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RIA / WealthRegistered adviserformer SEC advisernot on rosterRAUM none

ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES LTD.

CRD 153202

GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN

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Data as of Apr 17, 2024 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 19, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 3
Dated events: 0
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Apr 10, 2012 to Apr 17, 2024
19 observations

Across DFX

This entity has not been resolved onto another DFX graph by a shared identifier. A name match elsewhere would be a candidate, never an identity, and none is recorded.

Facts

fact = as filed or announced; derived = computed by DFX; estimate = a band, never a point

Firm class: former SEC adviserderivedabsent from the latest SEC roster
Regulatory AUM: $0Item 5.F on the latest filing (2024-04-17); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $0
Private client RAUM: $0derivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 2
Advisory employees: 2
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 0
Individual clients: 0
High net worth clients: 0
SEC number: 801-71271
CRD: 153202
Filings on the tape: 19
First filed: Apr 10, 2012
Latest filed: Apr 17, 2024
Organised: Other (specify)

Owners and control persons

Schedule A and B as filed; ownership codes are the form's bands (NA under 5%, A 5 to 10%, B 10 to 25%, C 25 to 50%, D 50 to 75%, E over 75%); people are listed as filed and never merged by name

Owner	Title	Ownership code	Control person	Acquired	First seen	Last seen
DEAN, JOHN, (NMN)	MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER	E	yes	12/2006	Apr 10, 2012	Apr 17, 2024
TAYLOR, IAN, ROSS	CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	no	11/2015	Apr 1, 2016	Apr 17, 2024

Regulatory AUM by fiscal year

annual amendments (and the roster's annual snapshot) as filed; where a year was amended twice the later filing draws the line

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2023	Feb 6, 2024	$0	$0	2	2	0	n/a	n/a
2022	May 1, 2023	$1.0M	$1.0M	2	2	0	n/a	n/a
2021	May 5, 2022	n/a	n/a	2	2	0	n/a	n/a
2020	Mar 31, 2021	n/a	n/a	5	2	0	n/a	n/a
2019	Mar 20, 2020	n/a	n/a	5	2	0	n/a	n/a
2018	Mar 21, 2019	n/a	n/a	5	2	0	n/a	n/a
2017	Apr 26, 2018	n/a	n/a	5	2	0	n/a	n/a
2016	Mar 30, 2017	n/a	n/a	5	2	n/a	n/a	n/a
2015	Apr 1, 2016	n/a	n/a	7	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2014	Mar 20, 2015	n/a	n/a	7	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2013	Mar 28, 2014	n/a	n/a	8	6	n/a	n/a	n/a
2012	Apr 1, 2013	n/a	n/a	9	3	n/a	n/a	n/a
2011	Apr 10, 2012	$2.7B	$700M	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Growth

derived from consecutive annual filings; RAUM as reported

Latest fiscal year	RAUM	A year earlier	1y change	Three years earlier	3y CAGR	Employees	A year earlier	Offices	A year earlier
2023	$0	$1.0M	-100.0%	n/a	n/a	2	2	0	0

Relationships

Owns (1)

← TAYLOR, IAN, ROSSOwnerCHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Apr 1, 2016 to presentfactForm ADV

Controls (1)

← DEAN, JOHN, (NMN)OwnerMANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ownership code E, individual
Apr 10, 2012 to presentfactForm ADV

Affiliated with (1)

← CURRENCY INSIGHT LTD.Registered adviserother investment adviser, bank, common control
factForm ADV

Dated events

No dated event names this entity yet.

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:1a537f52-fd5d-4d91-7632-d016ecaa6826
First observed: Apr 10, 2012
Last observed: Apr 17, 2024 29 months ago
Source families: Federal regulator filings
3 registered feeds stand behind this record; each fact above carries its own dates and, where the publisher serves one, its document.
Resolution: Identity across graphs by shared identifier (CRD, CIK, EIN, ADV fund id, individual CRD) or citation; a name match is shown as a candidate and never merged.

ABSOLUTE RETURN STRATEGIES LTD.

CRD 153202

GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN

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Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

DEAN, JOHN, (NMN)

MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

yes

12/2006

Apr 10, 2012

Apr 17, 2024

TAYLOR, IAN, ROSS

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER/CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

11/2015

Apr 1, 2016

Apr 17, 2024

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2023

Feb 6, 2024

n/a

2022

May 1, 2023

$1.0M

n/a

2021

May 5, 2022

n/a

2020

Mar 31, 2021

n/a

2019

Mar 20, 2020

n/a

2018

Mar 21, 2019

n/a

2017

Apr 26, 2018

n/a

2016

Mar 30, 2017

n/a

2015

Apr 1, 2016

n/a

2014

Mar 20, 2015

n/a

2013

Mar 28, 2014

n/a

2012

Apr 1, 2013

n/a

2011

Apr 10, 2012

$2.7B

$700M

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2023

$1.0M

-100.0%

n/a