# Independent RIAs in Connecticut

As of October 2, 2026, 406 independent wealth management RIAs based in Connecticut reported $163.8 billion in regulatory assets under management; the largest by assets was New Edge Wealth, with $19.9 billion.

As of: 2026-10-02
Address: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/

## Facts

- state: Connecticut
- code: CT
- population: Independent wealth management RIAs: firms whose individual and high net worth clients hold at least half of their regulatory assets and that offer financial planning or portfolio management for individuals, leaving out broker-dealers, banks and their advisory arms. Asset managers, private fund managers and pension consultants are not in the directory.
- latest: independent: accounts: 221537, firms: 406, median_raum: 63559697, raum: 163845199864, advisory_employees: 1467, avg_account: 739583.906363271, band_100m_250m: 56, band_100m_250m_raum: 9007134296, band_10b_plus: 2, band_10b_plus_raum: 30991576222, band_1b_5b: 31, band_1b_5b_raum: 65252896632, band_250m_500m: 38, band_250m_500m_raum: 13761605398, band_500m_1b: 26, band_500m_1b_raum: 17343379506, band_5b_10b: 3, band_5b_10b_raum: 22243945908, band_lt100m: 193, band_lt100m_raum: 5244661902, bd_affiliated_share: 0.0172413793103448, cfp_professionals: 395, clients: 101340, custody_share: 0.263546798029557, employees: 2328, fee_aum_pct_share: 0.923645320197044, fee_commissions_share: 0.0123152709359606, fee_fixed_share: 0.539408866995074, fee_hourly_share: 0.458128078817734, fee_other_share: 0.0911330049261084, fee_performance_share: 0.133004926108374, fee_subscription_share: 0.00985221674876847, financial_planning_share: 0.687192118226601, firms_with_raum: 349, iars: 1470, mean_raum: 469470486.716332, new_firms: 51, p25_raum: 15230000, p75_raum: 308965271, p90_raum: 1038061288, raum_discretionary: 145787155255, top100_share: 0.913016699849433, top10_share: 0.450310833477223, independent_sec: accounts: 208046, firms: 161, median_raum: 386917000, raum: 158165014773, advisory_employees: 1152, avg_account: 760240.594738664, band_100m_250m: 52, band_100m_250m_raum: 8529569135, band_10b_plus: 2, band_10b_plus_raum: 30991576222, band_1b_5b: 31, band_1b_5b_raum: 65252896632, band_250m_500m: 38, band_250m_500m_raum: 13761605398, band_500m_1b: 26, band_500m_1b_raum: 17343379506, band_5b_10b: 3, band_5b_10b_raum: 22243945908, band_lt100m: 3, band_lt100m_raum: 42041972, bd_affiliated_share: 0.0372670807453416, cfp_professionals: 328, clients: 91013, custody_share: 0.515527950310559, employees: 1961, fee_aum_pct_share: 0.975155279503106, fee_commissions_share: 0.0124223602484472, fee_fixed_share: 0.62111801242236, fee_hourly_share: 0.428571428571429, fee_other_share: 0.0869565217391304, fee_performance_share: 0.111801242236025, fee_subscription_share: 0.0124223602484472, financial_planning_share: 0.732919254658385, firms_with_raum: 155, iars: 1154, mean_raum: 1020419450.14839, new_firms: 20, p25_raum: 192088905, p75_raum: 913457228, p90_raum: 2278444425.6, raum_discretionary: 140754294610, raum_growth_1y: 0.312288611464572, successions: 0, top100_share: 0.945805896965887, top10_share: 0.466482860434664, state: accounts: 13491, firms: 245, median_raum: 19403826.5, raum: 5680185091, advisory_employees: 315, avg_account: 421035.141279371, band_100m_250m: 4, band_100m_250m_raum: 477565161, band_10b_plus: 0, band_10b_plus_raum: 0, band_1b_5b: 0, band_1b_5b_raum: 0, band_250m_500m: 0, band_250m_500m_raum: 0, band_500m_1b: 0, band_500m_1b_raum: 0, band_5b_10b: 0, band_5b_10b_raum: 0, band_lt100m: 190, band_lt100m_raum: 5202619930, bd_affiliated_share: 0.00408163265306122, cfp_professionals: 67, clients: 10327, custody_share: 0.0979591836734694, employees: 367, fee_aum_pct_share: 0.889795918367347, fee_commissions_share: 0.0122448979591837, fee_fixed_share: 0.485714285714286, fee_hourly_share: 0.477551020408163, fee_other_share: 0.0938775510204082, fee_performance_share: 0.146938775510204, fee_subscription_share: 0.00816326530612245, financial_planning_share: 0.657142857142857, firms_with_raum: 194, iars: 316, mean_raum: 29279304.5927835, new_firms: 31, p25_raum: 8223594.5, p75_raum: 45569213.75, p90_raum: 65311086.9, raum_discretionary: 5032860645, top100_share: 0.868430278410447, top10_share: 0.18152769310876
- broker_dealer_affiliated_not_included: firms: 18, raum: 52202663296
