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Bluestone Capital Management, LLC

Wayne, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 157841

Filed as BLUESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Bluestone Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wayne, PA, registered since 2013, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$390,099,951
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
6
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bluestone Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bluestone Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

What does Bluestone Capital Management, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 23, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Bluestone Capital Management, LLC located?

Bluestone Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Wayne, PA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bluestone Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Bluestone Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 157841.

How much does Bluestone Capital Management, LLC manage?

Bluestone Capital Management, LLC reports $390,099,951 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bluestone Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bluestone Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,279,167,406 in the October 2021 data and $390,099,951 in the October 2026 data, down 83%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bluestone Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4); high net worth individuals (1); investment companies (1).

Which custodians does Bluestone Capital Management, LLC use?

Bluestone Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Interactive Brokers LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bluestone Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 6 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(1) (SEC or CFTC finding of a false statement or omission), 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, 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/157841

What changed in Bluestone Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 2. Regulatory assets under management went from $351,518,705 to $390,099,951 (+11%). 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 2A

Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Asset-based fees generally range from 1 percent to 2 percent of assets under management.

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
$390,099,951

$390,099,951 as of October 2026, filing dated July 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $390,099,951.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 4 Assets $570,689 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $5,035,172 (1%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $352,684,120 (90%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $31,809,970 (8%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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 August 2026 filing
Humacao, PR
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
PA

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

6 Reports 6 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(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?
  • 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(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 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?

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
$2.28B 2021 $217M 2022 $225M 2023 $281M 2024 $352M 2025 $390M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$390,099,9514July 16, 2026
October 2025$351,518,7054March 31, 2025
October 2024$280,985,1524March 18, 2024
October 2023$224,735,7014September 25, 2023
October 2022$217,405,0004September 22, 2022
October 2021$2,279,167,4066March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,279,167,406 in the October 2021 data and $390,099,951 in the October 2026 data, down 83%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 4 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 4 to 2.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $351,518,705 to $390,099,951 (+11%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, MA, MD, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA.

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
bluestonecm.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. Bluestone Capital Management, LLC (CRD 157841): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bluestone-capital-management-llc-wayne-pa-157841