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Second Alpha Partners

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 282418

Filed as SECOND ALPHA PARTNERS · Legal name Second Alpha Partners, LLC

Second Alpha Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$438,367,252
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Second Alpha Partners compensated?

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

What does Second Alpha Partners' brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 1.5% 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 Second Alpha Partners located?

Second Alpha Partners' principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV.

Is Second Alpha Partners registered with the SEC or a state?

Second Alpha Partners is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 282418.

How much does Second Alpha Partners manage?

Second Alpha Partners reports $438,367,252 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Second Alpha Partners' assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Second Alpha Partners: Regulatory assets under management: $199,333,895 in the October 2021 data and $438,367,252 in the October 2026 data, up 120%. Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Second Alpha Partners serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (9).

Does Second Alpha Partners 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/282418

What changed in Second Alpha Partners' recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 5. Regulatory assets under management went from $334,874,450 to $438,367,252 (+31%).

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

Asset-based fee: 1.5% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The Firm generally charges a management fee to the Fund (“Management Fee”) which ranges from 1.5% to 2% annually.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 30, 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
$438,367,252

$438,367,252 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $438,367,252.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 9 Assets $438,367,252 (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
Legal name
Second Alpha Partners, LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 5.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
NY

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
$199M 2021 $257M 2022 $323M 2023 $397M 2024 $335M 2025 $438M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$438,367,2526March 30, 2026
October 2025$334,874,4508July 18, 2025
October 2024$396,518,3498March 26, 2024
October 2023$322,633,7247March 24, 2023
October 2022$257,463,7086March 31, 2022
October 2021$199,333,8954June 29, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $199,333,895 in the October 2021 data and $438,367,252 in the October 2026 data, up 120%.

Total employees: 4 in October 2021 and 6 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 7 to 5.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $334,874,450 to $438,367,252 (+31%).

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
secondalpha.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. Second Alpha Partners (CRD 282418): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
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