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Insight Investment Counsel

El Segundo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172511

Filed as INSIGHT INVESTMENT COUNSEL · Legal name Insight INV LLC

Insight Investment Counsel is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in El Segundo, CA, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$245,734,467
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Insight Investment Counsel compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Insight Investment Counsel reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Insight Investment Counsel located?

Insight Investment Counsel's principal office is in El Segundo, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Insight Investment Counsel registered with the SEC or a state?

Insight Investment Counsel is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172511.

How much does Insight Investment Counsel manage?

Insight Investment Counsel reports $245,734,467 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Insight Investment Counsel's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Insight Investment Counsel: Regulatory assets under management: $120,689,207 in the October 2021 data and $245,734,467 in the October 2026 data, up 104%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Insight Investment Counsel serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (59); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (33).

Which custodians does Insight Investment Counsel use?

Insight Investment Counsel's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Insight Investment Counsel 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/172511

Does Insight Investment Counsel state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 4, 2026 says: "A minimum of $1,000,000 of assets under management is required for this service. This account size may be negotiable under certain circumstances."

What changed in Insight Investment Counsel's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 2.

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies; see the brochure for them.

Account minimum: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
A minimum of $1,000,000 of assets under management is required for this service. This account size may be negotiable under certain circumstances.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 4, 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
$245,734,467

$245,734,467 as of October 2026, filing dated March 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $241,959,725.Non-discretionary: $3,774,742.

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 33 Assets $12,722,386 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 59 Assets $233,012,081 (95%)

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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Insight INV LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
AZCATX

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
$121M 2021 $139M 2022 $131M 2023 $136M 2024 $230M 2025 $246M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$245,734,4675March 4, 2026
October 2025$230,003,0575February 18, 2025
October 2024$136,338,1984June 9, 2024
October 2023$131,049,0973March 22, 2023
October 2022$138,981,4883March 25, 2022
October 2021$120,689,2074May 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $120,689,207 in the October 2021 data and $245,734,467 in the October 2026 data, up 104%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 2.

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
insightinv.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. Insight Investment Counsel (CRD 172511): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/insight-investment-counsel-el-segundo-ca-172511