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Wellington Funds (US) LLC

Boston, MASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 288313

Filed as WELLINGTON FUNDS (US) LLC

Wellington Funds (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 2017, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 9, 2026.

9 years
registered since 2017
$5,408,062,700
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
1
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Wellington Funds (US) LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wellington Funds (US) LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Wellington Funds (US) LLC located?

Wellington Funds (US) LLC's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV.

Is Wellington Funds (US) LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Wellington Funds (US) LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2017. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 288313.

How much does Wellington Funds (US) LLC manage?

Wellington Funds (US) LLC reports $5,408,062,700 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 9, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Wellington Funds (US) LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Wellington Funds (US) LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $4,305,734,442 in the October 2021 data and $5,408,062,700 in the October 2026 data, up 26%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Wellington Funds (US) LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (16).

Does Wellington Funds (US) LLC 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/288313

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

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
$5,408,062,700

$5,408,062,700 as of October 2026, filing dated July 9, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,408,062,700.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
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
High net worth individuals
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Investment companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Business development companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 16 Assets $5,408,062,700 (100%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Charitable organizations
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Other investment advisers
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Insurance companies
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 0 Assets Not reported
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 0 Assets Not reported

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
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2017 (9 years)
Employees
Total: 2. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
DEMA

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

Disclosures

Item 11

1 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
$4.31B 2021 $5.44B 2022 $5.22B 2023 $5.01B 2024 $5.03B 2025 $5.41B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,408,062,7002July 9, 2026
October 2025$5,032,760,7992March 31, 2025
October 2024$5,006,413,9220July 10, 2024
October 2023$5,217,107,5090October 3, 2023
October 2022$5,438,332,1340September 28, 2022
October 2021$4,305,734,4423March 31, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $4,305,734,442 in the October 2021 data and $5,408,062,700 in the October 2026 data, up 26%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 2 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

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

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
wellington.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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