Stepstone Group LP

• A percentage of assets under your management
• Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
• 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

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

$107,824,428,426 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 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

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.

• Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
• Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
• Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
• Pension consulting services
• Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration

SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.

Registered since

2007 (19 years)

Employees

Total: 978. Performing investment advisory functions: 209.

Wrap fee program participation

No.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)

9 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing

BeijingLondonMexico CityNew York, NYOwings Mills, MDPalo Alto, CARomeSao PauloSingapore

States registered or notice-filed

Not reported.

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

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

Regulatory assets under management: $46,035,036,549 in the October 2021 data and $107,824,428,426 in the October 2026 data, up 134%.

Total employees: 350 in October 2021 and 978 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.

1. July 2026
   • Employees performing advisory functions went from 193 to 209.
   • Regulatory assets under management went from $95,634,838,287 to $107,824,428,426 (+13%).
   • No longer lists an office in La Jolla, CA.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.