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PKS Advisory Services, LLC

Albany, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 125648

Filed as PKS ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC

PKS Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Albany, NY, registered since 2003, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$1,093,322,679
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is PKS Advisory Services, LLC compensated?

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

Where is PKS Advisory Services, LLC located?

PKS Advisory Services, LLC's principal office is in Albany, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 9 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is PKS Advisory Services, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

PKS Advisory Services, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 125648.

How much does PKS Advisory Services, LLC manage?

PKS Advisory Services, LLC reports $1,093,322,679 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026 (95% discretionary).

How have PKS Advisory Services, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for PKS Advisory Services, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $766,929,026 in the October 2021 data and $1,093,322,679 in the October 2026 data, up 43%. Total employees: 50 in October 2021 and 45 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does PKS Advisory Services, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,696); high net worth individuals (178); corporations or other businesses not listed above (18).

Which custodians does PKS Advisory Services, LLC use?

PKS Advisory Services, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does PKS Advisory Services, 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/125648

Does PKS Advisory Services, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 18, 2026 says: "PKSA does not impose a minimum portfolio size or minimum annual fee."

What changed in PKS Advisory Services, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in AK, HI, IA, KS, KY, ME, MO, MT, ND, NE, NV, WY.

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
PKSA does not impose a minimum portfolio size or minimum annual fee.

Minimum annual fee: None

The brochure's wording
PKSA does not impose a minimum portfolio size or minimum annual fee.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 18, 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
$1,093,322,679

$1,093,322,679 as of October 2026, filing dated July 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,042,778,589.Non-discretionary: $50,544,090.

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 4,696 Assets $752,919,507 (69%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 178 Assets $326,168,691 (30%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 18 Assets $14,234,481 (1%)
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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ALLEGIANT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL SARATOGA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FBG ADVISORY, MACALUSO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP, NATALE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, PREMIER WEALTH ADVISORY GROUP, PYJM WEALTH MANAGEMENT, ROY MATLOCK JR. ADVISORY, SMART GROUP, WOEHLER FINANCIAL GROUP, WOODLANDS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 45. Performing investment advisory functions: 36.
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)
9 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Auburn Hills, MIAverill Park, NYBrentwood, TNEl Segundo, CAHouston, TXMalta, NYPompano Beach, FLPortage, MIWest Chester, PA
States registered or notice-filed
50 states or jurisdictions
AKALARAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAHIIAILINKSKYLAMAMDMEMIMNMOMSMTNCNDNENHNJNMNVNYOHOKORPARISCSDTNTXUTVAVTWAWIWVWY

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
$767M 2021 $977M 2022 $725M 2023 $698M 2024 $905M 2025 $1.09B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,093,322,67945July 29, 2026
October 2025$905,367,39149March 26, 2025
October 2024$697,742,37450July 2, 2024
October 2023$725,246,09446September 29, 2023
October 2022$976,577,63847March 30, 2022
October 2021$766,929,02650May 19, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $766,929,026 in the October 2021 data and $1,093,322,679 in the October 2026 data, up 43%.

Total employees: 50 in October 2021 and 45 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in AK, HI, IA, KS, KY, ME, MO, MT, ND, NE, NV, WY.
  2. July 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Laine Wealth Management.
    • Added the business name Smart Group.
    • Added an office in Houston, TX.
  3. May 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Davis Brinks Wealth Management.
    • Added the business name Laine Wealth Management.
    • Added an office in El Segundo, CA.
  4. April 2026
    • No longer lists the business name Growe Capital Advisors.
    • No longer lists the business name Reid Financial.
    • Added the business name Pyjm Wealth Management.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 37 to 36.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $905,367,391 to $1,093,322,679 (+21%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Malta, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Memphis, TN.
    • Registered or notice-filed in AR, MD.

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
allegiantwm.comcapitalsaratogawealth.comfinancialbenefitsgroupinc.compremierwealthadvisorygroup.comroymatlockjr.comthemacalusogroup.comwoehlerfinancialgroup.comwpminvest.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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