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Alden Capital

Wayne, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 293551

Filed as ALDEN CAPITAL · Legal name Alden Capital Management Inc.

Alden Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wayne, PA, registered since 2019, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 2, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$1,515,030,643
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Alden Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Alden Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

How much does Alden Capital charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Alden Capital located?

Alden Capital's principal office is in Wayne, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Alden Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Alden Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 293551.

How much does Alden Capital manage?

Alden Capital reports $1,515,030,643 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 2, 2026 (54% discretionary).

How have Alden Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Alden Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $478,187,079 in the October 2021 data and $1,515,030,643 in the October 2026 data, up 217%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 23 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Alden Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,321); high net worth individuals (183); other (47).

Which custodians does Alden Capital use?

Alden Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Axos Clearing LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity Distributors Company LLC and Interactive Brokers Corp. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Alden Capital report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation), and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, 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/293551

What changed in Alden Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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)

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 2A

Asset-based fee: up to 2% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Our maximum fees are: • Customized Management – Up to 2.00% Annual Fee

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 26, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,515,030,643

$1,515,030,643 as of October 2026, filing dated September 2, 2026.

Discretionary: $823,412,067.Non-discretionary: $691,618,576.

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.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 2,321 Assets $748,693,549 (49%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 183 Assets $58,958,608 (4%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $15,759,910 (1%)
Other
Clients 47 Assets $691,618,576 (46%)

A 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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Alden Capital Management Inc.
Also doing business as
ALDEN INVESTMENT GROUP, COVE WEALTH PARTNERS, GIPSON - FITZPATRICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMEN, HALLTHORN ADVISORY SERVICES, LENSING FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, MONUMENTAL INVESTMENTS, NORTH PARK, PATHWAYS RETIREMENT ADVISORS, RETIREMENT PLAN STEWARDS & ADVOCATES, STRATEGIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, TRIDENT RETIREMENT PLAN
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 19.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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)
3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Collegeville, PADoylestown, PAMalvern, PA
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

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
$478M 2021 $672M 2022 $604M 2023 $657M 2024 $1.44B 2025 $1.52B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,515,030,64323September 2, 2026
October 2025$1,444,147,68824June 18, 2025
October 2024$657,249,58419March 19, 2024
October 2023$603,701,38220August 30, 2023
October 2022$672,310,12730April 28, 2022
October 2021$478,187,07910September 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $478,187,079 in the October 2021 data and $1,515,030,643 in the October 2026 data, up 217%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 23 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
  1. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. August 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Springhouse Wealth Partners.
    • Added the business name Trident Retirement Plan.
    • Added the business name Retirement Plan Stewards & Advocates.
    • Added the business name Pathways Retirement Advisors.
    • Added the business name North Park.
    • Added the business name Monumental Investments.
    • Added the business name Lensing Financial Solutions.
    • Added the business name Hallthorn Advisory Services.
    • Added the business name Gipson - Fitzpatrick Investment Managemen.
    • Added the business name Cove Wealth Partners.
  3. April 2026
    • Added the business name Springhouse Wealth Partners.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 20 to 19.
    • No longer lists an office in Alhambra, CA.
  4. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 4 yes answers, previously 3 (now yes: 11.D(2)).
    • Changed its office addresses in Doylestown, PA.

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.I
aldeninvestmentgroup.com

Source: 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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