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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited

Mumbai, IndiaSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 317952

Filed as KOTAK ALTERNATE ASSET MANAGERS LIMITED

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Mumbai, India, registered since 2023, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2023
$18,517,892,257
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited located?

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited's principal office is in Mumbai, India, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 3 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited registered with the SEC or a state?

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2023. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 317952.

How much does Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited manage?

Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited reports $18,517,892,257 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 30, 2026 (21% discretionary).

How have Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited: Regulatory assets under management: $11,528,361,130 in the October 2023 data and $18,517,892,257 in the October 2026 data, up 61%. Total employees: 257 in October 2023 and 214 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,181); corporations or other businesses not listed above (637); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (27).

Does Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/317952

Does Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 30, 2026 says: "In general, we require a minimum of USD 5 million to open and maintain an advisory account. At our discretion, we have waived, and may in the future waive, this minimum account size."

What changed in Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 50. Registered or notice-filed in LA, MA. 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

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

Account minimum: $5,000,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
In general, we require a minimum of USD 5 million to open and maintain an advisory account. At our discretion, we have waived, and may in the future waive, this minimum account size.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 30, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$18,517,892,257

$18,517,892,257 as of October 2026, filing dated June 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,813,664,039.Non-discretionary: $14,704,228,218.

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 1,181 Assets $6,843,359,046 (37%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 27 Assets $3,910,915,827 (21%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 637 Assets $7,763,617,384 (42%)

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2023 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 214. Performing investment advisory functions: 50.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
3 other offices, as of the July 2026 filing
AhmedabadBangaloreNew Delhi
States registered or notice-filed
9 states or jurisdictions
CAFLILLAMANJNYPATX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 disclosure items 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?
  • 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
$11.5B 2023 $17.7B 2024 $20.2B 2025 $18.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$18,517,892,257214June 30, 2026
October 2025$20,238,710,393313June 30, 2025
October 2024$17,653,318,268269June 26, 2024
October 2023$11,528,361,130257July 28, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $11,528,361,130 in the October 2023 data and $18,517,892,257 in the October 2026 data, up 61%.

Total employees: 257 in October 2023 and 214 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. July 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 44 to 50.
    • Registered or notice-filed in LA, MA.
    • 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
kotakalternateasset.com/investment-advisory

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. Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited (CRD 317952): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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