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Salient Wealth Planning

Encinitas, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 327885

Filed as SALIENT WEALTH PLANNING · Legal name SWP Financial LLC

Salient Wealth Planning is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Encinitas, CA, registered since 2023, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 14, 2026.

2 years
registered since 2023
$239,389,499
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Salient Wealth Planning compensated?

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

What does Salient Wealth Planning's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 14, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 1.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Salient Wealth Planning located?

Salient Wealth Planning's principal office is in Encinitas, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Salient Wealth Planning registered with the SEC or a state?

Salient Wealth Planning is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 327885.

How much does Salient Wealth Planning manage?

Salient Wealth Planning reports $239,389,499 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 14, 2026 (81% discretionary).

How have Salient Wealth Planning's assets and staff changed since 2024?

In the Form ADV data for Salient Wealth Planning: Regulatory assets under management: $158,861,569 in the October 2024 data and $239,389,499 in the October 2026 data, up 51%. Total employees: 4 in October 2024 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Salient Wealth Planning serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (140); high net worth individuals (53).

Which custodians does Salient Wealth Planning use?

Salient Wealth Planning's 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 Salient Wealth Planning 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/327885

Does Salient Wealth Planning state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 14, 2026 says: "SWP generally requires a minimum relationship size of $500,000 to effectively implement its investment process."

What changed in Salient Wealth Planning's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $199,904,946 to $239,389,499 (+20%). Added an office in Escondido, CA. Added an office in San Diego, CA.

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
  • 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

Asset-based fee: up to 1.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Investment advisory fees range from up to 1.50% annually based on several factors, including: the scope and complexity of the services to be provided; the level of assets to be managed; and the overall relationship with the Advisor.
SWP offers financial planning services for a fixed engagement fee ranging up to $25,000 per engagement. Fees may be negotiable based on the nature and complexity of the services to be provided and the overall relationship with the Advisor.

Account minimum: $500,000

The brochure's wording
SWP generally requires a minimum relationship size of $500,000 to effectively implement its investment process.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 14, 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
$239,389,499

$239,389,499 as of October 2026, filing dated July 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $194,746,682.Non-discretionary: $44,642,817.

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 140 Assets $92,340,477 (39%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 53 Assets $147,049,022 (61%)

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
Legal name
SWP Financial LLC
Also doing business as
SALIENT WEALTH PLANNING
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (2 years)
Employees
Total: 4. 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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Escondido, CASan Diego, CA
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
AZCATX

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
$159M 2024 $200M 2025 $239M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$239,389,4994July 14, 2026
October 2025$199,904,9465March 20, 2025
October 2024$158,861,5694March 4, 2024

Regulatory assets under management: $158,861,569 in the October 2024 data and $239,389,499 in the October 2026 data, up 51%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2024 and 4 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 $199,904,946 to $239,389,499 (+20%).
    • Added an office in Escondido, CA.
    • Added an office in San Diego, CA.

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
salientwealthplanning.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. Salient Wealth Planning (CRD 327885): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/salient-wealth-planning-encinitas-ca-327885