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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

Rainier Family Wealth, Inc.

Independent wealth managerTacoma, WashingtonCRD 332062SEC 801-130876website IAPD

Latest filing Jun 17, 2026

First filing on the tape Jul 8, 2024 · 14 filings

SEC status approved since Aug 9, 2024

RAUM

$331M

reported, Item 5.F

Discretionary

99%

of RAUM

Private clients

91%

$303M individuals and HNW

Advisors

registered through the firm on IAPD

RAUM per advisor

$110M

derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count

Employees

3 advisory (5.B.1)

Offices

beyond the principal office

Private funds

reported on Schedule D

History

14 filings and snapshots on the tape

RAUM$331M as of Jun 17, 2026

Feb 20, 2025$238M then

HNW client RAUM$290M as of Jun 17, 2026

Feb 20, 2025$232M then

State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Jun 17, 2026

Feb 20, 20252 then

Employees (5.A)5 as of Jun 17, 2026

Feb 20, 20253 then

Private funds: no history

RAUM +39% over the last fiscal yearIARs 3 to 3

Practice profile

derived from the filing of Jun 17, 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
Solo or small team · one advisor, or a wealth manager with up to three advisors and one office

RAUM per advisor: $110MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor: 35derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client: $4.1MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account: $743,214derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary: 99%derivedof RAUM
Institutional: 1.9%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor: 1.7derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office: 3.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year: +39%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year: +0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year: +31%derived
Compensation: percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities: financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consultingreportedItem 5.G
Custody: $309M, 113 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)
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$290M88%
Corporations and businesses$22.4M6.8%
Individuals$12.4M3.7%
Pension and profit-sharing plans$6.3M1.9%

Individual clients: 34reported
HNW clients: 71reported
Pension plan clients: 2reported
Charitable clients: n/areported
Accounts: 446reported
Financial planning clients: 101-250reported
Wrap fee programs: noreported
Custody of client assets: $309M for 113 clientsreported
Compensation: % of AUMreported
Class basis: private_client_share=0.91 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.02 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
Jun Stephen CheaCertified Financial Planner	Tacoma, Wa	Sep 3, 2024	33 y	1
Michael Robert RuffChartered Financial Analyst	Tacoma, Wa	Sep 5, 2024	27 y	1
Timothy Hoon Rhee	Tacoma, Wa	Mar 31, 2025	10 y	2

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

Timothy Hoon Rhee from Cetera Investment Advisers LLC
Mar 31, 2025 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
Michael Robert Ruff from Financial Insights Wealth Management
Sep 5, 2024 · RIA to a newly registered adviser
Jun Stephen Chea from Financial Insights Wealth Management
Sep 3, 2024 · RIA to a newly registered adviser

Every departure Every arrival

Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state

2 joined from Financial Insights Wealth Management
Sep 2, 2024 · Tacoma, Wa

Teams out Teams in

Private funds

No private fund reported.

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B, latest filing

Stephen Jun Chea · President And Chief Compliance Officercontrol
since 08/2024 · 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
Tacoma, Wa · principal	3	0	0

Offices

Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest

No branch office listed.

ADV anomalies

2 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions

account count surgeChange between filings · filing Apr 24, 2026
accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 292.0 to 446.0 (+53.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-04-02 and 2026-04-24; the peer median change was +5.0% (3688 comparable advisers, 96.0th percentile of changes)
peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,688) · 96% percentile
RAUM up 25 %Change between filings · filing Apr 24, 2026
RAUM (Item 5.F) moved from $237,668,000 to $331,473,591 (+39.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-04-02 and 2026-04-24; the peer median change was +15.0% (4551 comparable advisers, 92.0th percentile of changes)
peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (4,551) · 92% percentile

How anomalies are measured

What changed

consecutive filings, newest first

Assets in custody · unset to 308738000.0
Mar 25, 2026 to Apr 24, 2026
Custody of client assets · false to true
Mar 25, 2026 to Apr 24, 2026
Accounts · 292 to 446
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Corporate clients · unset to 6.0
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
HNW clients · 56 to 71
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Individual clients · 24 to 34
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Pension plan clients · unset to 2.0
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Employees · 4 to 5
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 101-250
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Discretionary RAUM · $233M to $327M
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
HNW RAUM · $232M to $290M
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Individual RAUM · $5.3M to $12.4M
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Non-discretionary RAUM · $4.2M to $4.0M
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Pension RAUM · unset to 6298444.0
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
RAUM · $238M to $331M
Apr 2, 2025 to Feb 24, 2026
Advisory employees · 2 to 3
Feb 20, 2025 to Apr 2, 2025
Employees · 3 to 4
Feb 20, 2025 to Apr 2, 2025
Financial planning clients · 11-25 to 11-25
Feb 20, 2025 to Apr 2, 2025
State-registered IARs · 2 to 3
Feb 20, 2025 to Apr 2, 2025
Accounts · 152 to 292
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
HNW clients · 38 to 56
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
Individual clients · unset to 24.0
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
Financial planning clients · 0 to 11-25
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
Discretionary RAUM · $105M to $233M
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
HNW RAUM · $107M to $232M
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
Individual RAUM · $339,000 to $5.3M
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
Non-discretionary RAUM · $2.0M to $4.2M
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
RAUM · $107M to $238M
Nov 26, 2024 to Feb 20, 2025
HQ city · unset to TACOMA
Oct 9, 2024 to Oct 29, 2024
HQ state · unset to WA
Oct 9, 2024 to Oct 29, 2024
Accounts · 0 to 152
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
HNW clients · unset to 38.0
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $105M
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
HNW RAUM · unset to 106904000.0
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
Individual RAUM · unset to 339000.0
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $2.0M
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
RAUM · $0 to $107M
Sep 5, 2024 to Oct 9, 2024
Advisory employees · 1 to 2
Jul 8, 2024 to Sep 5, 2024
State-registered IARs · 1 to 2
Jul 8, 2024 to Sep 5, 2024

Signals

3 dated events

Rainier Family Wealth, Inc. reported RAUM $237.7M, up 122% from $107.2M (2024-11-26 to 2025-02-20)
Feb 20, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
2 advisors left Financial Insights Wealth Management (Tacoma, WA) for Rainier Family Wealth, Inc. on the same day
Sep 2, 2024 · Team lift-out · derived
Rainier Family Wealth, Inc. filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Jul 8, 2024 · First SEC registration · fact

Across DFX

shared identifiers only, never a name match

Rainier Family Wealth, Inc. · Family Offices
shared crd · office

How to reach

public business contact points only, each with its source

Business phone: 253-448-2107reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 17, 2026
Firm profile: linkedin.com/company/104777359/admin/dashboardreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Website: rainierfamilywealth.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
Principal office phone: 253-448-2107reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jun 17, 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: $110Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
Loaded: Sep 14, 2026