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Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC

Newport Beach, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 126777

Filed as CREATIVE PLANNING INSTITUTIONAL ADVISORS, LLC

Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Newport Beach, CA, registered since 2005, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 25, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$37,502,470,791
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
4
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

What does Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 25, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.55% to 1.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC located?

Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Newport Beach, CA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 23 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 126777.

How much does Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC manage?

Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC reports $37,502,470,791 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $133,658,889,053 in the October 2021 data and $37,502,470,791 in the October 2026 data, down 72%. Total employees: 129 in October 2021 and 195 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (668); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (124); high net worth individuals (95).

Which custodians does Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC use?

Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Empower Financial Services, Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/126777

What changed in Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Sageview Retirement Plan Consultants, Inc.. No longer lists the business name Sageview Global Pensions, LLC. Changed its legal name from Sageview Advisory Group, LLC to Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC.

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

Asset-based fee: 0.55% to 1.5% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Our Asset-Based Fee ranges from 0.55% to 1.50% of the assets under management, and is based on the size, nature, complexity, and services of the particular client’s account(s).

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated August 25, 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
$37,502,470,791

$37,502,470,791 as of October 2026, filing dated August 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $37,502,470,791.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 124 Assets $54,798,114 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 95 Assets $468,700,805 (1%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 668 Assets $35,630,545,016 (95%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 19 Assets $1,312,557,885 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 9 Assets $35,868,971 (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
  • 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)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 195. Performing investment advisory functions: 112.
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)
23 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Birmingham, MIBoston, MAChicago, ILDeer Park, ILEden Prairie, MNFort Wayne, INFulton, MDGlen Allen, VAGlenview, ILHonolulu, HIHouston, TXIrving, TXKnoxville, TNLouisville, CONorth Syracuse, NYOakbrook Terrace, ILOverland Park, KSPheonix, AZPortland, ORRedwood City, CASan Diego, CAWayzata, MNWest Palm Beach, FL
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

4 Reports 4 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$134B 2021 $176B 2022 $156B 2023 $203B 2024 $239B 2025 $37.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$37,502,470,791195August 25, 2026
October 2025$238,552,018,915248July 24, 2025
October 2024$202,573,491,630262September 6, 2024
October 2023$156,399,419,714224September 25, 2023
October 2022$176,336,258,193195July 6, 2022
October 2021$133,658,889,053129September 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $133,658,889,053 in the October 2021 data and $37,502,470,791 in the October 2026 data, down 72%.

Total employees: 129 in October 2021 and 195 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. September 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Sageview Retirement Plan Consultants, Inc..
    • No longer lists the business name Sageview Global Pensions, LLC.
    • Changed its legal name from Sageview Advisory Group, LLC to Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 133 to 112.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $238,552,018,915 to $37,502,470,791 (-84%).
    • Added an office in Oakbrook Terrace, IL.
    • Added an office in Overland Park, KS.
    • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Austin, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in Brownsville, WI.
    • No longer lists an office in Culver City, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Irvine, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Kansas City, MO.
    • No longer lists an office in San Jose, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Southlake, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in Valencia, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Westlake Village, CA.
  3. January 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 4 yes answers, previously 1 (now yes: 11.C(2), 11.C(5), 11.D(4)).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(2), 11.H(1)(c)).
    • Changed its office addresses in Westlake Village, CA.

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
sageviewadvisory.comsageviewwealth.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. Creative Planning Institutional Advisors, LLC (CRD 126777): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/creative-planning-institutional-advisors-llc-newport-beach-ca-126777