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Asset manager · Charlotte, NC

Stepstone Private Wealth

Stepstone Group Private Wealth LLC · SEC-registered investment adviser · CRD 305881 · SEC 801-117639

At a glance

Stepstone Private Wealth is an SEC-registered investment adviser based in Charlotte, North Carolina, with $17.9 billion in regulatory assets under management as of its Form ADV filed June 29, 2026. Its largest client group by assets is investment companies. By Form ADV it is a asset manager, ranked 389th of 3,218 asset managers and 939th of 17,210 SEC-registered advisers by assets.

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Regulatory AUM
$18B
Rank among asset managers
#389 of 3,218
Rank among all SEC RIAs
#939 of 17,210
Rank in North Carolina
#9 of 288
Clients
14
Accounts
14
Discretionary
100% of AUM
Employees
128
Advisory staff
0
Offices
2

Owners and executives on its Form ADV

Custody and brokerage

Custodian

Stepstone Private Wealth’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

Hybrid RIA

Stepstone Private Wealth is a hybrid RIA: 33 of its employees are also registered representatives of a broker-dealer.

Form ADV Part 1 doesn’t name an unaffiliated broker-dealer. The firm’s Part 2A brochure (Item 10) and each adviser’s record on the SEC’s adviser search do.

Other hybrid RIAs

Who it serves

Client typeClientsRegulatory AUMShare
Investment companies5$16B91%
Pooled investment vehicles9$1.7B9%

Private funds

Stepstone Private Wealth reports 4 private funds with $2.4B in gross assets: venture capital funds, other private funds (Form ADV Item 7.B).

Disciplinary disclosures

Stepstone Private Wealth reports no disciplinary disclosures in Item 11 of Form ADV. Read the details on the SEC’s adviser search ↗

Services

  • Portfolio management for investment companies
  • Portfolio management for pooled investment vehicles

How it’s paid

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

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The full record on Stepstone Private Wealth

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Background

Questions

How much does Stepstone Private Wealth manage?

Stepstone Private Wealth reports $17.9 billion in regulatory assets under management across 14 accounts, 100% of it on a discretionary basis, on its Form ADV filed June 29, 2026.

What kind of firm is Stepstone Private Wealth?

Stepstone Private Wealth is a asset manager by its Form ADV answers. Most of its assets are managed for funds, institutions or other businesses rather than individuals. A public reporting company controls it.

Who are Stepstone Private Wealth’s clients?

By assets, its largest client types are investment companies ($16.2 billion, 5 clients); pooled investment vehicles ($1.7 billion, 9 clients).

Does Stepstone Private Wealth manage private funds?

Yes. It reports 4 private funds with $2.4 billion in gross assets, including venture capital funds, other private funds.

Does Stepstone Private Wealth have any disciplinary history?

Stepstone Private Wealth 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 Stepstone Private Wealth’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 (2026-06-29), 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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