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Ruane Cunniff L.P.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 285971

Filed as RUANE CUNNIFF L.P. · Legal name Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P.

Ruane Cunniff L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

8 years
registered since 2017
$10,525,505,890
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Ruane Cunniff L.P. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Ruane Cunniff L.P. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

Where is Ruane Cunniff L.P. located?

Ruane Cunniff L.P.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Ruane Cunniff L.P. registered with the SEC or a state?

Ruane Cunniff L.P. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 285971.

How much does Ruane Cunniff L.P. manage?

Ruane Cunniff L.P. reports $10,525,505,890 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Ruane Cunniff L.P.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Ruane Cunniff L.P.: Regulatory assets under management: $12,727,011,262 in the October 2021 data and $10,525,505,890 in the October 2026 data, down 17%. Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 52 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Ruane Cunniff L.P. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (1,138); corporations or other businesses not listed above (32); charitable organizations (31).

Which custodians does Ruane Cunniff L.P. use?

Ruane Cunniff L.P.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Pershing LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Ruane Cunniff L.P. 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/285971

What changed in Ruane Cunniff L.P.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 14 to 12. Regulatory assets under management went from $9,356,108,349 to $10,525,505,890 (+12%). 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

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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$10,525,505,890

$10,525,505,890 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $10,525,505,890.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
High net worth individuals
Clients 1,138 Assets $3,932,456,089 (37%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $3,788,837,987 (36%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 11 Assets $1,816,729,758 (17%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 31 Assets $728,647,262 (7%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 32 Assets $258,834,794 (2%)

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 businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (8 years)
Employees
Total: 52. Performing investment advisory functions: 12.
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)
1 other office, as of the April 2026 filing
Chicago, IL
States registered or notice-filed
53 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
$12.7B 2021 $14.6B 2022 $8.82B 2023 $9.65B 2024 $9.36B 2025 $10.5B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$10,525,505,89052March 31, 2026
October 2025$9,356,108,34954March 31, 2025
October 2024$9,650,361,01357March 27, 2024
October 2023$8,824,211,18862March 31, 2023
October 2022$14,589,975,53363March 30, 2022
October 2021$12,727,011,26265March 18, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $12,727,011,262 in the October 2021 data and $10,525,505,890 in the October 2026 data, down 17%.

Total employees: 65 in October 2021 and 52 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 14 to 12.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $9,356,108,349 to $10,525,505,890 (+12%).
    • 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.I
ruanecunniff.comsequoiafund.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. Ruane Cunniff L.P. (CRD 285971): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/ruane-cunniff-l-p-new-york-ny-285971