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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
Cura Wealth Advisors, LLC
Latest filing Mar 2, 2026
First filing on the tape Jul 16, 2024 · 10 filings
SEC status approved since Aug 16, 2024
RAUM
$528M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
94%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$528M individuals and HNW
Advisors
2
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$264M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
10 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$528M as of Mar 2, 2026
Mar 28, 2025$491M then
HNW client RAUM$521M as of Mar 2, 2026
Mar 28, 2025$484M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 2, 2026
Mar 28, 20251 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Mar 2, 2026
Mar 28, 20253 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +7.4% over the last fiscal yearIARs 1 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 2, 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
- $264MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
- Clients per advisor
- 86derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
- Average HNW client
- $4.4MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
- Average account
- $752,828derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 94%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
- Employees per advisor
- 1.5derivedItem 5.A over advisors
- Advisors per office
- 2.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
- RAUM growth, one year
- +7.4%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
- Advisor growth, one year
- +100%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
- Client growth, one year
- +3.6%derived
- Compensation
- percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutionsreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- $173M, 105 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$521M99%
- Individuals$7.2M1.4%
- Individual clients
- 55reported
- HNW clients
- 117reported
- Pension plan clients
- n/areported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 701reported
- Financial planning clients
- 0reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $173M for 105 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=1.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
1 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
| Name | Branch | Here since | In industry | Prior firms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frederick Maximilian KortCertified Financial Planner | Chicago, Il | Apr 29, 2025 | 19 y | 4 |
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
- Frederick Maximilian Kort from Arete Wealth Advisors, LLCApr 29, 2025 · Affiliated broker-dealer or bank to independent RIA
- Nandan Jagdish Shah from Arete Wealth Advisors, LLCAug 16, 2024 · Other
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
- 2 joined from Arete Wealth Advisors, LLCJan 8, 2026 · Chicago, Il
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Maximilian Frederick Kort · Managing Partnercontrolsince 09/2024 · owns 75% or more
- Jagdish Nandan Shah · Chief Executive Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, & Managing Partnercontrolsince 07/2024 · owns 10% to 25%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago, Il · principal | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 580 to 701Mar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- HNW clients · 135 to 117Mar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Individual clients · 31 to 55Mar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Assets in custody · $119M to $173MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- State-registered IARs · 1 to 2Mar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $489M to $494MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- HNW RAUM · $484M to $521MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Individual RAUM · $7.3M to $7.2MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $2.7M to $33.3MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- RAUM · $491M to $528MMar 28, 2025 to Feb 6, 2026
- Accounts · 475 to 580Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- HNW clients · 125 to 135Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Assets in custody · $13 to $119MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Employees · 2 to 3Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Insurance-licensed employees · 0 to 2Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Financial planning clients · 0 to 0Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- State-registered IARs · 2 to 1Nov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $422M to $489MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- HNW RAUM · $427M to $484MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Individual RAUM · $6.5M to $7.3MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $12.2M to $2.7MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- RAUM · $434M to $491MNov 21, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
- Accounts · 0 to 475Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- HNW clients · unset to 125.0Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Individual clients · unset to 31.0Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Assets in custody · unset to 13.0Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Custody of client assets · false to trueSep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $422MSep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- HNW RAUM · unset to 427400000.0Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Individual RAUM · unset to 6500000.0Sep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $12.2MSep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- RAUM · $0 to $434MSep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Succession · true to falseSep 26, 2024 to Nov 21, 2024
- Advisory employees · 1 to 2Aug 16, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
- Insurance-licensed employees · 1 to 0Aug 16, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
- State-registered IARs · 1 to 2Aug 16, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
- Related adviser · true to falseAug 16, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
- Succession · false to trueAug 16, 2024 to Sep 26, 2024
Signals
4 dated events
- 2 advisors left Arete Wealth Advisors, LLC (Chicago, IL) for Cura Wealth Advisors, LLC on the same dayJan 8, 2026 · Team lift-out · derived
- Cura Wealth Advisors, Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)Sep 26, 2024 · Succession (Item 4) · fact
- Maximilian Frederick Kort (Managing Partner) appeared on Schedule A of Cura Wealth Advisors, LlcSep 26, 2024 · Control person joined · fact
- Cura Wealth Advisors, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Jul 16, 2024 · 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.
How to reach
public business contact points only, each with its source
- Business email
- info@curawealth.comreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Business phone
- 312-754-1320reportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Firm profile
- LINKEDIN.COM/COMPANY/CURA-WEALTH-PARTNERSreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Website
- CURAWEALTH.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 312-320-0058reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 2, 2026
- Contact form
- curawealth.com/contactreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 2026
- Team page
- curawealth.com/teamreportedpublished by the firm, firm site, Sep 15, 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
- $264Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
- Loaded
- Sep 14, 2026