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Ritholtz Wealth Management

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 168652

Filed as RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Ritholtz Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2013, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 10, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$9,423,491,497
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ritholtz Wealth Management compensated?

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

Where is Ritholtz Wealth Management located?

Ritholtz Wealth Management's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 14 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Ritholtz Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Ritholtz Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 168652.

How much does Ritholtz Wealth Management manage?

Ritholtz Wealth Management reports $9,423,491,497 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 10, 2026 (90% discretionary).

How have Ritholtz Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ritholtz Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $1,806,283,367 in the October 2021 data and $9,423,491,497 in the October 2026 data, up 422%. Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 83 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ritholtz Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (2,694); high net worth individuals (1,445); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (82).

Which custodians does Ritholtz Wealth Management use?

Ritholtz Wealth Management'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 Ritholtz Wealth Management 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/168652

What changed in Ritholtz Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $7,698,264,641 to $9,423,491,497 (+22%).

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 August 6, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,423,491,497

$9,423,491,497 as of October 2026, filing dated August 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,512,183,931.Non-discretionary: $911,307,566.

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 2,694 Assets $779,220,109 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,445 Assets $8,123,009,279 (86%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 82 Assets $413,754,761 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $73,208,005 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $34,299,343 (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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 83. Performing investment advisory functions: 48.
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)
14 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Ambler, PAAustin, TXBend, ORCharlotte, NCChicago, ILGrand Rapids, MILafayette, LAManhattan Beach, CANaples, FLNashville, TNNew Orleans, LANewport Beach, CANorth Bellmore, NYRed Bank, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
48 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
$1.81B 2021 $2.71B 2022 $3.98B 2023 $5.04B 2024 $6.46B 2025 $9.42B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,423,491,49783August 10, 2026
October 2025$6,459,181,17671July 2, 2025
October 2024$5,044,156,63560August 1, 2024
October 2023$3,983,632,16547September 11, 2023
October 2022$2,707,484,99047July 25, 2022
October 2021$1,806,283,36733September 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,806,283,367 in the October 2021 data and $9,423,491,497 in the October 2026 data, up 422%.

Total employees: 33 in October 2021 and 83 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. September 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,698,264,641 to $9,423,491,497 (+22%).
  2. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 45 to 48.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,459,181,176 to $7,698,264,641 (+19%).
    • Added an office in Lafayette, LA.
    • Added an office in Red Bank, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in Chicago, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Northbrook, IL.
    • 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
abnormalreturns.comawealthofcommonsense.comblairbellecurve.comcms.megaphone.fm/channel/TCP4771071679cms.megaphone.fm/channel/TCP6464651487cms.megaphone.fm/channel/askthecompounddowntownjoshbrown.comkrisvenne.tumblr.comliftoffinvest.comofdollarsanddata.comoptimisticallie.comrealsmartica.comritholtz.comritholtzwealth.comstocktwits.com/abnormalreturnsthecertifiableplanner.comthecompoundnews.comtheirrelevantinvestor.comthereformedbroker.comtonyisola.comwealthfoundme.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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