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Breakwater Financial, LLC

Needham, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282401

Filed as BREAKWATER FINANCIAL, LLC

Breakwater Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Needham, MA, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2024
$127,853,636
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Breakwater Financial, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Breakwater Financial, LLC located?

Breakwater Financial, LLC's principal office is in Needham, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Breakwater Financial, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Breakwater Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282401.

How much does Breakwater Financial, LLC manage?

Breakwater Financial, LLC reports $127,853,636 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Breakwater Financial, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for Breakwater Financial, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $109,789,362 in the October 2025 data and $127,853,636 in the October 2026 data, up 16%. Total employees: 1 in October 2025 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Breakwater Financial, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (39); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (23).

Which custodians does Breakwater Financial, LLC use?

Breakwater Financial, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Breakwater Financial, LLC 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/282401

What changed in Breakwater Financial, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $109,789,362 to $127,853,636 (+16%).

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 July 13, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$127,853,636

$127,853,636 as of October 2026, filing dated July 13, 2026.

Discretionary: $127,853,636.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 23 Assets $12,042,526 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 39 Assets $115,811,110 (91%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
MANH

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
$110M 2025 $128M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$127,853,6361July 13, 2026
October 2025$109,789,3621May 20, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $109,789,362 in the October 2025 data and $127,853,636 in the October 2026 data, up 16%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2025 and 1 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $109,789,362 to $127,853,636 (+16%).

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
breakwaterfinancial.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. Breakwater Financial, LLC (CRD 282401): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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