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PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 300968

IRVINE, CA

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Data as of Mar 23, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Relationships: 12
Dated events: 4
On other graphs: 1
Observed: Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 23, 2026
5 observations

Across DFX

same identity by shared identifier, citation, or a bridge measured by hand

Real Estate Fundsidentity

Preservation Equity Fund Advisors, LLC

Real estate fund manager · shared crd

Facts

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

Firm class: asset managerderivedprivate_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0
Regulatory AUM: $503MItem 5.F on the latest filing (2026-03-23); as reported, and an affiliate's assets may be counted again on its own filing
Discretionary RAUM: $503M
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: 11
Advisory employees: 3
Offices: 0Schedule D 1.F, beyond the principal office
Accounts: 4
Private funds: 4Schedule D 7.B(1)
Custody, client assets: $503M
SEC number: 801-124859
CRD: 300968
Filings on the tape: 5
First filed: Mar 31, 2022
Latest filed: Mar 23, 2026
Organised: Limited Liability Company, CA
Website: pefadvisors.com

Private funds

Schedule D 7.B(1); gross asset value as reported, never fund size; reporting ends 2024-12-31

Fund	Type	Reported GAV	As of	Owners	First reported	Status	Form D file
WNC PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 2, L.P.	Real Estate Fund	$251M	Mar 26, 2024	14	Mar 31, 2022	reported	021-378508
WNC CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND, L.P.	Real Estate Fund	$105M	Mar 26, 2024	6	Mar 31, 2022	reported	n/a
PEF PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 3, L.P.	Real Estate Fund	$37.0M	Mar 26, 2024	6	Mar 26, 2024	reported	n/a

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
CAMPBELL, EDWARD, JOSEPH	CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER	Na	yes	03/2022	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 26, 2024
CARUANA, ANN, ELIZABETH	PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER	Na	yes	05/2022	Mar 28, 2023	Mar 26, 2024
COOPER HOLDINGS TRUST	Member	C	yes	08/2022	Mar 28, 2023	Mar 26, 2024
COOPER INVESTMENT TRUST	Member	D	yes	08/2022	Mar 28, 2023	Mar 26, 2024
COOPER, JENNIFER, ELDER	Trustee	F	yes	11/2021	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 26, 2024
COOPER, JR., WILFRED, NEWBURY	Trustee	F	yes	06/2022	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 26, 2024
COOPER, JR., WILFRED, NEWBURY	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	Na	yes	10/2020	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 26, 2024
LONGINO, CAMILLE, MARIE	CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER	Na	yes	10/2020	Mar 31, 2022	Mar 26, 2024
PEF PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS, LLC	SOLE MANAGER AND MEMBER	E	yes	03/2023	Mar 28, 2023	Mar 26, 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
PEF PRESERVATION MANAGING PARNTERS 3, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
WNC CAPITAL CORPORATION	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
WNC PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS 1, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a
WNC PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS 2, LLC	n/a	n/a	n/a	N	yes	n/a

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	Private funds	Fund GAV
2025	Mar 23, 2026	$503M	$503M	11	3	4	n/a
2024	Mar 23, 2025	$419M	$419M	12	3	3	n/a
2023	Mar 26, 2024	$392M	$392M	13	3	3	$393M
2022	Mar 28, 2023	$309M	$309M	13	2	2	$309M

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
2025	$503M	$419M	20.0%	$309M	17.6%	11	12	0	0

Relationships

Advises (3)

→ PEF PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 3, L.P.Private fundReal Estate Fund, IA
Mar 26, 2024 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WNC PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 2, L.P.Private fundReal Estate Fund, IA
Mar 31, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV
→ WNC CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND, L.P.Private fundReal Estate Fund, IA
Mar 31, 2022 to presentfactForm ADV

Controls (8)

← COOPER, JR., WILFRED, NEWBURYOwnerTRUSTEE, ownership code F, individual
Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← LONGINO, CAMILLE, MARIEOwnerCHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← COOPER, JENNIFER, ELDEROwnerTRUSTEE, ownership code F, individual
Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← CAMPBELL, EDWARD, JOSEPHOwnerCHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← CARUANA, ANN, ELIZABETHOwnerPRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, ownership code NA, individual
Mar 28, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← COOPER HOLDINGS TRUSTOwnerMEMBER, ownership code C, domestic entity
Mar 28, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← COOPER INVESTMENT TRUSTOwnerMEMBER, ownership code D, domestic entity
Mar 28, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV
← PEF PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS, LLCOwnerSOLE MANAGER AND MEMBER, ownership code E, domestic entity
Mar 28, 2023 to Mar 26, 2024factForm ADV

