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RIA Intelligence

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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Sunset Financial Services, Inc.

Former SEC-registered adviserKansas City, MissouriCRD 3538SEC 801-71636IAPD
Latest filing Sep 28, 2015
First filing on the tape Nov 7, 2011 · 16 filings
RAUM
n/a
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
n/a
of RAUM
Private clients
n/a
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
2 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
n/a
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
16 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$74.9M as of Mar 28, 2014
Mar 28, 2012$105M then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)2 as of Mar 30, 2015
Mar 28, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Mar 30, 2015
Mar 28, 2013318 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM n/a over the last fiscal yearIARs 90 to 2
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Sep 28, 2015; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
unknownderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
unknownderivedof RAUM
Institutional
unknownderivedpensions, 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
unknownderivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
-98%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
otherreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
otherreportedItem 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
  • is a broker-dealer (6.A.1)
  • is an insurance broker or agent (6.A.6)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
This filing has no Item 5.D breakdown (filings before 2017 reported ranges, not amounts).
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
n/areported
Financial planning clients
51-100reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
n/areported
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
Joined, latest
Private funds
No private fund reported.
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
  • Robert Philip Bixby · Directorcontrol
    since 03/1998 · owns less than 5%
  • Walter Edwin III Bixby · Directorcontrol
    since 10/1995 · owns less than 5%
  • Tracy Wayne Knapp · Directorcontrol
    since 10/2013 · owns less than 5%
  • Donald Eugene Krebs · Directorcontrol
    since 04/2001 · owns less than 5%
  • Alan Craig Jr Mason · Secretary, Directorcontrol
    since 01/2008 · owns less than 5%
  • Mark Alan Milton · Directorcontrol
    since 04/2010 · owns less than 5%
  • Janice Lee Brandt · Assistant Vice President - Interim Chief Compliance Officer Broker/Dealer
    since 04/2012 · owns less than 5%
  • Susanna Jayne Denney · Vice President - Chief Operations Officer, Ria Chief Compliance Officer
    since 08/2005 · owns less than 5%
  • David Arnold Laird · Treasurer
    since 12/2007 · owns less than 5%
  • Eric Ronald Traczyk · Finop
    since 06/2013 · owns less than 5%
  • Kelly Todd Ullom · Vice President - Executive Officer
    since 04/2012 · owns less than 5%
Entity owners
  • Kansas City Life Insurance Company, Inc. · Parent Company - Owner
    direct · owns 75% or more · public reporting company
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
No related person reported.
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
  • Accounts · 458.0 to unset
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Advisory employees · 90 to 2
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Advisory activities · 5 to 1
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • BD registered reps · 90 to 3
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Commission compensation · true to false
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Employees · 90 to 3
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • State-registered IARs · 90 to 2
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Discretionary RAUM · 0.0 to unset
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · 74916861.0 to unset
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • RAUM · 74916861.0 to unset
    Dec 19, 2014 to Mar 30, 2015
  • Accounts · 347 to 458
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • Advisory employees · 99 to 90
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • BD registered reps · 318 to 90
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • Employees · 318 to 90
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • Financial planning clients · 101-250 to 51-100
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • State-registered IARs · 99 to 90
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $56.9M to $74.9M
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • RAUM · $56.9M to $74.9M
    Nov 26, 2013 to Mar 28, 2014
  • Accounts · 839 to 347
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • Advisory employees · 125 to 99
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • BD registered reps · 475 to 318
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • Employees · 475 to 318
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • State-registered IARs · 125 to 99
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • Discretionary RAUM · $4.2M to $0
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $100M to $56.9M
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • RAUM · $105M to $56.9M
    Mar 5, 2013 to Mar 28, 2013
  • Advisory employees · unset to 125.0
    Oct 25, 2012 to Mar 5, 2013
  • BD registered reps · unset to 475.0
    Oct 25, 2012 to Mar 5, 2013
  • Employees · unset to 475.0
    Oct 25, 2012 to Mar 5, 2013
  • State-registered IARs · 0 to 125
    Oct 25, 2012 to Mar 5, 2013
  • Accounts · 279 to 839
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
  • Advisory activities · 4 to 5
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
  • Insurance-licensed employees · unset to 0.0
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
  • Discretionary RAUM · $7.5M to $4.2M
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
  • Non-discretionary RAUM · $42.9M to $100M
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
  • RAUM · $50.4M to $105M
    Nov 7, 2011 to Mar 28, 2012
Signals
No event on the tape.
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