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Comprehensive Financial Management LLC

Los Gatos, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159641

Filed as COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Comprehensive Financial Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Gatos, CA, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$18,518,437,773
assets under management
3 arrangements
Hourly, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Comprehensive Financial Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Comprehensive Financial Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Comprehensive Financial Management LLC located?

Comprehensive Financial Management LLC's principal office is in Los Gatos, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Comprehensive Financial Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Comprehensive Financial Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159641.

How much does Comprehensive Financial Management LLC manage?

Comprehensive Financial Management LLC reports $18,518,437,773 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Comprehensive Financial Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Comprehensive Financial Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $22,758,025,923 in the October 2021 data and $18,518,437,773 in the October 2026 data, down 19%. Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 38 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Comprehensive Financial Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (13); charitable organizations (12); other (5).

Which custodians does Comprehensive Financial Management LLC use?

Comprehensive Financial Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Northern Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Comprehensive Financial Management 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/159641

What changed in Comprehensive Financial Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: 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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based 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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$18,518,437,773

$18,518,437,773 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $18,518,437,773.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 13 Assets $17,217,480,062 (93%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $374,579,994 (2%)
Other
Clients 5 Assets $926,377,717 (5%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 38. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
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
CA

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
$22.8B 2021 $22.8B 2022 $16.6B 2023 $16.7B 2024 $17.9B 2025 $18.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$18,518,437,77338March 31, 2026
October 2025$17,890,496,14737April 18, 2025
October 2024$16,674,688,25736August 13, 2024
October 2023$16,571,837,06434March 27, 2023
October 2022$22,754,551,93733April 1, 2022
October 2021$22,758,025,92333March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $22,758,025,923 in the October 2021 data and $18,518,437,773 in the October 2026 data, down 19%.

Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 38 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

Not reported.

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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