SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Chapin Davis Asset Management
As of its Form ADV filed May 18, 2026, Chapin Davis Asset Management, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Baltimore, Maryland, reported $642.8 million in regulatory assets under management across 779 accounts, ranking #46 among all wealth firms in Maryland by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 28116
- SEC file number
- 801-70987
- Registered since
- January 13, 2010
- Latest Form ADV filing
- May 18, 2026
- Legal name
- CHAPIN DAVIS, INC
- Organized as
- Corporation
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 13
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $642.8 million
- Discretionary
- $552.1 million (85.9%)
- Non-discretionary
- $90.6 million
- Accounts
- 779 (658 discretionary)
- Clients
- 557, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 26
- Advisory staff
- 21 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $825,146
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 19.2% (from $539.1 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 21.3% (from $360.0 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 16.0% (from $306.0 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 11.2% (from 501)
Broker-dealer affiliated. The firm is itself a broker-dealer as well as an investment adviser (Form ADV Item 6.A(1)). 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, 2010 | $35.0 million |
| October 3, 2011 | $59.0 million |
| October 1, 2012 | $609.9 million |
| October 1, 2013 | $669.3 million |
| October 1, 2014 | $845.6 million |
| October 1, 2015 | $918.3 million |
| October 3, 2016 | $1.0 billion |
| October 2, 2017 | $199.5 million |
| October 1, 2018 | $264.0 million |
| October 1, 2019 | $314.5 million |
| October 1, 2020 | $326.8 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $306.0 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $373.5 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $360.0 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $417.4 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $539.1 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $642.8 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 524 clients | $439.3 million | |
| High net worth individuals 19 clients | $191.6 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 5 clients | $7.5 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 7 clients | $4.4 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Selection of other advisers
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 1-10.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Registered representative of a broker-dealer
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Other investment adviser
- Insurance company or agency
- Pension consultant
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported custody of client cash or securities, $1.3 billion in total.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 20
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 20
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 21
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 3, ChFC 2.
Between 15 and 19 of the firm's 20 IARs are registered in jurisdictions that require IAR CE. The source counts registrations by jurisdiction, and many IARs are registered in more than one, so the exact number is not knowable from it. IAR CE requirements by state.
Counts only. AdvisorIQ does not list individual people.
Disclosures
On Form ADV Item 11 the firm answered yes to 2 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 Maryland
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Carderock Capital Management, Inc. | Chevy Chase | $677.0 million |
| Lombard Advisers Incorporated | Baltimore | $669.8 million |
| Williams Asset Management | Columbia | $661.1 million |
| Innovative Wealth Building LLC | California | $657.2 million |
| Family Office Research, LLC | Bethesda | $648.2 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Chapin Davis Asset Management on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.chapindavis.com
- Wealth management firms in Maryland
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.