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SVB Asset Management

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 124567

Filed as SVB ASSET MANAGEMENT

SVB Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2003, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026.

23 years
registered since 2003
$32,316,444,668
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Other
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is SVB Asset Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), SVB Asset Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; other.

Where is SVB Asset Management located?

SVB Asset Management's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is SVB Asset Management registered with the SEC or a state?

SVB Asset Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2003. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 124567.

How much does SVB Asset Management manage?

SVB Asset Management reports $32,316,444,668 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 18, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have SVB Asset Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for SVB Asset Management: Regulatory assets under management: $69,360,712,554 in the October 2021 data and $32,316,444,668 in the October 2026 data, down 53%. Total employees: 72 in October 2021 and 24 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does SVB Asset Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: corporations or other businesses not listed above (454); insurance companies (3); other investment advisers (1).

Which custodians does SVB Asset Management use?

SVB Asset Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists US Bank Institutional Trust & Custody as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does SVB Asset Management 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/124567

What changed in SVB Asset Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 104 to 24. No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA. No longer lists an office in Bangalore. No longer lists an office in Denver, CO. No longer lists an office in Houston, TX. No longer lists an office in New York, NY. No longer lists an office in Pasadena, CA. No longer lists an office in Phoenix, AZ. No longer lists an office in Raleigh, NC. No longer lists an office in San Diego, CA. No longer lists an office in Santa Monica, CA. No longer lists an office in Seattle, WA. No longer lists an office in West Conshohocken, PA.

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
  • 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 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$32,316,444,668

$32,316,444,668 as of October 2026, filing dated September 18, 2026.

Discretionary: $32,316,444,668.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 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
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 1 Assets $1,510,099 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 3 Assets $39,427,431 (0%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets $0 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 454 Assets $32,275,507,138 (100%)
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 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
2003 (23 years)
Employees
Total: 24. Performing investment advisory functions: 24.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
6 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Boston, MACharlotte, NCChicago, ILIrvine, CASalt Lake City, UTSanta Clara, CA
States registered or notice-filed
20 states or jurisdictions
AZCACOCTFLGAILMAMDMNNCNJNYOHORPATXUTVAWA

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
$69.4B 2021 $85.5B 2022 $44.4B 2023 $32.1B 2024 $33B 2025 $32.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$32,316,444,66824September 18, 2026
October 2025$32,960,320,956104April 23, 2025
October 2024$32,085,958,361106March 29, 2024
October 2023$44,429,541,243106August 18, 2023
October 2022$85,475,283,65688September 1, 2022
October 2021$69,360,712,55472July 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $69,360,712,554 in the October 2021 data and $32,316,444,668 in the October 2026 data, down 53%.

Total employees: 72 in October 2021 and 24 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 104 to 24.
    • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Bangalore.
    • No longer lists an office in Denver, CO.
    • No longer lists an office in Houston, TX.
    • No longer lists an office in New York, NY.
    • No longer lists an office in Pasadena, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Phoenix, AZ.
    • No longer lists an office in Raleigh, NC.
    • No longer lists an office in San Diego, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Santa Monica, CA.
    • No longer lists an office in Seattle, WA.
    • No longer lists an office in West Conshohocken, PA.

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
svb.com/LIQUIDITY-MANAGEMENT/SVB-ASSET-MANAGEMENT

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. SVB Asset Management (CRD 124567): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/svb-asset-management-san-francisco-ca-124567