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The Cavanaugh Group Inc

Kiawah Island, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105931

Filed as THE CAVANAUGH GROUP INC

The Cavanaugh Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kiawah Island, SC, registered since 1995, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 5, 2026.

31 years
registered since 1995
$485,742,132
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is The Cavanaugh Group Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), The Cavanaugh Group Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is The Cavanaugh Group Inc located?

The Cavanaugh Group Inc's principal office is in Kiawah Island, SC, according to its Form ADV.

Is The Cavanaugh Group Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

The Cavanaugh Group Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105931.

How much does The Cavanaugh Group Inc manage?

The Cavanaugh Group Inc reports $485,742,132 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 5, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have The Cavanaugh Group Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for The Cavanaugh Group Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $631,196,327 in the October 2021 data and $485,742,132 in the October 2026 data, down 23%. Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does The Cavanaugh Group Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (24); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (20).

Does The Cavanaugh Group Inc report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/105931

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated February 5, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$485,742,132

$485,742,132 as of October 2026, filing dated June 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $482,744,400.Non-discretionary: $2,997,732.

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 20 Assets $6,788,679 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 24 Assets $469,375,762 (97%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $8,477,186 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,100,505 (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
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MD

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an 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
$631M 2021 $610M 2022 $487M 2023 $437M 2024 $454M 2025 $486M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$485,742,1322June 5, 2026
October 2025$453,576,8972March 17, 2025
October 2024$437,332,9822March 19, 2024
October 2023$486,525,3612February 23, 2023
October 2022$610,035,2522February 16, 2022
October 2021$631,196,3272August 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $631,196,327 in the October 2021 data and $485,742,132 in the October 2026 data, down 23%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2021 and 2 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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

Not reported.

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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