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Global Retirement Partners

SEC-registered adviser since 2014San Rafael, CACRD 172011

28,693
Clients
442
Advisory staff

From Form ADV filed 14 September 2026 · data retrieved 15 October 2026SEC record

Global Retirement Partners is an investment adviser headquartered in San Rafael, California, and registered with the SEC since 2014. Its clients include pension and profit-sharing plans, high-net-worth individuals, and other individuals. High-net-worth individuals account for 4% of its regulatory assets under management.

Its services include financial planning, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutions, pension consulting, and selecting other managers. Fee arrangements include a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges and fixed fees. RPW Holdings, LLC owns 75% or more of Global Retirement Partners.

Clients

Global Retirement Partners serves 28,693 clients, 5,960 of them high-net-worth individuals. The average client has about $5.9 million with the firm, and high-net-worth clients hold 4% of its $169.6 billion in assets.

Regulatory assets by client type
  • Individuals11,380 clients2%
  • High-net-worth individuals5,960 clients4%
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans11,120 clients94%
  • OtherCharitable organizations, Corporations and other businesses0%
Show client breakdown
Individuals (other than HNW)
Clients
11,380
Regulatory AUM
$3,674,914,749
Share
2.2%
Avg. per client
$323K
High-net-worth individuals
Clients
5,960
Regulatory AUM
$6,853,149,506
Share
4.0%
Avg. per client
$1.15M
Pension and profit-sharing plans
Clients
11,120
Regulatory AUM
$158,639,188,477
Share
93.5%
Avg. per client
$14.3M
Charitable organizations
Clients
64
Regulatory AUM
$134,091,676
Share
0.1%
Avg. per client
$2.10M
Corporations and other businesses
Clients
169
Regulatory AUM
$283,221,891
Share
0.2%
Avg. per client
$1.68M

Total

Clients
28,693
Regulatory AUM
$169,584,566,299
Share
100%
Avg. per client
$5.91M

What it does

Global Retirement Partners provides financial planning, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutions, pension consulting and selecting other managers. It is paid through a percentage of assets, hourly charges and fixed fees.

Global Retirement Partners provided financial planning to 101–250 clients last fiscal year and advises no private funds.

32.6% of assets ($55.23B across 25,800 accounts) are managed with discretion; $114.35B across 8,188 accounts are not. $2.17B sits in a wrap fee program the firm both sponsors and manages. 0% of clients are outside the U.S., and 798 clients received advice without assets under management last fiscal year.

What the accounts hold

Separately managed account assets by class, year end
  • Stocks1%
  • Funds98%
  • Other1%
    • Fractionalized percentages of every other category other than the two listed above.1%

Custodians

Global Retirement Partners’ client accounts are held mainly at LPL Financial, with 4% of managed assets, and Charles Schwab, with 1%. Global Retirement Partners does not have custody of client assets.

Managed account assets by custodian
  • LPL FinancialLPL Financial LLC · Boston, MA · $7.30B4%
  • Charles SchwabCharles Schwab & Co., Inc. · Westlake, TX · $1.53B1%
  • All other custodians$160.76B95%

Ownership and leadership

RPW Holdings, LLC owns 75% or more of Global Retirement Partners.

Who owns the firm
Global Retirement Partners LLC· the adviser
  • RPW Holdings, LLC

    Control person · since January 2025

    Owns 75% or more of Global Retirement Partners LLC

Leadership

  • Scott Hauptmann
    President
  • Cosmo Gould
    CCO
  • Greg Koleno
    RPW COO
  • Melissa Rodriguez-Kirk
    COO

Staff

  • 464 employees
  • 442 in advisory functions
  • 464 state-registered reps
  • 321 broker-dealer reps
  • 275 insurance agents
  • 30 soliciting firms

Reported holdings

Global Retirement Partners’ reported 13F holdings total $6.54B across 4,515 positions, and the ten largest make up 18.6% of it.

