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Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co.
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.
Quick answers
From the filingHow 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 2AThe 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 as of October 2026, filing dated April 17, 2026.
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.DA 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))
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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)
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2 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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6 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $12,746,937,964 | 53 | April 17, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $12,227,914,131 | 55 | March 28, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $12,279,294,336 | 54 | March 28, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $12,005,901,678 | 50 | June 6, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $12,231,648,111 | 48 | September 22, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $10,647,446,560 | 48 | April 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- April 2026
- Added an office in Winter Park, FL.
- No longer lists an office in Orlando, FL.
- 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.ISource: 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. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/duff-and-phelps-investment-management-co-chicago-il-107296