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Bolton Investment

Towson, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104684

Filed as BOLTON INVESTMENT · Legal name Bolton Partners Investment Consulting Group, Inc.

Bolton Investment is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Towson, MD, registered since 1994, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 28, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$249,134,519
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bolton Investment compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bolton Investment reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Bolton Investment located?

Bolton Investment's principal office is in Towson, MD, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bolton Investment registered with the SEC or a state?

Bolton Investment is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104684.

How much does Bolton Investment manage?

Bolton Investment reports $249,134,519 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bolton Investment's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bolton Investment: Regulatory assets under management: $40,303,089 in the October 2021 data and $249,134,519 in the October 2026 data, up 518%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 11 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bolton Investment serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (8); charitable organizations (1).

Which custodians does Bolton Investment use?

Bolton Investment's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Empower Retirement, Lincoln Financial Services, PNC Wealth Management LLC and Principal Financial Group as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bolton Investment 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/104684

What changed in Bolton Investment's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7. Regulatory assets under management went from $138,533,476 to $249,134,519 (+80%). Changed its office addresses in Boulder, CO. No longer lists an office in Blue Bell, PA.

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)

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 firm's brochure (dated March 28, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$249,134,519

$249,134,519 as of October 2026, filing dated March 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $249,134,519.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
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $247,073,167 (99%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $2,061,352 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Bolton Partners Investment Consulting Group, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Empower RetirementLincoln Financial ServicesPNC Wealth Management LLCPrincipal Financial Group

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 April 2026 filing
Boulder, CO
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
COMDPAVA

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
$40.3M 2021 $52.7M 2022 $37.4M 2023 $61M 2024 $139M 2025 $249M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$249,134,51911March 28, 2026
October 2025$138,533,47610March 24, 2025
October 2024$60,991,2119June 6, 2024
October 2023$37,362,0829March 10, 2023
October 2022$52,747,3859May 16, 2022
October 2021$40,303,0898April 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $40,303,089 in the October 2021 data and $249,134,519 in the October 2026 data, up 518%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 11 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 8 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $138,533,476 to $249,134,519 (+80%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Boulder, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Blue Bell, PA.

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
boltonusa.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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