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Air Asset Management
Filed as AIR ASSET MANAGEMENT · Legal name Alternative Investment Resource, LLC
Air Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2017, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Air Asset Management compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Air Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.
Where is Air Asset Management located?
Air Asset Management's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.
Is Air Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?
Air Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 288165.
How much does Air Asset Management manage?
Air Asset Management reports $754,174,738 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (94% discretionary).
How have Air Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Air Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $346,149,911 in the October 2021 data and $754,174,738 in the October 2026 data, up 118%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 18 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Air Asset Management serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (13); other investment advisers (1).
Which custodians does Air Asset Management use?
Air Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Caceis Bank as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Air Asset Management 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/288165
What changed in Air Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?
In the August 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated July 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$754,174,738 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.
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.DA 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)
- 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
- Alternative Investment Resource, LLC
- Also doing business as
- AIR ASSET MANAGEMENT
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2017 (9 years)
- Employees
- Total: 18. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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
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1 state or jurisdiction
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $754,174,738 | 18 | July 30, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $704,444,092 | 20 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $738,045,480 | 21 | September 23, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $606,733,685 | 14 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $534,230,153 | 14 | March 22, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $346,149,911 | 9 | September 7, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $346,149,911 in the October 2021 data and $754,174,738 in the October 2026 data, up 118%.
Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 18 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- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 1 (now no: 11.D(2)).
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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Air Asset Management (CRD 288165): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/air-asset-management-chicago-il-288165