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Tailwater Capital

Dallas, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 167240

Filed as TAILWATER CAPITAL · Legal name TW-IM, LLC

Tailwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Dallas, TX, registered since 2013, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 12, 2026.

13 years
registered since 2013
$3,974,046,326
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Tailwater Capital compensated?

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

Where is Tailwater Capital located?

Tailwater Capital's principal office is in Dallas, TX, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Tailwater Capital registered with the SEC or a state?

Tailwater Capital is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2013. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 167240.

How much does Tailwater Capital manage?

Tailwater Capital reports $3,974,046,326 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 12, 2026 (83% discretionary).

How have Tailwater Capital's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Tailwater Capital: Regulatory assets under management: $2,821,492,331 in the October 2021 data and $3,974,046,326 in the October 2026 data, up 41%. Total employees: 26 in October 2021 and 46 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Tailwater Capital serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (21).

Does Tailwater Capital 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/167240

Does Tailwater Capital state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 12, 2026 says: "The Funds generally have no minimum investment amount for third- party investors"

What changed in Tailwater Capital's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $3,397,731,345 to $3,974,046,326 (+17%).

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

Account minimum: None

The brochure's wording
The Funds generally have no minimum investment amount for third- party investors

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 12, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,974,046,326

$3,974,046,326 as of October 2026, filing dated June 12, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,314,298,688.Non-discretionary: $659,747,638.

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 21 Assets $3,974,046,326 (100%)

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)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
TW-IM, LLC
Also doing business as
TAILWATER
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2013 (13 years)
Employees
Total: 46. Performing investment advisory functions: 27.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
The Woodlands, TX
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
TX

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
$2.82B 2021 $3.38B 2022 $3.32B 2023 $3.13B 2024 $3.4B 2025 $3.97B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,974,046,32646June 12, 2026
October 2025$3,397,731,34546March 31, 2025
October 2024$3,125,915,28448March 28, 2024
October 2023$3,318,460,31541March 31, 2023
October 2022$3,379,624,08043March 31, 2022
October 2021$2,821,492,33126July 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $2,821,492,331 in the October 2021 data and $3,974,046,326 in the October 2026 data, up 41%.

Total employees: 26 in October 2021 and 46 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
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $3,397,731,345 to $3,974,046,326 (+17%).

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
tailwatercapital.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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