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Keynote Financial Services, LLC

Vernon, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 130384

Filed as KEYNOTE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC

Keynote Financial Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Vernon, CT, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$227,402,314
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Keynote Financial Services, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Keynote Financial Services, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is Keynote Financial Services, LLC located?

Keynote Financial Services, LLC's principal office is in Vernon, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Keynote Financial Services, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Keynote Financial Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 130384.

How much does Keynote Financial Services, LLC manage?

Keynote Financial Services, LLC reports $227,402,314 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Keynote Financial Services, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Keynote Financial Services, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $131,998,446 in the October 2022 data and $227,402,314 in the October 2026 data, up 72%. Total employees: 2 in October 2022 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Keynote Financial Services, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (125); high net worth individuals (73); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (6).

Which custodians does Keynote Financial Services, LLC use?

Keynote Financial Services, 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 Keynote Financial Services, 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/130384

Does Keynote Financial Services, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 11, 2026 says: "The Firm does not impose any requirements on the minimum account size for opening or maintaining an account."

What changed in Keynote Financial Services, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $182,036,340 to $227,402,314 (+25%).

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

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
The Firm does not impose any requirements on the minimum account size for opening or maintaining an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 11, 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
$227,402,314

$227,402,314 as of October 2026, filing dated March 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $227,402,314.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 125 Assets $27,641,171 (12%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 73 Assets $187,103,131 (82%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $10,052,132 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $2,555,636 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $50,244 (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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
CTMA

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
$132M 2022 $134M 2023 $155M 2024 $182M 2025 $227M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$227,402,3142March 11, 2026
October 2025$182,036,3402March 25, 2025
October 2024$154,749,4342March 20, 2024
October 2023$134,423,2942March 29, 2023
October 2022$131,998,4462September 23, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $131,998,446 in the October 2022 data and $227,402,314 in the October 2026 data, up 72%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2022 and 2 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 $182,036,340 to $227,402,314 (+25%).

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
keynotefs.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. Keynote Financial Services, LLC (CRD 130384): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/keynote-financial-services-llc-vernon-ct-130384