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Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Folsom, CA, registered since 2004, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).
Where is Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC located?
Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Folsom, CA, according to its Form ADV.
Is Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 121922.
How much does Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC manage?
Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC reports $1,302,177,184 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (13% discretionary).
How have Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $847,104,530 in the October 2021 data and $1,302,177,184 in the October 2026 data, up 54%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (153); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (30); high net worth individuals (26).
Which custodians does Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC use?
Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists American Trust Investment Services, Inc., Ameritas Investment Company, LLC, Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. and TIAA-CREF Individual & Institutional Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Prudent Investor Advisors, 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/121922
What changed in Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,153,613,208 to $1,302,177,184 (+13%).
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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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$1,302,177,184 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 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- 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
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- PRUDENT RETIREMENT SERVICES
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2004 (22 years)
- Employees
- Total: 4. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- 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.
- States registered or notice-filed
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5 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $1,302,177,184 | 4 | March 26, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,153,613,208 | 4 | March 19, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,245,411,158 | 5 | March 20, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,080,024,469 | 5 | March 9, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,248,040,236 | 5 | April 8, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $847,104,530 | 5 | March 12, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $847,104,530 in the October 2021 data and $1,302,177,184 in the October 2026 data, up 54%.
Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 4 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- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $1,153,613,208 to $1,302,177,184 (+13%).
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. Prudent Investor Advisors, LLC (CRD 121922): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/prudent-investor-advisors-llc-folsom-ca-121922