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Stepstone Group Real Estate LP

La Jolla, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 281698

Filed as STEPSTONE GROUP REAL ESTATE LP

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in La Jolla, CA, registered since 2015, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026.

10 years
registered since 2015
$17,212,566,630
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Stepstone Group Real Estate LP compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Stepstone Group Real Estate LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Stepstone Group Real Estate LP located?

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP's principal office is in La Jolla, CA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 11 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Stepstone Group Real Estate LP registered with the SEC or a state?

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2015. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 281698.

How much does Stepstone Group Real Estate LP manage?

Stepstone Group Real Estate LP reports $17,212,566,630 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 30, 2026 (89% discretionary).

How have Stepstone Group Real Estate LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Stepstone Group Real Estate LP: Regulatory assets under management: $7,111,489,205 in the October 2021 data and $17,212,566,630 in the October 2026 data, up 142%. Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 117 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Stepstone Group Real Estate LP serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (61); state or municipal government entities (including government pension plans) (11); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (7).

Does Stepstone Group Real Estate LP 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/281698

What changed in Stepstone Group Real Estate LP's recent Form ADV filings?

In the July 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 79 to 95. Added an office in Tokyo. Added an office in Winter Park, FL. No longer lists an office in La Jolla, CA. 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
  • 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

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
$17,212,566,630

$17,212,566,630 as of October 2026, filing dated July 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $15,380,733,781.Non-discretionary: $1,831,832,849.

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 Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 1 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 61 Assets $15,879,181,441 (92%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 7 Assets $1,317,717,112 (8%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 11 Assets $15,668,077 (0%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 4 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 1 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 3 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Pension consulting services
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
COURTLAND, A STEPSTONE COMPANY
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2015 (10 years)
Employees
Total: 117. Performing investment advisory functions: 95.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
11 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
BeijingChicago, ILCleveland, OHDublinFrankfurtLondonNew York, NYSan Francisco, CASingaporeTokyoWinter Park, FL
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
$7.11B 2021 $9.14B 2022 $11.2B 2023 $14.2B 2024 $16.4B 2025 $17.2B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$17,212,566,630117July 30, 2026
October 2025$16,359,033,55886July 21, 2025
October 2024$14,179,117,23584July 30, 2024
October 2023$11,182,324,20166June 29, 2023
October 2022$9,144,633,10968June 28, 2022
October 2021$7,111,489,20553June 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $7,111,489,205 in the October 2021 data and $17,212,566,630 in the October 2026 data, up 142%.

Total employees: 53 in October 2021 and 117 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
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 79 to 95.
    • Added an office in Tokyo.
    • Added an office in Winter Park, FL.
    • No longer lists an office in La Jolla, CA.
    • 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
spi.stepstonegroup.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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