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K5 Global Advisor LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 314373

Filed as K5 GLOBAL ADVISOR LLC

K5 Global Advisor LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2021, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$5,847,743,195
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is K5 Global Advisor LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), K5 Global Advisor LLC 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 K5 Global Advisor LLC located?

K5 Global Advisor LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is K5 Global Advisor LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

K5 Global Advisor LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 314373.

How much does K5 Global Advisor LLC manage?

K5 Global Advisor LLC reports $5,847,743,195 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 9, 2026 (80% discretionary).

How have K5 Global Advisor LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for K5 Global Advisor LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $269,608,106 in the October 2021 data and $5,847,743,195 in the October 2026 data, up 2069%. Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does K5 Global Advisor LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (90).

Does K5 Global Advisor 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/314373

What changed in K5 Global Advisor LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 2026 filing data: 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
$5,847,743,195

$5,847,743,195 as of October 2026, filing dated September 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $4,653,341,485.Non-discretionary: $1,194,401,710.

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 90 Assets $5,847,743,195 (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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CAFL

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
$270M 2021 $612M 2022 $3.09B 2023 $4.3B 2024 $2.07B 2025 $5.85B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,847,743,19513September 9, 2026
October 2025$2,067,508,79412March 31, 2025
October 2024$4,303,499,66110May 14, 2024
October 2023$3,088,919,3098March 30, 2023
October 2022$612,169,8384March 21, 2022
October 2021$269,608,1066September 15, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $269,608,106 in the October 2021 data and $5,847,743,195 in the October 2026 data, up 2069%.

Total employees: 6 in October 2021 and 13 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 6 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,521,323,350 to $5,847,743,195 (+132%).
  3. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,067,508,794 to $2,521,323,350 (+22%).
  4. 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
k5global.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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