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Registered investment advisers, the advisors registered through them, the capital they report, the private vehicles they run and the people who own them, as a graph with a filing date behind every number. RAUM is what the adviser filed, a move is two registration dates, and a class is a rule you can read.

SEC-registered adviser

Metzler-Payden, LLC

Institutional managerLos Angeles, CaliforniaCRD 108870SEC 801-55721IAPD
Latest filing Mar 31, 2026
First filing on the tape Mar 29, 2012 · 20 filings
SEC status approved since Jul 16, 1998
RAUM
$1.3B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
0.0%
$0 individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
187
112 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
20 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$1.3B as of Mar 31, 2026
Mar 30, 2012$1.5B then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Mar 31, 2026
Mar 30, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)187 as of Mar 31, 2026
Mar 28, 20133 then
Private funds: no history
RAUM +5.2% over the last fiscal year+1.0% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 31, 2026; every figure names its basis
Archetypes, each a printed rule
  • Institutional asset manager · institutional share (pensions, government, insurance, corporations, charities, banks, other advisers) at least 60 percent and private-client share under 20 percent
RAUM per advisor
unknownderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
unknownderivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
unknownderivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$141MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
100%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
unknownderivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
unknownderived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
+5.2%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
unknownderivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
unknownderived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for businesses and institutions, otherreportedItem 5.G
Ownership
no PE, bank or public-company owner found on Schedule Aderived
Advisor book size
not public; not estimatedreported
Also answered yes on Form ADV
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Pension and profit-sharing plans$735M58%
  • Insurance companies$413M33%
  • Charitable organizations$116M9.2%
Individual clients
n/areported
HNW clients
n/areported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
9reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.0 institutional_share=1.0 related_bd=true related_bank=true bd_reps=30.0derived
Advisors registered through the firm
0 on IAPD today, longest tenure first
No representative is registered through this CRD on IAPD.
Advisor movement
Left, latest
none on the tape
    Joined, latest
    none on the tape
      Private funds
      No private fund reported.
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • Nmn Joannis Karathanasis · Directorcontrol
        since 05/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Webb Brian Matthews · Director, Executive Vice President & Cfocontrol
        since 07/1998 · owns less than 5%
      • Nmn Franz Von Metzler · Directorcontrol
        since 11/2020 · owns less than 5%
      • Ann Joan Payden · Director, Co-Chairmancontrol
        since 01/2006 · owns less than 5%
      • Nmn Reza Pishva · Chief Compliance Officercontrol
        since 07/2023 · owns less than 5%
      • Ann Joan Payden · President, Director & Shareholdercontrol
        since 08/1983 · owns 50% to 75% of Payden & Rygel
      Entity owners
      • Mp&R Ventures, Inc · Member
        direct · owns 50% to 75%
      • Payden & Rygel · Member
        direct · owns 50% to 75%
      • Metzler North America Corporation · Shareholder
        indirect · owns 75% or more of Mp&R Ventures, Inc
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Advisers that list Metzler-Payden, LLC as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Advisory employees · 111 to 112
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • BD registered reps · 31 to 30
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Employees · 186 to 187
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.2B to $1.3B
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Pension RAUM · $715M to $735M
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • RAUM · $1.2B to $1.3B
        Mar 28, 2025 to Mar 31, 2026
      • Accounts · 10 to 9
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Advisory employees · 0 to 111
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • BD registered reps · 0 to 31
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Employees · 0 to 186
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.4B to $1.2B
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Pension RAUM · $879M to $715M
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • RAUM · $1.4B to $1.2B
        Mar 28, 2024 to Mar 28, 2025
      • Accounts · 11 to 10
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.2B to $1.4B
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Pension RAUM · $791M to $879M
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • RAUM · $1.2B to $1.4B
        Mar 31, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
      • Accounts · 10 to 11
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.3B to $1.2B
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Pension RAUM · $746M to $791M
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • RAUM · $1.3B to $1.2B
        Mar 31, 2022 to Mar 31, 2023
      • Accounts · 8 to 10
        Mar 30, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
      • Discretionary RAUM · $1.0B to $1.3B
        Mar 30, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
      • Pension RAUM · $577M to $746M
        Mar 30, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
      • RAUM · $1.0B to $1.3B
        Mar 30, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
      • Accounts · 11 to 8
        May 15, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.2B to $1.0B
        May 15, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
      • Pension RAUM · $700M to $577M
        May 15, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
      • RAUM · $2.2B to $1.0B
        May 15, 2020 to Mar 31, 2021
      • Accounts · 13 to 11
        Apr 2, 2019 to May 15, 2020
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.9B to $2.2B
        Apr 2, 2019 to May 15, 2020
      • Pension RAUM · $1.0B to $700M
        Apr 2, 2019 to May 15, 2020
      • RAUM · $2.9B to $2.2B
        Apr 2, 2019 to May 15, 2020
      • Accounts · 7 to 13
        Mar 29, 2018 to Mar 30, 2019
      • Discretionary RAUM · $3.0B to $2.9B
        Mar 29, 2018 to Mar 30, 2019
      • Pension RAUM · $959M to $1.0B
        Mar 29, 2018 to Mar 30, 2019
      • RAUM · $3.0B to $2.9B
        Mar 29, 2018 to Mar 30, 2019
      • Accounts · 6 to 7
        Mar 31, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
      • Other offices · unset to 0.0
        Mar 31, 2017 to Mar 29, 2018
      Signals
      13 dated events
      • Nmn Reza Pishva (Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc
        Mar 28, 2024 · Control person joined · fact
      • Sanfern Edward Garlock (Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc (listed 2023-03-31, absent 2024-03-28)
        Mar 28, 2024 · Control person left · inference
      • Gerhard Wiesheu (Director & Co-Chairman) no longer on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc (listed 2022-03-31, absent 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · Control person left · inference
      • Marco Schulmerich (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc (listed 2022-03-31, absent 2023-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2023 · Control person left · inference
      • Metzler-Payden, Llc reported RAUM $1.3B, up 27% from $1.0B (2022-03-30 to 2022-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
      • Franz Von Metzler (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc
        Mar 31, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Janni Karathanasis (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc
        Mar 31, 2022 · Control person joined · fact
      • Rainer Matthes (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc (listed 2022-03-28, absent 2022-03-30)
        Mar 30, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Jay Scott Weiner (Director) no longer on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc (listed 2021-03-31, absent 2022-03-28)
        Mar 28, 2022 · Control person left · inference
      • Metzler-Payden, Llc reported RAUM $1.0B, down 54% from $2.2B (2020-05-15 to 2021-03-31)
        Mar 31, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Marco Schulmerich (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc
        Apr 2, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Rainer Matthes (Director) appeared on Schedule A of Metzler-Payden, Llc
        Apr 2, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
      • Metzler-Payden, Llc reported RAUM $3.0B, up 60% from $1.9B (2017-03-31 to 2018-03-29)
        Mar 29, 2018 · RAUM change · derived
      Across DFX
      shared identifiers only, never a name match
      No identifier-backed link to the venture, private equity, family office or sponsor graphs.
      How to reach
      public business contact points only, each with its source
      Principal office phone
      213-625-1900reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 31, 2026
      Provenance
      Form ADV
      SEC filing data 2011 to 2024 and the monthly roster 2025 onreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Advisors
      IAPD individual compilation feed, dailyreportedadviserinfo.sec.gov
      Class
      Institutional managerderiveda rule over Items 5.D and 7.A
      RAUM per advisor
      n/aderivedfirm RAUM over the IAPD count; not a book size
      Loaded
      Sep 14, 2026