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Air Asset Management

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 288165

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.

9 years
registered since 2017
$754,174,738
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How 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 2A

See 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

$754,174,738 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $707,466,416.Non-discretionary: $46,708,322.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 13 Assets $707,466,416 (94%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 1 Assets $46,708,322 (6%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)

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)
  • 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))

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
IL

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
$346M 2021 $534M 2022 $607M 2023 $738M 2024 $704M 2025 $754M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$754,174,73818July 30, 2026
October 2025$704,444,09220March 31, 2025
October 2024$738,045,48021September 23, 2024
October 2023$606,733,68514March 31, 2023
October 2022$534,230,15314March 22, 2022
October 2021$346,149,9119September 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
  1. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. 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.I
airassetmanagement.comvimeo.com/airassetmanagement

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. Air Asset Management (CRD 288165): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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