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Parametric Portfolio Associates

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 114310

Filed as PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES · Legal name Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC

Parametric Portfolio Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 2001, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$684,777,137,029
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Parametric Portfolio Associates compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Parametric Portfolio Associates reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Parametric Portfolio Associates located?

Parametric Portfolio Associates' principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV; the May 2026 filing also lists 5 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Parametric Portfolio Associates registered with the SEC or a state?

Parametric Portfolio Associates is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 114310.

How much does Parametric Portfolio Associates manage?

Parametric Portfolio Associates reports $684,777,137,029 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated April 21, 2026 (94% discretionary).

How have Parametric Portfolio Associates' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Parametric Portfolio Associates: Regulatory assets under management: $312,912,005,438 in the October 2021 data and $684,777,137,029 in the October 2026 data, up 119%. Total employees: 600 in October 2021 and 1,109 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Parametric Portfolio Associates serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (151,182); high net worth individuals (78,745); corporations or other businesses not listed above (7,725).

Which custodians does Parametric Portfolio Associates use?

Parametric Portfolio Associates' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York and Morgan Stanley (affiliated with the firm) as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Parametric Portfolio Associates 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/114310

What changed in Parametric Portfolio Associates' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 198 to 213. Regulatory assets under management went from $574,020,820,789 to $684,777,137,029 (+19%).

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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated April 21, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$684,777,137,029

$684,777,137,029 as of October 2026, filing dated April 21, 2026.

Discretionary: $643,886,790,286.Non-discretionary: $40,890,346,743.

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 151,182 Assets $64,935,426,896 (9%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 78,745 Assets $318,516,294,039 (47%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 97 Assets $37,383,547,091 (5%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 114 Assets $14,401,826,142 (2%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 559 Assets $107,893,402,816 (16%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 1,755 Assets $74,304,795,339 (11%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 19 Assets $1,401,484,493 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 93 Assets $508,588,604 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $1,454,101 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7,725 Assets $65,430,317,508 (10%)

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 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
Parametric Portfolio Associates LLC
Also doing business as
PARAMETRIC, PARAMETRIC PORTFOLIO ASSOCIATES
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 1,109. Performing investment advisory functions: 213.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
5 other offices, as of the May 2026 filing
Alpharetta, GABoston, MAMinneapolis, MNNew York, NYWestport, CT
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

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
$313B 2021 $429B 2022 $386B 2023 $475B 2024 $574B 2025 $685B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$684,777,137,0291,109April 21, 2026
October 2025$574,020,820,7891,006April 9, 2025
October 2024$475,093,919,406877September 4, 2024
October 2023$386,290,864,100836August 21, 2023
October 2022$428,918,167,506669June 6, 2022
October 2021$312,912,005,438600September 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $312,912,005,438 in the October 2021 data and $684,777,137,029 in the October 2026 data, up 119%.

Total employees: 600 in October 2021 and 1,109 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 198 to 213.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $574,020,820,789 to $684,777,137,029 (+19%).

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
parametricportfolio.complatform.parametricportfolio.comportal.parametricportfolio.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. Parametric Portfolio Associates (CRD 114310): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/parametric-portfolio-associates-seattle-wa-114310