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Kestrel Investment Management Corp

San Mateo, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106789

Filed as KESTREL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CORP

Kestrel Investment Management Corp is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Mateo, CA, registered since 1993, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

33 years
registered since 1993
$179,964,874
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kestrel Investment Management Corp compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kestrel Investment Management Corp reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Kestrel Investment Management Corp located?

Kestrel Investment Management Corp's principal office is in San Mateo, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Kestrel Investment Management Corp registered with the SEC or a state?

Kestrel Investment Management Corp is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1993. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106789.

How much does Kestrel Investment Management Corp manage?

Kestrel Investment Management Corp reports $179,964,874 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Kestrel Investment Management Corp's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Kestrel Investment Management Corp: Regulatory assets under management: $213,353,362 in the October 2021 data and $179,964,874 in the October 2026 data, down 16%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kestrel Investment Management Corp serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (6); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (1).

Which custodians does Kestrel Investment Management Corp use?

Kestrel Investment Management Corp's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists FNZ Trust Company, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and State Street as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Kestrel Investment Management Corp 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/106789

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

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 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$179,964,874

$179,964,874 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $179,964,874.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 6 Assets $59,539,482 (33%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $16,643,794 (9%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $87,419,003 (49%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1 Assets $16,362,595 (9%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1993 (33 years)
Employees
Total: 7. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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
$213M 2021 $226M 2022 $178M 2023 $153M 2024 $186M 2025 $180M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$179,964,8747March 24, 2026
October 2025$185,641,0317March 25, 2025
October 2024$152,961,2628March 26, 2024
October 2023$177,954,5059August 3, 2023
October 2022$226,056,3699March 30, 2022
October 2021$213,353,3629March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $213,353,362 in the October 2021 data and $179,964,874 in the October 2026 data, down 16%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 7 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

No 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.I
kestrelinvestment.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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