State-registered independent wealth management RIA
Dunes Financial
As of its Form ADV filed September 1, 2026, Dunes Financial, a state-registered independent wealth management RIA in Valparaiso, Indiana, reported $84.3 million in regulatory assets under management across 159 accounts, ranking #143 among independent RIAs in Indiana by assets.
Registration
- Main office
- Valparaiso, IN
- Registration
- State-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 334836
- SEC file number
- None (state-registered)
- Registered since
- February 11, 2025
- Latest Form ADV filing
- September 1, 2026
- Legal name
- DUNES FINANCIAL LLC
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $84.3 million
- Discretionary
- $84.3 million (100.0%)
- Non-discretionary
- $0
- Accounts
- 159 (159 discretionary)
- Clients
- 42, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 1
- Advisory staff
- 1 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $530,144
- Asset growth, 1 year
- Not reported
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- Not reported
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- Not reported
- Client growth, 1 year
- Not reported
Independent wealth management RIA: individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of its regulatory assets, it offers financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, and it is not a broker-dealer, a bank or part of one by the directory's rules. 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 independent wealth management RIAs.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 7, 2026 | $84.3 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 25 clients | $80.5 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 5 clients | $3.8 million |
How the firm is paid
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 26-50.
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)
None reported.
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $7.7 million in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 1
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 0
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 1
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 1.
0 of the firm's 1 IAR are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
Disclosures
Our source has no Form ADV Item 11 detail for this firm. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wisely Advised | Dyer | $88.5 million |
| Park + Elm Investment Advisers | Carmel | $88.2 million |
| Linda Zimmermann Financial Planning and Counseling | Greenfield | $83.0 million |
| Walsh Advisors | Crown Point | $82.1 million |
| Arena Wealth Management LLC | Fort Wayne | $79.8 million |
The five independent RIAs nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Dunes Financial on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.dunesfinancial.com
- Independent RIAs in Indiana
Firm data as of October 7, 2026, from IA_FIRM_STATE_Feed_10_07_2026.xml.gz. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 7, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.