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Lotus Investment Advisors

Rye, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 172638

Filed as LOTUS INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Legal name Lotus Holdings LLC

Lotus Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Rye, NY, registered since 2014, reporting $25 million to $100 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$30,000,000
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lotus Investment Advisors compensated?

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

Where is Lotus Investment Advisors located?

Lotus Investment Advisors' principal office is in Rye, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lotus Investment Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?

Lotus Investment Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 172638.

How much does Lotus Investment Advisors manage?

Lotus Investment Advisors reports $30,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 1, 2026 (83% discretionary).

How have Lotus Investment Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lotus Investment Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $48,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $30,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 38%. Total employees: 3 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 Lotus Investment Advisors serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (12).

Does Lotus Investment Advisors 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/172638

Does Lotus Investment Advisors state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 1, 2026 says: "LIA’s clients are generally required to open an equity, balanced or fixed income account with at least $1,000,000. The above mentioned minimums may be waived at LIA’s sole discretion."

What changed in Lotus Investment Advisors' recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $25,000,500 to $30,000,000 (+20%).

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
LIA’s clients are generally required to open an equity, balanced or fixed income account with at least $1,000,000. The above mentioned minimums may be waived at LIA’s sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 1, 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
$30,000,000

$30,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated June 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $25,000,000.Non-discretionary: $5,000,000.

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 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 12 Assets $30,000,000 (100%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)

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
Lotus Holdings LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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
$48M 2021 $49M 2022 $49M 2023 $46M 2024 $25M 2025 $30M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$30,000,0002June 1, 2026
October 2025$25,000,5002April 30, 2025
October 2024$46,000,0003May 8, 2024
October 2023$49,000,0003March 31, 2023
October 2022$49,000,0003March 31, 2022
October 2021$48,000,0003April 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $48,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $30,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 38%.

Total employees: 3 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. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $25,000,500 to $30,000,000 (+20%).

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. Lotus Investment Advisors (CRD 172638): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lotus-investment-advisors-rye-ny-172638