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Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC

Santa Monica, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 158634

Filed as SAYBROOK FUND ADVISORS, LLC

Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Santa Monica, CA, registered since 2011, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

15 years
registered since 2011
$461,209,006
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Saybrook Fund Advisors, 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 Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC located?

Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC's principal office is in Santa Monica, CA, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2011. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 158634.

How much does Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC manage?

Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC reports $461,209,006 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (86% discretionary).

How have Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $230,743,933 in the October 2021 data and $461,209,006 in the October 2026 data, up 100%. Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 11 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (5); insurance companies (2).

Which custodians does Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC use?

Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY and Citi as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Saybrook Fund Advisors, 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/158634

What changed in Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 5 to 7. Regulatory assets under management went from $218,686,597 to $461,209,006 (+111%). Added an office in Chicago, IL. Registered or notice-filed in IL. 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 2A

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. 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
$461,209,006

$461,209,006 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $394,968,715.Non-discretionary: $66,240,291.

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 5 Assets $232,028,368 (50%)
Insurance companies
Clients 2 Assets $229,180,638 (50%)

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
2011 (15 years)
Employees
Total: 11. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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 April 2026 filing
Chicago, ILRedwood Shores, CA
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
CAIL

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
$231M 2021 $286M 2022 $319M 2023 $249M 2024 $219M 2025 $461M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$461,209,00611March 30, 2026
October 2025$218,686,5979March 25, 2025
October 2024$248,885,3848March 22, 2024
October 2023$319,396,9549March 29, 2023
October 2022$285,747,0819April 13, 2022
October 2021$230,743,9339March 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $230,743,933 in the October 2021 data and $461,209,006 in the October 2026 data, up 100%.

Total employees: 9 in October 2021 and 11 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 5 to 7.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $218,686,597 to $461,209,006 (+111%).
    • Added an office in Chicago, IL.
    • Registered or notice-filed in IL.
    • 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
saybrookfundadvisors.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. Saybrook Fund Advisors, LLC (CRD 158634): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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