AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / Illinois / Chicago / SBB Research Group LLC

SBB Research Group LLC

Northbrook, ILSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 161109

Filed as SBB RESEARCH GROUP LLC

SBB Research Group LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Northbrook, IL, registered since 2014, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 5, 2026.

12 years
registered since 2014
$3,260,240,863
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is SBB Research Group LLC compensated?

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

Where is SBB Research Group LLC located?

SBB Research Group LLC's principal office is in Northbrook, IL, according to its Form ADV.

Is SBB Research Group LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

SBB Research Group LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2014. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 161109.

How much does SBB Research Group LLC manage?

SBB Research Group LLC reports $3,260,240,863 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 5, 2026 (99% discretionary).

How have SBB Research Group LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for SBB Research Group LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $531,681,642 in the October 2021 data and $3,260,240,863 in the October 2026 data, up 513%. Total employees: 27 in October 2021 and 28 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does SBB Research Group LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7); high net worth individuals (3).

Which custodians does SBB Research Group LLC use?

SBB Research Group LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists E*trade Securities LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Mesirow Financial, Inc. as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does SBB Research Group LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.G (pending regulatory proceeding). 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/161109

What changed in SBB Research Group LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $2,787,637,967 to $3,260,240,863 (+17%).

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 August 5, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,260,240,863

$3,260,240,863 as of October 2026, filing dated August 5, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,230,664,837.Non-discretionary: $29,576,026.

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 3 Assets $58,598,883 (2%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 7 Assets $3,197,997,813 (98%)
Other
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,644,167 (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 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
2014 (12 years)
Employees
Total: 28. Performing investment advisory functions: 11.
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.

States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
IL

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.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

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
$532M 2021 $1.84B 2022 $2.09B 2023 $2.45B 2024 $2.79B 2025 $3.26B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,260,240,86328August 5, 2026
October 2025$2,787,637,96727July 10, 2025
October 2024$2,454,707,02327March 27, 2024
October 2023$2,093,574,55423May 31, 2023
October 2022$1,838,390,19322August 31, 2022
October 2021$531,681,64227June 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $531,681,642 in the October 2021 data and $3,260,240,863 in the October 2026 data, up 513%.

Total employees: 27 in October 2021 and 28 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $2,787,637,967 to $3,260,240,863 (+17%).
  2. December 2025
    • 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
sbbrg.com

Source: 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. SBB Research Group LLC (CRD 161109): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sbb-research-group-llc-northbrook-il-161109