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Anchor Investment Management

Columbia, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135296

Filed as ANCHOR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Legal name Anchor Investment Management, LLC

Anchor Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Columbia, SC, registered since 2005, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$1,515,803,797
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Anchor Investment Management compensated?

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

Where is Anchor Investment Management located?

Anchor Investment Management's principal office is in Columbia, SC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Anchor Investment Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Anchor Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135296.

How much does Anchor Investment Management manage?

Anchor Investment Management reports $1,515,803,797 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 19, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Anchor Investment Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Anchor Investment Management: Regulatory assets under management: $906,297,986 in the October 2021 data and $1,515,803,797 in the October 2026 data, up 67%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 17 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Anchor Investment Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (524); high net worth individuals (239); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (16).

Which custodians does Anchor Investment Management use?

Anchor Investment Management's 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 Anchor Investment Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/135296

What changed in Anchor Investment Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,358,433,102 to $1,515,803,797 (+12%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,515,803,797

$1,515,803,797 as of October 2026, filing dated March 19, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,507,350,064.Non-discretionary: $8,453,733.

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 524 Assets $280,044,218 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 239 Assets $1,093,422,850 (72%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 16 Assets $61,406,882 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 15 Assets $22,024,897 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 16 Assets $41,345,658 (3%)
Other
Clients 11 Assets $17,559,292 (1%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Anchor Investment Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 17. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
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.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$906M 2021 $1.09B 2022 $936M 2023 $1.17B 2024 $1.36B 2025 $1.52B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,515,803,79717March 19, 2026
October 2025$1,358,433,10218June 23, 2025
October 2024$1,171,606,07018August 15, 2024
October 2023$935,530,52418August 14, 2023
October 2022$1,087,635,15618March 22, 2022
October 2021$906,297,98616August 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $906,297,986 in the October 2021 data and $1,515,803,797 in the October 2026 data, up 67%.

Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 17 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,358,433,102 to $1,515,803,797 (+12%).
  2. January 2026
    • 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
anchorim.comanchorinvestmentmanagement.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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