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Wright Investors Service Inc

Shelton, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106302

Filed as WRIGHT INVESTORS SERVICE INC

Wright Investors Service Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Shelton, CT, registered since 1996, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.

30 years
registered since 1996
$1,207,927,898
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Subscription and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wright Investors Service Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wright Investors Service Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical); fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Wright Investors Service Inc located?

Wright Investors Service Inc's principal office is in Shelton, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is Wright Investors Service Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Wright Investors Service Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1996. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106302.

How much does Wright Investors Service Inc manage?

Wright Investors Service Inc reports $1,207,927,898 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (57% discretionary).

How have Wright Investors Service Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wright Investors Service Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $1,277,478,858 in the October 2021 data and $1,207,927,898 in the October 2026 data, down 5%. Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 22 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wright Investors Service Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (53); banking or thrift institutions (15); high net worth individuals (9).

Which custodians does Wright Investors Service Inc use?

Wright Investors Service Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Mercantile Bank and Wilmington Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Wright Investors Service Inc 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/106302

What changed in Wright Investors Service Inc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Registered or notice-filed in NH, NJ, PA.

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
  • Subscription fees (for a newsletter or periodical)
  • 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 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,207,927,898

$1,207,927,898 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $690,158,944.Non-discretionary: $517,768,954.

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 53 Assets $23,600,082 (2%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 9 Assets $12,230,168 (1%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 15 Assets $762,269,445 (63%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $214,968,548 (18%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $36,515,044 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $97,627,053 (8%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,030,356 (0%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $58,687,202 (5%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1996 (30 years)
Employees
Total: 22. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Mercantile BankWilmington Trust

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.

States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CTNHNJNYPATX

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
$1.28B 2021 $1.4B 2022 $1.3B 2023 $1.29B 2024 $1.24B 2025 $1.21B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,207,927,89822March 16, 2026
October 2025$1,237,999,77723June 2, 2025
October 2024$1,292,546,49320March 14, 2024
October 2023$1,295,137,79118March 7, 2023
October 2022$1,404,826,58824March 1, 2022
October 2021$1,277,478,85818March 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,277,478,858 in the October 2021 data and $1,207,927,898 in the October 2026 data, down 5%.

Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 22 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
    • Registered or notice-filed in NH, NJ, PA.

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
wisi.comwrightinvestors.comwrightinvestorsservice.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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