Dated events

Occurred
Mar 28, 2023
Regulatory AUM changed
Preservation Equity Fund Advisors, Llc reported RAUM $309.1M, up 72% from $179.6M (2022-03-31 to 2023-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
$130M
Occurred
Mar 28, 2023
Control person left
Rae Melanie Wenk (Chief Operating Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Preservation Equity Fund Advisors, Llc (listed 2022-03-31, absent 2023-03-28)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 28, 2023
Control person joined
Elizabeth Ann Caruana (President & Chief Investment Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Preservation Equity Fund Advisors, Llc
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago
Occurred
Mar 31, 2022
First Form ADV filing
Pef Advisory Partners, Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
Form ADVobserved 5 days ago

Provenance

Graph: RIA / Wealth Management
Canonical id: dfx:ria:f0d6e548-ed8b-aacf-051d-8d7816eb62b6
First observed: Mar 31, 2022
Last observed: Mar 23, 2026 6 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.

PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND ADVISORS, LLC

CRD 300968

IRVINE, CA

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Data as of Mar 23, 2026 (this record's last observation) from federal regulator filings. Page built Sep 20, 2026, 10:29 PM UTC and rebuilt at most every 15 minutes.

Fund

Type

Reported GAV

As of

Owners

First reported

Status

Form D file

WNC PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 2, L.P.

Real Estate Fund

$251M

Mar 26, 2024

Mar 31, 2022

reported

021-378508

WNC CALIFORNIA PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND, L.P.

Real Estate Fund

$105M

Mar 26, 2024

Mar 31, 2022

reported

n/a

PEF PRESERVATION EQUITY FUND 3, L.P.

Real Estate Fund

$37.0M

Mar 26, 2024

reported

n/a

Owner

Title

Ownership code

Control person

Acquired

First seen

Last seen

CAMPBELL, EDWARD, JOSEPH

CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER

yes

03/2022

Mar 31, 2022

Mar 26, 2024

CARUANA, ANN, ELIZABETH

PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER

yes

05/2022

Mar 28, 2023

Mar 26, 2024

COOPER HOLDINGS TRUST

Member

yes

08/2022

Mar 28, 2023

Mar 26, 2024

COOPER INVESTMENT TRUST

Member

yes

08/2022

Mar 28, 2023

Mar 26, 2024

COOPER, JENNIFER, ELDER

Trustee

yes

11/2021

Mar 31, 2022

Mar 26, 2024

COOPER, JR., WILFRED, NEWBURY

Trustee

yes

06/2022

Mar 31, 2022

Mar 26, 2024

COOPER, JR., WILFRED, NEWBURY

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

yes

10/2020

Mar 31, 2022

Mar 26, 2024

LONGINO, CAMILLE, MARIE

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

yes

10/2020

Mar 31, 2022

Mar 26, 2024

PEF PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS, LLC

SOLE MANAGER AND MEMBER

yes

03/2023

Mar 28, 2023

Mar 26, 2024

Related person

Type

Class on the graph

Its RAUM

Control

Common control

State

PEF PRESERVATION MANAGING PARNTERS 3, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

WNC CAPITAL CORPORATION

n/a

yes

n/a

WNC PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS 1, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

WNC PRESERVATION MANAGING PARTNERS 2, LLC

n/a

yes

n/a

Fiscal year

Filed

RAUM

Discretionary

Employees

Advisory staff

Offices

Private funds

Fund GAV

2025

Mar 23, 2026

$503M

n/a

2024

Mar 23, 2025

$419M

n/a

2023

Mar 26, 2024

$392M

$393M

2022

Mar 28, 2023

$309M

Latest fiscal year

RAUM

A year earlier

1y change

Three years earlier

3y CAGR

Employees

A year earlier

Offices

A year earlier

2025

$503M

$419M

20.0%

$309M

17.6%