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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

Swan Global Management

Other adviserHumacao, PRCRD 173621SEC 801-80552websiteIAPD
Legal name Swan Global Management LLC
Latest filing Mar 18, 2026
First filing on the tape Oct 29, 2014 · 21 filings
SEC status approved since Nov 17, 2014
RAUM
$2.4B
reported, Item 5.F
Discretionary
100%
of RAUM
Private clients
16%
$392M individuals and HNW
Advisors
0
registered through the firm on IAPD
RAUM per advisor
n/a
derived; firm RAUM over IAPD count
Employees
3
3 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
0
reported on Schedule D
History
21 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$2.4B as of Mar 18, 2026
Mar 23, 2015$2.0B then
HNW client RAUM$12.7M as of Mar 18, 2026
Mar 21, 2018$116M then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)3 as of Mar 18, 2026
Mar 23, 20153 then
Employees (5.A)3 as of Mar 18, 2026
Mar 23, 20153 then
Private funds1 as of Mar 24, 2022
Mar 21, 20181 then
RAUM -0.8% over the last fiscal year+2.8% a year over threeIARs 3 to 3
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Mar 18, 2026; every figure names its basis
RAUM per advisor
$796MderivedRAUM over IAPD advisors; not a book size
Clients per advisor
405derivedindividual and HNW clients (5.D) over advisors
Average HNW client
$409,277derivedHNW RAUM over HNW clients
Average account
$1.9MderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
Discretionary
100%derivedof RAUM
Institutional
0.0%derivedpensions, charities, corporations, government, insurance, banks, other advisers
Employees per advisor
1.0derivedItem 5.A over advisors
Advisors per office
3.0derived1 offices incl. principal (1.F.5)
RAUM growth, one year
-0.8%derivedbetween the last two annual amendments
Advisor growth, one year
+0.0%derivedItem 5.B.3 between annual amendments
Client growth, one year
-38%derived
Compensation
percentage of assetsreportedItem 5.E
Advisory activities
portfolio management for individuals, portfolio management for businesses and institutions, 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
  • buys or sells securities as principal to or from clients (8.A.2)
  • has discretionary authority over which securities are bought or sold (8.C.1)
  • receives research or other products from a broker-dealer, soft dollars (8.E)
  • compensates persons for client referrals (8.G.1)
  • compensates non-employees for client referrals (8.G.2)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
  • Investment companies$2.0B84%
  • Individuals$380M16%
  • High-net-worth individuals$12.7M0.5%
Individual clients
1,183reported
HNW clients
31reported
Pension plan clients
n/areported
Charitable clients
n/areported
Accounts
1,231reported
Financial planning clients
reported
Wrap fee programs
noreported
Custody of client assets
noreported
Compensation
% of AUMreported
Class basis
private_client_share=0.16 fund_share=0.84 institutional_share=0.0 related_bd=false related_bank=false bd_reps=0.0derived
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)
      FundTypeGross assetsOwnersFirst reported
      Swan Defined Risk Diversified Fund, LPno longer reportedHedge Fund$26.6M5Mar 21, 2018
      Owners and control persons
      Schedule A and B, latest filing
      • William Randall Swan · Ceo, Managing Membercontrol
        since 10/2014 · owns 50% to 75%
      • Owen Bradley Ackerman · Chief Compliance Officer
        since 07/2018 · owns less than 5%
      • Ethan Bates · Cfo
        since 03/2014 · owns less than 5%
      • K Laura Swan · Member
        since 10/2014 · owns 10% to 25%
      Related persons
      Schedule D 7.A
      Advisers that list Swan Global Management as a related person
      Offices
      Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
      No branch office listed.
      ADV anomalies
      3 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
      • clients down average size upCombination · filing Mar 18, 2026
        private clients fell 20 percent or more while RAUM per client rose 30 percent or more: a move up-market or the departure of small accounts. RAUM $2,406,792,590 to $2,388,188,410, advisors 3 to 3, private clients 1952 to 1214, offices 0 to 0 (2025-03-25 to 2026-03-18)
        peers: other advisers, $1B to $5B (247)
      • unusually high clients per advisorStatic outlier · filing Mar 18, 2026
        private clients per advisor of 404.7 against a peer median of 25.7 (39 comparable advisers, 100.0th percentile, 21.8 robust deviations)
        peers: other advisers, $1B to $5B (39) · 100% percentile
      • account count collapseChange between filings · filing Mar 18, 2026
        accounts (Item 5.F.2.f) moved from 1,969.0 to 1,231.0 (-37.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-25 and 2026-03-18; the peer median change was +1.0% (56 comparable advisers, 7.0th percentile of changes)
        peers: other advisers, $1B to $5B (56) · 7.3% percentile
      What changed
      consecutive filings, newest first
      • Accounts · 1,969 to 1,231
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • HNW clients · 23 to 31
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • Individual clients · 1,929 to 1,183
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.4B to $2.4B
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • HNW RAUM · $95.1M to $12.7M
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • Individual RAUM · $598M to $380M
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • RAUM · $2.4B to $2.4B
        Mar 25, 2025 to Mar 18, 2026
      • Accounts · 2,483 to 1,969
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • HNW clients · 43 to 23
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • Individual clients · 2,420 to 1,929
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • Financial planning clients · unset to
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.1B to $2.4B
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • HNW RAUM · $7.3M to $95.1M
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • Individual RAUM · $711M to $598M
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • RAUM · $2.1B to $2.4B
        Mar 22, 2024 to Mar 25, 2025
      • Accounts · 3,143 to 2,483
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Advisory employees · 4 to 3
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • HNW clients · 38 to 43
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Individual clients · 3,086 to 2,420
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Employees · 5 to 3
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • State-registered IARs · 5 to 3
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.2B to $2.1B
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • HNW RAUM · $8.2M to $7.3M
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Individual RAUM · $689M to $711M
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • RAUM · $2.2B to $2.1B
        Mar 24, 2023 to Mar 22, 2024
      • Accounts · 2,975 to 3,143
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • HNW clients · 32 to 38
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Individual clients · 2,922 to 3,086
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle clients · 1.0 to unset
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Assets in custody · 26613697.0 to unset
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Private funds · 1 to unset
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Discretionary RAUM · $2.6B to $2.2B
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • HNW RAUM · $11.7M to $8.2M
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Individual RAUM · $883M to $689M
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Pooled vehicle RAUM · 26613697.0 to unset
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • RAUM · $2.6B to $2.2B
        Oct 13, 2022 to Mar 24, 2023
      • Accounts · 2,899 to 2,975
        Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 24, 2022
      • Advisory employees · 3 to 4
        Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 24, 2022
      • Individual clients · 2,857 to 2,922
        Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 24, 2022
      • Assets in custody · unset to 26613697.0
        Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 24, 2022
      Signals
      3 dated events
      • Swan Global Management reported RAUM $2.2B, down 27% from $3.1B (2020-09-29 to 2021-03-24)
        Mar 24, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
      • Swan Global Management reported RAUM $5.0B, up 39% from $3.6B (2017-03-24 to 2018-03-21)
        Mar 21, 2018 · RAUM change · derived
      • Swan Global Management filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)
        Oct 29, 2014 · First SEC registration · fact
      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
      SWANGLOBALINVESTMENTS.COMreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
      Principal office phone
      970-382-9055reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Mar 18, 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
      Other adviserderiveda 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