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McAdam LLC

Radnor, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 170914

Filed as MCADAM LLC

McAdam LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Radnor, PA, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$2,678,322,349
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is McAdam LLC compensated?

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

What does McAdam LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 21, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 1.75% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is McAdam LLC located?

McAdam LLC's principal office is in Radnor, PA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 10 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is McAdam LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

McAdam LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 170914.

How much does McAdam LLC manage?

McAdam LLC reports $2,678,322,349 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have McAdam LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for McAdam LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $829,743,892 in the October 2021 data and $2,678,322,349 in the October 2026 data, up 223%. Total employees: 260 in October 2021 and 174 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does McAdam LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,954); high net worth individuals (584); corporations or other businesses not listed above (13).

Which custodians does McAdam LLC use?

McAdam 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 McAdam LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/170914

Does McAdam LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 21, 2026 says: "McAdam does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship."

What changed in McAdam LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Added the business name Oakline Private Wealth. Added the business name Hartman Private Wealth. Added the business name Donohue Wealth Management.

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)

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: up to 1.75% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
McAdam’s investment advisory fee ranges from negotiable up to 1.75% and is determined based upon various objective and subjective factors including but not limited to: the amount of assets to be managed; portfolio composition; the scope and complexity of the engagement;

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
McAdam does not impose a stated minimum fee or minimum portfolio value for starting and maintaining an investment management relationship.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 21, 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
$2,678,322,349

$2,678,322,349 as of October 2026, filing dated July 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,663,735,149.Non-discretionary: $14,587,200.

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 4,954 Assets $1,326,830,078 (50%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 584 Assets $1,337,636,274 (50%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,229,937 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 13 Assets $12,626,060 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ALEXANDER FINANCIAL PLANNING, BIRCH FINANCIAL PARTNERS, CAUDLE MEARES WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CORNERSTONE CAPITAL PLANNING GROUP, DONOHUE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FINANCIAL PLANNERS GROUP, HARTMAN PRIVATE WEALTH, MBVM PHILADELPHIA, MCADAM FA LLC, OAKLINE PRIVATE WEALTH, RETIREUS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 174. Performing investment advisory functions: 138.
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)
10 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Boston, MAChicago, ILHaddonfield, NJMarston Mills, MAMcLean, VANew York, NYOlympia, WAPhiladelphia, PAReston, VATysons Corner, VA
States registered or notice-filed
46 states or jurisdictions
AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAIDILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPARISCTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWV

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$830M 2021 $1.24B 2022 $1.26B 2023 $1.74B 2024 $2.29B 2025 $2.68B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,678,322,349174July 24, 2026
October 2025$2,294,363,822152July 10, 2025
October 2024$1,739,052,473180September 13, 2024
October 2023$1,255,471,408240August 10, 2023
October 2022$1,236,481,240268August 25, 2022
October 2021$829,743,892260September 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $829,743,892 in the October 2021 data and $2,678,322,349 in the October 2026 data, up 223%.

Total employees: 260 in October 2021 and 174 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. August 2026
    • Added the business name Oakline Private Wealth.
    • Added the business name Hartman Private Wealth.
    • Added the business name Donohue Wealth Management.
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,294,363,822 to $2,678,322,349 (+17%).
  3. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 0 (now yes: 11.D(2), 11.D(4)).
    • Registered or notice-filed in ID, MT, ND.

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
alexanderfp.combirchfp.comccp.groupchuckrushfa.comcmwealth.comcooneymcadamfa.comfpgwealth.netmcadamfa.commyadvisorteam.comretire.usshanesweigart.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. McAdam LLC (CRD 170914): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/mcadam-llc-radnor-pa-170914