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Surety Investment Services

Los Angeles, CAState-registered investment adviserCRD 135295

Filed as SURETY INVESTMENT SERVICES · Legal name Surety Investment Services, Inc.

Surety Investment Services is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 1997, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 6, 2026.

29 years
registered since 1997
$62,667,206
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Surety Investment Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Surety Investment Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Surety Investment Services located?

Surety Investment Services' principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Surety Investment Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Surety Investment Services is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 135295.

How much does Surety Investment Services manage?

Surety Investment Services reports $62,667,206 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated January 6, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Surety Investment Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (61); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (53).

Does Surety Investment Services report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/135295

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

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$62,667,206

$62,667,206 as of October 2026, filing dated January 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $62,667,206.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 53 Assets $12,469,582 (20%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 61 Assets $50,197,624 (80%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Surety Investment Services, Inc.
Registration
State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
Registered since
1997 (29 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
suretyinvestments.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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