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Denali Advisors, LLC

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110242

Filed as DENALI ADVISORS, LLC

Denali Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2001, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$1,387,865,090
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Denali Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Denali Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Denali Advisors, LLC located?

Denali Advisors, LLC's principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Denali Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Denali Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110242.

How much does Denali Advisors, LLC manage?

Denali Advisors, LLC reports $1,387,865,090 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Denali Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Denali Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $729,337,943 in the October 2021 data and $1,387,865,090 in the October 2026 data, up 90%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 14 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Denali Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (197); high net worth individuals (60); corporations or other businesses not listed above (12).

Which custodians does Denali Advisors, LLC use?

Denali Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Northern Trust Securities, Inc. and State Street Global Markets, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Denali Advisors, 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/110242

What changed in Denali Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,198,606,479 to $1,387,865,090 (+16%).

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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,387,865,090

$1,387,865,090 as of October 2026, filing dated March 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,382,301,074.Non-discretionary: $5,564,016.

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 197 Assets $63,381,431 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 60 Assets $178,030,810 (13%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $164,879,000 (12%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 9 Assets $68,809,506 (5%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $867,961,397 (63%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $18,991,806 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 12 Assets $22,323,284 (2%)
Other
Clients 3 Assets $3,487,856 (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 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
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 14. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Anchorage, AKChicago, IL
States registered or notice-filed
52 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
$729M 2021 $426M 2022 $410M 2023 $493M 2024 $1.2B 2025 $1.39B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,387,865,09014March 27, 2026
October 2025$1,198,606,47913June 10, 2025
October 2024$493,421,77620July 17, 2024
October 2023$410,450,27311March 2, 2023
October 2022$425,884,64012February 1, 2022
October 2021$729,337,94314April 9, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $729,337,943 in the October 2021 data and $1,387,865,090 in the October 2026 data, up 90%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 14 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,198,606,479 to $1,387,865,090 (+16%).
  2. December 2025
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 2 (now no: 11.D(2), 11.D(4)).

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
denaliadvisors.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. Denali Advisors, LLC (CRD 110242): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/denali-advisors-llc-san-diego-ca-110242