Cerity Partners LLC

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
• Performance-based 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

Asset-based fee: up to 1.5% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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

$161,675,524,141 as of October 2026, filing dated July 13, 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

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.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Educational seminars/workshops

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2009 (16 years)

Employees

Total: 1,529. Performing investment advisory functions: 1,102.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Fidelity Distributors Company LLC

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)

23 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing

Albany, NYAustin, TXBoston, MAChicago, ILCincinnati, OHCleveland, OHDenver, COElizabethtown, KYFort Worth, TXIrvine, CALos Angeles, CALouisville, KYMill Valley, CANew York, NYNorfolk, VAPasadena, CARaleigh, NCRockville, MDSan Francisco, CASanta Barbara, CASaratoga Springs, NYTowson, MDWest Conshohocken, PA

States registered or notice-filed

53 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

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

Regulatory assets under management: $26,709,486,918 in the October 2021 data and $161,675,524,141 in the October 2026 data, up 505%.

Total employees: 243 in October 2021 and 1,529 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.

1. April 2026
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $122,848,693,051 to $161,675,524,141 (+32%).
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 862 to 1102.
   • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
   • Changed its office addresses in Saratoga Springs, NY.
   • Added an office in Austin, TX.
   • Added an office in Rockville, MD.
   • No longer lists an office in Alpharetta, GA.
   • No longer lists an office in Arlington, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Avila Beach, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Bardstown, KY.
   • No longer lists an office in Beaverton, OR.
   • No longer lists an office in Bloomfield Hills, MI.
   • No longer lists an office in Boca Raton, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Bonita Springs, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Bowling Green, KY.
   • No longer lists an office in Cincinnati, OH.
   • No longer lists an office in Colleyville, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Encino, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Grand Rapids, MI.
   • No longer lists an office in Greenbrae, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Houston, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Incline Village, NV.
   • No longer lists an office in Indianapolis, IN.
   • No longer lists an office in Jackson, WY.
   • No longer lists an office in Jacksonville, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Lafayette, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Lansdowne, VA.
   • No longer lists an office in Los Altos, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Louisville, CO.
   • No longer lists an office in Marlton, NJ.
   • No longer lists an office in Midland, TX.
   • No longer lists an office in Paducah, KY.
   • No longer lists an office in Philadelphia, PA.
   • No longer lists an office in Pittsburgh, PA.
   • No longer lists an office in Redwood City, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Reston, VA.
   • No longer lists an office in San Diego, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in San Francisco, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
   • No longer lists an office in Sonoma, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Westfield, NJ.
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
2. November 2025
   • Changed its office addresses in Alpharetta, GA.
   • Changed its office addresses in Cleveland, OH.
   • Changed its office addresses in Denver, CO.
   • Changed its office addresses in Houston, TX.
   • Changed its office addresses in Jacksonville, FL.
   • Added an office in Albany, NY.
   • Added an office in Avila Beach, CA.
   • Added an office in Lansdowne, VA.
   • Added an office in Raleigh, NC.
   • Added an office in San Diego, CA.
   • Added an office in Santa Barbara, CA.
   • Added an office in Scottsdale, AZ.
   • Added an office in Sonoma, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Greenwood Village, CO.
   • No longer lists an office in West Lake Hills, TX.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.