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Element Capital Management LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160309

Filed as ELEMENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Element Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$43,427,362,512
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Element Capital Management LLC compensated?

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

What does Element Capital Management LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Element Capital Management LLC located?

Element Capital Management LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

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

Element Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160309.

How much does Element Capital Management LLC manage?

Element Capital Management LLC reports $43,427,362,512 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Element Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $62,026,413,242 in the October 2021 data and $43,427,362,512 in the October 2026 data, down 30%. Total employees: 58 in October 2021 and 64 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Element 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) (5).

Does Element Capital Management LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160309

Does Element Capital Management LLC state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "The Element Funds are subject to a minimum initial investment requirement of $50 million, however, Element is authorized to waive or modify such minimum investment requirement, subject to certain limitations in accordance with applicable law or regulation."

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 27 to 30.

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

Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Each Feeder Fund pays Element a management fee equal to 2% per annum of the net asset value of the Feeder Fund’s shares or interests .

Account minimum: $50,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The Element Funds are subject to a minimum initial investment requirement of $50 million, however, Element is authorized to waive or modify such minimum investment requirement, subject to certain limitations in accordance with applicable law or regulation.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$43,427,362,512

$43,427,362,512 as of October 2026, filing dated October 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $43,427,362,512.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 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 5 Assets $43,427,362,512 (100%)
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 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
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 64. Performing investment advisory functions: 30.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$62B 2021 $48.5B 2022 $68.6B 2023 $74.8B 2024 $40B 2025 $43.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$43,427,362,51264October 1, 2026
October 2025$40,030,453,38258March 31, 2025
October 2024$74,801,493,37566July 9, 2024
October 2023$68,583,169,64963March 30, 2023
October 2022$48,491,004,50462March 30, 2022
October 2021$62,026,413,24258March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $62,026,413,242 in the October 2021 data and $43,427,362,512 in the October 2026 data, down 30%.

Total employees: 58 in October 2021 and 64 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 27 to 30.
  2. December 2025
    • 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
elementcapital.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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