AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Magellan Investment Partners
Magellan Investment Partners
Filed as MAGELLAN INVESTMENT PARTNERS · Legal name Magellan Asset Management Limited
Magellan Investment Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Sydney, Nsw, Australia, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Magellan Investment Partners compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Magellan Investment Partners 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 Magellan Investment Partners located?
Magellan Investment Partners' principal office is in Sydney, Nsw, Australia, according to its Form ADV; the September 2025 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Magellan Investment Partners registered with the SEC or a state?
Magellan Investment Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159256.
How much does Magellan Investment Partners manage?
Magellan Investment Partners reports $20,798,607,921 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Magellan Investment Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Magellan Investment Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $86,157,839,400 in the October 2021 data and $20,798,607,921 in the October 2026 data, down 76%. Total employees: 125 in October 2021 and 91 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Magellan Investment Partners serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (20); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (9); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (5).
Which custodians does Magellan Investment Partners use?
Magellan Investment Partners' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists J.p.morgan Chase Bank, N.A - UK Branch, The Bank of New York Mellon and The Northern Trust Company - UK Branch as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Magellan Investment Partners 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/159256
What changed in Magellan Investment Partners' recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 33 to 26.
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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated July 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$20,798,607,921 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 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 investment companies (and business development companies)
- 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- Legal name
- Magellan Asset Management Limited
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2011 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 91. Performing investment advisory functions: 26.
- 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.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
-
1 other office, as of the September 2025 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $20,798,607,921 | 91 | September 24, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $25,646,222,987 | 101 | April 3, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $25,646,222,987 | 101 | September 26, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $25,231,140,924 | 97 | September 21, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $39,471,953,347 | 121 | September 26, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $86,157,839,400 | 125 | September 28, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $86,157,839,400 in the October 2021 data and $20,798,607,921 in the October 2026 data, down 76%.
Total employees: 125 in October 2021 and 91 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- October 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 33 to 26.
- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- December 2025
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 33.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $25,646,222,987 to $21,747,181,672 (-15%).
- 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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Magellan Investment Partners (CRD 159256): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/magellan-investment-partners-sydney-nsw-159256