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Commonwealth Investment Management

Pittsburgh, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106292

Filed as COMMONWEALTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Legal name CIM Investment Management Inc

Commonwealth Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 1994, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$1,275,342,290
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Commonwealth Investment Management compensated?

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

Where is Commonwealth Investment Management located?

Commonwealth Investment Management's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Commonwealth Investment Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Commonwealth Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106292.

How much does Commonwealth Investment Management manage?

Commonwealth Investment Management reports $1,275,342,290 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Commonwealth Investment Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Commonwealth Investment Management: Regulatory assets under management: $761,078,318 in the October 2021 data and $1,275,342,290 in the October 2026 data, up 68%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Commonwealth Investment Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (37); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (21); insurance companies (4).

Which custodians does Commonwealth Investment Management use?

Commonwealth Investment Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists PNC Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Commonwealth Investment Management 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/106292

Does Commonwealth Investment Management state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "Our minimum account size is $1.0 Million, but in our sole discretion we may accept lesser account sizes."

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Our minimum account size is $1.0 Million, but in our sole discretion we may accept lesser account sizes.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$1,275,342,290

$1,275,342,290 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,243,363,862.Non-discretionary: $31,978,428.

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
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 21 Assets $359,069,427 (28%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 37 Assets $770,625,229 (60%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $31,978,428 (3%)
Insurance companies
Clients 4 Assets $113,669,206 (9%)

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
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
CIM Investment Management Inc
Also doing business as
COMMONWEALTH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
PA

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
$761M 2021 $918M 2022 $1.04B 2023 $1.12B 2024 $1.16B 2025 $1.28B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,275,342,2907March 30, 2026
October 2025$1,164,721,3767March 25, 2025
October 2024$1,117,447,9257March 27, 2024
October 2023$1,035,542,8757March 29, 2023
October 2022$917,897,7259March 30, 2022
October 2021$761,078,3189March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $761,078,318 in the October 2021 data and $1,275,342,290 in the October 2026 data, up 68%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
ciminvests.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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