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Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC

Maitland, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160108

Filed as ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Maitland, FL, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$385,868,347
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Maitland, FL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160108.

How much does Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC reports $385,868,347 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $183,078,296 in the October 2021 data and $385,868,347 in the October 2026 data, up 111%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 15 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,349); high net worth individuals (69); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (6).

Which custodians does Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(1) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a false statement or omission), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction), and 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160108

What changed in Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 11. Regulatory assets under management went from $341,046,660 to $385,868,347 (+13%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$385,868,347

$385,868,347 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $375,455,606.Non-discretionary: $10,412,741.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 1,349 Assets $250,661,974 (65%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 69 Assets $124,793,632 (32%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $10,412,741 (3%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FLORIDA FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, SWENSON WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 15. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Sioux Falls, SD
States registered or notice-filed
7 states or jurisdictions
FLIAMNNCNESDTX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$183M 2021 $247M 2022 $217M 2023 $296M 2024 $341M 2025 $386M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$385,868,34715March 27, 2026
October 2025$341,046,66012March 28, 2025
October 2024$296,441,24213March 29, 2024
October 2023$216,563,17712February 24, 2023
October 2022$246,652,9868March 23, 2022
October 2021$183,078,2968March 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $183,078,296 in the October 2021 data and $385,868,347 in the October 2026 data, up 111%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 15 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 11.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $341,046,660 to $385,868,347 (+13%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in NC.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
ffs1.comswensonwealth.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Alternative Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 160108): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/alternative-investment-advisors-llc-maitland-fl-160108