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Fund Direct Advisors Inc.

Greensboro, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155363

Filed as FUND DIRECT ADVISORS INC.

Fund Direct Advisors Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Greensboro, NC, registered since 2013, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$593,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fund Direct Advisors Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Fund Direct Advisors Inc. located?

Fund Direct Advisors Inc.'s principal office is in Greensboro, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Fund Direct Advisors Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Fund Direct Advisors Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155363.

How much does Fund Direct Advisors Inc. manage?

Fund Direct Advisors Inc. reports $593,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 5, 2026 (8% discretionary).

How have Fund Direct Advisors Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fund Direct Advisors Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $694,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $593,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 15%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fund Direct Advisors Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (65); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (65); high net worth individuals (25).

Which custodians does Fund Direct Advisors Inc. use?

Fund Direct Advisors Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Mid Atlantic Capital Group as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fund Direct Advisors Inc. 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/155363

Does Fund Direct Advisors Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 2026 says: "FDA does not have minimum account balance requirements for initiating or maintaining an investment advisory relationship."

What changed in Fund Direct Advisors Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 3.

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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
FDA does not have minimum account balance requirements for initiating or maintaining an investment advisory relationship.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 5, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$593,000,000

$593,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $50,000,000.Non-discretionary: $543,000,000.

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 65 Assets $25,000,000 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 25 Assets $33,000,000 (6%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 65 Assets $510,000,000 (86%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $25,000,000 (4%)
Other
Clients Not reported 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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Mid Atlantic Capital Group

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
1 state or jurisdiction
NC

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
$694M 2021 $660M 2022 $500M 2023 $524M 2024 $605M 2025 $593M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$593,000,0004March 5, 2026
October 2025$605,000,0004April 1, 2025
October 2024$524,000,0005February 28, 2024
October 2023$500,000,0007January 19, 2023
October 2022$660,000,0007March 25, 2022
October 2021$694,000,0005September 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $694,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $593,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 15%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 4 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 4 to 3.

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
funddirectadvisors.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. Fund Direct Advisors Inc. (CRD 155363): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fund-direct-advisors-inc-greensboro-nc-155363