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Anchor Capital Advisors LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105540

Filed as ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1983, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.

43 years
registered since 1983
$2,373,821,053
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Anchor Capital Advisors LLC compensated?

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

Where is Anchor Capital Advisors LLC located?

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Anchor Capital Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1983. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105540.

How much does Anchor Capital Advisors LLC manage?

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC reports $2,373,821,053 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Anchor Capital Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Anchor Capital Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,038,351,612 in the October 2021 data and $2,373,821,053 in the October 2026 data, down 22%. Total employees: 47 in October 2021 and 42 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Anchor Capital Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (299); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (175); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (15).

Which custodians does Anchor Capital Advisors LLC use?

Anchor Capital Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Distributors Company LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Anchor Capital Advisors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/105540

What changed in Anchor Capital Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 13 to 15. 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
  • Hourly charges
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,373,821,053

$2,373,821,053 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,373,821,053.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 175 Assets $122,061,923 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 299 Assets $1,017,657,146 (43%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 15 Assets $175,769,201 (7%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 14 Assets $199,578,031 (8%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $143,640,271 (6%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $18,491,918 (1%)
Other
Clients 5 Assets $696,622,563 (29%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1983 (43 years)
Employees
Total: 42. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 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(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?

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
$3.04B 2021 $3.42B 2022 $2.68B 2023 $2.61B 2024 $2.43B 2025 $2.37B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,373,821,05342March 16, 2026
October 2025$2,434,135,73945March 19, 2025
October 2024$2,611,786,46946March 27, 2024
October 2023$2,684,023,58648March 10, 2023
October 2022$3,415,082,45647March 15, 2022
October 2021$3,038,351,61247March 8, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,038,351,612 in the October 2021 data and $2,373,821,053 in the October 2026 data, down 22%.

Total employees: 47 in October 2021 and 42 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 13 to 15.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
anchorcapital.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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