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Sovran Advisors, LLC

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 329415

Filed as SOVRAN ADVISORS, LLC

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.

2 years
registered since 2024
$1,874,347,252
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How 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 2A

See 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

$1,874,347,252 as of October 2026, filing dated September 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,871,980,128.Non-discretionary: $2,367,124.

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 3,563 Assets $890,659,191 (48%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 355 Assets $834,009,260 (44%)
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 59 Assets $105,441,004 (6%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 15 Assets $13,069,060 (1%)
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 26 Assets $31,168,737 (2%)
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
  • 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))
Cetera Investment Services LLC

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)
6 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Costa Mesa, CAPasadena, CAPetaluma, CARancho Cucamonga, CAWest Covina, CAWoodland Hills, CA
States registered or notice-filed
33 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
$842M 2024 $1.31B 2025 $1.87B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,874,347,25264September 14, 2026
October 2025$1,308,617,29158March 31, 2025
October 2024$841,576,39245August 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.I
aimpointwm.comcwmsd.comdirectpathfinancial.comeclipsefinancialadvisors.comempireprivatewealth.comenvisagewm.comintegrativewealthpartners.comjspencerjones.comoliriafinancial.comomegawealthstrategies.comparliamentwealth.compearcyfp.compinderneimeyer.complrwm.comsovranadvisors.comsovranpartners.comsovranusa.comthecompasscapital.comthefinancialhaus.comwealth365advisors.comwealthadvisorysolutions.netwealthpointeadvisors.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. Sovran Advisors, LLC (CRD 329415): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sovran-advisors-llc-san-diego-ca-329415