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Lizard Investors LLC

Chicago, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 147284

Filed as LIZARD INVESTORS LLC

Lizard Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2008, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

18 years
registered since 2008
$232,800,323
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Lizard Investors LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lizard Investors LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Lizard Investors LLC located?

Lizard Investors LLC's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is Lizard Investors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Lizard Investors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 147284.

How much does Lizard Investors LLC manage?

Lizard Investors LLC reports $232,800,323 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Lizard Investors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Lizard Investors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $485,622,808 in the October 2021 data and $232,800,323 in the October 2026 data, down 52%. Total employees: 8 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Lizard Investors LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (2).

Which custodians does Lizard Investors LLC use?

Lizard Investors LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Bank and Trust Company as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Lizard Investors 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/147284

What changed in Lizard Investors LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2. 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
  • 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 March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$232,800,323

$232,800,323 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $232,800,323.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 4 Assets $163,446,618 (70%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 2 Assets $69,353,705 (30%)

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)
  • 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
2008 (18 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 2.
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
IL

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
$486M 2021 $474M 2022 $298M 2023 $268M 2024 $223M 2025 $233M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$232,800,3232March 30, 2026
October 2025$223,100,0003March 6, 2025
October 2024$268,004,8503March 28, 2024
October 2023$298,413,1884March 29, 2023
October 2022$474,019,5609September 28, 2022
October 2021$485,622,8088June 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $485,622,808 in the October 2021 data and $232,800,323 in the October 2026 data, down 52%.

Total employees: 8 in October 2021 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
  1. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 3 to 2.
    • 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
lizardinvestors.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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AdvisorCensus. Lizard Investors LLC (CRD 147284): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lizard-investors-llc-chicago-il-147284