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PNC Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026.
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From the filingHow is PNC Wealth Management compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), PNC Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.
Where is PNC Wealth Management located?
PNC Wealth Management's principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 20 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is PNC Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?
PNC Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 129052.
How much does PNC Wealth Management manage?
PNC Wealth Management reports $30,273,072,662 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 14, 2026 (93% discretionary).
How have PNC Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for PNC Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $21,657,293,847 in the October 2021 data and $30,273,072,662 in the October 2026 data, up 40%. Total employees: 1,279 in October 2021 and 1,713 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does PNC Wealth Management serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (157,700); high net worth individuals (3,185); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2,495).
Which custodians does PNC Wealth Management use?
PNC Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does PNC Wealth Management report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 9 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 9 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.D(5), 11.E(2)). 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/129052
What changed in PNC Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?
In the June 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
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated June 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$30,273,072,662 as of October 2026, filing dated September 14, 2026.
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.DA 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- 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
- PNC WEALTH MANAGEMENT
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2003 (23 years)
- Employees
- Total: 1,713. Performing investment advisory functions: 825.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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20 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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53 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 119 Reports 9 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(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
- 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(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?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $30,273,072,662 | 1,713 | September 14, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $26,533,775,810 | 1,585 | July 16, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $23,895,732,856 | 1,475 | September 25, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $21,629,770,547 | 1,218 | June 22, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $26,424,820,270 | 1,516 | August 29, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $21,657,293,847 | 1,279 | September 17, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $21,657,293,847 in the October 2021 data and $30,273,072,662 in the October 2026 data, up 40%.
Total employees: 1,279 in October 2021 and 1,713 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- June 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 818 to 825.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $26,533,775,810 to $30,273,072,662 (+14%).
- Changed its office addresses in Erie, PA.
- Changed its office addresses in Pittsburgh, PA.
- Added an office in Brick Township, NJ.
- Added an office in Bridgewater, NJ.
- Added an office in Charlotte Hall, MD.
- Added an office in N. Olmsted, OH.
- Added an office in Toledo, OH.
- Added an office in Wexford, PA.
- No longer lists an office in Bethlehem, PA.
- No longer lists an office in Cleveland, OH.
- No longer lists an office in Hamilton, NJ.
- No longer lists an office in Philadelphia, PA.
- No longer lists an office in Saginaw, MI.
- No longer lists an office in Wilmington, DE.
- December 2025
- Changed its legal name from PNC Investments LLC to PNC Wealth Management.
- November 2025
- No longer lists the business name PNC Investments.
- Added the business name PNC Wealth Management.
- Changed its office addresses in Cleveland, OH.
- Changed its office addresses in Pittsburgh, PA.
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.ISource: 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. PNC Wealth Management (CRD 129052): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pnc-wealth-management-pittsburgh-pa-129052