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Steel Tower Investments

Pittsburgh, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 166742

Filed as STEEL TOWER INVESTMENTS · Legal name Up Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC

Steel Tower Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pittsburgh, PA, registered since 2024, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026.

2 years
registered since 2024
$258,650,425
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Steel Tower Investments compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Steel Tower Investments reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Steel Tower Investments located?

Steel Tower Investments' principal office is in Pittsburgh, PA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Steel Tower Investments registered with the SEC or a state?

Steel Tower Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2024. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 166742.

How much does Steel Tower Investments manage?

Steel Tower Investments reports $258,650,425 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Steel Tower Investments' assets and staff changed since 2024?

In the Form ADV data for Steel Tower Investments: Regulatory assets under management: $115,616,237 in the October 2024 data and $258,650,425 in the October 2026 data, up 124%. Total employees: 5 in October 2024 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Steel Tower Investments serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (26); high net worth individuals (18); insurance companies (17).

Which custodians does Steel Tower Investments use?

Steel Tower Investments' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Comerica Securities and Natc as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Steel Tower Investments 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/166742

What changed in Steel Tower Investments' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $300,696,399 to $258,650,425 (-14%).

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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 4, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$258,650,425

$258,650,425 as of October 2026, filing dated March 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $258,553,013.Non-discretionary: $97,412.

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 26 Assets $7,934,925 (3%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 18 Assets $212,139,394 (82%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $235,775 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 17 Assets $36,293,149 (14%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $2,047,182 (1%)

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Up Strategic Wealth Investment Advisors, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2024 (2 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.Comerica SecuritiesNatc

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
1 state or jurisdiction
PA

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
$116M 2024 $301M 2025 $259M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$258,650,4255March 4, 2026
October 2025$300,696,3995March 28, 2025
October 2024$115,616,2375August 28, 2024

Regulatory assets under management: $115,616,237 in the October 2024 data and $258,650,425 in the October 2026 data, up 124%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2024 and 5 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $300,696,399 to $258,650,425 (-14%).

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
steeltower.comsteeltowerinv.comupswia.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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AdvisorCensus. Steel Tower Investments (CRD 166742): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/steel-tower-investments-pittsburgh-pa-166742