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Cookson Peirce Wealth Management
Filed as COOKSON PEIRCE WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Cookson Peirce & Co Inc
Cookson Peirce Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 1984, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Cookson Peirce Wealth Management compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cookson Peirce Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.
Where is Cookson Peirce Wealth Management located?
Cookson Peirce Wealth Management's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Cookson Peirce Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?
Cookson Peirce Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1984. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110729.
How much does Cookson Peirce Wealth Management manage?
Cookson Peirce Wealth Management reports $2,555,384,473 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Cookson Peirce Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Cookson Peirce Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $1,732,170,703 in the October 2021 data and $2,555,384,473 in the October 2026 data, up 48%. Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 29 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Cookson Peirce Wealth Management serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,414); high net worth individuals (130); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (54).
Which custodians does Cookson Peirce Wealth Management use?
Cookson Peirce Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Distributors Company LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Cookson Peirce Wealth 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/110729
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
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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$2,555,384,473 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 2026.
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.DA 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 investment companies (and business development companies)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Cookson Peirce & Co Inc
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1984 (42 years)
- Employees
- Total: 29. Performing investment advisory functions: 18.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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3 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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47 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $2,555,384,473 | 29 | September 24, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $2,323,321,323 | 26 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,924,727,747 | 24 | March 7, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,813,874,280 | 25 | September 8, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $2,262,093,003 | 19 | March 16, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,732,170,703 | 19 | September 21, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $1,732,170,703 in the October 2021 data and $2,555,384,473 in the October 2026 data, up 48%.
Total employees: 19 in October 2021 and 29 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 monthsNo 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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Cookson Peirce Wealth Management (CRD 110729): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cookson-peirce-wealth-management-pittsburgh-pa-110729