The Institute

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $100,000

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 24, 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

$1,370,272,066 as of October 2026, filing dated July 23, 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

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.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Educational seminars/workshops

Legal name

Institute for Wealth Management LLC

Also doing business as

CLEARWEALTH PLANNING INC., COLORADO INSTITUTE FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MADISON PARK ADVISOR, YURICA WEALTH MANAGMENT

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2007 (19 years)

Employees

Total: 18. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

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)

6 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing

Clovis, CADunnellon, FLFort Lauderdale, FLSacramento, CASan Diego, CASeattle, WA

States registered or notice-filed

23 states or jurisdictions

AZCACOCTFLILINKYLAMAMDMINCNJNVNYOKORTNTXUTVAWA

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

3 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.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's 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

Regulatory assets under management: $781,556,036 in the October 2021 data and $1,370,272,066 in the October 2026 data, up 75%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 18 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.

1. August 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Platinum Wealth Management, LLC.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 18 to 17.
   • Added an office in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2. July 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Retirement Risk Advisors.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 21 to 18.
   • No longer lists an office in Collierville, TN.
3. April 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Wealth Evolution Group.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 21.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,154,643,475 to $1,370,272,066 (+19%).
4. February 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Clearwealth Asset Management.
   • Added the business name Clearwealth Planning Inc..
   • No longer lists an office in Frisco, CO.
5. December 2025
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 2 to 3.
6. November 2025
   • Added an office in Clovis, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Fresno, 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.