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Lumiere Financial
Filed as LUMIERE FINANCIAL · Legal name Lumiere Financial Group LLC
Lumiere Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2022, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 20, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Lumiere Financial compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lumiere Financial reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
How much does Lumiere Financial charge?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 20, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $450 an hour (asset allocation services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is Lumiere Financial located?
Lumiere Financial's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.
Is Lumiere Financial registered with the SEC or a state?
Lumiere Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 319171.
How much does Lumiere Financial manage?
Lumiere Financial reports $82,712,067 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 20, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Lumiere Financial's assets and staff changed since 2022?
In the Form ADV data for Lumiere Financial: Regulatory assets under management: $25,423,000 in the October 2022 data and $82,712,067 in the October 2026 data, up 225%. Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Lumiere Financial serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (98); high net worth individuals (18).
Which custodians does Lumiere Financial use?
Lumiere Financial'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 Lumiere Financial 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/319171
What changed in Lumiere Financial's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $59,927,014 to $82,712,067 (+38%).
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
- Fixed fees (other than subscription 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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.
Hourly rate: $450 an hour (asset allocation services)
The brochure's wording
We charge an hourly rate for asset allocation services. The applicable fee is negotiated with the client and determined in advance of services rendered. Our hourly fee is $450 per hour.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 20, 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$82,712,067 as of October 2026, filing dated April 20, 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
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
- Educational seminars/workshops
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Lumiere Financial Group LLC
- Also doing business as
- LUMIERE FINANCIAL GROUP
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2022 (4 years)
- Employees
- Total: 5. 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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5 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $82,712,067 | 5 | April 20, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $59,927,014 | 7 | March 27, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $44,981,403 | 8 | August 19, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $26,928,000 | 6 | August 7, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $25,423,000 | 4 | September 30, 2022 |
Regulatory assets under management: $25,423,000 in the October 2022 data and $82,712,067 in the October 2026 data, up 225%.
Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 5 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- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 5.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $59,927,014 to $82,712,067 (+38%).
- February 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- January 2026
- No longer registered or notice-filed in MA.
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. Lumiere Financial (CRD 319171): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lumiere-financial-new-york-ny-319171