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Spectrum Financial Inc

Virginia Beach, VASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105618

Filed as SPECTRUM FINANCIAL INC

Spectrum Financial Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Virginia Beach, VA, registered since 1988, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026.

37 years
registered since 1988
$236,484,223
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Spectrum Financial Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Spectrum Financial Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

Where is Spectrum Financial Inc located?

Spectrum Financial Inc's principal office is in Virginia Beach, VA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Spectrum Financial Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Spectrum Financial Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1988. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105618.

How much does Spectrum Financial Inc manage?

Spectrum Financial Inc reports $236,484,223 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Spectrum Financial Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Spectrum Financial Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $415,802,352 in the October 2021 data and $236,484,223 in the October 2026 data, down 43%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Spectrum Financial Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (213); charitable organizations (9); corporations or other businesses not listed above (4).

Which custodians does Spectrum Financial Inc use?

Spectrum Financial Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists NFS as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Spectrum Financial Inc 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/105618

Does Spectrum Financial Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 19, 2026 says: "Although Spectrum Financial reserves the right to accept accounts below $50,000, the recommended minimum account size per contract is $50,000."

What changed in Spectrum Financial Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $266,263,591 to $236,484,223 (-11%).

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
  • Other

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $50,000

The brochure's wording
Although Spectrum Financial reserves the right to accept accounts below $50,000, the recommended minimum account size per contract is $50,000.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 19, 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
$236,484,223

$236,484,223 as of October 2026, filing dated March 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $236,484,223.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 213 Assets $34,392,755 (15%)
Investment companies
Clients 3 Assets $192,549,210 (81%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $1,896,701 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $2,692,389 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 4 Assets $4,863,610 (2%)
Other
Clients 3 Assets $89,558 (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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1988 (37 years)
Employees
Total: 9. 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.

States registered or notice-filed
11 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
$416M 2021 $403M 2022 $370M 2023 $292M 2024 $266M 2025 $236M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$236,484,2239March 19, 2026
October 2025$266,263,5919March 26, 2025
October 2024$292,322,7596March 19, 2024
October 2023$370,399,0556March 15, 2023
October 2022$402,578,7546April 14, 2022
October 2021$415,802,3525July 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $415,802,352 in the October 2021 data and $236,484,223 in the October 2026 data, down 43%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 9 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 $266,263,591 to $236,484,223 (-11%).

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
investspectrum.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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