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Golden Spark Insights
Filed as GOLDEN SPARK INSIGHTS · Legal name Golden Spark Insights Merchant Banking Group Inc.
Golden Spark Insights is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Fairfax, VA, registered since 2026, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Golden Spark Insights compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Golden Spark Insights reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical); performance-based fees.
Where is Golden Spark Insights located?
Golden Spark Insights' principal office is in Fairfax, VA, according to its Form ADV.
Is Golden Spark Insights registered with the SEC or a state?
Golden Spark Insights is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 339382.
How much does Golden Spark Insights manage?
Golden Spark Insights reports $400,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).
What types of clients does Golden Spark Insights serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: corporations or other businesses not listed above (2).
Does Golden Spark Insights 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/339382
What changed in Golden Spark Insights' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.
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
- Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$400,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 19, 2026.
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.DA 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- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Educational seminars/workshops
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Golden Spark Insights Merchant Banking Group Inc.
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2026 (0 years)
- Employees
- Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- April 2026
- Newly registered with the SEC.
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.ISource: 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. Golden Spark Insights (CRD 339382): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/golden-spark-insights-fairfax-va-339382