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Castle Creek Capital

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 158079

Filed as CASTLE CREEK CAPITAL · Legal name Castle Creek Advisors IV LLC

Castle Creek Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2011, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$1,135,436,615
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Castle Creek Capital compensated?

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

Where is Castle Creek Capital located?

Castle Creek Capital's principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Castle Creek Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Castle Creek Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158079.

How much does Castle Creek Capital manage?

Castle Creek Capital reports $1,135,436,615 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Castle Creek Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $771,375,580 in the October 2021 data and $1,135,436,615 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Castle Creek Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (10).

Which custodians does Castle Creek Capital use?

Castle Creek Capital's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Castle Creek 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/158079

What changed in Castle Creek Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the January 2026 filing data: No longer registered or notice-filed in CO.

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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,135,436,615

$1,135,436,615 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,134,925,847.Non-discretionary: $510,768.

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 10 Assets $1,134,925,847 (100%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $510,768 (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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Castle Creek Advisors IV LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
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 April 2026 filing
Dallas, TX
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CATX

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
$771M 2021 $937M 2022 $1.09B 2023 $979M 2024 $1.07B 2025 $1.14B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,135,436,61512March 30, 2026
October 2025$1,068,090,52912March 28, 2025
October 2024$978,730,70610March 25, 2024
October 2023$1,086,653,71412August 4, 2023
October 2022$936,563,2198March 17, 2022
October 2021$771,375,58010July 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $771,375,580 in the October 2021 data and $1,135,436,615 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 12 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. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in CO.
  2. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,068,090,529 to $1,183,900,282 (+11%).
  3. November 2025
    • No longer lists the business name Castle Creek Advisors VIII LLC (relying Advisor).
    • No longer lists the business name Castle Creek Advisors IX LLC (relying Advisor).
    • 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
castlecreek.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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