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BOW River Advisers, LLC

Denver, COSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 325285

Filed as BOW RIVER ADVISERS, LLC

BOW River Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Denver, CO, registered since 2023, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2023
$1,161,615,423
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is BOW River Advisers, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), BOW River Advisers, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is BOW River Advisers, LLC located?

BOW River Advisers, LLC's principal office is in Denver, CO, according to its Form ADV.

Is BOW River Advisers, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

BOW River Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 325285.

How much does BOW River Advisers, LLC manage?

BOW River Advisers, LLC reports $1,161,615,423 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have BOW River Advisers, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for BOW River Advisers, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $325,700,272 in the October 2023 data and $1,161,615,423 in the October 2026 data, up 257%. Total employees: 17 in October 2023 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does BOW River Advisers, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (1).

Does BOW River Advisers, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/325285

What changed in BOW River Advisers, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $705,655,397 to $1,161,615,423 (+65%). 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

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

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,161,615,423

$1,161,615,423 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,161,615,423.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
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,161,615,423 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CO

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.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
$326M 2023 $461M 2024 $706M 2025 $1.16B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,161,615,42327March 30, 2026
October 2025$705,655,39723March 28, 2025
October 2024$461,061,24719March 29, 2024
October 2023$325,700,27217April 3, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $325,700,272 in the October 2023 data and $1,161,615,423 in the October 2026 data, up 257%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2023 and 27 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 6 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $705,655,397 to $1,161,615,423 (+65%).
    • 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

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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