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Pictet Asset Management SA is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Geneva, Switzerland, registered since 2006, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 25, 2026.
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From the filingHow is Pictet Asset Management SA compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pictet Asset Management SA 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 Pictet Asset Management SA located?
Pictet Asset Management SA's principal office is in Geneva, Switzerland, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Pictet Asset Management SA registered with the SEC or a state?
Pictet Asset Management SA is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 140074.
How much does Pictet Asset Management SA manage?
Pictet Asset Management SA reports $330,703,687,815 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 25, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Pictet Asset Management SA's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Pictet Asset Management SA: Regulatory assets under management: $229,017,021,388 in the October 2021 data and $330,703,687,815 in the October 2026 data, up 44%. Total employees: 500 in October 2021 and 549 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Pictet Asset Management SA serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (419); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (74); charitable organizations (19).
Which custodians does Pictet Asset Management SA use?
Pictet Asset Management SA's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, Banque Pictet & CIE S.A. (affiliated with the firm) and UBS Switzerland AG as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Pictet Asset Management SA 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/140074
What changed in Pictet Asset Management SA's recent Form ADV filings?
In the July 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 June 25, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$330,703,687,815 as of October 2026, filing dated June 25, 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 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- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2006 (20 years)
- Employees
- Total: 549. Performing investment advisory functions: 166.
- 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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1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
- Not reported.
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 11None 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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $330,703,687,815 | 549 | June 25, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $276,677,410,926 | 553 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $257,892,117,389 | 572 | March 22, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $215,854,574,275 | 551 | July 13, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $261,401,522,838 | 517 | June 13, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $229,017,021,388 | 500 | June 9, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $229,017,021,388 in the October 2021 data and $330,703,687,815 in the October 2026 data, up 44%.
Total employees: 500 in October 2021 and 549 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- July 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 198 to 166.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $276,677,410,926 to $330,739,836,822 (+20%).
- December 2025
- 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. Pictet Asset Management SA (CRD 140074): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pictet-asset-management-sa-geneva-140074