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Spectrum Financial Resources

Troy, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 127453

Filed as SPECTRUM FINANCIAL RESOURCES · Legal name Spectrum Financial Resources, LLC

Spectrum Financial Resources is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Troy, MI, registered since 2022, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2022
$235,309,254
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Spectrum Financial Resources compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Spectrum Financial Resources reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other.

Where is Spectrum Financial Resources located?

Spectrum Financial Resources' principal office is in Troy, MI, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Spectrum Financial Resources is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 127453.

How much does Spectrum Financial Resources manage?

Spectrum Financial Resources reports $235,309,254 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (37% discretionary).

How have Spectrum Financial Resources' assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Spectrum Financial Resources: Regulatory assets under management: $178,125,773 in the October 2022 data and $235,309,254 in the October 2026 data, up 32%. Total employees: 7 in October 2022 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Spectrum Financial Resources serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (584); high net worth individuals (139).

Which custodians does Spectrum Financial Resources use?

Spectrum Financial Resources' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Spectrum Financial Resources 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/127453

Does Spectrum Financial Resources state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "SFR generally requires a minimum account size of $25,000 to open and maintain a portfolio management account. This account minimum may be reduced or waived in the sole discretion of SFR."

What changed in Spectrum Financial Resources' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $206,606,422 to $235,309,254 (+14%). Changed its office addresses in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. Registered or notice-filed in NE.

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)
  • 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

Account minimum: $25,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
SFR generally requires a minimum account size of $25,000 to open and maintain a portfolio management account. This account minimum may be reduced or waived in the sole discretion of SFR.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$235,309,254

$235,309,254 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $87,490,851.Non-discretionary: $147,818,403.

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 584 Assets $143,683,750 (61%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 139 Assets $91,527,567 (39%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $97,937 (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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Spectrum Financial Resources, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 6. 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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Grosse Pointe Farms, MISt. Clair Shores, MI
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
MINETX

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
$178M 2022 $157M 2023 $197M 2024 $207M 2025 $235M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$235,309,2546March 30, 2026
October 2025$206,606,4225April 21, 2025
October 2024$197,393,2876March 26, 2024
October 2023$156,882,4806March 28, 2023
October 2022$178,125,7737September 21, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $178,125,773 in the October 2022 data and $235,309,254 in the October 2026 data, up 32%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2022 and 6 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 $206,606,422 to $235,309,254 (+14%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI.
    • Registered or notice-filed in NE.

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
spectrumfr.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. Spectrum Financial Resources (CRD 127453): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/spectrum-financial-resources-troy-mi-127453