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Nuance Investments, LLC

Kansas City, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 148534

Filed as NUANCE INVESTMENTS, LLC

Nuance Investments, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kansas City, MO, registered since 2008, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2008
$984,290,871
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Nuance Investments, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Nuance Investments, 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 Nuance Investments, LLC located?

Nuance Investments, LLC's principal office is in Kansas City, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Nuance Investments, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Nuance Investments, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2008. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 148534.

How much does Nuance Investments, LLC manage?

Nuance Investments, LLC reports $984,290,871 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 1, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Nuance Investments, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Nuance Investments, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,949,248,916 in the October 2021 data and $984,290,871 in the October 2026 data, down 83%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 11 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Nuance Investments, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (208); high net worth individuals (28); corporations or other businesses not listed above (8).

Which custodians does Nuance Investments, LLC use?

Nuance Investments, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon, National Financial Services LLC, Northern Trust Company and State Street Bank and Trust Co as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Nuance Investments, 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/148534

What changed in Nuance Investments, 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 January 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$984,290,871

$984,290,871 as of October 2026, filing dated July 1, 2026.

Discretionary: $984,290,871.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 208 Assets $91,406,098 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 28 Assets $49,438,696 (5%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $444,147,619 (45%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 5 Assets $191,853,225 (19%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 5 Assets $90,767,856 (9%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 1 Assets $49,897,982 (5%)
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 8 Assets $66,779,395 (7%)
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 individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2008 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 3.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
53 states or jurisdictions
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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
$5.95B 2021 $6.66B 2022 $5.58B 2023 $5B 2024 $2.85B 2025 $984M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$984,290,87111July 1, 2026
October 2025$2,845,896,77517July 23, 2025
October 2024$4,999,890,90622July 31, 2024
October 2023$5,575,739,31324March 29, 2023
October 2022$6,660,123,31622March 30, 2022
October 2021$5,949,248,91620March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,949,248,916 in the October 2021 data and $984,290,871 in the October 2026 data, down 83%.

Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 11 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. February 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 3.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,845,896,775 to $984,290,871 (-65%).
    • 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
nuanceinvestments.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. Nuance Investments, LLC (CRD 148534): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/nuance-investments-llc-kansas-city-mo-148534