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Tilson Financial Group Inc

New Providence, NJSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110890

Filed as TILSON FINANCIAL GROUP INC

Tilson Financial Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New Providence, NJ, registered since 2005, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$750,550,016
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Tilson Financial Group Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Tilson Financial Group Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Tilson Financial Group Inc located?

Tilson Financial Group Inc's principal office is in New Providence, NJ, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Tilson Financial Group Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Tilson Financial Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110890.

How much does Tilson Financial Group Inc manage?

Tilson Financial Group Inc reports $750,550,016 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 28, 2026 (65% discretionary).

How have Tilson Financial Group Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Tilson Financial Group Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $483,134,705 in the October 2021 data and $750,550,016 in the October 2026 data, up 55%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Tilson Financial Group Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (230); high net worth individuals (180); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (24).

Which custodians does Tilson Financial Group Inc use?

Tilson Financial Group Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and SEI Investments Distribution Co. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Tilson Financial Group Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/110890

What changed in Tilson Financial Group Inc'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
  • 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated August 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$750,550,016

$750,550,016 as of October 2026, filing dated August 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $489,437,360.Non-discretionary: $261,112,656.

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 230 Assets $145,626,263 (19%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 180 Assets $513,874,841 (68%)
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%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 24 Assets $72,893,794 (10%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $743,076 (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 5 Assets $17,412,042 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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)
1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
Whitehouse Station, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
12 states or jurisdictions
CACTDEFLMANHNJNYPASCTXVA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. 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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$483M 2021 $568M 2022 $504M 2023 $580M 2024 $640M 2025 $751M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$750,550,0169August 28, 2026
October 2025$640,222,3389March 19, 2025
October 2024$579,905,08010March 11, 2024
October 2023$503,679,00010October 4, 2023
October 2022$567,736,11110March 9, 2022
October 2021$483,134,70510April 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $483,134,705 in the October 2021 data and $750,550,016 in the October 2026 data, up 55%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 9 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $640,222,338 to $750,550,016 (+17%).

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
login.bdreporting.com/Auth/tilson/SignIntilsonfinancial.comtropeanomcgrady.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. Tilson Financial Group Inc (CRD 110890): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/tilson-financial-group-inc-new-providence-nj-110890