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First Pacific Advisors, LP

El Segundo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 141823

Filed as FIRST PACIFIC ADVISORS, LP

First Pacific Advisors, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in El Segundo, CA, registered since 2006, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 20, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$32,002,657,371
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is First Pacific Advisors, LP compensated?

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

Where is First Pacific Advisors, LP located?

First Pacific Advisors, LP's principal office is in El Segundo, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is First Pacific Advisors, LP registered with the SEC or a state?

First Pacific Advisors, LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 141823.

How much does First Pacific Advisors, LP manage?

First Pacific Advisors, LP reports $32,002,657,371 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 20, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have First Pacific Advisors, LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for First Pacific Advisors, LP: Regulatory assets under management: $27,268,935,484 in the October 2021 data and $32,002,657,371 in the October 2026 data, up 17%. Total employees: 77 in October 2021 and 73 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does First Pacific Advisors, LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (21); investment companies (8); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (8).

Which custodians does First Pacific Advisors, LP use?

First Pacific Advisors, LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Northern Trust Securities, Inc., U.S. Bank Institutional Trust & Custody and UBS Securities LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does First Pacific Advisors, LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a 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/141823

What changed in First Pacific Advisors, LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 20 to 21. Regulatory assets under management went from $26,702,343,033 to $32,002,657,371 (+20%).

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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 23, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$32,002,657,371

$32,002,657,371 as of October 2026, filing dated July 20, 2026.

Discretionary: $32,002,657,371.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1 Assets $1,057 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 8 Assets $26,395,603,512 (82%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 21 Assets $4,753,244,024 (15%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $501,050,845 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $352,502,768 (1%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $255,165 (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 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
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 73. Performing investment advisory functions: 21.
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)
3 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Newport Beach, CANorwalk, CTSanta Monica, CA
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
CAILMDOR

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.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?

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
$27.3B 2021 $30.3B 2022 $24.3B 2023 $24.8B 2024 $26.7B 2025 $32B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$32,002,657,37173July 20, 2026
October 2025$26,702,343,03372July 31, 2025
October 2024$24,802,894,80574September 9, 2024
October 2023$24,343,164,13277August 21, 2023
October 2022$30,276,402,26574September 23, 2022
October 2021$27,268,935,48477July 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $27,268,935,484 in the October 2021 data and $32,002,657,371 in the October 2026 data, up 17%.

Total employees: 77 in October 2021 and 73 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 20 to 21.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $26,702,343,033 to $32,002,657,371 (+20%).

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
fpa.comfpafunds.comfpag.fpa.comfpas.fpa.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. First Pacific Advisors, LP (CRD 141823): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-pacific-advisors-lp-el-segundo-ca-141823