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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

Herbein Financial Group, LLC

Former SEC-registered adviserAllentown, PennsylvaniaCRD 322194SEC 801-126422websiteIAPD
Latest filing Dec 23, 2025
First filing on the tape Jul 21, 2022 · 8 filings
SEC status approved since Aug 23, 2022
RAUM
$0
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
n/a
of RAUM
Private clients
n/a
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
2
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
8 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$0 as of Dec 23, 2025
Jan 23, 2025$0 then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Dec 23, 2025
Mar 31, 20231 then
Employees (5.A)2 as of Dec 23, 2025
Mar 31, 20231 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal yearIARs 2 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Dec 23, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$0derivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
unknownderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
unknownderivedof RAUM
Institutional
unknownderivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
1.0derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
hourly, fixed fees, otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, otherreportedItem 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
  • is an insurance broker or agent (6.A.6)
  • 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)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
This filing has no Item 5.D breakdown (filings before 2017 reported ranges, not amounts).
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
0reported
Financial planning clients
51-100reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
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
2 left, 0 joined in 12 months
net -2 in 12 months0 left in 90 days0 joined in 90 days2 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
    • Robert Josh Laychock · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 05/2022 · owns less than 5%
    • Robert Josh Laychock · Presidentcontrol
      since 12/2010 · owns 50% to 75% of Northeast Financial Group, Inc.
    Entity owners
    • Herbein + Company, Inc. · Member
      direct · owns 50% to 75%
    • Northeast Financial Group, Inc. · Member
      direct · owns 25% to 50%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    • Herbein + Company, Inc.
      insurancey
    • Nefg Capital Partners, LLC
      investment adviserpooled vehicle sponsorn
    • Northeast Financial Group, Inc.
      investment adviserreal estateyRAUM $1.4B
    Advisers that list Herbein Financial Group, LLC as a related person
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Allentown, Pa · principal0021
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    • Wyomissing, PA2 employees
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • BD registered reps · 1 to 0
      Jan 23, 2025 to Dec 23, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 51-100
      Jan 23, 2025 to Dec 23, 2025
    • Related insurance company · true to false
      Jan 23, 2025 to Dec 23, 2025
    • Accounts · unset to 0.0
      Dec 9, 2024 to Jan 23, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50
      Dec 9, 2024 to Jan 23, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · unset to 0.0
      Dec 9, 2024 to Jan 23, 2025
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · unset to 0.0
      Dec 9, 2024 to Jan 23, 2025
    • RAUM · unset to 0.0
      Dec 9, 2024 to Jan 23, 2025
    • Financial planning clients · 1-10 to 26-50
      Apr 9, 2024 to Dec 2, 2024
    • Advisory employees · 1 to 2
      Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Employees · 1 to 2
      Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Financial planning clients · 0 to 1-10
      Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • HQ city · TANNERSVILLE to ALLENTOWN
      Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • State-registered IARs · 1 to 2
      Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024
    • Accounts · 0.0 to unset
      Jul 21, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Financial planning clients · unset to 0
      Jul 21, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · 0.0 to unset
      Jul 21, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · 0.0 to unset
      Jul 21, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    • RAUM · 0.0 to unset
      Jul 21, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
    Signals
    6 dated events
    • Herbein Financial Group, Llc no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2026-08-03)
      Sep 1, 2026 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • Matthew C. Kline left Herbein Financial Group, Llc for Choreo, Llc (registered 2026-03-13)
      Mar 12, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Josh Robert Laychock left Herbein Financial Group, Llc for Choreo, Llc (registered 2026-03-17)
      Mar 11, 2026 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • 2 advisors left Herbein Financial Group, LLC (Allentown, PA) for Choreo, LLC a day apart
      Mar 11, 2026 · Team lift-out · derived
    • Lee Robert Hackenberg (President) no longer on Schedule A of Herbein Financial Group, Llc (listed 2023-03-31, absent 2024-03-26)
      Mar 26, 2024 · Control person left · inference
    • Herbein Financial Group, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
      Jul 21, 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