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ABS Global Investments

Stamford, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 127290

Filed as ABS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS · Legal name ABS Investment Management LLC

ABS Global Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Stamford, CT, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 25, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$10,480,492,211
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is ABS Global Investments compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), ABS Global Investments reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is ABS Global Investments located?

ABS Global Investments' principal office is in Stamford, CT, according to its Form ADV.

Is ABS Global Investments registered with the SEC or a state?

ABS Global Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 127290.

How much does ABS Global Investments manage?

ABS Global Investments reports $10,480,492,211 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 25, 2026 (86% discretionary).

How have ABS Global Investments' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for ABS Global Investments: Regulatory assets under management: $7,381,448,228 in the October 2021 data and $10,480,492,211 in the October 2026 data, up 42%. Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 47 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does ABS Global Investments serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16); investment companies (2); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (1).

Which custodians does ABS Global Investments use?

ABS Global Investments' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust Global Services Ltd and State Street Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does ABS Global Investments 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/127290

What changed in ABS Global Investments' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $8,152,866,290 to $10,480,492,211 (+29%).

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

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated June 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$10,480,492,211

$10,480,492,211 as of October 2026, filing dated June 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,992,773,602.Non-discretionary: $1,487,718,609.

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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $387,130,730 (4%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $9,307,438,359 (89%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $492,313,644 (5%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 1 Assets $293,609,478 (3%)

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 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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
ABS Investment Management LLC
Also doing business as
ABS GLOBAL INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 47. Performing investment advisory functions: 16.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Northern Trust Global Services LtdState Street Corporation

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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CT

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
$7.38B 2021 $7.87B 2022 $7.01B 2023 $7.52B 2024 $8.15B 2025 $10.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$10,480,492,21147June 25, 2026
October 2025$8,152,866,29045June 30, 2025
October 2024$7,518,040,40438August 1, 2024
October 2023$7,008,370,40238June 30, 2023
October 2022$7,871,705,25135July 6, 2022
October 2021$7,381,448,22831March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,381,448,228 in the October 2021 data and $10,480,492,211 in the October 2026 data, up 42%.

Total employees: 31 in October 2021 and 47 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $8,152,866,290 to $10,480,492,211 (+29%).

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
absinv.com

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. ABS Global Investments (CRD 127290): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/abs-global-investments-stamford-ct-127290