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Circle Advisers Inc

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110818

Filed as CIRCLE ADVISERS INC

Circle Advisers Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1983, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 26, 2025.

43 years
registered since 1983
$868,162,745
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Circle Advisers Inc compensated?

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

Where is Circle Advisers Inc located?

Circle Advisers Inc's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Circle Advisers Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Circle Advisers Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1983. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110818.

How much does Circle Advisers Inc manage?

Circle Advisers Inc reports $868,162,745 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated December 26, 2025 (0% discretionary).

How have Circle Advisers Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Circle Advisers Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $600,717,253 in the October 2021 data and $868,162,745 in the October 2026 data, up 45%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Circle Advisers Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (348).

Which custodians does Circle Advisers Inc use?

Circle Advisers Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Circle Advisers 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/110818

What changed in Circle Advisers Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7.

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

Minimum annual fee: $2,500

The brochure's wording
The Registrant generally requires an annual minimum fee of $2,500.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 24, 2025. 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
$868,162,745

$868,162,745 as of October 2026, filing dated December 26, 2025.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $868,162,745.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 348 Assets $854,856,266 (98%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,423,689 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $11,882,790 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1983 (43 years)
Employees
Total: 8. 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
13 states or jurisdictions
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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
$601M 2021 $738M 2022 $584M 2023 $675M 2024 $820M 2025 $868M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$868,162,7458December 26, 2025
October 2025$819,802,9229December 26, 2024
October 2024$674,928,6009January 2, 2024
October 2023$583,799,14410December 22, 2022
October 2022$737,645,7249December 26, 2021
October 2021$600,717,2539December 25, 2020

Regulatory assets under management: $600,717,253 in the October 2021 data and $868,162,745 in the October 2026 data, up 45%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 8 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. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7.

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
cadvinc.comcircleadvisersinc.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. Circle Advisers Inc (CRD 110818): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/circle-advisers-inc-new-york-ny-110818