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ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED, CRD 312601

SYDNEY, NSW

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Data as of Sep 26, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 15
Dated events: 12
On other graphs: 0
Observed: Feb 2, 2021 to Sep 26, 2025
13 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: other adviserderivedprivate_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.1 institutional_share=0.31 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $6.3BItem 5.F on the latest filing (2025-09-26); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $6.3B
Private client RAUM: $0derivedItem 5.D individuals plus high net worth individuals
Private client share: 0%derivedprivate client RAUM over total RAUM
Advisors on IAPD: 0
Employees: 32
Advisory employees: 26
Offices: 1Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 11
SEC number: 801-120437
CRD: 312601
Filings on the tape: 13
First filed: Feb 2, 2021
Latest filed: Sep 26, 2025
Organised: Other (specify)
Website: ardea.com.au

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
ALEXANDER FAMILY INVESTMENTS PTY LTD.	Owner	C	yes	11/2008	Feb 2, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, JOHN	CO-CIO	Na	yes	11/2008	Feb 2, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, JOHN	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Feb 2, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
CHALLENGER FUNDS MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PTY	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Sep 20, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
CHALLENGER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Sep 20, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
CHALLENGER LIMITED	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Feb 2, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
Clout, Stephen, Ross	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Apr 12, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
Clout, Stephen, Ross	CEO/CCO/COO	Na	yes	11/2008	Apr 12, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
FIDANTE PARTNERS ARDEA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED	Owner	D	yes	11/2008	Sep 20, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
FIDANTE PARTNERS HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED	Owner	E	yes	11/2008	Sep 20, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
Gan, Nicholas, Han Sheng	Director	Na	yes	09/2024	Nov 12, 2024	Nov 12, 2024
HAMLYN GROUP PTY LTD	Owner	A	yes	11/2008	Apr 12, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
Hamlyn, Tamar	Owner	E	yes	10/2008	Apr 12, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
Karunakaran, Gopinath	CO-CIO	Na	yes	06/2017	Sep 20, 2021	Nov 12, 2024
S&K CLOUT NOMINEES PTY LTD	Owner	A	yes	11/2008	Apr 12, 2021	Nov 12, 2024

Affiliates (Item 7.A)

as filed on Item 7.A; a related person with a CRD on the graph links to its own page

Related person	Type	Class on the graph	Its RAUM	Control	Common control	State
ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED	n/a	n/a	n/a	Y	no	n/a

Offices

Schedule D 1.F offices beyond the principal office; street addresses are not published

City	State	Country	Employees	Also broker-dealer
London	n/a	United Kingdom	1	no

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; showing 4 of 5

Fiscal year	Filed	RAUM	Discretionary	Employees	Advisory staff	Offices	Private funds	Fund GAV
2024	Mar 13, 2025	$9.5B	$9.5B	36	24	1	n/a	n/a
2023	Aug 16, 2023	$15B	$15B	43	24	1	n/a	n/a
2022	Aug 11, 2022	$16B	$16B	38	19	1	n/a	n/a
2021	Sep 20, 2021	$17B	$17B	24	12	0	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
2024	$6.3B	$15B	-58.1%	$17B	-28.3%	32	43	1	1

Relationships

Controls (12)

← ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, JOHNOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, individual
Feb 2, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← Hamlyn, TamarOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, individual
Apr 12, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← Clout, Stephen, RossOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, individual
Apr 12, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← Karunakaran, GopinathOwnerCO-CIO, ownership code NA, individual
Sep 20, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← Gan, Nicholas, Han ShengOwnerDIRECTOR, ownership code NA, individual
Nov 12, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← ALEXANDER FAMILY INVESTMENTS PTY LTD.OwnerOWNER, ownership code C, foreign entity
Feb 2, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← CHALLENGER FUNDS MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PTYOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, foreign entity
Sep 20, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← CHALLENGER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITEDOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, foreign entity
Sep 20, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← FIDANTE PARTNERS ARDEA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITEDOwnerOWNER, ownership code D, foreign entity
Sep 20, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← FIDANTE PARTNERS HOLDINGS PTY LIMITEDOwnerOWNER, ownership code E, foreign entity
Sep 20, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← HAMLYN GROUP PTY LTDOwnerOWNER, ownership code A, foreign entity
Apr 12, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV
← S&K CLOUT NOMINEES PTY LTDOwnerOWNER, ownership code A, foreign entity
Apr 12, 2021 to Nov 12, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Sep 26, 2025
Regulatory AUM changed
Ardea Investment Management reported RAUM $6.3B, down 33% from $9.5B (2025-03-13 to 2025-09-26)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
$-3.2B
Occurred
Nov 12, 2024
Control person joined
Han Sheng Nicholas Gan (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 30, 2024
Regulatory AUM changed
Ardea Investment Management reported RAUM $9.5B, down 37% from $15.0B (2024-03-04 to 2024-09-30)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
$-5.6B
Occurred
Mar 4, 2024
Control person left
Fairley Tracey Hunter (Cco/Coo) no longer on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management (listed 2023-08-16, absent 2024-03-04)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 20, 2021
Control person left
Peter Tiffin (Owner) no longer on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management (listed 2021-04-12, absent 2021-09-20)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 20, 2021
Control person left
Andrew Bartlett (Trustee) no longer on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management (listed 2021-04-12, absent 2021-09-20)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 20, 2021
Control person joined
Fairley Tracey Hunter (Cco/Coo) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Sep 20, 2021
Control person joined
Gopinath Karunakaran (Co-Cio) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 12, 2021
Control person joined
Andrew Bartlett (Trustee) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 12, 2021
Control person joined
Tamar Hamlyn (Owner) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Apr 12, 2021
Control person joined
Ross Stephen Clout (Owner) appeared on Schedule A of Ardea Investment Management
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Feb 2, 2021
First Form ADV filing
Asset Manager filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:c565dfba-9d2b-9d7e-0052-f76b9b602414
First observed: Feb 2, 2021
Last observed: Sep 26, 2025 11 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.

ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED, CRD 312601

SYDNEY, NSW

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Data as of Sep 26, 2025 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 3:53 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

ALEXANDER FAMILY INVESTMENTS PTY LTD.

Owner

yes

11/2008

Feb 2, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, JOHN

CO-CIO

yes

11/2008

Feb 2, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

ALEXANDER, BENJAMIN, JOHN

Owner

yes

11/2008

Feb 2, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

CHALLENGER FUNDS MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS PTY

Owner

yes

11/2008

Sep 20, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

CHALLENGER GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

Owner

yes

11/2008

Sep 20, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

CHALLENGER LIMITED

Owner

yes

11/2008

Feb 2, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Clout, Stephen, Ross

Owner

yes

11/2008

Apr 12, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Clout, Stephen, Ross

CEO/CCO/COO

yes

11/2008

Apr 12, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

FIDANTE PARTNERS ARDEA HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED

Owner

yes

11/2008

Sep 20, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

FIDANTE PARTNERS HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED

Owner

yes

11/2008

Sep 20, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Gan, Nicholas, Han Sheng

Director

yes

09/2024

Nov 12, 2024

HAMLYN GROUP PTY LTD

Owner

yes

11/2008

Apr 12, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Hamlyn, Tamar

Owner

yes

10/2008

Apr 12, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Karunakaran, Gopinath

CO-CIO

yes

06/2017

Sep 20, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

S&K CLOUT NOMINEES PTY LTD

Owner

yes

11/2008

Apr 12, 2021

Nov 12, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

ARDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED

n/a

City

State

Country

Employees

Also broker-dealer

London

n/a

United Kingdom

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2024

Mar 13, 2025

$9.5B

n/a

2023

Aug 16, 2023

$15B

n/a

2022

Aug 11, 2022

$16B

n/a

2021

Sep 20, 2021

$17B

n/a

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2024

$6.3B

$15B

-58.1%

$17B

-28.3%