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IPG Investment Advisors, LLC

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152990

Filed as IPG INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

IPG Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2010, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$4,136,495,918
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is IPG Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), IPG Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions; performance-based fees; other.

Where is IPG Investment Advisors, LLC located?

IPG Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is IPG Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

IPG Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152990.

How much does IPG Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

IPG Investment Advisors, LLC reports $4,136,495,918 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (69% discretionary).

How have IPG Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for IPG Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,368,972,746 in the October 2021 data and $4,136,495,918 in the October 2026 data, up 75%. Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 39 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does IPG Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (762); corporations or other businesses not listed above (503); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (9).

Which custodians does IPG Investment Advisors, LLC use?

IPG Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC and Pictet as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does IPG Investment Advisors, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/152990

Does IPG Investment Advisors, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 2026 says: "When subscribing to the advisory services offered by IPG Advisors, generally, the minimum account value required is USD $300,000." "In some special cases, account minimums may be waived or negotiated."

What changed in IPG Investment Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 39 to 38.

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Commissions
  • Performance-based 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 2A

Account minimum: $300,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
When subscribing to the advisory services offered by IPG Advisors, generally, the minimum account value required is USD $300,000.
In some special cases, account minimums may be waived or negotiated.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 25, 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
$4,136,495,918

$4,136,495,918 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,865,458,659.Non-discretionary: $1,271,037,259.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 762 Assets $1,266,524,104 (31%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 9 Assets $665,991,751 (16%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $3,359,204 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 4 Assets $873,769 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 503 Assets $2,199,747,090 (53%)

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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 39. Performing investment advisory functions: 38.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
7 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Hermosillo-SonoraLa Jolla, CAMazatlan - SinaloaMiami, FLSaltilloSaltillo - CoahuilaTucson, AZ
States registered or notice-filed
8 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOFLINMANYTX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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(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.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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$2.37B 2021 $2.86B 2022 $2.74B 2023 $3.51B 2024 $3.82B 2025 $4.14B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,136,495,91839March 25, 2026
October 2025$3,818,509,73339March 31, 2025
October 2024$3,506,282,70239March 27, 2024
October 2023$2,744,586,24534March 31, 2023
October 2022$2,861,780,02124April 13, 2022
October 2021$2,368,972,74631June 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,368,972,746 in the October 2021 data and $4,136,495,918 in the October 2026 data, up 75%.

Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 39 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 39 to 38.
  2. February 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.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I

Not reported.

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. IPG Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 152990): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ipg-investment-advisors-llc-san-diego-ca-152990