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Abacus Wealth Partners
Filed as ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS · Legal name Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC
Abacus Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Santa Monica, CA, registered since 2004, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Abacus Wealth Partners compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Abacus Wealth Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.
Where is Abacus Wealth Partners located?
Abacus Wealth Partners' principal office is in Santa Monica, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Abacus Wealth Partners registered with the SEC or a state?
Abacus Wealth Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 128590.
How much does Abacus Wealth Partners manage?
Abacus Wealth Partners reports $3,579,238,156 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Abacus Wealth Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Abacus Wealth Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $3,749,645,000 in the October 2021 data and $3,579,238,156 in the October 2026 data, down 5%. Total employees: 64 in October 2021 and 65 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Abacus Wealth Partners serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (800); high net worth individuals (747); charitable organizations (22).
Which custodians does Abacus Wealth Partners use?
Abacus Wealth Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Abacus Wealth Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/128590
What changed in Abacus Wealth Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in MN.
From the Form ADV filing
Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.
How the firm is compensated
Item 5.E- A percentage of assets under your management
- Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
- Performance-based fees
Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ
Fees and minimums
Form ADV Part 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 11, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$3,579,238,156 as of October 2026, filing dated September 30, 2026.
A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means
Who the firm serves
Item 5.DA firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.
Advisory services
Item 5.G- Financial planning services
- Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Pension consulting services
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
- Educational seminars/workshops
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Abacus Wealth Partners, LLC
- Also doing business as
- ABACUS WEALTH PARTNERS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2004 (22 years)
- Employees
- Total: 65. Performing investment advisory functions: 37.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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34 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $3,579,238,156 | 65 | September 30, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $3,270,847,563 | 67 | May 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $3,137,060,878 | 71 | July 22, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $2,834,445,228 | 71 | March 8, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $3,430,572,600 | 65 | July 6, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $3,749,645,000 | 64 | March 31, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $3,749,645,000 in the October 2021 data and $3,579,238,156 in the October 2026 data, down 5%.
Total employees: 64 in October 2021 and 65 in October 2026.
As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- August 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in MN.
- June 2026
- Registered or notice-filed in SD.
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 36 to 37.
- No longer lists an office in Ardmore, PA.
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- January 2026
- No longer registered or notice-filed in AK, DE, IA, IN, MN, SD, TN.
Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
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AdvisorCensus. Abacus Wealth Partners (CRD 128590): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/abacus-wealth-partners-santa-monica-ca-128590