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TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC

Laguna Niguel, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 166606

Filed as TCFG INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Laguna Niguel, CA, registered since 2013, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$639,411,822
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
7
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC located?

TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Laguna Niguel, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 14 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 166606.

How much does TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC reports $639,411,822 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $459,678,474 in the October 2021 data and $639,411,822 in the October 2026 data, up 39%. Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,261); high net worth individuals (73).

Which custodians does TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC use?

TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC'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 TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 5 questions about regulatory matters and 2 questions about civil court matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(5), 11.E(1), 11.E(2), 11.H(1)(a), 11.H(1)(b)). 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/166606

What changed in TCFG Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 firm's brochure (dated April 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$639,411,822

$639,411,822 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $639,411,822.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 2,261 Assets $407,508,505 (64%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 73 Assets $231,903,317 (36%)
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%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
14 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Anaheim Hills, CABasalt, COBrookfield, WICalabasas, CACamarillo, CACanton, OHCorpus Christi, TXEscondido, CAGreen Bay, WILas Vegas, NVMission Viejo, CAOmaha, NERedondo Beach, CAWoodland Hills, CA
States registered or notice-filed
44 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

7 Reports 7 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.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.E(1) Has a self-regulatory organization (such as FINRA) or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(a) In the past ten years, has a domestic or foreign court issued an injunction against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.H(1)(b) Has a domestic or foreign court ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations?

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
$460M 2021 $540M 2022 $451M 2023 $507M 2024 $575M 2025 $639M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$639,411,82227September 28, 2026
October 2025$575,111,60927March 31, 2025
October 2024$506,774,28425September 23, 2024
October 2023$450,525,67333September 5, 2023
October 2022$540,144,98135March 31, 2022
October 2021$459,678,47430July 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $459,678,474 in the October 2021 data and $639,411,822 in the October 2026 data, up 39%.

Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 27 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. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $575,111,609 to $639,411,822 (+11%).
    • No longer lists an office in Manitowoc, WI.
    • No longer lists an office in Willow :park, TX.

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
tcfgcompanies.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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