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Newport Asia LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 118682

Filed as NEWPORT ASIA LLC

Newport Asia LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2002, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 9, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$120,069,629
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Newport Asia LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Newport Asia LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

How much does Newport Asia LLC charge?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 9, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1.5% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Newport Asia LLC located?

Newport Asia LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Newport Asia LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Newport Asia LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 118682.

How much does Newport Asia LLC manage?

Newport Asia LLC reports $120,069,629 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 9, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Newport Asia LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Newport Asia LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,629,472,737 in the October 2021 data and $120,069,629 in the October 2026 data, down 95%. Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 9 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Newport Asia LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (4).

Does Newport Asia 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/118682

What changed in Newport Asia LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 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

Asset-based fee: 1.5% of assets a year

The brochure's wording
As investment adviser to the Newport Funds, we receive an annual advisory fee, paid quarterly in advance, based on the assets of each investor’s Limited Partners’ Capital account balance at the beginning of each calendar quarter. The fee schedule is outlined below:
Growth & Income Fund 1.50% Partners Fund 1.50% Advisors Fund 1.50%

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 9, 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
$120,069,629

$120,069,629 as of October 2026, filing dated June 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $120,069,629.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 4 Assets $120,069,629 (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
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 9. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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
$2.63B 2021 $2.33B 2022 $1.5B 2023 $666M 2024 $165M 2025 $120M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$120,069,6299June 9, 2026
October 2025$164,550,4259March 25, 2025
October 2024$665,956,5389March 12, 2024
October 2023$1,500,665,47713June 30, 2023
October 2022$2,330,966,85114March 15, 2022
October 2021$2,629,472,73713February 8, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,629,472,737 in the October 2021 data and $120,069,629 in the October 2026 data, down 95%.

Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 9 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. July 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $164,550,425 to $120,069,629 (-27%).
    • 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
newportasiallc.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. Newport Asia LLC (CRD 118682): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/newport-asia-llc-san-francisco-ca-118682