$6.54B
Reported 13F value
4,515
Positions
18.6%
In the 10 largest
—
Value vs. prior quarter
Ten largest positions, share of reported value
  1. SPDR Series Trust · ST Str P500etf3.5%
  2. Apple Inc.2.6%
  3. Nvidia Corporation2.4%
  4. iShares TR · Core S&P500 ETF2.3%
  5. Gallagher Arthur J & CO1.5%
  6. Invesco Qqq TR · Unit Ser 11.4%
  7. Microsoft Corp.1.4%
  8. Amazon Com Inc.1.2%
  9. State Str SPDR S&P 500 ETF T · TR Unit1.1%
  10. Alphabet Inc. · Cap Stk CL A1.1%

Together, the ten largest are 18.6% of reported value.

The 50 largest positions and quarterly changesQuarter ended 30 June 2026 · filed 6 August 2026

A 13F covers only exchange-traded long positions the firm holds with discretion, so this $6.54B is not its $169.58B in regulatory assets and does not represent any individual client's portfolio.

Fees

Global Retirement Partners is paid through a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges and fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Global Retirement Partners’ fee rates are not included in this profile. Find its brochure on the SEC’s site.

Offices and registrations

Besides its headquarters, Global Retirement Partners has 193 offices, with 26 listed addresses across 16 states.

Listed office addresses by state

California · 3 listed addresses

  • 4340 Redwood Highway, Suite B-60, San RafaelHQ
  • 1350 Carlback Ave., Walnut Creek
  • 2165 E. Spring Street, Long Beach

Other business names

Global Retirement Partners has reported 124 other business names to the SEC.

  • 401(k) Plan Professionals
  • A + T Wealth Management
  • Advizrs
  • Aegis Retirement Group
  • Afs 401(k) Retirement Services
  • Alpha Pension Group, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • Anderson Financial
  • Ardea Fiduciary Advisors
  • Assured Partners Financial Advisors
  • BCG Retirement Consultants
  • BHS Financial Services
  • BLS Wealth Management
  • Baystate Fiduciary Advisors
  • Beh Company, LLC
  • Benefit Partners Financial Group, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • Bjork Asset Management
  • Black Box Pension Advocates LLC
  • Bryson Wealth Management
  • Burkhart Investment Group
  • CDS Wealth Management
  • Caswell Advisors
  • Compass Retirement Services
  • Connor & Gallagher Onesource
  • Conover Capital Management
  • Creative Financial Strategies
  • Csi Advisory Services
  • DWC Wealth Advisors
  • Diamond Capital Wealth Management Group
  • Dietz & Lynch Capital
  • Douglas R. Peete & Associates
  • Duval Retirement Advisors
  • Eagle Retirement and Financial Advisors, LLC
  • Edd Holder and Associates
  • FRS Advisors
  • FRS Capital Management
  • Faim Norcal
  • Financial Advocates Investment Management Norcal
  • Financial Partners Advisory Group
  • Fitlife Retirement
  • Focused Financial Strategies
  • Franklin Financial Group, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • GBS Retire
  • GRP
  • GRP Financial
  • GRP Financial California, LLC
  • Garnett Retirement Group, A Division of Hub International Carolinas
  • Gus Bates Insurance & Investments, A Division of Hub International Texas, Inc.
  • HB Retirement
  • Hargrave Fiduciary Advisors
  • Heffernan Financial
  • Heffernan Financial Services
  • Heffernan Investment Management
  • Heffernan Retirement Services
  • Heritage Wealth Management Group, A Division of Hub Retirement & Wealth Management
  • Hilb Group Retirement Services
  • Holden & Company Retirement Partners
  • Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • Hub Retirement and Wealth Management Formerly Epstein Financial Services
  • Hub Retirement and Wealth Management, A Division of Hub International
  • Hub Retirement and Wealth Management, Formerly Baystate Fiduciary Advisors
Show all 124 names
  • Hub Retirement and Wealth Management, Formerly Ibg Financial Partners
  • Incline Pension Consulting
  • Independent Financial Partners
  • Insight Financial Advisors, LLC
  • Insight Financial Partners, LLC
  • Insight Financial Solutions
  • JMR Wealth and Retirement Planning
  • JW Retirement Group
  • Johnson & Dugan
  • Karam Financial Group
  • Kelley Investment Advisory Services
  • Kelly Benefits Advisory
  • Korol Financial Group LLC
  • Leavitt Retirement Partners
  • Legacy Planning, A Hub International Company
  • M3 Financial
  • MRP
  • MRP, A Division of Hub International Investment Services Inc.
  • MW Bridge Financial
  • Madison Pension Services
  • My 360 Wealth Management Group
  • Northeast Investment Services
  • Northstar Retirement Advisors
  • Oswald Financial Wealth Management
  • Oswald Financial, Inc.
  • Oswald Wealth Management
  • Owen Wealth Management
  • PPS Retirement Advisors
  • Plan Sponsor Group
  • Prestige Wealth Partners, A Hub International Company
  • Quintes Financial Services, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management.
  • RPC Wealth Management
  • RSG Advisory
  • RWM Financial Group
  • Relational Advisors
  • Renaissance Benefit Advisors Group, LLC
  • Retirement & Benefit Partners
  • Retirement & Benefit Partners of Rhode Island, LLC
  • Retirement CFO
  • Retirement Impact
  • Retirement Plan Analytics
  • Retirement Plan Consultants
  • Retirement Plan Solutions
  • Rize Wealth
  • Robyn Doroshow
  • Rossiter Wealth Management
  • SS/Rba, A Division of Hub International Northeast Limited
  • Sce Fcu Wealth Management
  • Shuster Advisory Group, A Hub International Company
  • Stewardship Financial
  • Stonestreet Advisor Group, LLC
  • Stonestreet Private Client Group
  • Stonestreet Renaissance
  • Stonestreet Renaissance Benefits Advisor
  • Stonestreet Renaissance Private Client Group
  • Todd Advisors
  • True Latitude Financial
  • Ume Wealth Management
  • Vandeberg & Boll Financial, LLC
  • Washington Financial Group, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • Wealthplan Advisors, A Division of Hub Retirement and Wealth Management
  • Westgage Capital Consultants
  • Wharton Hill Advisors, A Division of Hub International Northeast Liimited
  • Woodruff Sawyer

