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First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 150900

Filed as FIRST EAGLE ALTERNATIVE CREDIT, LLC

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026.

16 years
registered since 2010
$12,562,376,360
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC compensated?

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

Where is First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC located?

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 150900.

How much does First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC manage?

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC reports $12,562,376,360 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $20,174,538,934 in the October 2021 data and $12,562,376,360 in the October 2026 data, down 38%. Total employees: 114 in October 2021 and 79 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (70); investment companies (1); business development companies (1).

Which custodians does First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC use?

First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does First Eagle Alternative Credit, 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/150900

What changed in First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 4 (now no: 11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5)). Employees performing advisory functions went from 55 to 42. Regulatory assets under management went from $16,820,719,677 to $12,562,376,360 (-25%). Changed its office addresses in New York, NY. 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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$12,562,376,360

$12,562,376,360 as of October 2026, filing dated June 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $12,559,312,070.Non-discretionary: $3,064,290.

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
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $781,391,338 (6%)
Business development companies
Clients 1 Assets $651,820,000 (5%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 70 Assets $10,350,526,512 (82%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,064,290 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $715,380,194 (6%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $45,015,756 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $15,178,270 (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 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
2010 (16 years)
Employees
Total: 79. Performing investment advisory functions: 42.
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 July 2026 filing
Chicago, ILNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
5 states or jurisdictions
CTILMANYTX

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
$20.2B 2021 $21B 2022 $19.8B 2023 $19.9B 2024 $16.8B 2025 $12.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$12,562,376,36079June 30, 2026
October 2025$16,820,719,677118May 8, 2025
October 2024$19,938,589,986123June 28, 2024
October 2023$19,794,402,175119May 9, 2023
October 2022$20,976,810,833128August 30, 2022
October 2021$20,174,538,934114July 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $20,174,538,934 in the October 2021 data and $12,562,376,360 in the October 2026 data, down 38%.

Total employees: 114 in October 2021 and 79 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
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 0 yes answers, previously 4 (now no: 11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5)).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 55 to 42.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $16,820,719,677 to $12,562,376,360 (-25%).
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.
    • 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
firsteagle.com/FEAC

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. First Eagle Alternative Credit, LLC (CRD 150900): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-eagle-alternative-credit-llc-boston-ma-150900