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Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 310864

Filed as COLUMBIA CENT CLO ADVISERS, LLC

Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2020, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2020
$2,995,750,368
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC 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 Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC located?

Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2020. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 310864.

How much does Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC manage?

Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC reports $2,995,750,368 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $3,180,518,209 in the October 2021 data and $2,995,750,368 in the October 2026 data, down 6%. Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC serve?

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

Does Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/310864

What changed in Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, 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
  • 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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,995,750,368

$2,995,750,368 as of October 2026, filing dated September 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,995,750,368.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 10 Assets $2,995,750,368 (100%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENTS, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENTS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2020 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 24. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the October 2026 filing
El Segundo, CA
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 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
$3.18B 2021 $2.71B 2022 $2.84B 2023 $2.61B 2024 $2.83B 2025 $3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,995,750,36824September 23, 2026
October 2025$2,834,188,39025March 26, 2025
October 2024$2,605,013,19224April 25, 2024
October 2023$2,844,938,41527July 19, 2023
October 2022$2,706,555,87226July 15, 2022
October 2021$3,180,518,20925July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,180,518,209 in the October 2021 data and $2,995,750,368 in the October 2026 data, down 6%.

Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 24 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 14 to 13.

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

Not reported.

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. Columbia Cent CLO Advisers, LLC (CRD 310864): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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