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Penserra Capital Management LLC

Orinda, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 159042

Filed as PENSERRA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC

Penserra Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Orinda, CA, registered since 2014, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 10, 2026.

11 years
registered since 2014
$17,500,000,000
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Penserra Capital Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Penserra Capital Management LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees). The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Penserra Capital Management LLC located?

Penserra Capital Management LLC's principal office is in Orinda, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Penserra Capital Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Penserra Capital Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 159042.

How much does Penserra Capital Management LLC manage?

Penserra Capital Management LLC reports $17,500,000,000 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 10, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Penserra Capital Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Penserra Capital Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $5,290,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $17,500,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 231%. Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 16 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Penserra Capital Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: investment companies (49).

Does Penserra 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/159042

What changed in Penserra Capital Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $11,500,000,000 to $17,500,000,000 (+52%).

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 March 10, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$17,500,000,000

$17,500,000,000 as of October 2026, filing dated March 10, 2026.

Discretionary: $17,500,000,000.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
Investment companies
Clients 49 Assets $17,500,000,000 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2014 (11 years)
Employees
Total: 16. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Chicago, ILNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CANY

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
$5.29B 2021 $5.88B 2022 $5.82B 2023 $11.4B 2024 $11.5B 2025 $17.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$17,500,000,00016March 10, 2026
October 2025$11,500,000,00016July 21, 2025
October 2024$11,439,000,00014July 22, 2024
October 2023$5,816,000,00012March 27, 2023
October 2022$5,885,000,00010March 31, 2022
October 2021$5,290,000,00010October 1, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $5,290,000,000 in the October 2021 data and $17,500,000,000 in the October 2026 data, up 231%.

Total employees: 10 in October 2021 and 16 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 $11,500,000,000 to $17,500,000,000 (+52%).

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
penserra.compenserracapital.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. Penserra Capital Management LLC (CRD 159042): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/penserra-capital-management-llc-orinda-ca-159042