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IBN Financial Services, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Liverpool, NY, registered since 2017, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is IBN Financial Services, Inc compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), IBN Financial Services, Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; other.
What does IBN Financial Services, Inc's brochure say about its fees?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 27, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.5% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is IBN Financial Services, Inc located?
IBN Financial Services, Inc's principal office is in Liverpool, NY, according to its Form ADV.
Is IBN Financial Services, Inc registered with the SEC or a state?
IBN Financial Services, Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 42360.
How much does IBN Financial Services, Inc manage?
IBN Financial Services, Inc reports $87,653,250 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have IBN Financial Services, Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for IBN Financial Services, Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $67,247,975 in the October 2021 data and $87,653,250 in the October 2026 data, up 30%. Total employees: 79 in October 2021 and 52 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does IBN Financial Services, Inc serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (457); high net worth individuals (40); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (10).
Which custodians does IBN Financial Services, Inc use?
IBN Financial Services, Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Axos Clearing LLC and TD Ameritrade as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does IBN Financial Services, Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/42360
What changed in IBN Financial Services, Inc's recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: 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
- 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 2AAsset-based fee: 0.5% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)
The brochure's wording
Generally, fees may vary from 0.50% to 2.00% per annum of the market value of a client’s assets managed by IBNFNSR.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 27, 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$87,653,250 as of October 2026, filing dated August 27, 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- Financial planning services
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2017 (8 years)
- Employees
- Total: 52. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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
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18 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 115 Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
- 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
- 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $87,653,250 | 52 | August 27, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $180,458,175 | 79 | March 21, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $163,061,036 | 79 | March 22, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $138,842,000 | 79 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $151,424,285 | 79 | March 29, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $67,247,975 | 79 | March 31, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $67,247,975 in the October 2021 data and $87,653,250 in the October 2026 data, up 30%.
Total employees: 79 in October 2021 and 52 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- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- May 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 5 yes answers, previously 4 (now yes: 11.E(4)).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 15.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $180,458,175 to $87,653,250 (-51%).
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. IBN Financial Services, Inc (CRD 42360): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ibn-financial-services-inc-liverpool-ny-42360