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FEG

Cincinnati, OHSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 121658

Legal name Fund Evaluation Group, LLC

FEG is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Cincinnati, OH, registered since 2002, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$23,858,830,840
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is FEG compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), FEG reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.

Where is FEG located?

FEG's principal office is in Cincinnati, OH, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is FEG registered with the SEC or a state?

FEG is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 121658.

How much does FEG manage?

FEG reports $23,858,830,840 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (67% discretionary).

How have FEG's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for FEG: Regulatory assets under management: $15,227,459,667 in the October 2021 data and $23,858,830,840 in the October 2026 data, up 57%. Total employees: 128 in October 2021 and 136 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does FEG serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: charitable organizations (164); individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (30); high net worth individuals (15).

Which custodians does FEG use?

FEG's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and Northern Trust Securities, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does FEG 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/121658

What changed in FEG's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 73 to 74. Regulatory assets under management went from $20,565,989,191 to $23,858,830,840 (+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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • 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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$23,858,830,840

$23,858,830,840 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $15,995,525,670.Non-discretionary: $7,863,305,170.

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 30 Assets $8,318,746 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 15 Assets $162,678,989 (1%)
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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $65,650,508 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 164 Assets $19,292,575,127 (81%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $154,166,850 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $4,139,902,290 (17%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $35,538,330 (0%)
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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Fund Evaluation Group, LLC
Also doing business as
FEG INVESTMENT ADVISORS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 136. Performing investment advisory functions: 74.
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 April 2026 filing
Dallas, TXIndianapolis, IN
States registered or notice-filed
53 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
$15.2B 2021 $18.8B 2022 $16.6B 2023 $19.8B 2024 $20.6B 2025 $23.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$23,858,830,840136March 31, 2026
October 2025$20,565,989,191130June 24, 2025
October 2024$19,848,561,829133March 28, 2024
October 2023$16,616,287,284130March 29, 2023
October 2022$18,769,851,917120March 30, 2022
October 2021$15,227,459,667128July 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $15,227,459,667 in the October 2021 data and $23,858,830,840 in the October 2026 data, up 57%.

Total employees: 128 in October 2021 and 136 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 73 to 74.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $20,565,989,191 to $23,858,830,840 (+16%).

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
feg.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. FEG (CRD 121658): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/feg-cincinnati-oh-121658