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Fountain Square Asset Management

Cincinnati, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 316955

Filed as FOUNTAIN SQUARE ASSET MANAGEMENT · Legal name Fountain Square Asset Management, LLC

Fountain Square Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cincinnati, OH, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2021
$233,708,457
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fountain Square Asset Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Fountain Square Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Fountain Square Asset Management located?

Fountain Square Asset Management's principal office is in Cincinnati, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Fountain Square Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Fountain Square Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 316955.

How much does Fountain Square Asset Management manage?

Fountain Square Asset Management reports $233,708,457 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Fountain Square Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Fountain Square Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $104,143,057 in the October 2022 data and $233,708,457 in the October 2026 data, up 124%. Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fountain Square Asset Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (311); high net worth individuals (83); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2).

Which custodians does Fountain Square Asset Management use?

Fountain Square Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing Advisor Solutions LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fountain Square Asset Management 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/316955

What changed in Fountain Square Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $206,178,193 to $233,708,457 (+13%).

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

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 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$233,708,457

$233,708,457 as of October 2026, filing dated March 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $232,460,347.Non-discretionary: $1,248,110.

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 311 Assets $94,302,748 (40%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 83 Assets $134,284,902 (57%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $1,248,110 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $3,872,697 (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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Fountain Square Asset Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Cincinnati, OH
States registered or notice-filed
5 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
$104M 2022 $121M 2023 $158M 2024 $206M 2025 $234M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$233,708,4575March 23, 2026
October 2025$206,178,1935January 16, 2025
October 2024$158,156,2235March 15, 2024
October 2023$121,337,0985March 9, 2023
October 2022$104,143,0574May 6, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $104,143,057 in the October 2022 data and $233,708,457 in the October 2026 data, up 124%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2022 and 5 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 $206,178,193 to $233,708,457 (+13%).

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
fsqam.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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