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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.

SEC-registered adviser

Ils Advisory Services, LLC

Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)Nashville, TennesseeCRD 333054SEC 801-131370websiteIAPD
Latest filing Mar 23, 2026
First filing on the tape Sep 26, 2024 · 4 filings
SEC status approved since Oct 25, 2024
RAUM
$1.6B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
0.0%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
6
6 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
4 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.6B as of Mar 23, 2026
Feb 24, 2025$1.2B then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Mar 23, 2026
Feb 24, 20250 then
Employees (5.A)6 as of Mar 23, 2026
Feb 24, 20256 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +33% over the last fiscal yearIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 23, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$144MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
0.0%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+33%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assets, fixed fees, performance-basedreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for businesses and institutions, otherreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pooled investment vehicles$1.6B100%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
11reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUM, fixed, performancereported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • R Marshall Abbott · Chief Executive Officercontrol
        since 03/2009 · owns less than 5%
      • J. Michael Prather · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 07/2008 · owns less than 5%
      • R Marshall Abbott · Membercontrol
        since 09/2016 · owns 75% or more of Institutional Life Holdings, LLC
      Entity owners
      • Institutional Life Holdings, LLC · Member
        direct · owns 75% or more
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      No related person reported.
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      ADV anomalies
      2 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • low discretionary shareStatic outlier · filing Mar 23, 2026
        discretionary share of RAUM of 0% against a peer median of 100% (1506 comparable advisers, 0.0th percentile, 33.7 robust deviations)
        peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (1,506) · 0.0% percentile
      • institutional asset share shiftChange between filings · filing Mar 23, 2026
        institutional share of RAUM moved from 100.0% to 0.0% between the annual amendments of 2025-02-24 and 2026-03-23
        peers: asset managers, $1B to $5B (1,506)
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 6 to 11
        Sep 30, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $1.7B to $1.6B
        Sep 30, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.7B to $1.6B
        Sep 30, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
      • RAUM · $1.7B to $1.6B
        Sep 30, 2025 to Mar 23, 2026
      • Pooled vehicle clients · unset to 2.0
        Feb 24, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $1.2B to $1.7B
        Feb 24, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · unset to 1665343255.0
        Feb 24, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
      • RAUM · $1.2B to $1.7B
        Feb 24, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
      • Accounts · 0 to 6
        Sep 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        Sep 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2025
      • Non-discretionary RAUM · $0 to $1.2B
        Sep 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2025
      • RAUM · $0 to $1.2B
        Sep 26, 2024 to Feb 24, 2025
      Signals
      2 dated events
      • Ils Advisory Services, Llc reported RAUM $1.7B, up 40% from $1.2B (2025-02-24 to 2025-09-30)
        Sep 30, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
      • Ils Advisory Services, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Sep 26, 2024 · First SEC registration · fact
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Firm profile
      linkedin.com/company/institutional-life-services/?viewAsMembreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Website
      ils-us.comreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
      Principal office phone
      804-399-0344reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 23, 2026
      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
      Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda 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