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Wealth manager, independent · Calabasas, CA

Ares Financial Consulting LLC

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 282852 · SEC 801-121211

At a glance

Ares Financial Consulting LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Calabasas, California, with $244 million in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed August 17, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is high-net-worth individuals, and it reports 289 individual clients. By Form ADV it is a wealth manager, ranked 5,082nd of 8,915 wealth managers and 11,211th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 818-986-1479aresfinancialconsulting.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$244M
Rank among wealth managers
#5,082 of 8,915
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#11,211 of 17,210
Rank in California
#1,295 of 1,873
Individual clients
289
High-net-worth clients
46
Accounts
892
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
5
Advisory staff
3
Offices
3

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

4 custodians

  1. Fidelity$116M48%
  2. Charles Schwab$82M34%
  3. Betterment$40M16%
  4. American Funds$6M3%

Other RIAs using FidelityOther multi-custodian RIAs

Broker-dealer

No broker-dealer ties

Other RIAs with no broker-dealer ties

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
High-net-worth individuals46$166M68%
Individuals243$77M32%
Charitable organizations–$0M<1%

Disciplinary disclosures

Ares Financial Consulting LLC reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Financial planning
  • Portfolio management for individuals and small businesses
  • Pension consulting
  • Selecting other advisers

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees

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The full record on Ares Financial Consulting LLC

Ten years of SEC filings, its owners and contacts, and how it stacks up against its peers. Atlas members see all of it.

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Background

Questions

How much does Ares Financial Consulting LLC manage?

Ares Financial Consulting LLC reports $244 million in regulatory assets under management across 892 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed August 17, 2026.

What kind of firm is Ares Financial Consulting LLC?

Ares Financial Consulting LLC is a wealth manager by its Form ADV answers. At least half of its regulatory assets are managed for individuals and high-net-worth individuals.

Who are Ares Financial Consulting LLC’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are high-net-worth individuals ($166 million, 46 clients); individuals ($77 million, 243 clients); charitable organizations ($129,042).

Does Ares Financial Consulting LLC have any disciplinary history?

Ares Financial Consulting LLC reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of its Form ADV. Check the SEC’s adviser search for the latest record.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is Ares Financial Consulting LLC’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-08-17), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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