- series: firms: segment: independent_sec, unit: count, points: as_of: 2018-10-01, value: 107; as_of: 2019-10-01, value: 104; as_of: 2020-10-01, value: 106; as_of: 2021-10-04, value: 110; as_of: 2022-10-03, value: 121; as_of: 2023-10-05, value: 119; as_of: 2024-10-01, value: 125; as_of: 2025-09-02, value: 135; as_of: 2026-10-02, value: 161, raum: segment: independent_sec, unit: usd, points: as_of: 2018-10-01, value: 48451335807; as_of: 2019-10-01, value: 47913593734; as_of: 2020-10-01, value: 55479648168; as_of: 2021-10-04, value: 64702872396; as_of: 2022-10-03, value: 86915270933; as_of: 2023-10-05, value: 82634136665; as_of: 2024-10-01, value: 105477131947; as_of: 2025-09-02, value: 120526089605; as_of: 2026-10-02, value: 158165014773, accounts: segment: independent_sec, unit: count, points: as_of: 2018-10-01, value: 100042; as_of: 2019-10-01, value: 96751; as_of: 2020-10-01, value: 103491; as_of: 2021-10-04, value: 96691; as_of: 2022-10-03, value: 121234; as_of: 2023-10-05, value: 126396; as_of: 2024-10-01, value: 150088; as_of: 2025-09-02, value: 171326; as_of: 2026-10-02, value: 208046, median_raum: segment: independent_sec, unit: usd, points: as_of: 2018-10-01, value: 275672248.5; as_of: 2019-10-01, value: 285243371; as_of: 2020-10-01, value: 298910866; as_of: 2021-10-04, value: 352095223; as_of: 2022-10-03, value: 401837000; as_of: 2023-10-05, value: 345837027; as_of: 2024-10-01, value: 383871265.5; as_of: 2025-09-02, value: 426568880; as_of: 2026-10-02, value: 386917000
- top_10: largest: rank: 1, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 19926358801; rank: 2, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 11065217421; rank: 3, crd: 106928, firm: Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc, city: Hartford, value: 9072939203; rank: 4, crd: 159306, firm: Chilton Investment Services, LLC, city: Stamford, value: 8150127000; rank: 5, crd: 152569, firm: Coastal Bridge Advisors, city: Westport, value: 5020879705; rank: 6, crd: 282241, firm: Northcoast Asset Management LLC, city: Stamford, value: 4967977227; rank: 7, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 4477614678; rank: 8, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 4169984114; rank: 9, crd: 142820, firm: Greenwich Wealth Management, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 3518612898; rank: 10, crd: 297213, firm: Colter Lewis Investment Partners, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 3411557465, fastest-growing: rank: 1, crd: 329906, firm: Fcig Wealth Management, LLC, city: Plainfield, value: 1.63209743570066; rank: 2, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 1.34693335769102; rank: 3, crd: 165892, firm: Greenwich Advisors, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 0.800628175192955; rank: 4, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 0.65158595435686; rank: 5, crd: 311790, firm: Snowwater Investment Partners, LLC, city: Fairfield, value: 0.635220125786164; rank: 6, crd: 125765, firm: Wmgna, city: Farmington, value: 0.595862640841917; rank: 7, crd: 143970, firm: Gilman Hill Asset Management, LLC, city: New Canaan, value: 0.589060317268554; rank: 8, crd: 171282, firm: Missionpoint Partners LLC, city: not stated, value: 0.547841358232122; rank: 9, crd: 226535, firm: William Joseph Capital Management, Inc., city: Bristol, value: 0.49279195893639; rank: 10, crd: 168299, firm: Fiscal Wisdom Wealth Management LLC, city: Canton, value: 0.485817402315331, fastest-growing-3-year: rank: 1, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 0.646683172962031; rank: 2, crd: 226535, firm: William Joseph Capital Management, Inc., city: Bristol, value: 0.51098434979847; rank: 3, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 0.422829436365433; rank: 4, crd: 282896, firm: Milestone Asset Management Group, LLC, city: Avon, value: 0.394170507451143; rank: 5, crd: 292182, firm: Trivium Point Advisory, LLC, city: Wilton, value: 0.384183815002229; rank: 6, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 0.330101474858773; rank: 7, crd: 297213, firm: Colter Lewis Investment Partners, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 0.323347374475182; rank: 8, crd: 306284, firm: Oakridge Management Group LLC, city: Stamford, value: 0.317559913912225; rank: 9, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 0.302279956738868; rank: 10, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 0.280459234508136, fastest-growing-5-year: rank: 1, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 0.482189776170392; rank: 2, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 0.461052381432454; rank: 3, crd: 226535, firm: William Joseph Capital Management, Inc., city: Bristol, value: 0.434761715765615; rank: 4, crd: 132311, firm: Basso Capital Management, L.P., city: Stamford, value: 0.332820411629466; rank: 5, crd: 297213, firm: Colter Lewis Investment Partners, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 0.32504577336136; rank: 6, crd: 311790, firm: Snowwater Investment Partners, LLC, city: Fairfield, value: 0.313326587170423; rank: 7, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 0.3022905886798; rank: 8, crd: 168299, firm: Fiscal Wisdom Wealth Management LLC, city: Canton, value: 0.288072330411452; rank: 9, crd: 286007, firm: Round Rock Advisors LLC, city: Wilton, value: 0.282702809807484; rank: 10, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 