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Advent International, L.P.

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105673

Filed as ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, L.P.

Advent International, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1987, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 14, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$91,634,619,258
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Advent International, L.P. compensated?

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

Where is Advent International, L.P. located?

Advent International, L.P.'s principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Advent International, L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Advent International, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105673.

How much does Advent International, L.P. manage?

Advent International, L.P. reports $91,634,619,258 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 14, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Advent International, L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Advent International, L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $76,156,413,908 in the October 2021 data and $91,634,619,258 in the October 2026 data, up 20%. Total employees: 215 in October 2021 and 262 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Advent International, L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (133).

Does Advent International, L.P. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105673

What changed in Advent International, L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.G).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$91,634,619,258

$91,634,619,258 as of October 2026, filing dated August 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $91,634,619,258.Non-discretionary: $0.

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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 133 Assets $91,634,619,258 (100%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 262. Performing investment advisory functions: 103.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
New York, NYPalo Alto, CA
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAMANY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$76.2B 2021 $88.3B 2022 $91.7B 2023 $87B 2024 $82.5B 2025 $91.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$91,634,619,258262August 14, 2026
October 2025$82,519,284,739267March 31, 2025
October 2024$86,970,336,521247March 30, 2024
October 2023$91,674,441,516236July 13, 2023
October 2022$88,291,762,750213March 31, 2022
October 2021$76,156,413,908215March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $76,156,413,908 in the October 2021 data and $91,634,619,258 in the October 2026 data, up 20%.

Total employees: 215 in October 2021 and 262 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. September 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.G).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 104 to 103.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $82,519,284,739 to $91,634,619,258 (+11%).
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
adventinternational.cnadventinternational.coadventinternational.co.inadventinternational.co.ukadventinternational.comadventinternational.com.bradventinternational.com.cyadventinternational.deadventinternational.esadventinternational.fradventinternational.hkadventinternational.luadventinternational.mxadventinternational.nladventinternationalfm.luadventinvestmentadvisory.deadventtech.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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