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Foster Victor

Greenville, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 283656

Filed as FOSTER VICTOR · Legal name Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC

Foster Victor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Greenville, SC, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$2,644,715,238
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Foster Victor compensated?

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

Where is Foster Victor located?

Foster Victor's principal office is in Greenville, SC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Foster Victor registered with the SEC or a state?

Foster Victor is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 283656.

How much does Foster Victor manage?

Foster Victor reports $2,644,715,238 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (94% discretionary).

How have Foster Victor's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Foster Victor: Regulatory assets under management: $741,235,597 in the October 2021 data and $2,644,715,238 in the October 2026 data, up 257%. Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 42 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Foster Victor serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (904); high net worth individuals (734); corporations or other businesses not listed above (90).

Which custodians does Foster Victor use?

Foster Victor's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab and Co. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Foster Victor 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/283656

What changed in Foster Victor's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,153,072,996 to $2,644,715,238 (+23%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 19 to 18.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$2,644,715,238

$2,644,715,238 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,477,639,320.Non-discretionary: $167,075,918.

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 904 Assets $274,926,742 (10%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 734 Assets $2,325,534,203 (88%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $458,397 (0%)
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 Fewer than 5 Assets $3,086,364 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 90 Assets $40,709,532 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Foster Victor Wealth Advisors, LLC
Also doing business as
FOSTER VICTOR WEALTH ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 42. Performing investment advisory functions: 18.
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
22 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
$741M 2021 $1.12B 2022 $1.24B 2023 $1.69B 2024 $2.15B 2025 $2.64B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,644,715,23842March 30, 2026
October 2025$2,153,072,99638June 6, 2025
October 2024$1,690,375,35235April 18, 2024
October 2023$1,243,196,00030May 31, 2023
October 2022$1,117,952,00029March 29, 2022
October 2021$741,235,59722March 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $741,235,597 in the October 2021 data and $2,644,715,238 in the October 2026 data, up 257%.

Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 42 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 $2,153,072,996 to $2,644,715,238 (+23%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 19 to 18.

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
fostervictor.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. Foster Victor (CRD 283656): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/foster-victor-greenville-sc-283656