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LM Capital Group, LLC

San Diego, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 120277

Filed as LM CAPITAL GROUP, LLC

LM Capital Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Diego, CA, registered since 2002, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$6,098,250,000
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is LM Capital Group, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), LM Capital Group, 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 LM Capital Group, LLC located?

LM Capital Group, LLC's principal office is in San Diego, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is LM Capital Group, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

LM Capital Group, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 120277.

How much does LM Capital Group, LLC manage?

LM Capital Group, LLC reports $6,098,250,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have LM Capital Group, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for LM Capital Group, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,133,488,936 in the October 2021 data and $6,098,250,000 in the October 2026 data, up 19%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does LM Capital Group, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (26); other (10).

Which custodians does LM Capital Group, LLC use?

LM Capital Group, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, Northern Trust and State Street as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does LM Capital Group, 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/120277

What changed in LM Capital Group, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

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

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 March 24, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,098,250,000

$6,098,250,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,098,250,000.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $99,130,000 (2%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 26 Assets $5,643,290,000 (93%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $20,600,000 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 10 Assets $335,230,000 (5%)

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
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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
CAIL

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
$5.13B 2021 $4.93B 2022 $4.61B 2023 $5B 2024 $5.76B 2025 $6.1B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,098,250,00020March 24, 2026
October 2025$5,762,820,07922March 18, 2025
October 2024$4,996,891,94720March 21, 2024
October 2023$4,606,782,28420March 22, 2023
October 2022$4,926,878,40119March 18, 2022
October 2021$5,133,488,93620March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,133,488,936 in the October 2021 data and $6,098,250,000 in the October 2026 data, up 19%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 20 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 8 to 9.

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
lmcapital.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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https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lm-capital-group-llc-san-diego-ca-120277