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Ancora Alternatives LLC

Cleveland, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 311902

Filed as ANCORA ALTERNATIVES LLC

Ancora Alternatives LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cleveland, OH, registered since 2021, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$1,131,830,017
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ancora Alternatives LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ancora Alternatives LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Ancora Alternatives LLC located?

Ancora Alternatives LLC's principal office is in Cleveland, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Ancora Alternatives LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Ancora Alternatives LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 311902.

How much does Ancora Alternatives LLC manage?

Ancora Alternatives LLC reports $1,131,830,017 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Ancora Alternatives LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ancora Alternatives LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $669,911,390 in the October 2021 data and $1,131,830,017 in the October 2026 data, up 69%. Total employees: 47 in October 2021 and 54 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ancora Alternatives LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (9); corporations or other businesses not listed above (1).

Does Ancora Alternatives LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation) and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/311902

Does Ancora Alternatives LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 says: "Generally, a client account must be a minimum of $1 million, unless Fund documents state otherwise or unless related to other accounts which together total $1 million." "Ancora reserves the right to waive this minimum at its discretion."

What changed in Ancora Alternatives LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: No longer lists an office in Naples, FL. 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
  • Performance-based fees
  • Other

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: $1,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Generally, a client account must be a minimum of $1 million, unless Fund documents state otherwise or unless related to other accounts which together total $1 million.
Ancora reserves the right to waive this minimum at its discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 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
$1,131,830,017

$1,131,830,017 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,131,830,017.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 9 Assets $1,059,200,019 (94%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $72,629,998 (6%)
Other
Clients Not reported 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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 54. Performing investment advisory functions: 31.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Bloomfield Hills, MI
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
DEOH

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

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
$670M 2021 $1.2B 2022 $1.26B 2023 $1.32B 2024 $1.05B 2025 $1.13B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,131,830,01754March 31, 2026
October 2025$1,048,157,20454March 21, 2025
October 2024$1,316,573,36159March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,262,294,06360September 25, 2023
October 2022$1,195,775,66157April 28, 2022
October 2021$669,911,39047January 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $669,911,390 in the October 2021 data and $1,131,830,017 in the October 2026 data, up 69%.

Total employees: 47 in October 2021 and 54 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
    • No longer lists an office in Naples, FL.
    • 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
ancora.netfocusfinancialpartners.cominvernesswealth.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. Ancora Alternatives LLC (CRD 311902): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ancora-alternatives-llc-cleveland-oh-311902