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Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC

Cleveland, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124845

Filed as ANCORA PRIVATE WEALTH ADVISORS, LLC

Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cleveland, OH, registered since 2003, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$3,899,628,309
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC located?

Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Cleveland, OH, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124845.

How much does Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC manage?

Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC reports $3,899,628,309 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,983,664,519 in the October 2021 data and $3,899,628,309 in the October 2026 data, up 97%. Total employees: 62 in October 2021 and 53 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (4,414); corporations or other businesses not listed above (40); charitable organizations (28).

Which custodians does Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC use?

Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/124845

Does Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "Generally, a client account must be a minimum of $750,000 unless related to other accounts which together total $750,000."

What changed in Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 33 to 29. Regulatory assets under management went from $3,213,280,712 to $3,899,628,309 (+21%). No longer lists an office in Naples, FL. 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)
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: $750,000

The brochure's wording
Generally, a client account must be a minimum of $750,000 unless related to other accounts which together total $750,000.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$3,899,628,309

$3,899,628,309 as of October 2026, filing dated April 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,776,712,376.Non-discretionary: $122,915,933.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 4,414 Assets $3,694,696,029 (95%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 27 Assets $45,705,711 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 28 Assets $28,902,614 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 40 Assets $130,323,955 (3%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ANCORA
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 53. Performing investment advisory functions: 29.
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)
1 other office, as of the May 2026 filing
Bloomfield Hills, MI
States registered or notice-filed
19 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an 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
$1.98B 2021 $2.45B 2022 $2.26B 2023 $2.71B 2024 $3.21B 2025 $3.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,899,628,30953April 1, 2026
October 2025$3,213,280,71265March 21, 2025
October 2024$2,708,839,82765March 5, 2024
October 2023$2,258,611,51162September 25, 2023
October 2022$2,449,637,05362March 24, 2022
October 2021$1,983,664,51962March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,983,664,519 in the October 2021 data and $3,899,628,309 in the October 2026 data, up 97%.

Total employees: 62 in October 2021 and 53 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 33 to 29.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,213,280,712 to $3,899,628,309 (+21%).
    • No longer lists an office in Naples, FL.
    • 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
ancora.netfocusfinancialpartners.cominvernesswealth.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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AdvisorCensus. Ancora Private Wealth Advisors, LLC (CRD 124845): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ancora-private-wealth-advisors-llc-cleveland-oh-124845