SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Buttonwood Capital Management (BCM)
As of its Form ADV filed March 24, 2026, Buttonwood Capital Management (BCM), an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, reported $380.8 million in regulatory assets under management across 896 accounts, ranking #56 among all wealth firms in Arizona by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 174857
- SEC file number
- 801-117678
- Registered since
- November 22, 2019
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 24, 2026
- Legal name
- BUTTONWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $380.8 million
- Discretionary
- $375.2 million (98.5%)
- Non-discretionary
- $5.5 million
- Accounts
- 896 (882 discretionary)
- Clients
- 355, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 6
- Advisory staff
- 3 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $424,977
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 21.0% (from $314.8 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 24.9% (from $195.2 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 16.1% (from $180.4 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 1.1% (from 351)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is itself a broker-dealer as well as an investment adviser (Form ADV Item 6.A(1)). 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, 2020 | $134.5 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $180.4 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $212.5 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $195.2 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $265.0 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $314.8 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $380.8 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 105 clients | $307.3 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 235 clients | $62.6 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans fewer than 5 clients | $5.5 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 9 clients | $4.7 million | |
| Charitable organizations fewer than 5 clients | $620,530 |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Pension consulting
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1-10.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- 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
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFA 1, CFP 1.
0 of the firm's 3 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
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 Arizona
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Investment Advisors, Inc. | Tucson | $386.9 million |
| Intelligent Capitalworks | Scottsdale | $376.6 million |
| Stonecrest Wealth Management, Inc | Chandler | $375.8 million |
| Invicta Financial Group | Yuma | $371.1 million |
| Strategy Financial Group | Phoenix | $366.7 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Buttonwood Capital Management (BCM) on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: buttonwoodcm.com
- Wealth management firms in Arizona
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.