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RIA Intelligence

Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

See which advisory firms are moving, hiring or losing teams before the market notices.

Every SEC-registered adviser with its filings since 2011, every registered representative with their firm history, and the moves, funds, custodians and ownership between them. Free to read, with the source and the date on every row.

What are you trying to do?

Recruiter, branch manager, platform growth
I recruit advisors

Advisor moves on the record, the teams behind them, and firms where several left at once.

  • Advisor moves
  • Teams that move together
  • Firms losing people
23,548 advisor moves in the last 12 months
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Aggregator, strategic buyer, PE-backed platform
I acquire RIA firms

Firms by assets, ownership and succession exposure, with the filing that says so.

  • Firms by assets
  • Ownership and control
  • Succession exposure
17,149 SEC-registered advisers
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Asset manager, wholesaler, alternatives distribution
I distribute products to RIAs

Which firms already allocate to what you sell, and who signs for it.

  • Firms by allocation
  • Private funds used
  • Custodians and platforms
165,292 private funds on the record
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Technology, compliance, custody, outsourced staff
I sell services to RIAs

A market by size, model and growth rather than a purchased list.

  • Firms by model
  • Growth on the record
  • Platform relationships
440,141 registered advisors
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SEC-registered advisers
17,149
50,416 ever filed since 2011
Reported RAUM
$177069B
as filed; affiliates double count
Private-client RAUM
$27685B
Item 5.D individuals and HNW
Registered advisors
440,141
every IAR on IAPD, with history
Advisor moves
382,751
23,548 in the last 12 months
Private funds
165,292
$35236B gross assets reported
Filings on the tape
533,226
1,878,110 field changes since 2011
Signals
216,649
dated events with a source
Capital

Who advises private wealth, by reported RAUM

Wealth managers: firms whose Form ADV Item 5.D puts most of their RAUM with individuals and high-net-worth clients, plus the wirehouses and national broker-dealer RIAs. Asset managers and institutional managers are on the firms list.

FirmHQClassRAUMPrivate clientsAdvisorsRAUM / advisorOfficesPrivate funds
Morgan Stanley
CRD 149777
Purchase, NYwirehouse$1962B90%23,147$84.8M6270
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated
CRD 7691
New York, NYwirehouse$1782B86%25,477$69.9M3,9100
Strategic Advisers LLC
CRD 104555
Boston, MAnational BD$1370B41%16,954$80.8M2370
Edward Jones
CRD 250
St. Louis, MOnational BD$1014B98%24,084$42.1M15,1200
Managed Account Advisors LLC
CRD 142558
Jersey City, NJindependent RIA$995B90%26$38B00
UBS Financial Services Inc.
CRD 8174
Weehawken, NJwirehouse$916B83%9,349$98.0M3690
LPL Financial LLC
CRD 6413
Fort Mill, SCBD affiliated$819B96%23,319$35.1M20,8640
Parametric Portfolio Associates
CRD 114310
Seattle, WABD affiliated$685B56%7$98B512
Wells Fargo Advisors
CRD 19616
St. Louis, MOwirehouse$671B92%14,697$45.7M5,0380
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC
CRD 6363
Minneapolis, MNnational BD$660B98%13,078$50.5M1580
Envestnet Pmc
CRD 111694
Berwyn, PAindependent RIA$615B94%60$10B10
UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC
CRD 106838
New York, NYmixed wealth$588B34%32$18B15139
All 9,800 wealth managers
Movement

Where advisors are leaving, last 12 months

Departures are IAPD registration endings; every one is a person whose next registration is on the graph. A count, not a claim about why.

FirmAdvisorsLeftJoinedNet
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated wirehouse25,4771,540588-952
LPL Financial LLC BD affiliated23,3199451,816+871
Morgan Stanley wirehouse23,147768823+55
Wells Fargo Advisors wirehouse14,697753894+141
Edward Jones national BD24,084735332-403
Strategic Advisers LLC national BD16,954716320-396
Commonwealth Financial Network national BD2,94265392-561
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC wirehouse14,1526521,110+458
Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC national BD13,078632551-81
UBS Financial Services Inc. wirehouse9,349628293-335
Firm flows: every firm ranked by departures, joins and net
Advisor moves

Latest registration changes

All 382,751 moves with a registered destination
Consolidation

Successions the advisers themselves reported

Form ADV Item 4: an adviser succeeding to another adviser’s business names the firm it acquired. Sworn, dated, and the base of the M&A layer.

  • Arbor Capital Management Inc's advisors moved to Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC (Anchorage, AK): 4 of 4 registered, on the same day
    Sep 14, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • Optimus Capital Advisors, LLC's advisors moved to Wpwealth LLP (Coppell, TX): 3 of 3 registered, on the same day
    Sep 10, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • Wagner Loftin Investment Services LLC's advisors moved to Osaic Wealth, Inc. (Pleasant Hill, CA): 6 of 6 registered, on the same day
    Sep 2, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • Trippon Wealth Management Group LLC's advisors moved to Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC (Houston, TX): 4 of 4 registered, on the same day
    Sep 1, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • First Investment Corporation's advisors moved to Farther (Bartlesville, OK): 3 of 3 registered, on the same day
    Aug 31, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • Venturi Private Wealth reported succeeding to the business of The Caprock Group, Llc (Form ADV Item 4)
    Aug 31, 2026 · Succession (Item 4)
  • One Charles Private Wealth's advisors moved to Coastal Bridge Advisors (Hingham, MA): 5 of 6 registered, on the same day
    Aug 28, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
  • Seascape Capital Management,Llc's advisors moved to F L Putnam Investment Management CO. (Portsmouth, NH): 4 of 4 registered, on the same day
    Aug 28, 2026 · Firm absorbed (people side)
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Growth

RAUM, headcount and office growth from consecutive annual amendments.

Private funds

Every private fund a registered adviser reports, with gross assets, owners and custodian.

Custodians

Which custodians hold which advisers' private fund assets.

Signals

Dated events: moves, RAUM changes, control persons, successions, roster exits.

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Every number above is what an adviser filed on Form ADV or what IAPD publishes about a registered representative. Reported RAUM sums affiliated advisers that report the same assets. Read the methodology.