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Bridgewater Associates, LP

Westport, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105129

Filed as BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Westport, CT, registered since 1990, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 18, 2026.

36 years
registered since 1990
$150,159,985,476
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Bridgewater Associates, LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Bridgewater Associates, LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Bridgewater Associates, LP located?

Bridgewater Associates, LP's principal office is in Westport, CT, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Bridgewater Associates, LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Bridgewater Associates, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1990. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105129.

How much does Bridgewater Associates, LP manage?

Bridgewater Associates, LP reports $150,159,985,476 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Bridgewater Associates, LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Bridgewater Associates, LP: Regulatory assets under management: $223,014,045,848 in the October 2021 data and $150,159,985,476 in the October 2026 data, down 33%. Total employees: 1,251 in October 2021 and 1,135 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Bridgewater Associates, LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (73); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (7); other (7).

Which custodians does Bridgewater Associates, LP use?

Bridgewater Associates, LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Bridgewater Associates, LP 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/105129

What changed in Bridgewater Associates, LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 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
  • Performance-based fees
  • 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 March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$150,159,985,476

$150,159,985,476 as of October 2026, filing dated August 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $150,159,985,476.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 Fewer than 5 Assets $11,660,664 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 73 Assets $114,726,390,587 (76%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $5,319,372,308 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $683,365,424 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $7,963,376,064 (5%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 6 Assets $8,851,824,386 (6%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 7 Assets $12,603,996,043 (8%)

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Educational seminars/workshops
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
UNITED STATES BRIDGEWATER ASSOCIATES, LP BEIJING REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1990 (36 years)
Employees
Total: 1,135. Performing investment advisory functions: 255.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CACT

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
$223B 2021 $236B 2022 $197B 2023 $172B 2024 $136B 2025 $150B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$150,159,985,4761,135August 18, 2026
October 2025$136,491,664,4581,216July 21, 2025
October 2024$171,751,270,4101,196March 29, 2024
October 2023$196,833,823,8711,166March 30, 2023
October 2022$235,542,378,4671,147August 17, 2022
October 2021$223,014,045,8481,251July 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $223,014,045,848 in the October 2021 data and $150,159,985,476 in the October 2026 data, down 33%.

Total employees: 1,251 in October 2021 and 1,135 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. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 254 to 255.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $136,491,664,458 to $150,159,985,476 (+10%).
  3. February 2026
    • 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
bridgewater.comsoundcloud.com/BRIDGEWATER-ASSOCIATES

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. Bridgewater Associates, LP (CRD 105129): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/bridgewater-associates-lp-westport-ct-105129