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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM 1b 10b

GW & WADE, LLC

CRD 105394

WELLESLEY, MA

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Data as of Feb 8, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 2:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 67
Dated events: 10
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Mar 30, 2012 to Feb 8, 2024
61 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: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $8.9BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2024-02-08); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $8.9B
Private client RAUM: $8.7BderivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 98%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 87
Advisory employees: 41
Offices: 5Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 11,861
Individual clients: 1,694
High net worth clients: 1,632
Custody, client assets: $4.8B
SEC number: 801-27292
CRD: 105394
Filings on the tape: 61
First filed: Mar 30, 2012
Latest filed: Feb 8, 2024
Organised: Limited Liability Company, Delaware

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
BODIO, ROBERT, FRANCIS	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER	Na	yes	12/2013	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.	Partner	C	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.	Partner	D	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.	Partner	D	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
EMENS, ROBERT, JAMES	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER	Na	yes	12/2013	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLC	SHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC	Member	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INC.	Member	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP	Shareholder	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP	SHAREHOLDER, CLASS B COMMON STOCK	E	yes	08/2023	Sep 25, 2023	Feb 8, 2024
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.	MANAGING MEMBER	E	yes	07/2018	Aug 17, 2018	Feb 8, 2024
FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC	Member	E	yes	01/2007	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
FOCUS OPERATING, LLC	MEMBER (MANAGER)	E	yes	09/2007	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
MAHONEY, HEATHER, SCHIRMER	GENERAL COUNSEL AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER (2020)	Na	yes	11/2018	Dec 21, 2018	Feb 8, 2024
PINCH, TIMOTHY	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD	Na	yes	09/2007	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
ROSENBERG, ERIC, HERD	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER	Na	yes	12/2013	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
WADE, ROGER, WILLIAM	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD	Na	yes	09/2007	Mar 30, 2012	Feb 8, 2024
VALENTINE, MATTHEW, GEORGE	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL	Na	no	12/2018	Dec 21, 2018	Feb 8, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
SCS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	n/a	Independent wealth	$49B	N	yes	n/a
GW & WADE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

Offices

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

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
PALO ALTO	CA	United States	6	yes
Needham	Ma	United States	5	yes
Norwell	Ma	United States	2	no
Sarasota	FL	United States	1	no
Reston	Va	United States	1	yes

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

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2022	Mar 31, 2023	$8.9B	$8.9B	87	41	5	n/a	n/a
2021	Mar 31, 2022	$10B	$10B	81	42	5	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 31, 2021	$8.3B	$8.3B	74	39	4	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 5, 2020	$6.7B	$6.6B	65	32	3	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 29, 2019	$5.9B	$5.0B	61	30	4	n/a	n/a
2017	Mar 29, 2018	$6.3B	$5.2B	64	45	2	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 30, 2017	$5.5B	$4.3B	63	43	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Mar 30, 2016	$5.1B	$4.3B	66	45	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 31, 2015	$5.1B	$4.3B	66	42	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 28, 2014	$4.5B	$3.6B	62	41	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Apr 1, 2013	$3.9B	$3.2B	59	43	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Mar 30, 2012	$3.6B	$2.9B	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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
2022	$8.9B	$10B	-14.4%	$6.7B	9.9%	87	81	5	5

Teams in

teams that arrived here from one firm together

Other firm	Advisors	First left	Last joined	From	Kind	Move type	Share of firm
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK	4	Dec 31, 2020	Jan 4, 2021	NEEDHAM, MA	Team lift out	Ibd to RIA	0.2%

Relationships

Affiliated with (5)

← SCS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV
→ SCS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, pooled vehicle sponsor, common control
factForm ADV
← CAPGROUP ADVISORSRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV
← HUFFORD ADVISORS, LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV
← FOUNDERS FINANCIAL NETWORK, LLCRegistered adviserother investment adviser, common control
factForm ADV

Controls (15)

