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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

Rail-Splitter Capital Management LLC

Independent wealth managerWinnetka, IllinoisCRD 338394SEC 801-134698websiteIAPD
Latest filing Jun 24, 2026
First filing on the tape Feb 27, 2026 · 2 filings
SEC status approved since Feb 27, 2026
RAUM
$484M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
96%
of RAUM
Private clients
99%
$477M individuals and HNW
Advisors
3
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
$161M
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
2 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$484M as of Jun 24, 2026
Feb 27, 2026$0 then
HNW client RAUM: $458M
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Jun 24, 2026
Feb 27, 20263 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Jun 24, 2026
Feb 27, 20263 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal year
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 24, 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
  • UHNW private wealth · private-client share at least 50 percent, HNW at least 90 percent of private-client RAUM, and average HNW client assets at least $10M
  • Wrap program sponsor · sponsors a wrap fee program (5.I) with at least $100M of wrap assets
RAUM per advisor
$161MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
11derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$20.8MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$4.5MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
96%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
1.5%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
3.0derived1 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 assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
Wrap fee program
$484MreportedItem 5.I
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$458M95%
  • Individuals$18.5M3.8%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$7.1M1.5%
Individual clients
12reported
HNW clients
22reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
108reported
Financial planning clients
0reported
Wrap fee programs
$0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.99 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.01 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
3 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
NameBranchHere sinceIn industryPrior firms
John Robert SouterWinnetka, IlMar 3, 202628 y1
Daria Marie MackWinnetka, IlMar 13, 202624 y5
Thomas J CroghanWinnetka, IlMar 23, 202642 y7
Advisor movement
0 left, 3 joined in 12 months
net +3 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
    Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Whitman John Croghan · Chairmancontrol
        since 09/2025 · owns less than 5%
      • J Thomas Croghan · Managing Membercontrol
        since 09/2025 · owns 75% or more
      • Robert John Souter · Managing Member And Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 09/2025 · 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
      OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
      Winnetka, Il · principal330
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      ADV anomalies
      1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • very high RAUM per advisorStatic outlier · filing Jun 24, 2026
        RAUM per registered advisor of $161,362,937 against a peer median of $55,716,044 (3252 comparable advisers, 100.0th percentile, 3.7 robust deviations)
        peers: independent wealth managers, $100M to $500M (3,252) · 100% percentile
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 0 to 108
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • HNW clients · unset to 22.0
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • Individual clients · unset to 12.0
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $0 to $467M
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • HNW RAUM · unset to 458460763.0
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • Individual RAUM · unset to 18537812.0
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $17.4M
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • Pension RAUM · unset to 7090235.0
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      • RAUM · $0 to $484M
        Feb 27, 2026 to Jun 24, 2026
      Signals
      1 dated events
      • 2 advisors left LPL Financial LLC (Winnetka, IL) for Rail-Splitter Capital Management LLC on the same day
        Mar 24, 2026 · 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
      Website
      rail-splitter.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      773-294-6099reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jun 24, 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
      $161Mderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026