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Marshall Wace North America L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 135902

Filed as MARSHALL WACE NORTH AMERICA L.P.

Marshall Wace North America L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2009, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$58,869,761,275
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Marshall Wace North America L.P. compensated?

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

How much does Marshall Wace North America L.P. charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 29, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Marshall Wace North America L.P. located?

Marshall Wace North America 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 Marshall Wace North America L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Marshall Wace North America L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 135902.

How much does Marshall Wace North America L.P. manage?

Marshall Wace North America L.P. reports $58,869,761,275 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Marshall Wace North America L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Marshall Wace North America L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $26,675,055,124 in the October 2021 data and $58,869,761,275 in the October 2026 data, up 121%. Total employees: 80 in October 2021 and 184 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Marshall Wace North America L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16).

Does Marshall Wace North America L.P. 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/135902

What changed in Marshall Wace North America L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the June 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 109 to 112. Regulatory assets under management went from $33,003,676,842 to $58,869,761,275 (+78%). Added an office in Palo Alto, CA. No longer lists an office in Austin, TX. 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

Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
Where MWNA is directly appointed in its role as Investment Manager, it generally receives a management fee not exceeding 2% per annum and an accrued performance fee, incentive allocation or carried interest payment

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated May 29, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$58,869,761,275

$58,869,761,275 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $58,869,761,275.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 16 Assets $58,869,761,275 (100%)

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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 184. Performing investment advisory functions: 112.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
Cambridge, MAPalo Alto, CA
States registered or notice-filed
4 states or jurisdictions
CAMAPATX

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
$26.7B 2021 $28.4B 2022 $18.9B 2023 $36.2B 2024 $33B 2025 $58.9B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$58,869,761,275184July 30, 2026
October 2025$33,003,676,842201May 29, 2025
October 2024$36,174,838,673154June 27, 2024
October 2023$18,865,467,136102June 6, 2023
October 2022$28,400,375,45090September 23, 2022
October 2021$26,675,055,12480May 28, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $26,675,055,124 in the October 2021 data and $58,869,761,275 in the October 2026 data, up 121%.

Total employees: 80 in October 2021 and 184 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. June 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 109 to 112.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $33,003,676,842 to $58,869,761,275 (+78%).
    • Added an office in Palo Alto, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Austin, TX.
    • 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
mwam.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. Marshall Wace North America L.P. (CRD 135902): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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