← WADE, ROGER, WILLIAMOwnerMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← PINCH, TIMOTHYOwnerMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← ROSENBERG, ERIC, HERDOwnerMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← BODIO, ROBERT, FRANCISOwnerMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← EMENS, ROBERT, JAMESOwnerMANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV
← MAHONEY, HEATHER, SCHIRMEROwnerGENERAL COUNSEL AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER (2020), ownership code NA, individual
Dec 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code C, foreign entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code D, domestic entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.OwnerPARTNER, ownership code D, foreign entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLCOwnerSHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLCOwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INC.OwnerMEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LPOwnerSHAREHOLDER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Sep 25, 2023 to presentfactForm ADV
← FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.OwnerMANAGING MEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Aug 17, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV
← FOCUS OPERATING, LLCOwnerMEMBER (MANAGER), ownership code E, domestic entity
Mar 30, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV

Owns (1)

← VALENTINE, MATTHEW, GEORGEOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL, ownership code NA, individual
Dec 21, 2018 to presentfactForm ADV

Registered with (43)

← DEBRA KENDALL BREDEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 4, 2021 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← ROGER WILLIAM WADEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 14, 1994 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← PHILIP PERRY JAMESONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 14, 1994 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← TIMOTHY PINCHAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 14, 1994 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← MATTHEW EMMETT RYANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
May 20, 2005 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← MARGARET ELIZABETH WELBORNAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← ERIC HERD ROSENBERGAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 6, 1999 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← ROBERT FRANCIS BODIOAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 12, 1998 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← ROBERT JAMES EMENSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 5, 2005 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← DARREN MICHAEL NORTONAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Dec 12, 2002 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← CHANEL LOIS GULLAGEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 4, 2021 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← JOHN STEPHEN MURRAYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2005 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← DAVID LAWRENCE BRODSKYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jul 22, 2005 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← JAMES THOMAS DA SILVAAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Nov 5, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← CAROL WRIGHT CASSOLIAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 23, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← MATTHEW GEORGE VALENTINEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jan 8, 2019 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← STEVEN DAVID KEIRNAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 20, 2013 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← KELLI ANNE ADAMSAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 21, 2013 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← BRYAN JOHN CIBOROWSKIAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Apr 2, 2020 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← BARRY JON MORGANAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← RYAN JAMES BARTHOLOMEWAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 20, 2015 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← ADAM EDWARD SILVEYAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 5, 2015 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Derek Robinson ThisseAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 15, 2021 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Justin Norsworthy WilesAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Aug 28, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Eric Joseph BerquistAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 1, 2019 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Anthony Constanty KosinskiAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Feb 15, 2019 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Tyler William RichAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 16, 2018 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← MARISSA MARY MALONEAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Mar 12, 2019 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← Adam WillisAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Jun 28, 2022 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
← JEFFREY MARK TANCRETIAdvisorregistration: previous registration
Oct 21, 2019 to Mar 21, 2024factForm ADV
and 13 more

Moved with (1)

← COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORKRegistered adviser4 advisors, team lift out
Dec 31, 2020 to Jan 4, 2021factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Oct 11, 2023
Advisor changed firm
Gerald A. Polcari left Gw & Wade, Llc for Fidelity Personal And Workplace Advisors (registered 2024-01-09)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2022
Regulatory AUM changed
Gw & Wade, Llc reported RAUM $10.4B, up 25% from $8.3B (2022-02-18 to 2022-03-31)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
$2.1B
Occurred
Jan 19, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Joseph Gauvin left Gw & Wade, Llc for Sandy Cove Advisors, Llc (registered 2022-01-25)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jan 19, 2022
Advisor changed firm
Jeffrey Abraham Beshansky left Gw & Wade, Llc for Cibc Private Wealth Advisors, Inc. (registered 2022-06-28)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person left
Anthony Gerald Polcari (Principal/Counselor) no longer on Schedule A of Gw & Wade, Llc (listed 2018-12-21, absent 2019-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person left
Michael Darren Norton (Principal/Counselor) no longer on Schedule A of Gw & Wade, Llc (listed 2018-12-21, absent 2019-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person left
Lawrence David Brodsky (Principal/Counselor) no longer on Schedule A of Gw & Wade, Llc (listed 2018-12-21, absent 2019-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person left
Stephen John Murray (Principal/Counselor) no longer on Schedule A of Gw & Wade, Llc (listed 2018-12-21, absent 2019-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 29, 2019
Control person left
Edward Gene Sinclair (Principal) no longer on Schedule A of Gw & Wade, Llc (listed 2018-12-21, absent 2019-03-29)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Jul 21, 2014
Succession filed (Item 4)
Gw & Wade, Llc reported succeeding to the business of Another Adviser (Form ADV Item 4)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:18480fa6-a34b-e795-f539-7100effeed78
First observed: Mar 30, 2012
Last observed: Feb 8, 2024 31 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.

