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Asset manager · Columbus, OH

Nationwide Fund Advisors

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 109391 · SEC 801-56370

At a glance

Nationwide Fund Advisors is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Columbus, Ohio, with $83.1 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed February 12, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is investment companies. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 152nd of 3,218 asset managers and 301st of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 614-435-6274nationwide.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$83B
Rank among asset managers
#152 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#301 of 17,210
Rank in Ohio
#2 of 403
Clients
129
Accounts
129
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
129
Advisory staff
22
Offices
1

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

Nationwide Fund Advisors’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.

Broker-dealer

Hybrid RIA

Nationwide Fund Advisors is a hybrid RIA: 66 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names affiliated broker-dealers: Nationwide Fund Distributors LLC, Nationwide Investment Services Corporation and Nationwide Securities, LLC.

Other hybrid RIAs

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Investment companies110$80B96%
Pooled investment vehicles19$3.5B4%

Disciplinary disclosures

Nationwide Fund Advisors reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Portfolio management for investment companies
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
  • Selecting other advisers

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗nationwide.com ↗

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Background

Questions

How much does Nationwide Fund Advisors manage?

Nationwide Fund Advisors reports $83.1 billion in regulatory assets under management across 129 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed February 12, 2026.

What kind of firm is Nationwide Fund Advisors?

Nationwide Fund Advisors is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons.

Who are Nationwide Fund Advisors’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are investment companies ($79.6 billion, 110 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($3.5 billion, 19 clients).

Does Nationwide Fund Advisors have any disciplinary history?

Nationwide Fund Advisors 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 Nationwide Fund Advisors’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 (2026-02-12), 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.

Not an endorsement or a recommendation. Before hiring any adviser, read its Form ADV Part 2A brochure and check its record on the SEC’s adviser search. How to check a financial advisor →