Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P.

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
• 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

$31,688,347,042 as of October 2026, filing dated June 15, 2026.

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

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.

• Financial planning services
• Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Publication of periodicals or newsletters
• Educational seminars/workshops

Also doing business as

GOLDMAN SACHS AYCO

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

1994 (31 years)

Employees

Total: 1,923. Performing investment advisory functions: 1,134.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC · affiliatedNational Financial Services LLC

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)

23 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing

Atlanta, GAAustin, TXBoston, MACanonsburg, PAChicago, ILDallas, TXDeerfield, ILDenver, COHouston, TXIrving, TXMiami, FLMinneapolis, MNMorristown, NJNew York, NYNewport Beach, CAPhiladelphia, PASan Francisco, CASaratoga Springs, NYSeattle, WATroy, MIWashington, DCWest Palm Beach, FLWestport, CT

States registered or notice-filed

53 states or jurisdictions

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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

9 Reports 9 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

• 11.B(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a misdemeanor involving investments or an investment-related business, fraud, false statements or omissions, wrongful taking of property, bribery, perjury, forgery, counterfeiting, extortion, or a conspiracy to commit any of these?

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

• 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
• 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
• 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
• 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
• 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?
• 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's activity?
• 11.F Has an authorization to act as an attorney, accountant, or federal contractor granted to the firm or an advisory affiliate ever been revoked or suspended?

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

Regulatory assets under management: $15,145,814,918 in the October 2021 data and $31,688,347,042 in the October 2026 data, up 109%.

Total employees: 1,343 in October 2021 and 1,923 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.

1. April 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Goldman Sachs Wealth Services, L.P..
   • Added the business name Goldman Sachs Ayco.
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 1055 to 1134.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $25,958,285,000 to $31,688,347,042 (+22%).
   • Changed its office addresses in Canonsburg, PA.
   • Changed its office addresses in Miami, FL.
   • Changed its office addresses in Westport, CT.
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
2. March 2026
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.