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Global Environment Fund

Bethesda, MDSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 107208

Filed as GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FUND · Legal name GEF Management Corporation

Global Environment Fund is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Bethesda, MD, registered since 1991, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

35 years
registered since 1991
$116,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Global Environment Fund compensated?

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

How much does Global Environment Fund charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Global Environment Fund located?

Global Environment Fund's principal office is in Bethesda, MD, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Global Environment Fund registered with the SEC or a state?

Global Environment Fund is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1991. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 107208.

How much does Global Environment Fund manage?

Global Environment Fund reports $116,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Global Environment Fund's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Global Environment Fund: Regulatory assets under management: $668,852,931 in the October 2021 data and $116,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 83%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Global Environment Fund serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7).

Does Global Environment Fund 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/107208

Does Global Environment Fund state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 says: "Each Fund has a minimum commitment amount for prospective investors, typically $5 million, unless waived by GEF."

What changed in Global Environment Fund's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $238,300,000 to $116,000,000 (-51%). Added an office in Calistoga, CA. Added an office in Marshall, VA.

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

Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Annual Fees range from 1.0 % to 2.0 % per annum (“Annual Fee Percentage”) .

Account minimum: $5,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
Each Fund has a minimum commitment amount for prospective investors, typically $5 million, unless waived by GEF.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$116,000,000

$116,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $116,000,000.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 7 Assets $116,000,000 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
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 0 Assets $0 (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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
GEF Management Corporation
Also doing business as
GEF CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC (RELYING ADVISOR), GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FUND
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1991 (35 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Calistoga, CAMarshall, VA
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MD

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
$669M 2021 $847M 2022 $433M 2023 $325M 2024 $238M 2025 $116M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$116,000,0003March 30, 2026
October 2025$238,300,0003March 31, 2025
October 2024$325,000,0003March 29, 2024
October 2023$433,000,0004March 29, 2023
October 2022$847,000,0004March 31, 2022
October 2021$668,852,9316March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $668,852,931 in the October 2021 data and $116,000,000 in the October 2026 data, down 83%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 3 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $238,300,000 to $116,000,000 (-51%).
    • Added an office in Calistoga, CA.
    • Added an office in Marshall, VA.

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
globalenvironmentfund.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. Global Environment Fund (CRD 107208): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/global-environment-fund-bethesda-md-107208