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Equanimity Financial Partners

Pasadena, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152050

Filed as EQUANIMITY FINANCIAL PARTNERS · Legal name HBA Advisors, LLC

Equanimity Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pasadena, CA, registered since 2009, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2009
$234,310,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Equanimity Financial Partners compensated?

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

Where is Equanimity Financial Partners located?

Equanimity Financial Partners' principal office is in Pasadena, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Equanimity Financial Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Equanimity Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152050.

How much does Equanimity Financial Partners manage?

Equanimity Financial Partners reports $234,310,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 18, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Equanimity Financial Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Equanimity Financial Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $133,712,259 in the October 2021 data and $234,310,000 in the October 2026 data, up 75%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Equanimity Financial Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (610); high net worth individuals (48); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (7).

Which custodians does Equanimity Financial Partners use?

Equanimity Financial Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Equanimity Financial Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/152050

What changed in Equanimity Financial Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $166,783,000 to $234,310,000 (+40%).

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 June 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$234,310,000

$234,310,000 as of October 2026, filing dated June 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $226,860,000.Non-discretionary: $7,450,000.

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 610 Assets $96,564,875 (41%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 48 Assets $123,222,000 (53%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $14,523,125 (6%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
HBA Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
EQUANIMITY FINANCIAL PARTNERS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
4 states or jurisdictions
CALATXWA

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

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
$134M 2021 $150M 2022 $116M 2023 $148M 2024 $167M 2025 $234M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$234,310,0004June 18, 2026
October 2025$166,783,0004April 30, 2025
October 2024$147,740,0004May 21, 2024
October 2023$115,530,5444September 8, 2023
October 2022$149,520,9271June 24, 2022
October 2021$133,712,2593May 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $133,712,259 in the October 2021 data and $234,310,000 in the October 2026 data, up 75%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 4 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. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $166,783,000 to $234,310,000 (+40%).

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
equanimityfinancial.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. Equanimity Financial Partners (CRD 152050): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/equanimity-financial-partners-pasadena-ca-152050