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Canaras Capital Management, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 142766

Filed as CANARAS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Canaras Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2007, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 14, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$561,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Canaras Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Canaras Capital Management, LLC located?

Canaras Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Canaras Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Canaras Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 142766.

How much does Canaras Capital Management, LLC manage?

Canaras Capital Management, LLC reports $561,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 14, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Canaras Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Canaras Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,749,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $561,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 68%. Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Canaras Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (8).

Does Canaras Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(2) (pending civil proceeding). 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/142766

What changed in Canaras Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(2)).

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

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
$561,000,000

$561,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated July 14, 2026.

Discretionary: $561,000,000.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 Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (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 8 Assets $561,000,000 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
SARANAC CLO MANAGEMENT, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

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
$1.75B 2021 $1.73B 2022 $1.63B 2023 $1.31B 2024 $938M 2025 $561M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$561,000,00010July 14, 2026
October 2025$938,000,00013March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,306,000,00017March 27, 2024
October 2023$1,632,000,00017July 4, 2023
October 2022$1,727,496,00017March 17, 2022
October 2021$1,749,000,00018March 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,749,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $561,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 68%.

Total employees: 18 in October 2021 and 10 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
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(2)).
  2. December 2025
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 10 to 8.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $938,000,000 to $667,666,000 (-29%).

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
canaras.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. Canaras Capital Management, LLC (CRD 142766): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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