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Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC

West des Moines, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 321109

Filed as SAMMONS FINANCIAL GROUP ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in West des Moines, IA, registered since 2022, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$122,047,277,325
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC located?

Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC's principal office is in West des Moines, IA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 321109.

How much does Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC manage?

Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC reports $122,047,277,325 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,763,204,273 in the October 2022 data and $122,047,277,325 in the October 2026 data, up 2018%. Total employees: 10 in October 2022 and 60 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: corporations or other businesses not listed above (7); insurance companies (2).

Which custodians does Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC use?

Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Citibank N.A. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC 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/321109

Does Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "SFGAM does not impose minimum requirements for opening or maintaining an account."

What changed in Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $109,759,440,207 to $122,047,277,325 (+11%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
SFGAM does not impose minimum requirements for opening or maintaining an account.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$122,047,277,325

$122,047,277,325 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $122,047,277,325.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 2 Assets $120,637,679,691 (99%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7 Assets $1,409,597,634 (1%)
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
  • 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
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 60. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Chicago, IL
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IA

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
$5.76B 2022 $6.51B 2023 $11.4B 2024 $110B 2025 $122B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$122,047,277,32560March 31, 2026
October 2025$109,759,440,20715April 28, 2025
October 2024$11,358,738,76415May 16, 2024
October 2023$6,512,036,82015March 31, 2023
October 2022$5,763,204,27310August 29, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $5,763,204,273 in the October 2022 data and $122,047,277,325 in the October 2026 data, up 2018%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2022 and 60 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 $109,759,440,207 to $122,047,277,325 (+11%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. November 2025
    • Added an office in Chicago, IL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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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AdvisorCensus. Sammons Financial Group Asset Management, LLC (CRD 321109): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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