AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Maryland / Baltimore / WMS Partners, LLC
WMS Partners, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm in Towson, MD, registered since 2025, reporting under $25 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 27, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is WMS Partners, LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), WMS Partners, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.
Where is WMS Partners, LLC located?
WMS Partners, LLC's principal office is in Towson, MD, according to its Form ADV.
Is WMS Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
WMS Partners, LLC is a state-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: APPROVED. CRD 109971.
How much does WMS Partners, LLC manage?
WMS Partners, LLC reports $6,149,914 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have WMS Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for WMS Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,374,397,680 in the October 2021 data and $6,149,914 in the October 2026 data, down 100%. Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 0 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does WMS Partners, LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).
Does WMS Partners, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's public record on IAPD: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/109971
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
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
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$6,149,914 as of October 2026, filing dated April 27, 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)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- State-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: APPROVED.
- Registered since
- 2025 (1 year)
- Employees
- Total: 0. Performing investment advisory functions: 0.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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1 state or jurisdiction
State-registered investment advisers are examined by their state securities regulator. 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 | $6,149,914 | 0 | April 27, 2026 |
| October 2024 | $5,664,188,520 | 79 | April 30, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $5,162,519,390 | 86 | August 11, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $5,674,250,389 | 76 | August 9, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $4,374,397,680 | 65 | March 31, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $4,374,397,680 in the October 2021 data and $6,149,914 in the October 2026 data, down 100%.
Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 0 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 monthsNo changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.
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. WMS Partners, LLC (CRD 109971): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wms-partners-llc-towson-md-109971