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Lone Star Funds
Filed as LONE STAR FUNDS · Legal name Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc.
Lone Star Funds is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Dallas, TX, registered since 2012, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Lone Star Funds compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Lone Star Funds reports these compensation arrangements: other.
Where is Lone Star Funds located?
Lone Star Funds' principal office is in Dallas, TX, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Lone Star Funds registered with the SEC or a state?
Lone Star Funds is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 160000.
How much does Lone Star Funds manage?
Lone Star Funds reports $35,725,668,153 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Lone Star Funds' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Lone Star Funds: Regulatory assets under management: $37,951,642,246 in the October 2021 data and $35,725,668,153 in the October 2026 data, down 6%. Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 36 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Lone Star Funds serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (31).
Does Lone Star Funds report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/160000
What changed in Lone Star Funds' recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 20 to 17.
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- Other
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$35,725,668,153 as of October 2026, filing dated August 31, 2026.
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.DA 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)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Lone Star Americas Acquisitions, Inc.
- Also doing business as
- LONE STAR
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 36. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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1 other office, as of the September 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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2 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 113 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures
Assets and staff over time
Items 5.A, 5.F| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $35,725,668,153 | 36 | August 31, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $37,407,336,598 | 25 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $36,159,474,957 | 25 | May 2, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $40,708,060,655 | 26 | August 22, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $36,117,621,114 | 32 | September 14, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $37,951,642,246 | 42 | March 31, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $37,951,642,246 in the October 2021 data and $35,725,668,153 in the October 2026 data, down 6%.
Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 36 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- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 20 to 17.
- February 2026
- Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 3 yes answers, previously 7 (now no: 11.A(1), 11.A(2), 11.D(1), 11.D(2)).
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.ISource: 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. Lone Star Funds (CRD 160000): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/lone-star-funds-dallas-tx-160000