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Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC

Santa Monica, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 113203

Filed as TENNENBAUM CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Santa Monica, CA, registered since 2001, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026.

25 years
registered since 2001
$3,156,595,256
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
10
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC compensated?

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

Where is Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC located?

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC's principal office is in Santa Monica, CA, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2001. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 113203.

How much does Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC manage?

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC reports $3,156,595,256 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 17, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $8,468,868,378 in the October 2021 data and $3,156,595,256 in the October 2026 data, down 63%. Total employees: 26 in October 2021 and 10 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (23); insurance companies (5); business development companies (1).

Which custodians does Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC use?

Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York Mellon, N.A. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 8 questions about regulatory matters and 2 questions about civil court matters (11.C(1), 11.C(2), 11.C(4), 11.C(5), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.E(2), 11.G, 11.H(1)(c), 11.H(2)). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/113203

What changed in Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 8 to 7. No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA. No longer lists an office in Santa Monica, CA.

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
  • 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 31, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$3,156,595,256

$3,156,595,256 as of October 2026, filing dated June 17, 2026.

Discretionary: $3,156,595,256.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
Business development companies
Clients 1 Assets $1,533,302,472 (49%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 23 Assets $1,372,979,045 (43%)
Insurance companies
Clients 5 Assets $226,273,070 (7%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 1 Assets $24,040,669 (1%)

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
  • Selection of other advisers (including private fund managers)
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2001 (25 years)
Employees
Total: 10. Performing investment advisory functions: 7.
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)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
6 states or jurisdictions
CADEMONYPATX

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

Disclosures

Item 11

10 Reports 10 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(1) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate made a false statement or omission?
  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?
  • 11.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.D(4) In the past ten years, has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?
  • 11.G Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a regulatory proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.C, 11.D, or 11.E?

Civil court matters Item 11.H

  • 11.H(1)(c) Has a domestic or foreign court ever dismissed, under a settlement agreement, an investment-related civil action brought against the firm or an advisory affiliate by a state or foreign financial regulator?
  • 11.H(2) Is the firm or an advisory affiliate now the subject of a civil proceeding that could result in a yes answer to any part of 11.H(1)?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$8.47B 2021 $11.4B 2022 $5.83B 2023 $6.09B 2024 $3.43B 2025 $3.16B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,156,595,25610June 17, 2026
October 2025$3,432,303,33812July 30, 2025
October 2024$6,087,355,19220September 20, 2024
October 2023$5,826,622,34920May 22, 2023
October 2022$11,353,803,81924September 1, 2022
October 2021$8,468,868,37826August 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $8,468,868,378 in the October 2021 data and $3,156,595,256 in the October 2026 data, down 63%.

Total employees: 26 in October 2021 and 10 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 8 to 7.
    • No longer lists an office in Atlanta, GA.
    • No longer lists an office in Santa Monica, 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.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
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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. Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC (CRD 113203): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/tennenbaum-capital-partners-llc-santa-monica-ca-113203