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Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 152175

Filed as CERBERUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$92,499,746,649
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. located?

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 10 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 152175.

How much does Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. manage?

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. reports $92,499,746,649 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $70,510,573,106 in the October 2021 data and $92,499,746,649 in the October 2026 data, up 31%. Total employees: 723 in October 2021 and 936 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (249); other (8).

Which custodians does Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. use?

Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and US Bank National Association as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.H(1)(c) (regulator's civil action dismissed under a settlement). 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/152175

What changed in Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: Its Item 11 disclosure answers changed (now yes: 11.H(1)(c); now no: 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$92,499,746,649

$92,499,746,649 as of October 2026, filing dated August 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $92,499,746,649.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 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 249 Assets $85,643,544,147 (93%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 8 Assets $6,856,202,502 (7%)

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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 936. Performing investment advisory functions: 216.
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)
10 other offices, as of the September 2026 filing
AmsterdamArlington, VABurlingame, CAChicago, ILFort Worth, TXLos Angeles, CAMiami, FLPortland, MES?o PauloSan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
10 states or jurisdictions
AZCACODEFLILMENYTXVA

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(1)(c) Has a domestic or foreign court ever dismissed, under a settlement agreement, an investment-related civil action brought against the firm or an advisory affiliate by a state or foreign financial regulator?

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
$70.5B 2021 $80.6B 2022 $82.4B 2023 $88.2B 2024 $85.8B 2025 $92.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$92,499,746,649936August 26, 2026
October 2025$85,771,293,871952June 3, 2025
October 2024$88,209,956,145936August 23, 2024
October 2023$82,373,344,691855August 22, 2023
October 2022$80,580,538,041723August 18, 2022
October 2021$70,510,573,106723August 2, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $70,510,573,106 in the October 2021 data and $92,499,746,649 in the October 2026 data, up 31%.

Total employees: 723 in October 2021 and 936 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. September 2026
    • Its Item 11 disclosure answers changed (now yes: 11.H(1)(c); now no: 11.H(2)).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 273 to 216.
    • Changed its office addresses in S?o Paulo.
    • Added an office in Burlingame, CA.
    • Added an office in Portland, ME.
    • No longer lists an office in Dubai.
    • No longer lists an office in Palo Alto, CA.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. December 2025
    • Registered or notice-filed in ME.

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
cerberus-supply-chain.comcerberus-ventures.comcerberus.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. Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (CRD 152175): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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