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Perceptive Advisors
Filed as PERCEPTIVE ADVISORS · Legal name Perceptive Advisors LLC.
Perceptive Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2010, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Perceptive Advisors compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Perceptive Advisors 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 Perceptive Advisors located?
Perceptive Advisors' principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 4 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Perceptive Advisors registered with the SEC or a state?
Perceptive Advisors is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2010. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 154703.
How much does Perceptive Advisors manage?
Perceptive Advisors reports $11,765,315,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 13, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Perceptive Advisors' assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Perceptive Advisors: Regulatory assets under management: $13,490,322,000 in the October 2021 data and $11,765,315,630 in the October 2026 data, down 13%. Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 49 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Perceptive Advisors serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (25); other (1).
Which custodians does Perceptive Advisors use?
Perceptive Advisors' most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BofA Securities, Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Perceptive Advisors report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 5 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(1) (SEC or CFTC finding of a false statement or omission), 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order), and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule 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/154703
What changed in Perceptive Advisors' 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
- 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 2ASee the firm's brochure (dated July 13, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$11,765,315,630 as of October 2026, filing dated July 13, 2026.
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.DA 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)
- Other
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Perceptive Advisors LLC.
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2010 (15 years)
- Employees
- Total: 49. Performing investment advisory functions: 28.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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)
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4 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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4 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 115 Reports 5 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.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
- 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
- 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $11,765,315,630 | 49 | July 13, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $8,459,663,000 | 45 | April 23, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $9,715,749,804 | 46 | August 8, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $9,508,525,129 | 39 | March 30, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $10,357,828,753 | 38 | September 13, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $13,490,322,000 | 29 | May 20, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $13,490,322,000 in the October 2021 data and $11,765,315,630 in the October 2026 data, down 13%.
Total employees: 29 in October 2021 and 49 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- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Regulatory assets under management went from $8,459,663,000 to $11,765,315,630 (+39%).
- Changed its office addresses in Sheridan, WY.
- Added an office in Miami Beach, FL.
- Registered or notice-filed in FL.
- 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.ISource: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."
Cite this page
AdvisorCensus. Perceptive Advisors (CRD 154703): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/perceptive-advisors-new-york-ny-154703