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ANCHOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

ANCHOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, CRD 135296

COLUMBIA, SC

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Relationships: 11
Dated events: 3
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 22, 2012 to Mar 19, 2026
36 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: independent wealth managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.91 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=0.06 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=1.0
Regulatory AUM: $1.5BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-19); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $1.5B
Private client RAUM: $1.4BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 91%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 7
RAUM per advisor: $217Mderivedthe firm's RAUM over its IAPD headcount: a firm average, never a person's book
Employees: 17
Advisory employees: 10
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 2,159
Individual clients: 524
High net worth clients: 239
Custody, client assets: $594M
SEC number: 801-64338
CRD: 135296
Filings on the tape: 36
First filed: Feb 22, 2012
Latest filed: Mar 19, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, SC

Advisors on IAPD

current investment adviser representatives on the IAPD individual feed, longest tenure first

Advisor	Designations	Branch	Years here	In industry	Prior firms	Dual registered
CHARLES WALKER WILLIAMS	n/a	COLUMBIA, SC	10	24	n/a	no
GREG LEE DUNSTON	n/a	COLUMBIA, SC	5	11	1	no
JAMES BRIAN BLACKWELDER	Certified Financial Planner	COLUMBIA, SC	5	29	n/a	no
JOY JONES WATKINS	Certified Financial Planner\|Chartered Financial Consultant	COLUMBIA, SC	1	42	1	yes
JOHN HESLEP MOORMAN	n/a	COLUMBIA, SC	0	39	1	no
W PATRICK DORN	Chartered Financial Analyst	COLUMBIA, SC	0	25	n/a	no
Robert Shelton Norman	Certified Financial Planner	COLUMBIA, SC	0	12	n/a	no

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
MOORMAN, JOHN, HESLEP	PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL	B	yes	11/2004	Mar 19, 2026	Mar 19, 2026
DORN, W, PATRICK	PRINCIPAL/OWNER/MANAGING MEMBER	C	yes	11/2000	Feb 22, 2012	Aug 15, 2024
PENDER, MARGARET, ELLEN	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, PRINCIPAL	B	yes	01/2005	Feb 22, 2012	Aug 15, 2024
HASELDEN, WILLIAM, MACE	Principal	A	no	01/2022	Mar 19, 2026	Mar 19, 2026
WATKINS, JOY, JONES	Principal	B	no	01/2018	Mar 19, 2026	Mar 19, 2026
WILLIAMS, CHARLES, WALKER	Principal	A	no	01/2020	Mar 19, 2026	Mar 19, 2026

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
n/a	n/a	n/a	1	no

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line; showing 15 of 16

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 19, 2026	$1.5B	$1.5B	17	10	0	n/a	n/a
2024	Mar 26, 2025	$1.4B	$1.4B	18	10	0	n/a	n/a
2023	Mar 25, 2024	$1.2B	$1.2B	18	9	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Mar 29, 2023	$936M	$852M	18	9	1	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 22, 2022	$1.1B	$999M	18	10	1	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 16, 2021	$906M	$829M	15	8	1	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 19, 2020	$661M	$589M	13	7	1	n/a	n/a
2018	Feb 14, 2019	$491M	$484M	13	6	1	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 27, 2018	$538M	$531M	15	7	2	n/a	n/a
2016	Feb 21, 2017	$434M	$426M	10	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 2, 2016	$379M	$370M	10	8	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 13, 2015	$380M	$371M	9	8	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 31, 2014	$336M	$326M	10	5	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Mar 15, 2013	$228M	$220M	6	4	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Feb 22, 2012	$191M	$185M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Advisor flows

derived: registrations beginning and ending at this CRD on IAPD, bulk corporate re-registrations excluded; the rate is departures over IAPD headcount

Joined, 12m	Left, 12m	Net, 12m	Departure rate, 12m	Joined, 90d	Left, 90d	Left, no destination yet	Joined, 36m	Left, 36m
1	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	2	0

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2025	$1.5B	$1.4B	11.6%	$936M	17.5%	17	18	0	0

Relationships

Registered with (7)

← Robert Shelton NormanAdvisorregistration: current employment
Feb 3, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOHN HESLEP MOORMANAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← W PATRICK DORNAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 1, 2026 to presentfactForm ADV
← JOY JONES WATKINSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jan 22, 2025 to presentfactForm ADV
← JAMES BRIAN BLACKWELDERAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 23, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← GREG LEE DUNSTONAdvisorregistration: current employment
Mar 8, 2021 to presentfactForm ADV
← CHARLES WALKER WILLIAMSAdvisorregistration: current employment
Jul 26, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (1)

