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Catawba River Capital

Lake Wylie, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 134217

Filed as CATAWBA RIVER CAPITAL

Catawba River Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Lake Wylie, SC, registered since 2018, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 18, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$325,111,772
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Catawba River Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Catawba River Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges.

How much does Catawba River Capital charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 18, 2026 states: Hourly rate: $150 an hour (Financial planning services). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Catawba River Capital located?

Catawba River Capital's principal office is in Lake Wylie, SC, according to its Form ADV; the March 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Catawba River Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Catawba River Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 134217.

How much does Catawba River Capital manage?

Catawba River Capital reports $325,111,772 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 18, 2026 (83% discretionary).

How have Catawba River Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Catawba River Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $197,875,047 in the October 2021 data and $325,111,772 in the October 2026 data, up 64%. Total employees: 5 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 Catawba River Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (139); high net worth individuals (118); corporations or other businesses not listed above (8).

Which custodians does Catawba River Capital use?

Catawba River Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Catawba River Capital 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/134217

What changed in Catawba River Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $262,445,540 to $325,111,772 (+24%). Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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

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 brochure for them.

Hourly rate: $150 an hour (Financial planning services)

The brochure's wording
Financial planning services will be charged at the prevailing hourly rate of $150 per hour.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 18, 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
$325,111,772

$325,111,772 as of October 2026, filing dated February 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $271,170,353.Non-discretionary: $53,941,419.

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 139 Assets $45,825,658 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 118 Assets $240,317,507 (74%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $22,207,856 (7%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $2,551,596 (1%)
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 8 Assets $14,209,155 (4%)
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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 March 2026 filing
Belmont, NC
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
FLNCOHSCTXVA

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
$198M 2021 $239M 2022 $207M 2023 $235M 2024 $262M 2025 $325M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$325,111,7724February 18, 2026
October 2025$262,445,5404March 19, 2025
October 2024$235,067,0304March 29, 2024
October 2023$206,574,8946March 28, 2023
October 2022$238,861,0495February 14, 2022
October 2021$197,875,0475May 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $197,875,047 in the October 2021 data and $325,111,772 in the October 2026 data, up 64%.

Total employees: 5 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $262,445,540 to $325,111,772 (+24%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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
catawbarivercapital.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. Catawba River Capital (CRD 134217): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/catawba-river-capital-lake-wylie-sc-134217