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Bolton Investment
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.
Quick answers
From the filingHow 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 2AThe 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 as of October 2026, filing dated March 28, 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- 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))
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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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1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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4 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 | $249,134,519 | 11 | March 28, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $138,533,476 | 10 | March 24, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $60,991,211 | 9 | June 6, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $37,362,082 | 9 | March 10, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $52,747,385 | 9 | May 16, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $40,303,089 | 8 | April 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- 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.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. Bolton Investment (CRD 104684): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bolton-investment-towson-md-104684