AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Massachusetts / Boston / Castanea Partners Inc.
Castanea Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Newton, MA, registered since 2012, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Castanea Partners Inc. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Castanea Partners Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.
Where is Castanea Partners Inc. located?
Castanea Partners Inc.'s principal office is in Newton, MA, according to its Form ADV.
Is Castanea Partners Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?
Castanea Partners Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160229.
How much does Castanea Partners Inc. manage?
Castanea Partners Inc. reports $239,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Castanea Partners Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Castanea Partners Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $949,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $239,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 75%. Total employees: 8 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 Castanea Partners Inc. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (5).
Does Castanea Partners Inc. 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/160229
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
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$239,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 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- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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1 state or jurisdiction
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 | $239,000,000 | 6 | March 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $246,000,000 | 7 | March 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $423,000,000 | 8 | March 28, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $715,000,000 | 8 | September 8, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $937,000,000 | 8 | March 30, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $949,000,000 | 8 | March 30, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $949,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $239,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 75%.
Total employees: 8 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 monthsNo changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.
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. Castanea Partners Inc. (CRD 160229): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/castanea-partners-inc-newton-ma-160229