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Equitas Capital Advisors,llc

New Orleans, LASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124471

Filed as EQUITAS CAPITAL ADVISORS,LLC

Equitas Capital Advisors,llc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New Orleans, LA, registered since 2003, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$214,236,183
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
5
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Equitas Capital Advisors,llc compensated?

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

Where is Equitas Capital Advisors,llc located?

Equitas Capital Advisors,llc's principal office is in New Orleans, LA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Equitas Capital Advisors,llc registered with the SEC or a state?

Equitas Capital Advisors,llc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124471.

How much does Equitas Capital Advisors,llc manage?

Equitas Capital Advisors,llc reports $214,236,183 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (46% discretionary).

How have Equitas Capital Advisors,llc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Equitas Capital Advisors,llc: Regulatory assets under management: $416,888,482 in the October 2021 data and $214,236,183 in the October 2026 data, down 49%. Total employees: 10 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 Equitas Capital Advisors,llc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (24); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (13); charitable organizations (8).

Which custodians does Equitas Capital Advisors,llc use?

Equitas Capital Advisors,llc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Equitas Capital Advisors,llc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(1) (SEC or CFTC finding of a false statement or omission), 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/124471

What changed in Equitas Capital Advisors,llc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: No longer registered or notice-filed in PA.

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$214,236,183

$214,236,183 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $98,120,779.Non-discretionary: $116,115,404.

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 13 Assets $9,467,874 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 24 Assets $68,864,562 (32%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $6,842,968 (3%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $129,060,779 (60%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
LATX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

5 Reports 5 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(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 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?

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
$417M 2021 $459M 2022 $393M 2023 $217M 2024 $201M 2025 $214M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$214,236,1836March 30, 2026
October 2025$201,430,8636March 26, 2025
October 2024$217,124,5776March 29, 2024
October 2023$392,963,14410March 30, 2023
October 2022$459,296,4769April 1, 2022
October 2021$416,888,48210March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $416,888,482 in the October 2021 data and $214,236,183 in the October 2026 data, down 49%.

Total employees: 10 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. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in PA.

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
equitas-capital.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. Equitas Capital Advisors,llc (CRD 124471): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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