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Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.

New York, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 105007

Filed as VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.

Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in New York, NY, registered since 1984, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026.

42 years
registered since 1984
$20,291,119,200
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. compensated?

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

Where is Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. located?

Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.'s principal office is in New York, NY, according to its Form ADV; the September 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1984. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 105007.

How much does Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. manage?

Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. reports $20,291,119,200 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated August 4, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $38,333,529,628 in the October 2021 data and $20,291,119,200 in the October 2026 data, down 47%. Total employees: 78 in October 2021 and 63 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16); investment companies (6); sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions (6).

Which custodians does Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. use?

Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services (japan) Inc., CIBC Mellon, J.P. Morgan Chase and State Street Bank & Trust as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. 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/105007

What changed in Vontobel Asset Management, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the September 2026 filing data: 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
  • 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 March 26, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$20,291,119,200

$20,291,119,200 as of October 2026, filing dated August 4, 2026.

Discretionary: $19,938,469,839.Non-discretionary: $352,649,361.

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
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,759,774,400 (9%)
Investment companies
Clients 6 Assets $518,583,833 (3%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $8,578,204,593 (42%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $2,088,834,059 (10%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,081,575,009 (5%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 6 Assets $5,911,497,945 (29%)
Other
Clients 6 Assets $352,649,361 (2%)

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)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Also doing business as
VONTOBEL
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1984 (42 years)
Employees
Total: 63. Performing investment advisory functions: 23.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
Brown Brothers Harriman Investment Services (japan) Inc.CIBC MellonJ.P. Morgan ChaseState Street Bank & Trust

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 September 2026 filing
Miami, FL
States registered or notice-filed
49 states or jurisdictions
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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
$38.3B 2021 $36B 2022 $24.1B 2023 $28B 2024 $26.7B 2025 $20.3B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$20,291,119,20063August 4, 2026
October 2025$26,653,325,80469July 29, 2025
October 2024$28,023,416,51270June 25, 2024
October 2023$24,081,060,53181March 30, 2023
October 2022$35,981,792,62280August 25, 2022
October 2021$38,333,529,62878September 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $38,333,529,628 in the October 2021 data and $20,291,119,200 in the October 2026 data, down 47%.

Total employees: 78 in October 2021 and 63 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. September 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $26,653,325,804 to $20,291,119,200 (-24%).
    • No longer lists an office in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

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
am.vontobel.com/en

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. Vontobel Asset Management, Inc. (CRD 105007): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/vontobel-asset-management-inc-new-york-ny-105007