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Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 155680

Filed as DAVIDSON KEMPNER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$46,633,679,170
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP located?

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155680.

How much does Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP manage?

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP reports $46,633,679,170 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP: Regulatory assets under management: $42,249,920,422 in the October 2021 data and $46,633,679,170 in the October 2026 data, up 10%. Total employees: 384 in October 2021 and 523 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (92); insurance companies (3).

Which custodians does Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP use?

Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and U.S. Bank National Association as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Davidson Kempner Capital Management 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/155680

What changed in Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 2 (now no: 11.D(2), 11.D(4)).

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

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
$46,633,679,170

$46,633,679,170 as of October 2026, filing dated April 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $46,633,679,170.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 92 Assets $44,197,147,068 (95%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $2,436,532,102 (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 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
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 523. Performing investment advisory functions: 175.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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)
3 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Central, Hong KongLondonMumbai
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

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
$42.2B 2021 $44.1B 2022 $40.8B 2023 $44.7B 2024 $43.5B 2025 $46.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$46,633,679,170523April 1, 2026
October 2025$43,535,676,844474May 9, 2025
October 2024$44,651,158,287486August 14, 2024
October 2023$40,818,602,853516August 8, 2023
October 2022$44,057,509,239449June 14, 2022
October 2021$42,249,920,422384August 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $42,249,920,422 in the October 2021 data and $46,633,679,170 in the October 2026 data, up 10%.

Total employees: 384 in October 2021 and 523 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. May 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 2 (now no: 11.D(2), 11.D(4)).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 166 to 175.
    • Changed its office addresses in Mumbai.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
davidsonkempner.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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AdvisorCensus. Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP (CRD 155680): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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