AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Texas / Houston / EW Healthcare Partners

EW Healthcare Partners

The Woodlands, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 158263

Filed as EW HEALTHCARE PARTNERS · Legal name Essex Woodlands Management, Inc.

EW Healthcare Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in The Woodlands, TX, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 12, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$2,060,670,542
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is EW Healthcare Partners compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), EW Healthcare Partners reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is EW Healthcare Partners located?

EW Healthcare Partners' principal office is in The Woodlands, TX, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is EW Healthcare Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

EW Healthcare Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158263.

How much does EW Healthcare Partners manage?

EW Healthcare Partners reports $2,060,670,542 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 12, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have EW Healthcare Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for EW Healthcare Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $3,216,412,991 in the October 2021 data and $2,060,670,542 in the October 2026 data, down 36%. Total employees: 20 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 EW Healthcare Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (19).

Does EW Healthcare Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/158263

What changed in EW Healthcare Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 15 to 13. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,060,670,542

$2,060,670,542 as of October 2026, filing dated May 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,060,670,542.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 19 Assets $2,060,670,542 (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
Legal name
Essex Woodlands Management, Inc.
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.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
LondonNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
NYTX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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(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?

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
$3.22B 2021 $2.3B 2022 $2.08B 2023 $2.24B 2024 $2.05B 2025 $2.06B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,060,670,54213May 12, 2026
October 2025$2,048,300,97516May 6, 2025
October 2024$2,235,477,80517July 3, 2024
October 2023$2,083,350,39018September 26, 2023
October 2022$2,300,635,07019June 23, 2022
October 2021$3,216,412,99120April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,216,412,991 in the October 2021 data and $2,060,670,542 in the October 2026 data, down 36%.

Total employees: 20 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 15 to 13.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
ewhealthcare.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. EW Healthcare Partners (CRD 158263): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ew-healthcare-partners-the-woodlands-tx-158263