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Citizens Private Wealth

Tarrytown, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106743

Filed as CITIZENS PRIVATE WEALTH · Legal name Citizens Private Wealth, LLC

Citizens Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Tarrytown, NY, registered since 1992, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026.

34 years
registered since 1992
$16,634,578,146
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Citizens Private Wealth compensated?

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

Where is Citizens Private Wealth located?

Citizens Private Wealth's principal office is in Tarrytown, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 20 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Citizens Private Wealth registered with the SEC or a state?

Citizens Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1992. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106743.

How much does Citizens Private Wealth manage?

Citizens Private Wealth reports $16,634,578,146 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026 (86% discretionary).

How have Citizens Private Wealth's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Citizens Private Wealth: Regulatory assets under management: $5,966,716,000 in the October 2021 data and $16,634,578,146 in the October 2026 data, up 179%. Total employees: 135 in October 2021 and 214 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Citizens Private Wealth serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (2,465); corporations or other businesses not listed above (95); charitable organizations (7).

Which custodians does Citizens Private Wealth use?

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

Does Citizens Private Wealth report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). 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/106743

Does Citizens Private Wealth state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 8, 2026 says: "we do not impose any minimum account size as a condition for starting or maintaining an advisory relationship."

What changed in Citizens Private Wealth's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from Clarfeld Financial Advisors, LLC to Citizens Private Wealth, LLC. Employees performing advisory functions went from 204 to 214.

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
we do not impose any minimum account size as a condition for starting or maintaining an advisory relationship.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated July 8, 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
$16,634,578,146

$16,634,578,146 as of October 2026, filing dated July 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $14,334,685,305.Non-discretionary: $2,299,892,841.

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 2,465 Assets $15,704,634,716 (94%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $145,717,426 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 95 Assets $784,226,004 (5%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Citizens Private Wealth, LLC
Also doing business as
CITIZENS PRIVATE WEALTH, CLARFELD, ESTATE PRESERVATION SERVICES, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1992 (34 years)
Employees
Total: 214. Performing investment advisory functions: 214.
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)
20 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Beverly Hills, CABoca Raton, FLBoston, MAJohnston, RILos Angeles, CAManchester, NHMarlton, NJMelville, NYMenlo Park, CANaples, FLNew York, NYNewport Beach, CAPalm Beach, FLPittsburgh, PAPortsmouth, NHProvidence, RISan Francisco, CAStamford, CTWestwood, MAWoodcliff Lake, NJ
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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

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
$5.97B 2021 $6.47B 2022 $7.11B 2023 $9.52B 2024 $12.2B 2025 $16.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$16,634,578,146214July 8, 2026
October 2025$12,182,945,000200May 9, 2025
October 2024$9,515,889,000160September 25, 2024
October 2023$7,105,624,000140July 27, 2023
October 2022$6,471,110,000140September 14, 2022
October 2021$5,966,716,000135September 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,966,716,000 in the October 2021 data and $16,634,578,146 in the October 2026 data, up 179%.

Total employees: 135 in October 2021 and 214 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. August 2026
    • Changed its legal name from Clarfeld Financial Advisors, LLC to Citizens Private Wealth, LLC.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 204 to 214.
  2. May 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 3 yes answers, previously 8 (now no: 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.E(2)).
  3. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Citizens Private Client.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 200 to 204.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $12,182,945,000 to $15,542,802,000 (+28%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Naples, FL.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Changed its office addresses in Newport Beach, CA.
    • Added an office in Beverly Hills, CA.
    • Added an office in Melville, NY.
    • Added an office in Menlo Park, CA.
    • Added an office in Stamford, CT.
    • Added an office in Woodcliff Lake, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in Andover, MA.
    • No longer lists an office in Conshohocken, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Newport, RI.
    • No longer lists an office in Phoenixville, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Princeton, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in Rochester, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Short Hills, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in West Hartford, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in West Palm Beach, FL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
citizensbank.comcitizensbank.com/investing-and-wealth-management/services/clarfeld.aspx

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. Citizens Private Wealth (CRD 106743): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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