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Focus Partners Wealth, LLC

St. Louis, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159289

Filed as FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH, LLC

Focus Partners Wealth, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in St. Louis, MO, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 29, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$181,862,000,000
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Focus Partners Wealth, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Focus Partners Wealth, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Focus Partners Wealth, LLC located?

Focus Partners Wealth, LLC's principal office is in St. Louis, MO, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 25 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Focus Partners Wealth, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Focus Partners Wealth, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159289.

How much does Focus Partners Wealth, LLC manage?

Focus Partners Wealth, LLC reports $181,862,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 29, 2026 (82% discretionary).

How have Focus Partners Wealth, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Focus Partners Wealth, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $13,054,044,702 in the October 2021 data and $181,862,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 1293%. Total employees: 250 in October 2021 and 1,915 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Focus Partners Wealth, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (30,825); high net worth individuals (30,177); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (535).

Which custodians does Focus Partners Wealth, LLC use?

Focus Partners Wealth, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Focus Partners Wealth, 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/159289

What changed in Focus Partners Wealth, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Atlanta, GA.

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)
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated April 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$181,862,000,000

$181,862,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated September 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $148,238,000,000.Non-discretionary: $33,624,000,000.

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 30,825 Assets $13,521,000,000 (7%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 30,177 Assets $142,518,000,000 (78%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 4 Assets $1,535,000,000 (1%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 25 Assets $2,971,000,000 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 535 Assets $9,308,000,000 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 388 Assets $4,457,000,000 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 42 Assets $3,614,000,000 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 12 Assets $699,000,000 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 2 Assets $8,000,000 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 456 Assets $3,231,000,000 (2%)

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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • 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)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT GROUP, D. K. BREDE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, A FOCUS PARTNERS WEALTH COMPANY
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 1,915. Performing investment advisory functions: 1,025.
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)
25 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Albany, NYAtlanta, GABellevue, WABethesda, MDBoca Raton, FLBoston, MACalabasas, CAChicago, ILDeerfield, ILGreenwood Village, COHingham, MAIndianapoilis, INMenlo Park, CANashville, TNNeedom, MANew York, NYPittsburg, PAPortland, ORSan Diego, CASanta Monica, CASeattle, WASouthfield, MITuscon, AZWest Hartford, CTWestport, CT
States registered or notice-filed
51 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
$13.1B 2021 $18.6B 2022 $18.8B 2023 $21.5B 2024 $95.9B 2025 $182B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$181,862,000,0001,915September 29, 2026
October 2025$95,889,888,4261,535July 11, 2025
October 2024$21,472,648,1801,315September 13, 2024
October 2023$18,829,970,023360September 29, 2023
October 2022$18,638,723,308320July 20, 2022
October 2021$13,054,044,702250August 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $13,054,044,702 in the October 2021 data and $181,862,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 1293%.

Total employees: 250 in October 2021 and 1,915 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
    • Changed its office addresses in Atlanta, GA.
  2. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $95,889,888,426 to $181,862,000,000 (+90%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 1090 to 1025.
    • Changed its office addresses in Bethesda, MD.
    • Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL.
    • Changed its office addresses in Deerfield, IL.
    • Added an office in Bellevue, WA.
    • Added an office in Greenwood Village, CO.
    • Added an office in Needom, MA.
    • Added an office in Pittsburg, PA.
    • Added an office in Santa Monica, CA.
    • Added an office in Seattle, WA.
    • Added an office in Southfield, MI.
    • Added an office in Tuscon, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in Hunt Valley, MD.
    • No longer lists an office in Kansas City, MO.
    • No longer lists an office in Lincoln, NE.
    • No longer lists an office in Los Angeles, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in North Andover, MA.
    • No longer lists an office in Palo Alto, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Wellesley, MA.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 1050 to 1090.

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
alfrankfunds.combredeinvestment.comchurchillmanagement.cssi.orgdebrabrede.com/bookfamilybudgetexpert.comfocusfinancialpartners.comfocuspartners.comfortpittcapitalfunds.comgreatretirementdebate.cominvesting.focuspartners.comkevinngrogan.comkovitzetf.comregdocs.blugiant.com/al-frankvimeo.com/churchillmanagementwealth.focuspartners.comwealth.focuspartners.com/focus-partners-retirement-solutions

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. Focus Partners Wealth, LLC (CRD 159289): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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