GW & WADE, LLC

CRD 105394

WELLESLEY, MA

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Data as of Feb 8, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 2:17 AM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

BODIO, ROBERT, FRANCIS

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

yes

12/2013

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

CD&R FERDINAND CO-INVESTOR, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

CD&R FERDINAND HOLDINGS, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE FUND XII, L.P.

Partner

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

EMENS, ROBERT, JAMES

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

yes

12/2013

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ACQUISITION, LLC

SHAREHOLDER, CLASS A COMMON STOCK

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

FERDINAND FFP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS, LLC

Member

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

FERDINAND FFP PARENT, INC.

Member

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP

Shareholder

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

FERDINAND FFP ULTIMATE HOLDINGS, LP

SHAREHOLDER, CLASS B COMMON STOCK

yes

08/2023

Sep 25, 2023

Feb 8, 2024

FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS INC.

MANAGING MEMBER

yes

07/2018

Aug 17, 2018

Feb 8, 2024

FOCUS FINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC

Member

yes

01/2007

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

FOCUS OPERATING, LLC

MEMBER (MANAGER)

yes

09/2007

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

MAHONEY, HEATHER, SCHIRMER

GENERAL COUNSEL AND MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER (2020)

yes

11/2018

Dec 21, 2018

Feb 8, 2024

PINCH, TIMOTHY

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD

yes

09/2007

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

ROSENBERG, ERIC, HERD

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEMBER

yes

12/2013

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

WADE, ROGER, WILLIAM

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CO-HEAD

yes

09/2007

Mar 30, 2012

Feb 8, 2024

VALENTINE, MATTHEW, GEORGE

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

12/2018

Dec 21, 2018

Feb 8, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

SCS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

n/a

Independent wealth

$49B

yes

n/a

GW & WADE ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

PALO ALTO

United States

yes

Needham

United States

yes

Norwell

United States

Sarasota

United States

Reston

United States

yes

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2022

Mar 31, 2023

$8.9B

n/a

2021

Mar 31, 2022

$10B

n/a

2020

Mar 31, 2021

$8.3B

n/a

2019

Mar 5, 2020

$6.7B

$6.6B

n/a

2018

Mar 29, 2019

$5.9B

$5.0B

n/a

2017

Mar 29, 2018

$6.3B

$5.2B

n/a

2016

Mar 30, 2017

$5.5B

$4.3B

n/a

2015

Mar 30, 2016

$5.1B

$4.3B

n/a

2014

Mar 31, 2015

$5.1B

$4.3B

n/a

2013

Mar 28, 2014

$4.5B

$3.6B

n/a

2012

Apr 1, 2013

$3.9B

$3.2B

n/a

2011

Mar 30, 2012

$3.6B

$2.9B

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2022

$8.9B

$10B

-14.4%

$6.7B

9.9%

Other firm

Advisors

First left

Last joined

From

Kind

Move type

Share of firm

COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK

Dec 31, 2020

Jan 4, 2021

NEEDHAM, MA

Team lift out

Ibd to RIA

0.2%