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Romano Brothers And Company

SEC-registered Broker-Dealer (Dually Registered) · Mid-sized ($1B–$10B) CRD 3215 · SEC file 801-27061 · Evanston, IL · WWW.ROMANOWEALTH.COM
☆ Save with Pro ADV data as of Feb 19, 2026
Regulatory AUM
$1.5B
Discretionary
$1.5B
Clients
969
Avg AUM / client
$1.6M
Accounts
2,078
Employees
16

AUM over time

$758M $1.5B
Dec 2011 Dec 2025

Annual snapshots from Form ADV filings · as of Feb 19, 2026

Who they serve

Client typeClientsAUM% of AUM
Individuals (non-high net worth) 456 $185M 12.0%
High net worth individuals 478 $1.3B 81.9%
Pension and profit sharing plans 13 $23.5M 1.53%
Charitable organizations 16 $50.7M 3.29%
Corporations and other businesses 6 $19.1M 1.24%

People (11)

roster as of Jul 20, 2026
NameRole / titleCredentialsWith firm sinceOwnership
Douglas Norman Geisser Vice President Apr 1990 (36y) Less than 5%
Joseph Richardviktory Romano President CFP Jun 1998 (28y) 50% – 75%
Richard Constantino Romano Chairman Jun 1998 (28y) 25% – 50%
Eric Arthur Bederman Cfo/Cco Jun 2016 (10y) Less than 5%
Deborah Lewin Cross Registered representative Mar 2004 (22y)
Scott M Miller Registered representative CFP Oct 2013 (13y)
Brett Patrick Larson Registered representative CFP Oct 2013 (13y)
Peter Hemwall Registered representative Sep 2014 (12y)
Valerie Romano Larson Registered representative Jul 2016 (10y)
Kyle R Munson Registered representative Dec 2023 (3y)
Megan Naydenova Registered representative Apr 2024 (2y)

Undisclosed: 0% – 25% of the firm is not attributable from the filed Schedule A bands.

Roster from the IAPD representatives feed; ownership and acquisition dates from Form ADV Schedule A/B. "Since" is the earliest filed registration or acquisition date.

Documents (1 archived)

FormPeriodSize
Form ADV (full filing) 02/19/2026 1.04 MB View · PDF · Source ↗

Archived copies of the firm's regulatory filings, versioned by content hash.

Disciplinary disclosures

Regulatory as of Oct 25, 2024

Allegations: THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ("SEC") ALLEGED THAT ROMANO BROTHERS & CO. ("ROMANO") VIOLATED SECTION 206(4) AND 206(4)-1(A)(1) OF THE ADVISERS ACT BY CREATING VIDEOS CONTAINING CLIENT TESTIMONIALS AND POSTING THEM TO ROMANO'S WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE.COM Status: Final Sanction Detail: PAYMENT WAS REMITTED TO THE SEC ON 7/18/2018 Summary: ROMANO PROMPTLY REMOVED THE OFFENDING VIDEOS FROM ITS WEBSITE AND YOUTUBE.COM UPON NOTICE FROM THE SEC. ROMANO HAS SINCE UPDATED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PERTAINING TO ADVERTISING REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

Disclosure text reproduced verbatim from the firm's own Form ADV filings.

How they charge

  • Percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees

Services

  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals/small businesses

Custody

Reported custodians

Amounts as reported in ADV Item 5.K.(3) (custodians holding 10%+ of SMA assets).

Firm reports it does not have custody of client funds or securities (Item 9.A).

Source

All data on this page comes from this firm's Form ADV filings, reproduced without modification. Latest filing: Feb 19, 2026.

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