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BCS Private Wealth Management

Rumson, NJSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 174761

Filed as BCS PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Bernard Caroli Wealth Management Inc.

BCS Private Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rumson, NJ, registered since 2015, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 12, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$469,674,455
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BCS Private Wealth Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BCS Private Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

Where is BCS Private Wealth Management located?

BCS Private Wealth Management's principal office is in Rumson, NJ, according to its Form ADV.

Is BCS Private Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

BCS Private Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 174761.

How much does BCS Private Wealth Management manage?

BCS Private Wealth Management reports $469,674,455 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 12, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have BCS Private Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for BCS Private Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $196,693,381 in the October 2021 data and $469,674,455 in the October 2026 data, up 139%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BCS Private Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (118); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (95); corporations or other businesses not listed above (7).

Which custodians does BCS Private Wealth Management use?

BCS Private Wealth 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 BCS Private Wealth 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/174761

What changed in BCS Private Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $405,866,803 to $469,674,455 (+16%).

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

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 February 12, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$469,674,455

$469,674,455 as of October 2026, filing dated February 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $469,674,455.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 95 Assets $34,566,413 (7%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 118 Assets $387,902,993 (83%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $17,923,016 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $13,767,230 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7 Assets $15,514,803 (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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Bernard Caroli Wealth Management Inc.
Also doing business as
ROYALSTON ADVISORS, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
8 states or jurisdictions
CACOFLMDNHNJNYTX

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
$197M 2021 $281M 2022 $246M 2023 $340M 2024 $406M 2025 $470M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$469,674,4556February 12, 2026
October 2025$405,866,8036March 19, 2025
October 2024$339,859,1356July 23, 2024
October 2023$245,777,2676July 31, 2023
October 2022$280,962,9496March 9, 2022
October 2021$196,693,3815September 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $196,693,381 in the October 2021 data and $469,674,455 in the October 2026 data, up 139%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 6 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $405,866,803 to $469,674,455 (+16%).

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
bc-wm.combcspwm.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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