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Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.

Indianapolis, INSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161288

Filed as HAMMOND, KENNEDY, WHITNEY & COMPANY, INC.

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Indianapolis, IN, registered since 2012, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$631,192,873
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. located?

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.'s principal office is in Indianapolis, IN, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161288.

How much does Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. manage?

Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. reports $631,192,873 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $759,854,190 in the October 2021 data and $631,192,873 in the October 2026 data, down 17%. Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (5).

Does Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, 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/161288

What changed in Hammond, Kennedy, Whitney & Company, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 6.

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
  • 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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$631,192,873

$631,192,873 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $631,192,873.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 5 Assets $631,192,873 (100%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Dallas, TXNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
INNYTX

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
$760M 2021 $621M 2022 $556M 2023 $623M 2024 $661M 2025 $631M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$631,192,8738March 31, 2026
October 2025$660,606,6189July 31, 2025
October 2024$623,253,5589March 28, 2024
October 2023$556,045,04019March 31, 2023
October 2022$621,337,41418August 8, 2022
October 2021$759,854,19021May 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $759,854,190 in the October 2021 data and $631,192,873 in the October 2026 data, down 17%.

Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 8 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 7 to 6.

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
hkwinc.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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