Cooper McManus

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
• Other

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated February 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

$2,852,543,930 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

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

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.

• 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)
• Publication of periodicals or newsletters
• Educational seminars/workshops

Legal name

Cooper Financial Group

Also doing business as

1ST STREET WEALTH MANAGEMENT, 401KAMERICA, AFLYN FINANCIAL, ASCENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ATLAS INDICATORS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, AVANA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CB WEALTH ADVISORY, COOPER MCMANUS, CROSS FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS, EHG FINANCIAL, EVERGREEN WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, FAIR PLANET ADVISORS, FINANCIAL CLARITY GUIDES, FIRST PRINCIPLES WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HARRINGTON FINANCIAL, IRVINE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, K.W. JONES WEALTH, KERR FINANCIAL FAMILY, LARSON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., LDW CONSULTING GROUP, LINDSEY AND LINDSEY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LORRIMER PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MKT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MORGAN STERLING PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, NEWPORT INVESTORS, PEARL FINANCIAL, PRUDENCE WEALTH ADVISORY, RICCIO WEALTH MANAGEMENT, RICHARDS, LATHROP AND ASSOCIATES, RIDGE FINANCIAL PLANNING, TADMAN FINANCIAL, WEST PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2003 (23 years)

Employees

Total: 53. Performing investment advisory functions: 50.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.National Financial Services LLC

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)

20 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing

Auburn, CABeverly Hills, CABoise, IDCarlsbad, CAEdmunds, WALas Vegas, NVLong Beach, CAOakland, CAOverland Park, KSParadise, CAPasadena, CAPortland, ORSan Jose, CASan Juan Capistrano, CASan Rafael, CASimi Valley, CAWalnut Creek, CAWestlake Village, CAWhite Salmon, WAWoodland Hills, CA

States registered or notice-filed

37 states or jurisdictions

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

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

Regulatory assets under management: $1,206,968,189 in the October 2021 data and $2,852,543,930 in the October 2026 data, up 136%.

Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 53 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.

1. October 2026
   • No longer lists the business name The Purmort Group.
   • Added an office in Carlsbad, CA.
2. September 2026
   • Added the business name Aflyn Financial.
3. March 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Left Lane Financial.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 50.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,560,714,584 to $2,852,543,930 (+11%).
   • Registered or notice-filed in ND, NE, NH.
4. February 2026
   • Added the business name Richards, Lathrop and Associates.
   • Added the business name 1st Street Wealth Management.
   • Added an office in Woodland Hills, CA.
5. January 2026
   • Added the business name First Principles Wealth Management.
6. December 2025
   • Registered or notice-filed in CT, IN, MO, OK.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.