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Steelhead Partners, LLC

Seattle, WASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116569

Filed as STEELHEAD PARTNERS, LLC

Steelhead Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Seattle, WA, registered since 2006, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026.

20 years
registered since 2006
$2,510,413,432
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Steelhead Partners, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Steelhead Partners, LLC located?

Steelhead Partners, LLC's principal office is in Seattle, WA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Steelhead Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Steelhead Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116569.

How much does Steelhead Partners, LLC manage?

Steelhead Partners, LLC reports $2,510,413,432 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 31, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Steelhead Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Steelhead Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $2,566,307,267 in the October 2021 data and $2,510,413,432 in the October 2026 data, down 2%. Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Steelhead Partners, LLC 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 Steelhead Partners, LLC use?

Steelhead Partners, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists The Bank of New York Mellon as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Steelhead Partners, 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/116569

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 2A

See the firm's brochure (dated March 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$2,510,413,432

$2,510,413,432 as of October 2026, filing dated March 31, 2026.

Discretionary: $2,510,413,432.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 6 Assets $2,507,792,610 (100%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,620,822 (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
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 12. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
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
WA

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
$2.57B 2021 $2.43B 2022 $1.98B 2023 $2.63B 2024 $2.58B 2025 $2.51B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$2,510,413,43212March 31, 2026
October 2025$2,577,314,72214March 18, 2025
October 2024$2,627,038,19812March 13, 2024
October 2023$1,983,686,04313March 21, 2023
October 2022$2,433,828,53613March 29, 2022
October 2021$2,566,307,26713March 22, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,566,307,267 in the October 2021 data and $2,510,413,432 in the October 2026 data, down 2%.

Total employees: 13 in October 2021 and 12 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
steelhead.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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