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Efficient Capital Management LLC

Warrenville, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 287958

Filed as EFFICIENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Efficient Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Warrenville, IL, registered since 2017, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2017
$1,156,523,519
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Efficient Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

Where is Efficient Capital Management LLC located?

Efficient Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Warrenville, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Efficient Capital Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Efficient Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 287958.

How much does Efficient Capital Management LLC manage?

Efficient Capital Management LLC reports $1,156,523,519 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 6, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Efficient Capital Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Efficient Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $827,430,885 in the October 2021 data and $1,156,523,519 in the October 2026 data, up 40%. Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 29 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Efficient Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (12); investment companies (1).

Does Efficient Capital Management 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/287958

What changed in Efficient Capital Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 14 to 13. Regulatory assets under management went from $913,862,732 to $1,156,523,519 (+27%). Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 6, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,156,523,519

$1,156,523,519 as of October 2026, filing dated March 6, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,156,523,519.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 Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $179,283,193 (16%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 12 Assets $977,240,326 (84%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 29. Performing investment advisory functions: 13.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IL

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
$827M 2021 $836M 2022 $1.04B 2023 $1B 2024 $914M 2025 $1.16B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,156,523,51929March 6, 2026
October 2025$913,862,73229March 25, 2025
October 2024$1,004,486,04228March 28, 2024
October 2023$1,042,668,84224March 30, 2023
October 2022$836,226,65525March 29, 2022
October 2021$827,430,88525March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $827,430,885 in the October 2021 data and $1,156,523,519 in the October 2026 data, up 40%.

Total employees: 25 in October 2021 and 29 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 14 to 13.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $913,862,732 to $1,156,523,519 (+27%).
    • 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
efficient.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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