AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Washington / Seattle / Cercano Management LLC

Cercano Management LLC

Bellevue, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 315897

Filed as CERCANO MANAGEMENT LLC

Cercano Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bellevue, WA, registered since 2021, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026.

4 years
registered since 2021
$7,281,283,635
assets under management
4 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cercano Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cercano Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Cercano Management LLC located?

Cercano Management LLC's principal office is in Bellevue, WA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cercano Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Cercano Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 315897.

How much does Cercano Management LLC manage?

Cercano Management LLC reports $7,281,283,635 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 8, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Cercano Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2022?

In the Form ADV data for Cercano Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $8,035,585,163 in the October 2022 data and $7,281,283,635 in the October 2026 data, down 9%. Total employees: 45 in October 2022 and 62 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cercano Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (27); high net worth individuals (6).

Which custodians does Cercano Management LLC use?

Cercano Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, JPM and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cercano Management LLC 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/315897

What changed in Cercano Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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 June 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$7,281,283,635

$7,281,283,635 as of October 2026, filing dated September 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $7,043,063,903.Non-discretionary: $238,219,732.

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 $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 6 Assets $589,856,019 (8%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 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 27 Assets $6,288,023,211 (86%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $216,432 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $403,187,973 (6%)
Other
Clients 0 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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (4 years)
Employees
Total: 62. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
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 October 2026 filing
Wayzata, MN
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CATXWA

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
$8.04B 2022 $8B 2023 $10.5B 2024 $10.5B 2025 $7.28B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$7,281,283,63562September 8, 2026
October 2025$10,518,414,76473July 22, 2025
October 2024$10,483,204,37470September 5, 2024
October 2023$8,000,289,15445August 25, 2023
October 2022$8,035,585,16345March 31, 2022

Regulatory assets under management: $8,035,585,163 in the October 2022 data and $7,281,283,635 in the October 2026 data, down 9%.

Total employees: 45 in October 2022 and 62 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 28 to 25.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $10,625,144,063 to $7,281,283,635 (-31%).
    • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
  4. April 2026
    • Registered or notice-filed in CA, TX.
  5. February 2026
    • 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
cercanolp.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. Cercano Management LLC (CRD 315897): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cercano-management-llc-bellevue-wa-315897