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Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2025.
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From the filingHow is Harbinger Capital Partners LLC compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Harbinger Capital Partners LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.
Where is Harbinger Capital Partners LLC located?
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.
Is Harbinger Capital Partners LLC registered with the SEC or a state?
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160538.
How much does Harbinger Capital Partners LLC manage?
Harbinger Capital Partners LLC reports $134,196,348 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 25, 2025 (100% discretionary).
How have Harbinger Capital Partners LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Harbinger Capital Partners LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $336,390,003 in the October 2021 data and $134,196,348 in the October 2026 data, down 60%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 1 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Harbinger Capital Partners LLC serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16).
Does Harbinger Capital Partners LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), 11.H(1)(a) (court injunction in the past ten years), and 11.H(1)(b) (court 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/160538
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
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$134,196,348 as of October 2026, filing dated March 25, 2025.
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.DA 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- Also doing business as
- HARBINGER CAPITAL PARTNERS II LP
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 1. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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1 state or jurisdiction
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 115 Reports 5 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.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
Civil court matters Item 11.H
- 11.H(1)(a) In the past ten years, has a domestic or foreign court issued an injunction against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.H(1)(b) Has a domestic or foreign court ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related statutes or regulations?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $134,196,348 | 1 | March 25, 2025 |
| October 2025 | $134,196,348 | 1 | March 25, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $336,390,003 | 4 | March 25, 2021 |
| October 2023 | $336,390,003 | 4 | March 25, 2021 |
| October 2022 | $336,390,003 | 4 | March 25, 2021 |
| October 2021 | $336,390,003 | 4 | March 25, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $336,390,003 in the October 2021 data and $134,196,348 in the October 2026 data, down 60%.
Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 1 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 monthsNo changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.
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.ISource: 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. Harbinger Capital Partners LLC (CRD 160538): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/harbinger-capital-partners-llc-new-york-ny-160538