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Crane & Associates Wealth Management

Fullerton, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 314432

Filed as CRANE & ASSOCIATES WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Crane Advisory LLC

Crane & Associates Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Fullerton, CA, registered since 2021, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$934,631,535
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Crane & Associates Wealth Management compensated?

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

How much does Crane & Associates Wealth Management charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 25, 2026 states: Subscription: up to $60,000 a year (financial planning and consulting services); Flat fee: up to $200,000 a year (Retirement Plan Consulting). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Crane & Associates Wealth Management located?

Crane & Associates Wealth Management's principal office is in Fullerton, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Crane & Associates Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Crane & Associates Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 314432.

How much does Crane & Associates Wealth Management manage?

Crane & Associates Wealth Management reports $934,631,535 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 25, 2026 (79% discretionary).

How have Crane & Associates Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Crane & Associates Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $934,631,535 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Crane & Associates Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (248); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (219); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1).

Which custodians does Crane & Associates Wealth Management use?

Crane & Associates Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Capital Client Group, Inc. and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Crane & Associates Wealth Management 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/314432

What changed in Crane & Associates Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $809,373,076 to $934,631,535 (+15%). 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
  • 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 brochure for them.

Subscription: up to $60,000 a year (financial planning and consulting services)

The brochure's wording
Flat fees will not exceed $60,000. Annual recurring fees will not exceed $60,000.

Flat fee: up to $200,000 a year (Retirement Plan Consulting)

The brochure's wording
Retirement Plan Consulting: ... The maximum hourly fee to be charged will not exceed $1,000. Flat fees will not exceed $200,000 annually.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 25, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$934,631,535

$934,631,535 as of October 2026, filing dated February 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $735,957,993.Non-discretionary: $198,673,542.

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 219 Assets $133,293,814 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 248 Assets $602,664,179 (64%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $198,673,542 (21%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Crane Advisory LLC
Also doing business as
CRANE & ASSOCIATES WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
7 states or jurisdictions
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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
$0 2021 $246M 2022 $397M 2023 $645M 2024 $809M 2025 $935M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$934,631,53512February 25, 2026
October 2025$809,373,07612March 6, 2025
October 2024$645,493,3799March 20, 2024
October 2023$397,494,4245September 15, 2023
October 2022$245,658,2725September 8, 2022
October 2021$05August 4, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2021 data and $934,631,535 in the October 2026 data.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 12 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 $809,373,076 to $934,631,535 (+15%).
    • 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
doncrane.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. Crane & Associates Wealth Management (CRD 314432): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/crane-and-associates-wealth-management-fullerton-ca-314432