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Mesa West Capital

Los Angeles, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 158959

Filed as MESA WEST CAPITAL · Legal name Mesa West Capital, LLC

Mesa West Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Los Angeles, CA, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 21, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$8,696,225,676
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Mesa West Capital compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Mesa West Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.

Where is Mesa West Capital located?

Mesa West Capital's principal office is in Los Angeles, CA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Mesa West Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Mesa West Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158959.

How much does Mesa West Capital manage?

Mesa West Capital reports $8,696,225,676 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 21, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Mesa West Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Mesa West Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $7,626,869,496 in the October 2021 data and $8,696,225,676 in the October 2026 data, up 14%. Total employees: 44 in October 2021 and 50 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Mesa West Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7); insurance companies (3).

Does Mesa West Capital report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(1) (another regulator's finding of a false statement or omission, or of dishonest, unfair, or unethical conduct), 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation), and 11.D(4) (another regulator's order in the past ten years). 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/158959

What changed in Mesa West Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $7,795,916,027 to $8,696,225,676 (+12%). Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.

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
  • 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 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated May 21, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$8,696,225,676

$8,696,225,676 as of October 2026, filing dated May 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $8,448,429,655.Non-discretionary: $247,796,021.

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 7 Assets $8,448,429,655 (97%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $247,796,021 (3%)

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Mesa West Capital, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 50. Performing investment advisory functions: 22.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
4 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Chicago, ILHouston, TXNew York, NYSan Francisco, CA
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAILNY

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.D(1) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission, or was dishonest, unfair, or unethical?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related 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
$7.63B 2021 $8.82B 2022 $9.63B 2023 $8.1B 2024 $7.8B 2025 $8.7B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$8,696,225,67650May 21, 2026
October 2025$7,795,916,02742June 11, 2025
October 2024$8,103,519,71948September 20, 2024
October 2023$9,634,258,64651July 21, 2023
October 2022$8,818,011,50641March 31, 2022
October 2021$7,626,869,49644March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,626,869,496 in the October 2021 data and $8,696,225,676 in the October 2026 data, up 14%.

Total employees: 44 in October 2021 and 50 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. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,795,916,027 to $8,696,225,676 (+12%).
    • Changed its office addresses in New York, NY.

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
mesawestcapital.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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