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Financial Synergies

Houston, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105643

Filed as FINANCIAL SYNERGIES · Legal name Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors, Inc.

Financial Synergies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Houston, TX, registered since 1987, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 24, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$1,811,303,915
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Financial Synergies compensated?

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

What does Financial Synergies' brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.75% to 1.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Financial Synergies located?

Financial Synergies' principal office is in Houston, TX, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Financial Synergies registered with the SEC or a state?

Financial Synergies is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105643.

How much does Financial Synergies manage?

Financial Synergies reports $1,811,303,915 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 24, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Financial Synergies' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Financial Synergies: Regulatory assets under management: $1,016,206,821 in the October 2021 data and $1,811,303,915 in the October 2026 data, up 78%. Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 21 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Financial Synergies serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (558); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (369); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Which custodians does Financial Synergies use?

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

Does Financial Synergies 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/105643

What changed in Financial Synergies' recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in VA.

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)
  • Performance-based 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: 0.75% to 1.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
This fee ranges from 0.75% to 1.50%.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$1,811,303,915

$1,811,303,915 as of October 2026, filing dated June 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,797,538,179.Non-discretionary: $13,765,736.

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 369 Assets $153,474,063 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 558 Assets $1,644,064,116 (91%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $13,765,736 (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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Financial Synergies Wealth Advisors, Inc.
Also doing business as
FINANCIAL SYNERGIES, FINANCIAL SYNERGIES ASSET MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL SYNERGIES PATHWAY
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 21. Performing investment advisory functions: 16.
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)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
Tyler, TX
States registered or notice-filed
27 states or jurisdictions
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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
$1.02B 2021 $1.11B 2022 $1.09B 2023 $1.29B 2024 $1.57B 2025 $1.81B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,811,303,91521June 24, 2026
October 2025$1,566,368,23618May 12, 2025
October 2024$1,288,237,41517September 11, 2024
October 2023$1,091,131,74417August 18, 2023
October 2022$1,112,640,02513September 28, 2022
October 2021$1,016,206,82113August 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,016,206,821 in the October 2021 data and $1,811,303,915 in the October 2026 data, up 78%.

Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 21 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in VA.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 15 to 16.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,566,368,236 to $1,811,303,915 (+16%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in WY.

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
financialadvisortylertx.comfinsyn.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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