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Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC

Highland Park, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 151139

Filed as FORT SHERIDAN ADVISORS LLC

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Highland Park, IL, registered since 2009, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$1,034,804,031
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC located?

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC's principal office is in Highland Park, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 151139.

How much does Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC manage?

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC reports $1,034,804,031 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $302,039,153 in the October 2021 data and $1,034,804,031 in the October 2026 data, up 243%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (218); high net worth individuals (171).

Which custodians does Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC use?

Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity Clearing and Custody Solutions and Interactive Brokers LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC 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/151139

What changed in Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 7. Regulatory assets under management went from $908,900,000 to $1,034,804,031 (+14%).

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)
  • Commissions
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated June 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,034,804,031

$1,034,804,031 as of October 2026, filing dated August 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,024,124,437.Non-discretionary: $10,679,594.

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 218 Assets $88,724,035 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 171 Assets $873,401,762 (84%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $45,094,234 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $6,884,000 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $20,700,000 (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)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CAFLILNYPATX

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
$302M 2021 $444M 2022 $410M 2023 $648M 2024 $909M 2025 $1.03B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,034,804,03110August 27, 2026
October 2025$908,900,0009July 23, 2025
October 2024$647,937,1678March 25, 2024
October 2023$409,777,9377June 14, 2023
October 2022$443,673,8667March 28, 2022
October 2021$302,039,1538September 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $302,039,153 in the October 2021 data and $1,034,804,031 in the October 2026 data, up 243%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 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 5 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $908,900,000 to $1,034,804,031 (+14%).

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
fortllc.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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AdvisorCensus. Fort Sheridan Advisors LLC (CRD 151139): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fort-sheridan-advisors-llc-highland-park-il-151139