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Updated September 28, 2026. Quick answer: W&S Brokerage Services is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser (CRD #8099, confirmed ACTIVE this session via SEC IAPD). Per its own current fee brochure, a $500,000 account would run $7,250 a year under its published fee schedule. Already a client and thinking about leaving? Budget $150 at Pershing. This review covers what its own fee brochure and current SEC registration confirm today; this firm also has a fiduciary-status page and minimum-investment page on this site.
W&S Brokerage Services at a glance
| Fact | What W&S Brokerage Services’ own pages say |
|---|---|
| Legal entity | W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. |
| Registration | W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser (CRD #8099, confirmed ACTIVE this session via SEC IAPD). |
| Fee on a $500,000 account | $7,250 a year, per its own current brochure |
| Minimum to open an account | See the minimum-investment page for W&S Brokerage Services |
| Cost to leave (exit fee) | $150 at Pershing |
What W&S Brokerage Services’ own fee schedule charges
CRD 8099 is ACTIVE and SEC registered per a live IAPD lookup performed this session (isSECRegistered: Y, iaScope: ACTIVE). The brochure’s only dollar AUM figure, $84.9 billion, is explicitly footnoted as belonging to Fort Washington Investment Advisors, the sub-adviser that builds the W&S Wealth Solutions models, not to W&S Brokerage Services itself; the firm’s own Form ADV Part 1A filing, independently fetched and confirmed this session, instead reports $257,179,879 in regulatory assets under management across 963 discretionary accounts as of its most recent amendment dated August 4, 2026. The priced schedule covers the firm’s sole individual-facing offering, the W&S Wealth Solutions wrap program, sponsored by W&S Brokerage Services and sub-advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors.
“Value of Assets in Account Annual Fee Rate First $250,000 1.50% Next $250,000 1.40% Next $250,000 1.30% Thereafter 1.10% The following minimum quarterly fee applies: • For an account with an Investment Objective of Total Return, Income Oriented, Socially Conscious and Tax Aware, the minimum quarterly fee is $500 for a full quarter. • For an account with an Investment Objective of EnFocus™, the minimum quarterly fee is $250 for a full quarter. • For a Companion Account (defined in Item 5 below) with an Investment Objective of EnFocus™, the minimum quarterly fee is $75 for a full quarter.”
The W&S Wealth Solutions fee is a marginal tiered schedule: the first $250,000 is charged at 1.50%, the next $250,000 at 1.40%, the next $250,000 at 1.30%, and everything above $750,000 at 1.10%. The brochure also discloses a minimum quarterly fee of $500 for most investment objectives, equal to $2,000 a year, but that floor sits below the computed percentage fee at every balance shown here, so it does not change any of the four figures.
| Account balance | Annual fee |
|---|---|
| $250,000 | $3,750 |
| $500,000 | $7,250 |
| $1,000,000 | $13,250 |
| $2,000,000 | $24,250 |
See the full breakdown, including how the figure is calculated, on W&S Brokerage Services’ own fee page.
Registration
W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. is registered with the SEC as an investment adviser (CRD #8099, confirmed ACTIVE this session via SEC IAPD).
This is a registration confirmation only, not a fiduciary-standard verdict (a registered investment adviser can still be a dual registrant with a broker-dealer, which changes which standard applies in each capacity). For the fiduciary-standard question itself, see the fiduciary-status page for W&S Brokerage Services.
What it costs to leave
W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.’s Form ADV Part 2A states “You or W&SBS may terminate your participation in the W&S Wealth Solutions program at any time without an advisory termination fee; however, certain fees due to Pershing will still be applicable.” W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. names exactly one custodian in its brochure: Pershing LLC. Pershing LLC’s own published fee schedule states “Account Termination $150.00 per account.”
The full steps are on our how to leave W&S Brokerage Services page; the general mechanics of switching financial advisors and a dated termination letter apply regardless of firm.
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- Form ADV Part 2A, Appendix 1 (March 31, 2026): https://files.adviserinfo.sec.gov/IAPD/Content/Common/crd_iapd_Brochure.aspx?BRCHR_VRSN_ID=1035076
- SEC IAPD firm summary (CRD #8099, checked September 28, 2026): https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/8099
Methodology. This page was built September 28, 2026, drawing directly on W&S Brokerage Services’ own current fee brochure, cited in Sources below, and a fresh SEC IAPD registration check run the same day. As of September 28, 2026, this site publishes a fiduciary-status page and a minimum-investment page for W&S Brokerage Services; where the exit-fee facts above are cited, they were independently verified against the same primary source. Any fact we could not independently confirm is named as an honest gap rather than presented as verified. Nothing here is personalized financial, tax, legal, or investment advice, and it is not a substitute for reading W&S Brokerage Services’ own Form ADV Part 2A and Form CRS. We have not used W&S Brokerage Services as a client. W&S Brokerage Services did not pay for, review, or influence this content. See our Editorial Policy, Corrections, Affiliate Disclosure, and Disclaimer.
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