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Cortland Associates Inc

St. Louis, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 104681

Filed as CORTLAND ASSOCIATES INC

Cortland Associates Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in St. Louis, MO, registered since 1989, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

37 years
registered since 1989
$958,000,000
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cortland Associates Inc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cortland Associates Inc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Cortland Associates Inc located?

Cortland Associates Inc's principal office is in St. Louis, MO, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cortland Associates Inc registered with the SEC or a state?

Cortland Associates Inc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1989. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 104681.

How much does Cortland Associates Inc manage?

Cortland Associates Inc reports $958,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cortland Associates Inc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cortland Associates Inc: Regulatory assets under management: $917,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $958,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 4%. Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cortland Associates Inc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (217); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (163); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).

Which custodians does Cortland Associates Inc use?

Cortland Associates Inc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cortland Associates Inc 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/104681

Does Cortland Associates Inc state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026 says: "The firm has a client minimum account size of $500,000 but reserves the right to accept client relationships below the stated minimum."

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 brochure for them.

Account minimum: $500,000

The brochure's wording
The firm has a client minimum account size of $500,000 but reserves the right to accept client relationships below the stated minimum.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 27, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$958,000,000

$958,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $958,000,000.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 163 Assets $60,900,000 (6%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 217 Assets $869,000,000 (91%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $9,800,000 (1%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $18,300,000 (2%)

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 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
1989 (37 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Naples, FL
States registered or notice-filed
15 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
$917M 2021 $1.01B 2022 $729M 2023 $788M 2024 $1B 2025 $958M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$958,000,0007March 27, 2026
October 2025$1,001,000,0007March 27, 2025
October 2024$788,000,0007March 25, 2024
October 2023$729,000,0006March 17, 2023
October 2022$1,011,000,0006March 29, 2022
October 2021$917,000,0007March 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $917,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $958,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 4%.

Total employees: 7 in October 2021 and 7 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
cortlandassociates.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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