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Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.
Filed as INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES INC.
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rockville, MD, registered since 1997, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical); fixed fees (other than subscription fees); other.
Where is Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. located?
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.'s principal office is in Rockville, MD, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?
Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111940.
How have Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.: Total employees: 2,500 in October 2021 and 3,350 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other investment advisers (1,047); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (307); other (253).
Does Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/111940
What changed in Institutional Shareholder Services Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
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- Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
- 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
Fees and minimums
Form ADV Part 2ASee 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.FNot reported.
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.DA 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- Pension consulting services
- Publication of periodicals or newsletters
- Security ratings or pricing services
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- ISS STOXX
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1997 (28 years)
- Employees
- Total: 3,350. Performing investment advisory functions: 1,762.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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4 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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5 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Civil court matters Item 11.H
- 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?
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
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Not reported | 3,350 | October 1, 2026 |
| October 2025 | Not reported | 3,900 | July 29, 2025 |
| October 2024 | Not reported | 3,600 | March 28, 2024 |
| October 2023 | Not reported | 3,380 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | Not reported | 3,000 | March 31, 2022 |
| October 2021 | Not reported | 2,500 | March 30, 2021 |
Total employees: 2,500 in October 2021 and 3,350 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- October 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- June 2026
- Added the business name ISS Stoxx.
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(2)).
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 1760 to 1762.
- 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.
Websites listed on Form ADV
Item 1.ISource: 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. Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (CRD 111940): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/institutional-shareholder-services-inc-rockville-md-111940