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  "crd_number": 108998,
  "slug": "financial-trust-asset-management-chartered-boca-raton-fl-108998",
  "primary_business_name": "FINANCIAL TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT CHARTERED",
  "legal_name": "FINANCIAL TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT CHARTERED",
  "dbas": [
    "FINANCIAL TRUST ASSET MANAGEMENT"
  ],
  "city": "Boca Raton",
  "state": "FL",
  "country": "United States",
  "cbsa_code": "33100",
  "metro": {
    "cbsa_code": "33100",
    "common_name": "Miami",
    "msa_name": "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL",
    "path": "/advisors/fl/miami"
  },
  "registration_type": "sec",
  "registration_status": "Approved",
  "registration_date": "2025-03-31",
  "years_registered": 1,
  "period": "2026-10-01",
  "filing_date": "2026-08-03",
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  "raum_band": "100m_500m",
  "raum_band_label": "$100 million to $500 million",
  "total_employees": 5,
  "advisory_employees": 4,
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  "advisory_activities": [
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    "pension_consulting",
    "portfolio_management_businesses_institutional",
    "portfolio_management_individuals"
  ],
  "wrap_fee_participant": false,
  "disclosure_yes_count": 3,
  "states_registered": [
    "FL",
    "GA",
    "LA",
    "MA",
    "NC",
    "NY"
  ],
  "websites": [
    "https://financialtrust.net",
    "https://financialtrust.net/blog",
    "https://huestonfinancialservices.com",
    "https://linkedin.com/company/financial-trust-asset-management",
    "https://linkedin.com/in/a-stephen-hueston-iv-cpa-cfp%C2%AE-6b340a168",
    "https://linkedin.com/in/arnom1",
    "https://linkedin.com/in/greg-vigrass-7a9a3b",
    "https://linkedin.com/in/john-sessa-202270208"
  ],
  "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/108998",
  "disclosure_items": [
    {
      "item": "11.D(2)",
      "question": "Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?"
    },
    {
      "item": "11.D(4)",
      "question": "In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?"
    },
    {
      "item": "11.E(2)",
      "question": "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?"
    }
  ],
  "city_as_filed": "BOCA RATON",
  "url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/financial-trust-asset-management-chartered-boca-raton-fl-108998",
  "display_name": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered",
  "summary": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boca Raton, FL, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 3, 2026.",
  "citation": "AdvisorCensus. Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered (CRD 108998): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.",
  "registration_type_label": "SEC-registered investment adviser",
  "compensation_labels": [
    "A percentage of assets under your management"
  ],
  "advisory_activity_labels": [
    "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"
  ],
  "quick_answers": [
    {
      "q": "How is Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered compensated?",
      "a": "On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure."
    },
    {
      "q": "Where is Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered located?",
      "a": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered's principal office is in Boca Raton, FL, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered registered with the SEC or a state?",
      "a": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 108998."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered manage?",
      "a": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered reports $141,926,313 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 3, 2026 (97% discretionary)."
    },
    {
      "q": "How have Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered's assets and staff changed since 2025?",
      "a": "In the Form ADV data for Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered: Regulatory assets under management: $115,310,077 in the October 2025 data and $141,926,313 in the October 2026 data, up 23%. Total employees: 5 in October 2025 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going."
    },
    {
      "q": "What types of clients does Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered serve?",
      "a": "By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (151); high net worth individuals (49); corporations or other businesses not listed above (5)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Which custodians does Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered use?",
      "a": "Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered report any disciplinary disclosures?",
      "a": "Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/108998"
    },
    {
      "q": "What changed in Financial Trust Asset Management Chartered's recent Form ADV filings?",
      "a": "In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A)."
    }
  ],
  "filing_history": [
    {
      "period": "2025-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 115310077.0,
      "total_employees": 5,
      "filing_date": "2025-07-17"
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-10-01",
      "regulatory_assets_under_management": 141926313.0,
      "total_employees": 5,
      "filing_date": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "recent_changes": [
    {
      "period": "2026-09-01",
      "period_label": "September 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-06-01",
      "period_label": "June 2026",
      "notes": [
        "No longer lists the business name Hueston Financial Services."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2026-04-01",
      "period_label": "April 2026",
      "notes": [
        "Regulatory assets under management went from $115,310,077 to $141,926,313 (+23%)."
      ]
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-12-01",
      "period_label": "December 2025",
      "notes": [
        "Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A)."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fees_from_brochure": null,
  "custodians": [
    {
      "name": "Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.",
      "name_as_filed": "CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.",
      "affiliated": false
    },
    {
      "name": "Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions",
      "name_as_filed": "GOLDMAN SACHS CUSTODY SOLUTIONS",
      "affiliated": false
    }
  ],
  "custodians_note": "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.",
  "markdown_url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/financial-trust-asset-management-chartered-boca-raton-fl-108998.md",
  "clients": [
    {
      "type": "individuals",
      "label": "Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)",
      "count": 151,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
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    },
    {
      "type": "high_net_worth_individuals",
      "label": "High net worth individuals",
      "count": 49,
      "fewer_than_5": false,
      "raum": 91193919.0
    },
    {
      "type": "pension_profit_sharing",
      "label": "Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)",
      "count": 2,
      "fewer_than_5": true,
      "raum": 12849255.0
    },
    {
      "type": "charitable",
      "label": "Charitable organizations",
      "count": 1,
      "fewer_than_5": true,
      "raum": 853448.0
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    {
      "type": "corporations_other_businesses",
      "label": "Corporations or other businesses not listed above",
      "count": 5,
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      "raum": 1479298.0
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  "disclosure_line": "Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.",
  "indexable": true,
  "suppressed": false,
  "claimed": false,
  "enhanced": false,
  "provided_by_the_firm": null,
  "source": {
    "name": "Form ADV",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/108998",
    "operator": "BH Monitor Services, LLC",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "credit": "AdvisorCensus (advisorcensus.com), from SEC Form ADV data"
  }
}
