SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
American Fundstars
As of its Form ADV filed December 25, 2025, American Fundstars, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Irvine, California, reported $332.7 million in regulatory assets under management across 489 accounts, ranking #506 among all wealth firms in California by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 315860
- SEC file number
- 801-126339
- Registered since
- August 5, 2022
- Latest Form ADV filing
- December 25, 2025
- Legal name
- AMERICAN FUNDSTARS FINANCIAL GROUP LLC
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- September
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $332.7 million
- Discretionary
- $18.9 million (5.7%)
- Non-discretionary
- $313.8 million
- Accounts
- 489 (24 discretionary)
- Clients
- 463, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 14
- Advisory staff
- 9 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $680,343
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 20.3% (from $276.6 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 42.5% (from $114.9 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- Not reported
- Client growth, 1 year
- 33.8% (from 346)
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 3, 2022 | $105.7 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $114.9 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $222.9 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $276.6 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $332.7 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 421 clients | $190.7 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 39 clients | $117.0 million | |
| Pooled investment vehicles 3 clients | $25.0 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
- Performance-based fees
Advisory services
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Selection of other advisers
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)
- Sponsor, general partner or managing member of pooled investment vehicles
Advises 3 private funds (Item 7.B).
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 15
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 4
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 9
15 of the firm's 15 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 California
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Evermont Wealth | Claremont | $333.9 million |
| Strait & Sound | San Francisco | $333.7 million |
| Oliveira Wealth | Modesto | $332.4 million |
| Delta Accumulation, LLC | Sausalito | $332.1 million |
| Solano Wealth Advisors | Fairfield | $331.9 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- American Fundstars on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.americanfundstars.com
- Wealth management firms in California
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.