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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.
SEC-registered adviser
Asempa Wealth Advisors
Legal name Asempa, LLC
Latest filing May 12, 2026
First filing on the tape Oct 10, 2023 · 11 filings
SEC status approved since Nov 9, 2023
RAUM
$246M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
94%
$231M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$82.0M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
4
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
1
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
11 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$246M as of May 12, 2026
Jan 4, 2024$134M then
HNW client RAUM$231M as of May 12, 2026
Jan 4, 2024$119M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of May 12, 2026
Jan 4, 20242 then
Employees (5.A)4 as of May 12, 2026
Jan 4, 20243 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +40% over the last fiscal yearIARs 2 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of May 12, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
- 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
- $82.0MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 29derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $2.9MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $2.8MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 5.9%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.3derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 1.5derived2 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +40%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +38%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, 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$231M94%
- Pension and profit-sharing plans$14.6M5.9%
- Individuals$508,0650.2%
- Individual clients
- 7reported
- HNW clients
- 80reported
- Pension plan clients
- 1reported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 88reported
- Financial planning clients
- 26-50reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUMreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.94 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zaheer Poptani | Baton Rouge, La | Nov 9, 2023 | 21 y | 3 |
| Mawuena Kwame TakyiCertified Financial Planner | Baton Rouge, La | Nov 9, 2023 | 22 y | 1 |
| Canyon Scott Burton-Murphy | Baton Rouge, La | Mar 31, 2026 | 10 y | 0 |
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
- Zaheer Poptani from Dent Wealth AdvisorsNov 9, 2023 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
- Mawuena Kwame Takyi from Dent Wealth AdvisorsNov 9, 2023 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 2 joined from Dent Wealth AdvisorsOct 10, 2023 · Great Falls, Va
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Zaheer Poptani · Chief Compliance Officercontrolsince 09/2023 · owns less than 5%
- Kwame Mawuena Takyi · Managing Partnercontrolsince 09/2023 · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baton Rouge, La · principal | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
- , 1 employees
ADV anomalies
2 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- account count collapseChange between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 300.0 to 88.0 (-71.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-01-27 and 2026-03-31; the peer median change was +5.0% (3688 comparable advisers, 1.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,688) · 0.9% percentile
- RAUM up 25 %Change between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026RAUM (Item 5.F) moved from $176,029,115 to $246,043,951 (+40.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-01-27 and 2026-03-31; the peer median change was +15.0% (4551 comparable advisers, 93.0th percentile of changes)peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (4,551) · 93% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Advisory employees · 2 to 3Jan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $257M to $246MJan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $241M to $231MJan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $546,850 to $508,065Jan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $15.0M to $14.6MJan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- RAUM · $257M to $246MJan 30, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Accounts · 339 to 88Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- HNW clients · 67 to 80Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Individual clients · 1 to 7Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Pension plan clients · 2 to 1Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $203M to $257MJul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $185M to $241MJul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $161,974 to $546,850Jul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Pension RAUM · $18.2M to $15.0MJul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- RAUM · $203M to $257MJul 1, 2025 to Jan 30, 2026
- Accounts · 300 to 339Jan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- HNW clients · 62 to 67Jan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 26-50 to 26-50Jan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $176M to $203MJan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $159M to $185MJan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $3,381 to $161,974Jan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $17.3M to $18.2MJan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- RAUM · $176M to $203MJan 27, 2025 to Jul 1, 2025
- Accounts · 270 to 300Oct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- HNW clients · 63 to 62Oct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Individual clients · unset to 1.0Oct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Employees · 3 to 4Oct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $167M to $176MOct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $150M to $159MOct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Individual RAUM · unset to 3381.0Oct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Pension RAUM · $16.5M to $17.3MOct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- RAUM · $167M to $176MOct 31, 2024 to Jan 27, 2025
- Accounts · 197 to 270Jan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- HNW clients · 45 to 63Jan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- Other offices · 0 to 1Jan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $134M to $167MJan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- HNW RAUM · $119M to $150MJan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- Pension RAUM · $15.3M to $16.5MJan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- RAUM · $134M to $167MJan 4, 2024 to Jun 10, 2024
- Accounts · 0 to 197Oct 10, 2023 to Jan 4, 2024
Signals
2 dated events
- Asempa Wealth Advisors filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Oct 10, 2023 · First SEC registration · fact
- 2 advisors left Dent Wealth Advisors (Great Falls, VA) for Asempa Wealth Advisors on the same dayOct 10, 2023 · Team lift-out · derived
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 phone
- 225-529-9329reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/asempa-wealth-advisorsreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Website
- asempawealth.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- (225) 529-9329reportedpublic record, Form ADV, May 12, 2026
- Contact form
- asempawealth.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 2026
- Team page
- asempawealth.com/our-team-1reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 16, 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
- $82.0Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026