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Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC

Needham, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 120632

Filed as ASCENSUS INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC

Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Needham, MA, registered since 2002, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 17, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$12,973,029,698
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

Where is Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC located?

Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Needham, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 120632.

How much does Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC manage?

Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC reports $12,973,029,698 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 17, 2026 (0% discretionary).

How have Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $98,227,086,923 in the October 2021 data and $12,973,029,698 in the October 2026 data, down 87%. Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 48 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (27).

Which custodians does Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC use?

Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC 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/120632

What changed in Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC'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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated August 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,973,029,698

$12,973,029,698 as of October 2026, filing dated August 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $0.Non-discretionary: $12,973,029,698.

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
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 27 Assets $12,973,029,698 (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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 48. 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
10 states or jurisdictions
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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
$98.2B 2021 $9.42B 2022 $8.48B 2023 $9.88B 2024 $11.6B 2025 $13B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,973,029,69848August 17, 2026
October 2025$11,649,896,04847March 24, 2025
October 2024$9,878,077,32347June 5, 2024
October 2023$8,481,660,99046September 19, 2023
October 2022$9,417,451,02444May 5, 2022
October 2021$98,227,086,92342August 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $98,227,086,923 in the October 2021 data and $12,973,029,698 in the October 2026 data, down 87%.

Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 48 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. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $11,649,896,048 to $12,973,029,698 (+11%).
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY.

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

Not reported.

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. Ascensus Investment Advisors, LLC (CRD 120632): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ascensus-investment-advisors-llc-needham-ma-120632