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Clearbridge Investment Management Limited

Edinburgh, United KingdomSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 139012

Filed as CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Clearbridge Investment Management Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, registered since 2006, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 16, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$9,892,865,574
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
7
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Clearbridge Investment Management Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Clearbridge Investment Management Limited 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 Clearbridge Investment Management Limited located?

Clearbridge Investment Management Limited's principal office is in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV.

Is Clearbridge Investment Management Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Clearbridge Investment Management Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 139012.

How much does Clearbridge Investment Management Limited manage?

Clearbridge Investment Management Limited reports $9,892,865,574 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 16, 2026 (93% discretionary).

How have Clearbridge Investment Management Limited's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Clearbridge Investment Management Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $6,339,354,155 in the October 2021 data and $9,892,865,574 in the October 2026 data, up 56%. Total employees: 91 in October 2021 and 44 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Clearbridge Investment Management Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (4,987); corporations or other businesses not listed above (105); charitable organizations (38).

Which custodians does Clearbridge Investment Management Limited use?

Clearbridge Investment Management Limited's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Brown Brothers Harriman & Co, Citibank N.A. Hong Kong Branch, JP Morgan, State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Clearbridge Investment Management Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 7 questions about regulatory matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(1), 11.D(2), 11.D(4)). 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/139012

What changed in Clearbridge Investment Management Limited'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
  • 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 December 18, 2025) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$9,892,865,574

$9,892,865,574 as of October 2026, filing dated September 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,239,915,360.Non-discretionary: $652,950,214.

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 4,987 Assets $1,668,165,781 (17%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 7 Assets $40,773,399 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $294,000,207 (3%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $4,744,520,399 (48%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 22 Assets $1,499,738,079 (15%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 38 Assets $215,907,623 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $671,668,992 (7%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 7 Assets $652,950,214 (7%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $310,204 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 105 Assets $104,830,676 (1%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 44. Performing investment advisory functions: 16.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

7 Reports 7 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$6.34B 2021 $7.83B 2022 $8.67B 2023 $9.42B 2024 $9.61B 2025 $9.89B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$9,892,865,57444September 16, 2026
October 2025$9,609,952,27677December 13, 2024
October 2024$9,419,032,14981April 5, 2024
October 2023$8,669,410,91587October 4, 2023
October 2022$7,827,919,74977December 13, 2021
October 2021$6,339,354,15591June 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,339,354,155 in the October 2021 data and $9,892,865,574 in the October 2026 data, up 56%.

Total employees: 91 in October 2021 and 44 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. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 35 to 16.
  5. December 2025
    • Changed its legal name from Martin Currie Investment Management Limited to Clearbridge Investment Management Limited.

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
clearbridgeinvestments.co.uk

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. Clearbridge Investment Management Limited (CRD 139012): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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