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Breakwater Capital

Kalamazoo, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172498

Filed as BREAKWATER CAPITAL · Legal name Breakwater Capital, LLC

Breakwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kalamazoo, MI, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$156,644,142
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Breakwater Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Breakwater Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is Breakwater Capital located?

Breakwater Capital's principal office is in Kalamazoo, MI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Breakwater Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Breakwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172498.

How much does Breakwater Capital manage?

Breakwater Capital reports $156,644,142 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Breakwater Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Breakwater Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $125,500,000 in the October 2021 data and $156,644,142 in the October 2026 data, up 25%. Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Breakwater Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (90); high net worth individuals (47); charitable organizations (6).

Which custodians does Breakwater Capital use?

Breakwater Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., National Financial Services LLC and TIAA-CREF Investment Management LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Breakwater Capital report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/172498

Does Breakwater Capital state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "We accept new clients who have a minimum of $250,000.00 to invest. This requirement is subject to exceptions on a case-by-case basis."

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

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

Account minimum: $250,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
We accept new clients who have a minimum of $250,000.00 to invest. This requirement is subject to exceptions on a case-by-case basis.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$156,644,142

$156,644,142 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $156,644,142.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 90 Assets $28,735,387 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 47 Assets $118,732,010 (76%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $9,176,745 (6%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Breakwater Capital, LLC
Also doing business as
INTEGRATED FINANCIAL PLANNING
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MI

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

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$126M 2021 $131M 2022 $115M 2023 $128M 2024 $143M 2025 $157M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$156,644,1422March 31, 2026
October 2025$142,589,9292March 29, 2025
October 2024$128,294,4812March 18, 2024
October 2023$114,501,9252April 3, 2023
October 2022$131,413,4392September 27, 2022
October 2021$125,500,0001March 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $125,500,000 in the October 2021 data and $156,644,142 in the October 2026 data, up 25%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2021 and 2 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
breakwater.capital

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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