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OAR Financial

Bryn Mawr, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 158989

Filed as OAR FINANCIAL · Legal name Palladiem LLC

OAR Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bryn Mawr, PA, registered since 2011, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 18, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$114,524,480
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is OAR Financial compensated?

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

Where is OAR Financial located?

OAR Financial's principal office is in Bryn Mawr, PA, according to its Form ADV.

Is OAR Financial registered with the SEC or a state?

OAR Financial is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158989.

How much does OAR Financial manage?

OAR Financial reports $114,524,480 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have OAR Financial's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for OAR Financial: Regulatory assets under management: $804,964,069 in the October 2021 data and $114,524,480 in the October 2026 data, down 86%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does OAR Financial serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (25); charitable organizations (10); corporations or other businesses not listed above (5).

Which custodians does OAR Financial use?

OAR Financial's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists First Clearing Corporation as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does OAR 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/158989

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.

Minimum annual fee: $35,000

The brochure's wording
We will generally charge a minimum annual fee of $35,000. If an account is terminated within the quarter, we will refund the days in the quarter the account was not under our management.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 18, 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
$114,524,480

$114,524,480 as of October 2026, filing dated March 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $114,524,480.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 25 Assets $6,885,862 (6%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $102,787,940 (90%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $1,688,241 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 5 Assets $3,162,437 (3%)

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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Palladiem LLC
Also doing business as
OAR FINANCIAL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
PAPR

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
$805M 2021 $752M 2022 $590M 2023 $466M 2024 $113M 2025 $115M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$114,524,48010March 18, 2026
October 2025$112,616,08910February 28, 2025
October 2024$465,999,9303March 19, 2024
October 2023$590,428,5984March 29, 2023
October 2022$752,303,3255March 31, 2022
October 2021$804,964,0695June 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $804,964,069 in the October 2021 data and $114,524,480 in the October 2026 data, down 86%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 10 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

No 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.I
oarfinancial.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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