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Polen Capital Credit, LLC

Waltham, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 108468

Filed as POLEN CAPITAL CREDIT, LLC

Polen Capital Credit, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Waltham, MA, registered since 1997, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 4, 2026.

28 years
registered since 1997
$6,129,466,812
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Polen Capital Credit, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Polen Capital Credit, LLC located?

Polen Capital Credit, LLC's principal office is in Waltham, MA, according to its Form ADV; the June 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Polen Capital Credit, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Polen Capital Credit, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1997. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 108468.

How much does Polen Capital Credit, LLC manage?

Polen Capital Credit, LLC reports $6,129,466,812 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated May 4, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Polen Capital Credit, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Polen Capital Credit, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $7,996,237,207 in the October 2021 data and $6,129,466,812 in the October 2026 data, down 23%. Total employees: 52 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Polen Capital Credit, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (14); investment companies (9); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (8).

Which custodians does Polen Capital Credit, LLC use?

Polen Capital Credit, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, Northern Trust Company and State Street Bank & Trust Company as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Polen Capital Credit, 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/108468

What changed in Polen Capital Credit, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 23 to 28. Regulatory assets under management went from $7,385,184,575 to $6,129,466,812 (-17%). Added an office in London.

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)
  • 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 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$6,129,466,812

$6,129,466,812 as of October 2026, filing dated May 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $6,129,466,812.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 9 Assets $919,755,918 (15%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 14 Assets $1,221,777,068 (20%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 8 Assets $1,769,623,402 (29%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $401,891,098 (7%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 6 Assets $1,335,393,426 (22%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 2 Assets $317,949,594 (5%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $163,076,306 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $0 (0%)

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)
  • 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
1997 (28 years)
Employees
Total: 46. Performing investment advisory functions: 28.
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)
2 other offices, as of the June 2026 filing
Boca Raton, FLLondon
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
DEMA

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
$8B 2021 $8.32B 2022 $6.87B 2023 $7.44B 2024 $7.39B 2025 $6.13B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$6,129,466,81246May 4, 2026
October 2025$7,385,184,57548May 6, 2025
October 2024$7,442,603,91352April 30, 2024
October 2023$6,868,442,35643July 6, 2023
October 2022$8,324,319,96647March 29, 2022
October 2021$7,996,237,20752March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,996,237,207 in the October 2021 data and $6,129,466,812 in the October 2026 data, down 23%.

Total employees: 52 in October 2021 and 46 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 23 to 28.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,385,184,575 to $6,129,466,812 (-17%).
    • Added an office in London.

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
glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Polen-Capital-EI_IE3242095.11,24.htmpolencapital.comvimeo.com/POLENCAPITAL

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. Polen Capital Credit, LLC (CRD 108468): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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