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Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107296

Filed as DUFF & PHELPS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO.

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 1979, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 17, 2026.

47 years
registered since 1979
$12,746,937,964
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. located?

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.'s principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. registered with the SEC or a state?

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1979. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107296.

How much does Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. manage?

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. reports $12,746,937,964 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.: Regulatory assets under management: $10,647,446,560 in the October 2021 data and $12,746,937,964 in the October 2026 data, up 20%. Total employees: 48 in October 2021 and 53 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (14); corporations or other businesses not listed above (9); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (7).

Which custodians does Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. use?

Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, Citibank, Institutional Investor Services and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. 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/107296

What changed in Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Added an office in Winter Park, FL. No longer lists an office in Orlando, FL.

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 April 17, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,746,937,964

$12,746,937,964 as of October 2026, filing dated April 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $12,746,937,964.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 14 Assets $7,509,926,606 (59%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $1,476,915,731 (12%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $2,094,498,566 (16%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $47,482,142 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $701,581,270 (6%)
Other investment advisers
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 9 Assets $916,533,649 (7%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • 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
1979 (47 years)
Employees
Total: 53. Performing investment advisory functions: 26.
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)
2 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Leawood, KSWinter Park, FL
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
DEFLILKSLATX

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
$10.6B 2021 $12.2B 2022 $12B 2023 $12.3B 2024 $12.2B 2025 $12.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,746,937,96453April 17, 2026
October 2025$12,227,914,13155March 28, 2025
October 2024$12,279,294,33654March 28, 2024
October 2023$12,005,901,67850June 6, 2023
October 2022$12,231,648,11148September 22, 2022
October 2021$10,647,446,56048April 13, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $10,647,446,560 in the October 2021 data and $12,746,937,964 in the October 2026 data, up 20%.

Total employees: 48 in October 2021 and 53 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
    • Added an office in Winter Park, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in Orlando, FL.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.

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
dpimc.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. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. (CRD 107296): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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