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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
J••• A•••• A•• A••••••••• I•••
Latest filing Feb 26, 2026
First filing on the tape Mar 9, 2022 · 12 filings
SEC status approved since Apr 8, 2022
RAUM
$306M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
89%
$273M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$102M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
12 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$306M as of Feb 26, 2026
Jan 17, 2023$207M then
HNW client RAUM$179M as of Feb 26, 2026
Jan 17, 2023$99.9M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Feb 26, 2026
Jan 17, 20231 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Feb 26, 2026
Jan 17, 20233 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +8.3% over the last fiscal year+14% a year over threeIARs 2 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Feb 26, 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
- Wrap program sponsor · sponsors a wrap fee program (5.I) with at least $100M of wrap assets
- RAUM per advisor
- $102MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 92derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $4.1MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $210,452derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 10%derivedpensions, 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
- +8.3%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +3.4%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
- Wrap fee program
- $306MreportedItem 5.I
- Custody
- $2.8M, 10 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)
- compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
- has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- High-net-worth individuals$179M59%
- Individuals$93.8M31%
- Charitable organizations$29.2M9.5%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$2.4M0.8%
- Corporations and businesses$997,0520.3%
- Individual clients
- 233reported
- HNW clients
- 44reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- 7reported
- Accounts
- 1,452reported
- Financial planning clients
- 101-250reported
- Wrap fee programs
- $0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
- Custody of client assets
- $2.8M for 10 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.89 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.1 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B••• C•••••Certified Financial Planner | New York, Ny | Jul 7, 2022 | 12 y | 1 |
| C••• T••••• S••••• | Asheville, Nc | Aug 8, 2023 | 17 y | 0 |
| J••••• M•••• G••••••Certified Financial Planner | Asheville, Nc | Feb 26, 2026 | 15 y | 3 |
Advisor movement
0 left, 1 joined in 12 months
net +1 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
- J••••• M•••• G•••••• from M••••• W••••• M••••••••• L••Feb 26, 2026 · RIA to RIA
- B••• C••••• from R•••••• J•••• F•••••••• S••••••• A•••••••• I••Jul 7, 2022 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to a newly registered adviser
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- C•••••• B••• · Principal And Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 03/2022 · owns 50% to 75%
- S•••••• C•••• T••••• · Principalcontrolsince 12/2022 · owns 50% to 75%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asheville, Nc · principal | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- New York, NY1 employees
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- account count surgeChange between filings · filing Feb 26, 2026accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 952.0 to 1,452.0 (+53.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-01-28 and 2026-02-26; the peer median change was +5.0% (3687 comparable advisers, 96.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,687) · 96% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 952 to 1,452Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Charity clients · 6 to 7Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- HNW clients · 37 to 44Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Individual clients · 231 to 233Jan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Assets in custody · $100,000 to $2.8MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $282M to $306MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $154M to $179MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $99.7M to $93.8MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $2.2M to $2.4MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- RAUM · $282M to $306MJan 28, 2025 to Feb 26, 2026
- Accounts · 925 to 952Dec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Charity clients · 5 to 6Dec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- HNW clients · 59 to 37Dec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Individual clients · 194 to 231Dec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 101-250Dec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $244M to $282MDec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $168M to $154MDec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $51.6M to $99.7MDec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $1.1M to $2.2MDec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- RAUM · $244M to $282MDec 13, 2024 to Jan 28, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 1 to 2Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $207M to $244MJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $99.9M to $168MJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Individual RAUM · $82.8M to $51.6MJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $4.7M to $1.1MJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- RAUM · $207M to $244MJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Accounts · 824 to 925Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Advisory employees · 1 to 2Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Corporate clients · 2.0 to unsetJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- HNW clients · 25 to 59Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Individual clients · 238 to 194Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Pension plan clients · 4.0 to unsetJan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Assets in custody · $10 to $100,000Jan 11, 2024 to Jan 25, 2024
- Other offices · 0 to 1Jan 17, 2023 to Jan 11, 2024
- Accounts · 676 to 824Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
- Advisory employees · 2 to 1Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
- Charity clients · unset to 5.0Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
- Corporate clients · 6 to 2Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
- HNW clients · 28 to 25Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
- Individual clients · 216 to 238Aug 10, 2022 to Jan 17, 2023
Signals
3 dated events
- Barber Joel Adams (Principal) no longer on Schedule A of J••• A•••• A•• A••••••••• I••• (listed 2022-08-10, absent 2023-01-17)Jan 17, 2023 · Control person left · inference
- T••••• C••• S••••• (Principal) appeared on Schedule A of J••• A•••• A•• A••••••••• I•••Jan 17, 2023 · Control person joined · fact
- J••• A•••• A•• A••••••••• I••• filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Mar 9, 2022 · 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
- khrista@joeladamsasheville.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Business phone
- 828-251-9700reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Business phone
- 828-251-9920reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Website
- joeladamsasheville.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Principal office phone
- (828) 251-9700reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Feb 26, 2026
- Contact form
- joeladamsasheville.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Team page
- joeladamsasheville.com/team/bray-creechreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 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
- $102Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026