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Matthews International Capital Management, LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106054

Filed as MATTHEWS INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Matthews International Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 1996, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026.

29 years
registered since 1996
$6,634,291,608
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Matthews International Capital Management, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Matthews International Capital Management, 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 Matthews International Capital Management, LLC located?

Matthews International Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Matthews International Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Matthews International Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1996. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106054.

How much does Matthews International Capital Management, LLC manage?

Matthews International Capital Management, LLC reports $6,634,291,608 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Matthews International Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Matthews International Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $28,444,564,918 in the October 2021 data and $6,634,291,608 in the October 2026 data, down 77%. Total employees: 164 in October 2021 and 83 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Matthews International Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (24); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (14).

Does Matthews International Capital Management, 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/106054

What changed in Matthews International Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 2026 filing data: 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

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated July 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,634,291,608

$6,634,291,608 as of October 2026, filing dated July 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,634,291,608.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
Investment companies
Clients 24 Assets $5,103,564,794 (77%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 14 Assets $1,530,726,814 (23%)

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
MATTHEWS, MATTHEWS ASIA
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1996 (29 years)
Employees
Total: 83. Performing investment advisory functions: 22.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
AdmiraltyLondon
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
CA

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
$28.4B 2021 $25.2B 2022 $13B 2023 $9.32B 2024 $6.87B 2025 $6.63B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,634,291,60883July 29, 2026
October 2025$6,868,808,553104May 7, 2025
October 2024$9,316,020,320123May 20, 2024
October 2023$12,965,941,255153March 31, 2023
October 2022$25,187,766,199153July 7, 2022
October 2021$28,444,564,918164March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $28,444,564,918 in the October 2021 data and $6,634,291,608 in the October 2026 data, down 77%.

Total employees: 164 in October 2021 and 83 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
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 30 to 22.
    • Added an office in London.
    • No longer lists an office in Jersey City, NJ.
  3. November 2025
    • 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
matthewsasia.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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