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Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Parsippany, NJ, registered since 2018, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Summit Financial, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Summit Financial, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Summit Financial, LLC located?
Summit Financial, LLC's principal office is in Parsippany, NJ, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 57 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Summit Financial, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Summit Financial, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 299322.
How much does Summit Financial, LLC manage?
Summit Financial, LLC reports $26,348,347,965 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 3, 2026 (58% discretionary).
How have Summit Financial, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Summit Financial, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,146,510,021 in the October 2021 data and $26,348,347,965 in the October 2026 data, up 535%. Total employees: 185 in October 2021 and 490 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Summit Financial, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (15,561); high net worth individuals (2,248); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (561).
Which custodians does Summit Financial, LLC use?
Summit Financial, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Goldman Sachs Custody Solutions and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Summit Financial, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/299322
What changed in Summit Financial, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $22,470,472,144 to $26,348,347,965 (+17%).
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
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated July 10, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$26,348,347,965 as of October 2026, filing dated September 3, 2026.
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.DA 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
- ADVOCUS PRIVATE WEALTH, ARGOSY WEALTH MANAGEMENT LLC, ARMSTRONG ADVISORS, BFG WEALTH, BRAD WERNER & COMPANY, CANON CAPITAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CLARITY CAPITAL PARTNERS, CONWAY WEALTH GROUP, LLC, CROW FINANCIAL ADVISORS, DULWORTH JASKOL, ESSEX WEALTH MANAGEMENT, EVEREST CONSULTANTS, LLC, GARRETT, PERKINS & HORTON ADVISORY PARTNERS, GATEWAY ADVISORY, LLC, GENEX CONSULTING, GLOBAL FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC, GORDON ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, GRANDVIEW SQUARE FINANCIAL, GREAT LAKES PRIVATE WEALTH, HERITAGE WEALTH PARTNERS, IVY WEALTH ADVISORS, IVY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, KAMAL CAPITAL GROUP, KEYSTONE CAPITAL GROUP, KYROS PRIVATE WEALTH, LANDSDOWNE PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LEROY WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, LIFETIME WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, LPF FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LPWM GROUP, M GROUP, MEEDER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MIDWAY WEALTH PARTNERS, MRK WEALTH ADVISORS, NATIONAL WEALTH ADVISORS, INC., NOLAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ORACLE PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS, PANOPTIC WEALTH ADVOCATES, PARKHAVEN PRIVATE WEALTH, PARSONS BROACH FINANCIAL SERVICES, PHILLIPS FINANCIAL STRATEGIES, RADIANCE PRIVATE WEALTH, RETHINKWEALTH, SALVO WEALTH GROUP, SENTINEL WEALTH PARTNERS, SIGNET FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, SILVERTREE, LLC, SOUTHEAST FINANCIAL GROUP, SRM PRIVATE WEALTH, TANISTRY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, THE EXECUTIVE WEALTH GROUP, THE JASKOL GROUP, VARDHAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WEALTHPLAN ADVANTAGE, WEINERMAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2018 (7 years)
- Employees
- Total: 490. Performing investment advisory functions: 216.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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57 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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53 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 113 Reports 3 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(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(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?
- 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $26,348,347,965 | 490 | September 3, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $14,959,048,272 | 353 | July 23, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $8,015,765,521 | 236 | August 6, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $6,154,141,421 | 226 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $6,475,288,062 | 222 | September 30, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $4,146,510,021 | 185 | September 1, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $4,146,510,021 in the October 2021 data and $26,348,347,965 in the October 2026 data, up 535%.
Total employees: 185 in October 2021 and 490 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- October 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $22,470,472,144 to $26,348,347,965 (+17%).
- August 2026
- No longer lists the business name The Private Client Group.
- No longer lists the business name Douglas Royce Advisory Group, LLC.
- No longer lists the business name Conway Wealth.
- Added the business name Parkhaven Private Wealth.
- Added the business name Keystone Capital Group.
- Added the business name Kamal Capital Group.
- Added the business name Conway Wealth Group, LLC.
- Added an office in Blue Bell, PA.
- Added an office in Brighton, MI.
- Added an office in Hallandale Beach, FL.
- No longer lists an office in Livingston, NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Palm Beach, FL.
- April 2026
- No longer lists the business name Boca Raton Private Wealth Management.
- No longer lists the business name Nashville Private Wealth Management.
- Added the business name Signet Financial Management, LLC.
- Added the business name Phillips Financial Strategies.
- Added the business name Sentinel Wealth Partners.
- Added the business name M Group.
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 139 to 216.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $14,959,048,272 to $22,470,472,144 (+50%).
- Changed its office addresses in Landsdowne, VA.
- Changed its office addresses in Naples, FL.
- Changed its office addresses in Sarasota, FL.
- Added an office in Cincinnati, OH.
- Added an office in Medford, OR.
- Added an office in Parsippany, NJ.
- Added an office in Washington, DC.
- No longer lists an office in Allendale, NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Branchburg, NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Darien, CT.
- No longer lists an office in Delray Beach, FL.
- No longer lists an office in Fort Collins, CO.
- No longer lists an office in Kenosha, WI.
- No longer lists an office in Leesburg, VA.
- No longer lists an office in Long Beach Twp., NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Manalapan, NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Singer Island, FL.
- No longer lists an office in Westfield, NJ.
- November 2025
- No longer lists the business name REX Global Wealth Management.
- Added the business name Global Financial Partners, LLC.
- Added the business name Dulworth Jaskol.
- Changed its office addresses in Durham, NC.
- Added an office in Dublin, OH.
- Added an office in Farmington Hills, MI.
- Added an office in Miamisburg, OH.
- Added an office in Palm Beach, FL.
- Added an office in Sarasota, FL.
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.ISource: 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. Summit Financial, LLC (CRD 299322): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/summit-financial-llc-parsippany-nj-299322