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Cressey & Company LP

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155606

Filed as CRESSEY & COMPANY LP

Cressey & Company LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$3,553,782,457
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cressey & Company LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cressey & Company LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

Where is Cressey & Company LP located?

Cressey & Company LP's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Cressey & Company LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Cressey & Company LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155606.

How much does Cressey & Company LP manage?

Cressey & Company LP reports $3,553,782,457 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cressey & Company LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cressey & Company LP: Regulatory assets under management: $2,651,847,191 in the October 2021 data and $3,553,782,457 in the October 2026 data, up 34%. Total employees: 27 in October 2021 and 47 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cressey & Company LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (12).

Does Cressey & Company LP 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/155606

What changed in Cressey & Company LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 20 to 23.

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
  • Other

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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,553,782,457

$3,553,782,457 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,553,782,457.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 12 Assets $3,553,782,457 (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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 47. Performing investment advisory functions: 23.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Nashville, TN
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
ILTN

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
$2.65B 2021 $2.66B 2022 $2.35B 2023 $3.69B 2024 $3.62B 2025 $3.55B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,553,782,45747March 31, 2026
October 2025$3,622,562,80747May 8, 2025
October 2024$3,691,127,20848March 29, 2024
October 2023$2,348,541,26432March 30, 2023
October 2022$2,663,874,69428March 30, 2022
October 2021$2,651,847,19127March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,651,847,191 in the October 2021 data and $3,553,782,457 in the October 2026 data, up 34%.

Total employees: 27 in October 2021 and 47 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 20 to 23.

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
cresseyco.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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