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Krane Funds Advisors, LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 157103

Filed as KRANE FUNDS ADVISORS, LLC

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2013, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$11,570,871,107
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Krane Funds Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Krane Funds Advisors, LLC 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 Krane Funds Advisors, LLC located?

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Krane Funds Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 157103.

How much does Krane Funds Advisors, LLC manage?

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC reports $11,570,871,107 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Krane Funds Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Krane Funds Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $6,545,899,592 in the October 2021 data and $11,570,871,107 in the October 2026 data, up 77%. Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 50 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Krane Funds Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (36); other (10); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Which custodians does Krane Funds Advisors, LLC use?

Krane Funds Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Krane Funds Advisors, LLC 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/157103

What changed in Krane Funds Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: No longer lists an office in London. 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

See the firm's brochure (dated July 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$11,570,871,107

$11,570,871,107 as of October 2026, filing dated July 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $11,570,871,107.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
Investment companies
Clients 36 Assets $10,284,026,510 (89%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $1,286,693,234 (11%)
Other
Clients 10 Assets $151,363 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
KRANESHARES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 50. Performing investment advisory functions: 12.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
London
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 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
$6.55B 2021 $13.4B 2022 $10.2B 2023 $8.69B 2024 $7.95B 2025 $11.6B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$11,570,871,10750July 24, 2026
October 2025$7,945,815,74150March 31, 2025
October 2024$8,685,571,00547March 27, 2024
October 2023$10,230,868,21651March 31, 2023
October 2022$13,413,976,97445March 31, 2022
October 2021$6,545,899,59239August 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,545,899,592 in the October 2021 data and $11,570,871,107 in the October 2026 data, up 77%.

Total employees: 39 in October 2021 and 50 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. August 2026
    • No longer lists an office in London.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 13 to 12.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,945,815,741 to $11,570,871,107 (+46%).
    • No longer lists an office in San Francisco, CA.

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
chinalastnight.comclimatemarketnow.comkfafunds.comkraneshares.aekraneshares.comkraneshares.com.brkraneshares.euportfolios.kraneshares.comsubstack.com/@kraneshares

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. Krane Funds Advisors, LLC (CRD 157103): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/krane-funds-advisors-llc-new-york-ny-157103