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CGN Advisors, LLC

Manhattan, KSSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159359

Filed as CGN ADVISORS, LLC

CGN Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Manhattan, KS, registered since 2011, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 2, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$1,600,884,203
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is CGN Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is CGN Advisors, LLC located?

CGN Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Manhattan, KS, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 18 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

CGN Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159359.

How much does CGN Advisors, LLC manage?

CGN Advisors, LLC reports $1,600,884,203 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 2, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for CGN Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $466,088,478 in the October 2021 data and $1,600,884,203 in the October 2026 data, up 243%. Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 49 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does CGN Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (788); high net worth individuals (493); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (25).

Which custodians does CGN Advisors, LLC use?

CGN 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 CGN Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/159359

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

In the August 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 37.

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,600,884,203

$1,600,884,203 as of October 2026, filing dated July 2, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,600,446,704.Non-discretionary: $437,499.

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 788 Assets $281,713,427 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 493 Assets $1,222,292,074 (76%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 25 Assets $25,061,825 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $5,913,177 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $63,648,269 (4%)
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 7 Assets $2,255,431 (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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ALPHA CLEAR FINANCIAL PLANNING, AMITY FINANCIAL ACHIEVEMENTS, ARCADIA FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, ARGONAUT FINANCIAL PLANNING & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, BELDING FINANCIAL PLANNING, BERNSTEIN PLANNING AND INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, CHERYL OBER FINANCIAL PLANNING, DEK FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, ELEVATE FINANCIAL PLANNING, ENVISAGE FINANCIAL PLANNING, EQUI FINANICAL PLANNING, FAIR WINDS FINANCIAL ADVICE, FINANCIAL ADVOCATE FOR YOU, FREDRICKSON FINANCIAL PLANNING, GROWING FORTUNES FINANCIAL PARTNERS, HUEBNER FINANCIAL PLANNING, KULIG FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LINCE FINANCIAL PLANNING, PEARSON FINANCIAL PLANNING, PETERSON FINANCIAL PLANNING, PYXIS FINANCIAL PLANNING, STOWERS FINANCIAL PLANNING, SYNERGY FINANCIAL PLANNING, T ROWLAND FINANCIAL SERVICES, TRANSVERSE WEALTH SOLUTIONS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 49. Performing investment advisory functions: 37.
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)
18 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Asheville, NCAvon, CTChapel Hill, NCClayton, MOFargo, NDFulshear, TXGeorgetown, TXGrand Rapids, MIHastings, MNKankakee, ILLac du Flambeau, WINashua, NHNew York, NYOak Park, ILPhoenix, AZSioux Falls, SDWaconia, MNWindsor, CT
States registered or notice-filed
44 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

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
$466M 2021 $551M 2022 $724M 2023 $1.14B 2024 $1.26B 2025 $1.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,600,884,20349July 2, 2026
October 2025$1,261,550,09641July 3, 2025
October 2024$1,135,218,97442August 22, 2024
October 2023$724,466,01845September 20, 2023
October 2022$551,139,50047September 13, 2022
October 2021$466,088,47851September 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $466,088,478 in the October 2021 data and $1,600,884,203 in the October 2026 data, up 243%.

Total employees: 51 in October 2021 and 49 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. August 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 37.
  2. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 40 to 39.
    • Added an office in Nashua, NH.
  3. June 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 41 to 40.
    • No longer lists an office in Schaumburg, IL.
  4. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 41.
    • Added an office in Chapel Hill, NC.
    • Added an office in New York, NY.
  5. February 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Wealth Protect Advisors.
    • No longer lists the business name Moore Family Financial.
    • No longer lists the business name LS Financial Planning.
    • No longer lists the business name Green Financial Planning.
    • No longer lists the business name Grealish Investment Counseling.
    • No longer lists the business name Fourteen Forty Financial Partners.
    • No longer lists the business name Empowerment Fiduciary.
    • No longer lists the business name Cornerstone Financial Planning.
    • No longer lists the business name Coffeetree Financial Planning.
    • No longer lists the business name CGN Advisors.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 39.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,261,550,096 to $1,600,884,203 (+27%).
    • Added an office in Waconia, MN.
  6. January 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Grand Rapids, MI.
  7. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 41 to 38.

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
amityfinancialachievements.comarcadiafs.comargonautfinancial.combernsteinplanning.comcgnadvisors.comcherylober.comdekfinancialsolutions.comefpfeeonly.comenvisageplanningus.comequiplanning.comfairwindsadvice.comfinancialadvocateforyou.comfredricksonfinancial.comgrowingfortunes.comhuebnerfinancialplanning.comlincefinancialplanning.compearsonfinancialplanning.competersonfinancialplanning.compiercefinancialstrategies.compyxisfinancialplanning.comstowersfinancialplanning.comsynergy-fp.comtessrfinancialservices.comtransversewealth.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. CGN Advisors, LLC (CRD 159359): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cgn-advisors-llc-manhattan-ks-159359