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  "crd_number": 105169,
  "slug": "pacific-life-fund-advisors-llc-newport-beach-ca-105169",
  "primary_business_name": "PACIFIC LIFE FUND ADVISORS LLC",
  "legal_name": "PACIFIC LIFE FUND ADVISORS LLC",
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  "city": "Newport Beach",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "United States",
  "cbsa_code": "31080",
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    "common_name": "Los Angeles",
    "msa_name": "Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA",
    "path": "/advisors/ca/los-angeles"
  },
  "registration_type": "sec",
  "registration_status": "Approved",
  "registration_date": "1980-02-08",
  "years_registered": 46,
  "period": "2026-10-01",
  "filing_date": "2026-03-11",
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  "raum_band": "over_5b",
  "raum_band_label": "Over $5 billion",
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  "advisory_employees": 19,
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  "advisory_activities": [
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    "portfolio_management_pooled_vehicles",
    "selection_of_other_advisers"
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  "wrap_fee_participant": false,
  "disclosure_yes_count": 2,
  "states_registered": [
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  "websites": [
    "https://pacificlife.com"
  ],
  "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105169",
  "disclosure_items": [
    {
      "item": "11.D(2)",
      "question": "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?"
    },
    {
      "item": "11.D(4)",
      "question": "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?"
    }
  ],
  "city_as_filed": "NEWPORT BEACH",
  "url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pacific-life-fund-advisors-llc-newport-beach-ca-105169",
  "display_name": "Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC",
  "summary": "Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Newport Beach, CA, registered since 1980, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026.",
  "citation": "AdvisorCensus. Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC (CRD 105169): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.",
  "registration_type_label": "SEC-registered investment adviser",
  "compensation_labels": [
    "A percentage of assets under your management"
  ],
  "advisory_activity_labels": [
    "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)"
  ],
  "quick_answers": [
    {
      "q": "How is Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC compensated?",
      "a": "On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pacific Life Fund Advisors 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."
    },
    {
      "q": "Where is Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC located?",
      "a": "Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC's principal office is in Newport Beach, CA, according to its Form ADV."
    },
    {
      "q": "Is Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC registered with the SEC or a state?",
      "a": "Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1980. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105169."
    },
    {
      "q": "How much does Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC manage?",
      "a": "Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC reports $42,805,749,398 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 11, 2026 (100% discretionary)."
    },
    {
      "q": "How have Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?",
      "a": "In the Form ADV data for Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $51,648,455,634 in the October 2021 data and $42,805,749,398 in the October 2026 data, down 17%. Total employees: 23 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going."
    },
    {
      "q": "What types of clients does Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC serve?",
      "a": "By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (2); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (1)."
    },
    {
      "q": "Does Pacific Life Fund Advisors LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?",
      "a": "Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 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/105169"
    }
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      "filing_date": "2022-09-13"
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      "filing_date": "2023-03-27"
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      "period": "2024-10-01",
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      "filing_date": "2024-03-18"
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    {
      "period": "2025-10-01",
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      "total_employees": 20,
      "filing_date": "2025-03-17"
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    {
      "period": "2026-10-01",
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      "filing_date": "2026-03-11"
    }
  ],
  "recent_changes": [],
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  "custodians": [],
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  "markdown_url": "https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pacific-life-fund-advisors-llc-newport-beach-ca-105169.md",
  "clients": [
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  "disclosure_line": "Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11.",
  "indexable": true,
  "suppressed": false,
  "claimed": false,
  "enhanced": false,
  "provided_by_the_firm": null,
  "source": {
    "name": "Form ADV",
    "as_of": "2026-10-01",
    "iapd_url": "https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/105169",
    "operator": "BH Monitor Services, LLC",
    "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "credit": "AdvisorCensus (advisorcensus.com), from SEC Form ADV data"
  }
}