Asset manager · LOS Angeles, CA
Capital Research and Management Company
SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 110885 · SEC 801-8055
At a glance
Capital Research and Management Company is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in LOS Angeles, California, with $4.3 trillion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed September 25, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is investment companies, and it reports 23,041 individual clients. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 4th of 3,218 asset managers and 4th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.
Main office 213-486-9200capitalgroup.comLinkedInAs filed on Form ADV
- Regulatory AUM
- $4.32T
- Rank among asset managers
- #4 of 3,218
- Rank among all SEC RIAs
- #4 of 17,210
- Rank in California
- #1 of 1,873
- Individual clients
- 23,041
- High-net-worth clients
- 830
- Accounts
- 23,578
- Discretionary
- 100% of AUM
- Employees
- 1,395
- Advisory staff
- 411
- Offices
- 5
Owners and executives on its Form ADV
- Matthew Philip O'ConnorDirector
- Michael C. GitlinDirector
- Michael James TriesslDirector
- Walter R. BurkleyDirector
- Canise M. ArredondoDirector, Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
- William H. WaescheDirector, Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer - Investment Group
- Marta Zarraga-UrquijoDirector
- Holly C. FramstedDirector
- Naseem Z. NixonChief Compliance Officer
- Andrew B. SuzmanDirector and Chair
- Jennifer M. BuchheimDirector, Treasurer
- Matthew T. AntleDirector
Custody and brokerage
Broker-dealer
Hybrid RIA
Capital Research and Management Company is a hybrid RIA: 4 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer. It names an affiliated broker-dealer: Capital Client Group, Inc..
- Capital Client Group, Inc. ↗CRD 6247
Its Form ADV brochure (filed September 2026) names Capital Client Group as the broker-dealer its advisers are registered with.
In addition, certain of Capital Research and Management Company’s management persons or other employees are registered representatives of Capital Client Group, Inc.
Who it serves
| Client type | Clients | Regulatory AUM | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Investment companies | 150 | $3.94T | 91% |
| Pooled investment vehicles | 68 | $339B | 8% |
| Individuals | 22,211 | $17B | <1% |
| Other | 13 | $16B | <1% |
| High-net-worth individuals | 830 | $3.8B | <1% |
| Sovereign wealth funds and foreign official institutions | 5 | $3.1B | <1% |
| Corporations or other businesses | 241 | $1.3B | <1% |
| Pension and profit sharing plans | 5 | $799M | <1% |
| Charitable organizations | 55 | $451M | <1% |
Disciplinary disclosures
Capital Research and Management Company answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV (criminal, regulatory or civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates). Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗
Services
- Portfolio management for individuals and small businesses
- Portfolio management for investment companies
- Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles
- Other services
How it’s paid
- A percentage of assets under management
- Other
Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗capitalgroup.com ↗
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Questions
How much does Capital Research and Management Company manage?
Capital Research and Management Company reports $4.3 trillion in regulatory assets under management across 23,578 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed September 25, 2026.
What kind of firm is Capital Research and Management Company?
Capital Research and Management Company is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. It reports a bank or thrift among its related persons.
Who are Capital Research and Management Company’s clients?
By assets, its largest client types are investment companies ($3.9 trillion, 150 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($339.3 billion, 68 clients); individuals ($16.9 billion, 22,211 clients).
Does Capital Research and Management Company have any disciplinary history?
Capital Research and Management Company answers yes to 2 disclosure items in Item 11 of Form ADV, which covers criminal, regulatory and civil matters involving the firm or its advisory affiliates. The details are on the SEC’s adviser search.
Where these numbers come from
Every figure is Capital Research and Management Company’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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