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CWS Capital Partners LLC

Newport Beach, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 166871

Filed as CWS CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC

CWS Capital Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Newport Beach, CA, registered since 2016, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 4, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$268,387,708
assets under management
2 arrangements
Performance-based, Other
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is CWS Capital Partners LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), CWS Capital Partners LLC reports these compensation arrangements: performance-based fees; other.

Where is CWS Capital Partners LLC located?

CWS Capital Partners LLC's principal office is in Newport Beach, CA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is CWS Capital Partners LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

CWS Capital Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 166871.

How much does CWS Capital Partners LLC manage?

CWS Capital Partners LLC reports $268,387,708 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have CWS Capital Partners LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for CWS Capital Partners LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $310,748,321 in the October 2021 data and $268,387,708 in the October 2026 data, down 14%. Total employees: 43 in October 2021 and 52 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does CWS Capital Partners LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (28).

Does CWS Capital Partners LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/166871

What changed in CWS Capital Partners LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(4)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 24 to 25.

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
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$268,387,708

$268,387,708 as of October 2026, filing dated May 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $268,387,708.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 28 Assets $268,387,708 (100%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 52. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Austin, TXPlano, TX
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CATX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$311M 2021 $469M 2022 $465M 2023 $336M 2024 $293M 2025 $268M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$268,387,70852May 4, 2026
October 2025$293,170,92949May 9, 2025
October 2024$336,334,58751May 15, 2024
October 2023$464,552,84455June 22, 2023
October 2022$468,927,44746March 28, 2022
October 2021$310,748,32143March 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $310,748,321 in the October 2021 data and $268,387,708 in the October 2026 data, down 14%.

Total employees: 43 in October 2021 and 52 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. April 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(4)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 24 to 25.

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
cwscapital.comgarycarmell.com/cws-capital-partners-llc

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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