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Fortem Financial Group, LLC

Palm Desert, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 291662

Filed as FORTEM FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC

Fortem Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Palm Desert, CA, registered since 2018, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$631,885,884
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fortem Financial Group, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Fortem Financial Group, LLC located?

Fortem Financial Group, LLC's principal office is in Palm Desert, CA, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Fortem Financial Group, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Fortem Financial Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 291662.

How much does Fortem Financial Group, LLC manage?

Fortem Financial Group, LLC reports $631,885,884 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Fortem Financial Group, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fortem Financial Group, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $317,386,972 in the October 2021 data and $631,885,884 in the October 2026 data, up 99%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fortem Financial Group, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (193); high net worth individuals (140); corporations or other businesses not listed above (9).

Which custodians does Fortem Financial Group, LLC use?

Fortem Financial Group, LLC's 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 Fortem Financial Group, 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/291662

What changed in Fortem Financial Group, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $528,544,068 to $631,885,884 (+20%). Registered or notice-filed in LA.

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)
  • Commissions
  • Other

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

See the firm's brochure (dated April 21, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$631,885,884

$631,885,884 as of October 2026, filing dated April 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $626,678,547.Non-discretionary: $5,207,337.

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 193 Assets $63,248,655 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 140 Assets $522,041,775 (83%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $400,091 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $32,652,145 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $13,543,218 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FORTEM FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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 May 2026 filing
Mesa, AZ
States registered or notice-filed
16 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOFLIDILKSLANHNVOHORTXUTWAWI

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
$317M 2021 $467M 2022 $395M 2023 $438M 2024 $529M 2025 $632M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$631,885,88410April 21, 2026
October 2025$528,544,06810April 29, 2025
October 2024$438,058,5658August 8, 2024
October 2023$394,793,0787September 27, 2023
October 2022$467,274,1636July 26, 2022
October 2021$317,386,9725September 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $317,386,972 in the October 2021 data and $631,885,884 in the October 2026 data, up 99%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 10 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 $528,544,068 to $631,885,884 (+20%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA.
  2. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in KS.

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
focusfinancialpartners.comfortemfin.comfortemloans.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. Fortem Financial Group, LLC (CRD 291662): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fortem-financial-group-llc-palm-desert-ca-291662