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Western Asset Management Company

Pasadena, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 110441

Filed as WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Legal name Western Asset Management Company, LLC

Western Asset Management Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Pasadena, CA, registered since 1971, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 16, 2026.

54 years
registered since 1971
$184,988,342,421
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Western Asset Management Company compensated?

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

Where is Western Asset Management Company located?

Western Asset Management Company's principal office is in Pasadena, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Western Asset Management Company registered with the SEC or a state?

Western Asset Management Company is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1971. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 110441.

How much does Western Asset Management Company manage?

Western Asset Management Company reports $184,988,342,421 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 16, 2026 (98% discretionary).

How have Western Asset Management Company's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Western Asset Management Company: Regulatory assets under management: $455,826,729,939 in the October 2021 data and $184,988,342,421 in the October 2026 data, down 59%. Total employees: 514 in October 2021 and 137 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Western Asset Management Company serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (30,187); corporations or other businesses not listed above (583); pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans) (451).

Which custodians does Western Asset Management Company use?

Western Asset Management Company's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Bank of New York as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Western Asset Management Company report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). 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/110441

What changed in Western Asset Management Company's recent Form ADV filings?

In the October 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated June 29, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$184,988,342,421

$184,988,342,421 as of October 2026, filing dated September 16, 2026.

Discretionary: $181,382,183,532.Non-discretionary: $3,606,158,889.

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 30,187 Assets $7,336,146,232 (4%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 231 Assets $749,586,296 (0%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 2 Assets $1,139,275 (0%)
Investment companies
Clients 57 Assets $82,053,361,725 (44%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 48 Assets $27,644,021,755 (15%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 451 Assets $9,860,549,302 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 292 Assets $5,255,909,500 (3%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients 21 Assets $11,644,840,664 (6%)
Other investment advisers
Clients 2 Assets $2,422,148,890 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients 20 Assets $25,488,334,450 (14%)
Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions
Clients 3 Assets $6,886,381,091 (4%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 583 Assets $5,645,923,241 (3%)

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 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
Legal name
Western Asset Management Company, LLC
Also doing business as
WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1971 (54 years)
Employees
Total: 137. Performing investment advisory functions: 82.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

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 October 2026 filing
New York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
52 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

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
$456B 2021 $420B 2022 $320B 2023 $314B 2024 $299B 2025 $185B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$184,988,342,421137September 16, 2026
October 2025$298,749,800,684471May 1, 2025
October 2024$313,817,320,287563December 20, 2023
October 2023$319,983,641,290563June 1, 2023
October 2022$419,507,657,699567July 27, 2022
October 2021$455,826,729,939514August 3, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $455,826,729,939 in the October 2021 data and $184,988,342,421 in the October 2026 data, down 59%.

Total employees: 514 in October 2021 and 137 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. October 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. July 2026
    • Item 11 disclosure answers changed: 3 yes answers, previously 8 (now no: 11.A(2), 11.D(2), 11.D(4), 11.H(1)(b), 11.H(2)).
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  3. January 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 68 to 82.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $298,749,800,684 to $184,988,342,421 (-38%).
    • 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
westernasset.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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