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Pentwater Capital Management LP

Naples, FLSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 156873

Filed as PENTWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP

Pentwater Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Naples, FL, registered since 2011, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2011
$19,263,985,072
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pentwater Capital Management LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pentwater Capital Management LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Pentwater Capital Management LP located?

Pentwater Capital Management LP's principal office is in Naples, FL, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Pentwater Capital Management LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Pentwater Capital Management LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 156873.

How much does Pentwater Capital Management LP manage?

Pentwater Capital Management LP reports $19,263,985,072 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Pentwater Capital Management LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pentwater Capital Management LP: Regulatory assets under management: $10,036,283,000 in the October 2021 data and $19,263,985,072 in the October 2026 data, up 92%. Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 45 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pentwater Capital Management LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (21); corporations or other businesses not listed above (2).

Which custodians does Pentwater Capital Management LP use?

Pentwater Capital Management LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BofA Securities, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets, Goldman, Sachs & Co and UBS Securities LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pentwater Capital Management LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/156873

What changed in Pentwater Capital Management LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $9,348,331,000 to $19,263,985,072 (+106%).

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
  • Performance-based 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

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$19,263,985,072

$19,263,985,072 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $19,263,985,072.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 21 Assets $18,180,408,528 (94%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $1,083,576,544 (6%)

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)
  • 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
2011 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 45. Performing investment advisory functions: 20.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Evanston, IL
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
FLIL

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 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?

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
$10B 2021 $9.86B 2022 $5.86B 2023 $8.35B 2024 $9.35B 2025 $19.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$19,263,985,07245March 31, 2026
October 2025$9,348,331,00044March 31, 2025
October 2024$8,351,972,00045September 6, 2024
October 2023$5,862,014,00040June 28, 2023
October 2022$9,864,040,00040August 26, 2022
October 2021$10,036,283,00042August 27, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $10,036,283,000 in the October 2021 data and $19,263,985,072 in the October 2026 data, up 92%.

Total employees: 42 in October 2021 and 45 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 $9,348,331,000 to $19,263,985,072 (+106%).

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
pwcm.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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