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Cifc Asset Management LLC

Miami, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159172

Filed as CIFC ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

Cifc Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Miami, FL, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$44,575,860,272
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cifc Asset Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Cifc Asset Management LLC located?

Cifc Asset Management LLC's principal office is in Miami, FL, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cifc Asset Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Cifc Asset Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159172.

How much does Cifc Asset Management LLC manage?

Cifc Asset Management LLC reports $44,575,860,272 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cifc Asset Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cifc Asset Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $29,660,506,366 in the October 2021 data and $44,575,860,272 in the October 2026 data, up 50%. Total employees: 116 in October 2021 and 200 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cifc Asset Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (119); other investment advisers (10); insurance companies (6).

Which custodians does Cifc Asset Management LLC use?

Cifc Asset Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Barclays Capital Inc. and Brown Brothers Harriman Investments, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cifc Asset 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/159172

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 102 to 89. 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$44,575,860,272

$44,575,860,272 as of October 2026, filing dated May 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $44,567,219,177.Non-discretionary: $8,641,095.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 119 Assets $38,233,787,662 (86%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 3 Assets $497,039,680 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 10 Assets $1,213,378,756 (3%)
Insurance companies
Clients 6 Assets $731,528,160 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 6 Assets $1,102,224,344 (2%)
Other
Clients 6 Assets $2,797,901,670 (6%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
CIFC ASSET MANAGEMENT EUROPE LTD (RELYING ADVISER), CIFC CLO MANAGEMENT II LLC (RELYING ADVISER), CIFC CLO MANAGEMENT III LLC (RELYING ADVISER), CIFC CLO MANAGEMENT LLC (RELYING ADVISER), CIFC VS MANAGEMENT LLC (RELYING ADVISER)
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 200. Performing investment advisory functions: 89.
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)
3 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
LondonNew York, NYRadnor, PA
States registered or notice-filed
7 states or jurisdictions
CAFLGAILOHPASC

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
$29.7B 2021 $35.2B 2022 $37.2B 2023 $38B 2024 $41.5B 2025 $44.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$44,575,860,272200May 1, 2026
October 2025$41,521,977,161218May 12, 2025
October 2024$38,038,508,799209May 2, 2024
October 2023$37,246,864,417206April 21, 2023
October 2022$35,157,801,628128September 15, 2022
October 2021$29,660,506,366116April 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $29,660,506,366 in the October 2021 data and $44,575,860,272 in the October 2026 data, up 50%.

Total employees: 116 in October 2021 and 200 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 102 to 89.
    • 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
cifc.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. Cifc Asset Management LLC (CRD 159172): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/cifc-asset-management-llc-miami-fl-159172