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Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 113359

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.

39 years
registered since 1987
Not reported
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
8
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How 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 2A

See 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.F

Not 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.D
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $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 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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

8 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
$111M 2021 $86.1M 2022 $64.1M 2023 $17.3M 2024 Not reported 2025 Not reported 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026Not reported5March 31, 2026
October 2025Not reported7March 27, 2025
October 2024$17,282,6316March 26, 2024
October 2023$64,134,4956March 30, 2023
October 2022$86,133,8946September 6, 2022
October 2021$110,932,0469March 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
  1. 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.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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