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Asset manager · St. Louis, MO

Ascension Investment Management

Ascension Investment Management, LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 159767 · SEC 801-73295

At a glance

Ascension Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in St. Louis, Missouri, with $42.4 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 25, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is charitable organizations. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 231st of 3,218 asset managers and 493rd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 314-733-7799ascensioninvestmentmanagement.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$42B
Rank among asset managers
#231 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#493 of 17,210
Rank in Missouri
#10 of 196
Clients
8
Accounts
12
Discretionary
56% of AUM
Employees
27
Advisory staff
12
Offices
1

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Broker-dealer

No broker-dealer ties

Other RIAs with no broker-dealer ties

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Charitable organizations7$20B46%
Pooled investment vehicles1$15B36%
Pension and profit sharing plans–$7.5B18%
Corporations or other businesses–$56M<1%

Private funds

Ascension Investment Management reports 2 private funds with $16B in gross assets: hedge funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).

Disciplinary disclosures

Ascension Investment Management reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
  • Portfolio management for businesses and institutions
  • Pension consulting
  • Selecting other advisers

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Fixed fees
  • Other

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Background

Questions

How much does Ascension Investment Management manage?

Ascension Investment Management reports $42.4 billion in regulatory assets under management across 12 accounts, 56% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed September 25, 2026.

What kind of firm is Ascension Investment Management?

Ascension Investment Management is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals.

Who are Ascension Investment Management’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are charitable organizations ($19.7 billion, 7 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($15.2 billion, 1 clients); pension and profit sharing plans ($7.5 billion).

Does Ascension Investment Management manage private funds?

Yes. It reports 2 private funds with $16.3 billion in gross assets, including hedge funds.

Does Ascension Investment Management have any disciplinary history?

Ascension Investment Management reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of its Form ADV. Check the SEC’s adviser search for the latest record.

Where these numbers come from

Every figure is Ascension Investment Management’s own answer on its latest Form ADV, from the SEC’s registered-adviser list as of October 1, 2026: regulatory assets and accounts (Item 5.F), clients by type (5.D), employees (5.A and 5.B), compensation (5.E) and services (5.G). Custodians come from Schedule D 5.K(3) of its latest filing (2026-09-25), which lists those holding 10% or more of separately managed account assets and the amount at each. “Hybrid” means some employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer (Item 5.B(2)); affiliated broker-dealers are the related persons it lists in Item 7.A and Schedule D. Firm type comes from its own answers: broker-dealer firms are registered broker-dealers themselves (Item 6.A); private fund advisers manage mostly private funds (Item 7.B, 5.D); wealth managers manage at least half their assets for individuals (5.D). Ranks compare it by regulatory assets with every SEC-registered adviser and with firms of its type. Figures are as of the firm’s last annual update, so they can lag recent deals and market moves. Regulatory AUM counts assets the firm continuously supervises and can differ from what a firm markets.

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