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Calder Financial Group

Ada, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 143973

Filed as CALDER FINANCIAL GROUP · Legal name Calder Investment Advisors

Calder Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Ada, MI, registered since 2007, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$297,000,000
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Calder Financial Group compensated?

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

Where is Calder Financial Group located?

Calder Financial Group's principal office is in Ada, MI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Calder Financial Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Calder Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 143973.

How much does Calder Financial Group manage?

Calder Financial Group reports $297,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Calder Financial Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Calder Financial Group: Regulatory assets under management: $215,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $297,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 38%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Calder Financial Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (463); high net worth individuals (48); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (30).

Which custodians does Calder Financial Group use?

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

Does Calder Financial Group 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/143973

What changed in Calder Financial Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4. Regulatory assets under management went from $260,700,000 to $297,000,000 (+14%).

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$297,000,000

$297,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $297,000,000.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 463 Assets $54,400,000 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 48 Assets $123,000,000 (41%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 30 Assets $119,000,000 (40%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $600,000 (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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Calder Investment Advisors
Also doing business as
CALDER CONSULTING GROUP, TUINSTRA TAX PLANNING
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
FLILMIMNWI

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
$215M 2021 $238M 2022 $230M 2023 $260M 2024 $261M 2025 $297M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$297,000,0007March 11, 2026
October 2025$260,700,0006March 7, 2025
October 2024$260,500,0006March 1, 2024
October 2023$230,000,0008September 29, 2023
October 2022$238,000,0007May 24, 2022
October 2021$215,000,0007February 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $215,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $297,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 38%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 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 5 to 4.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $260,700,000 to $297,000,000 (+14%).

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
wearecalder.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. Calder Financial Group (CRD 143973): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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