DFX Intelligence
RIA Intelligence
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
Cqs (US), LLC
Latest filing Jul 31, 2026
First filing on the tape Mar 30, 2012 · 46 filings
SEC status approved since Jul 25, 2008
RAUM
$5.5B
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
16
10 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
1
reported on Schedule D
History
46 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$5.5B as of Jul 31, 2026
Mar 30, 2012$1.3B then
HNW client RAUM: no history
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jul 31, 2026
Mar 30, 20120 then
Employees (5.A)16 as of Jul 31, 2026
Mar 22, 201316 then
Private funds1 as of Jul 31, 2026
Mar 28, 20142 then
RAUM +514% over the last fiscal year+16% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jul 31, 2026; every figure names its basis
- 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
- $366MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 0.0%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
- +231%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 assets, performance-based, otherreportedItem 5.E
- Advisory activities
- portfolio management for pooled vehicles, portfolio management for investment companiesreportedItem 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
- Pooled investment vehicles$4.7B85%
- Investment companies$798M15%
- Individual clients
- 0reported
- HNW clients
- 0reported
- Pension plan clients
- 0reported
- Charitable clients
- 0reported
- Accounts
- 15reported
- Financial planning clients
- reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- noreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, performancereported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=1.0 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=true related_bank=true bd_reps=4.0derived
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
1 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
| Fund | Type | Gross assets | Owners | First reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cqs Abs Master Fund Limited | Hedge Fund | $1.6B | 792 | Mar 30, 2012 |
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Fredrick John Addeo · Member Of Management Committeecontrolsince 04/2024 · owns less than 5%
- James Patrick III Fitzpatrick · Member Of Management Committeecontrolsince 04/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Patricia Rosch Carrington · Member Of Management Committeecontrolsince 04/2024 · owns less than 5%
- Maria Piccolino · Chief Compliance Officersince 01/2020 · owns less than 5%
Entity owners
- Cqs Management Limited · Shareholderdirect · owns 75% or more
- Manulife Financial Corporation · Corporate Memberindirect · owns 75% or more of The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company · public reporting company
- Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited · Shareholderindirect · owns 75% or more of Cqs Management Limited
- The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company · Corporate Memberindirect · owns 75% or more of Manulife Investment Management (Europe) Limited
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
- Cqs (Uk) Llpinvestment adviserbankn
- Cqs Funds General Partner LLCpooled vehicle sponsory
- Cqs Rcr Fund I Gp Limitedpooled vehicle sponsory
- John Hancock Investment Management LLCbroker-dealerinvestment advisernRAUM $212B
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
1 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- RAUM up 50 %Change between filings · filing Apr 2, 2026RAUM (Item 5.F) moved from $894,568,575 to $2,962,844,594 (+231.0%) between the annual amendments of 2024-07-01 and 2026-04-02; the peer median change was +13.0% (631 comparable advisers, 100.0th percentile of changes)peers: asset managers, $5B to $20B (631) · 100% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- Accounts · 12 to 15Apr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- Advisory activities · 3 to 2Apr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- BD registered reps · 3 to 4Apr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- Pooled vehicle clients · 3 to 12Apr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $3.0B to $5.5BApr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.2B to $4.7BApr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- RAUM · $3.0B to $5.5BApr 2, 2026 to Jun 29, 2026
- Accounts · 17 to 12Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Advisory employees · 12 to 10Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- BD registered reps · 0 to 3Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Corporate clients · 3.0 to unsetAug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Pooled vehicle clients · 7 to 3Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Employees · 17 to 16Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Financial planning clients · unset to Aug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $3.6B to $3.0BAug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.3B to $1.2BAug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- RAUM · $3.6B to $3.0BAug 13, 2024 to Jun 30, 2025
- Accounts · 3 to 17Jul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Advisory activities · 2 to 3Jul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Corporate clients · 0 to 3Jul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Pooled vehicle clients · 1 to 7Jul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $895M to $3.6BJul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $742M to $1.3BJul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- RAUM · $895M to $3.6BJul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
- Accounts · 7 to 3Aug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Pooled vehicle clients · 7 to 1Aug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Assets in custody · 0.0 to unsetAug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Employees · 18 to 17Aug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $1.5B to $895MAug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $1.4B to $742MAug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- RAUM · $1.5B to $895MAug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Related broker-dealer · false to trueAug 28, 2023 to Jul 1, 2024
- Accounts · 12 to 7Sep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Advisory employees · 18 to 12Sep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Pooled vehicle clients · 11 to 7Sep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Employees · 23 to 18Sep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $3.4B to $1.5BSep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Non-discretionary RAUM · $99.2M to $0Sep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $3.3B to $1.4BSep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
- RAUM · $3.5B to $1.5BSep 14, 2022 to Jun 29, 2023
Signals
11 dated events
- Cqs (Us), Llc reported RAUM $5.5B, up 85% from $3.0B (2026-04-02 to 2026-06-29)Jun 29, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
- James Patrick Iii Fitzpatrick (Member Of Management Committee) appeared on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), LlcAug 13, 2024 · Control person joined · fact
- James P Fitzpatrick (Member Of Management Committee) no longer on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), Llc (listed 2024-08-13, absent 2024-08-13)Aug 13, 2024 · Control person left · inference
- Cqs (Us), Llc reported RAUM $3.6B, up 297% from $894.6M (2024-07-01 to 2024-08-02)Aug 2, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
- Cqs (Us), Llc reported RAUM $894.6M, down 42% from $1.5B (2023-08-28 to 2024-07-01)Jul 1, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
- Michael Hintze (Shareholder) no longer on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), Llc (listed 2023-08-28, absent 2024-07-01)Jul 1, 2024 · Control person left · inference
- Cqs (Us), Llc reported RAUM $1.5B, down 56% from $3.5B (2022-09-14 to 2023-06-29)Jun 29, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
- Michel Brogard (Chief Executive Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), Llc (listed 2020-05-28, absent 2020-06-29)Jun 29, 2020 · Control person left · inference
- R. Jeffrey Lindenbaum (Chief Executive Officer/Chief Compliance Officer) no longer on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), Llc (listed 2018-11-02, absent 2019-04-23)Apr 23, 2019 · Control person left · inference
- Marc Patrick Michel Brogard (Chief Executive Officer/Chief Compliance Officer) appeared on Schedule A of Cqs (Us), LlcApr 23, 2019 · Control person joined · fact
- Cqs (Us), Llc reported RAUM $5.3B, up 68% from $3.2B (2018-05-21 to 2018-06-29)Jun 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
- Website
- CQS.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 17, 2026
- Principal office phone
- 212-259-2900reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jul 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
- Asset manager (funds and pooled vehicles)deriveda 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