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Summit Trail Advisors, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 220519

Filed as SUMMIT TRAIL ADVISORS, LLC

Summit Trail Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2015, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$19,941,615,810
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Summit Trail Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Summit Trail Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Summit Trail Advisors, LLC located?

Summit Trail Advisors, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 10 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Summit Trail Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Summit Trail Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 220519.

How much does Summit Trail Advisors, LLC manage?

Summit Trail Advisors, LLC reports $19,941,615,810 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 4, 2026 (55% discretionary).

How have Summit Trail Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Summit Trail Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $13,289,996,625 in the October 2021 data and $19,941,615,810 in the October 2026 data, up 50%. Total employees: 56 in October 2021 and 94 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Summit Trail Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (588); corporations or other businesses not listed above (56); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (51).

Which custodians does Summit Trail Advisors, LLC use?

Summit Trail Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Summit Trail 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/220519

What changed in Summit Trail Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Wayzata, MN. Registered or notice-filed in DC.

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)
  • Performance-based 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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$19,941,615,810

$19,941,615,810 as of October 2026, filing dated September 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $11,063,331,227.Non-discretionary: $8,878,284,583.

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 51 Assets $194,326,483 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 588 Assets $16,333,311,810 (82%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 38 Assets $16,088,953 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $925,099,140 (5%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 56 Assets $2,472,789,424 (12%)

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
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 94. Performing investment advisory functions: 31.
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)
10 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Boston, MAChevy Chase, MDChicago, ILDallas, TXDenver, COHarrisburg, PALake Oswego, ORSan Francisco, CASeattle, WAWayzata, MN
States registered or notice-filed
37 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
$13.3B 2021 $14.7B 2022 $14.5B 2023 $17.7B 2024 $23.6B 2025 $19.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$19,941,615,81094September 4, 2026
October 2025$23,635,841,356107July 7, 2025
October 2024$17,651,630,43395July 22, 2024
October 2023$14,487,629,91093September 13, 2023
October 2022$14,747,564,08275September 30, 2022
October 2021$13,289,996,62556August 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $13,289,996,625 in the October 2021 data and $19,941,615,810 in the October 2026 data, up 50%.

Total employees: 56 in October 2021 and 94 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. June 2026
    • Changed its office addresses in Wayzata, MN.
    • Registered or notice-filed in DC.
  2. May 2026
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 34 to 31.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $26,156,178,587 to $19,941,615,810 (-24%).
    • Changed its office addresses in Denver, CO.
    • Changed its office addresses in Lake Oswego, OR.
    • Changed its office addresses in Seattle, WA.
    • Added an office in Chicago, IL.
    • Added an office in Wayzata, MN.
    • No longer lists an office in Newport Beach, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Southampton, NY.
  4. January 2026
    • Added an office in Newport Beach, CA.
    • Added an office in Southampton, NY.
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in HI.
  5. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $23,635,841,356 to $26,156,178,587 (+11%).

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
summittrail.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. Summit Trail Advisors, LLC (CRD 220519): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/summit-trail-advisors-llc-new-york-ny-220519