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Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd.

Seoul, Korea, SouthSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 338393

Filed as SPARX ASSET MANAGEMENT KOREA CO., LTD.

Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seoul, Korea, South, registered since 2026, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026.

0 years
registered since 2026
$2,126,181,370
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. 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 Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. located?

Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd.'s principal office is in Seoul, Korea, South, according to its Form ADV.

Is Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. registered with the SEC or a state?

Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2026. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 338393.

How much does Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. manage?

Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. reports $2,126,181,370 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

What types of clients does Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Which custodians does Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. use?

Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Citibank N.A. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. 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/338393

What changed in Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $1,087,744,862 to $2,126,181,370 (+95%). 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

See the firm's brochure (dated June 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,126,181,370

$2,126,181,370 as of October 2026, filing dated June 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,121,442,985.Non-discretionary: $4,738,385.

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
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $26,823,321 (1%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $144,825,256 (7%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $11,007,827 (1%)
Other investment advisers
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $4,738,385 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,936,964,364 (91%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,822,217 (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 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
2026 (0 years)
Employees
Total: 23. Performing investment advisory functions: 8.
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
Not reported.

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

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months
  1. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $1,087,744,862 to $2,126,181,370 (+95%).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. February 2026
    • Newly registered with the SEC.
  3. January 2026
    • 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
sparxkorea.com/kr/PublicRelations/Notice

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. Sparx Asset Management Korea Co., Ltd. (CRD 338393): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/sparx-asset-management-korea-co-ltd-seoul-338393