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Prairie Capital
Filed as PRAIRIE CAPITAL · Legal name Prairie Management Company, L.P.
Prairie Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Chicago, IL, registered since 2012, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Prairie Capital compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Prairie Capital reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.
What does Prairie Capital's brochure say about its fees?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 28, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 2% of assets a year. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is Prairie Capital located?
Prairie Capital's principal office is in Chicago, IL, according to its Form ADV.
Is Prairie Capital registered with the SEC or a state?
Prairie Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 155566.
How much does Prairie Capital manage?
Prairie Capital reports $869,871,068 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Prairie Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Prairie Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $1,163,196,348 in the October 2021 data and $869,871,068 in the October 2026 data, down 25%. Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 22 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Prairie Capital serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).
Does Prairie Capital 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/155566
What changed in Prairie Capital's recent Form ADV filings?
In the October 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 2AAsset-based fee: 2% of assets a year
The brochure's wording
Each Partnership pays its General Partner, quarterly in advance, a Management Fee equal to 2.0% per annum of its “fee base.”
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 28, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$869,871,068 as of October 2026, filing dated September 17, 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)
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Prairie Management Company, L.P.
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2012 (14 years)
- Employees
- Total: 22. Performing investment advisory functions: 15.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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1 state or jurisdiction
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 | $869,871,068 | 22 | September 17, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $999,307,676 | 21 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,130,485,867 | 21 | March 29, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,336,745,718 | 20 | March 31, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,282,741,640 | 19 | May 17, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,163,196,348 | 20 | August 20, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $1,163,196,348 in the October 2021 data and $869,871,068 in the October 2026 data, down 25%.
Total employees: 20 in October 2021 and 22 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- October 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 14 to 15.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $999,307,676 to $869,871,068 (-13%).
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. Prairie Capital (CRD 155566): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/prairie-capital-chicago-il-155566