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Kruse Asset Management, LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 143204

Filed as KRUSE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

Kruse Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2025, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026.

1 year
registered since 2025
$146,200,000
assets under management
5 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Hourly and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kruse Asset Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kruse Asset Management, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; hourly charges; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); commissions; performance-based fees.

Where is Kruse Asset Management, LLC located?

Kruse Asset Management, LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Kruse Asset Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Kruse Asset Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2025. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 143204.

How much does Kruse Asset Management, LLC manage?

Kruse Asset Management, LLC reports $146,200,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 26, 2026 (83% discretionary).

How have Kruse Asset Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2025?

In the Form ADV data for Kruse Asset Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $137,000,000 in the October 2025 data and $146,200,000 in the October 2026 data, up 7%. Total employees: 2 in October 2025 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kruse Asset Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (152); high net worth individuals (35); investment companies (2).

Which custodians does Kruse Asset Management, LLC use?

Kruse Asset Management, 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 Kruse Asset Management, 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/143204

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
  • Hourly charges
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
  • Commissions
  • 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$146,200,000

$146,200,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $121,100,000.Non-discretionary: $25,100,000.

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 152 Assets $38,400,000 (26%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 35 Assets $104,800,000 (72%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $3,000,000 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported

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
  • Financial planning services
  • 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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Market timing services
  • Educational seminars/workshops

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2025 (1 year)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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
5 states or jurisdictions
CAFLILTXVA

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
$137M 2025 $146M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$146,200,0002March 26, 2026
October 2025$137,000,0002March 30, 2025

Regulatory assets under management: $137,000,000 in the October 2025 data and $146,200,000 in the October 2026 data, up 7%.

Total employees: 2 in October 2025 and 2 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
kruseam.comkruseassetmanagement.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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