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Freestone Capital Management, LLC

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 145711

Filed as FREESTONE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Freestone Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 2008, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$14,540,825,662
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Freestone Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Freestone Capital Management, LLC located?

Freestone Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

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

Freestone Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 145711.

How much does Freestone Capital Management, LLC manage?

Freestone Capital Management, LLC reports $14,540,825,662 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026 (69% discretionary).

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

In the Form ADV data for Freestone Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $7,223,476,563 in the October 2021 data and $14,540,825,662 in the October 2026 data, up 101%. Total employees: 74 in October 2021 and 120 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Freestone Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,569); high net worth individuals (1,337); corporations or other businesses not listed above (33).

Which custodians does Freestone Capital Management, LLC use?

Freestone Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Freestone Capital Management, 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/145711

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

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 42 to 46. Regulatory assets under management went from $11,493,619,610 to $14,540,825,662 (+27%). Registered or notice-filed in AL, AR, DE, IA, IN, KY, ME, MS, ND, NM, OK, PR, RI, VI, WV.

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

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
$14,540,825,662

$14,540,825,662 as of October 2026, filing dated June 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $9,968,894,538.Non-discretionary: $4,571,931,124.

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 1,569 Assets $2,948,033,048 (20%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,337 Assets $8,401,735,687 (58%)
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 16 Assets $2,573,747,154 (18%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 26 Assets $70,025,934 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 13 Assets $75,198,872 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 33 Assets $472,084,967 (3%)
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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
FREESTONE
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 120. Performing investment advisory functions: 46.
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 July 2026 filing
Anchorage, AKCampbell, CASan Francisco, CASanta Barbara, CA
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
$7.22B 2021 $8.93B 2022 $8.22B 2023 $9.53B 2024 $11.5B 2025 $14.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$14,540,825,662120June 29, 2026
October 2025$11,493,619,610117June 10, 2025
October 2024$9,527,801,546107July 8, 2024
October 2023$8,221,070,28994October 3, 2023
October 2022$8,929,179,79385May 5, 2022
October 2021$7,223,476,56374August 16, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,223,476,563 in the October 2021 data and $14,540,825,662 in the October 2026 data, up 101%.

Total employees: 74 in October 2021 and 120 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 42 to 46.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $11,493,619,610 to $14,540,825,662 (+27%).
    • Registered or notice-filed in AL, AR, DE, IA, IN, KY, ME, MS, ND, NM, OK, PR, RI, VI, WV.
  2. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in IN, NM.
  3. November 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
freestonecapital.comvimeo.com/user244646317

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. Freestone Capital Management, LLC (CRD 145711): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/freestone-capital-management-llc-seattle-wa-145711