0.254362151908342, biggest-asset-gains: rank: 1, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 7861374385; rank: 2, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 6350461723; rank: 3, crd: 159306, firm: Chilton Investment Services, LLC, city: Stamford, value: 1257343000; rank: 4, crd: 335591, firm: Third View Private Wealth, city: Westport, value: 1155018535; rank: 5, crd: 297213, firm: Colter Lewis Investment Partners, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 1090628812; rank: 6, crd: 142820, firm: Greenwich Wealth Management, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 807961625; rank: 7, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 768841486; rank: 8, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 678637635; rank: 9, crd: 288453, firm: Rossmore Private Capital, LLC, city: Glastonbury, value: 607476542; rank: 10, crd: 290180, firm: Principle Wealth, city: Madison, value: 545697864, most-clients: rank: 1, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 8503; rank: 2, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 6044; rank: 3, crd: 314583, firm: Plootus, city: New Haven, value: 5500; rank: 4, crd: 282241, firm: Northcoast Asset Management LLC, city: Stamford, value: 4486; rank: 5, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 3729; rank: 6, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 2964; rank: 7, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 2835; rank: 8, crd: 168299, firm: Fiscal Wisdom Wealth Management LLC, city: Canton, value: 2828; rank: 9, crd: 156064, firm: Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 2484; rank: 10, crd: 109203, firm: New England Capital Financial Advisors LLC, city: Cheshire, value: 2424, client-growth: rank: 1, crd: 155624, firm: The Dowling Group Wealth Management, city: Greenwich, value: 2.22549019607843; rank: 2, crd: 329906, firm: Fcig Wealth Management, LLC, city: Plainfield, value: 1.67664670658683; rank: 3, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 1.1385814889336; rank: 4, crd: 156064, firm: Medallion Wealth Advisors, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 0.663764233087743; rank: 5, crd: 226535, firm: William Joseph Capital Management, Inc., city: Bristol, value: 0.601875532821824; rank: 6, crd: 309319, firm: The Herbst Group, LLC, city: Westport, value: 0.417910447761194; rank: 7, crd: 310378, firm: Constitution Investment Advisory and Portfolio Management, city: Shelton, value: 0.384615384615385; rank: 8, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 0.323278921220724; rank: 9, crd: 142820, firm: Greenwich Wealth Management, LLC, city: Greenwich, value: 0.272912423625254; rank: 10, crd: 152569, firm: Coastal Bridge Advisors, city: Westport, value: 0.260732323232323, most-accounts: rank: 1, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 24058; rank: 2, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 19593; rank: 3, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 14540; rank: 4, crd: 152569, firm: Coastal Bridge Advisors, city: Westport, value: 11505; rank: 5, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 7143; rank: 6, crd: 282241, firm: Northcoast Asset Management LLC, city: Stamford, value: 7122; rank: 7, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 6443; rank: 8, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 5287; rank: 9, crd: 106928, firm: Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc, city: Hartford, value: 4971; rank: 10, crd: 111614, firm: Adviceone Advisory Services, LLC, city: Glastonbury, value: 4781, most-advisory-staff: rank: 1, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 99; rank: 2, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 88; rank: 3, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 46; rank: 4, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 44; rank: 5, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 42; rank: 6, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 36; rank: 7, crd: 106928, firm: Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc, city: Hartford, value: 32; rank: 8, crd: 282241, firm: Northcoast Asset Management LLC, city: Stamford, value: 28; rank: 9, crd: 226535, firm: William Joseph Capital Management, Inc., city: Bristol, value: 27; rank: 10, crd: 152569, firm: Coastal Bridge Advisors, city: Westport, value: 25, most-hnw-clients: rank: 1, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 3591; rank: 2, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 1557; rank: 3, crd: 282241, firm: Northcoast Asset Management LLC, city: Stamford, value: 1209; rank: 4, crd: 106928, firm: Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc, city: Hartford, value: 1013; rank: 5, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 895; rank: 6, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 830; rank: 7, crd: 114629, firm: Main Street Research