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Chapin Davis Asset Management

Baltimore, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 28116

Filed as CHAPIN DAVIS ASSET MANAGEMENT · Legal name Chapin Davis, Inc

Chapin Davis Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Baltimore, MD, registered since 2010, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 18, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$642,788,940
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Chapin Davis Asset Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Chapin Davis Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Chapin Davis Asset Management located?

Chapin Davis Asset Management's principal office is in Baltimore, MD, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Chapin Davis Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Chapin Davis Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 28116.

How much does Chapin Davis Asset Management manage?

Chapin Davis Asset Management reports $642,788,940 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 18, 2026 (86% discretionary).

How have Chapin Davis Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Chapin Davis Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $306,030,320 in the October 2021 data and $642,788,940 in the October 2026 data, up 110%. Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 26 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Chapin Davis Asset Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (524); high net worth individuals (19); corporations or other businesses not listed above (7).

Which custodians does Chapin Davis Asset Management use?

Chapin Davis Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Chapin Davis Asset Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation) and 11.E(4) (self-regulatory organization's expulsion, suspension, bar, or restriction). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/28116

What changed in Chapin Davis Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Peoria, IL.

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 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated May 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$642,788,940

$642,788,940 as of October 2026, filing dated May 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $552,145,049.Non-discretionary: $90,643,891.

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 524 Assets $439,288,675 (68%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 19 Assets $191,603,905 (30%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $7,505,470 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7 Assets $4,390,890 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Chapin Davis, Inc
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 26. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
3 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Bala Cynwyd, PABaltimore, MDPeoria, IL
States registered or notice-filed
16 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$306M 2021 $373M 2022 $360M 2023 $417M 2024 $539M 2025 $643M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$642,788,94026May 18, 2026
October 2025$539,098,99430April 3, 2025
October 2024$417,434,64036May 31, 2024
October 2023$359,991,33040April 10, 2023
October 2022$373,496,00139June 16, 2022
October 2021$306,030,32039April 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $306,030,320 in the October 2021 data and $642,788,940 in the October 2026 data, up 110%.

Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 26 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. May 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Peoria, IL.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 23 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $539,098,994 to $642,788,940 (+19%).

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
chapindavis.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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