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Strategic Advisers LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104555

Filed as STRATEGIC ADVISERS LLC

Strategic Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1977, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

49 years
registered since 1977
$1,370,125,325,211
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Strategic Advisers LLC compensated?

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

Where is Strategic Advisers LLC located?

Strategic Advisers LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 21 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Strategic Advisers LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Strategic Advisers LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1977. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104555.

How much does Strategic Advisers LLC manage?

Strategic Advisers LLC reports $1,370,125,325,211 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Strategic Advisers LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Strategic Advisers LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $568,281,770,108 in the October 2021 data and $1,370,125,325,211 in the October 2026 data, up 141%. Total employees: 207 in October 2021 and 17,112 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Strategic Advisers LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,654,834); high net worth individuals (736,141); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (10,164).

Which custodians does Strategic Advisers LLC use?

Strategic Advisers LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC (affiliated with the firm) as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Strategic Advisers LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years), and 11.D(5) (another regulator's denial, suspension, or revocation of a registration or license, bar, or restriction). 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/104555

What changed in Strategic Advisers LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16178 to 17112. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,067,664,605,590 to $1,370,125,325,211 (+28%). Changed its office addresses in Burlington, MA. Changed its office addresses in Durham, NC. Changed its office addresses in Merrimack, NH. Added an office in Naperville, IL. Added an office in Paramus, NJ. Added an office in Southlake, TX. No longer lists an office in Boston, MA. No longer lists an office in Sarasota, FL. No longer lists an office in Troy, MI.

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)
  • Other

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 March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,370,125,325,211

$1,370,125,325,211 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,321,075,214,792.Non-discretionary: $49,050,110,419.

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 1,654,834 Assets $164,636,156,091 (12%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 736,141 Assets $396,748,794,313 (29%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 15 Assets $589,436,237,564 (43%)
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 10,164 Assets $161,528,146,440 (12%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 12 Assets $49,771,773,876 (4%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 92 Assets $7,349,816,620 (1%)
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 505 Assets $646,240,274 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $8,160,033 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1977 (49 years)
Employees
Total: 17,112. Performing investment advisory functions: 17,112.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
21 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Atlanta, GAAustin, TXBoston, MABurlington, MACincinnati, OHCovington, KYDallas, TXDurham, NCFramingham, MAGreenwood Village, COHouston, TXJacksonville, FLMerrimack, NHNaperville, ILNashua, NHParamus, NJPlano, TXSalt Lake City, UTSmithfield, RISouthlake, TXWestlake, TX
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 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.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?

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
$568B 2021 $737B 2022 $660B 2023 $825B 2024 $1068B 2025 $1370B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,370,125,325,21117,112March 30, 2026
October 2025$1,067,664,605,59016,291May 21, 2025
October 2024$824,740,096,815269June 28, 2024
October 2023$659,550,224,982219August 8, 2023
October 2022$737,260,972,902235September 20, 2022
October 2021$568,281,770,108207July 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $568,281,770,108 in the October 2021 data and $1,370,125,325,211 in the October 2026 data, up 141%.

Total employees: 207 in October 2021 and 17,112 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 16178 to 17112.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,067,664,605,590 to $1,370,125,325,211 (+28%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Burlington, MA.
    • Changed its office addresses in Durham, NC.
    • Changed its office addresses in Merrimack, NH.
    • Added an office in Naperville, IL.
    • Added an office in Paramus, NJ.
    • Added an office in Southlake, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in Boston, MA.
    • No longer lists an office in Sarasota, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Troy, MI.
  2. March 2026
    • 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
fidelity.comreddit.com/r/fidelityinvestmentsreddit.com/u/fidelityinvestments

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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