CAPTRUST: Platform Profile
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Overview
CAPTRUST is the principal trade name used by the SEC-registered adviser CapFinancial Partners, LLC.
Current March 27, 2026 Form CRS states:
- Minimum annual fee possible: Yes
That is a material current-data guard.
Older CAPTRUST wrap materials can contain program minimums such as $50,000.
Those program-specific or legacy thresholds should not replace the current firmwide Form CRS statement that CAPTRUST does not require a general minimum account size.
Current standard wealth-management schedule for assets under $10 million at initial funding:
- First 1m: 1.25%
- Next 1m: 1.00%
- Next 3m: 0.85%
- Assets over 5m: 0.70%
- Assets above 10m: negotiable
The schedule is progressive.
May fit better for
- clients seeking a large national advisory organization;
- investors who want discretionary portfolio management;
- households seeking financial planning, portfolio management and family-office services;
- clients who value no current firmwide account-size minimum;
- eligible investors considering private funds or alternatives;
- households comfortable with negotiated AUM pricing.
May fit less well for
- investors seeking one low-cost automated portfolio;
- clients who want one all-in fee;
- users who confuse SMA minimums with CAPTRUST's general minimum;
- investors who want no affiliated private-fund conflicts;
- clients who want one universal custodian;
- investors who need daily liquidity from every private investment.
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Legal adviser and broker-dealer are different entities
Current Form CRS:
- Investment adviser: CapFinancial Partners, LLC
- Brand: CAPTRUST
- CRD: 175112
- SEC number: 801-62193
Affiliated broker-dealer:
- Affiliate broker dealer: CapFinancial Securities, LLC
- Broker CRD: 126291
Certain financial professionals can earn brokerage or insurance commissions in separate capacities.
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Current Form CRS says no general account minimum
Current March 27, 2026 CRS:
- Minimum annual fee for certain services possible: Yes
- Minimum annual fee waivable: Yes
Schwab SMA programs can also have $100,000 or $250,000 manager-access minimums.
Those are not CAPTRUST's universal relationship minimum.
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Standard 2026 AUM schedule is progressive
Effective January 1, 2026:
- First 1m: 1.25%
- Next 1m: 1.00%
- Next 3m: 0.85%
- Over 5m: 0.70%
- Over 10m: negotiable
- Schedule progressive: Yes
- Fees negotiable: Yes
The actual advisory agreement can be higher, lower or waived.
Acquired clients can remain under legacy schedules.
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Fee math at $5 million
First $1 million:
$1,000,000 × 1.25% = $12,500
Next $1 million:
$1,000,000 × 1.00% = $10,000
Next $3 million:
$3,000,000 × 0.85% = $25,500
Illustrative total:
$48,000
Average:
0.96%
This excludes product-level and outside-manager expenses.
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Fixed-fee services use a separate range
Current Wealth Client Brochure:
- Fixed fee annual range: $10,000-$250,000
Hourly family-office and ancillary services are negotiated.
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Wrap and non-wrap accounts have different cost structures
Current disclosure:
- Wrap accounts: Yes
- Non wrap accounts: Yes
Non-wrap clients can pay:
- CAPTRUST advisory fee;
- separate transaction/brokerage charges;
- custodian charges;
- manager expenses.
Wrap fees can include ordinary transaction/custody components but underlying fund and product costs remain.
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CAPTRUST generally manages discretionarily but also offers non-discretionary advice
Current Form CRS:
- Discretionary management general: Yes
- Non discretionary management available: Yes
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Schwab, Pershing and Fidelity are major custody references
Current Wealth Client Brochure:
- Custodian:
- Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
- Pershing
- Fidelity / National Financial Services
Clients can select other custodians.
CAPTRUST is not affiliated with the custodial broker-dealers merely because it has custody agreements.
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Fidelity referral economics create a current conflict
Current Fidelity Wealth Advisor Solutions arrangement:
- Fidelity WAS referral fee fixed income: 0.10% annually
- Fidelity WAS referral fee other assets: 0.25% annually
- Referral fee paid by CAPTRUST not client: Yes
CAPTRUST also pays a minimum annual program fee.
The arrangement can create an incentive to maintain referred assets at Fidelity.
It does not mean Fidelity supervises CAPTRUST's advisory work.
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CAPTRUST manages affiliated private funds
Current 2026 disclosures include affiliated private funds such as:
- One Brick private-equity/private-credit funds;
- Homecourt;
- Cobblestone funds;
- other sub-advised private vehicles.
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One Brick and Homecourt illustrate layered economics
Current disclosure:
- One Brick CAPTRUST advisory fee: 10 bps/year
- One Brick indirect incentive fee participation: Yes
- Homecourt management fee for current CAPTRUST client LPs: 0.10%
- Homecourt management fee for former client LPs: 1.00%
There is no public market expected for Homecourt interests.
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Ordinary client accounts generally do not pay performance fees
Current Wealth Client Brochure:
- Ordinary client performance based fee general: No
- Affiliated private fund performance economics possible: Yes
CAPTRUST indirectly participates in certain OCredit incentive economics through One Brick and earns certain performance-based fees in connection with Cobblestone private funds.
Keep those private-fund economics separate from ordinary managed-account fees.
Assessment
CAPTRUST's most important current update is the minimum.
The March 2026 Form CRS says there is no general minimum account size, even though older or program-specific materials can contain $50,000 or larger thresholds.
The current 2026 standard AUM schedule is also unusually concrete for a national adviser.
The deeper cost analysis still requires attention to:
- wrap vs non-wrap;
- outside managers;
- private funds;
- custody;
- legacy acquired fee schedules.
General information
| Legal entity | CapFinancial Partners, LLC |
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| Available to US investors | Yes |
Offering structure and liquidity
| Structure | SEC-registered wealth-management relationship offered through CapFinancial Partners, LLC, with discretionary and non-discretionary management, wrap and non-wrap arrangements, third-party custody and optional private-fund or alternative-investment exposure. |
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Sources
- captrust.com
- captrust.com — Individuals
- captrust.com — Families with complex needs
- captrust.com — Important disclosures
- captrust.com — 2026 CAPTRUST Form 2A Wealth Client Brochure FINAL
- captrust.com — 2026 Part 3 Relationship Summary Form CRS FINAL
- captrust.com — 2026 CAPTRUST Form 2A Wrap Brochure FINAL
- adviserinfo.sec.gov — 175112
- reports.adviserinfo.sec.gov — 175112
- brokercheck.finra.org — 126291
