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Ashmore Investment Management Ltd

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 112551

Filed as ASHMORE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

Ashmore Investment Management Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 1997, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026.

28 years
registered since 1997
$47,356,067,027
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ashmore Investment Management Ltd compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ashmore Investment Management Ltd reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Ashmore Investment Management Ltd located?

Ashmore Investment Management Ltd's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV.

Is Ashmore Investment Management Ltd registered with the SEC or a state?

Ashmore Investment Management Ltd is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 112551.

How much does Ashmore Investment Management Ltd manage?

Ashmore Investment Management Ltd reports $47,356,067,027 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 28, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Ashmore Investment Management Ltd: Regulatory assets under management: $80,595,488,534 in the October 2021 data and $47,356,067,027 in the October 2026 data, down 41%. Total employees: 167 in October 2021 and 153 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ashmore Investment Management Ltd serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (43); corporations or other businesses not listed above (29); sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions (13).

Which custodians does Ashmore Investment Management Ltd use?

Ashmore Investment Management Ltd's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY, Citibank, N.A, HSBC and Northern Trust Company (Australia) as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ashmore Investment Management Ltd 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/112551

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

In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 50. Regulatory assets under management went from $40,899,766,868 to $47,356,067,027 (+16%). 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

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 April 1, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$47,356,067,027

$47,356,067,027 as of October 2026, filing dated September 28, 2026.

Discretionary: $47,356,067,027.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 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 3 Assets $43,545,695 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 43 Assets $4,821,529,998 (10%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $2,985,489,444 (6%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $1,424,651,523 (3%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 13 Assets $27,029,899,605 (57%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 29 Assets $11,050,950,762 (23%)
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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1997 (28 years)
Employees
Total: 153. Performing investment advisory functions: 50.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
BNYCitibank, N.AHSBCNorthern Trust Company (Australia)

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
Not reported.

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
$80.6B 2021 $54.6B 2022 $49.5B 2023 $42.6B 2024 $42.6B 2025 $47.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$47,356,067,027153September 28, 2026
October 2025$42,583,948,002151May 19, 2025
October 2024$42,583,948,002151September 27, 2024
October 2023$49,489,802,051163September 28, 2023
October 2022$54,611,370,486163September 28, 2022
October 2021$80,595,488,534167September 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $80,595,488,534 in the October 2021 data and $47,356,067,027 in the October 2026 data, down 41%.

Total employees: 167 in October 2021 and 153 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. October 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 50.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $40,899,766,868 to $47,356,067,027 (+16%).
    • 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
ashmoregroup.comir.ashmoregroup.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. Ashmore Investment Management Ltd (CRD 112551): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ashmore-investment-management-ltd-london-112551