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Bay Colony Advisors
Filed as BAY COLONY ADVISORS · Legal name Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc.
Bay Colony Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Concord, MA, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Bay Colony Advisors compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bay Colony Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other.
Where is Bay Colony Advisors located?
Bay Colony Advisors' principal office is in Concord, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Bay Colony Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?
Bay Colony Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152583.
How much does Bay Colony Advisors manage?
Bay Colony Advisors reports $1,434,891,449 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026 (96% discretionary).
How have Bay Colony Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Bay Colony Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $535,815,439 in the October 2021 data and $1,434,891,449 in the October 2026 data, up 168%. Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 36 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Bay Colony Advisors serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,786); high net worth individuals (864); corporations or other businesses not listed above (10).
Which custodians does Bay Colony Advisors use?
Bay Colony Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Bay Colony Advisors 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/152583
Does Bay Colony Advisors state an account minimum?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 23, 2026 says: "BCA generally requires a relationship size of $250,000, however, the minimum relationship size may be reduced at the discretion of BCA, expecially for legacy assets or accounts ."
What changed in Bay Colony Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,263,305,046 to $1,434,891,449 (+14%). 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)
- 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 2AAccount minimum: $250,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)
The brochure's wording
BCA generally requires a relationship size of $250,000, however, the minimum relationship size may be reduced at the discretion of BCA, expecially for legacy assets or accounts .
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 23, 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$1,434,891,449 as of October 2026, filing dated March 23, 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- 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- Legal name
- Bay Colony Advisory Group, Inc.
- Also doing business as
- ALLEGIANCE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC., ASYMMETRIC CAPITAL ADVISORY, CHRISTOPHER LEE FINANCIAL, EMERALD WEALTH ADVISORS, ESSENTIAL ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, GLAZIER FINANCIAL ADVISORS, GREENHAVEN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, LEGACY FINANCIAL, LEONARD FINANCIAL GROUP, SENTINEL ADVISORY SERVICES, TEWKS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC, WINDSOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2016 (10 years)
- Employees
- Total: 36. Performing investment advisory functions: 30.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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7 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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26 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $1,434,891,449 | 36 | March 23, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,263,305,046 | 36 | May 30, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,073,790,099 | 27 | June 26, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $893,291,993 | 23 | May 11, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $805,541,025 | 23 | August 19, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $535,815,439 | 23 | July 9, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $535,815,439 in the October 2021 data and $1,434,891,449 in the October 2026 data, up 168%.
Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 36 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 $1,263,305,046 to $1,434,891,449 (+14%).
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- November 2025
- Added the business name Allegiance Financial Services Inc..
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.ISource: 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. Bay Colony Advisors (CRD 152583): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bay-colony-advisors-concord-ma-152583