Capital Analysts, LLC (Fort Washington)


Capital Analysts, LLC is a large advisory firm based in Fort Washington. It manages $4.4 billion of regulatory assets for 17,582 client accounts. It has been registered with the SEC as an adviser since 2015 and has operated in the jurisdictions of Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, and 48 other states.

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


Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Deirdre Broderick Koerick Vice president, cco 1 Feb 2012 Other 1029346
Thomas G Murphy Vice president 1 Feb 2012 Other 2227373
Harry Samuel Forst Director 1 Feb 2012 Other 1197596
Karen A Oneill Director 1 Feb 2012 Other 1756874
Rosemarie Forst Director 1 Feb 2012 Other 831899
Stephen Thomas Mayhew Vice president 1 Feb 2012 Other 1557505
Edward Forst Director 1 Jun 2012 Other 708024
Thomas Forst Director 1 Mar 2014 Other 841057
Denis Neil Houser President, chief executive officer 1 Mar 2014 Other 1640242
Norman Mark Marr Treasurer 1 Nov 2014 Other 2790881
Mariellen Forst Paulus Director, secretary 1 Nov 2014 Other 1640246
Karen Dougherty Bura Assistant treasurer 1 Nov 2014 Other 1666006
Llc Lincoln Investment Capital Holdings Owner 1 Aug 2015 75% - 100% 32-0468930
Norman Mark Marr Sr. vp, cfo 1 Aug 2015 Other 2790881
Deirdre Broderick Koerick Sr. vp, cco 1 Aug 2015 Other 1029346
Thomas G Murphy Sr. vp, coo 1 Aug 2015 Other 2227373
Mariellen Forst Paulus Secretary 1 Aug 2015 Other 1640246
Stephen Thomas Mayhew Sr. vp, investment research 1 Aug 2015 Other 1557505
Denis Neil Houser Elected manager, president, ceo 1 Aug 2015 Other 1640242
Thomas Gerard Murphy Sr. vp, coo 1 Aug 2015 Other 2227373
Anna Chechersky Arena Treasurer. chief financial officer 1 Apr 2017 Other 2752665
Paul Steven Mendelson Interim chief financial officer 1 Sep 2017 Other 2519185
Diane Mulherrin Mccarthy Sr vice-president, chief financial officer 1 Sep 2018 Other 4923328
Raymond Paul Shivers Sr vice-president, operations and technology / chief operating officer 1 Mar 2019 Other 4205724

Indirect Owners

The SEC currently registers 1 indirect owner.

Name Entity Date acquired Ownership Employer ID
Inc. Lincoln Investment Group Holdings Owner 1 Aug 2015 75% - 100% 45-5025285

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.