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Fee-only RIAs ranked total AUM

Dec 2, 2012 @ 12:01 am (Updated 6:44 pm) EST

RankFirmTotal assets ($M)Total accountsDiscretionary assets ($M)Discretionary accountsNondiscretionary assets ($M)Nondiscretionary accountsEmployees
1Financial Engines Advisors LLC$47,500.0616,834$47,500.0616,834$0.00350
2Hall Capital Partners LLC$22,102.9157$2,865.731$19,237.3126124
3Comprehensive Financial Management LLC$7,900.017$7,900.017$0.0020
4Aspiriant LLC$6,767.05,122$2,896.12,791$3,870.92,331114
5Litman Gregory Asset Management LLC$5,409.0879$1,107.8875$4,301.1456
6Luminous Capital LLC$5,341.42,365$4,857.82,078$483.628729
7Baker Street Advisors LLC$3,621.0990$0.00$3,621.099025
8Wetherby Asset Management$3,013.13,140$2,916.53,073$96.76756
9Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc.$2,915.41,851$2,915.41,851$0.0039
10Threshold Group LLC$2,586.21,889$221.4103$2,364.81,78639
11Cornerstone Advisors Inc$2,500.01,967$2,500.01,967$0.0050
12Hewins Financial Advisors LLC$2,496.83,760$1,010.31,997$1,486.51,76335
13Alaska Permanent Capital Management Co.$2,462.8346$2,461.1345$1.7113
14Atherton Lane Advisers LLC$2,289.7691$2,149.9675$139.81633
15Becker Capital Management Inc.$2,282.0841$2,282.0841$0.0027

InvestmentNews qualified firms headquartered in the United States based on data reported on Form ADV to the Securities and Exchange Commission as of Nov. 1. To qualify, firms must have met the following criteria: (1) latest ADV filing date is either on or after Jan. 1, (2) total AUM is at least $100M, (3) does not have employees who are registered representatives of a broker-dealer, (4) provided investment advisory services to clients during its most recently completed fiscal year, (5) no more than 50% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies), (6) no more than 25% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to pension and profit-sharing plans (but not the plan participants), (7) no more than 25% of amount of regulatory assets under management is attributable to corporations or other businesses, (8) does not receive commissions, (9) provides financial planning services, (10) is not actively engaged in business as a broker-dealer (registered or unregistered), (11) is not actively engaged in business as a registered representative of a broker-dealer, (12) has neither a related person who is a broker-dealer/municipal securities dealer/government securities broker or dealer (registered or unregistered), nor one who is an insurance company or agency, (13) the state in which financial advisory business is conducted is one of the following: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA or WY.

Source: InvestmentNews Data