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Fiam LLC

Smithfield, RISEC-registered investment adviserCRD 133196

Filed as FIAM LLC

Fiam LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Smithfield, RI, registered since 2004, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2004
$347,728,516,377
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Fiam LLC compensated?

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

Where is Fiam LLC located?

Fiam LLC's principal office is in Smithfield, RI, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Fiam LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Fiam LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2004. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 133196.

How much does Fiam LLC manage?

Fiam LLC reports $347,728,516,377 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Fiam LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Fiam LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $140,108,514,353 in the October 2021 data and $347,728,516,377 in the October 2026 data, up 148%. Total employees: 171 in October 2021 and 196 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Fiam LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (174); investment companies (113); charitable organizations (111).

Which custodians does Fiam LLC use?

Fiam LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., National Financial Services LLC (affiliated with the firm), State Street Bank and Trust Company, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Fiam LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/133196

What changed in Fiam LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$347,728,516,377

$347,728,516,377 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $347,726,100,163.Non-discretionary: $2,416,214.

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
High net worth individuals
Clients 23 Assets $276,283,359 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $125,974,278 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 113 Assets $235,056,406,435 (68%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 174 Assets $24,424,233,931 (7%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 46 Assets $12,871,220,732 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 111 Assets $14,618,068,604 (4%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 39 Assets $9,664,913,118 (3%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 16 Assets $28,924,841,232 (8%)
Insurance companies
Clients 25 Assets $6,363,491,393 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 13 Assets $9,044,495,471 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 36 Assets $6,358,587,824 (2%)

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 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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FIDELITY ASSET MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, FIDELITY INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2004 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 196. Performing investment advisory functions: 139.
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)
4 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Boston, MAJersey City, NJMerrimack, NHSan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
38 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$140B 2021 $182B 2022 $152B 2023 $219B 2024 $271B 2025 $348B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$347,728,516,377196July 30, 2026
October 2025$270,657,357,740192July 2, 2025
October 2024$219,221,467,379168June 28, 2024
October 2023$152,386,258,592199August 8, 2023
October 2022$182,200,948,423182July 22, 2022
October 2021$140,108,514,353171July 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $140,108,514,353 in the October 2021 data and $347,728,516,377 in the October 2026 data, up 148%.

Total employees: 171 in October 2021 and 196 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 137 to 139.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $270,657,357,740 to $347,728,516,377 (+28%).
    • Added an office in San Francisco, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Chicago, IL.
    • Registered or notice-filed in ME, SC, UT.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in UT.

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
clearingcustody.fidelity.comfidelity.cominstitutional.fidelity.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. Fiam LLC (CRD 133196): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/fiam-llc-smithfield-ri-133196