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Pzena Investment Management LLC

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 106847

Filed as PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC

Pzena Investment Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1995, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

30 years
registered since 1995
$81,440,877,143
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pzena Investment Management LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pzena Investment Management LLC 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 Pzena Investment Management LLC located?

Pzena Investment Management LLC's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Pzena Investment Management LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Pzena Investment Management LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106847.

How much does Pzena Investment Management LLC manage?

Pzena Investment Management LLC reports $81,440,877,143 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have Pzena Investment Management LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pzena Investment Management LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $41,135,560,953 in the October 2021 data and $81,440,877,143 in the October 2026 data, up 98%. Total employees: 127 in October 2021 and 164 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pzena Investment Management LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (53); corporations or other businesses not listed above (45); high net worth individuals (36).

Which custodians does Pzena Investment Management LLC use?

Pzena Investment Management LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists State Street Securities, Inc. and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pzena Investment Management 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/106847

What changed in Pzena Investment Management LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 51 to 55. Regulatory assets under management went from $63,691,370,902 to $81,440,877,143 (+28%).

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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$81,440,877,143

$81,440,877,143 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $80,571,190,993.Non-discretionary: $869,686,150.

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 8 Assets $3,365,611 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 36 Assets $100,736,927 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 19 Assets $24,391,513,242 (30%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 53 Assets $35,841,610,521 (44%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 23 Assets $3,143,988,251 (4%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 21 Assets $419,115,151 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 29 Assets $14,484,449,733 (18%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 4 Assets $1,204,683,412 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients 6 Assets $572,606,918 (1%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 1 Assets $198,996,181 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 45 Assets $1,079,811,196 (1%)
Other
Clients 0 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 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
1995 (30 years)
Employees
Total: 164. Performing investment advisory functions: 55.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
State Street Securities, Inc.The Bank of New York Mellon

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.

States registered or notice-filed
19 states or jurisdictions
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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
$41.1B 2021 $50.6B 2022 $49.3B 2023 $58.9B 2024 $63.7B 2025 $81.4B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$81,440,877,143164March 30, 2026
October 2025$63,691,370,902159May 20, 2025
October 2024$58,864,978,960156March 28, 2024
October 2023$49,298,577,287148March 29, 2023
October 2022$50,648,280,816146April 12, 2022
October 2021$41,135,560,953127March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $41,135,560,953 in the October 2021 data and $81,440,877,143 in the October 2026 data, up 98%.

Total employees: 127 in October 2021 and 164 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 51 to 55.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $63,691,370,902 to $81,440,877,143 (+28%).

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
pzena.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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AdvisorCensus. Pzena Investment Management LLC (CRD 106847): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pzena-investment-management-llc-new-york-ny-106847