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Vanderbilt Advisory Services

Woodbury, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116537

Filed as VANDERBILT ADVISORY SERVICES · Legal name PFG Investments, LLC

Vanderbilt Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Woodbury, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 27, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2012
$2,111,673,883
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Vanderbilt Advisory Services compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Vanderbilt Advisory Services reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Vanderbilt Advisory Services located?

Vanderbilt Advisory Services' principal office is in Woodbury, NY, according to its Form ADV; the March 2026 filing also lists 52 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Vanderbilt Advisory Services registered with the SEC or a state?

Vanderbilt Advisory Services is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116537.

How much does Vanderbilt Advisory Services manage?

Vanderbilt Advisory Services reports $2,111,673,883 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 27, 2026 (92% discretionary).

How have Vanderbilt Advisory Services' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Vanderbilt Advisory Services: Regulatory assets under management: $736,703,626 in the October 2021 data and $2,111,673,883 in the October 2026 data, up 187%. Total employees: 95 in October 2021 and 161 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Vanderbilt Advisory Services serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (5,804); high net worth individuals (395); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (243).

Does Vanderbilt Advisory Services 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.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/116537

Does Vanderbilt Advisory Services state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 16, 2025 says: "There are no minimum asset or income requirements to be a client."

What changed in Vanderbilt Advisory Services' recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Added the business name Aston Consulting Group. Added an office in Jericho, NY.

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)

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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
There are no minimum asset or income requirements to be a client.

Minimum annual fee: $90

The brochure's wording
The minimum annual management fee is $90.00.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated December 16, 2025. 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
$2,111,673,883

$2,111,673,883 as of October 2026, filing dated February 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,936,052,938.Non-discretionary: $175,620,945.

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 5,804 Assets $1,088,886,435 (52%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 395 Assets $938,916,209 (44%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 243 Assets $62,168,807 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $1,734,229 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 20 Assets $19,968,203 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
PFG Investments, LLC
Also doing business as
4KAST ADVISORS LLC, ABUNDANCE WEALTH SOLUTIONS, AFTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, AMERICAN CENTURION FINANCIAL, ARK FINANCIAL, ASTON CONSULTING GROUP, BAKER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, BRIN FINANCIAL, CENTERED WEALTH, CHAMBERLAIN GROUP, CHASE KELLY, CJW FINANCIAL SERVICES, COMMON INTERESTS, CORE VALUE INVESTMENT GROUP, CURBELO WEALTH MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC, EMPOWERED INVESTMENTS, ENDEAVOR FINANCIAL GROUP, EVANS GROUP FINANCIAL ADVISORS, FAVA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, FORTRESS WEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC, GARDINER PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, GREENVEST, GRYPHON ASSET MANAGEMENT, HANSEN'S ADVISORY SERVICES, HARBORWISE FINANCIAL, HIRSCH ASSOCIATES, ILN SECURITIES LLC, INFINITE INVESTMENT STRATEGIES LLC, J. BROWER & ASSOCIATES, JACK CHITE & ASSOCIATES, KEYSTONE FINANCIAL EDGE INC, KT WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LUNARIA FINANCIAL, MASTERPIECE FINANCIAL GROUP, MMS ASSET MANAGEMENT, PREFERRED FINANCIAL GROUP, PREMAC WEALTH MANAGEMENT, QUALITY FINANCIAL CONCEPTS, RAINBOW INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS, SENIOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC., SENTIGENT FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, LLC, SKYE HARBOR FINANCIAL, SQUAW ISLAND LLC., STERLING CAPITOL LLC, TASK FORCE INVESTMENTS, TAVERNIER WEALTH MANAGEMENT, THE RETIREMENT OPTIMIZATION GROUP, VANDERBILT FINANCIAL GROUP WESTPORT, WALSH FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, WARD FINANCIAL, WEALTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, WEALTH MARK ADVISORY SERVICES, WILLIAMS CAPITAL CORPORATION, WORDEN WEALTH MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 161. Performing investment advisory functions: 144.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
52 other offices, as of the March 2026 filing
Albany, NYArvada, COBoonville, INBridgewater, NJCalabasas, CACanandaigua, NYCarle Place, NYCheshire, CTColumbus,, OHDublin, OHElk Grove, CAElmira, NYEnterprise, ALFairfield, CTFairfield,, IAFairhope, ALFayetteville, NYFruitland Park, FLHonolulu, HIHudson, MAIncline Village, NVIndianapolis, INIrvine, CAJericho, NYLong Island City, NYMetuchen, NJMinneapolis, MNMontpelier, VTNaperville, ILNew Port Richey, FLNew York, NYNorth Reading, MAOrlando, FLPatchogue, NYPortland, ORRochester, NYRockville, VARogers, ARSaint Augustine, FLSaltsburg, PASan Jose, CASan Leandro, CASouth Jordan, UTTierra Verde, FLTotowa, NJTwisp, WAWarwick, NYWayzata, MNWest des Moines, IAWestminster, MDWestport, CTYardley, PA
States registered or notice-filed
51 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.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$737M 2021 $1.04B 2022 $967M 2023 $1.1B 2024 $1.62B 2025 $2.11B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,111,673,883161February 27, 2026
October 2025$1,620,533,275132July 11, 2025
October 2024$1,103,544,071107June 11, 2024
October 2023$966,507,881103August 22, 2023
October 2022$1,042,798,42193April 18, 2022
October 2021$736,703,62695September 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $736,703,626 in the October 2021 data and $2,111,673,883 in the October 2026 data, up 187%.

Total employees: 95 in October 2021 and 161 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. March 2026
    • Added the business name Aston Consulting Group.
    • Added an office in Jericho, NY.
  2. January 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,620,533,275 to $2,111,673,883 (+30%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 124 to 144.
    • Added an office in Boonville, IN.
    • Added an office in Enterprise, AL.
    • Added an office in Fairfield,, IA.
    • Added an office in Hudson, MA.
    • Added an office in Incline Village, NV.
    • Added an office in Montpelier, VT.
    • Added an office in Naperville, IL.
    • Added an office in Saint Augustine, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Fairfield, IA.
    • No longer lists an office in Freehold, NJ.
    • No longer lists an office in Henderson, NV.
    • No longer lists an office in Lombard, IL.
    • No longer lists an office in Newburgh, IN.
    • No longer lists an office in Saint Augustine,, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Wells, VT.
  4. November 2025
    • Added the business name Chamberlain Group.
    • Added the business name Harborwise Financial.
    • Added an office in Irvine, CA.
    • Added an office in Wayzata, MN.

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
abundancewealthsolutions.combakerretirement.comcentered-wealth.comcgwealth.comcjwfinancial.comcommoninterests.comdrlinvestinsure.comendeavorfg.comevansgroupfinancialadvisors.comfavawm.comfortresswealthsolutions.comgardinerpwm.comgreenvest.ecogryphonasset.comhansensadvisory.comharborwisecapital.cominfiniteinvestmentstrategies.comjwbrower.comkeystonefinancialedge.comktwealthmanagement.comlunariafinancial.commasterpiecefinancialgroup.com/about-memmsassetmanagement.commyacgroup.compfgnyonline.comqfconcepts.comrainbowinvestmentsolutions.comrogfa.comsentigentfinancial.comskyeharborfinancial.comtaskforceinvestments.biztheiln.agency/securitiesvanderbiltfg.comwalshfinancialsolutions.comwardfinancial.comwealthmarkas.comwilliamscapitalcorp.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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