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Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC

La Jolla, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 323711

Filed as STEPSTONE GROUP PRIVATE DEBT LLC

Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in La Jolla, CA, registered since 2022, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026.

3 years
registered since 2022
$5,791,992,870
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC compensated?

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

Where is Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC located?

Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC's principal office is in La Jolla, CA, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2022. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 323711.

How much does Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC manage?

Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC reports $5,791,992,870 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 29, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC's assets and staff changed since 2023?

In the Form ADV data for Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $38,664,569 in the October 2023 data and $5,791,992,870 in the October 2026 data, up 14880%. Total employees: 0 in October 2023 and 0 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (7); investment companies (1); business development companies (1).

Does Stepstone Group Private Debt 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/323711

What changed in Stepstone Group Private Debt LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $3,246,375,373 to $5,791,992,870 (+78%).

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
$5,791,992,870

$5,791,992,870 as of October 2026, filing dated June 29, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,791,992,870.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,055,532,787 (18%)
Business development companies
Clients 1 Assets $2,088,932,000 (36%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 7 Assets $2,647,528,083 (46%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Other
Clients 0 Assets $0 (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 investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2022 (3 years)
Employees
Total: 0. Performing investment advisory functions: 0.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
New York, NY
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

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$38.7M 2023 $2.37B 2024 $3.25B 2025 $5.79B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,791,992,8700June 29, 2026
October 2025$3,246,375,3730June 27, 2025
October 2024$2,374,225,0690July 30, 2024
October 2023$38,664,5690June 29, 2023

Regulatory assets under management: $38,664,569 in the October 2023 data and $5,791,992,870 in the October 2026 data, up 14880%.

Total employees: 0 in October 2023 and 0 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. July 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,246,375,373 to $5,791,992,870 (+78%).

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
stepstoneglobal.comstepstonegroup.comstepstonepw.comvimeo.com/stepstonegroup

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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