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Abrdn Inc.

Philadelphia, PASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 111069

Filed as ABRDN INC.

Abrdn Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Philadelphia, PA, registered since 1995, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

31 years
registered since 1995
$41,477,054,582
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Abrdn Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Abrdn Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees; other.

Where is Abrdn Inc. located?

Abrdn Inc.'s principal office is in Philadelphia, PA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Abrdn Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Abrdn Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 111069.

How much does Abrdn Inc. manage?

Abrdn Inc. reports $41,477,054,582 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Abrdn Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Abrdn Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $36,810,255,577 in the October 2021 data and $41,477,054,582 in the October 2026 data, up 13%. Total employees: 352 in October 2021 and 193 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Abrdn Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (90); investment companies (23); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (16).

Which custodians does Abrdn Inc. use?

Abrdn Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Citibank, JP Morgan Chase & Co and Master Trust Bank of Japan as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Abrdn Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/111069

What changed in Abrdn Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 47 to 55. Regulatory assets under management went from $37,575,048,457 to $41,477,054,582 (+10%).

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$41,477,054,582

$41,477,054,582 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $41,473,439,299.Non-discretionary: $3,615,283.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Investment companies
Clients 23 Assets $8,737,500,351 (21%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 90 Assets $15,667,149,881 (38%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 16 Assets $9,289,665,999 (22%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 12 Assets $2,959,183,532 (7%)
Insurance companies
Clients 13 Assets $2,001,772,545 (5%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 4 Assets $2,148,020,554 (5%)
Other
Clients 7 Assets $673,761,720 (2%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
ABERDEEN, ABERDEEN INVESTMENTS, ABERDEEN INVESTMENTS GLOBAL, ABRDN, ABRDN INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 193. Performing investment advisory functions: 55.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Boston, MANew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$36.8B 2021 $56.3B 2022 $52.1B 2023 $47.2B 2024 $37.6B 2025 $41.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$41,477,054,582193March 26, 2026
October 2025$37,575,048,457193July 21, 2025
October 2024$47,163,625,481212July 31, 2024
October 2023$52,096,926,901266June 30, 2023
October 2022$56,266,003,343291September 12, 2022
October 2021$36,810,255,577352July 6, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $36,810,255,577 in the October 2021 data and $41,477,054,582 in the October 2026 data, up 13%.

Total employees: 352 in October 2021 and 193 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 47 to 55.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $37,575,048,457 to $41,477,054,582 (+10%).

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
aberdeeninvestments.combsky.app/profile/aberdeengroupplc.bsky.socialopen.spotify.com/show/3EiElFShUSG7vRg8vgdkN0

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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AdvisorCensus. Abrdn Inc. (CRD 111069): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/abrdn-inc-philadelphia-pa-111069