Capital Analysts, LLC (Fort Washington)

Capital Analysts provides financial planning services, portfolio management for individuals and small businesses, portfolio management for businesses and institutional clients, pension consulting services, and selection of other advisers. It prepares financial plans for more than 250 clients. On top of advisory services, the firm doesn't engage in other business activities.

Capital Analysts: assets under management

The assets under management (AUM) of Capital Analysts, LLC is $4.4 billion. The firm's AUM has grown by 31% since the beginning of its operation, and $1.33 million of the total AUM is attributable to clients outside of the United States.

The firm manages $3.98 billion in discretionary accounts and $425.16 million in non-discretionary accounts. On average, the discretionary accounts where all decisions are made on behalf of the client hold $281.39 thousand each. Non-discretionary accounts, where clients actively manage their portfolios, generally hold around $123.09 thousand.

Capital Analysts has custody of $4.16 billion in cash and securities for 10,129 clients in total but doesn’t act as a qualified custodian.

Investments

The firm invests in investment and business development companies the most. They account for 76% of the total AUM. The second-largest asset type is exchange traded securities, which make up 11% of the firm’s portfolio. Investments in cash and cash equivalents form 8% of the total invested assets.

Fees & Commissions

The advisory firm has several streams of revenue. Clients pay Capital Analysts, LLC for their services and products based on a percentage of assets under management, hourly charges, and fixed fees. Flat-fee based compensation is the most transparent and the one you can safely predict in advance. These fees don’t include brokerage commissions, interest, taxes, and other account expenses.

What kind of clients Edward Forst serves?

The firm provides services to individuals, charitable organizations, high net worth individuals, corporations or other businesses, and pension and profit sharing plans. The largest group of clients of Edward Forst is individuals with 9,315 clients and $2.24 billion of assets under management. Among the 5 most similar advisory firms, Capital Analysts has the highest percentage of individuals out of all clients.

The amount of regulatory assets under management is $4.4 billion for 11,195 clients that can include trusts, estates, and 401(k) plans and IRAs of individuals and their family members. 1% of the firm’s clients are foreign persons or businesses.

Capital Analysts doesn't advise any private funds.

Careers at Capital Analysts, LLC

The company employs 571 people that are either part- or full-time employees. 99 percent of the employees work as investment advisers or researchers. 560 employees are registered as investment adviser representatives with the state securities authorities.

There are 10 people with the role of looking for and bringing in new clients on behalf of the firm. The firm doesn’t compensate employees in addition to the salary for bringing in new clients. Employees receive compensation from other entities for client referrals.

Edward Forst has been acting as President since 1 Jun 2012. Raymond Paul Shivers joined the executive team most recently as the Sr Vice President, Operations And Technology / Chief Operating Officer.

Direct owners and executive officers

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Based in Fort Washington

The principal office where Capital Analysts, LLC performs its advisory services is located at 601 Office Center Drive, Fort Washington, PA 19034 3232, which is also the mailing address of the firm. An additional office of the firm is in Woodland Hills, CA. It doesn’t run an office outside of the United States.

You can reach the main office by calling the phone number 800-242-1421 or by fax 215-376-1057. The normal business hours are 9:00am-5:00pm on Monday - Friday. You can find more information about the New York firm at capitalanalysts.com.

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