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Iron Financial LLC

Northbrook, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106682

Filed as IRON FINANCIAL LLC

Iron Financial LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Northbrook, IL, registered since 1994, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$489,165,569
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Iron Financial LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Iron Financial LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Iron Financial LLC located?

Iron Financial LLC's principal office is in Northbrook, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Iron Financial LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Iron Financial LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106682.

How much does Iron Financial LLC manage?

Iron Financial LLC reports $489,165,569 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Iron Financial LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Iron Financial LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $564,479,807 in the October 2021 data and $489,165,569 in the October 2026 data, down 13%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Iron Financial LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (124); high net worth individuals (108); corporations or other businesses not listed above (13).

Which custodians does Iron Financial LLC use?

Iron Financial LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Iron Financial LLC 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/106682

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
  • 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 20, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$489,165,569

$489,165,569 as of October 2026, filing dated July 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $489,165,569.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 124 Assets $40,925,387 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 108 Assets $420,803,465 (86%)
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 1 Assets $8,514,177 (2%)
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 13 Assets $18,922,540 (4%)
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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
IRON ASSET MANAGEMENT, IRON FINANCIAL, IRON FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT INC, IRON HOLDINGS LLC, IRON INVESTMENTS, IRON WEALTH HOLDINGS LLC, THE IRON FINANCIAL COMPANIES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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
11 states or jurisdictions
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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
$564M 2021 $449M 2022 $413M 2023 $421M 2024 $472M 2025 $489M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$489,165,56910July 1, 2026
October 2025$472,137,07511June 27, 2025
October 2024$421,111,84110July 11, 2024
October 2023$412,755,30810September 25, 2023
October 2022$449,097,02612March 28, 2022
October 2021$564,479,80715September 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $564,479,807 in the October 2021 data and $489,165,569 in the October 2026 data, down 13%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 10 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
ironfinancial.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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