AdvisorCensus by AdvisorSEO Max

AdvisorCensus / Financial advisors / California / San Francisco / White Oak Global Advisors, LLC

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC

San Francisco, CASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 149659

Filed as WHITE OAK GLOBAL ADVISORS, LLC

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in San Francisco, CA, registered since 2009, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026.

17 years
registered since 2009
$5,105,860,724
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Performance-based
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is White Oak Global Advisors, LLC compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), White Oak Global Advisors, LLC reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; performance-based fees. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is White Oak Global Advisors, LLC located?

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC's principal office is in San Francisco, CA, according to its Form ADV; the October 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is White Oak Global Advisors, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2009. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 149659.

How much does White Oak Global Advisors, LLC manage?

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC reports $5,105,860,724 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated September 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have White Oak Global Advisors, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for White Oak Global Advisors, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $6,990,407,154 in the October 2021 data and $5,105,860,724 in the October 2026 data, down 27%. Total employees: 48 in October 2021 and 58 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does White Oak Global Advisors, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies) (55).

Which custodians does White Oak Global Advisors, LLC use?

White Oak Global Advisors, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust and The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does White Oak Global Advisors, 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/149659

What changed in White Oak Global Advisors, LLC'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

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
$5,105,860,724

$5,105,860,724 as of October 2026, filing dated September 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,105,860,724.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 55 Assets $4,839,508,997 (95%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $56,364,262 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $53,506,615 (1%)
Insurance companies
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $120,655,702 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $35,825,148 (1%)

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 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
2009 (17 years)
Employees
Total: 58. Performing investment advisory functions: 32.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
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)
2 other offices, as of the October 2026 filing
Miami, FLNew York, NY
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
CAFLNY

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
$6.99B 2021 $7.04B 2022 $6.36B 2023 $6.21B 2024 $5.42B 2025 $5.11B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,105,860,72458September 24, 2026
October 2025$5,415,681,23163March 28, 2025
October 2024$6,205,127,22777March 29, 2024
October 2023$6,364,889,34251June 15, 2023
October 2022$7,044,348,05855September 21, 2022
October 2021$6,990,407,15448June 7, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $6,990,407,154 in the October 2021 data and $5,105,860,724 in the October 2026 data, down 27%.

Total employees: 48 in October 2021 and 58 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 37 to 32.
  3. January 2026
    • No longer registered or notice-filed in IL.
  4. December 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
whiteoaksf.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

Cite this page

AdvisorCensus. White Oak Global Advisors, LLC (CRD 149659): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/white-oak-global-advisors-llc-san-francisco-ca-149659