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Private fund adviser · Austin, TX

Muddy Waters Capital LLC

SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 281411 · SEC 801-110873

At a glance

Muddy Waters Capital LLC is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Austin, Texas, with $576 million in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed March 28, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is pooled investment vehicles. By Form ADV it is a private fund adviser, ranked 2,872nd of 4,686 private fund advisers and 7,252nd of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

Main office 415-429-8167muddywaterscapital.comAs filed on Form ADV

Regulatory AUM
$576M
Rank among private fund advisers
#2,872 of 4,686
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#7,252 of 17,210
Rank in Texas
#466 of 1,081
Clients
11
Accounts
11
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
14
Advisory staff
10
Offices
2

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

Muddy Waters Capital LLC’s Form ADV lists no custodian for separately managed accounts. Firms report one only when they manage $10 million or more in those accounts.

Broker-dealer

No broker-dealer ties

Other RIAs with no broker-dealer ties

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Pooled investment vehicles11$576M100%

Private funds

Muddy Waters Capital LLC reports 5 private funds with $523M in gross assets: hedge funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).

Disciplinary disclosures

Muddy Waters Capital LLC answers yes to 1 disclosure item 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 pooled investment vehicles

How it’s paid

  • A percentage of assets under management
  • Performance-based fees

Form ADV and brochures on the SEC’s adviser search ↗muddywaterscapital.com ↗

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Background

Questions

How much does Muddy Waters Capital LLC manage?

Muddy Waters Capital LLC reports $576 million in regulatory assets under management across 11 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed March 28, 2026.

What kind of firm is Muddy Waters Capital LLC?

Muddy Waters Capital LLC is a private fund adviser by its Form ADV answers. Private funds are at least half of its business by assets.

Who are Muddy Waters Capital LLC’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are pooled investment vehicles ($576 million, 11 clients).

Does Muddy Waters Capital LLC manage private funds?

Yes. It reports 5 private funds with $523 million in gross assets, including hedge funds.

Does Muddy Waters Capital LLC have any disciplinary history?

Muddy Waters Capital LLC answers yes to 1 disclosure item 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 Muddy Waters Capital LLC’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 (2026-03-28), 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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