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Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC

Chapel Hill, NCSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 138401

Filed as MORGAN CREEK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chapel Hill, NC, registered since 2006, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$1,790,209,792
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Chapel Hill, NC, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 138401.

How much does Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC manage?

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC reports $1,790,209,792 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (78% discretionary).

How have Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,859,262,187 in the October 2021 data and $1,790,209,792 in the October 2026 data, down 4%. Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 29 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (37); high net worth individuals (15); charitable organizations (2).

Which custodians does Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC use?

Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists TD Ameritrade, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Morgan Creek 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/138401

What changed in Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,512,428,279 to $1,790,209,792 (+18%).

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 March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,790,209,792

$1,790,209,792 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,397,133,166.Non-discretionary: $393,076,626.

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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 15 Assets $36,341,200 (2%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $3,080,937 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 37 Assets $1,493,369,927 (83%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 2 Assets $257,417,728 (14%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 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)
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 29. Performing investment advisory functions: 17.
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 April 2026 filing
Xuhui District, Shanghai
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NC

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
$1.86B 2021 $2.13B 2022 $1.58B 2023 $1.43B 2024 $1.51B 2025 $1.79B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,790,209,79229March 31, 2026
October 2025$1,512,428,27929March 31, 2025
October 2024$1,432,730,67433April 29, 2024
October 2023$1,580,480,44636March 31, 2023
October 2022$2,128,762,28139June 22, 2022
October 2021$1,859,262,18737July 21, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,859,262,187 in the October 2021 data and $1,790,209,792 in the October 2026 data, down 4%.

Total employees: 37 in October 2021 and 29 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 $1,512,428,279 to $1,790,209,792 (+18%).

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
morgancreekcap.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. Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC (CRD 138401): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/morgan-creek-capital-management-llc-chapel-hill-nc-138401