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Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC

Pasadena, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 295178

Filed as PASADENA PRIVATE WEALTH, LLC

Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pasadena, CA, registered since 2018, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2018
$1,620,620,686
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC located?

Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC's principal office is in Pasadena, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2018. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 295178.

How much does Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC manage?

Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC reports $1,620,620,686 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026 (59% discretionary).

How have Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $460,112,873 in the October 2021 data and $1,620,620,686 in the October 2026 data, up 252%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 19 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (255); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (177); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (60).

Which custodians does Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC use?

Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pasadena Private Wealth, 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/295178

What changed in Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Added an office in San Luis Obispo, CA. Registered or notice-filed in FL.

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)
  • Performance-based 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

See the firm's brochure (dated February 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,620,620,686

$1,620,620,686 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $951,263,030.Non-discretionary: $669,357,656.

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 177 Assets $143,363,635 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 255 Assets $1,008,536,930 (62%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $2,703,744 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $131,302,192 (8%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 60 Assets $309,628,438 (19%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $391,629 (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 25 Assets $24,694,118 (2%)
Other
Clients 0 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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2018 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 19. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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)
4 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Century City, CAExeter, CAIrvine, CASan Luis Obispo, CA
States registered or notice-filed
8 states or jurisdictions
CAFLGAHINENYOHTX

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
$460M 2021 $855M 2022 $917M 2023 $1.21B 2024 $1.27B 2025 $1.62B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,620,620,68619October 1, 2026
October 2025$1,268,875,50318March 21, 2025
October 2024$1,209,114,89313June 4, 2024
October 2023$917,237,92410August 14, 2023
October 2022$855,067,46212August 29, 2022
October 2021$460,112,8739July 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $460,112,873 in the October 2021 data and $1,620,620,686 in the October 2026 data, up 252%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 19 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 an office in San Luis Obispo, CA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in FL.
  2. March 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,268,875,503 to $1,620,620,686 (+28%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Irvine, CA.
    • Registered or notice-filed in NY.
    • 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
pasadenaprivatewealth.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. Pasadena Private Wealth, LLC (CRD 295178): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pasadena-private-wealth-llc-pasadena-ca-295178