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SWS Capital Management, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 119043

Filed as SWS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

SWS Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2002, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 21, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$413,094,749
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is SWS Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), SWS Capital Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is SWS Capital Management, LLC located?

SWS Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is SWS Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

SWS Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 119043.

How much does SWS Capital Management, LLC manage?

SWS Capital Management, LLC reports $413,094,749 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 21, 2026 (86% discretionary).

How have SWS Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for SWS Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $85,722,695 in the October 2021 data and $413,094,749 in the October 2026 data, up 382%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does SWS Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (5); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (2).

Which custodians does SWS Capital Management, LLC use?

SWS Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Bank of New York Mellon, U.S. Bank and UMB Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does SWS Capital Management, 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/119043

Does SWS Capital Management, LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "The adviser negotiates separately with each separate account client regarding minimum acceptable account size. Normally, the minimum account size is $15 million."

What changed in SWS Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Added an office in Wall Township, NJ.

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

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

Account minimum: $15,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The adviser negotiates separately with each separate account client regarding minimum acceptable account size. Normally, the minimum account size is $15 million.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$413,094,749

$413,094,749 as of October 2026, filing dated July 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $355,049,427.Non-discretionary: $58,045,322.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 2 Assets $208,679,586 (51%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $178,174,784 (43%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $18,929,047 (5%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,311,332 (2%)

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
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Chicago, ILWall Township, NJ
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

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
$85.7M 2021 $207M 2022 $218M 2023 $498M 2024 $426M 2025 $413M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$413,094,74910July 21, 2026
October 2025$425,535,03910March 31, 2025
October 2024$498,020,8989May 23, 2024
October 2023$218,386,46810May 17, 2023
October 2022$207,269,15110May 27, 2022
October 2021$85,722,6958March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $85,722,695 in the October 2021 data and $413,094,749 in the October 2026 data, up 382%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 10 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. August 2026
    • Added an office in Wall Township, NJ.

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
swscapitalmanagement.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. SWS Capital Management, LLC (CRD 119043): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sws-capital-management-llc-new-york-ny-119043