Practices

What each practice looks like, from what it filed

A practice archetype is a rule over Form ADV answers (client mix, assets, advisors, offices, affiliations, activities, Schedule A owners), printed on every firm page beside the label; a firm can carry several. The operating metrics are derived from reported fields with the formula shown on the firm page. Nothing here estimates an advisor’s book or a firm’s revenue.

FirmRAUM1yAdvisorsPer advisorPrivate clientsHNW of privateClients / advisorOfficesFunds
PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC asset manager$3667B+23%1.5%6.0%7208
J.P. MORGAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. asset manager$3519B+18%49$72B0.4%100%0267239
GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. other$2649B+28%1$2649B14%91%105,268141,286
MORGAN STANLEY wirehouse$1962B+19%23,146$84.8M90%30%114628
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED wirehouse$1782B+40%25,468$70.0M86%80%703,911
BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC other$1595B+20%31$51B0.3%100%221352
CAPTRUST institutional$1237B+14%946$1.3B7.8%93%409717
EDWARD JONES national BD$1014B+23%24,085$42.1M98%38%16715,121
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. wirehouse$916B+13%9,356$97.9M83%94%117370
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS wirehouse$671B+11%14,696$45.7M92%80%885,039
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC national BD$660B+17%13,084$50.5M98%57%105159
GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL asset manager$621B+41%1.2%93%131
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. national BD$501B+15%5,790$86.5M81%71%89818
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC wirehouse$430B+22%14,206$30.2M91%64%873,567
MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST AND BANKING CORPORATION institutional$407B-3.1%1.8%3
ROBERT W. BAIRD & CO. INCORPORATED mixed wealth$394B+15%2,616$151M43%80%90210
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC BD affiliated$390B+13%6,706$58.2M89%67%743,630
FIAM LLC asset manager$348B+28%0.1%100%621
CAMBRIDGE ASSOCIATES, LLC mixed wealth$327B+4.2%27%100%592
EDELMAN FINANCIAL ENGINES independent RIA$326B+11%724$451M55%48%659132
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC national BD$310B+19%3,839$80.9M90%35%72383
CREATIVE PLANNING independent RIA$296B+36%1,170$253M62%89%741515
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC mixed wealth$280B+7.9%255$1.1B21%67%2452928
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC BD affiliated$257B+57%10,465$24.5M96%28%776,585
WELLS FARGO ADVISORS wirehouse$252B+28%4,156$60.7M93%78%1101,339
OSAIC WEALTH, INC. BD affiliated$235B+17%8,060$29.1M97%50%715,587
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC institutional$226B+12%0.0%2640
SEI INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT CORP mixed wealth$216B+9.2%126$1.7B24%9.5%8864
COMMONWEALTH FINANCIAL NETWORK national BD$213B+1.4%2,915$73.0M95%54%1221,434
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC BD affiliated$199B+52%1,044$190M90%88%60133
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY, INCORPORATED national BD$198B+15%3,350$59.0M90%77%69518
GALLAGHER FIDUCIARY ADVISORS, LLC institutional$195B+7.9%123$1.6B0.5%30%3237
FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLC independent RIA$182B+90%1,044$174M86%91%5811326
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC institutional$170B+18%488$348M6.2%65%36194
CORIENT independent RIA$165B+15%659$251M95%98%3937
CERITY PARTNERS LLC independent RIA$162B+32%736$220M71%94%346710
ONEDIGITAL institutional$155B+9.0%388$401M9.9%81%33174
NEPC, LLC institutional$153B+11%1$153B2.2%100%264
AON INVESTMENTS USA INC. institutional$151B+11%0.0%158
WILSHIRE asset manager$149B+57%1$149B0.0%6
HAMILTON LANE other$142B-85%0.0%23553
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC. BD affiliated$139B+35%3,937$35.2M97%52%902,340
RATHBONES independent RIA$135B+102%64%66%19
MARINER BD affiliated$125B+27%986$127M92%91%551312
WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC BD affiliated$122B+29%1,015$120M91%35%80185
MML INVESTORS SERVICES, LLC BD affiliated$116B+28%5,091$22.7M97%5.5%881,094
RECORD CURRENCY MANAGEMENT LIMITED institutional$114B-1.2%0.0%3
MFS INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS INC. other$114B+1.6%52$2.2B2.8%32%18416
JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC BD affiliated$110B+9.2%1,341$82.1M89%78%179139
ROCKEFELLER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT BD affiliated$100B+42%1,035$96.2M82%84%4668
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS LLC mixed wealth$98B+44%69$1.4B34%100%1018
MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC. independent RIA$84B+40%749$113M92%91%47269
KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC BD affiliated$80B+33%1,448$55.1M89%66%80545
JOBS PEAK ADVISORS institutional$74B1$74B0.0%1
GOLDMAN SACHS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. asset manager$72B+6.3%0.0%100%1
WORLD INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC other$72B+27%363$197M15%54%52125
BETTERMENT independent RIA$70B+23%28$2.5B92%27%36,3171
ALAN BILLER AND ASSOCIATES institutional$65B+9.6%0.0%1
ORION PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS, LLC BD affiliated$65B+12%199$326M60%50%9322
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. institutional$63B5$13B0.0%1511
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878 practices match (Retirement plan adviser). Derived columns: RAUM over IAPD advisors, individual and HNW RAUM over total, HNW RAUM over private-client RAUM, private clients over advisors, Item 1.F.5 offices plus one.