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Strait & Sound

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 309306

Filed as STRAIT & SOUND · Legal name Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC

Strait & Sound is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 2020, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$333,725,811
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Strait & Sound compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Strait & Sound reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

How much does Strait & Sound charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $500 an hour (Investment Consulting services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Strait & Sound located?

Strait & Sound's principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Strait & Sound registered with the SEC or a state?

Strait & Sound is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 309306.

How much does Strait & Sound manage?

Strait & Sound reports $333,725,811 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Strait & Sound's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Strait & Sound: Regulatory assets under management: $101,713,459 in the October 2021 data and $333,725,811 in the October 2026 data, up 228%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Strait & Sound serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (213); high net worth individuals (30).

Which custodians does Strait & Sound use?

Strait & Sound's 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 Strait & Sound report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(3) (another regulator's finding of causing a business's authorization to be denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/309306

Does Strait & Sound state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "Generally, we require that you place $500,000 under management with us. However, we may waive that minimum at our sole discretion."

What changed in Strait & Sound's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 9. Added an office in San Francisco, CA. No longer lists an office in Burlingame, CA.

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

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: $500,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Generally, we require that you place $500,000 under management with us. However, we may waive that minimum at our sole discretion.

Hourly rate: $500 an hour (Investment Consulting services)

The brochure's wording
When Investment Consulting services are provided to clients who opt not to engage us for Asset Management services, we charge an hourly fee of $500.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$333,725,811

$333,725,811 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $333,725,811.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 $191,845,860 (57%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 30 Assets $141,879,951 (43%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Strait & Sound Wealth Management LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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
Bellevue, WASan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
7 states or jurisdictions
CAIDNENVORTXWA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(3) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$102M 2021 $127M 2022 $179M 2023 $248M 2024 $304M 2025 $334M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$333,725,81110March 31, 2026
October 2025$303,923,7518July 29, 2025
October 2024$248,280,4558March 30, 2024
October 2023$178,811,7698June 28, 2023
October 2022$126,936,6627September 15, 2022
October 2021$101,713,4594July 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $101,713,459 in the October 2021 data and $333,725,811 in the October 2026 data, up 228%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 10 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 7 to 9.
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Burlingame, CA.

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
straitandsound.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. Strait & Sound (CRD 309306): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/strait-and-sound-seattle-wa-309306