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YON Drake & Associates Inc

Columbia, SCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111491

Filed as YON DRAKE & ASSOCIATES INC

YON Drake & Associates Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Columbia, SC, registered since 1995, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

31 years
registered since 1995
$304,704,711
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is YON Drake & Associates Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), YON Drake & Associates Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does YON Drake & Associates Inc's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.25% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is YON Drake & Associates Inc located?

YON Drake & Associates Inc's principal office is in Columbia, SC, according to its Form ADV.

Is YON Drake & Associates Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

YON Drake & Associates Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111491.

How much does YON Drake & Associates Inc manage?

YON Drake & Associates Inc reports $304,704,711 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have YON Drake & Associates Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for YON Drake & Associates Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $1,200,227,846 in the October 2021 data and $304,704,711 in the October 2026 data, down 75%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

Does YON Drake & Associates 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/111491

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

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.25% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Our fees schedule is 0.25% (25 basis points) of assets. All fees and expenses are negotiable based on the complexity, size of assets and unique circumstances of each client assignment.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$304,704,711

$304,704,711 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $304,704,711.

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 Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $285,688,526 (94%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $19,016,185 (6%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Not reported 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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
SC

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
$1.2B 2021 $631M 2022 $530M 2023 $262M 2024 $281M 2025 $305M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$304,704,7112March 30, 2026
October 2025$281,321,3192March 28, 2025
October 2024$261,874,4762March 29, 2024
October 2023$529,514,9143March 31, 2023
October 2022$631,096,7233March 31, 2022
October 2021$1,200,227,8464March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,200,227,846 in the October 2021 data and $304,704,711 in the October 2026 data, down 75%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 2 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

No 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.I
yondrake.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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