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Delegate Advisors, LLC

Chapel Hill, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159953

Filed as DELEGATE ADVISORS, LLC

Delegate Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chapel Hill, NC, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$1,713,891,105
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Delegate Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Delegate Advisors, LLC located?

Delegate Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Chapel Hill, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Delegate Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Delegate Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159953.

How much does Delegate Advisors, LLC manage?

Delegate Advisors, LLC reports $1,713,891,105 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (43% discretionary).

How have Delegate Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Delegate Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $882,973,690 in the October 2021 data and $1,713,891,105 in the October 2026 data, up 94%. Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Delegate Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (42); insurance companies (6); corporations or other businesses not listed above (2).

Which custodians does Delegate Advisors, LLC use?

Delegate Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Delegate Advisors, LLC 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/159953

What changed in Delegate Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 12 to 13. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,462,660,920 to $1,713,891,105 (+17%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,713,891,105

$1,713,891,105 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $742,277,514.Non-discretionary: $971,613,591.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 42 Assets $1,406,608,442 (82%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $1,504,881 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 6 Assets $129,611,528 (8%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $176,166,254 (10%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • 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
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
CANCSCTX

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
$883M 2021 $947M 2022 $902M 2023 $1.03B 2024 $1.46B 2025 $1.71B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,713,891,10513March 25, 2026
October 2025$1,462,660,92013March 25, 2025
October 2024$1,032,235,24413March 29, 2024
October 2023$902,440,10612September 8, 2023
October 2022$946,705,22811March 28, 2022
October 2021$882,973,69011March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $882,973,690 in the October 2021 data and $1,713,891,105 in the October 2026 data, up 94%.

Total employees: 11 in October 2021 and 13 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 12 to 13.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,462,660,920 to $1,713,891,105 (+17%).

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
delegateadvisors.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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