SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Cooper Financial Services, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed May 26, 2026, Cooper Financial Services, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Shelton, Connecticut, reported $184.1 million in regulatory assets under management across 1,576 accounts, ranking #126 among all wealth firms in Connecticut by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 104671
- SEC file number
- 801-24288
- Registered since
- May 15, 1985
- Latest Form ADV filing
- May 26, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- March
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $184.1 million
- Discretionary
- $184.1 million (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 1,576 (1,576 discretionary)
- Clients
- 1,335, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 3
- Advisory staff
- 2 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $116,818
- Asset growth, 1 year
- -5.9% (from $195.6 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 5.3% (from $157.5 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 2.3% (from $164.7 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 0.0% (from 1,335)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is affiliated with a broker-dealer (Item 7.A(1)), at least half of its advisory staff are registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2) against 5.B(1)), and its advisers manage less than $100 million each on average (5.F(2)(c) over 5.B(1)), the pattern of a broker-dealer's advisory arm rather than an adviser that owns a small broker-dealer. It is ranked among all wealth firms, the directory's view that includes wirehouses and broker-dealer firms, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. How firms are classed.
Growth rates come from the SEC's yearly snapshots and are left blank when the years are not comparable.
Rankings
Among all wealth firms, including wirehouses and broker-dealer firms.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2010 | $105.7 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $120.4 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $846.9 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $129.9 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $139.5 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $133.7 million |
| October 3, 2016 | $133.7 million |
| October 2, 2017 | $127.2 million |
| October 1, 2018 | $133.1 million |
| October 1, 2019 | $135.0 million |
| October 1, 2020 | $138.2 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $164.7 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $158.4 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $157.5 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $170.5 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $195.6 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $184.1 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 51 clients | $111.9 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 1,284 clients | $72.2 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Selection of other advisers
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 101-250.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Insurance company or agency
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 3
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 3
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 3
1 of the firm's 3 IARs is registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
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Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 0 disclosure questions. See the detail on IAPD.
Succession and acquired firms
On Form ADV Item 4 the firm did not report succeeding to another adviser's business.
Similar-sized firms in Connecticut
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Pettee Investors Inc | Rowayton | $191.9 million |
| Wax Asset Management LLC | Madison | $181.2 million |
| The Dowling Group Wealth Management | Greenwich | $179.3 million |
| Aspetuck Financial Management LLC | Westport | $178.3 million |
| Oak Financial Group Inc | Stamford | $177.2 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Cooper Financial Services, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.cooperfinservices.com
- Wealth management firms in Connecticut
Firm data as of October 2, 2026, from ia100226.zip. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 2, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.