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Pinnacle Associates, Ltd.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110631

Filed as PINNACLE ASSOCIATES, LTD.

Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1984, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

42 years
registered since 1984
$10,386,022,125
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. located?

Pinnacle Associates, Ltd.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 8 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1984. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110631.

How much does Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. manage?

Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. reports $10,386,022,125 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Pinnacle Associates, Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pinnacle Associates, Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $6,657,766,030 in the October 2021 data and $10,386,022,125 in the October 2026 data, up 56%. Total employees: 58 in October 2021 and 69 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,370); high net worth individuals (438); other (432).

Which custodians does Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. use?

Pinnacle Associates, Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab and Fidelity Investments as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. 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/110631

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$10,386,022,125

$10,386,022,125 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $10,383,913,659.Non-discretionary: $2,108,466.

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 1,370 Assets $1,991,547,920 (19%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 438 Assets $1,907,902,905 (18%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $185,834,736 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 29 Assets $349,182,730 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,814,871 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $239,972,475 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,338,353,517 (23%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 52 Assets $483,781,812 (5%)
Other
Clients 432 Assets $2,887,631,159 (28%)

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
PINNACLE ASSOCIATES INVESTMENTS, PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD (NY), PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD. CORP., PINNACLE ASSOCIATES, INC. (NY)
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1984 (42 years)
Employees
Total: 69. Performing investment advisory functions: 33.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
8 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Charlottesville, VAHolmdel, NJPrinceton, NJRedbank, NJRichmond, VATarrytown, NYWestport, CTWoodcliff Lake, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
35 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
$6.66B 2021 $7.75B 2022 $6.59B 2023 $8.14B 2024 $9.87B 2025 $10.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$10,386,022,12569March 26, 2026
October 2025$9,866,562,51570March 20, 2025
October 2024$8,135,641,72964March 28, 2024
October 2023$6,594,758,48258May 16, 2023
October 2022$7,746,705,57161September 13, 2022
October 2021$6,657,766,03058July 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,657,766,030 in the October 2021 data and $10,386,022,125 in the October 2026 data, up 56%.

Total employees: 58 in October 2021 and 69 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
pinnacle-associates.compinnacle-ny.compinnacleinsights.org

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. Pinnacle Associates, Ltd. (CRD 110631): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pinnacle-associates-ltd-new-york-ny-110631