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Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.
Filed as BEAR STEARNS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1987, with no regulatory assets under management reported in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.
Where is Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. located?
Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?
Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 113359.
How have Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $110,932,046 in the October 2021 data and $17,282,631 in the October 2024 data, down 84%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 5 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1).
Does Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 2 questions about criminal matters and 6 questions about regulatory matters (11.A(1), 11.A(2), 11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4)). 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/113359
What changed in Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 1.
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
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.FNot reported.
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.DA 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)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1987 (39 years)
- Employees
- Total: 5. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 118 Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B
- 11.A(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?
- 11.A(2) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with a felony?
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
- 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(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 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?
- 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
- 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | Not reported | 5 | March 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | Not reported | 7 | March 27, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $17,282,631 | 6 | March 26, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $64,134,495 | 6 | March 30, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $86,133,894 | 6 | September 6, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $110,932,046 | 9 | March 30, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $110,932,046 in the October 2021 data and $17,282,631 in the October 2024 data, down 84%.
Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 5 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- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 4 to 1.
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.INot 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. Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. (CRD 113359): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bear-stearns-asset-management-inc-new-york-ny-113359