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Elmwood Wealth Management

Berkeley, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 165639

Filed as ELMWOOD WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Elmwood Wealth Management, Inc.

Elmwood Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Berkeley, CA, registered since 2017, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 14, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$477,926,836
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Elmwood Wealth Management compensated?

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

Where is Elmwood Wealth Management located?

Elmwood Wealth Management's principal office is in Berkeley, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Elmwood Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Elmwood Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 165639.

How much does Elmwood Wealth Management manage?

Elmwood Wealth Management reports $477,926,836 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 14, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Elmwood Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Elmwood Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $197,123,564 in the October 2021 data and $477,926,836 in the October 2026 data, up 142%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Elmwood Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (127); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (77); other (4).

Which custodians does Elmwood Wealth Management use?

Elmwood Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Elmwood 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/165639

What changed in Elmwood Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in WA.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated May 14, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$477,926,836

$477,926,836 as of October 2026, filing dated May 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $465,222,009.Non-discretionary: $12,704,827.

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 77 Assets $29,189,376 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 127 Assets $432,631,096 (91%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 2 Assets $3,401,537 (1%)
Other
Clients 4 Assets $12,704,827 (3%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Elmwood Wealth Management, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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
CANHTXWA

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
$197M 2021 $266M 2022 $241M 2023 $277M 2024 $333M 2025 $478M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$477,926,8366May 14, 2026
October 2025$332,630,7374March 19, 2025
October 2024$277,245,8054August 22, 2024
October 2023$240,952,4834July 31, 2023
October 2022$266,026,3133August 9, 2022
October 2021$197,123,5643August 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $197,123,564 in the October 2021 data and $477,926,836 in the October 2026 data, up 142%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 6 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. June 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in WA.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $332,630,737 to $477,926,836 (+44%).

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
elmwoodwealth.complus.google.com/U/1/104458805727951234029

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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