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RLS Financial Services

Bloomsbury, NJState-registered investment adviserCRD 305158

Filed as RLS FINANCIAL SERVICES · Legal name Stickel, Robert, Louis

RLS Financial Services is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Bloomsbury, NJ, registered since 2019, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$22,432,592
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is RLS Financial Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), RLS Financial Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is RLS Financial Services located?

RLS Financial Services' principal office is in Bloomsbury, NJ, according to its Form ADV.

Is RLS Financial Services registered with the SEC or a state?

RLS Financial Services is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 305158.

How much does RLS Financial Services manage?

RLS Financial Services reports $22,432,592 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026 (0% discretionary).

What types of clients does RLS Financial Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (72); high net worth individuals (7).

Does RLS Financial Services report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 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 public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/305158

What changed in RLS Financial Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2)).

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
$22,432,592

$22,432,592 as of October 2026, filing dated September 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $22,432,592.

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 72 Assets $12,738,989 (57%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 7 Assets $9,693,603 (43%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Stickel, Robert, Louis
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
NJPA

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item 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?

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 months
  1. October 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2)).

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

Not reported.

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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