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Townsend Holdings LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cleveland, OH, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Townsend Holdings LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Townsend Holdings LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is Townsend Holdings LLC located?
Townsend Holdings LLC's principal office is in Cleveland, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Townsend Holdings LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Townsend Holdings LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160006.
How much does Townsend Holdings LLC manage?
Townsend Holdings LLC reports $19,643,108,743 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (80% discretionary).
How have Townsend Holdings LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Townsend Holdings LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $18,683,291,255 in the October 2021 data and $19,643,108,743 in the October 2026 data, up 5%. Total employees: 119 in October 2021 and 110 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Townsend Holdings LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (45); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (5).
Which custodians does Townsend Holdings LLC use?
Townsend Holdings LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, Huntington National Bank, JP Morgan Chase and Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Townsend Holdings 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/160006
What changed in Townsend Holdings LLC's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists the business name Townsend Group. Added the business name Townsend. Employees performing advisory functions went from 70 to 73. Changed its office addresses in Seoul. Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
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
- 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 2ASee 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$19,643,108,743 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.
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.DA 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
- Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Also doing business as
- TOWNSEND
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 110. Performing investment advisory functions: 73.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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4 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $19,643,108,743 | 110 | March 30, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $19,297,732,192 | 107 | May 1, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $22,118,740,671 | 120 | August 21, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $23,908,418,539 | 122 | October 2, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $21,602,039,597 | 119 | September 6, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $18,683,291,255 | 119 | August 23, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $18,683,291,255 in the October 2021 data and $19,643,108,743 in the October 2026 data, up 5%.
Total employees: 119 in October 2021 and 110 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- April 2026
- No longer lists the business name Townsend Group.
- Added the business name Townsend.
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 70 to 73.
- Changed its office addresses in Seoul.
- 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.ISource: 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. Townsend Holdings LLC (CRD 160006): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/townsend-holdings-llc-cleveland-oh-160006