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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
Sona Asset Management (US) LLC
Latest filing Jul 9, 2026
First filing on the tape Jan 8, 2018 · 18 filings
SEC status approved since Feb 7, 2018
RAUM
$33B
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
39
31 advisory (5.B.1)
Offices
0
beyond the principal office
Private funds
5
reported on Schedule D
History
18 filings and snapshots on the tape
RAUM$33B as of Jul 9, 2026
Mar 27, 2019$1.7B then
HNW client RAUM$0 as of Mar 30, 2020
Mar 27, 2019$0 then
State-registered IARs (5.B.3)0 as of Jul 9, 2026
Mar 27, 20190 then
Employees (5.A)39 as of Jul 9, 2026
Mar 27, 20194 then
Private funds5 as of Jul 9, 2026
Mar 30, 20201 then
RAUM +48% over the last fiscal year+58% a year over threeIARs 0 to 0
Practice profile
derived from the filing of Jul 9, 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
- $1.7BderivedRAUM over accounts (5.F.2.f)
- Discretionary
- 100%derivedof RAUM
- Institutional
- 8.9%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
- +48%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 businesses and institutions, portfolio management for pooled vehiclesreportedItem 5.G
- Custody
- yesreportedItem 9.A
- 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)
- has custody of client cash or bank accounts (9.A.1.a)
- has custody of client securities (9.A.1.b)
- a related person has custody of client cash (9.B.1.a)
- a related person has custody of client securities (9.B.1.b)
- marketing includes hypothetical performance (5.L.3)
Where the RAUM sits
Form ADV Item 5.D, latest filing
- Pooled investment vehicles$30B91%
- Sovereign wealth funds$3.0B8.9%
- Individual clients
- n/areported
- HNW clients
- n/areported
- Pension plan clients
- 1reported
- Charitable clients
- n/areported
- Accounts
- 20reported
- Financial planning clients
- reported
- Wrap fee programs
- noreported
- Custody of client assets
- $0 for 0 clientsreported
- Compensation
- % of AUM, performancereported
- Class basis
- private_client_share=0.0 fund_share=0.91 institutional_share=0.09 related_bd=false related_bank=true 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
2 reported on Schedule D 7.B.(1)
| Fund | Type | Gross assets | Owners | First reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sona Credit Master Fund Limited | Hedge Fund | $10B | 67 | Mar 30, 2020 |
| Sona Credit Opportunities Master Fund Limited | Hedge Fund | $45.2M | 10 | Feb 23, 2023 |
Owners and control persons
Schedule A and B, latest filing
- Brian John Aylward · Ceo/Ciocontrolsince 01/2017 · owns less than 5%
- Paul John Berkery · Cco/Coocontrolsince 01/2017 · owns less than 5%
- Justin Tamaye · Chief Risk Officercontrolsince 01/2017 · owns less than 5%
- Brian John Aylward · Ownersince 12/2016 · owns 75% or more of Sona Asset Management Cayman Limited
Entity owners
- Sona Asset Management Limited · Owner/Memberdirect · owns 75% or more
- Sona Asset Management Cayman Limited · Ownerindirect · owns 75% or more of Sona Asset Management Limited
Related persons
Schedule D 7.A
- Sona Asset Management (Uk) Llpinvestment adviserbanknRAUM $1.7B
- Sona Asset Management Cayman Limitedpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Sona Asset Management Limitedpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Sona Capital Solutions II (Gp) S.A R.L.bankpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Sona Credit Fund Gp Limitedpooled vehicle sponsorn
- Sona Credit Opportunities Fund Gp Limitedpooled vehicle sponsorn
Advisers that list Sona Asset Management (US) LLC as a related person
- 300668 n
Offices
Schedule D 1.F, the 25 largest
No branch office listed.
ADV anomalies
2 against comparable advisers; where to look, not conclusions
- employee count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026employees (Item 5.A) moved from 26.0 to 39.0 (+50.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31; the peer median change was +3.0% (461 comparable advisers, 97.0th percentile of changes)peers: asset managers, $20B and over (461) · 97% percentile
- private fund count surgeChange between filings · filing Mar 31, 2026private funds (Schedule D 7.B.1) moved from 2.0 to 5.0 (+150.0%) between the annual amendments of 2025-03-31 and 2026-03-31; the peer median change was +5.0% (318 comparable advisers, 99.0th percentile of changes)peers: asset managers, $20B and over (318) · 99% percentile
What changed
consecutive filings, newest first
- RAUM · $23B to $33BJan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Accounts · 9 to 20Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Advisory employees · 18 to 31Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Pension plan clients · unset to 1.0Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Pooled vehicle clients · 7 to 15Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Assets in custody · $21B to $0Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Employees · 26 to 39Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Private funds · 2 to 5Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Discretionary RAUM · $23B to $33BJan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Pension RAUM · unset to 0.0Jan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $21B to $30BJan 28, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
- Financial planning clients · unset to Mar 31, 2025 to May 14, 2025
- Advisory employees · 10 to 18Jan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Assets in custody · $11B to $21BJan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Employees · 14 to 26Jan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Discretionary RAUM · $13B to $23BJan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $11B to $21BJan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- RAUM · $13B to $23BJan 21, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
- Accounts · 8 to 9Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Advisory employees · 7 to 10Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Assets in custody · $6.5B to $11BMar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Employees · 10 to 14Mar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Discretionary RAUM · $8.5B to $13BMar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $8.4B to $11BMar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- RAUM · $8.5B to $13BMar 29, 2023 to Mar 28, 2024
- Accounts · 4 to 8Feb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Advisory employees · 4 to 7Feb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Advisory activities · 1 to 2Feb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Pooled vehicle clients · 4 to 7Feb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Assets in custody · $3.0B to $6.5BFeb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Employees · 8 to 10Feb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Discretionary RAUM · $5.3B to $8.5BFeb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Pooled vehicle RAUM · $5.3B to $8.4BFeb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- RAUM · $5.3B to $8.5BFeb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Related bank · false to trueFeb 23, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023
- Private funds · 1 to 2Mar 30, 2022 to Feb 23, 2023
- Advisory employees · 2 to 4Nov 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2022
- Assets in custody · $1.0B to $3.0BNov 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2022
- Employees · 4 to 8Nov 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2022
- Discretionary RAUM · $2.8B to $5.3BNov 2, 2021 to Mar 30, 2022
Signals
8 dated events
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $33.5B, up 48% from $22.6B (2026-01-28 to 2026-03-31)Mar 31, 2026 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $22.6B, up 76% from $12.8B (2025-01-21 to 2025-03-31)Mar 31, 2025 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $12.8B, up 51% from $8.5B (2023-03-29 to 2024-03-28)Mar 28, 2024 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $8.5B, up 61% from $5.3B (2023-02-23 to 2023-03-29)Mar 29, 2023 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $5.3B, up 85% from $2.8B (2021-11-02 to 2022-03-30)Mar 30, 2022 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $2.8B, up 61% from $1.8B (2020-09-25 to 2021-03-31)Mar 31, 2021 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc reported RAUM $1.7B, up 43% from $1.2B (2018-01-08 to 2019-03-27)Mar 27, 2019 · RAUM change · derived
- Sona Asset Management (Us) Llc filed its initial SEC registration (Form ADV)Jan 8, 2018 · 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
- Firm profile
- linkedin.com/company/sona-asset-managementreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Website
- sona-am.com/loginreportedpublic record, Form ADV, Sep 18, 2026
- Principal office phone
- (646) 779-6300reportedpublic record, Form ADV, Jul 9, 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