAUM · $1.4B to $1.3B
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • RAUM · $1.4B to $1.4B
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 27, 2024
      • Accounts · 10,140 to 10,870
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • BD registered reps · 24 to 26
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Corporate clients · 71.0 to unset
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • HNW clients · 219 to 435
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Individual clients · 5,266 to 10,435
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Employees · 27 to 38
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • State-registered IARs · 20 to 26
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.3B to $1.4B
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • HNW RAUM · $52.3M to $18.5M
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Individual RAUM · $1.3B to $1.4B
        Aug 29, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      Signals
      10 dated events
      • Usa Financial Exchange reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
        Aug 16, 2024 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
      • H Matthew Eilers (Chief Business Development Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Usa Financial Exchange (listed 2024-04-22, absent 2024-08-15)
        Aug 15, 2024 · Control person left · inference
      • M Dawn Thomason (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Usa Financial Exchange
        Aug 29, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Denise Stewart Andrea Mcgrew (Chief Legal Officer/Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Usa Financial Exchange (listed 2022-03-31, absent 2022-08-18)
        Aug 18, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Usa Financial Exchange reported RAUM $1.3B, up 195% from $454.1M (2021-12-09 to 2022-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
      • Lee Matthew Mcgrew (Chief Operating Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Usa Financial Exchange (listed 2021-03-30, absent 2021-12-09)
        Dec 9, 2021 · Control person left · inference
      • Usa Financial Exchange reported RAUM $454.1M, up 115% from $210.7M (2020-06-26 to 2021-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Usa Financial Exchange reported RAUM $210.7M, down 59% from $516.7M (2019-04-10 to 2020-04-03)
        Apr 3, 2020 · RAUM change · derived
      • Usa Financial Exchange reported RAUM $516.7M, up 134% from $220.4M (2018-11-28 to 2019-04-10)
        Apr 10, 2019 · RAUM change · derived
      • Usa Financial Exchange filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Apr 26, 2016 · 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.
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Business phone
      888-444-0125reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
      Website
      USAFINANCIAL.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      888-444-0125reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 27, 2026
      Contact form
      usafinancial.com/contact-usreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
      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
      Independent wealth managerderiveda 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