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Midwestern Financial Group

Iowa City, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 270022

Filed as MIDWESTERN FINANCIAL GROUP · Legal name Midwestern Financial, LLC

Midwestern Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Iowa City, IA, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2025
$172,843,118
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Midwestern Financial Group compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Midwestern Financial Group reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Midwestern Financial Group located?

Midwestern Financial Group's principal office is in Iowa City, IA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Midwestern Financial Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Midwestern Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 270022.

How much does Midwestern Financial Group manage?

Midwestern Financial Group reports $172,843,118 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Midwestern Financial Group's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for Midwestern Financial Group: Regulatory assets under management: $139,287,189 in the October 2025 data and $172,843,118 in the October 2026 data, up 24%. Total employees: 3 in October 2025 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Midwestern Financial Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (94); high net worth individuals (41).

Which custodians does Midwestern Financial Group use?

Midwestern Financial Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Midwestern Financial Group 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/270022

Does Midwestern Financial Group state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "We do not have a minimum account size requirement."

What changed in Midwestern Financial Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $139,287,189 to $172,843,118 (+24%).

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 2A

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
We do not have a minimum account size requirement.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 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
$172,843,118

$172,843,118 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $172,843,118.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 94 Assets $37,409,101 (22%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 41 Assets $132,311,926 (77%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,748,088 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,374,003 (1%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Midwestern Financial, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2025 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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
3 states or jurisdictions
IAILTX

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
$139M 2025 $173M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$172,843,1183March 27, 2026
October 2025$139,287,1893May 14, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $139,287,189 in the October 2025 data and $172,843,118 in the October 2026 data, up 24%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2025 and 3 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 $139,287,189 to $172,843,118 (+24%).
  2. February 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in IL, TX.

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
midwesternfinancial.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. Midwestern Financial Group (CRD 270022): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/midwestern-financial-group-iowa-city-ia-270022