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Sovran Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2024, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Sovran Advisors, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sovran Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Sovran Advisors, LLC located?
Sovran Advisors, LLC's principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Sovran Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Sovran Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 329415.
How much does Sovran Advisors, LLC manage?
Sovran Advisors, LLC reports $1,874,347,252 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Sovran Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2024?
In the Form ADV data for Sovran Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $841,576,392 in the October 2024 data and $1,874,347,252 in the October 2026 data, up 123%. Total employees: 45 in October 2024 and 64 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Sovran Advisors, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,563); high net worth individuals (355); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (59).
Which custodians does Sovran Advisors, LLC use?
Sovran Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Cetera Investment Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Sovran Advisors, 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/329415
What changed in Sovran Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Empire Wealth Management. Added the business name Empire Private Wealth. Added the business name College Planning America. Added the business name Aimpoint Wealth Management. Registered or notice-filed in DC.
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$1,874,347,252 as of October 2026, filing dated September 14, 2026.
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.DA 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
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- AIMPOINT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, COLLEGE PLANNING AMERICA, COMPASS CAPITAL, CONCIERGE WEALTH MANAGEMENT & INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, DIRECT PATH PLANNING, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, ECLIPSE FINANCIAL ADVISORS, EMPIRE PRIVATE WEALTH, ENVISAGE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL HAUS, GREATER PACIFIC SOLUTIONS FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES, INTEGRATIVE WEALTH PARTNERS PLANNING, INVESTMENTS, INSURANCE SOLUTIONS, J. SPENCER JONES WEALTH MANAGEMENT, OLIRIA FINANCIAL, OMEGA WEALTH STRATEGIES WEALTH MANAGEMENT & INSURANCE SERVICES, PARLIAMENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND INSURANCE SERVICES, PEARCY FINANCIAL PARTNERS AND INSURANCE SERVICES, PINDER & NEIMEYER FINANCIAL, PLR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SOVRAN PARTNERS, THE FINANCIAL COLLECTIVE, WEALTH 365 ADVISORS FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE SERVICES, WEALTH ADVISORY SOLUTIONS, FINANCIAL & INSURANCE SERVICES, WEALTHPOINTE ADVISORS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2024 (2 years)
- Employees
- Total: 64. Performing investment advisory functions: 60.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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6 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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33 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $1,874,347,252 | 64 | September 14, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,308,617,291 | 58 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $841,576,392 | 45 | August 14, 2024 |
Regulatory assets under management: $841,576,392 in the October 2024 data and $1,874,347,252 in the October 2026 data, up 123%.
Total employees: 45 in October 2024 and 64 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- October 2026
- No longer lists the business name Empire Wealth Management.
- Added the business name Empire Private Wealth.
- Added the business name College Planning America.
- Added the business name Aimpoint Wealth Management.
- Registered or notice-filed in DC.
- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $1,308,617,291 to $1,874,347,252 (+43%).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 53 to 60.
- Added the business name PLR Wealth Management.
- Added the business name Empire Wealth Management.
- Added the business name Omega Wealth Strategies Wealth Management & Insurance Services.
- Added an office in Petaluma, CA.
- Added an office in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
- No longer lists an office in San Diego, CA.
- December 2025
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 1 (now no: 11.B(1)).
- Registered or notice-filed in NM.
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.ISource: 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. Sovran Advisors, LLC (CRD 329415): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sovran-advisors-llc-san-diego-ca-329415