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QVT Financial LP

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 156508

Filed as QVT FINANCIAL LP

QVT Financial LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2012, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

14 years
registered since 2012
$1,786,665,823
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is QVT Financial LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), QVT Financial LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.

Where is QVT Financial LP located?

QVT Financial LP's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is QVT Financial LP registered with the SEC or a state?

QVT Financial LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2012. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 156508.

How much does QVT Financial LP manage?

QVT Financial LP reports $1,786,665,823 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have QVT Financial LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for QVT Financial LP: Regulatory assets under management: $2,888,011,167 in the October 2021 data and $1,786,665,823 in the October 2026 data, down 38%. Total employees: 32 in October 2021 and 31 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does QVT Financial LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7).

Does QVT Financial LP report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a 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/156508

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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$1,786,665,823

$1,786,665,823 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,786,665,823.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 7 Assets $1,786,665,823 (100%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2012 (14 years)
Employees
Total: 31. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

1 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?

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
$2.89B 2021 $2.95B 2022 $2.22B 2023 $2.14B 2024 $1.75B 2025 $1.79B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$1,786,665,82331March 31, 2026
October 2025$1,752,847,72232July 25, 2025
October 2024$2,140,123,49430March 29, 2024
October 2023$2,219,865,12232March 31, 2023
October 2022$2,946,525,98232March 31, 2022
October 2021$2,888,011,16732April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,888,011,167 in the October 2021 data and $1,786,665,823 in the October 2026 data, down 38%.

Total employees: 32 in October 2021 and 31 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
qvt.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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