LLC, city: Lakeville, value: 815; rank: 8, crd: 111614, firm: Adviceone Advisory Services, LLC, city: Glastonbury, value: 783; rank: 9, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 762; rank: 10, crd: 171168, firm: Johnson Brunetti, city: Wethersfield, value: 724, most-cfp-professionals: rank: 1, crd: 171106, firm: Apella Wealth, city: West Hartford, value: 62; rank: 2, crd: 154310, firm: Connecticut Wealth Management, LLC, city: Farmington, value: 26; rank: 3, crd: 171922, firm: Moneco Advisors, city: Fairfield, value: 22; rank: 4, crd: 152569, firm: Coastal Bridge Advisors, city: Westport, value: 13; rank: 5, crd: 307771, firm: New Edge Wealth, city: Stamford, value: 12; rank: 6, crd: 127549, firm: Essex Financial Services, Inc., city: Essex, value: 11; rank: 7, crd: 290180, firm: Principle Wealth, city: Madison, value: 8; rank: 8, crd: 111614, firm: Adviceone Advisory Services, LLC, city: Glastonbury, value: 7; rank: 8, crd: 294314, firm: Sovereign Financial Group, Inc., city: Stamford, value: 7; rank: 10, crd: 105003, firm: Fierston Financial Group Inc, city: West Hartford, value: 6, newest: rank: 1, crd: 342013, firm: N10° Wealth, city: Greenwich, value: 553113709; rank: 2, crd: 339322, firm: August Wealth Advisors LLC, city: Westport, value: 436607068; rank: 3, crd: 342185, firm: N10° Assets, city: Greenwich, value: 306876934; rank: 4, crd: 339298, firm: JC Capital Advisors Group LLC, city: Stamford, value: 263019000; rank: 5, crd: 157405, firm: Wax Asset Management LLC, city: Madison, value: 181212966; rank: 6, crd: 323161, firm: Quorus Inc., city: Westport, value: 148224228; rank: 7, crd: 340922, firm: Telos Partners LLC, city: Avon, value: 139462878; rank: 8, crd: 330567, firm: Tumolo Wealth Management LLC, city: East Lyme, value: 134000000; rank: 9, crd: 125647, firm: Pasnau Investment Management, Inc., city: New Milford, value: 128752000; rank: 10, crd: 277148, firm: Catum Advisory Group, LLC., city: Wilton, value: 128644000
- cities: name: Stamford, independent_rias: 37, raum: 47283193432, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/stamford/; name: West Hartford, independent_rias: 11, raum: 16721975256, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/west-hartford/; name: Greenwich, independent_rias: 33, raum: 13141845150, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/greenwich/; name: Hartford, independent_rias: 6, raum: 11016772368, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/hartford/; name: Westport, independent_rias: 34, raum: 9548544419, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/westport/; name: Farmington, independent_rias: 10, raum: 7511700746, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/farmington/; name: Glastonbury, independent_rias: 15, raum: 6088571166, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/glastonbury/; name: Darien, independent_rias: 24, raum: 5352063624, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/darien/; name: Essex, independent_rias: 6, raum: 5181670706, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/essex/; name: Madison, independent_rias: 7, raum: 4445978032, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/madison/; name: Fairfield, independent_rias: 11, raum: 3876715478, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/fairfield/; name: Wethersfield, independent_rias: 5, raum: 3364535648, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/wethersfield/; name: Wilton, independent_rias: 6, raum: 3126302651, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/wilton/; name: New Canaan, independent_rias: 9, raum: 2456729276, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/new-canaan/; name: Guilford, independent_rias: 7, raum: 1801859119, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/guilford/; name: Shelton, independent_rias: 10, raum: 1705608136, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/shelton/; name: Ridgefield, independent_rias: 9, raum: 1390228105, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/ridgefield/; name: Southport, independent_rias: 6, raum: 1091405865, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/southport/; name: Cheshire, independent_rias: 5, raum: 1045286427, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/cheshire/; name: Avon, independent_rias: 6, raum: 959012751, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/avon/; name: South Windsor, independent_rias: 5, raum: 813946127, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/south-windsor/; name: Norwalk, independent_rias: 7, raum: 715670857, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/norwalk/; name: New Haven, independent_rias: 5, raum: 584905886, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/new-haven/; name: Weston, independent_rias: 5, raum: 158372586, url: https://advisoriq.com/ria/states/connecticut/weston/
- iar_ce_status: not adopted

