SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Core Alpha, Inc.
As of its Form ADV filed March 24, 2026, Core Alpha, Inc., an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Rochester, New York, reported $146.1 million in regulatory assets under management across 858 accounts, ranking #436 among all wealth firms in New York by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 119635
- SEC file number
- 801-118545
- Registered since
- April 27, 2020
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 24, 2026
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 0
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $146.1 million
- Discretionary
- $123.9 million (84.8%)
- Non-discretionary
- $22.2 million
- Accounts
- 858 (760 discretionary)
- Clients
- 333, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 3
- Advisory staff
- 3 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $170,226
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 29.5% (from $112.8 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 26.2% (from $72.6 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 17.1% (from $66.3 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 9.9% (from 303)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is affiliated with a broker-dealer (Item 7.A(1)), at least half of its advisory staff are registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2) against 5.B(1)), and its advisers manage less than $100 million each on average (5.F(2)(c) over 5.B(1)), the pattern of a broker-dealer's advisory arm rather than an adviser that owns a small broker-dealer. It is ranked among all wealth firms, the directory's view that includes wirehouses and broker-dealer firms, not in the main lists of independent RIAs. How firms are classed.
Growth rates come from the SEC's yearly snapshots and are left blank when the years are not comparable.
Rankings
Among all wealth firms, including wirehouses and broker-dealer firms.
Assets over time
Data table
| As of | RAUM |
|---|---|
| October 1, 2020 | $53.6 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $66.3 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $74.8 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $72.6 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $94.5 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $112.8 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $146.1 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 321 clients | $146.1 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Selection of other advisers
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 251-500.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: no.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
None reported.
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Accountant or accounting firm
- Insurance company or agency
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 3
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 3
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 3
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFA 1.
1 of the firm's 3 IARs is registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. IAR CE requirements by state.
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Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 0 disclosure questions. See the detail on IAPD.
Succession and acquired firms
On Form ADV Item 4 the firm did not report succeeding to another adviser's business.
Similar-sized firms in New York
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Geovest Advisors Inc | Fairport | $147.9 million |
| Chelsea Advisory Services, Inc | Staten Island | $147.4 million |
| Arista Advisory Group, LLC | Albany | $143.7 million |
| Blank Equity Management LLC | Port Washington | $143.0 million |
| VCP Financial LLC | Staten Island | $142.6 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Core Alpha, Inc. on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.corealpha.com
- Wealth management firms in New York
Firm data as of October 2, 2026, from ia100226.zip. Figures are as the firm reported them; corrections are made on Form ADV and appear after the next monthly reload.
Data as of October 2, 2026, from Form ADV. Sources: SEC registered adviser data (ia100226.zip) and IAPD compilation reports. How the directory is built.