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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.
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SEC-registered adviser
V•• W••••• A•••••••• L••
Latest filing Sep 11, 2026
First filing on the tape May 6, 2021 · 10 filings
SEC status approved since May 6, 2021
RAUM
$678M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
92%
$626M individuals and HNW
Advisors
5
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$136M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
6
5 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
10 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$678M as of Mar 30, 2026
Mar 18, 2022$441M then
HNW client RAUM$514M as of Mar 30, 2026
Mar 18, 2022$123M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)5 as of Mar 30, 2026
Mar 18, 20225 then
Employees (5.A)6 as of Mar 30, 2026
Mar 18, 20226 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +15% over the last fiscal year+17% a year over threeIARs 5 to 5offices 0 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Sep 11, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- HNW wealth manager · private-client share of RAUM at least 50 percent and HNW share of private-client RAUM 50 to 90 percent
- 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
- $136MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 122derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $1.2MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $444,565derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 7.6%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.2derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 2.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +15%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- -1.8%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- 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)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$514M76%
- Individuals$113M17%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$51.2M7.6%
- Individual clients
- 176reported
- HNW clients
- 433reported
- Pension plan clients
- 4reported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 1,524reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.92 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.08 related_bd= related_bank= bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
5 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F••• C••••• H••• | Hunt Valley, Md | Jun 16, 2021 | 13 y | 3 |
| C••••••••• J•••• B••••Certified Financial Planner | Hunt Valley, Md | Jun 16, 2021 | 12 y | 1 |
| R••••• F•••• M•••••• | Hunt Valley, Md | Jun 16, 2021 | 42 y | 1 |
| A•••••••• F••• B••••• | Hunt Valley, Md | Jun 18, 2021 | 38 y | 1 |
| B•••• M•••••• T••••• | Hunt Valley, Md | Jun 18, 2021 | 32 y | 1 |
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
- A•••••••• F••• B••••• from V•••••• M••••••Jun 18, 2021 · RIA to RIA
- B•••• M•••••• T••••• from V•••••• M••••••Jun 18, 2021 · RIA to RIA
- F••• C••••• H••• from V•••••• M••••••Jun 16, 2021 · RIA to RIA
- C••••••••• J•••• B•••• from V•••••• M••••••Jun 16, 2021 · RIA to RIA
- R••••• F•••• M•••••• from V•••••• M••••••Jun 16, 2021 · RIA to RIA
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 5 joined from V•••••• M••••••Jul 20, 2021 · Lutherville, Md · Firm absorbed
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- H•••• F•••• C• · Manager And Chief Operating Officercontrolsince 05/2021 · owns less than 5%
- M••••••• R•••••• F•••• · President, Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 05/2021 · owns less than 5%
- H•••• F•••• C• · Ownercontrolsince 05/2021 · owns 75% or more of F•• C•••••• M••••••••• L••
Entity owners
- F•• C•••••• M••••••••• L•• · Ownerdirect · 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
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Valley, Md · principal | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
2 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- account count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 624.0 to 1,524.0 (+144.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-27 and 2026-03-30; the peer median change was +6.0% (1256 comparable advisers, 98.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $500M to $1B (1,256) · 98% percentile
- HNW share shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 30, 2026HNW share of RAUM moved from 59.0% to 76.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-03-27 and 2026-03-30peers: independent wealth managers, $500M to $1B (1,482)
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 0Mar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Related adviser · false to unsetMar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Related bank · false to unsetMar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Related broker-dealer · false to unsetMar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Related insurance company · false to unsetMar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Succession · false to unsetMar 30, 2026 to Sep 11, 2026
- Accounts · 624 to 1,524Mar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- HNW clients · 187 to 433Mar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Individual clients · 433 to 176Mar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Other offices · 0 to 1Mar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $587M to $678MMar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $344M to $514MMar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $200M to $113MMar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $43.6M to $51.2MMar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- RAUM · $587M to $678MMar 27, 2025 to Mar 30, 2026
- Accounts · 564 to 624Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Advisory activities · 2 to 1Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- HNW clients · 66 to 187Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Individual clients · 497 to 433Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Pension plan clients · 1 to 4Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 0Mar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $498M to $587MMar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $159M to $344MMar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $338M to $200MMar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $1.1M to $43.6MMar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- RAUM · $498M to $587MMar 15, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
- Accounts · 524 to 564Mar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- HNW clients · 57 to 66Mar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Individual clients · 466 to 497Mar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $421M to $498MMar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $130M to $159MMar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $286M to $338MMar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $4.2M to $1.1MMar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- RAUM · $421M to $498MMar 17, 2023 to Mar 15, 2024
- Accounts · 487 to 524Mar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
- HNW clients · 53 to 57Mar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
- Individual clients · 433 to 466Mar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $441M to $421MMar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
- HNW RAUM · $123M to $130MMar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
- Individual RAUM · $314M to $286MMar 18, 2022 to Mar 17, 2023
Signals
2 dated events
- V•• W••••• A•••••••• L•• reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)May 6, 2021 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
- V•• W••••• A•••••••• L•• filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)May 6, 2021 · 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
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/vsm-wealth-advisoryreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Website
- v•••.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 410-825-8844reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 11, 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
- $136Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026