## Notes

- Firms are placed in the state of their main office.
- History covers SEC-registered firms only, from October 2018.

## Sources

- SEC, Information About Registered Investment Advisers (ia100226.zip), checked 2026-10-07: https://www.sec.gov/files/investment/data/other/information-about-registered-investment-advisers-exempt-reporting-advisers/ia100226.zip
- IAPD compilation reports (IA_FIRM_STATE_Feed_10_07_2026.xml.gz), checked 2026-10-07: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/compilation
- NASAA IAR CE map, checked 2026-10-05: https://www.nasaa.org/industry-resources/investment-advisers/investment-adviser-representative-continuing-education/iar-ce-map/

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- [Largest independent RIAs by assets under management in Connecticut](https://advisoriq.com/ria/rankings/largest/connecticut/)
- [Fastest-growing independent RIAs over one year in Connecticut](https://advisoriq.com/ria/rankings/fastest-growing/connecticut/)
- [Fastest-growing independent RIAs over three years in Connecticut](https://advisoriq.com/ria/rankings/fastest-growing-3-year/connecticut/)
- [Fastest-growing independent RIAs over five years in Connecticut](https://advisoriq.com/ria/rankings/fastest-growing-5-year/connecticut/)
- [IAR CE in Connecticut](https://advisoriq.com/ce/iar/connecticut/)

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