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Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 108257

Filed as COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, LLC

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1985, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026.

40 years
registered since 1985
$502,404,181,723
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC located?

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 7 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1985. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 108257.

How much does Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC manage?

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC reports $502,404,181,723 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 23, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $408,205,032,592 in the October 2021 data and $502,404,181,723 in the October 2026 data, up 23%. Total employees: 1,004 in October 2021 and 914 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (3,045); high net worth individuals (495); investment companies (186).

Which custodians does Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC use?

Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and State Street Bank & Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Columbia Management Investment Advisers, 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/108257

What changed in Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL. 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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 March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$502,404,181,723

$502,404,181,723 as of October 2026, filing dated September 23, 2026.

Discretionary: $501,386,731,497.Non-discretionary: $1,017,450,226.

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 3,045 Assets $1,008,607,211 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 495 Assets $1,885,501,314 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 2 Assets $13,673,793,427 (3%)
Investment companies
Clients 186 Assets $315,815,716,695 (63%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 173 Assets $42,988,107,237 (9%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 95 Assets $18,781,156,163 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 72 Assets $1,303,674,625 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 15 Assets $2,801,873,154 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 9 Assets $54,693,862,898 (11%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 9 Assets $13,155,987,254 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 139 Assets $35,763,301,925 (7%)
Other
Clients 11 Assets $532,599,820 (0%)

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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT, COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT CAPITAL ADVISERS, COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT ADVISERS, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENTS, COLUMBIA THREADNEEDLE INVESTMENTS NORTH AMERICA, SELIGMAN, SELIGMAN INVESTMENTS, SELIGMAN VENTURES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1985 (40 years)
Employees
Total: 914. Performing investment advisory functions: 440.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
7 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Charlotte, NCChicago, ILEl Segundo, CALake Oswego, ORMenlo Park, CAMinneapolis, MNNew York, NY
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

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
$408B 2021 $469B 2022 $388B 2023 $427B 2024 $457B 2025 $502B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$502,404,181,723914September 23, 2026
October 2025$457,482,709,435910May 28, 2025
October 2024$427,057,574,1981,008June 17, 2024
October 2023$388,388,690,3141,010September 26, 2023
October 2022$469,254,453,721988July 13, 2022
October 2021$408,205,032,5921,004September 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $408,205,032,592 in the October 2021 data and $502,404,181,723 in the October 2026 data, up 23%.

Total employees: 1,004 in October 2021 and 914 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
    • Changed its office addresses in Chicago, IL.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Added the business name Seligman Ventures.
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 392 to 440.
    • No longer lists an office in Stamford, CT.

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
ameriprise.comcolumbiathreadneedle.comcolumbiathreadneedleus.comcolumbiathreadneedleus.com/blogseligman.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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