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First Tryon Advisors
Filed as FIRST TRYON ADVISORS · Legal name FTA Asset Management, LLC
First Tryon Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charlotte, NC, registered since 2024, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is First Tryon Advisors compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), First Tryon Advisors reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is First Tryon Advisors located?
First Tryon Advisors' principal office is in Charlotte, NC, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is First Tryon Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?
First Tryon Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 332377.
How much does First Tryon Advisors manage?
First Tryon Advisors reports $1,010,934,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (1% discretionary).
How have First Tryon Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2024?
In the Form ADV data for First Tryon Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2024 data and $1,010,934,630 in the October 2026 data. Total employees: 10 in October 2024 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does First Tryon Advisors serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (14).
Does First Tryon Advisors 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/332377
What changed in First Tryon Advisors' 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
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$1,010,934,630 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 2026.
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.DA 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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- FTA Asset Management, LLC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2024 (2 years)
- Employees
- Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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3 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $1,010,934,630 | 13 | September 24, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $123,161,860 | 10 | January 24, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $0 | 10 | September 25, 2024 |
Regulatory assets under management: $0 in the October 2024 data and $1,010,934,630 in the October 2026 data.
Total employees: 10 in October 2024 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- October 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $123,161,860 to $1,010,934,630 (+721%).
- Changed its office addresses in Annapolis, MD.
- Added an office in Tampa, FL.
- Registered or notice-filed in FL.
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.ISource: 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. First Tryon Advisors (CRD 332377): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-tryon-advisors-charlotte-nc-332377