Are any Red Beard entities registered investment advisers with publicly available Form ADV filings?
Executive summary
The reporting provided contains detailed guidance on Form ADV, where filings are made public, and how to search adviser databases, but it does not include any explicit mention of “Red Beard” entities or their registration status; therefore, based solely on these sources, there is no documentary evidence in the supplied material that any Red Beard entity is a registered investment adviser with a public Form ADV filing [1] [2]. The public registers to check are the SEC’s Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) system and related IARD/SEC archives, which are the authoritative places to confirm whether any firm called “Red Beard” has filed a Form ADV [1] [3].
1. What the question really asks and why it matters
The user seeks a binary, verifiable fact: whether any legal entity using the name “Red Beard” (or similar) is an RIA whose Form ADV is publicly viewable; this is a records check that depends on searching official filings rather than relying on news coverage or hearsay, because Form ADV is the regulator’s disclosure instrument and the primary public record of adviser registration [4] [5].
2. What Form ADV is and where filings live
Form ADV is the uniform registration and disclosure document that registered investment advisers file with the SEC or state authorities, and those filings—Part 1, Part 2 and amendments—are made publicly available through the SEC/IARD systems and the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website (adviserinfo.sec.gov) for current filings and via SEC archives for historical data [4] [1] [6].
3. How to verify whether a firm is registered
The practical, authoritative verification route is to search the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) site and FINRA/IARD systems for firm name variants (full legal names, DBAs, and corporate registrations); these platforms host Form ADV filings and related documents and are designed precisely for investor due diligence [2] [3] [7].
4. What the supplied reporting actually contains
The supplied sources describe where Form ADV data are stored, filing mechanics, and public access—explaining that Form ADV data from January 1, 2025 forward are on the IAPD site and that historical datasets are archived by the SEC—yet none of the documents or snippets provided include a lookup result or mention of any entity named “Red Beard” [1] [2] [6].
5. Direct answer based on these sources
Given that none of the provided sources contain an explicit Form ADV record or a search result for a “Red Beard” firm, the correct conclusion from this reporting is that the materials supplied do not establish that any Red Beard entity is an SEC- or state-registered investment adviser with a publicly available Form ADV; the absence of a mention in guidance and archival descriptions is not affirmative proof of nonexistence, only that the supplied reporting offers no confirmation one way or the other [1] [2].
6. How to get a definitive, document-backed answer
To resolve the question definitively, conduct a live search of the SEC’s IAPD/adviserinfo database and FINRA’s BrokerCheck/IARD tools for “Red Beard,” including common variants and corporate suffixes; if no result appears in IAPD for SEC-registered advisers, check state securities regulators for state-registered advisers per the SEC guidance [1] [2] [7]. The IAPD/ IARD systems are the official public repositories for Form ADV filings and will show whether a firm has an active filing, an ADV-W withdrawal, or historic records [1] [8].
7. Caveats, alternative explanations and implicit agendas
A lack of a match in the supplied reporting could mean the firm never registered, registered under a different legal name, or is registered with a state and not captured in the SEC’s current extracts; commercial databases and trade write‑ups (cited in the materials) can help, but they are secondary to the primary public records [1] [2] [6]. Note that some communications or press may intentionally avoid linking a trade name to a legal filer; always corroborate with the actual Form ADV document and schedule attachments to avoid misattribution [4].