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Midwest Financial Strategies
Filed as MIDWEST FINANCIAL STRATEGIES · Legal name Midwest Financial Strategies LLC
Midwest Financial Strategies is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Watertown, SD, registered since 2023, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 23, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Midwest Financial Strategies compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Midwest Financial Strategies reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.
Where is Midwest Financial Strategies located?
Midwest Financial Strategies' principal office is in Watertown, SD, according to its Form ADV.
Is Midwest Financial Strategies registered with the SEC or a state?
Midwest Financial Strategies is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 327281.
How much does Midwest Financial Strategies manage?
Midwest Financial Strategies reports $39,430,366 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).
What types of clients does Midwest Financial Strategies serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (83); high net worth individuals (19).
Does Midwest Financial Strategies 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.E(1) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a false statement or omission), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). 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 public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/327281
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
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$39,430,366 as of October 2026, filing dated January 23, 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)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Midwest Financial Strategies LLC
- Registration
- State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
- Registered since
- 2023 (3 years)
- Employees
- Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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2 states or jurisdictions
State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
- 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.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
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
Changes in the filing
Last 12 monthsNo 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.ISource: 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. Midwest Financial Strategies (CRD 327281): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/midwest-financial-strategies-watertown-sd-327281