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Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 136476

Filed as LEADING EDGE INVESTMENT ADVISORS,LLC

Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2007, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 26, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$5,170,513,634
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc located?

Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc registered with the SEC or a state?

Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 136476.

How much does Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc manage?

Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc reports $5,170,513,634 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated February 26, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc: Regulatory assets under management: $3,523,933,043 in the October 2021 data and $5,170,513,634 in the October 2026 data, up 47%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 13 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (12).

Which custodians does Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc use?

Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, JP Morgan Chase Bank and State Street Bank and Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Leading Edge Investment Advisors,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/136476

What changed in Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc's recent Form ADV filings?

In the March 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 8.

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
  • 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

See the firm's brochure (dated February 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,170,513,634

$5,170,513,634 as of October 2026, filing dated February 26, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,170,513,634.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
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 12 Assets $5,170,513,634 (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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 13. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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
$3.52B 2021 $3.98B 2022 $3.32B 2023 $3.94B 2024 $4.88B 2025 $5.17B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,170,513,63413February 26, 2026
October 2025$4,875,475,61514March 13, 2025
October 2024$3,936,214,90012March 6, 2024
October 2023$3,318,879,45314March 28, 2023
October 2022$3,978,841,47014March 31, 2022
October 2021$3,523,933,04314March 26, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $3,523,933,043 in the October 2021 data and $5,170,513,634 in the October 2026 data, up 47%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 13 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. March 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 9 to 8.

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
leia.net

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. Leading Edge Investment Advisors,llc (CRD 136476): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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