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J.V.B. Investment Company
Filed as J.V.B. INVESTMENT COMPANY · Legal name Jack V. Butterfield Investment Company
J.V.B. Investment Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Jackson, MI, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 12, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is J.V.B. Investment Company compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), J.V.B. Investment Company reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.
Where is J.V.B. Investment Company located?
J.V.B. Investment Company's principal office is in Jackson, MI, according to its Form ADV.
Is J.V.B. Investment Company registered with the SEC or a state?
J.V.B. Investment Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 3998.
How much does J.V.B. Investment Company manage?
J.V.B. Investment Company reports $157,645,609 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 12, 2026 (0% discretionary).
How have J.V.B. Investment Company's assets and staff changed since 2025?
In the Form ADV data for J.V.B. Investment Company: Regulatory assets under management: $130,380,225 in the October 2025 data and $157,645,609 in the October 2026 data, up 21%. Total employees: 9 in October 2025 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does J.V.B. Investment Company serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (190); high net worth individuals (18).
Which custodians does J.V.B. Investment Company use?
J.V.B. Investment Company's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists RBC Capital Markets, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does J.V.B. Investment Company report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 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.G (pending regulatory proceeding). 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/3998
Does J.V.B. Investment Company state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 12, 2026 says: "Our clients include individuals, trusts, and pension/401k plans. The minimum account value needed to open an advisory account is $25,000."
What changed in J.V.B. Investment Company's recent Form ADV filings?
In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $130,380,225 to $157,645,609 (+21%). Registered or notice-filed in TX.
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 2AAccount minimum: $25,000
The brochure's wording
Our clients include individuals, trusts, and pension/401k plans. The minimum account value needed to open an advisory account is $25,000.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 12, 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$157,645,609 as of October 2026, filing dated February 12, 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
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Jack V. Butterfield Investment Company
- Also doing business as
- J.V.B. INVESTMENT CO., J.V.B. INVESTMENTS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
- 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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3 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 114 Reports 4 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(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.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?
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 | $157,645,609 | 9 | February 12, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $130,380,225 | 9 | July 29, 2025 |
Regulatory assets under management: $130,380,225 in the October 2025 data and $157,645,609 in the October 2026 data, up 21%.
Total employees: 9 in October 2025 and 9 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- March 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $130,380,225 to $157,645,609 (+21%).
- Registered or notice-filed in TX.
- December 2025
- Registered or notice-filed in FL.
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."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. J.V.B. Investment Company (CRD 3998): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/j-v-b-investment-company-jackson-mi-3998