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Marathon Asset Management, L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124613

Filed as MARATHON ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.

Marathon Asset Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$30,479,473,561
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Marathon Asset Management, L.P. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Marathon Asset Management, L.P. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is Marathon Asset Management, L.P. located?

Marathon Asset Management, L.P.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Marathon Asset Management, L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Marathon Asset Management, L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124613.

How much does Marathon Asset Management, L.P. manage?

Marathon Asset Management, L.P. reports $30,479,473,561 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 31, 2026 (96% discretionary).

How have Marathon Asset Management, L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Marathon Asset Management, L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $24,899,276,911 in the October 2021 data and $30,479,473,561 in the October 2026 data, up 22%. Total employees: 152 in October 2021 and 193 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Marathon Asset Management, L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (111); other investment advisers (12); investment companies (8).

Which custodians does Marathon Asset Management, L.P. use?

Marathon Asset Management, L.P.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BGL BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon Custody Client Service, State Street Bank and Trust Company and The Northern Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Marathon Asset Management, L.P. 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/124613

What changed in Marathon Asset Management, L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: Added the business name CVC Marathon. 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 July 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$30,479,473,561

$30,479,473,561 as of October 2026, filing dated July 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $29,360,006,944.Non-discretionary: $1,119,466,617.

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 Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 8 Assets $1,164,060,415 (4%)
Business development companies
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 111 Assets $27,039,217,760 (89%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $70,624,341 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $75,730,776 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $568,792,860 (2%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 12 Assets $1,026,903,767 (3%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $534,143,642 (2%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients Not reported Assets $0 (0%)

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 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
Also doing business as
CVC MARATHON
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 193. Performing investment advisory functions: 99.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
BGL BNP ParibasBNY Mellon Custody Client ServiceState Street Bank and Trust CompanyThe Northern Trust Company

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)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Marina del Rey, CAMiami, FL
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAFLNY

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 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
$24.9B 2021 $27.2B 2022 $23.1B 2023 $24.9B 2024 $24.2B 2025 $30.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$30,479,473,561193July 31, 2026
October 2025$24,204,531,159194July 24, 2025
October 2024$24,927,332,072156June 18, 2024
October 2023$23,054,038,781174August 14, 2023
October 2022$27,155,090,596156August 12, 2022
October 2021$24,899,276,911152September 17, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $24,899,276,911 in the October 2021 data and $30,479,473,561 in the October 2026 data, up 22%.

Total employees: 152 in October 2021 and 193 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. August 2026
    • Added the business name CVC Marathon.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 115 to 99.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $24,204,531,159 to $30,479,473,561 (+26%).
    • Added an office in Marina del Rey, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Los Angeles, CA.

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
marathonfund.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. Marathon Asset Management, L.P. (CRD 124613): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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