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Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel

Syracuse, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 132737

Filed as LIPE & DALTON INVESTMENT COUNSEL · Legal name Lipe & Dalton,inc.

Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Syracuse, NY, registered since 2006, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 11, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$779,900,000
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel compensated?

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

What does Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 11, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel located?

Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel's principal office is in Syracuse, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel registered with the SEC or a state?

Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 132737.

How much does Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel manage?

Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel reports $779,900,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 11, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel: Regulatory assets under management: $525,098,309 in the October 2021 data and $779,900,000 in the October 2026 data, up 49%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (376); charitable organizations (6).

Does Lipe & Dalton 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/132737

Does Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated February 11, 2026 says: "A minimum of $250,000 of assets under management is required for this service. This account size may be negotiable under certain circumstances."

What changed in Lipe & Dalton Investment Counsel's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $690,500,000 to $779,900,000 (+13%).

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

Asset-based fee: 1% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Our annual fees for Investment Supervisory Services are based upon a percentage of assets under management and generally start at 1.00%.

Account minimum: $250,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
A minimum of $250,000 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 February 11, 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
$779,900,000

$779,900,000 as of October 2026, filing dated February 11, 2026.

Discretionary: $779,900,000.Non-discretionary: $0.

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 376 Assets $740,905,000 (95%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $38,995,000 (5%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Lipe & Dalton,inc.
Also doing business as
WWW.LIPEANDDALTON.COM
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
18 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
$525M 2021 $657M 2022 $606M 2023 $654M 2024 $690M 2025 $780M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$779,900,0002February 11, 2026
October 2025$690,500,0002March 27, 2025
October 2024$653,951,9232March 11, 2024
October 2023$605,514,0012February 21, 2023
October 2022$656,529,9032February 9, 2022
October 2021$525,098,3092February 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $525,098,309 in the October 2021 data and $779,900,000 in the October 2026 data, up 49%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 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. March 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $690,500,000 to $779,900,000 (+13%).

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
lipeanddalton.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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