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News / 2026-08-11

Daily Advisor News

August 11, 2026

Big movers, new names, and firm exits

Day brief

Daily Advisor News tracked $1.9B in net flow and $693.8M in net AUM gains for August 11, 2026. Headline gains were led by twin $293.4M increases at ISAM Funds entities, supported by net additions of 17 advisors and 22 locations. Overall, 11 new firms registered $1.4B in total new regulatory AUM.

Top gains belonged to ISAM FUNDS (USA) LLC and ISAM FUNDS (UK) LIMITED, which each grew by $293.4M (+12.6%) from $2.3B to $2.6B. NEARSIDE ADVISORS, LLC also brought in $188.6M in regulatory AUM. Conversely, AGAMERICA LENDING LLC was the primary headline decline, losing $159M (-11.6%) to drop from $1.4B to $1.2B.

Eleven new firms joined the roster with $1.4B in regulatory AUM across five reporting entities, headlined by WNDRCO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC at $1.1B. Other notable entrants include KMF INVESTMENTS MANAGEMENT, LLC with $146M and MILNE FINANCIAL PLANNING, INC. with $111.3M.

Four firm exits accounted for $259M in departing AUM, led by STONERIDGE INVESTMENT PARTNERS ($152.3M) and EAGLESON ARNDT FINANCIAL ADVISORS ($106.6M). Note that Form ADV regulatory AUM measures reported assets under management and does not always match commercial fund size metrics.

AUM net flow

+$852.8M Gained 5 firms
$159M Lost 1 firms
$1.4B New firms 5 with AUM
$259M Exits 2 with AUM
+$1.9B Net flow Day total

Also tracked: advisors +17 · locations +22

Big Winners

Top 3 AUM gains · $852.8M tracked across 5 firms

Big Losers

Top 1 AUM drops · $159M tracked across 1 firms

Hot & New

Top 3 by reported AUM · $1.4B entered · 5 of 11 new names had AUM

Exits

Top 2 by last reported AUM · $259M left · 2 of 4 exits had AUM