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Waterequity LLC

Kansas City, MOSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 281955

Filed as WATEREQUITY LLC

Waterequity LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Kansas City, MO, registered since 2021, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026.

5 years
registered since 2021
$450,164,269
assets under management
3 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based and more
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Waterequity LLC compensated?

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

Where is Waterequity LLC located?

Waterequity LLC's principal office is in Kansas City, MO, according to its Form ADV.

Is Waterequity LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Waterequity LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2021. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 281955.

How much does Waterequity LLC manage?

Waterequity LLC reports $450,164,269 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 8, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Waterequity LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Waterequity LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $124,207,436 in the October 2021 data and $450,164,269 in the October 2026 data, up 262%. Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 44 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Waterequity LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (6).

Does Waterequity LLC 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/281955

What changed in Waterequity LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the August 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
  • 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 July 8, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$450,164,269

$450,164,269 as of October 2026, filing dated July 8, 2026.

Discretionary: $450,164,269.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
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 6 Assets $450,164,269 (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)

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2021 (5 years)
Employees
Total: 44. Performing investment advisory functions: 27.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
1 state or jurisdiction
MO

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
$124M 2021 $169M 2022 $205M 2023 $322M 2024 $348M 2025 $450M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$450,164,26944July 8, 2026
October 2025$348,488,16841May 14, 2025
October 2024$322,201,97339September 17, 2024
October 2023$205,493,46728September 27, 2023
October 2022$168,760,95421September 15, 2022
October 2021$124,207,43617April 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $124,207,436 in the October 2021 data and $450,164,269 in the October 2026 data, up 262%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 44 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. August 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 31 to 27.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $348,488,168 to $450,164,269 (+29%).
  3. February 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  4. November 2025
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
waterequity.comwaterequity.medium.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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AdvisorCensus. Waterequity LLC (CRD 281955): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/waterequity-llc-kansas-city-mo-281955