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B. Riley Wealth Private Shares
Filed as B. RILEY WEALTH PRIVATE SHARES · Legal name B. Riley Wealth Private Shares, LLC
B. Riley Wealth Private Shares is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Memphis, TN, registered since 2021, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is B. Riley Wealth Private Shares compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), B. Riley Wealth Private Shares reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.
Where is B. Riley Wealth Private Shares located?
B. Riley Wealth Private Shares' principal office is in Memphis, TN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is B. Riley Wealth Private Shares registered with the SEC or a state?
B. Riley Wealth Private Shares is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 315851.
How much does B. Riley Wealth Private Shares manage?
B. Riley Wealth Private Shares reports $47,639,513 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have B. Riley Wealth Private Shares' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for B. Riley Wealth Private Shares: Regulatory assets under management: $499,163,756 in the October 2021 data and $47,639,513 in the October 2026 data, down 90%. Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does B. Riley Wealth Private Shares serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (8).
Does B. Riley Wealth Private Shares report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction), 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/315851
What changed in B. Riley Wealth Private Shares' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $41,371,834 to $47,639,513 (+15%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 3. 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
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$47,639,513 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 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- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- B. Riley Wealth Private Shares, LLC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2021 (5 years)
- Employees
- Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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3 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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7 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 114 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(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.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?
- 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $47,639,513 | 8 | March 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $41,371,834 | 12 | June 2, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $297,369,877 | 13 | May 15, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $30,996,770 | 17 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $713,113,506 | 16 | April 1, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $499,163,756 | 16 | August 4, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $499,163,756 in the October 2021 data and $47,639,513 in the October 2026 data, down 90%.
Total employees: 16 in October 2021 and 8 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- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $41,371,834 to $47,639,513 (+15%).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 3.
- 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.INot reported.
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. B. Riley Wealth Private Shares (CRD 315851): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/b-riley-wealth-private-shares-memphis-tn-315851