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Hildene Capital Management

Stamford, CTSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 160415

Filed as HILDENE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Legal name Hildene Capital Management, LLC

Hildene Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Stamford, CT, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 27, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$20,183,115,317
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Hildene Capital Management compensated?

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

Where is Hildene Capital Management located?

Hildene Capital Management's principal office is in Stamford, CT, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Hildene Capital Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Hildene Capital Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160415.

How much does Hildene Capital Management manage?

Hildene Capital Management reports $20,183,115,317 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 27, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Hildene Capital Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Hildene Capital Management: Regulatory assets under management: $13,239,532,779 in the October 2021 data and $20,183,115,317 in the October 2026 data, up 52%. Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 33 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Hildene Capital Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (76); insurance companies (6).

Which custodians does Hildene Capital Management use?

Hildene Capital Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street and U.S. Bank as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Hildene Capital Management 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/160415

What changed in Hildene Capital Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 18. Regulatory assets under management went from $17,308,126,716 to $20,183,115,317 (+17%). Added an office in Durham, NC. Registered or notice-filed in NC. 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

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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$20,183,115,317

$20,183,115,317 as of October 2026, filing dated April 27, 2026.

Discretionary: $20,173,910,122.Non-discretionary: $9,205,195.

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 Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported 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 76 Assets $12,517,004,293 (62%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 6 Assets $6,849,605,454 (34%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $786,328,258 (4%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $30,177,312 (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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Hildene Capital Management, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 33. Performing investment advisory functions: 18.
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)
1 other office, as of the May 2026 filing
Durham, NC
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CTNC

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
$13.2B 2021 $12.9B 2022 $14.6B 2023 $14.1B 2024 $17.3B 2025 $20.2B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$20,183,115,31733April 27, 2026
October 2025$17,308,126,71631April 10, 2025
October 2024$14,148,221,83429August 20, 2024
October 2023$14,645,382,55132August 15, 2023
October 2022$12,933,972,92533April 12, 2022
October 2021$13,239,532,77930May 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $13,239,532,779 in the October 2021 data and $20,183,115,317 in the October 2026 data, up 52%.

Total employees: 30 in October 2021 and 33 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 16 to 18.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $17,308,126,716 to $20,183,115,317 (+17%).
    • Added an office in Durham, NC.
    • Registered or notice-filed in NC.
    • 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
hildenecap.comhildenecdo.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. Hildene Capital Management (CRD 160415): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/hildene-capital-management-stamford-ct-160415