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Alumina Investment Management

Charlotte, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 164273

Filed as ALUMINA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Legal name Alumina Investment Management, LLC

Alumina Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Charlotte, NC, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$5,262,418,590
assets under management
1 arrangement
Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Alumina Investment Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Alumina Investment Management reports these compensation arrangements: fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Alumina Investment Management located?

Alumina Investment Management's principal office is in Charlotte, NC, according to its Form ADV.

Is Alumina Investment Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Alumina Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 164273.

How much does Alumina Investment Management manage?

Alumina Investment Management reports $5,262,418,590 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have Alumina Investment Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Alumina Investment Management: Regulatory assets under management: $9,110,702,479 in the October 2021 data and $5,262,418,590 in the October 2026 data, down 42%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

Which custodians does Alumina Investment Management use?

Alumina Investment Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Alumina Investment 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/164273

Does Alumina Investment Management state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "Alumina generally has a minimum account size of $25 million."

What changed in Alumina Investment Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $14,681,685,404 to $5,262,418,590 (-64%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2. 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

Account minimum: $25,000,000

The brochure's wording
Alumina generally has a minimum account size of $25 million.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,262,418,590

$5,262,418,590 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $5,262,418,590.

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
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $5,262,418,590 (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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Alumina Investment Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
NC

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
$9.11B 2021 $10.7B 2022 $10.8B 2023 $12B 2024 $14.7B 2025 $5.26B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,262,418,5902March 27, 2026
October 2025$14,681,685,4043February 27, 2025
October 2024$11,978,167,6853March 5, 2024
October 2023$10,797,568,4453March 2, 2023
October 2022$10,679,533,7974March 10, 2022
October 2021$9,110,702,4794March 10, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $9,110,702,479 in the October 2021 data and $5,262,418,590 in the October 2026 data, down 42%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 2 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 $14,681,685,404 to $5,262,418,590 (-64%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. February 2026
    • 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

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. Alumina Investment Management (CRD 164273): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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