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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.
Former SEC-registered adviser
Tax Favored Retirement
Legal name Aps Ventures, LLC
Latest filing Jan 29, 2026
First filing on the tape Jan 29, 2026 · 1 filings
RAUM
$41.2M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$41.2M individuals and HNW
Advisors
n/a
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
0 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM: no history
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3): no history
Employees (5.A): no history
Private funds: no history
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 29, 2026; every figure names its basis
- RAUM per advisor
- $13.7MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 50derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.8MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $123,583derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- unknownderivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- unknownderived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individualsreportedItem 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)
- compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
- compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- Individuals$24.9M60%
- High-net-worth individuals$16.3M40%
- Individual clients
- 140reported
- HNW clients
- 9reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 333reported
- Financial planning clients
- 11-25reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- on the IAPD state feed, not SEC-registeredderived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew P Surber | Kansas City, Mo | Sep 27, 2018 | 15 y | 2 |
| Douglas Waldo Garrett | Kansas City, Mo | Dec 9, 2019 | 43 y | 0 |
| Theodore Perez | Kansas City, Mo | Oct 21, 2021 | 20 y | 1 |
Advisor movement
Left, latest
- Erik Lloyd Witt to Ameriprise Financial Services, LLCOct 30, 2024 · Other
- Michael Kenrick Sheerin to Proactive Planning Wealth AdvisoryApr 30, 2024 · Other
Joined, latest
- Michael Kenrick Sheerin from Iht Wealth Management LLCNov 14, 2022 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a state-registered adviser
- Theodore Perez from Elevation Advisory Partners LLCOct 21, 2021 · RIA to a state-registered adviser
- Andrew P Surber from Prime Capital FinancialSep 27, 2018 · Other
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
No Schedule A on the extract for this adviser.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, Mo · principal | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gladstone, Mo | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
One filing, no change to show.
Signals
2 dated events
- Erik Lloyd Witt left Tax Favored Retirement for Ameriprise Financial Services, Llc (registered 2024-11-12)Oct 30, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- Michael Kenrick Sheerin left Tax Favored Retirement for Proactive Planning Wealth Advisory (registered 2024-05-01)Apr 30, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · 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
- Website
- taxfavoredretirement.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 816-534-8615reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jan 29, 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
- STATE REGISTEREDderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
- RAUM per advisor
- n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 15, 2026