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Coastal Bridge Advisors

Westport, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152569

Filed as COASTAL BRIDGE ADVISORS · Legal name Coastal Bridge Advisors, LLC

Coastal Bridge Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Westport, CT, registered since 2009, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 22, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2009
$5,020,879,705
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Coastal Bridge Advisors compensated?

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

Where is Coastal Bridge Advisors located?

Coastal Bridge Advisors' principal office is in Westport, CT, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Coastal Bridge Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Coastal Bridge Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152569.

How much does Coastal Bridge Advisors manage?

Coastal Bridge Advisors reports $5,020,879,705 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 22, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Coastal Bridge Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Coastal Bridge Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $2,759,431,503 in the October 2021 data and $5,020,879,705 in the October 2026 data, up 82%. Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Coastal Bridge Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,267); high net worth individuals (579); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (107).

Which custodians does Coastal Bridge Advisors use?

Coastal Bridge Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Coastal Bridge Advisors 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/152569

What changed in Coastal Bridge Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Added the business name Waddell & Associates, LLC. Added the business name One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC. Added an office in Brentwood, TN. Added an office in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Added an office in Hingham, MA. Added an office in Memphis, TN. Registered or notice-filed in AL, AR, DC, HI, ID, IN, KY, MI, MO, MS, MT, OH, UT. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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)
  • Other

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 firm's brochure (dated July 22, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,020,879,705

$5,020,879,705 as of October 2026, filing dated July 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,805,424,511.Non-discretionary: $215,455,194.

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 1,267 Assets $573,596,864 (11%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 579 Assets $3,848,084,941 (77%)
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 107 Assets $254,357,605 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $10,751,585 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $119,832,949 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $189,337,599 (4%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 24 Assets $24,918,162 (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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Coastal Bridge Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
ONE CHARLES PRIVATE WEALTH SERVICES LLC, WADDELL & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 46. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
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)
7 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Brentwood, TNCharlotte, NCFt. Lauderdale, FLHingham, MALos Angeles, CAMemphis, TNMilford, CT
States registered or notice-filed
38 states or jurisdictions
ALARAZCACOCTDCFLGAHIIDILINKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNHNJNVNYOHPARISCTNTXUTVAVTWA

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
$2.76B 2021 $2.85B 2022 $2.62B 2023 $2.81B 2024 $4.6B 2025 $5.02B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,020,879,70546July 22, 2026
October 2025$4,595,660,11346July 2, 2025
October 2024$2,814,677,30525April 5, 2024
October 2023$2,620,176,48726September 27, 2023
October 2022$2,854,858,72624September 27, 2022
October 2021$2,759,431,50321April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,759,431,503 in the October 2021 data and $5,020,879,705 in the October 2026 data, up 82%.

Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 46 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
    • Added the business name Waddell & Associates, LLC.
    • Added the business name One Charles Private Wealth Services LLC.
    • Added an office in Brentwood, TN.
    • Added an office in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
    • Added an office in Hingham, MA.
    • Added an office in Memphis, TN.
    • Registered or notice-filed in AL, AR, DC, HI, ID, IN, KY, MI, MO, MS, MT, OH, UT.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 22 to 25.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in ID, SD.

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
coastalbridgeadvisors.comfocusfinancialpartners.comlinkedin.comcompany/2064318linkedin.comcompany/LLBH-PRIVATE-WEALTH-MANAGEMENT-LLCocpws.comtrinitypointwealth.comvimeo.com/WEALTHSTRATEGISTSwaddellandassociates.comwealthstrategists.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. Coastal Bridge Advisors (CRD 152569): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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