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Retirement Planning Services

Knoxville, TNSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 289847

Filed as RETIREMENT PLANNING SERVICES · Legal name Hall Retirement Planning Services, LLC

Retirement Planning Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Knoxville, TN, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$245,979,415
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Retirement Planning Services compensated?

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

How much does Retirement Planning Services charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $500 an hour (Advisory Representatives’ time). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Retirement Planning Services located?

Retirement Planning Services' principal office is in Knoxville, TN, according to its Form ADV.

Is Retirement Planning Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Retirement Planning Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 289847.

How much does Retirement Planning Services manage?

Retirement Planning Services reports $245,979,415 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Retirement Planning Services' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Retirement Planning Services: Regulatory assets under management: $116,124,654 in the October 2021 data and $245,979,415 in the October 2026 data, up 112%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Retirement Planning Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (133); high net worth individuals (115).

Which custodians does Retirement Planning Services use?

Retirement Planning Services' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Retirement Planning Services 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/289847

What changed in Retirement Planning Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $196,619,523 to $245,979,415 (+25%).

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.

Hourly rate: $500 an hour (Advisory Representatives’ time)

The brochure's wording
Planning fees are negotiated at the discretion of your Advisory Representative and are either fixed or based on a maximum hourly rate of $500 /hour for Advisory Representatives’ time

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 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
$245,979,415

$245,979,415 as of October 2026, filing dated March 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $245,979,415.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 133 Assets $48,146,772 (20%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 115 Assets $176,380,876 (72%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $21,451,767 (9%)
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 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Hall Retirement Planning Services, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
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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
$116M 2021 $154M 2022 $148M 2023 $176M 2024 $197M 2025 $246M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$245,979,4156March 5, 2026
October 2025$196,619,5236February 18, 2025
October 2024$176,235,2525January 30, 2024
October 2023$147,934,1855September 29, 2023
October 2022$153,751,6105February 9, 2022
October 2021$116,124,6545September 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $116,124,654 in the October 2021 data and $245,979,415 in the October 2026 data, up 112%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 6 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 $196,619,523 to $245,979,415 (+25%).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in NC.
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in GA.

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
secondhalfstewardship.comseriousretirement.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. Retirement Planning Services (CRD 289847): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/retirement-planning-services-knoxville-tn-289847