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Confluence Investment Management LLC

Saint Louis, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 146019

Filed as CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

Confluence Investment Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Saint Louis, MO, registered since 2008, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$6,719,179,902
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Confluence Investment Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Confluence Investment Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Confluence Investment Management LLC located?

Confluence Investment Management LLC's principal office is in Saint Louis, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Confluence Investment Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Confluence Investment Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 146019.

How much does Confluence Investment Management LLC manage?

Confluence Investment Management LLC reports $6,719,179,902 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Confluence Investment Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Confluence Investment Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $6,888,754,678 in the October 2021 data and $6,719,179,902 in the October 2026 data, down 2%. Total employees: 46 in October 2021 and 55 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Confluence Investment Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (13,470); high net worth individuals (1,016); corporations or other businesses not listed above (220).

Which custodians does Confluence Investment Management LLC use?

Confluence Investment Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Pershing LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Confluence Investment 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/146019

What changed in Confluence Investment Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 24 to 25.

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,719,179,902

$6,719,179,902 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,719,179,902.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 13,470 Assets $4,350,529,156 (65%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,016 Assets $1,812,386,975 (27%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $49,763,814 (1%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 52 Assets $71,357,048 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 102 Assets $114,075,230 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 220 Assets $321,067,679 (5%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 55. Performing investment advisory functions: 25.
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

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
$6.89B 2021 $7.76B 2022 $6.93B 2023 $7.2B 2024 $7.25B 2025 $6.72B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,719,179,90255March 25, 2026
October 2025$7,251,904,12355March 21, 2025
October 2024$7,200,932,10854March 21, 2024
October 2023$6,928,892,88347March 9, 2023
October 2022$7,762,231,79546March 21, 2022
October 2021$6,888,754,67846March 5, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,888,754,678 in the October 2021 data and $6,719,179,902 in the October 2026 data, down 2%.

Total employees: 46 in October 2021 and 55 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 24 to 25.

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
confluenceim.comconfluenceinvestment.comvimeo.com/CONFLUENCEIM

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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