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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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserCincinnati, OhioCRD 321827SEC 801-125847websiteIAPD
Latest filing Mar 16, 2026
First filing on the tape May 11, 2022 · 9 filings
SEC status approved since Jun 13, 2022
RAUM
$936M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
99%
$931M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
15
10 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
9 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$936M as of Mar 16, 2026
Mar 23, 2023$447M then
HNW client RAUM$689M as of Mar 16, 2026
Mar 23, 2023$323M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)10 as of Mar 16, 2026
Mar 23, 20234 then
Employees (5.A)15 as of Mar 16, 2026
Mar 23, 20239 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +55% over the last fiscal year+28% a year over threeIARs 5 to 10offices 0 to 1
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 16, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$93.6MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
68derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$3.5MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$439,865derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.5%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
5.0derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+55%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+100%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+63%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, otherreportedItem 5.G
Custody
$234M, 321 clientsreportedItem 9.A
Ownership
a PE fund or sponsor is a 25 percent or greater owner 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)
  • has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
  • has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$689M74%
  • Individuals$242M26%
  • Charitable organizations$3.0M0.3%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$2.2M0.2%
Individual clients
485reported
HNW clients
198reported
Pension plan clients
1reported
Charitable clients
2reported
Accounts
2,129reported
Financial planning clients
1-10reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
$234M for 321 clientsreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
10 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -10 in 12 months10 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days10 left over 36 months
Left, latest
Joined, latest
Every departureEvery arrival
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
Teams outTeams in
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Kenneth John Ritter · Chief Compliance Officer & Foundercontrol
    since 07/1999 · owns less than 5%
  • Van Joel Bennett · Chief Financial Officer
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
  • Harold Buckner · Executive Vice President
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
  • Earl Jeffrey Daniher · Founder
    since 07/1999 · owns less than 5%
  • Ann Lori Markham · Assistant Secretary
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
  • Bredt Robert Norwood · Executive Vp & General Counsel
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
  • Maren Angela Osborne · Chief Operating Officer
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
  • Yin Yin · Controller & Assistant Secretary
    since 09/2021 · owns less than 5%
Entity owners
  • Bluespring Wealth Partners, LLC · Owner
    direct · owns 75% or more
  • Kestra Advisor Services Holdings A, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kestra Advisor Services Holdings B, Inc.
  • Kestra Advisor Services Holdings B, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kestra Advisor Services Holdings C, Inc.
  • Kestra Advisor Services Holdings C, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kestra Financial, Inc.
  • Kestra Financial, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Bluespring Wealth Partners, LLC
  • Kingfisher Holding A, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kingfisher Holding B, Inc.
  • Kingfisher Holding B, Inc. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kestra Advisor Services Holdings A, Inc.
  • Kingfisher Holding, G.P., LLC · General Partner
    indirect · owns F of Kingfisher Holding, L.P.
  • Kingfisher Holding, L.P. · Owner
    indirect · owns 75% or more of Kingfisher Holding A, Inc.
  • Oak Hill Capital Partners Vi (Onshore), L.P. · Owner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Ohcp Vi Enzo Aggregator, L.P.
  • Oak Hill Capital Partners Vi (Te 892), L.P. · Owner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Ohcp Vi Enzo Aggregator, L.P.
  • Ohcp Vi Enzo Aggregator, L.P. · Owner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Kingfisher Holding, L.P.
  • Warburg Pincus Financial Sector, L.P. · Limited Partner
    indirect · owns 25% to 50% of Kingfisher Holding, L.P.
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
Advisers that list Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC as a related person
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
Cincinnati, Oh · principal009
Concord, Oh001
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 1,318 to 2,129
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • HNW clients · 128 to 198
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Individual clients · 292 to 485
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Assets in custody · $107M to $234M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Financial planning clients · 251-500 to 1-10
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Discretionary RAUM · $606M to $936M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • HNW RAUM · $448M to $689M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Individual RAUM · $154M to $242M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Pension RAUM · $1.8M to $2.2M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • RAUM · $606M to $936M
    Sep 8, 2025 to Mar 16, 2026
  • Advisory employees · 5 to 10
    Mar 4, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025
  • Employees · 10 to 15
    Mar 4, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025
  • State-registered IARs · 5 to 10
    Mar 4, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025
  • Other offices · 0 to 1
    Mar 4, 2025 to Sep 8, 2025
  • Accounts · 1,298 to 1,318
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Advisory employees · 4 to 5
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • HNW clients · 123 to 128
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Individual clients · 287 to 292
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Pension plan clients · 2 to 1
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Assets in custody · $78.7M to $107M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Employees · 9 to 10
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Financial planning clients · 251-500 to 251-500
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • State-registered IARs · 4 to 5
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Discretionary RAUM · $535M to $606M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • HNW RAUM · $394M to $448M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Individual RAUM · $136M to $154M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Pension RAUM · $1.8M to $1.8M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • RAUM · $535M to $606M
    Aug 22, 2024 to Mar 4, 2025
  • Accounts · 1,234 to 1,298
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • HNW clients · 121 to 123
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Individual clients · 275 to 287
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Assets in custody · $75.6M to $78.7M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Discretionary RAUM · $447M to $535M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • HNW RAUM · $323M to $394M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Individual RAUM · $120M to $136M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Pension RAUM · $1.5M to $1.8M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • RAUM · $447M to $535M
    Aug 14, 2023 to Mar 21, 2024
  • Accounts · 1,176 to 1,234
    Jun 15, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
  • Advisory employees · 5 to 4
    Jun 15, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
  • HNW clients · 112 to 121
    Jun 15, 2022 to Mar 23, 2023
Signals
18 dated events
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-07-01, RAUM $936.5M)
    Aug 3, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
  • Christopher Charles Entringer left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Ronda L Koehler left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Kaylie B Wise left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-12)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Jeffrey Earl Daniher left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Ryan Robert Robaugh left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • John Bradley Ritter left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • John Stephen Hannan left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • John Kenneth Ritter left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Michele R Daniher left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Lora Marie Anstaett left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Bluespring Wealth Management, Llc (registered 2026-06-18)
    Jul 8, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC's advisors moved to Bluespring Wealth Management, LLC (Cincinnati, OH): 10 of 10 registered, on the same day
    Jul 8, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc reported RAUM $936.5M, up 55% from $605.9M (2025-09-08 to 2026-03-16)
    Mar 16, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
  • 2 advisors left Hickory Asset Management, Inc. (Concord, OH) for Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC on the same day
    Oct 1, 2025 · Team lift-out · derived
  • Nicolas Allen Paxson left Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc for Constellation Wealth Advisors (registered 2023-03-25)
    Feb 10, 2023 · Advisor changed firm · fact
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC's advisors moved to Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory LLC (Cincinnati, OH): 5 of 5 registered, on the same day
    Jun 29, 2022 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
    May 11, 2022 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
  • Ritter Daniher Financial Advisory Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
    May 11, 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.
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
Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda 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