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Calmwater Capital

El Segundo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282617

Filed as CALMWATER CAPITAL · Legal name Calmwater Asset Management, LLC

Calmwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in El Segundo, CA, registered since 2017, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$792,519,211
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Calmwater Capital compensated?

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

Where is Calmwater Capital located?

Calmwater Capital's principal office is in El Segundo, CA, according to its Form ADV; the January 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Calmwater Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Calmwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282617.

How much does Calmwater Capital manage?

Calmwater Capital reports $792,519,211 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Calmwater Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Calmwater Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $1,005,204,914 in the October 2021 data and $792,519,211 in the October 2026 data, down 21%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 8 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Calmwater Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7).

Does Calmwater Capital 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/282617

Does Calmwater Capital state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "Calmwater Capital does not have a minimum size for a Fund."

What changed in Calmwater Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 11 to 7. Regulatory assets under management went from $1,207,165,882 to $792,519,211 (-34%). No longer lists an office in New York, NY.

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

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
Calmwater Capital does not have a minimum size for a Fund.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$792,519,211

$792,519,211 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $792,519,211.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 7 Assets $792,519,211 (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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Calmwater Asset Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 8. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the January 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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
$1.01B 2021 $1.35B 2022 $1.45B 2023 $1.13B 2024 $1.21B 2025 $793M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$792,519,2118March 27, 2026
October 2025$1,207,165,88213July 17, 2025
October 2024$1,132,879,43014March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,449,278,99417March 31, 2023
October 2022$1,349,897,89620March 30, 2022
October 2021$1,005,204,91420April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,005,204,914 in the October 2021 data and $792,519,211 in the October 2026 data, down 21%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 8 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 11 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,207,165,882 to $792,519,211 (-34%).
    • No longer lists an office in New York, NY.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CT.
    • 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
calmwatercapital.com

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. Calmwater Capital (CRD 282617): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/calmwater-capital-el-segundo-ca-282617