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Westward Investment Advisory

Mission, KSSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 281742

Filed as WESTWARD INVESTMENT ADVISORY · Legal name Westward Investment Advisory, LLC

Westward Investment Advisory is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mission, KS, registered since 2020, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026.

6 years
registered since 2020
$571,508,980
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Westward Investment Advisory compensated?

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

Where is Westward Investment Advisory located?

Westward Investment Advisory's principal office is in Mission, KS, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Westward Investment Advisory registered with the SEC or a state?

Westward Investment Advisory is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 281742.

How much does Westward Investment Advisory manage?

Westward Investment Advisory reports $571,508,980 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 23, 2026 (22% discretionary).

How have Westward Investment Advisory's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Westward Investment Advisory: Regulatory assets under management: $208,374,627 in the October 2021 data and $571,508,980 in the October 2026 data, up 174%. Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Westward Investment Advisory serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (9); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (7); corporations or other businesses not listed above (3).

Which custodians does Westward Investment Advisory use?

Westward Investment Advisory's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Morgan Stanley and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Westward Investment Advisory 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/281742

What changed in Westward Investment Advisory's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $489,542,887 to $571,508,980 (+17%).

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)
  • 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$571,508,980

$571,508,980 as of October 2026, filing dated March 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $126,046,568.Non-discretionary: $445,462,412.

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 7 Assets $4,341,225 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 9 Assets $557,250,662 (98%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $2,635,376 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 3 Assets $7,281,717 (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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Westward Investment Advisory, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (6 years)
Employees
Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Milwaukee, WI
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
KSTXWI

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
$208M 2021 $289M 2022 $327M 2023 $397M 2024 $490M 2025 $572M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$571,508,9805March 23, 2026
October 2025$489,542,8875March 24, 2025
October 2024$397,413,8915May 24, 2024
October 2023$326,578,3895March 21, 2023
October 2022$288,520,8375March 20, 2022
October 2021$208,374,6275March 24, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $208,374,627 in the October 2021 data and $571,508,980 in the October 2026 data, up 174%.

Total employees: 5 in October 2021 and 5 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $489,542,887 to $571,508,980 (+17%).

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
westwardinvestment.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. Westward Investment Advisory (CRD 281742): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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