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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.
Quick answers
From the filingHow 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 2ASee 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 as of October 2026, filing dated July 14, 2026.
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.DA 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 111 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $561,000,000 | 10 | July 14, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $938,000,000 | 13 | March 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,306,000,000 | 17 | March 27, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,632,000,000 | 17 | July 4, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,727,496,000 | 17 | March 17, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,749,000,000 | 18 | March 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- August 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 1 yes answer, previously 0 (now yes: 11.H(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.ISource: 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. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/canaras-capital-management-llc-new-york-ny-142766