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Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 301896

Filed as FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL WEALTH ADVISER LLC

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2019, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

7 years
registered since 2019
$9,384,114,700
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC compensated?

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

Where is Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC located?

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 9 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2019. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 301896.

How much does Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC manage?

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC reports $9,384,114,700 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,843,392,652 in the October 2022 data and $9,384,114,700 in the October 2026 data, up 230%. Total employees: 117 in October 2021 and 209 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (59,902); high net worth individuals (4,169); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1,335).

Which custodians does Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC use?

Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC (affiliated with the firm) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) 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/301896

What changed in Fidelity Institutional Wealth Adviser LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $6,468,261,663 to $9,384,114,700 (+45%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 93 to 101. Added an office in Covington, KY.

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
$9,384,114,700

$9,384,114,700 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,384,114,700.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 59,902 Assets $320,695,404 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 4,169 Assets $4,225,292,854 (45%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 451 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1,335 Assets $4,838,126,442 (52%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL AM
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2019 (7 years)
Employees
Total: 209. Performing investment advisory functions: 101.
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)
9 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Boston, MAChicago, ILCovington, KYDurham, NCJersey City, NJMerrimack, NHNew York, NYSmithfield, RIWestlake, TX
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

2 Reports 2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 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
Not reported 2021 $2.84B 2022 $2.62B 2023 $3.93B 2024 $6.47B 2025 $9.38B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,384,114,700209March 30, 2026
October 2025$6,468,261,663194June 23, 2025
October 2024$3,931,298,951174September 20, 2024
October 2023$2,624,456,349132September 22, 2023
October 2022$2,843,392,652124September 30, 2022
October 2021Not reported117September 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,843,392,652 in the October 2022 data and $9,384,114,700 in the October 2026 data, up 230%.

Total employees: 117 in October 2021 and 209 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,468,261,663 to $9,384,114,700 (+45%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 93 to 101.
    • Added an office in Covington, KY.
  2. January 2026
    • 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
clearingcustody.fidelity.comcustom-smas.fmr.com/custom-smasexplore.custom-smas.fidelity.comfidelity.cominstitutional.fidelity.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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