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Confluence Financial Partners

McMurray, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 311980

Filed as CONFLUENCE FINANCIAL PARTNERS · Legal name Confluence Wealth Services, LLC

Confluence Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in McMurray, PA, registered since 2021, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$7,808,637,160
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Confluence Financial Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Confluence Financial Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Confluence Financial Partners located?

Confluence Financial Partners' principal office is in McMurray, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Confluence Financial Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Confluence Financial Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 311980.

How much does Confluence Financial Partners manage?

Confluence Financial Partners reports $7,808,637,160 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 15, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Confluence Financial Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Confluence Financial Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $2,200,289,648 in the October 2021 data and $7,808,637,160 in the October 2026 data, up 255%. Total employees: 35 in October 2021 and 71 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Confluence Financial Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,238); high net worth individuals (1,910); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (39).

Which custodians does Confluence Financial Partners use?

Confluence Financial Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Raymond James & Associates, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Confluence Financial Partners 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/311980

What changed in Confluence Financial Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its legal name from Confluence Wealth Services, Inc. to Confluence Wealth Services, LLC. Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 39. Regulatory assets under management went from $6,836,016,201 to $7,808,637,160 (+14%). 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
  • 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: $1,000

The brochure's wording
If the annualized fee for the entire household is less than $1,000, Confluence will charge a minimum fee of $1,000 for the year.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$7,808,637,160

$7,808,637,160 as of October 2026, filing dated September 15, 2026.

Discretionary: $7,511,939,743.Non-discretionary: $296,697,417.

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 3,238 Assets $1,079,618,373 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,910 Assets $6,339,456,811 (81%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $541,330 (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 39 Assets $237,000,339 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 7 Assets $53,399,036 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $20,407,331 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 28 Assets $77,049,868 (1%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $1,164,072 (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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Confluence Wealth Services, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 71. Performing investment advisory functions: 39.
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)
4 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Bonita Springs, FLGrove City, PAPittsburgh, PASewickley, PA
States registered or notice-filed
37 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
$2.2B 2021 $2.51B 2022 $2.47B 2023 $3.06B 2024 $5.45B 2025 $7.81B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$7,808,637,16071September 15, 2026
October 2025$5,454,175,36268April 1, 2025
October 2024$3,055,505,43869September 4, 2024
October 2023$2,469,850,57842August 10, 2023
October 2022$2,508,586,76235July 26, 2022
October 2021$2,200,289,64835August 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,200,289,648 in the October 2021 data and $7,808,637,160 in the October 2026 data, up 255%.

Total employees: 35 in October 2021 and 71 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. October 2026
    • Changed its legal name from Confluence Wealth Services, Inc. to Confluence Wealth Services, LLC.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 38 to 39.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,836,016,201 to $7,808,637,160 (+14%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. August 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in ME.
  3. July 2026
    • Added an office in Bonita Springs, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Naples, FL.
  4. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 37 to 38.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $5,454,175,362 to $6,836,016,201 (+25%).
    • 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
confluencefp.comiheart.com/podcast/269-living-your-legacy-by-conf-321243522open.spotify.com/show/56efdkkI30QnFBI7dYT0o6podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/confluence-podcasts/id1003363225

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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https://advisorcensus.com/firm/confluence-financial-partners-mcmurray-pa-311980