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Emergent Financial Services, LLC.

Charlottesville, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 288434

Filed as EMERGENT FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC.

Emergent Financial Services, LLC. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charlottesville, VA, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2018
$195,201,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Emergent Financial Services, LLC. compensated?

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

Where is Emergent Financial Services, LLC. located?

Emergent Financial Services, LLC.'s principal office is in Charlottesville, VA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Emergent Financial Services, LLC. registered with the SEC or a state?

Emergent Financial Services, LLC. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 288434.

How much does Emergent Financial Services, LLC. manage?

Emergent Financial Services, LLC. reports $195,201,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (49% discretionary).

How have Emergent Financial Services, LLC.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Emergent Financial Services, LLC.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,091,850,000 in the October 2021 data and $195,201,000 in the October 2026 data, down 82%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Emergent Financial Services, LLC. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (227); high net worth individuals (19).

Which custodians does Emergent Financial Services, LLC. use?

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

Does Emergent Financial Services, 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/288434

What changed in Emergent Financial Services, LLC.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $110,401,000 to $195,201,000 (+77%). Registered or notice-filed in NJ.

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
  • 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 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$195,201,000

$195,201,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $95,201,000.Non-discretionary: $100,000,000.

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 227 Assets $35,300,000 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 19 Assets $32,500,000 (17%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,000 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $127,400,000 (65%)

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
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 5. 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
3 states or jurisdictions
NJNYVA

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
$1.09B 2021 $1.09B 2022 $1.11B 2023 $1.11B 2024 $110M 2025 $195M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$195,201,0005March 24, 2026
October 2025$110,401,0005January 29, 2025
October 2024$1,109,311,0005March 25, 2024
October 2023$1,105,901,0005February 17, 2023
October 2022$1,087,665,0005February 3, 2022
October 2021$1,091,850,0005April 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,091,850,000 in the October 2021 data and $195,201,000 in the October 2026 data, down 82%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $110,401,000 to $195,201,000 (+77%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in NJ.

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
emergentfs.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. Emergent Financial Services, LLC. (CRD 288434): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/emergent-financial-services-llc-charlottesville-va-288434