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Wellington Management Company LLP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Boston, MA, registered since 1979, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 9, 2026.
Quick answers
From the filingHow is Wellington Management Company LLP compensated?
On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Wellington Management Company LLP reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees); performance-based fees.
Where is Wellington Management Company LLP located?
Wellington Management Company LLP's principal office is in Boston, MA, according to its Form ADV; the August 2026 filing also lists 6 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).
Is Wellington Management Company LLP registered with the SEC or a state?
Wellington Management Company LLP is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1979. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 106595.
How much does Wellington Management Company LLP manage?
Wellington Management Company LLP reports $1,428,048,671,402 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated July 9, 2026 (93% discretionary).
How have Wellington Management Company LLP's assets and staff changed since 2021?
In the Form ADV data for Wellington Management Company LLP: Regulatory assets under management: $1,372,497,306,507 in the October 2021 data and $1,428,048,671,402 in the October 2026 data, up 4%. Total employees: 1,775 in October 2021 and 1,868 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.
What types of clients does Wellington Management Company LLP serve?
By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: insurance companies (452); pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (408); investment companies (209).
Which custodians does Wellington Management Company LLP use?
Wellington Management Company LLP's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists J.P. Morgan, Northern Trust, State Street and The Bank of New York Mellon as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.
Does Wellington Management Company LLP 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/106595
What changed in Wellington Management Company LLP'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
- Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)
- 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 2ASee 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$1,428,048,671,402 as of October 2026, filing dated July 9, 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
Registration and firm details
Items 1, 2, 5- Registration
- SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
- Registered since
- 1979 (46 years)
- Employees
- Total: 1,868. Performing investment advisory functions: 497.
- Wrap fee program participation
- Yes.
- 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.
- Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
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6 other offices, as of the August 2026 filing
- States registered or notice-filed
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32 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 | $1,428,048,671,402 | 1,868 | July 9, 2026 |
| October 2025 | $1,305,650,752,153 | 1,869 | March 31, 2025 |
| October 2024 | $1,282,732,502,947 | 2,021 | July 10, 2024 |
| October 2023 | $1,204,691,064,459 | 2,139 | October 3, 2023 |
| October 2022 | $1,488,387,227,057 | 1,922 | September 7, 2022 |
| October 2021 | $1,372,497,306,507 | 1,775 | July 1, 2021 |
Regulatory assets under management: $1,372,497,306,507 in the October 2021 data and $1,428,048,671,402 in the October 2026 data, up 4%.
Total employees: 1,775 in October 2021 and 1,868 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- August 2026
- Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
- April 2026
- Employees performing advisory functions went from 479 to 497.
- December 2025
- Changed its office addresses in San Francisco, CA.
- 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.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. Wellington Management Company LLP (CRD 106595): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026. https://advisorcensus.com/firm/wellington-management-company-llp-boston-ma-106595