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Canter Wealth

La Jolla, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 167828

Filed as CANTER WEALTH · Legal name Canter Strategic Wealth Management, LLC

Canter Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in La Jolla, CA, registered since 2019, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 10, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2019
$386,473,556
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Canter Wealth compensated?

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

Where is Canter Wealth located?

Canter Wealth's principal office is in La Jolla, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Canter Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

Canter Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 167828.

How much does Canter Wealth manage?

Canter Wealth reports $386,473,556 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 10, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Canter Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Canter Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $186,651,005 in the October 2021 data and $386,473,556 in the October 2026 data, up 107%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Canter Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (149); high net worth individuals (129); charitable organizations (2).

Which custodians does Canter Wealth use?

Canter Wealth'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 Canter Wealth 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/167828

What changed in Canter Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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
  • 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated July 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$386,473,556

$386,473,556 as of October 2026, filing dated August 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $386,473,556.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 149 Assets $82,759,364 (21%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 129 Assets $303,053,391 (78%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $660,801 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Canter Strategic Wealth Management, LLC
Also doing business as
CANTER WEALTH, TAX & RETIREMENT EDUCATION
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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
6 states or jurisdictions
CALANENHORTX

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
$187M 2021 $206M 2022 $217M 2023 $302M 2024 $276M 2025 $386M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$386,473,55612August 10, 2026
October 2025$275,846,75411May 21, 2025
October 2024$302,045,49112June 27, 2024
October 2023$217,348,5579March 17, 2023
October 2022$206,286,4738March 29, 2022
October 2021$186,651,0056July 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $186,651,005 in the October 2021 data and $386,473,556 in the October 2026 data, up 107%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 12 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $275,846,754 to $386,473,556 (+40%).

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
canterwealth.comtaxesandretirement.com/about

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. Canter Wealth (CRD 167828): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/canter-wealth-la-jolla-ca-167828