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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.

Former SEC-registered adviser

Cms Wealth Management

Former SEC-registered adviserWayne, PennsylvaniaCRD 105903SEC 801-30898websiteIAPD
Legal name Capital Management Services Inc
Latest filing Jun 6, 2025
First filing on the tape Jan 10, 2012 · 42 filings
SEC status approved since Nov 19, 1987
RAUM
$397M
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
97%
of RAUM
Private clients
100%
$397M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
8
4 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
42 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$397M as of Jun 6, 2025
Mar 28, 2012$448M then
HNW client RAUM$332M as of Jun 6, 2025
Mar 8, 2018$182M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)4 as of Jun 6, 2025
Mar 22, 20136 then
Employees (5.A)8 as of Jun 6, 2025
Mar 22, 20139 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +11% over the last fiscal year+2.4% a year over threeIARs 4 to 4
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jun 6, 2025; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$99.2MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
79derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$2.8MderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$439,025derivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
97%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
2.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
4.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+11%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
+12%derived
Compensation
percentage of assets, hourly, fixed feesreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
financial planning, portfolio management for individuals, pension consulting, selection of other advisersreportedItem 5.G
Wrap fee program
$162MreportedItem 5.I
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • is an insurance broker or agent (6.A.6)
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • High-net-worth individuals$332M84%
  • Individuals$65.1M16%
Individual clients
199reported
HNW clients
118reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
904reported
Financial planning clients
51-100reported
Wrap fee programs
$0 sponsored, $0 managedreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, hourlyreported
Class basis
absent from the latest SEC rosterderived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Teams: two or more advisors moving together within fourteen days, from one state
    Private funds
    No private fund reported.
    Owners and control persons
    Schedule A and B, latest filing
    • Ellis Michael Feldman · Presidentcontrol
      since 09/1987 · owns 75% or more
    • J Matthew Purtill · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
      since 02/2015 · owns less than 5%
    Related persons
    Schedule D 7.A
    No related person reported.
    Office movement
    IAPD branch city; joins and departures in 12 months
    OfficeAdvisorsJoinedLeftTeams outForming
    Wayne, Pa · principal000
    Offices
    Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
    No branch office listed.
    What changed
    consecutive filings, newest first
    • Financial planning clients · 51-100 to 51-100
      May 29, 2025 to Jun 6, 2025
    • Accounts · 862 to 904
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Corporate clients · 8.0 to unset
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • HNW clients · 105 to 118
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Individual clients · 182 to 199
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Discretionary RAUM · $346M to $384M
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • HNW RAUM · $287M to $332M
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Individual RAUM · $61.6M to $65.1M
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $12.5M to $12.8M
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • RAUM · $358M to $397M
      Feb 14, 2024 to Feb 27, 2025
    • Corporate clients · unset to 8.0
      Feb 13, 2024 to Feb 14, 2024
    • HNW clients · 101 to 105
      Feb 13, 2024 to Feb 14, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $296M to $287M
      Feb 13, 2024 to Feb 14, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $62.1M to $61.6M
      Feb 13, 2024 to Feb 14, 2024
    • Accounts · 861 to 862
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • HNW clients · 90 to 101
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Individual clients · 203 to 182
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Employees · 9 to 8
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Discretionary RAUM · $312M to $346M
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • HNW RAUM · $244M to $296M
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Individual RAUM · $67.9M to $62.1M
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $9.1M to $12.5M
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Pension RAUM · 9085261.0 to unset
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • RAUM · $321M to $358M
      Sep 5, 2023 to Feb 13, 2024
    • Accounts · 804 to 861
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • HNW clients · 99 to 90
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Individual clients · 173 to 203
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Discretionary RAUM · $362M to $312M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • HNW RAUM · $301M to $244M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Individual RAUM · $60.7M to $67.9M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Non-discretionary RAUM · $7.7M to $9.1M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Pension RAUM · $7.7M to $9.1M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • RAUM · $369M to $321M
      Feb 23, 2022 to Feb 22, 2023
    • Accounts · 749 to 804
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • Advisory employees · 3 to 4
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • HNW clients · 87 to 99
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • Individual clients · 266 to 173
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • Discretionary RAUM · $289M to $362M
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • HNW RAUM · $210M to $301M
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    • Individual RAUM · $78.5M to $60.7M
      Mar 10, 2021 to Feb 23, 2022
    Signals
    6 dated events
    • Cms Wealth Management no longer on the SEC adviser roster (last listed 2025-08-01, RAUM $396.9M)
      Sep 2, 2025 · Left the SEC roster · derived
    • John M Demasi left Cms Wealth Management for Cw Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-08-01)
      Aug 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • David Alan Locher left Cms Wealth Management for Cw Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-08-01)
      Aug 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Eric Todd Lanshe left Cms Wealth Management for Cw Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-08-01)
      Aug 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Sheetal Khanna left Cms Wealth Management for Cw Advisors, Llc (registered 2025-08-01)
      Aug 6, 2025 · Advisor changed firm · fact
    • Cms Wealth Management's advisors moved to CW Advisors, LLC (Wayne, PA): 4 of 4 registered, on the same day
      Aug 6, 2025 · Firm absorbed (people side) · derived
    Across DFX
    shared identifiers only, never a name match
    No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
    Provenance
    Form ADV
    SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
    Advisors
    IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
    Class
    Former SEC-registered adviserderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
    RAUM per advisor
    n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
    Loaded
    Sep 14, 2026