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RIA Intelligence
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
Stage Harbor Financial
Legal name Stage Harbor Financial, LLC
Latest filing Aug 10, 2026
First filing on the tape Dec 22, 2017 · 28 filings
SEC status approved since May 8, 2018
RAUM
$1.1B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$1.1B individuals and HNW
Advisors
7
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$157M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
11
8 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
28 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.1B as of Aug 10, 2026
Jan 30, 2019$524M then
HNW client RAUM$1.0B as of Aug 10, 2026
Jan 30, 2019$504M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)7 as of Aug 10, 2026
Jan 30, 20196 then
Employees (5.A)11 as of Aug 10, 2026
Jan 30, 20198 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +13% over the last fiscal year+12% a year over threeIARs 7 to 7
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Aug 10, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- Independent boutique · a wealth manager with no broker-dealer, bank or insurance affiliate, 2 to 25 advisors, one to three offices, no public reporting company control
- RAUM per advisor
- $157MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 50derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $4.7MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $764,578derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.6derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 7.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +13%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +5.1%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $635M, 181 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)
- a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
- a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$1.0B95%
- Individuals$52.2M4.8%
- Corporations and businesses$676,1030.1%
- Individual clients
- 127reported
- HNW clients
- 221reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 1,435reported
- Financial planning clients
- 101-250reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $635M for 181 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixedreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
6 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Douglas BiggarCertified Financial Planner, Chartered Financial Analyst | Westwood, Ma | Feb 16, 2018 | 25 y | 1 |
| Andre Matos FernandesCertified Financial Planner | Westwood, Ma | Feb 16, 2018 | 26 y | 1 |
| William Francis LefavorCertified Financial Planner | Westwood, Ma | Feb 20, 2018 | 20 y | 1 |
| Maclean Jordan BarachCertified Financial Planner | Westwood, Ma | Sep 28, 2018 | 10 y | 0 |
| James Patrick ScanlanCertified Financial Planner | Westwood, Ma | Oct 25, 2024 | 43 y | 6 |
| Joshua DevereauxCertified Financial Planner | Westwood, Ma | Jan 23, 2026 | 10 y | 0 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net 0 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 daysdeparture rate 0.0% of current headcount0 left over 36 months
Left, latest
none on the tape
Joined, latest
- James Patrick Scanlan from Apella WealthOct 25, 2024 · RIA to RIA
- William Francis Lefavor from Washington Trust AdvisorsFeb 20, 2018 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
- Matthew Douglas Biggar from Washington Trust AdvisorsFeb 16, 2018 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
- Andre Matos Fernandes from Washington Trust AdvisorsFeb 16, 2018 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 3 joined from Washington Trust AdvisorsFeb 19, 2018 · Wellesley, Ma
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Douglas Matthew Biggar · Managing Membercontrolsince 02/2018 · owns 25% to 50%
- Matos Andre Fernandes · Managing Membercontrolsince 02/2018 · owns 25% to 50%
- Francis William Lefavor · Managing Membercontrolsince 12/2018 · owns 10% to 25%
- Na Rosemarie Ranzie · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 06/2018 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westwood, Ma · principal | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- account count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 18, 2026accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 901.0 to 1,435.0 (+59.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-21 and 2026-03-18; the peer median change was +6.0% (1206 comparable advisers, 93.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $1B to $5B (1,206) · 93% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 901 to 1,435Dec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Advisory employees · 7 to 8Dec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- HNW clients · 204 to 221Dec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Assets in custody · $560M to $635MDec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Employees · 9 to 11Dec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $973M to $1.1BDec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $917M to $1.0BDec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $55.6M to $52.2MDec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- RAUM · $973M to $1.1BDec 8, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
- Accounts · 1,242 to 901Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Advisory employees · 6 to 7Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Advisory activities · 5 to 4Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- HNW clients · 191 to 204Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Individual clients · 122 to 127Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Assets in custody · $718M to $560MDec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 101-250 to 101-250Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 6 to 7Dec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $877M to $973MDec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $832M to $917MDec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $44.1M to $55.6MDec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- RAUM · $877M to $973MDec 26, 2024 to Mar 21, 2025
- HQ city · NEEDHAM to WESTWOODSep 18, 2024 to Oct 10, 2024
- Accounts · 1,141 to 1,242Oct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- HNW clients · 187 to 191Oct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Individual clients · 108 to 122Oct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Assets in custody · $614M to $718MOct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Employees · 7 to 9Oct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $775M to $877MOct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $743M to $832MOct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $31.9M to $44.1MOct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- RAUM · $775M to $877MOct 24, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
- Accounts · 1,002 to 1,141Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Advisory activities · 6 to 5Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Corporate clients · 1.0 to unsetNov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- HNW clients · 169 to 187Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Individual clients · 92 to 108Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Assets in custody · $533M to $614MNov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Employees · 8 to 7Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Financial planning clients · 251-500 to 101-250Nov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $836M to $775MNov 17, 2022 to Mar 9, 2023
Signals
2 dated events
- Francis William Lefavor (Managing Member) appeared on Schedule A of Stage Harbor FinancialJan 30, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
- Cortana Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Dec 22, 2017 · 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 email
- jlunny@stageharborfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- rranzie@stageharborfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- sturcotte@stageharborfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business email
- zdavis@stageharborfinancial.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Business phone
- 781-934-3133reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/stageharborfinancialreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- STAGEHARBORFINANCIAL.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- (781) 934-3130reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Aug 10, 2026
- Contact form
- stageharborfinancial.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Team page
- stageharborfinancial.com/teamreportedpublished 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
- $157Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026