$1.2B Total AUM
$1.2B Disc. AUM
7.1% 3Y CAGR
42 Employees
1,629 ADV. Clients
4 yrs Firm Age
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- Custodian
- Charles Schwab & Company
- Clients
- Retail and Institutional
- Platforms
- Summit legacyBeacon +more
- Established Date
- 03-28-2022
- Office Locations
- 3
Office Locations
324 W Superior St. Suite 1405 Duluth MN
4100 Lexington AVE N Suite 100 Shoreview MN
-- Hudson WI
About Great Waters Financial
Great Waters Financial provides holistic financial planning and investment management, with retirement income strategy, tax and estate planning, Medicare guidance, and life planning. Clients are supported by a coordinated team of specialists (not a single advisor), with salaried advisors and no commissions. Based in Shoreview, MN; custody includes Charles Schwab.
Team overview
33 AVG AGE
$53.7M AVG AUM / ADVISOR
$758.2K AVG AUM / CLIENT
3.3 yrs AVG TENURE
42 Employees
23 Advisory Reps
23 RIA Reps
4yrs Firm Age
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Asset Classes
Insight pathway Eagle vital Value Glacier prime Ridge summit
Client Personas
Alpha
Custodian
Unison Ember Wave fusion Horizon fusion Quantum legacy Quantum Ember insight Element pathway Value harbor Frontier Value Element optima Ember
Investment Themes
Optima Vertex North prime Zenith frontier Optima
Investment Vehicles
Summit glacier Quantum element
Platform
Unison Beacon Ember peak
Services
North focus Wave momentum Horizon beacon Pioneer Oak crest Fusion Catalyst Timber prime Signal pathway Pioneer Vector
Technology
Element Zenith meridian Glacier momentum
Owner & Executives
Maya Ruth Arseneau
Advisor, CHIEF OF STAFF
- CRD
- --
- Ownership
- Less than 5%
(467) 588-1364
bridge.momentum@pioneercapital.com
in linkedin.com/in/signal-insight
NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER BENJAMIN FOULKS
Director of Marketing & Sales
- CRD
- #6390644
- Ownership
- Less than 5%
(688) 946-6428
radial.optima@ridgecapital.com
in linkedin.com/in/fusion-insight
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Wave summit
Pathway element
- CRD
- #36808
- Ownership
- 20.6%
(404) 692-1724
vector.legacy@vitalcapital.com
in linkedin.com/in/zenith-north
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Justin Dale Arfsten
Advisor
- CRD
- #6623639
(252) 406-8080
vital.meridian@elementcapital.com
in linkedin.com/in/glacier-legacy
Alex James Carlson
Advisor
- CRD
- #7601133
(731) 449-9904
signal.momentum@signalcapital.com
in linkedin.com/in/peak-momentum
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Signal summit
Matrix pathway
- CRD
- #25065
(896) 649-9375
prime.wave@catalystcapital.com
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Total AUM
Discretionary
Non-Discretionary
| Category | Assets | AVG. Account size |
|---|---|---|
| Discretionary | $1,235,101,181 | $201,124 |
| Non-Discretionary | $0 | -- |
| Total | $1,235,101,181 | $201,124 |
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Separately Managed Accounts
Total SMA Asset: $1,235,101,181
Public Funds:
33.5% Equity - Exchange:
26.9% Cash:
39.6% | Asset class | Assets | Assets % |
|---|---|---|
| Public Funds | $1,664,854,622 | 33.5% |
| Equity - Exchange | $1,336,853,413 | 26.9% |
| Cash | $1,968,007,256 | 39.6% |
| Total | $4,969,715,291 | 100.0% |
13F Holdings | Q1 2026
| Issuer | Class | Cusip | Ticker | % | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CATALYST FOUNDATION CATALYST | PIONEER OAK | 6LHMMDSAJ | ZGEHJ | 5.63% | $46,187,084 |
| RIDGE OPTIMA HORIZON | ALPHA VERTEX | 7SUIDJ7C0 | ICRQ | 8.32% | $76,897,734 |
| PRIME DELTA | ATLAS PRIME | NRBZAFH7K | LBGE | 11.75% | $86,338,468 |
| BEACON ATLAS | NORTH HORIZON | GE3ONJKY4 | QXFS | 11.98% | $32,717,931 |
| INSIGHT VITAL | FRONTIER CREST | XI41NQUDQ | XPQ | 8.88% | $5,073,254 |
| OPTIMA CAPITAL TIMBER | VECTOR VITAL | XZFWA0NJ5 | JWI | 6.99% | $115,697,825 |
| QUANTUM VALUE RADIAL | FOUNDATION SIGNAL | WOW7NZKWN | JSER | 12.20% | $37,313,573 |
| OPTIMA VALUE BRIDGE | DELTA ALPHA | 70O46BCIA | CAF | 4.39% | $57,394,466 |