Heckman Financial & Insurance Services, Inc.

• 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

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

Account minimum: None

Hourly rate: $500 an hour (One time Financial planning services)

Flat fee: $900 to $12,000 a year (Ongoing financial planning services)

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

$116,422,695 as of October 2026, filing dated May 18, 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

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.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Educational seminars/workshops

Also doing business as

GAINER FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2025 (1 year)

Employees

Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Fidelity Investments

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)

2 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing

Cupertino, CASan Rafael, CA

States registered or notice-filed

2 states or jurisdictions

CATX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

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

Regulatory assets under management: $114,394,000 in the October 2025 data and $116,422,695 in the October 2026 data, up 2%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2025 and 5 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.

1. June 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 5.
2. April 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 4.
   • Added an office in Cupertino, CA.
3. March 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
   • No longer lists an office in Cupertino, CA.
4. January 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 2.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.