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Valley Financial Management, Inc.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105387

Filed as VALLEY FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Valley Financial Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2018, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 5, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$473,254
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Valley Financial Management, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Valley Financial Management, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does Valley Financial Management, Inc.'s brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 5, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.5% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Valley Financial Management, Inc. located?

Valley Financial Management, Inc.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Valley Financial Management, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Valley Financial Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105387.

How much does Valley Financial Management, Inc. manage?

Valley Financial Management, Inc. reports $473,254 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 5, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Valley Financial Management, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Valley Financial Management, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $163,137,765 in the October 2021 data and $473,254 in the October 2026 data, down 100%. Total employees: 72 in October 2021 and 124 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Valley Financial Management, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (120); high net worth individuals (4).

Which custodians does Valley Financial Management, Inc. use?

Valley Financial Management, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Valley Financial Management, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) 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/105387

Does Valley Financial Management, Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 5, 2026 says: "The minimum balance needed to establish an Account is $1,000."

What changed in Valley Financial Management, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Lisi. No longer lists the business name Leumi Investment Services Inc.. No longer lists the business name Leumi Investment Services Inc. Regulatory assets under management went from $55,000 to $473,254 (+760%). Registered or notice-filed in CT. 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

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

Asset-based fee: 0.5% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
The assets in VFM accounts are managed pursuant to VFM’s automated investment service and are assessed annual asset-based advisory account fees (the “Advisory Fee”) of fifty basis points (0.50%). Fees are not negotiable.

Account minimum: $1,000

The brochure's wording
The minimum balance needed to establish an Account is $1,000.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 5, 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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$473,254

$473,254 as of October 2026, filing dated February 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $473,254.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 120 Assets $466,962 (99%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 4 Assets $6,292 (1%)
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 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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
VFM
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 124. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.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
$163M 2021 $326M 2022 $335M 2023 $335M 2024 $55K 2025 $473K 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$473,254124February 5, 2026
October 2025$55,000102July 14, 2025
October 2024$334,890,166102July 28, 2023
October 2023$334,890,166102July 28, 2023
October 2022$326,493,14165September 26, 2022
October 2021$163,137,76572May 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $163,137,765 in the October 2021 data and $473,254 in the October 2026 data, down 100%.

Total employees: 72 in October 2021 and 124 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. March 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Lisi.
    • No longer lists the business name Leumi Investment Services Inc..
    • No longer lists the business name Leumi Investment Services Inc.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $55,000 to $473,254 (+760%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in CT.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CO, DE, MD, OH, SC.

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
valley.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. Valley Financial Management, Inc. (CRD 105387): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/valley-financial-management-inc-new-york-ny-105387