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Calamos Advisors LLC

Naperville, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105758

Filed as CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC

Calamos Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Naperville, IL, registered since 1987, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 23, 2026.

39 years
registered since 1987
$43,888,328,733
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Calamos Advisors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Calamos Advisors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Calamos Advisors LLC located?

Calamos Advisors LLC's principal office is in Naperville, IL, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Calamos Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Calamos Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1987. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105758.

How much does Calamos Advisors LLC manage?

Calamos Advisors LLC reports $43,888,328,733 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Calamos Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Calamos Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $31,143,220,906 in the October 2021 data and $43,888,328,733 in the October 2026 data, up 41%. Total employees: 219 in October 2021 and 300 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Calamos Advisors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,372); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (364); investment companies (74).

Which custodians does Calamos Advisors LLC use?

Calamos Advisors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists National Financial Services LLC and U.S. Bank National Association as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Calamos Advisors LLC 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/105758

What changed in Calamos Advisors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 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

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 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$43,888,328,733

$43,888,328,733 as of October 2026, filing dated July 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $43,888,328,733.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 364 Assets $369,549,705 (1%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,372 Assets $1,530,765,177 (3%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 74 Assets $39,998,204,898 (91%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 41 Assets $426,754,688 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 24 Assets $75,868,698 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $49,456,713 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 8 Assets $882,853,702 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 70 Assets $554,875,152 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • 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
1987 (39 years)
Employees
Total: 300. Performing investment advisory functions: 114.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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)
5 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Chicago, ILMilwaukee, WINew York, NYPortland, ORSan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
51 states or jurisdictions
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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
$31.1B 2021 $42B 2022 $33.8B 2023 $33.7B 2024 $38.2B 2025 $43.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$43,888,328,733300July 23, 2026
October 2025$38,184,222,669257June 5, 2025
October 2024$33,716,889,937243March 22, 2024
October 2023$33,763,270,463229August 23, 2023
October 2022$41,993,109,481228March 29, 2022
October 2021$31,143,220,906219September 23, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $31,143,220,906 in the October 2021 data and $43,888,328,733 in the October 2026 data, up 41%.

Total employees: 219 in October 2021 and 300 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 106 to 114.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $38,184,222,669 to $43,888,328,733 (+15%).
    • 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
calamos.comsoundcloud.com/CALAMOSINVESTMENTS

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. Calamos Advisors LLC (CRD 105758): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/calamos-advisors-llc-naperville-il-105758