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Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.

Wilmington, DESEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106909

Filed as WILMINGTON TRUST INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Wilmington, DE, registered since 1995, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026.

30 years
registered since 1995
$17,830,844,644
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. located?

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.'s principal office is in Wilmington, DE, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 15 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106909.

How much does Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. manage?

Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. reports $17,830,844,644 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $14,389,677,568 in the October 2021 data and $17,830,844,644 in the October 2026 data, up 24%. Total employees: 133 in October 2021 and 104 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (49); corporations or other businesses not listed above (49); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (21).

Does Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/106909

What changed in Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NJ.

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
  • 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 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
$17,830,844,644

$17,830,844,644 as of October 2026, filing dated August 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $17,763,123,529.Non-discretionary: $67,721,115.

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 Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 6 Assets $36,470,579 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,597,037,352 (9%)
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 21 Assets $3,623,187,023 (20%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 49 Assets $1,547,787,432 (9%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 15 Assets $2,614,986,358 (15%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 8 Assets $327,657,958 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 49 Assets $1,266,816,861 (7%)
Other
Clients 6 Assets $6,816,901,081 (38%)

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
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
WILMINGTON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (30 years)
Employees
Total: 104. Performing investment advisory functions: 74.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
15 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
Baltimore, MDBoston, MABuffalo, NYBurlington, VTHarrisburg, PALos Angeles, CANew York, NYParamus, NJPortland, MERadnor, PARochester, NYRockville, MDState College, PASyracuse, NYWilliamsport, PA
States registered or notice-filed
17 states or jurisdictions
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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.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?

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
$14.4B 2021 $15.4B 2022 $16.5B 2023 $16.5B 2024 $17.4B 2025 $17.8B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$17,830,844,644104August 27, 2026
October 2025$17,432,390,316126May 20, 2025
October 2024$16,496,928,966137August 21, 2024
October 2023$16,488,434,237127September 1, 2023
October 2022$15,381,440,168121September 28, 2022
October 2021$14,389,677,568133July 20, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $14,389,677,568 in the October 2021 data and $17,830,844,644 in the October 2026 data, up 24%.

Total employees: 133 in October 2021 and 104 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. September 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in NJ.
  2. April 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 2 yes answers, previously 3 (now no: 11.D(1)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 126 to 74.
    • Changed its office addresses in Buffalo, NY.
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Changed its office addresses in State College, PA.
    • Added an office in Boston, MA.
    • Added an office in Burlington, VT.
    • Added an office in Los Angeles, CA.
    • Added an office in Paramus, NJ.
    • Added an office in Portland, ME.
    • Added an office in Rockville, MD.
    • Added an office in Syracuse, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Baltimore, MD.
    • No longer lists an office in Fishkill, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Ithaca, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Melville, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Paoli, PA.
    • No longer lists an office in Washington, DC.
    • No longer lists an office in Wilkes Barre, PA.
    • 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
wilmingtontrust.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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