Hightower Advisors, LLC

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Hourly charges
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
• Other

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

See the firm's brochure (dated August 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

$198,577,009,283 as of October 2026, filing dated September 3, 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
• Other

Also doing business as

2/13 STRATEGIC PARTNERS, 6 MERIDIAN, ALEXANDRIA CAPITAL, ALINE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ALTIUM WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ARGENT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BEL AIR INVESTMENT ADVISORS, BICKLING FINANCIAL SERVICES, BLANKE SCHEIN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BLUEROCK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GROUP | OF NEW YORK, CHARLES D. HYMAN & COMPANY, CLARITY POINT FINANCIAL PARTNERS, CLEAR PERSPECTIVE ADVISORS, COGNETIC CAPITAL ADVISORS, CREST CAPITAL ADVISORS, D3 WEALTH PARTNERS, DECHTMAN WEALTH MANAGEMENT, EGAN WEALTH ADVISORS, FALCON WEALTH ADVISORS, FARR, MILLER AND WASHINGTON, FEINBERG STEIN FINANCIAL SERVICES, FINANCIAL PLANNING AND INFORMATION SERVICES, FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES, FISCHER STRALEM ADVISORS, GREEN SQUARE WEALTH MANANGEMENT, HIERAX WEALTH PARTNERS, HIGHLAND PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HIGHTOWER AUSTIN, HIGHTOWER BELLEVUE, HIGHTOWER BETHESDA, HIGHTOWER BUFFALO, HIGHTOWER FORT MYERS, HIGHTOWER LAKEWATER, HIGHTOWER LAS VEGAS, HIGHTOWER NAPLES, HIGHTOWER OMAHA, HIGHTOWER SIGNATURE WEALTH, HIGHTOWER TEXAS, HIGHTOWER WESTCHESTER, HILL WEALTH MANAGEMENT, HUMMER MOWER ASSOCIATES, INVESTMENT SECURITY GROUP, LANDSBERG BENNETT PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LCK WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LINDBROOK CAPITAL, LK WEALTH & ASSET MANAGEMENT, LOURDMURRAY, LRG WEALTH ADVISORS, LYON WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC., MEYER CAPITAL GROUP, MORGIA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, MORSE, TOWEY, WHITE & HOFFMAN, MURRAY WEALTH MANAGEMENT, NATOMA WEALTH, NUCLEUS ADVISORS, ONEARC CAPITAL ADVISORS, OSBORN, WILLIAMS, & DONOHOE, PDS WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PRESIDIO WEALTH PARTNERS, RESOLUTE INDEPENDENT ADVISORS, RESOURCE CONSULTING GROUP, RJ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ROSE ADVISORS, SCHULTZ COLLINS, SHAFFER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, SILLER & COHEN, SIMMONS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, SMITH ANGLIN FINANCIAL, STRATA WEALTH PARTNERS, SYNERGY CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, TEAK TREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, TEN CAPITAL WEALTH ADVISORS, THE BAHNSEN GROUP, THE DEGGELMAN/PARKER GROUP, THE DILLIG GROUP, THE HAUSBERG GROUP, THE KELLY & WOHLNER GROUP, THE LERNER GROUP, THE MCGUIRK & DE NEVI GROUP, THE OTTO GROUP, THE RAND GROUP, TREASURY PARTNERS, TWICKENHAM ADVISORS, VIGILANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, VWG WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WB WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WEALTHTRUST ADVISORS, WHITE PINE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, WOLF-COLLINS WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Registration

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

Registered since

2008 (17 years)

Employees

Total: 1,983. Performing investment advisory functions: 953.

Wrap fee program participation

Yes.

