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Cerity Partners Ocio LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 151916

Filed as CERITY PARTNERS OCIO LLC

Cerity Partners Ocio LLC 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 March 31, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$21,132,697,705
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cerity Partners Ocio LLC compensated?

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

What does Cerity Partners Ocio LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: up to 0.75% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Cerity Partners Ocio LLC located?

Cerity Partners Ocio LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cerity Partners Ocio LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Cerity Partners Ocio LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 151916.

How much does Cerity Partners Ocio LLC manage?

Cerity Partners Ocio LLC reports $21,132,697,705 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cerity Partners Ocio LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cerity Partners Ocio LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,700,382,256 in the October 2021 data and $21,132,697,705 in the October 2026 data, up 471%. Total employees: 141 in October 2021 and 61 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cerity Partners Ocio LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (38); high net worth individuals (2); investment companies (1).

Which custodians does Cerity Partners Ocio LLC use?

Cerity Partners Ocio LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust, State Street Bank and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cerity Partners Ocio 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/151916

What changed in Cerity Partners Ocio LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 22 to 21. Regulatory assets under management went from $17,346,720,716 to $21,132,697,705 (+22%). 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
  • 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

Asset-based fee: up to 0.75% of assets a year (the maximum the brochure states)

The brochure's wording
Management fees typically are up to 0.75% per annum of the assets managed by the Adviser for a particular Client and payable monthly or quarterly or in arrears or in advance.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 31, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$21,132,697,705

$21,132,697,705 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $21,132,697,705.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 2 Assets $8,240,541 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $9,756,474 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $5,950,793,672 (28%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 38 Assets $15,163,907,018 (72%)

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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • 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
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 61. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Austin, TXDenver, CO
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CONYTX

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
$3.7B 2021 $4.83B 2022 $4.57B 2023 $15B 2024 $17.3B 2025 $21.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$21,132,697,70561March 31, 2026
October 2025$17,346,720,71660March 31, 2025
October 2024$14,976,862,18554June 28, 2024
October 2023$4,569,619,524169March 30, 2023
October 2022$4,832,854,403160August 3, 2022
October 2021$3,700,382,256141August 11, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,700,382,256 in the October 2021 data and $21,132,697,705 in the October 2026 data, up 471%.

Total employees: 141 in October 2021 and 61 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 22 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $17,346,720,716 to $21,132,697,705 (+22%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. November 2025
    • Changed its office addresses in Austin, TX.
    • Changed its office addresses in Denver, CO.

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
ceritypartners.com/cerity-partners-ocio

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. Cerity Partners Ocio LLC (CRD 151916): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cerity-partners-ocio-llc-new-york-ny-151916