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Stonebridge Financial Group

Grand Rapids, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 166251

Filed as STONEBRIDGE FINANCIAL GROUP · Legal name Global Financial Group Advisors LLC

Stonebridge Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Grand Rapids, MI, registered since 2017, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$739,395,661
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Stonebridge Financial Group compensated?

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

Where is Stonebridge Financial Group located?

Stonebridge Financial Group's principal office is in Grand Rapids, MI, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Stonebridge Financial Group registered with the SEC or a state?

Stonebridge Financial Group is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 166251.

How much does Stonebridge Financial Group manage?

Stonebridge Financial Group reports $739,395,661 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (24% discretionary).

How have Stonebridge Financial Group's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Stonebridge Financial Group: Regulatory assets under management: $344,112,356 in the October 2021 data and $739,395,661 in the October 2026 data, up 115%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Stonebridge Financial Group serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (670); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (87); high net worth individuals (26).

Which custodians does Stonebridge Financial Group use?

Stonebridge Financial Group's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Empower Retirement and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Stonebridge Financial Group 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/166251

Does Stonebridge Financial Group state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 says: "There is no account minimum."

What changed in Stonebridge Financial Group's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $652,339,848 to $739,395,661 (+13%). Registered or notice-filed in LA.

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)
  • Commissions

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
There is no account minimum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 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
$739,395,661

$739,395,661 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $175,150,589.Non-discretionary: $564,245,072.

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 670 Assets $38,100,716 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 26 Assets $70,757,117 (10%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 87 Assets $630,537,828 (85%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Global Financial Group Advisors LLC
Also doing business as
STONEBRIDGE FINANCIAL GROUP
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 5. 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
4 states or jurisdictions
ILLAMITX

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
$344M 2021 $365M 2022 $323M 2023 $576M 2024 $652M 2025 $739M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$739,395,6615March 26, 2026
October 2025$652,339,8485March 28, 2025
October 2024$576,126,5305September 5, 2024
October 2023$322,986,2754June 22, 2023
October 2022$365,113,5993March 29, 2022
October 2021$344,112,3563May 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $344,112,356 in the October 2021 data and $739,395,661 in the October 2026 data, up 115%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 5 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $652,339,848 to $739,395,661 (+13%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA.
  2. November 2025
    • 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
stonebridgefinancialgroup.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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