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Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC

Hunt Valley, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 288512

Filed as VERDENCE CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC

Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Hunt Valley, MD, registered since 2017, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 22, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$4,627,407,651
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC located?

Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Hunt Valley, MD, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 288512.

How much does Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC manage?

Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC reports $4,627,407,651 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 22, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,472,428,702 in the October 2021 data and $4,627,407,651 in the October 2026 data, up 87%. Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 52 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,043); high net worth individuals (755); corporations or other businesses not listed above (61).

Which custodians does Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC use?

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

Does Verdence Capital 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/288512

What changed in Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: 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)

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

Minimum annual fee: $10,000

The brochure's wording
The Registrant generally requires a minimum annual fee of $10,000. The Registrant, in its sole discretion, reduce or waive its minimum annual fee requirement

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 22, 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
$4,627,407,651

$4,627,407,651 as of October 2026, filing dated May 22, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,439,882,434.Non-discretionary: $187,525,217.

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 1,043 Assets $366,718,139 (8%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 755 Assets $3,972,619,715 (86%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 9 Assets $22,337,404 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 8 Assets $55,064,062 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 61 Assets $210,668,331 (5%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
RIA+, VERDENCE/FAMILY
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 52. Performing investment advisory functions: 29.
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)
3 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Alexandria, VAConcord, MANaples, FL
States registered or notice-filed
30 states or jurisdictions
ALAZCACOCTDCDEFLGAILINLAMAMDMEMIMNNCNHNJNYOHORPASCTNTXVAVTWV

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
$2.47B 2021 $2.84B 2022 $2.74B 2023 $3.31B 2024 $3.91B 2025 $4.63B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$4,627,407,65152May 22, 2026
October 2025$3,912,055,97749March 28, 2025
October 2024$3,306,595,93047March 28, 2024
October 2023$2,735,788,73140April 14, 2023
October 2022$2,837,780,04338April 1, 2022
October 2021$2,472,428,70229March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,472,428,702 in the October 2021 data and $4,627,407,651 in the October 2026 data, up 87%.

Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 52 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 29.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,912,055,977 to $4,627,407,651 (+18%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in AL, IN, ME, OR.
    • 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.I
ria.plusverdence.comverdencefamily.comverdencepro.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. Verdence Capital Advisors, LLC (CRD 288512): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/verdence-capital-advisors-llc-hunt-valley-md-288512