Registration details

Legal name
Global Retirement Partners LLC
Headquarters
4340 Redwood Highway, Suite B-60, San Rafael, CA 94903
Website
Not reported
SEC file
801-80074
Structure
California LLC
Fiscal year end
December

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Common questions

How many clients does Global Retirement Partners have?

Global Retirement Partners has 28,693 clients and manages $169.6 billion for them, as of September 2026. They include 11,380 other individuals, 11,120 pension and profit-sharing plans and 5,960 high-net-worth individuals.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.D and 5.F, filed 14 September 2026

What services does Global Retirement Partners offer?

Global Retirement Partners provides financial planning, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for institutions, pension consulting and selecting other managers.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.G, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Which custodians does Global Retirement Partners use?

Global Retirement Partners’ separately managed account assets are held at LPL Financial LLC (Boston, MA), with $7,297,588,304 and Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Westlake, TX), with $1,525,398,975. Only custodians holding at least a tenth of those assets are named.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Schedule D, Section 5.K.(3), filed 14 September 2026

How many financial advisors does Global Retirement Partners have?

Global Retirement Partners has 464 investment adviser representatives registered with state securities authorities, out of 464 employees, and 442 perform investment advisory functions. 321 are registered representatives of a broker-dealer and 275 are licensed insurance agents.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.A and 5.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

What does Global Retirement Partners invest in?

At the end of its last fiscal year, Global Retirement Partners’ separately managed accounts held 98% registered funds (mutual funds, ETFs, BDCs), 1% exchange-traded equities and 1% fractionalized percentages of every other category other than the two listed above.. It advises no private funds of its own.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Items 5.K.(1) and 7.B, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Who owns Global Retirement Partners?

Global Retirement Partners is owned through a chain of holding companies by Hockey Investments L.P. Its direct owner is RPW Holdings, LLC (75% or more).

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Schedules A and B, filed 14 September 2026

How does Global Retirement Partners get paid?

Global Retirement Partners is paid through a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges and fixed fees. Its Form ADV lists no commissions or performance-based fees among how it is paid.

Source: Form ADV Part 1A, Item 5.E, from the SEC's 2 October 2026 data file

Sources

  1. Form ADV Part 1A, amendment filed 14 September 2026. Items 1, 5, 9, 11 and Schedules A, B and D.
  2. IAPD firm record, CRD 172011.
  3. Form 13F-HR, filed 6 August 2026 for the quarter ended 30 June 2026.

Retrieved 15 October 2026. All are published by the SEC and may have been amended since.

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