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Kiltearn Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, registered since 2011, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 19, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Kiltearn Partners compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kiltearn Partners 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 Kiltearn Partners located?
Kiltearn Partners' principal office is in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, according to its Form ADV.
Is Kiltearn Partners registered with the SEC or a state?
Kiltearn Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158789.
How much does Kiltearn Partners manage?
Kiltearn Partners reports $1,277,437,725 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 19, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Kiltearn Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Kiltearn Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $6,327,266,375 in the October 2021 data and $1,277,437,725 in the October 2026 data, down 80%. Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Kiltearn Partners serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4).
Does Kiltearn Partners report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's 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/158789
What changed in Kiltearn Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the May 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,742,304,848 to $1,274,207,239 (-27%).
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated August 19, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$1,277,437,725 as of October 2026, filing dated August 19, 2026.
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)
- Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Kiltearn Partners LLP
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2011 (15 years)
- Employees
- Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 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?
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 | $1,277,437,725 | 20 | August 19, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,742,304,848 | 20 | June 19, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $3,100,271,407 | 22 | August 29, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $3,433,848,952 | 20 | April 28, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $5,292,690,594 | 21 | May 25, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $6,327,266,375 | 21 | April 21, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $6,327,266,375 in the October 2021 data and $1,277,437,725 in the October 2026 data, down 80%.
Total employees: 21 in October 2021 and 20 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- May 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $1,742,304,848 to $1,274,207,239 (-27%).
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."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Kiltearn Partners (CRD 158789): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/kiltearn-partners-edinburgh-158789