SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Creative Financial Designs, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed March 30, 2026, Creative Financial Designs, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Kokomo, Indiana, reported $2.9 billion in regulatory assets under management across 15,029 accounts, ranking #8 among all wealth firms in Indiana by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 109032
- SEC file number
- 801-60153
- Registered since
- April 19, 2001
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 30, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 104
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $2.9 billion
- Discretionary
- $2.9 billion (99.1%)
- Non-discretionary
- $27.2 million
- Accounts
- 15,029 (14,962 discretionary)
- Clients
- 11,039, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 170
- Advisory staff
- 155 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $195,725
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 18.7% (from $2.5 billion a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 19.8% (from $1.7 billion three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 15.2% (from $1.4 billion five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 9.1% (from 10,117)
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 | $360.0 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $450.2 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $524.3 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $555.1 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $693.9 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $798.7 million |
| October 3, 2016 | $799.9 million |
| October 2, 2017 | $917.9 million |
| October 1, 2018 | $1.1 billion |
| October 1, 2019 | $1.1 billion |
| October 1, 2020 | $1.4 billion |
| October 4, 2021 | $1.4 billion |
| October 3, 2022 | $1.9 billion |
| October 5, 2023 | $1.7 billion |
| October 1, 2024 | $2.1 billion |
| September 2, 2025 | $2.5 billion |
| October 2, 2026 | $2.9 billion |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 10,015 clients | $2.0 billion | |
| High net worth individuals 462 clients | $841.6 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 19 clients | $21.6 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 37 clients | $18.8 million | |
| Charitable organizations 33 clients | $9.6 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Subscription fees
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Publication of periodicals or newsletters
- Educational seminars or workshops
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 251-500.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
None reported.
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Accountant or accounting firm
- Insurance company or agency
- Real estate broker, dealer or agent
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 162
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 146
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 150
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 39, ChFC 15.
Between 38 and 45 of the firm's 162 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. The source counts registrations by jurisdiction, and many IARs are registered in more than one, so the exact number is not knowable from it. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 10 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 Indiana
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Donaldson Capital Management LLC | Evansville | $3.5 billion |
| Bedel Financial Consulting Inc | Indianapolis | $2.9 billion |
| Phillips Financial | Fort Wayne | $2.6 billion |
| Woodley Farra | Indianapolis | $2.3 billion |
| Elser Financial Planning, Inc. | Indianapolis | $2.1 billion |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Creative Financial Designs, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: creativefinancialgrp.com
- Wealth management firms in Indiana
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.