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Confidential Management Advisors, Inc.

Troy, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 125936

Filed as CONFIDENTIAL MANAGEMENT ADVISORS, INC.

Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Troy, MI, registered since 2009, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2009
$161,889,433
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. located?

Confidential Management Advisors, Inc.'s principal office is in Troy, MI, according to its Form ADV.

Is Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 125936.

How much does Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. manage?

Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. reports $161,889,433 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Confidential Management Advisors, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Confidential Management Advisors, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $156,874,800 in the October 2021 data and $161,889,433 in the October 2026 data, up 3%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (51); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (18).

Which custodians does Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. use?

Confidential Management Advisors, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Equitable Distributors, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Confidential Management Advisors, 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/125936

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 March 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$161,889,433

$161,889,433 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $161,095,240.Non-discretionary: $794,193.

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 18 Assets $3,220,245 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 51 Assets $158,669,188 (98%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Equitable Distributors, LLC

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
2 states or jurisdictions
FLMI

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
$157M 2021 $153M 2022 $131M 2023 $149M 2024 $155M 2025 $162M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$161,889,4331March 27, 2026
October 2025$154,944,5591February 7, 2025
October 2024$148,509,5232January 24, 2024
October 2023$131,266,0762February 1, 2023
October 2022$152,856,9392February 10, 2022
October 2021$156,874,8002May 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $156,874,800 in the October 2021 data and $161,889,433 in the October 2026 data, up 3%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 1 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
confidentialmgt.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. Confidential Management Advisors, Inc. (CRD 125936): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/confidential-management-advisors-inc-troy-mi-125936