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City of London Investment Management Company Limited

London, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110986

Filed as CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED · Legal name City of London Investment Management Co Ltd

City of London Investment Management Company Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in London, United Kingdom, registered since 1994, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026.

32 years
registered since 1994
$8,059,266,455
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is City of London Investment Management Company Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), City of London Investment Management Company Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is City of London Investment Management Company Limited located?

City of London Investment Management Company Limited's principal office is in London, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is City of London Investment Management Company Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

City of London Investment Management Company Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1994. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110986.

How much does City of London Investment Management Company Limited manage?

City of London Investment Management Company Limited reports $8,059,266,455 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have City of London Investment Management Company Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for City of London Investment Management Company Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $7,629,759,002 in the October 2021 data and $8,059,266,455 in the October 2026 data, up 6%. Total employees: 73 in October 2021 and 62 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does City of London Investment Management Company Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (19); charitable organizations (6); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (4).

Which custodians does City of London Investment Management Company Limited use?

City of London Investment Management Company Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, Northern Trust Corporation and State Street Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does City of London Investment Management Company Limited 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/110986

What changed in City of London Investment Management Company Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 26 to 21. Regulatory assets under management went from $6,842,617,648 to $8,059,266,455 (+18%). 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

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 June 18, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,059,266,455

$8,059,266,455 as of October 2026, filing dated September 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,059,266,455.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 1 Assets $20,851,924 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $443,453,145 (6%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 19 Assets $4,085,774,580 (51%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $118,143,501 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 6 Assets $2,772,146,175 (34%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 4 Assets $618,897,130 (8%)
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 0 Assets Not reported

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 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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
City of London Investment Management Co Ltd
Also doing business as
CITY OF LONDON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1994 (32 years)
Employees
Total: 62. 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)
1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
West Chester, PA
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

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
$7.63B 2021 $5.85B 2022 $5.9B 2023 $6.32B 2024 $6.32B 2025 $8.06B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,059,266,45562September 25, 2026
October 2025$6,317,749,65574June 11, 2025
October 2024$6,317,749,65574September 27, 2024
October 2023$5,903,333,80777September 28, 2023
October 2022$5,852,502,39969September 27, 2022
October 2021$7,629,759,00273September 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,629,759,002 in the October 2021 data and $8,059,266,455 in the October 2026 data, up 6%.

Total employees: 73 in October 2021 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 26 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $6,842,617,648 to $8,059,266,455 (+18%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. April 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. 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
citlon.co.ukcitlon.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. City of London Investment Management Company Limited (CRD 110986): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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