# Financial advisors for expats and Americans abroad in San Francisco, CA > AdvisorCensus lists 1 investment advisory firm with a principal office in the San Francisco metro area that state a focus on expats and Americans abroad in their own words: in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure or on its own website, each sentence checked word for word, or on its AdvisorCensus profile, which the firm attests. Filings as of October 2026. Each firm shows where its statement comes from; firms are listed alphabetically, and the controls below sort by years registered or assets band. Source: Form ADV filings as of October 2026. Rebuilt monthly. HTML page: https://advisorcensus.com/advisors/ca/san-francisco/expats-and-americans-abroad ## At a glance - Investment advisory firms: 1 - Registration: SEC-registered investment adviser: 1 - How firms are compensated (Form ADV Item 5.E; shares of the firms that file it): Percentage of assets 1 (100%); Fixed fees 1 (100%); Performance-based fees 1 (100%) - Regulatory assets under management (Item 5.F): $100 million to $500 million 1 (100%) - Years registered: Under 5 years 1 (100%) ## Firms (page 1 of 1, 1 to 1 of 1, sorted by name) | Firm | CRD | City | Registration | Assets band | Years registered | Compensation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [International Asset Management](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/international-asset-management-san-mateo-ca-123418) ([md](https://advisorcensus.com/firm/international-asset-management-san-mateo-ca-123418.md)) | 123418 | San Mateo, CA | SEC-registered investment adviser | $100 million to $500 million | 1 | % of assets, Fixed fee, Performance fee | ## Questions people ask **How many financial advisory firms are there in San Francisco, CA?** AdvisorCensus lists 1,779 investment advisory firms with a principal office in the San Francisco metro area, from Form ADV filings as of October 2026: 688 SEC-registered, 294 state-registered, and 797 exempt reporting advisers. Firms may request removal, so the count can differ slightly from the number of firms that file Form ADV. **How does AdvisorCensus know a firm works with expats and Americans abroad?** The firm says so in its own words, in one of three places, and each firm on the page shows which: its current Form ADV Part 2A brochure, where AdvisorCensus checks the sentence word for word; its own website, at a domain it filed on Form ADV, where the firm says it specializes in or works with the group in a sentence found word for word on the page; or its AdvisorCensus profile, which the firm attests. Presence on this page means the firm states the focus; it does not mean the firm works only with that group, and absence means no such statement was found. **How many fee-only financial advisors are in San Francisco, CA?** 320 of the 1,779 firms meet AdvisorCensus's fee-only test: paid only by a percentage of assets, hourly charges, fixed fees, or subscription fees on Form ADV Item 5.E (no commissions, performance-based fees, or other compensation), with no sales-related compensation ties in the same filing: no employee registered with a broker-dealer or licensed as an insurance agent (Item 5.B), no brokerage, insurance, real estate, or other product sales business (Item 6.A), no related broker-dealer, insurance company, real estate broker, or futures commission merchant (Item 7.A), and no referral fees from others or other sales interest (Item 8). Form ADV has no fee-only box, so this is derived from the filing; it is not a fee-only certification, and a firm's own page lists its compensation arrangements as filed. **How many financial advisors in San Francisco, CA offer financial planning?** 438 of the 982 firms in San Francisco, CA that answer Form ADV Item 5.G, which asks what advisory services a firm provides, report financial planning services, as of October 2026. Exempt reporting advisers do not answer Item 5.G. Each firm page lists every advisory service the firm reports. **Are the financial advisors in San Francisco, CA fiduciaries?** Every firm on this page is an investment adviser that files Form ADV, and an investment adviser owes its clients a fiduciary duty under federal law, made up of a duty of care and a duty of loyalty: it must act in the client's best interest and not put its own interests ahead of the client's, and must eliminate its conflicts of interest or disclose them fully and fairly. Form ADV has no fiduciary box because the duty comes with being an investment adviser. The duty covers the firm's advice; a firm or its people may also sell securities through a broker-dealer or insurance as licensed agents, roles held to other standards. The 320 firms that meet AdvisorCensus's fee-only test report none of those sales ties. **How do I check whether a financial advisor has disciplinary disclosures?** Each firm page shows how many Form ADV Item 11 disciplinary questions the firm answered yes and links to the firm's record on the SEC's Investment Adviser Public Disclosure site (adviserinfo.sec.gov), where the detail of each disclosure is public. Individual advisers' records are on the same site and on FINRA BrokerCheck. **Does AdvisorCensus rate, verify, or recommend these firms?** No. The directory shows what each firm filed, in alphabetical order unless you choose another sort, and no firm's position depends on payment. Firms that claim their page can add a description and links, marked as provided by the firm; the filed facts are never changed by that content. **What does regulatory assets under management mean?** Regulatory assets under management (RAUM) is the figure a firm reports on Form ADV Item 5.F: the securities portfolios it provides continuous and regular supervisory or management services for, at market value, including assets managed without discretion. 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Financial advisors for expats and Americans abroad in San Francisco, CA: 1 firm from Form ADV filings as of October 2026.