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

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Fidelity Brokerage Services LLCPershing Advisor Solutions 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)

119 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing

Alama, CAAlpharetta, GAArlington, VAAurora, ILAustin, TXBaton Rouge, LABay Head, NJBellevue, WABend, ORBethesda, MDBloomfield Hills, MIBoca Raton, FLBrentwood, MOBrookline, MABuffalo Grove, ILBuffalo, NYCalabasas, CACampbell, CACentennial, COChandler, AZChapel Hill, NCCherry Hill, NJChicago, ILCincinnati, OHCleveland, OHColorado Springs, COCranberry Township, PADallas, TXDe Pere, WIDeerfield, ILDenver, CODowners Grove, ILDuxbury, MAEllensburg, WAEncino, CAFairfield, NJFalmouth, MEFolsom, CAFort Myers, FLFort Worth, TXGrand Rapids, MIGreensboro, NCHarrisburg, PAHarrison, NYHenderson, NVHouston, TXHuntsville, ALIselin, NJKihei, HILakewood Ranch, FLLebanon, PALexington, MALittleton, COLos Angeles, CALynnfield, MAMadison, CTMadison, NJMandeville, LAMarlton, NJMcLean, VAMelville, NYMemphis, TNMilford, CTMinnetonka, MNMission Woods, KSNaples, FLNashville, TNNatick, MANew Gloucester, MENew Orleans, LANew York, NYNewport Beach, CANorth Andover, MANorthbrook, ILNorwich, CTOak Brook, ILOmaha, NEOrinda, CAOrlando, FLPalm Beach Gardens, FLPalm Desert, CAPearl River, NYPhoenix, AZPonte Vedra Beach, FLPortland, MEPortsmouth, NHPunta Gorda, FLPurchase, NYRichmond, VARockford, ILRye Brook, NYSan Antonio, TXSan Diego, CASan Juan Capistrano, CASan Ramon, CASanta Fe, NMSarasota, FLSchaumburg, ILScottsdale, AZSeattle, WASouth Easton, MASpokane, WASt Charles, ILSummit, NJTampa, FLTiburon, CATraverse City, MIVail, COValparaiso, INWaltham, MAWashington, DCWatertown, NYWayne, PAWest Palm Beach, FLWestport, CTWhite Plains, NYWichita, KSWilliamsville, NYWoodside, CA

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

7 Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

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(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.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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: $74,500,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $198,577,009,283 in the October 2026 data, up 167%.

Total employees: 677 in October 2021 and 1,983 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. October 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Boston Hill Advisors.
2. September 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Wisehaupt, Bray Asset Management.
   • No longer lists the business name Stearns Financial Group.
   • Added the business name WB Wealth Management.
3. August 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Private Vista.
   • No longer lists the business name Hightower Great Lakes.
   • Added an office in San Juan Capistrano, CA.
   • No longer lists an office in Denver, CO.
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
4. June 2026
   • Its Item 11 disclosure answers changed.
   • Changed its office addresses in Naples, FL.
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
5. May 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Lexington Wealth Management.
   • Added an office in Alama, CA.
   • Added an office in Cranberry Township, PA.
   • Added an office in Richmond, VA.
   • Added an office in Santa Fe, NM.
   • Added an office in Summit, NJ.
   • Added an office in Tampa, FL.
   • No longer lists an office in Sante Fe, NM.
   • Registered or notice-filed in VI.
6. April 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 889 to 953.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $164,789,471,551 to $198,577,009,283 (+21%).
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
7. March 2026
   • Added an office in Campbell, CA.
8. February 2026
   • No longer lists the business name Fairport Wealth.
   • No longer lists the business name Hightower Wealth Advisors|st. Louis.
   • No longer lists the business name HT|TC Wealth Partners.
   • No longer lists the business name RDM Financial Group.
   • No longer lists the business name The Rikoon Group.
   • No longer lists the business name Xception Advisory Group.
   • Added an office in McLean, VA.
   • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
   • No longer lists an office in Vienna, VA.
   • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
9. November 2025
   • Added the business name Hightower Signature Wealth.
   • No longer lists the business name Frontier Investment Management.

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