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Former SEC-registered adviser
B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L••
Latest filing Jan 23, 2024
First filing on the tape Jul 21, 2023 · 8 filings
RAUM
$2.5M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$2.5M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
5
5 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
8 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$2.5M as of Jan 23, 2024
Jul 21, 2023$0 then
HNW client RAUM$2.5M as of Jan 23, 2024
Nov 29, 2023$2.5M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)5 as of Jan 23, 2024
Jul 21, 20234 then
Employees (5.A)5 as of Jan 23, 2024
Jul 21, 20234 then
Private funds: no history
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jan 23, 2024; every figure names its basis
- RAUM per advisor
- $493,127derivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $2.5MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $1.2MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 5.0derived1 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 individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
- Ownership
- no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
- Firms absorbed, 24 months
- 1derivedhalf or more of a firm's advisors moved here within 14 days
- 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
- High-net-worth individuals$2.5M100%
- Individual clients
- n/areported
- HNW clients
- 1reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 2reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- 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
Left, latest
- M•••••• J••••• C•••••• to A•••••••• P•••••••• L••Aug 14, 2024 · RIA to RIA
- M•••• I•• S•••••••• to A•••••••• P•••••••• L••Aug 14, 2024 · RIA to RIA
- S•••••• K••••••• M••••••••• to A•••••••• P•••••••• L••Aug 14, 2024 · RIA to RIA
- A••••• S•••• to M••••• G••••• A••••••• I•••Jul 12, 2024 · RIA to RIA
Joined, latest
none on the tape
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 3 left for A•••••••• P•••••••• L••Aug 14, 2024 · Beverly Hills, Ca · Firm absorbed
- 3 joined from B•••••••• F••••• W•••••May 22, 2025 · Los Angeles, Ca · Firm absorbed
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- M••••••••• S••••••• K••••••• · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
- C••••••• M••••••• J••••• · Grantor & Trusteecontrolsince 10/2018 · owns F of C•••••• L••••• T••••
- C••••••• P••••• · Grantor & Trusteecontrolsince 10/2018 · owns F of C•••••• L••••• T••••
Entity owners
- C•••••• L••••• T•••• · Managing Memberdirect · owns 75% or more
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Advisers that list B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• as a related person
- 285229 n
Office movement
IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
| Office | Advisors | Joined | Left | Teams out | Forming |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Hills, Ca · principal | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Advisory employees · 4 to 5Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
- BD registered reps · 3 to 4Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
- Employees · 4 to 5Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
- Insurance-licensed employees · 0 to 4Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
- State-registered IARs · 4 to 5Nov 29, 2023 to Dec 18, 2023
- Accounts · 0 to 2Sep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
- HNW clients · unset to 1.0Sep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $2.5MSep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
- HNW RAUM · unset to 2465635.0Sep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
- RAUM · $0 to $2.5MSep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
- Related adviser · false to trueSep 7, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023
Signals
7 dated events
- B•••••••• F••••• W•••••'s advisors moved to B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• (Los Angeles, CA): 3 of 4 registered, on the same dayMay 22, 2025 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
- M•••••• J••••• C•••••• left B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• for A•••••••• P•••••••• L•• (registered 2025-06-11)Aug 14, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- S•••••• K••••••• M••••••••• left B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• for A•••••••• P•••••••• L•• (registered 2025-04-25)Aug 14, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- M•••• I•• S•••••••• left B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• for A•••••••• P•••••••• L•• (registered 2025-04-26)Aug 14, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L••'s advisors moved to A•••••••• P•••••••• L•• (Beverly Hills, CA): 3 of 3 registered, on the same dayAug 14, 2024 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
- A••••• S•••• left B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• for M••••• G••••• A••••••• I••• (registered 2024-07-24)Jul 12, 2024 · Advisor changed firm · fact
- B•••••••• F••••• W••••• S•••••••• L•• filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Jul 21, 2023 · 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