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Federated Investment Counseling

Pittsburgh, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105325

Filed as FEDERATED INVESTMENT COUNSELING

Federated Investment Counseling is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 1989, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.

37 years
registered since 1989
$207,209,930,946
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Federated Investment Counseling compensated?

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

Where is Federated Investment Counseling located?

Federated Investment Counseling's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Federated Investment Counseling registered with the SEC or a state?

Federated Investment Counseling is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1989. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105325.

How much does Federated Investment Counseling manage?

Federated Investment Counseling reports $207,209,930,946 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Federated Investment Counseling's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Federated Investment Counseling: Regulatory assets under management: $126,368,719,153 in the October 2021 data and $207,209,930,946 in the October 2026 data, up 64%. Total employees: 196 in October 2021 and 213 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Federated Investment Counseling serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (6,466); other investment advisers (1,003); corporations or other businesses not listed above (615).

Which custodians does Federated Investment Counseling use?

Federated Investment Counseling's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Federated Investment Counseling 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/105325

What changed in Federated Investment Counseling's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: 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

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 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$207,209,930,946

$207,209,930,946 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $207,209,930,946.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 6,466 Assets $3,622,128,246 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 146 Assets $223,715,087 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 2 Assets $572,059 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 25 Assets $15,931,573,294 (8%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 215 Assets $2,301,794,521 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 210 Assets $1,085,481,156 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 22 Assets $156,966,874,457 (76%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1,003 Assets $3,103,963,071 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients 15 Assets $15,225,182,439 (7%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 2 Assets $3,694,866,563 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 615 Assets $5,053,780,053 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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 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
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FEDERATED HERMES CW HENDERSON DIVISION, FEDERATED HERMES CW HENDERSON, A DIVISION OF FEDERATED INVESTMENT COUNSELING, FEDERATED INVESTMENT COUNSELING (INCLUDING ITS FEDERATED HERMES CW HENDERSON DIVISION)
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1989 (37 years)
Employees
Total: 213. Performing investment advisory functions: 141.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Chicago, ILNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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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
$126B 2021 $149B 2022 $165B 2023 $185B 2024 $200B 2025 $207B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$207,209,930,946213September 8, 2026
October 2025$199,641,239,415213March 14, 2025
October 2024$185,452,168,971215March 15, 2024
October 2023$164,772,846,686210March 16, 2023
October 2022$148,570,639,375198September 30, 2022
October 2021$126,368,719,153196March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $126,368,719,153 in the October 2021 data and $207,209,930,946 in the October 2026 data, up 64%.

Total employees: 196 in October 2021 and 213 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. June 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 142 to 141.

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
federatedhermes.com/US/ABOUT/CW-HENDERSON.DOfederatedhermes.com/US/HOME.DO

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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