← WATKINS, JOY, JONESOwnerPRINCIPAL, ownership code B, individual
Mar 27, 2018 to Aug 15, 2024factForm ADV

Controls (3)

← MOORMAN, JOHN, HESLEPOwnerPRINCIPAL, ownership code B, individual
Feb 22, 2012 to Aug 15, 2024factForm ADV
← DORN, W, PATRICKOwnerPRINCIPAL/OWNER/MANAGING MEMBER, ownership code C, individual
Feb 22, 2012 to Aug 15, 2024factForm ADV
← PENDER, MARGARET, ELLENOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, PRINCIPAL, ownership code B, individual
Feb 22, 2012 to Aug 15, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 25, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Anchor Investment Management reported RAUM $1.2B, up 25% from $935.5M (2023-08-14 to 2024-03-25)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$236M
Occurred
Mar 16, 2021
Regulatory AUM changed
Anchor Investment Management reported RAUM $906.3M, up 37% from $661.2M (2020-07-13 to 2021-03-16)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$245M
Occurred
Mar 19, 2020
Regulatory AUM changed
Anchor Investment Management reported RAUM $661.2M, up 35% from $491.0M (2019-03-05 to 2020-03-19)
Form ADVobserved 3 days ago
$170M

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:17d4c0ea-2ce6-b5ce-9af8-79f025137b2c
First observed: Feb 22, 2012
Last observed: Mar 19, 2026 6 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

ANCHOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

ANCHOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, CRD 135296

COLUMBIA, SC

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Advisor

Designations

Branch

Years here

In industry

Prior firms

Dual registered

CHARLES WALKER WILLIAMS

n/a

COLUMBIA, SC

n/a

GREG LEE DUNSTON

n/a

COLUMBIA, SC

JAMES BRIAN BLACKWELDER

Certified Financial Planner

COLUMBIA, SC

n/a

JOY JONES WATKINS

Certified Financial Planner|Chartered Financial Consultant

COLUMBIA, SC

yes

JOHN HESLEP MOORMAN

n/a

COLUMBIA, SC

W PATRICK DORN

Chartered Financial Analyst

COLUMBIA, SC

n/a

Robert Shelton Norman

Certified Financial Planner

COLUMBIA, SC

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

MOORMAN, JOHN, HESLEP

PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL

yes

11/2004

Mar 19, 2026

DORN, W, PATRICK

PRINCIPAL/OWNER/MANAGING MEMBER

yes

11/2000

Feb 22, 2012

Aug 15, 2024

PENDER, MARGARET, ELLEN

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, PRINCIPAL

yes

01/2005

Feb 22, 2012

Aug 15, 2024

HASELDEN, WILLIAM, MACE

Principal

01/2022

Mar 19, 2026

WATKINS, JOY, JONES

Principal

01/2018

Mar 19, 2026

WILLIAMS, CHARLES, WALKER

Principal

01/2020

Mar 19, 2026

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 19, 2026

$1.5B

n/a

2024

Mar 26, 2025

$1.4B

n/a

2023

Mar 25, 2024

$1.2B

n/a

2022

Mar 29, 2023

$936M

$852M

n/a

2021

Mar 22, 2022

$1.1B

$999M

n/a

2020

Mar 16, 2021

$906M

$829M

n/a

2019

Mar 19, 2020

$661M

$589M

n/a

2018

Feb 14, 2019

$491M

$484M

n/a

2017

Mar 27, 2018

$538M

$531M

n/a

2016

Feb 21, 2017

$434M

$426M

n/a

2015

Mar 2, 2016

$379M

$370M

n/a

2014

Mar 13, 2015

$380M

$371M

n/a

2013

Mar 31, 2014

$336M

$326M

n/a

2012

Mar 15, 2013

$228M

$220M

n/a

2011

Feb 22, 2012

$191M

$185M

n/a

Joined, 12m

Left, 12m

Net, 12m

Departure rate, 12m

Joined, 90d

Left, 90d

Left, no destination yet

Joined, 36m

Left, 36m

0.0%

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$1.5B

$1.4B

11.6%

$936M

17.5%