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Heron Finance

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 327608

Filed as HERON FINANCE · Legal name Heron Advisory Inc.

Heron Finance is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2023, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2023
$37,684,104
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Heron Finance compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Heron Finance reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

How much does Heron Finance charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Heron Finance located?

Heron Finance's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Heron Finance registered with the SEC or a state?

Heron Finance is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 327608.

How much does Heron Finance manage?

Heron Finance reports $37,684,104 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Heron Finance's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Heron Finance: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2023 data and $37,684,104 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 2 in October 2023 and 17 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Heron Finance serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (272).

Which custodians does Heron Finance use?

Heron Finance's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Inspira as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Heron Finance 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/327608

Does Heron Finance state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "The minimum initial investment for Clients is $10,000."

What changed in Heron Finance's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $15,309,283 to $37,684,104 (+146%).

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

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

Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Heron Finance imposes a management fee equal to one percent (1.00%) per annum of the value of the Correlated Assets of each Investor, calculated and payable at each month end (the “Management Fee”).

Account minimum: $10,000

The brochure's wording
The minimum initial investment for Clients is $10,000.

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$37,684,104

$37,684,104 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $37,684,104.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 272 Assets $37,684,104 (100%)

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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Heron Advisory Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 17. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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
$0 2023 $0 2024 $2.39M 2025 $37.7M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$37,684,10417March 30, 2026
October 2025$2,389,96417March 28, 2025
October 2024$02September 25, 2024
October 2023$02September 8, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2023 data and $37,684,104 in the October 2026 data.

Total employees: 2 in October 2023 and 17 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 $15,309,283 to $37,684,104 (+146%).
  2. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,389,964 to $15,309,283 (+541%).

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
heronfinance.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. Heron Finance (CRD 327608): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/heron-finance-san-francisco-ca-327608