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Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 174341

Filed as KYOBO LIFE ASSET MANAGEMENT (AMERICA) CO., LTD.

Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2015, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2015
$1,491,367,626
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. located?

Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 174341.

How much does Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. manage?

Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. reports $1,491,367,626 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.: Regulatory assets under management: $2,842,662,932 in the October 2021 data and $1,491,367,626 in the October 2026 data, down 48%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: insurance companies (1).

Which custodians does Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. use?

Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. 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/174341

Does Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 1, 2026 says: "There is no minimum account size."

What changed in Kyobo Life Asset Management (america) Co., Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4.

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: None

The brochure's wording
There is no minimum account size.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 1, 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
$1,491,367,626

$1,491,367,626 as of October 2026, filing dated May 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,491,367,626.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
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,491,367,626 (100%)

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 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
2015 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 4. 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
NY

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
$2.84B 2021 $2.21B 2022 $1.29B 2023 $1.42B 2024 $1.47B 2025 $1.49B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,491,367,6264May 1, 2026
October 2025$1,470,055,2383March 28, 2025
October 2024$1,421,353,0393March 27, 2024
October 2023$1,290,560,7773March 28, 2023
October 2022$2,207,543,1464September 27, 2022
October 2021$2,842,662,9324March 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,842,662,932 in the October 2021 data and $1,491,367,626 in the October 2026 data, down 48%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 4 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 4.
  2. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 5.
    • 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

Not reported.

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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