SEC-registered wealth management firm Broker-dealer affiliated
Fortress Private Ledger, LLC
As of its Form ADV filed March 31, 2026, Fortress Private Ledger, LLC, an SEC-registered, broker-dealer affiliated wealth management firm in Raleigh, North Carolina, reported $584.0 million in regulatory assets under management across 1,528 accounts, ranking #61 among all wealth firms in North Carolina by assets.
Registration
- Registration
- SEC-registered, Approved
- CRD number
- 290298
- SEC file number
- 801-118075
- Registered since
- February 18, 2020
- Latest Form ADV filing
- March 31, 2026
- Organized as
- Limited Liability Company
- Fiscal year ends
- December
- Other offices
- 6
Key figures
- Regulatory assets under management
- $584.0 million
- Discretionary
- $570.6 million (97.7%)
- Non-discretionary
- $13.4 million
- Accounts
- 1,528 (1,521 discretionary)
- Clients
- 720, approximate as reported
- Employees
- 22
- Advisory staff
- 13 performing investment advisory functions
- Average account
- $382,184
- Asset growth, 1 year
- 68.7% (from $346.1 million a year earlier)
- Asset growth, 3-year annual rate
- 60.3% (from $141.7 million three years earlier)
- Asset growth, 5-year annual rate
- 42.5% (from $99.4 million five years earlier)
- Client growth, 1 year
- 41.2% (from 510)
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, 2020 | $101.7 million |
| October 4, 2021 | $99.4 million |
| October 3, 2022 | $135.4 million |
| October 5, 2023 | $141.7 million |
| October 1, 2024 | $200.7 million |
| September 2, 2025 | $346.1 million |
| October 2, 2026 | $584.0 million |
Clients and services
Client mix
| Measure | Bar | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| High net worth individuals 98 clients | $260.0 million | |
| Individuals (other than high net worth) 583 clients | $212.7 million | |
| Pension and profit sharing plans 10 clients | $99.3 million | |
| Corporations or other businesses 13 clients | $11.9 million |
How the firm is paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
- Performance-based fees
Advisory services
- Financial planning
- Portfolio management for individuals or small businesses
- Portfolio management for businesses or institutional clients
- Pension consulting
- Other
Financial planning clients (Item 5.H): 531.
Wrap fee program sponsor or portfolio manager: yes.
Other business, affiliations and custody
Other business activities (Item 6.A)
- Broker-dealer
- Insurance broker or agent
Financial industry affiliations (Item 7.A)
- Insurance company or agency
- Real estate broker, dealer or agent
Custody (Item 9)
The firm reported no custody of client cash or securities.
Investment adviser representatives
- IARs registered with the firm
- 19
- Also registered through a broker-dealer
- 11
- Employees who are IARs (Form ADV 5.B(3))
- 13
Designations held by the firm's IARs: CFP 5, CFA 1, ChFC 1.
Between 3 and 13 of the firm's 19 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 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 North Carolina
| Firm | City | RAUM |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Financial Advisors, LLC | Charlotte | $619.3 million |
| Auctus Advisors LLC | Charlotte | $612.9 million |
| Sapere Wealth Management, LLC | Matthews | $604.8 million |
| Whitener Capital Management, Inc | Rocky Mount | $598.5 million |
| Hobart Wealth | Charlotte | $558.2 million |
The five wealth firms, broker-dealer affiliated firms included, nearest in regulatory assets with a main office in the same state.
Elsewhere
- Fortress Private Ledger, LLC on IAPD: Form ADV, brochures and disclosure detail.
- Firm website: www.fortressfinancialpartners.com
- Wealth management firms in North Carolina
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.