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MWA Financial Services, Inc.

Rock Island, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 112630

Filed as MWA FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.

MWA Financial Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rock Island, IL, registered since 2016, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$639,989,844
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is MWA Financial Services, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is MWA Financial Services, Inc. located?

MWA Financial Services, Inc.'s principal office is in Rock Island, IL, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is MWA Financial Services, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

MWA Financial Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 112630.

How much does MWA Financial Services, Inc. manage?

MWA Financial Services, Inc. reports $639,989,844 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have MWA Financial Services, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for MWA Financial Services, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $65,469,160 in the October 2021 data and $639,989,844 in the October 2026 data, up 878%. Total employees: 663 in October 2021 and 721 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does MWA Financial Services, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,905); high net worth individuals (76); charitable organizations (17).

Which custodians does MWA Financial Services, Inc. use?

MWA Financial Services, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Assetmark Trust and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does MWA Financial Services, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct) and 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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 SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/112630

What changed in MWA Financial Services, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(4)).

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 firm's brochure (dated April 1, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$639,989,844

$639,989,844 as of October 2026, filing dated May 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $639,989,844.

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 1,905 Assets $504,643,056 (79%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 76 Assets $118,333,766 (18%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 17 Assets $9,697,558 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 14 Assets $7,315,464 (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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 721. Performing investment advisory functions: 164.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
25 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Amarillo, TXBettendorf, IABrookfield, WIColumbus, OHConway, ARCulver City, CADallas, TXDavenport, IADenton, TXEdmond, OKEdwardsburg, MIGrand Rapids, MIHuntsville, ALLaguna Hills, CALansing, MILexington, KYMansfield, OHMaumee, OHMilwaukee, WIOntario, CAPhoenix, AZRaleigh, NCTulsa, OKWales, WIWilmington, NC
States registered or notice-filed
50 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 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?

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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$65.5M 2021 $101M 2022 $136M 2023 $216M 2024 $377M 2025 $640M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$639,989,844721May 1, 2026
October 2025$376,859,066674June 5, 2025
October 2024$216,092,715685July 17, 2024
October 2023$135,611,907689March 31, 2023
October 2022$101,321,860675May 17, 2022
October 2021$65,469,160663August 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $65,469,160 in the October 2021 data and $639,989,844 in the October 2026 data, up 878%.

Total employees: 663 in October 2021 and 721 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. June 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(4)).
  2. May 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 3 yes answers, previously 2 (now yes: 11.D(4)).
    • Registered or notice-filed in RI.
  3. April 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(4)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 134 to 164.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $376,859,066 to $639,989,844 (+70%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Huntsville, AL.
    • Changed its office addresses in Wilmington, NC.
    • Added an office in Amarillo, TX.
    • Added an office in Columbus, OH.
    • Added an office in Conway, AR.
    • Added an office in Culver City, CA.
    • Added an office in Edwardsburg, MI.
    • Added an office in Grand Rapids, MI.
    • Added an office in Lansing, MI.
    • Added an office in Maumee, OH.
    • Added an office in Phoenix, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in Castro Valley, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Greenwood, IN.
    • No longer lists an office in Lewiston, ME.
    • No longer lists an office in Palm Desert, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Roanoke Rapids, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in Spearfish, SD.
    • No longer lists an office in Waterford, WI.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. March 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in DC.

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
modern-woodmen.org

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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