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Emerson Equity LLC

San Mateo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 130032

Filed as EMERSON EQUITY LLC

Emerson Equity LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Mateo, CA, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 10, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$321,704,653
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Emerson Equity LLC compensated?

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

What does Emerson Equity LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 8, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Emerson Equity LLC located?

Emerson Equity LLC's principal office is in San Mateo, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 9 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Emerson Equity LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Emerson Equity LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 130032.

How much does Emerson Equity LLC manage?

Emerson Equity LLC reports $321,704,653 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 10, 2026 (67% discretionary).

How have Emerson Equity LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Emerson Equity LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $114,099,366 in the October 2021 data and $321,704,653 in the October 2026 data, up 182%. Total employees: 214 in October 2021 and 343 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Emerson Equity LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (518); high net worth individuals (102).

Which custodians does Emerson Equity LLC use?

Emerson Equity LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Emerson Equity LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation) and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). 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/130032

What changed in Emerson Equity LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Added the business name Diamond Mountain Financial.

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

Asset-based fee: up to 2.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
The Adviser's current fees are based on the value of the account at the close of the last business day of the quarter, and are negotiable with a maximum fee charged of 2.5%.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 8, 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
$321,704,653

$321,704,653 as of October 2026, filing dated September 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $214,590,471.Non-discretionary: $107,114,182.

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 518 Assets $185,065,883 (58%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 102 Assets $129,389,770 (40%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,112,000 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $4,137,000 (1%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
DIAMOND MOUNTAIN FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 343. Performing investment advisory functions: 84.
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)
9 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Agoura Hills, CAAptos, CADelaware, OHIrvine, CALa Jolla, CALos Gatos, CAReno, NVRolling Hills, CAWoodland Hills, CA
States registered or notice-filed
34 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

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
$114M 2021 $232M 2022 $189M 2023 $176M 2024 $328M 2025 $322M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$321,704,653343September 10, 2026
October 2025$327,937,701222June 26, 2025
October 2024$176,171,921222March 28, 2024
October 2023$189,338,704208October 3, 2023
October 2022$231,535,853225September 26, 2022
October 2021$114,099,366214September 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $114,099,366 in the October 2021 data and $321,704,653 in the October 2026 data, up 182%.

Total employees: 214 in October 2021 and 343 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. October 2026
    • Added the business name Diamond Mountain Financial.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 72 to 84.
    • Registered or notice-filed in MD.
  3. March 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in KY.
  4. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in NE.

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
emersonequity.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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