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Lava Wealth Management, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 167674

Filed as LAVA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC

Lava Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2024, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2024
$42,597,301
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lava Wealth Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Lava Wealth Management, LLC located?

Lava Wealth Management, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lava Wealth Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Lava Wealth Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 167674.

How much does Lava Wealth Management, LLC manage?

Lava Wealth Management, LLC reports $42,597,301 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Lava Wealth Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for Lava Wealth Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $35,492,748 in the October 2025 data and $42,597,301 in the October 2026 data, up 20%. Total employees: 1 in October 2025 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lava Wealth Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (19); high net worth individuals (10); other (3).

Which custodians does Lava Wealth Management, LLC use?

Lava Wealth Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Lava Wealth Management, 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/167674

Does Lava Wealth Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 2026 says: "Lava Wealth Management does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship."

What changed in Lava Wealth Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $35,492,748 to $42,597,301 (+20%). No longer lists an office in New York, NY.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Lava Wealth Management does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship.

Minimum annual fee: None

The brochure's wording
Lava Wealth Management does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 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
$42,597,301

$42,597,301 as of October 2026, filing dated March 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $42,597,301.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 19 Assets $9,481,571 (22%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 10 Assets $29,847,075 (70%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $713,036 (2%)
Other
Clients 3 Assets $2,555,619 (6%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
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
NHNY

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
$35.5M 2025 $42.6M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$42,597,3011March 5, 2026
October 2025$35,492,7481June 30, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $35,492,748 in the October 2025 data and $42,597,301 in the October 2026 data, up 20%.

Total employees: 1 in October 2025 and 1 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 $35,492,748 to $42,597,301 (+20%).
    • No longer lists an office in New York, NY.

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
lavawealth.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. Lava Wealth Management, LLC (CRD 167674): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lava-wealth-management-llc-new-york-ny-167674