Asset manager · New York, NY
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Advisors LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 164198 · SEC 801-76705
At a glance
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in New York, New York, with $40.3 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 29, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pension and profit sharing plans. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 242nd of 3,218 asset managers and 519th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 212-850-4260ceritypartners.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $40B
- Rank among asset managers
- #242 of 3,218
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #519 of 17,210
- Rank in New York
- #130 of 2,591
- Clients
- 850
- Accounts
- 914
- Discretionary
- 42% of AUM
- Employees
- 193
- Advisory staff
- 153
- Offices
- 34
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Robert J. SecoGeneral Counsel
- Kurt P. MiscinskiChief Executive Officer
- Kevin D. HildenPresident
- Neil L. QuinlanDirector of Operations
- Arthur I. ProstickChief Compliance Officer
- Suketu C. ShahChief Financial Officer
- Robert J. JeffersChief Operations Officer
Custody and brokerage
4 custodians
- Northern Trust$7.8B34%
- U.S. Bank$6.0B26%
- Empower Financial Services$5.0B22%
- Fidelity Distributors Company$4.3B19%
Broker-dealer
Affiliated broker-dealer
It names an affiliated broker-dealer: CP Client Solutions LLC.
- CP Client Solutions LLC ↗CRD 330402
It doesn’t hold client accounts or customer funds itself. Its annual audited report filed with the SEC, February 2026
Its Form ADV brochure (filed April 2026) names CP Client Solutions as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.
Certain Cerity Partners management persons and employees are registered representatives of CP Client Solutions to the extent necessary or appropriate to perform their responsibilities.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 821 | $32B | 79% |
| Corporations or other businesses | 5 | $4.8B | 12% |
| Charitable organizations | 20 | $3.4B | 8% |
| State or municipal government entities | 4 | $134M | <1% |
Disciplinary disclosures
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
- Pension consulting
- Selecting other advisers
- Educational seminars and workshops
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Hourly charges
- Fixed fees
- Other
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗ceritypartners.com ↗Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants news and profile →
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Questions
How much does Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants manage?
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants reports $40.3 billion in regulatory assets under management across 914 accounts, 42% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed September 29, 2026.
What kind of firm is Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants?
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals.
Who are Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are pension and profit sharing plans ($31.9 billion, 821 clients); corporations or other businesses ($4.8 billion, 5 clients); charitable organizations ($3.4 billion, 20 clients).
Does Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants have any disciplinary history?
Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of its Form ADV. Check the SEC’s adviser search for the latest record.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Cerity Partners Retirement Plan Consultants’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-09-29), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.
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