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Sciens Water
Filed as SCIENS WATER · Legal name Sciens Water Opportunities Management LLC
Sciens Water is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2026, reporting $500 million to $1 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Sciens Water compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sciens Water reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees; other.
How much does Sciens Water charge?
Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 2, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.
Where is Sciens Water located?
Sciens Water's principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.
Is Sciens Water registered with the SEC or a state?
Sciens Water is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 299986.
How much does Sciens Water manage?
Sciens Water reports $743,453,428 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 16, 2026 (80% discretionary).
What types of clients does Sciens Water serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (12).
Does Sciens Water report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/299986
What changed in Sciens Water's recent Form ADV filings?
In the May 2026 filing data: Newly registered with the SEC.
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
- Other
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 2AAsset-based fee: 1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)
The brochure's wording
the governing documents of each Fund provide that such Fund’s management fees will be calculated at an annual rate generally ranging from 1% to 2% of the aggregate amount of capital committed by investors in the Fund.
As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated April 2, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$743,453,428 as of October 2026, filing dated June 16, 2026.
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.DA 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)
- Educational seminars/workshops
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Legal name
- Sciens Water Opportunities Management LLC
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 2026 (0 years)
- Employees
- Total: 15. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- States registered or notice-filed
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2 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 113 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
- 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
- 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
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
Changes in the filing
Last 12 months- May 2026
- Newly registered with the SEC.
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.ISource: 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. Sciens Water (CRD 299986): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sciens-water-new-york-ny-299986