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Ganim Private Wealth

Shelton, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 285679

Filed as GANIM PRIVATE WEALTH · Legal name GFS Wealth Management Advisors, Inc.

Ganim Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Shelton, CT, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$238,639,022
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ganim Private Wealth compensated?

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

Where is Ganim Private Wealth located?

Ganim Private Wealth's principal office is in Shelton, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Ganim Private Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

Ganim Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 285679.

How much does Ganim Private Wealth manage?

Ganim Private Wealth reports $238,639,022 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 15, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Ganim Private Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ganim Private Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $119,688,797 in the October 2021 data and $238,639,022 in the October 2026 data, up 99%. Total employees: 7 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 Ganim Private Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (48); high net worth individuals (2).

Which custodians does Ganim Private Wealth use?

Ganim Private Wealth's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ganim Private Wealth 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/285679

Does Ganim Private Wealth state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 15, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum for any of GFS’s services."

What changed in Ganim Private Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 4. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There is no account minimum for any of GFS’s services.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 15, 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
$238,639,022

$238,639,022 as of October 2026, filing dated April 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $238,639,022.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 48 Assets $1,158,057 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 2 Assets $49,480,965 (21%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $188,000,000 (79%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • Pension consulting services

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
GFS Wealth Management Advisors, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
CTFLNHNYTX

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
$120M 2021 $136M 2022 $135M 2023 $132M 2024 $262M 2025 $239M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$238,639,0224April 15, 2026
October 2025$261,980,7666March 20, 2025
October 2024$131,543,6396March 21, 2024
October 2023$134,803,9256May 22, 2023
October 2022$136,120,5037May 25, 2022
October 2021$119,688,7977July 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $119,688,797 in the October 2021 data and $238,639,022 in the October 2026 data, up 99%.

Total employees: 7 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. May 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 4.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
ganimfinancial.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. Ganim Private Wealth (CRD 285679): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ganim-private-wealth-shelton-ct-285679