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JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 20989

Filed as JPMORGAN ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT · Legal name J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Inc.

JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1991, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026.

35 years
registered since 1991
$29,731,327,961
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
8
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management located?

JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?

JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1991. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 20989.

How much does JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management manage?

JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management reports $29,731,327,961 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 16, 2026 (61% discretionary).

How have JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $13,696,583,283 in the October 2021 data and $29,731,327,961 in the October 2026 data, up 117%. Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 86 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (199); high net worth individuals (51); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (30).

Which custodians does JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management use?

JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists J.P. Morgan (Suisse) SA (affiliated with the firm), J.P. Morgan SE (affiliated with the firm), JPM Chase Bank NA (affiliated with the firm) and Northern Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 2 questions about criminal matters and 6 questions about regulatory matters (11.A(1), 11.A(2), 11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4)). 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/20989

What changed in JPMorgan Alternative Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $21,797,801,078 to $29,731,327,961 (+36%). Employees performing advisory functions went from 25 to 26. 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 27, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$29,731,327,961

$29,731,327,961 as of October 2026, filing dated July 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $18,235,504,961.Non-discretionary: $11,495,823,000.

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 51 Assets $782,610,929 (3%)
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 30 Assets $10,007,057,094 (34%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 12 Assets $1,538,597,337 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 23 Assets $579,923,149 (2%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $96,401,642 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 4 Assets $9,729,125,015 (33%)
Insurance companies
Clients 2 Assets $637,854,878 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 3 Assets $1,896,861,601 (6%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 4 Assets $72,017,602 (0%)
Other
Clients 199 Assets $4,390,878,714 (15%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
J.P. Morgan Alternative Asset Management, Inc.
Also doing business as
J.P. MORGAN ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. HEDGE FUND SOLUTIONS
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1991 (35 years)
Employees
Total: 86. Performing investment advisory functions: 26.
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)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Los Angeles, CANew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

8 Reports 8 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Criminal matters Items 11.A and 11.B

  • 11.A(1) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been convicted of, or pleaded guilty or no contest to, a felony?
  • 11.A(2) In the past ten years, has the firm or an advisory affiliate been charged with a felony?

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 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?
  • 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?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?

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
$13.7B 2021 $17.3B 2022 $18.1B 2023 $18.8B 2024 $21.8B 2025 $29.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$29,731,327,96186July 16, 2026
October 2025$21,797,801,07864July 21, 2025
October 2024$18,801,287,20659March 28, 2024
October 2023$18,114,800,31956July 20, 2023
October 2022$17,252,463,77251June 10, 2022
October 2021$13,696,583,28353March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $13,696,583,283 in the October 2021 data and $29,731,327,961 in the October 2026 data, up 117%.

Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 86 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 $21,797,801,078 to $29,731,327,961 (+36%).
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 25 to 26.
    • 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
am.jpmorgan.com/US/EN/ASSET-MANAGEMENT/GIM/ADV/HOMEam.jpmorgan.com/US/INSTITUTIONAL/HOME

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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