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Isto Advisors, LLC

Troy, MISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 284560

Filed as ISTO ADVISORS, LLC

Isto Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Troy, MI, registered since 2016, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2016
$1,064,509,671
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Isto Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Isto Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Isto Advisors, LLC located?

Isto Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Troy, MI, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Isto Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2016. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 284560.

How much does Isto Advisors, LLC manage?

Isto Advisors, LLC reports $1,064,509,671 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026 (94% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Isto Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $540,497,113 in the October 2021 data and $1,064,509,671 in the October 2026 data, up 97%. Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Isto Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (244); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (114); charitable organizations (41).

Which custodians does Isto Advisors, LLC use?

Isto Advisors, LLC'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 Isto Advisors, LLC 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/284560

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

In the October 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in MN.

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated July 20, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,064,509,671

$1,064,509,671 as of October 2026, filing dated September 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $999,331,677.Non-discretionary: $65,177,994.

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 114 Assets $50,348,958 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 244 Assets $976,971,583 (92%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $14,921,090 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 41 Assets $13,088,425 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $9,179,615 (1%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2016 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 19.
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)
1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
Lake Forest, IL
States registered or notice-filed
12 states or jurisdictions
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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
$540M 2021 $674M 2022 $641M 2023 $766M 2024 $872M 2025 $1.06B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,064,509,67127September 25, 2026
October 2025$871,638,43623June 27, 2025
October 2024$765,669,16021March 27, 2024
October 2023$641,139,56921September 19, 2023
October 2022$674,445,98515February 28, 2022
October 2021$540,497,11315March 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $540,497,113 in the October 2021 data and $1,064,509,671 in the October 2026 data, up 97%.

Total employees: 15 in October 2021 and 27 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. October 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in MN.
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 18 to 19.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $871,638,436 to $1,064,509,671 (+22%).
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA.

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
istoadvisors.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. Isto Advisors, LLC (CRD 284560): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/isto-advisors-llc-troy-mi-284560