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Park Avenue Securities LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 46173

Filed as PARK AVENUE SECURITIES LLC

Park Avenue Securities LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2000, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2000
$19,575,765,851
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
11
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Park Avenue Securities LLC compensated?

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

Where is Park Avenue Securities LLC located?

Park Avenue Securities LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 23 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Park Avenue Securities LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Park Avenue Securities LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2000. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 46173.

How much does Park Avenue Securities LLC manage?

Park Avenue Securities LLC reports $19,575,765,851 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Park Avenue Securities LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Park Avenue Securities LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $7,580,430,456 in the October 2021 data and $19,575,765,851 in the October 2026 data, up 158%. Total employees: 1,803 in October 2021 and 2,073 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Park Avenue Securities LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (63,006); high net worth individuals (17,261); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1,139).

Does Park Avenue Securities LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 11 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(2), 11.C(3), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(2), 11.E(4), 11.G). 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/46173

What changed in Park Avenue Securities LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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 June 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$19,575,765,851

$19,575,765,851 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $17,636,074,218.Non-discretionary: $1,939,691,633.

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 63,006 Assets $9,109,655,680 (47%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 17,261 Assets $9,399,861,261 (48%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1,139 Assets $344,267,049 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 235 Assets $92,450,979 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 397 Assets $486,365,782 (2%)
Other
Clients 80 Assets $143,165,100 (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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
PARK AVENUE WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2000 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 2,073. Performing investment advisory functions: 2,054.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
23 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Atlanta, GABeachwood, OHCharlotte, NCCincinnati, OHColumbus, OHFort Myers, FLGarden City, NYGreenwood Village, COHolmdel, NJHouston, TXIrvine, CAMelville, NYMinnetonka, MNNeedham, MANew York, NYParamus, NJPittsburgh, PAReston, VARye Brook, NYSan Diego, CATampa, FLWall, NJWoodcliff Lake, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

11 Reports 11 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(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(3) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was a cause of an investment-related business having its authorization to do business denied, suspended, revoked, or restricted?
  • 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.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 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?
  • 11.D(5) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever denied, suspended, or revoked the registration or license of the firm or an advisory affiliate, prevented either by order from associating with an investment-related business, or restricted either one's 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?
  • 11.E(4) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever disciplined the firm or an advisory affiliate by expelling or suspending it from membership, barring or suspending it from association with other members, or otherwise restricting its activities?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

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
$7.58B 2021 $10.6B 2022 $9.91B 2023 $11.9B 2024 $15B 2025 $19.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$19,575,765,8512,073September 8, 2026
October 2025$14,998,852,9741,984March 19, 2025
October 2024$11,881,593,3691,841September 6, 2024
October 2023$9,912,742,2571,825September 13, 2023
October 2022$10,625,337,6101,811September 27, 2022
October 2021$7,580,430,4561,803August 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,580,430,456 in the October 2021 data and $19,575,765,851 in the October 2026 data, up 158%.

Total employees: 1,803 in October 2021 and 2,073 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. May 2026
    • Added the business name Park Avenue Wealth Management.
  4. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 1963 to 2054.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $14,998,852,974 to $19,575,765,851 (+31%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Charlotte, NC.
    • Changed its office addresses in Greenwood Village, CO.
    • Changed its office addresses in Reston, VA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Rye Brook, NY.
    • Changed its office addresses in Wall, NJ.
    • Added an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Honolulu, HI.
  5. November 2025
    • 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
parkavenuewealthmanagement.comvestwise.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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