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Wasatch Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Salt Lake City, UT, registered since 1975, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Wasatch Advisors LP compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wasatch Advisors LP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees.
Where is Wasatch Advisors LP located?
Wasatch Advisors LP's principal office is in Salt Lake City, UT, according to its Form ADV.
Is Wasatch Advisors LP registered with the SEC or a state?
Wasatch Advisors LP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1975. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106081.
How much does Wasatch Advisors LP manage?
Wasatch Advisors LP reports $23,346,360,707 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 16, 2026 (100% discretionary).
How have Wasatch Advisors LP's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Wasatch Advisors LP: Regulatory assets under management: $32,248,952,977 in the October 2021 data and $23,346,360,707 in the October 2026 data, down 28%. Total employees: 86 in October 2021 and 96 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Wasatch Advisors LP serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: high net worth individuals (51); charitable organizations (50); corporations or other businesses not listed above (39).
Which custodians does Wasatch Advisors LP use?
Wasatch Advisors LP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Northern Trust Securities, Inc. and State Street Global Markets, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Wasatch Advisors LP report any disciplinary disclosures?
Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation). 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/106081
What changed in Wasatch Advisors LP's recent Form ADV filings?
In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 48 to 41. Regulatory assets under management went from $27,916,763,225 to $23,346,360,707 (-16%).
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 2AThe brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 16, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.
Regulatory assets under management
Item 5.F$23,346,360,707 as of October 2026, filing dated March 16, 2026.
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.DA 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 individuals and/or small businesses
- 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
- WASATCH GLOBAL INVESTORS
- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1975 (50 years)
- Employees
- Total: 96. Performing investment advisory functions: 41.
- Wrap fee program participation
- No.
- Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))
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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.
- States registered or notice-filed
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51 states or jurisdictions
SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration
Disclosures
Item 111 Reports 1 disclosure item on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.
Questions answered yes on this filing
Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G
- 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?
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| Data period | Assets under management | Employees | Filing dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | $23,346,360,707 | 96 | March 16, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $27,916,763,225 | 96 | March 13, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $26,663,066,907 | 90 | April 24, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $22,406,537,116 | 90 | May 5, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $39,493,239,726 | 86 | March 18, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $32,248,952,977 | 86 | March 26, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $32,248,952,977 in the October 2021 data and $23,346,360,707 in the October 2026 data, down 28%.
Total employees: 86 in October 2021 and 96 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- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 48 to 41.
- Regulatory assets under management went from $27,916,763,225 to $23,346,360,707 (-16%).
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.ISource: 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. Wasatch Advisors LP (CRD 106081): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wasatch-advisors-lp-salt-lake-city-ut-106081